Chapter 1181: Hammer of Thunder, Summoning Demons

For humans, a force wall that is quite sturdy acts like a powerful elastic lasso in the hands of this monster; although it can provide a certain degree of obstruction, it cannot truly stop the opponent from escaping.

If it had been a case of being completely unprepared and caught off guard before, that would be one thing, but now that the Great Arcanists and high-level Mages were prepared, if they let it hurt people at will again, wouldn't that be a slap in their own faces?

Consequently, everyone struck out one after another, and at this moment, the one who reacted the fastest was the Dwarf Prince who had previously achieved nothing.

And this was also the first time Xia Duo had seen the abilities of a Holy Hammer Warrior.

Almost the instant the latter monster appeared, Prince Baside threw the great hammer in his hand straight at the monster.

The hammer, wreathed in electric light, split off a thick, bright bolt of lightning before the main body even struck, piercing through several blocking force walls and hitting the monster's lizard-like head with a "Pop!"

Immediately following, the main body of the hammer arrived, and the monster, unable to react in time, had its large head smashed to pieces.

But this monster was different from the one that had been controlled before; after its head was smashed, its entire body began to turn transparent, as if it were reversing the state of going from nothing to something when it was just summoned.

Subsequently, amidst a burst of electric light, the monster disappeared entirely!

To have directly beaten the monster out of existence—Xia Duo felt that a Holy Hammer Warrior shouldn't be that powerful, perhaps it was a characteristic of the summoned creature, but that flying hammer attack was not something an ordinary person could withstand.

Especially since it contained a lightning attack; an ordinary person would be hit before they could even react, and even without the hammer's physical attack, being struck by that lightning capable of piercing through several layers of force walls would cost them half their life, even if they were lucky enough to survive!

If it were himself, how would he deal with such an attack?

Xia Duo could almost imagine that the hammer must also possess Spell Breaking capabilities similar to the Blade of Veto.

Added to the elusive lightning, it would be almost impossible to win in a head-on battle; one moment of carelessness and one would end up like that monster just now, having their head smashed in.

Only by fully utilizing the "long reach" characteristic, avoiding head-on combat, and attacking only from a distance would there be a chance of victory.

Xia Duo could cast spells using his Perception Field projected to a distance; he could completely sit at home and attack the opponent remotely, which would at least ensure he wouldn't lose—surely the opponent wouldn't dare to attack a Mage Tower?

Or perhaps his Protective Spell could be strong enough to ignore the opponent's attacks.

This was not impossible; if the opponent only had physical attacks, even the current Xia Duo could easily toy with them.

But a Holy Hammer Warrior, named a warrior, is in reality a Mage.

Perhaps Dwarf magic didn't have so many flashy and complex functions, but as long as one focused on Spell Breaking, it could solve the vast majority of problems.

Seeing Prince Baside's performance, Xia Duo almost saw the prototype of the future Spell Breaker troops of his Territory, but besides offensive means centered on Spell Breaking, Xia Duo also hoped to possess more capabilities.

The future Spell Breaker troops would merely be a territorial combat unit; after their service period ended, the personnel could still choose other jobs, such as specializing in magic research, doing business, farming, and so on.

"Perhaps I can specifically look into the mysteries of the Dwarf magic system!"

A moment later, after successively imprisoning two targets suspected of being Drow Assassins, the safety mode inside the Arena was lifted.

But today's competition did not continue; Elkamon announced on behalf of the Seven Cities Council that the Snow Melting Competition would continue in two days.

When leaving the venue, Xia Duo passed the area where the Yierlan Elves were located; the traces of the Drow Assassin's self-detonation still existed and had not yet been cleaned up.

It was just that at this moment, the flesh and blood that should have been fresh and ruddy had already become withered and grayish-black, congealed on the light cyan ground, indescribably eerie.

Even separated by the layer of air barrier congealed on his skin, Xia Duo could still smell an unspeakable stench continuously wafting from the ground.

He noticed that besides the long-withered, grayish-black flesh traces on the ground, there were also some turbid, translucent liquids.

Possessing the Bloodline Ability of Water Control and Wind Control, it was easy for Xia Duo to judge that the stench he was smelling now did not come from the flesh residue, but from these turbid, translucent liquids.

And on the seats, there were even some faint or visible grayish-black patterns; some looked like abstract line drawings of the monster from just now, while others were mysterious Fuwu with completely unclear meanings.

Seeing this scene, Xia Duo felt a faint sense of displeasure in his heart, but he didn't have time to think deeply at the moment and subconsciously pulled Niya away from this area.

Returning to the Arcane Union, Xia Duo declined multiple invitations and returned to his residence with Niya to rest.

At the same time, inside a hall of the Seven Cities Conference, eight Great Arcanists including Badijiaer and Iolum, along with three Elf Ambassadors and Prince Baside, were staring in silence at the monster that had been imprisoned into the shape of a palm-sized sculpture.

After a long while, Badijiaer frowned and asked Baside, "Prince Baside, is this the new Drow tactic you mentioned before?"

"Yes, this creature is extremely powerful and evil. Ever since the God of Vengeance was born, Drow Mages have mastered the summoning spell for this creature; among the underground races, none can resist it except for the Dwarves."

"This is a demon!" Lucien, a Master from Yierlan, suddenly spoke up.

Facing the shocked and even questioning gazes of the others, Lucien gave a cold snort, looked at Prince Baside, and questioned: "Don't tell me the Danzo Dwarves don't even recognize a demon!"

"No, that's not it, it's just that it is completely different from the demons we have recorded in the past. I am not certain; I suppose Ambassador Ifuyalisi and Ambassador Atelan have the same doubts?"

"Yes, none of the demons recorded by Keman have this form." Ambassador Atelan of Keman immediately gave an affirmative reply.

Ambassador Ifuyalisi of Yierlan also gave the same statement.

Upon hearing this, Lucien snorted coldly again; he knew that Yierlan and Danzo had always had a close relationship, and Keman was the existence the Drow hated most, counting as Danzo's greatest supporter.

As long as Danzo and the Drow were deadlocked, Keman was safe; supporting Prince Baside at this moment was within reason.

"Wait, you say this is a demon?"

At this time, Badijiaer was a bit slow to react; there were not many records of demons in the history of Netheril, only a few projections of demons summoned by excessive slaughter during the great wars with the Orcs, and no demons with physical records truly existed.

At least there were no written records of any kind.

However, early Netheril had obtained many books about demons from Yierlan, and the descriptions of demons in those books were very detailed and also very terrifying.

It was not just Badijiaer; other Great Arcanists who knew of the existence of demons were also deeply worried about this and asked Prince Baside again:

"Do the Drow launch offensives underground by continuously summoning demons?"

"Yes!"

Prince Baside gave an affirmative reply once again.