Chapter 919: Special Boundary, Flying Sword Kills Fish

However, Aobolaien wanting to withdraw—that simply wouldn't do. Xia Duo could almost imagine the scene after Aobolaien withdrew: the Murloc Tide would go mad, surging south along the Wolfburg River, and it would truly be beyond control!

He hurriedly stopped the other party, performed a salute, and requested: "Elder Aobolaien, please hold on for a moment longer. There are so many Murlocs, and they are endless; there must be a reason for this. Allow me to cast a spell to search for a bit, then I will take over from you. For now, I must trouble you to endure a little longer. Xia Duo is deeply grateful!"

The etiquette Xia Duo used was considered a grand gesture among the Elves in ancient times. Coupled with his identity as an Arcanist, Aobolaien was quite receptive. Although he did not agree directly, his actions made everything clear.

Seeing this, the sense of urgency in Xia Duo's heart receded slightly, but the situation remained grim. Watching the Murlocs continuously assault the human defensive line, swearing to never stop, was truly a headache.

"Niya, Mind Link. You handle the scouting, I will find a way to clear out some of the Murlocs here!" Xia Duo looked at the scene around him and said to Niya.

Niya also knew the situation was urgent. She responded, and after Xia Duo cast the spell to link them together, she retreated to the position where Bishop Anbulier was located.

That place was not far from the building where the Portal was, nor far from the riverbank, but it was effectively the rear. The Bishop was there with the Temple Priests, healing the soldiers and helping them recover their stamina.

Seeing Niya retreat to a safe place, Xia Duo felt at ease and came to the side of Aiboke on the bank. At this moment, Aiboke had just cast a spell to freeze the river surface, giving the soldiers on the defensive line a breather.

Under normal circumstances, without external interference, such freezing could last for a long time, but now it could only serve as a stalling tactic.

The Murlocs originally floating on the water surface were frozen, but those underwater were not, and at the edge of the ice layer to the north, Murlocs were already climbing onto the ice.

On this ice surface covered with fish heads, the Murlocs wobbled as they moved toward the human side. Watching them continue to come to their deaths one after another, even without any armor or weapons, a chill ran through Xia Duo's heart.

It was truly a case of letting you kill and hack until you were exhausted to death!

In reality, the Murlocs' attack power was not necessarily small; their claws were natural weapons. Previously, Xia Duo had seen Murlocs desperately charge to the front of the human line, ignoring all defenses just to "touch" a human.

The injured soldiers in the rear were mostly scratched by Murlocs. It wasn't very serious, but this bit-by-bit erosion of combat effectiveness would inevitably lead to a collapse on the human side once it reached a certain point.

Thinking of this, the sense of urgency in Xia Duo's heart intensified. Just then, the perception information from Niya's Scrying spell was received by Xia Duo through the Mind Link.

Among this information, what Xia Duo first noticed was the location where the Murloc Tide was blocked. Aobolaien's spell was not a simple, crude obstruction, but something similar to a Plane Barrier!

No matter how desperately the Murlocs swam south, from the perspective of an observer, they could not advance even a fraction of an inch, and this, in fact, held back a considerable portion of the Murlocs.

Furthermore, this spell did not block the water flow; it merely made the Murlocs paddle in vain in the water, unable to move forward.

This was likely some kind of special Boundary Spell. He could communicate with Aobolaien about it when he had the chance. Thinking this, Xia Duo directed Niya through the Mind Link to move the Perception Field of the Scrying spell northward.

At this moment, Xia Duo finally discovered the direct reason why the Murlocs left no corpses behind.

To the north of the bend where the Wolfburg River passed the old site of the Tower of Time, there were some special existences among the dense Murlocs in the river.

At first, Xia Duo hadn't noticed, but the further north he looked, the more prominent these special existences became—they were monsters composed of Murloc corpses and water weeds!

Compared to the water weed giant Xia Duo had seen at Maihete Lake, these were even more exaggerated; they were simply "stitched monsters"!

It seemed that humans not only had to deal with Murlocs but also their corpses—killing two things in one go. If this were a game where one could gain "experience points," that would be fine, but having this happen in reality was truly disgusting!

Fortunately, the Murloc Tide had not erupted (reached Savile Town) for long, so there were not many "Composite Corpses" yet, and he didn't know how strong these "Composite Corpses" were.

However, since the living Murlocs were like that, the corpses were unlikely to be stronger, at most having an advantage in size. Moreover, connected by water weeds, whether they could even climb onto the shore was a question!

Compared to the terrifying number of Murlocs that almost covered the entire river, Xia Duo was not too worried about these corpses. As long as they lost their numerical advantage, it would not be an exaggeration to say they could be wiped out with a backhand.

While Xia Duo was synchronizing the results of Niya's scouting, he did not forget his earlier words about wanting to clear out some Murlocs first.

However, just like Aiboke, who was struggling nearby, Xia Duo was now also struggling with how to actually clear out these Murlocs.

Especially after seeing the Murloc "Composite Corpses," he definitely had to prioritize methods that could deal with the corpses at the same time.

Such methods were not non-existent, but using them to deal with these nearly endless Murlocs was not worth it.

But regardless, boosting morale first was never wrong.

Although Aiboke's freezing of the riverbank reduced the frequency of Murloc attacks, this treated the symptoms but not the root cause. The Murlocs didn't care at all and continued to assault the human defensive line endlessly.

Or rather, as long as the root cause of the Murlocs' nearly endless numbers wasn't solved, any method would only treat the symptoms and not the root cause.

Niya's scouting still needed some time, and Xia Duo no longer cared about treating symptoms versus root causes. With a casual flick of his finger, the Magic Flying Sword hidden in the shadows instantly shot into the water, shuttling back and forth beneath the surface.

Murloc blood was also red, but the river water had already been churned into a turbid mess by the large number of Murlocs, and combined with the bloodstains from the previous battle, this operation of Xia Duo's did not produce any strange phenomena.

However, the Murlocs' offensive did pause. After the ones that had already climbed onto the ice and reached the shore were killed, not a single Murloc climbed onto the ice for quite a long time.

Aiboke, standing to the side, was stunned. He stared blankly at Xia Duo and subconsciously asked: "Xia Duo, what kind of spell is this?"

In fact, he wasn't even sure if it was a spell, because there was no Magic Aura at all. But if it could produce such results, what else could it be if not a spell?

To this, Xia Duo just smiled slightly and did not offer an explanation. He did not intend to let others know about the existence of the Magic Flying Sword for the time being.

After all, the lethality of this thing was truly too great, and even he himself didn't have any particularly good countermeasures; how could he easily let others know? (Creativity is the main thing; others could easily innovate and make it even harder to defend against.)

Don't let it reach a point where everyone feels insecure; then he, the initiator, might be the one to suffer!

It's better to just use it himself!