Chapter 264: Cover the Lid!

Including Su Sheng, everyone thought this mission was doomed to fail, but unexpectedly it was Su Ba who turned the tide.

Su Sheng was even already pondering how to make up for the subsequent repercussions.

Watching the black‑and‑white thunder ravaging the monster horde, Su Sheng silently gave his father a thumbs‑up.

Su Wenhao saw his son's approval and couldn't help but let a slight curve appear at the corner of his mouth; this guy, being a bit older, should basically be despised by his own son in various ways, but regardless of filial deeds or heart, being praised by his son and able to help him made Su Wenhao naturally happy.

Rumble—

Adding the Yin‑Yang Five‑Thunder Formation Su Wenhao used at the start, there were a total of six Yin‑Yang Five‑Thunder Talismans forming an indiscriminate thunderous bombardment on the remaining monsters.

Although a single Five‑Thunder Talisman doesn't deal much damage, each completed Five‑Thunder formation can inflict roughly 3,000+ damage on those monsters.

The six Yin‑Yang Five‑Thunder Talismans together dealt about 19,000 to nearly 20,000 damage; after the bombardment none of the monsters died, but each was left with a sliver of health.

Su Sheng checked the remaining time limit: 37 minutes left!

Monsters with over a hundred remaining health!

There's a chance!

Moreover, these monsters are just Normal Monsters and lack a boss's regeneration mechanic.

Of course, if they stay out of combat for a long time they will slowly recover, but Su Sheng won't give them that chance.

"Dad! Run!"

"Huan Jie, Wenwan Jie! Unrestricted point‑kill!" Su Sheng said, then charged forward with his sword.

As for why Dad had to run, the Yin‑Yang Five‑Thunder Formation had ended and the Yin‑Yang singularity time arrived, and a horde of low‑health monsters fixed their gazes on Su Ba Su Wenhao.

With such savage output, the monsters' Hate Value was 100% locked onto Su Ba, and even Su Sheng couldn't steal any of it.

Fireworks Blessing!

Having gotten the little one's Fireworks Blessing skill cooldown reset, Su Sheng immediately placed a shield around Su Ba.

"Oh my—" Su Ba also noticed the monsters' collective stare, and bolted away, thanks to the central furnace's interior being fairly spacious.

Otherwise Su Ba wouldn't have anywhere to run to.

But Su Ba has been playing this game for so long, and studying game forums daily, he's no longer the clumsy rookie he once was.

As Su Ba turned and fled, he immediately tossed several talismans onto the spot, including those that impose slowdown limits.

He also affixed a Wind‑Running Talisman to himself.

Two Normal Monsters packed together were about to hurl their throwing spears at Su Ba.

A tan‑colored talisman above them exploded.

Prison Cage Talisman!

Clang~

Swish~

The two thrown spears lodged straight into the Prison Cage Talisman's light shield, causing no ripple at all.

This thing, Su Sheng really hasn't found anything that can break it, at least so far...

Awoo~

The little Xiao Jia Huo Suan Ni let out a low growl.

It instantly darted behind a low‑level monster and used Divine Dragon Grab!

Swish~

Critical! Instant kill!

In low‑health state, the little one basically killed a monster with a single critical grab.

Su Sheng wasn't to be outdone; with two swift sword slashes he took down a low‑health monster—using a skill, not a normal attack—Fang followed by Lion's Claw!

Then Deadly Lion Fang plus Binding Blade...

Shield Strike + Heroic Strike + seamless normal attack...

Screech!

Phoenix cry rang!

Blazing fire surged skyward.

Whoosh—

Arrows streaked across the sky.

In the ensuing battle, aside from the bumbling, circling Su Ba Su Wenhao, everyone else launched an all‑out slaughter against the low‑level monsters.

All at low health!

They fell quickly!

Even Tie Chui Airen wasn't idle, commanding the dwarf squad to strike again.

Although the nine dwarf minions wielding blazing guns were extremely reckless, Tie Chui Airen's dynamite pack was still very useful, dealing a steady 1,500 damage.

The vast majority of low‑level monsters were left with around 2,000+ health.

Combined with those nine dwarves' rapid‑fire guns, a dynamite pack from Tie Chui Airen could finish off a low‑level monster.

As for Hate Value, no worries; it was all on Su Ba Su Wenhao.

These monsters weren't interested at all in the crowd slaughtering behind them; they stared straight at Su Ba Su Wenhao.

There's nothing to do; once damage sufficient to pull back Hate Value is dealt, those monsters are already dead.

Only Su Ba being injured fulfilled the condition.

Fortunately, Su Ba still had the Wind‑Running Talisman; otherwise his short‑legged Taoist class would truly struggle against these monsters.

Secondly~

Bang!

The black-and-white dual-colored talisman exploded.

The Yin-Yang Singularity skill is ready!

Watching the demon soldiers sucked together, Su Ba could finally catch his breath.

Swish-swish~

Huang Mingxin's healing fell on Su Ba, raising his HP.

Although Su Ba had learned quite a bit during this time, he still lacked Su Sheng's level of skill; he took two spear throws, and fortunately the Fireworks Blessing's duration hadn't ended yet—the shield absorbed all the damage, then the remaining shield blocked the second hit, but Su Ba also lost one-third of his HP.

With his small frame, Su Ba could be instantly killed by a direct hit from a spear throw.

Swish~

The singularity disappeared, and the recovered Su Ba once again took off running.

However, Su Ba's pressure wasn't that great anymore, since there were no longer any ordinary demon soldiers with spear throws.

Su Sheng, Lin Huan, and the others naturally understood that those ordinary demon soldiers with spear throws posed a threat to Su Ba, so they immediately prioritized killing those ordinary demon soldiers.

The remaining low-level demon soldiers were no problem as long as they couldn't catch up to Su Ba, who kept renewing a Wind Travel talisman for himself.

Swish~

Xiao Jia Huo leveled up! Level 37!

The experience from these demon soldiers is really abundant.

Su Sheng's experience increased a lot, even though Xiao Jia Huo was sharing the experience.

Li Wenwan's little sparrow also leveled up, reaching level 30, and its fire became fiercer.

When there were 11 minutes left, the last low-level demon soldier was killed by Lin Huan's arrow to the head.

By then, all the demon soldiers had been completely cleared.

Su Ba also finally came to a stop.

"Great, Explorer, I'll first seal the furnace!"

"Although there are many powerful demons outside, the furnace is at least of the Three-colored Divine Artifact tier, so those demons can't open it in a short time; we have enough time to forge." The Iron Hammer Dwarf stepped forward and approached the vicinity of the central demon-energy well.

After performing some unknown operation on the surroundings, ten seconds later.

Boom—

The entire furnace began to tremble slightly...

The central furnace of Chi Yan City was 'sealed'!