Chapter 539: There is a Kind of Friendship Called Teammates, There is a Kind of Cooperation Called Flawless (Part 2) (Bonus Chapter Asking for Tickets)

Driven by the necessity of constant, rapid locomotion, Fang Qi had deliberately checked his pace earlier, all for the sake of exploiting the fleeting instant of intangibility that trailed such a burst of acceleration.

Though it lasted a mere heartbeat, it allowed Fang Qi to slip through the rain of attacks entirely unscathed; by the time he materialized from that void, he had completely broken clear of the cat demons' encirclement!

From the rear, a chorus of startled gasps erupted instantly.

"How could anyone even do that?!"

"Simply divine!"

The two figures cloaked in black robes exchanged a sharp glance, their eyes reflecting a profound shock that transcended mere awe at the sheer mastery of the footwork.

Fang Qi had broken through the siege with an ease that defied the very limits of their imagination!

In that split second, had he been a hair faster or a hair slower, the pounce of a single cat demon would have triggered a fatal chain reaction, leaving him utterly trapped; yet within that flash of lightning, Fang Qi had executed a flawless escape.

As the second wave of pounces came, Fang Qi repeated his clever trick, once more evading the cat demons' assault; moving even faster under the influence of the Ghost Step, he swiftly doubled back along his original path, constantly manipulating the phantom state of his stride and weaving a variety of minor skills to contend with the beasts, successfully luring every last one of them back without exception.

"Ah! Boss, how did you pull so many of them?!" Jiang Xiaoyue had only just rushed back, and catching sight of the massive tide of cat demons tailing Boss Fang, her face froze in sheer astonishment, her eyes widening into perfect circles.

The two deadweights standing frozen on the spot could only offer a speechless: "..."

"Boss, with this many, how do we even fight?!" Master Zhou felt his knees go weak, and Zong Wu’s complexion looked scarcely any better.

"This? It is simple enough." With that, Boss Fang wheeled around and plunged directly into the heart of the monstrous horde.

The sight struck the others with such a violent tremor of fear that they nearly dropped the weapons gripped in their hands.

Fang Qi’s timing was honed to absolute perfection; the exact moment he dissolved into nothingness was precisely when he slipped past the lunging claws of several cat demons.

"He actually charged right into the center of the mob?!" The spectators gathering behind Boss Fang murmured in frantic whispers.

Everyone knew that the intangibility granted by the Ghost Step lasted but a solitary instant; if one ventured into such a abyss and failed to emerge...

Curving his path into a tight semi-circle, Boss Fang shouted across the din: "Spitfire, use Freeze and Flash Grenades. Asura, Fire Wave Sword."

In the very next heartbeat, everyone witnessed a sudden flash of sword light before their eyes, and upon Fang Qi’s screen, a great, intersecting cross carved itself into view!

Above the heads of every single monster, a bizarre, ghostly shadow manifested out of thin air, pinning them all motionless in mid-air!

Ghost Slash: Abyss!

The execution of the Abyss step likewise transpired within the void, and as the slash concluded, Fang Qi had already traversed several yards, alighting instantaneously outside the perimeter of the horde.

The exact moment the Freezing Grenade detonated, it assumed control of the battlefield with seamless perfection, just as the Fire Wave Sword burst apart; simultaneously, the ethereal silhouettes of gods and demons began to materialize amidst the throng of monsters.

Ice Saya. Kazan of the Destruction.

The moment the paralysis of the Abyss step dissolved, every single monster was instantly encased in solid ice.

As Fang Qi chanted in a low cadence, a torrential downpour of obsidian tombstones, steeped in the grim breath of death, rained down from above!

"Xiaoyue! Sweep the remaining monsters into the pile."

"Understood!" Jiang Xiaoyue caught his meaning instantly.

The few scattered monsters remaining on the fringes were caught by Jiang Xiaoyue and hurled, one by one, directly into the cascading graveyard of tombstones.

Once the rain of stone ceased, nothing remained but a floor carpeted in corpses!

Beholding this spectacle, nearly everyone sharply inhaled a breath of cold air in unison: "So fast!"

One had to remember that when ordinary people fought these creatures, it took ages just to fell a single one, and any greater number brought the terrifying risk of being overwhelmed and slaughtered in an instant.

Yet in a flash, the vast majority of the peripheral monsters had been utterly annihilated!

The others seemed to have grasped the rhythm at last, weaving their respective crowd control and offensive skills together in perfect harmony, leaving the beasts absolutely no opportunity to retaliate as they delivered one-hit kills.

"Asura, keep track of your wave brands." Under Fang Qi’s direction, the party pressed forward steadily, soon arriving at the domain of the mechanized tau lord.

"Boss, what is the strategy now?!"

In this particular dungeon, to say nothing of the Kings difficulty, even the common tier was far beyond what ordinary men could hope to clear; yet here they were, advancing along the path virtually unscathed, moving at a speed that was nothing short of staggering!

In the center of the distant testing ground, a colossal creature—half bull, half machine—knelt silently in the very middle of the chamber.

It held a massive mechanical axe in its grip; its skin was a dull, crimson red, and its ferocious horns made it look like a demon god risen straight from the depths of hell.

"Listen to my commands. Move out." Behind Fang Qi, a dark curtain of ghostly shadows drifted into the air once more.

"Ah...?"

"Just charge?!"

The spectators watching from behind were entirely stupefied.

"What on earth is this brat doing?!" The two black-cloaked figures were equally dumbfounded.

To charge forward so recklessly—was this not merely seeking death?

Just like that?!

"That is right, move!" Taking the vanguard, Fang Qi dashed straight toward the mechanized tau, "Keep close."

In moments, the distance between the party and the mechanical beast dissolved.

The gargantuan mechanical monstrosity snapped its eyes open, slowly hoisting its massive frame from the earth.

It had begun to activate.

At that precise moment, Fang Qi suddenly burst with speed, his entire form dissolving into nothingness as he flashed past!

A crossing arc of sword light flared; the mechanized tau, only half-risen, suddenly found a bizarre phantom floating above its head.

Ghost Slash: Abyss!

The Mecha Tau King, having barely left the ground, was frozen rigidly on the spot!

"Asura, Fire Wave Sword, Ground Quaker!"

"Spitfire, Flash Grenade, Blazing Bullets, Hellfire, unleash everything!"

"Maximize your damage!"

Simultaneously, Kazan of the Destruction, Ice Saya, and various other ghostly circles were unleashed in rapid succession within an incredibly brief window of time.

While bolstering all his companions, these circles simultaneously stripped the mechanized tau of its various attributes.

Dark Moon Descent!

A shroud of dark moonlight flared to life, and Fang Qi further eroded the mechanized tau's resistance to dark energy.

Skills like Tombstone poured down in a ceaseless bombardment.

At the very same time, a dark purple array of light ignited beneath Zong Wu's feet.

The exact instant the phantom shadow vanished from above the Mecha Tau King's head, it was seamlessly bound by this colossal, dark purple spiritual array!

Great, dark purple spirit beads spun in a violent orbit, instantly inflicting tremendous damage upon the bull king.

Meanwhile, the Flash Grenade coated the monsters caught in its blast with countless microscopic currents of electricity; every subsequent blow would ignite these currents, yielding an immense output of secondary damage.

As the Spitfire poured forth an endless stream of fire bullets and the electrical discharge of the Flash Grenade flickered wildly, Jiang Xiaoyue wielded her battle spear with such blinding speed that her hands became a mere blur.

"Wave Orb Array!" Fang Qi commanded without pause.

The Asura’s Wave Orb Array was the ultimate form of crowd control, capable of forcibly binding almost any creature, including the majority of dungeon lords.

The moment the Ground Quaker concluded, the Wave Orb Array transformed into a sphere of incandescent spiritual light, trapping the Mecha Tau King within its confines once more!

The equipment of the few was of superb quality, and even that of Master Zhou, a mere bystander, was not lacking, let alone the fact that Master Zhou was currently playing a semi-auxiliary, semi-offensive role. The presence of the G-35L Flash Grenade was enough to allow his teammates to unleash a colossal torrent of damage in a single instant.

Everyone witnessed that, during those mere seconds of control, this once-dreaded and seemingly invincible Hyper Mecha Tau, before it could even fully activate, had already been battered into a broken, teetering wreck!

At this moment, they truly understood the meaning of cooperation and synergy; the terrifying might displayed by each class in this single instant had actually reduced the life force of this mechanical ox king to an extremely low state in what seemed like the blink of an eye.

With a roaring howl, the binding power of the Asura's Agni Pentacle vanished, and a massive surge of force instantly swept through the surroundings like a hurricane.

Every player was sent flying backward by this horrific power.

Simultaneously, countless magic circles lit up across the surrounding ground.

Still not dead?!

Everyone's heart sank; at this point, their skills were nearly exhausted. They had unleashed an utterly terrifying amount of damage in a split second, yet this Hyper Mecha Tau was actually still alive.

The two black-robed onlookers felt their hearts leap slightly into their throats.

The strategy was sound, but their levels were too low, and their damage fell short.

The Hyper Mecha Tau's entire body lit up with a peculiar magical glow.

At the same time, it continued to chant something.

Following this, a protective shield began to illuminate around its body.

It is over.

Even Zong Wu's palms were sweating at this moment, to say nothing of the others.

Just then, the giant mechanical ox's movements suddenly grew increasingly sluggish; unnoticed until now, an ice-blue ghost king had actually appeared beneath its feet!

Meanwhile, the green ghost king that had been present all along never ceased to weaken this terrifying monster for even a single moment.

Frozen!

Shock Grenade, Freezing Grenade, keep up the damage!

The Freezing Grenade exploded, and the mechanical ox was surprisingly frozen once more by the erupting frost.

At this moment, almost everyone was completely focused; under such intense concentration, every single skill was executed with far greater precision than usual.

Various skills were interspersed, leaving almost no gaps between them.

A thunderous crash resounded!

A great explosion suddenly erupted from within the mechanical ox's chassis, and it abruptly collapsed to its knees.

Completely destroyed!

We cleared it?!

We actually cleared it like this?!

With expressions of utter disbelief, everyone stared dead at Fang Qi's screen.

From the start of the battle to the kill, it had likely not even been ten seconds.

This mechanical ox, which seemed incredibly terrifying to others, had done almost nothing before being instantly obliterated!

It could be said that not a single shred of its formidable abilities had been put to use.

Cleared!

They had actually cleared it just like that?

Everyone felt as though they were dreaming. One had to know that among those who entered previously, some had even expended over a dozen Resurrection Coins, trying over and over again.

Even Zong Wu was filled with incredulity.

They had spent such a long time just on the King's Relic!

When you face a powerful enemy alone, do not forget that you still have teammates behind you, Fang Qi explained, looking at everyone's astonished expressions.

In fact, the earliest clearances of the mechanical ox were all achieved through seamless cooperation among teammates to secure a swift kill; this terrifying monster absolutely could not be allowed to drag the fight into the late stage, otherwise, just as they said, even a god could not save them.

No matter how many Resurrection Coins one had, they would be useless.

The flawless cooperation with teammates was also a form of excitement that could not be experienced when fighting alone, and sometimes, it could achieve things that one or two people could never imagine.

Only by personally experiencing the hardships and emerging through mutual aid with their teammates could they appreciate that indescribable excitement and emotion.

On the other hand, with their subclass advancement quests completed, they had either proven themselves or gained some form of enlightenment; regardless, they would next come into contact with the next level above—Awakening.

Perhaps from this moment onward, the Asura was no longer just a blind man, and the Spitfire was no longer just an expert... They would be: Indra, General, Bellatrix, Soul Taker!

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