Chapter 624 - 589: Assassination of the Ninth Head
The Ancient Tree Fortress’s single step covered the distance of twenty human steps. As the giant tree trudged through waist-deep water, poised to breach the enemy’s defenses, the fight turned imminent. The Hydra, sensing danger, brought four more heads to bear alongside the sluggish Ice Head and the still-sprouting Golden Head.
—System Prompt: Severe Warning! The Hydra is awakening in full! Prepare to respond urgently!
At this moment, Da Fei was drenched in sweat!
Just then, a flash of dark light lit up from the Shadow Head—Deirdre launched another attack!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Deirdre attempted to cast Master-level Dark Magic "Madness Technique" on the Hydra, but the magic failed! Vice Hero Deirdre gained insights into Grandmaster-level Dark Magic!
Da Fei’s heart sank, another failure?
No, she employed another Spirit Magic "Madness Technique"! Its effect was indiscriminate, causing targets to attack friend and foe alike. And this time, her target wasn’t the Ice Head, so her intent was to continue sharpening her Grandmaster-level insights?
For heaven’s sake! Sis, you’re like family to me! Don’t screw this up!
While Da Fei was in a state of urgent distress, a dark light flickered from the steadily rising Ice Head yet again. Deirdre was on the move once more!
Da Fei’s eyelid twitched! Could this be the Puppet Master this time?
The crucial moment had arrived. If she failed again, it would all be over! The Ancient Tree Fortress certainly couldn’t withstand the assault from eight awakened heads until she could attempt another Puppet Master cast!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Deirdre attempted to cast Master-level Dark Magic "Puppet Master" on the Hydra, but the magic failed! Your Vice Hero Deirdre gained insights into Grandmaster-level Dark Magic!
—System Prompt: Congratulations! Your Vice Hero gained insights into Dark Magic from challenging a formidable God-level creature, successfully mastering Grandmaster-level Dark Magic! Your Vice Hero learned the sub-skill "Spirit Magic Specialization" for Grandmaster-level Dark Magic!
Ah, explosive success! Da Fei spat blood in ecstasy!
She advanced, finally leveling up in real combat! So this truly was Makar’s advanced insight—failing in magic still led to advancement eventually! But, my dear baby sister! I believe now that you’ve reached the Grandmaster level and grasped Spirit Specialization, your next attempt will succeed, but the Ancient Tree Fortress might not last until then!
No! It will hold! We’ve come this far, how can we abandon now!
Even if the ancient tree falters, we’ll retreat to the ship immediately, I still have the Flying with 130,000 durability! I’ll use the Flying to withstand four rounds for you!
Facing all eight awakened heads, Da Fei gritted his teeth and shouted, "Nasir, go!"
At that moment, a golden light shield spread out from Deirdre’s center, instantly enveloping the massive Hydra!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Deirdre used the Divine Artifact "Time Hourglass"! The Hydra is in the time slowing domain!
In an instant, the Hydra in the golden-shooting light became statue-still!
Da Fei’s jaw hit the floor! Is she—
Forgoing the chance to use the artifact for self-preservation, she chose to use it for a direct offense instead? Is this to compensate for the series of failures she caused?
Da Fei sighed deeply, why can’t you understand my intent? This is the biggest headache with an Epic Hero’s excessive initiative! What else can I say at this moment? We can only make the most of this precious time!
Da Fei shouted, "Tamilia, Tachiusu, prepare! Catherine, prepare to broadside bombard!"
"Roger!"
—System Prompt: You used the Master-level Luck Skill sub-skill "Lucky Hand," your troops’ next action will be 100% lucky!
A rainbow light engulfed both the Flying and Nasir Ancient Tree!
Nasir stepped forward with a resounding step, grabbed the statue-like mountain of Hydra, as thick roots burgeoned from its fingertips deeply penetrating the Hydra’s tough hide—a Tree Spirit’s signature special skill, Root Bind.
Tamilia followed immediately with action—twenty Holy Vines shot out from the Ancient Tree Fortress like giant pythons, binding six heads, excluding the Golden and Ice Heads!
Indeed, the Holy Vines’ continuous bleeding attack wasn’t enough to destroy the ninth Golden Head, and the Golden Head was still growing, so there was no need to target it. And since the Ice Head was acting as "an insider," it obviously didn’t need binding. So the preplanned strategy was to focus all Holy Vine Power to entangle six heads, tackling one with three, wrapping for as long as possible!
Of course, not even three current state Holy Vines could match one head, which is why Tachiusu’s ultimate move came into play once more!
—System Prompt: Your ally hero Tachiusu casts Mysterious Magic "Vine Jungle"!
A green Array appeared on the Ancient Tree Fortress, and in that instant, the fortress turned into a jungle, with a vast number of robust vines enveloping the Hydra’s six heads completely! Countless "-150," "-160" vampire damage and "-20," "-20" mana-draining effects emerged!
Da Fei threw a fierce punch into the air! A perfect binding, achieved only when the opponent was completely immobilized, could we execute such a tactic!
—Roarrrrr!!! The Hydra roared in unison, the golden light of the Time Domain exploded, and the Hydra’s six heads fully awakened!
Boom boom boom!!! The six heads struggled violently but found themselves stuck, like Sea Monsters caught in a net, unable to break free instantly! Agreed, not even the former Ancient Tree Fortress nor the Abyss Giant could escape so easily at once! This was the strength of Tachiusu’s ultimate move paired with the Holy Vines!
Roar! A flaming Fire Head woke in insane fury, spraying fire automatically. Tamilia responded with utmost focus, a quick gesture from her dainty hands caused the three Holy Vines wrapping it to jerk sharply, skewing the snake head’s trajectory. A blazing Fireball whistled heavenward, dragging a long fiery tail!
Phew! Da Fei was incredibly relieved in shock and gratitude. The Hydra was completely under control, posing no threat to our forces, and we had to take it down before the Vine Jungle spell expired!
—System Prompt: Your ally’s Demon Child Army used the special skill "Magic Steal," stealing 867 Mana from the Hydra!
Oh yes, the Demon Child struck again! As cannon fodder for two turns of action, they proved their worth! But from what we see now, who knows how many times these Demon Child can attack? Fine, as long as we deplete the Hydra’s Mana, I won’t have to fear it anymore!
Just then, a dark light flashed over the Ice Head again, at that moment, Da Fei harbored high hopes once more!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Deirdre released Grandmaster-level Dark Magic "Puppet Master" on the Hydra, successfully controlling the Hydra’s Ice Head!
—System Prompt: Your Vice Hero Deirdre learned information about God-level Dark Magic from challenging a formidable God-level creature.
"Oh yes! Ice Fruit!" At this moment, the entire fleet erupted in cheer!
Simultaneously, the Ice Head that had just opened its eyes and was seized, unhesitatingly chomped at the neck of the growing Golden Head! -24319!!!
—Roar!!! The Golden Head’s heartrending scream rang through the passageway!
Oh my! Although the Ice Head is dull, its power sure isn’t underestimated!
In ecstatic joy, Da Fei waved his hand, "All ship troops, fire!!!"
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