Lords of the Heavens

Chapter 289 Giant Python Knight
At this moment, Li Wei suddenly looked up at Liang Yuzhi on the rooftop building. She was no longer as carefree and composed as before. She was kneeling on one knee, holding the four-star enchanted entrenching tool in her hand. She was only able to stay upright because of that thing.

She was actually bleeding from all seven orifices and was in a very sorry state!
Even so, she still maintained her light magic, which was probably the only thing she could do.

Because a special six-star level BOSS completely overwhelmed her.

Time seemed to stand still at that moment. Li Wei could feel a pair of eyes, as deep as an abyss, staring intently at him from beyond the darkness, or perhaps, greedily eyeing the Explorer Card bound to him.

At this moment, Li Wei even felt like he was about to suffocate. He was locked in place and dared not move at all.

Perhaps the only thing he can do is switch between the titles of Flame Baron and Tracker...

"Drink!"

Just then, Li Yue's roar burst forth like a spring thunderclap, instantly breaking through the oppressive silence and also breaking the suffocating lock on Li Wei.

He was panting heavily, his body covered in cold sweat, his physical strength was plummeting, and even his mental strength had dropped by 3 points.

So he immediately lunged at the all-purpose gold card that was not far away, wanting to replenish his energy.

Almost simultaneously, however, a bizarre and terrifying, incredibly fast giant tentacle shot out like a python, also aiming at that universal gold card.

At this moment, Li Wei felt a sense of despair. He could only watch helplessly as the giant python-like tentacles swept towards him, powerless to stop them!

Zhao Xuanxuan was grimacing and wanted to rush forward, but speed was her weakness.

As for that freelancer Annie, she didn't have that motivation either.

At the critical moment, a fireball shot out quickly. No matter how many times the giant python-like tentacles dodged, they could not escape the lock and were finally hit.

"boom!"

Amidst the explosion and flames, the giant python's tentacles truly transformed into a giant python, hissing and flicking its tongue as it retracted. Li Wei successfully pounced on the Omnipotent Gold Card, picked it up, and while recovering his condition, he also enhanced his Rat Exterminator title by half a level.

The specific effect is that it grants +75 health points, provides a strong immunity to level 2 blood plague, and reduces radiation levels to 50 points in just six hours. Even in an environment where level 3 blood plague infection can occur, it can safely last for six hours.

Of course, this was something Li Wei did on a whim; the act was also to avoid alerting the enemy and prevent some people from becoming restless.

Because he wasn't the main character in this battle at all.

The real protagonist is Li Yue, and Liang Yuzhi!
If Liang Yuzhi hadn't made a move, he could have instantly switched to the title of Flame Baron and then cut off the head of the giant python.

In short, he needs to adapt to Liang Yuzhi and Li Yue's rhythm in this battle, and follow their rhythm as a backup dancer to avoid overflowing hatred!

These details were agreed upon without any discussion; it was all done in tacit agreement.

Sure enough, the next second, Liang Yuzhi on the rooftop suddenly shouted out a syllable whose meaning was unclear. In any case, her light magic instantly intensified, not only shining brightly but also overwhelming the darkness outside, once again projecting its light into a radius of 500 meters.

Naturally, the true form of the special BOSS that had been advanced to 300 meters was exposed.

When it was still in the dark, it was mysterious, eerie, terrifying, and unknown.

When everything is in focus, when the light fades, the mystery is immediately stripped away.

At that moment, everyone saw the true form of this special BOSS.

To everyone's surprise, it turned out to be a 'person'.

A person resembling a marble sculpture, about two meters tall, with strong muscles, well-developed bones, and clearly defined muscle blocks, but whose entire body was snow-white, even his eyeballs were snow-white.

But what's even stranger is that behind it, five enormous pythons sprouted, their tentacles resembling those of the giant python from before.

But those weren't tentacles; they were pythons, in five colors: fiery red, snow white, dark black, dark green, and sky blue.

These five giant pythons rose up one by one at this moment, each exceeding fifty meters in length, and possibly even longer. Yet, they grew right behind this person, giving people an extremely twisted and unbalanced feeling.

But at that moment, the dark-colored giant python suddenly spat out a round object.

It fell to the ground with a thud.

When Li Wei and the others looked closely, they were all struck dumb, because this thing was none other than the leader of the Six Yang Sect of Li Wei's closest uncle, Li Guishan!

what happened?

Didn't he exploit a bug?
Didn't he leave before midnight? Logically, he should have had four or five hours left, enough to escape hundreds of miles. Why was he intercepted and killed by a special BOSS?

If Li Guishan is killed, does that mean Scarface's camp has also been destroyed?

No, that's unlikely. It's more likely that Li Guishan was intercepted and killed by this special BOSS on the way.

Are the heads and advisors of the Ministry of Commerce idiots, or is it that the information they have access to in the background is not complete?
Otherwise, they should have been able to figure out that this special BOSS was a cursed type.

Since they said no one in the family could be missing, then of course no one will be missing. Li Guishan is just a down-on-his-luck four-star lord; now he's just throwing his head away. "Wait, damn it!"

At that moment, Li Wei suddenly felt weak and felt as if some of his strength had been drained away.

The next second, a line of information appeared silently.

[Family member Li Guishan unfortunately encountered the Giant Python Knight 30 miles from the family camp. He tragically died in battle, dropping three class cards. Simultaneously, the curse on your family has deepened. All family players, including free civilians participating in the battle, will suffer the first layer of the Bloodborne Curse—all attributes -1. Only by defeating the Giant Python Knight can they recover. This curse will continue to strengthen for each core family member who dies.]

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That's it!

In the instant when Li Wei was very weak, Liang Yuzhi's light magic seemed to be impacted again. Although it did not go out, it dimmed by about 70%. The strange giant python knight took the opportunity to jump back into the darkness, compressing the illuminated area to 300 meters.

Almost simultaneously, Li Guishan roared in pain.

"Li Wei, you little beast, why wasn't it you who died!"

As the eerie curses echoed, Li Wei felt a sharp pain in his chest. At the same time, his vision blurred, and his mind went blank. He stood there, stunned.

However, the next second, before he could switch to the Tracker title to break free, a flash of sword light appeared, and Li Yue severed the head of a huge python—it was the blue python.

Unfortunately, this is not the core of life.

At the same time, a beam of light descended from the sky, dispelling Li Wei's nightmare-like state!
At this moment, the giant python knight had disappeared into the darkness again, not approaching at all. However, a large number of mutated creatures appeared to the north and east, as if the giant python knight was driving these mutated creatures to attack the city.

Something's not right here.

Li Wei looked at Li Yue, but Li Yue looked at Liang Yuzhi. Their eyes exchanged quickly as they formulated a new strategy. There was no need to inform Li Wei, as he was not the commander of this battle.

"All four-star professionals, prepare to leave the city for battle; the rest of you, hold the city walls!"

Liang Yuzhi's voice rang out again, and the next second a small ball of light appeared above Li Yue's head. She made a new decision because, based on the previous few rounds of probing, this giant python knight was a combination of a curse caster and a physical ranged attacker.

It looks scary, but as long as it attacks recklessly, Liang Yuzhi feels she has at least a 70% chance of taking it down.

But this thing is too smart. It never gets close to the city wall, never attacks, and retreats immediately as soon as it detects danger.

Therefore, it's difficult to kill it using conventional methods. A desperate battle in the darkness is necessary.

Otherwise, if things continue to drag on like this, with all the back-and-forth testing, Liang Yuzhi is certain that she will be worn down.

Li Yue was well aware of this, and Li Wei could roughly guess it as well.

However, Liang Yuzhi was unable to participate in the battle. If she did, under the influence of the Light Magic, the giant python knight would not take the bait at all. It would only keep moving around and driving the mutated creatures to attack the city. They would be exhausted to death, while the giant python knight could launch a surprise attack at any time.

At this moment, Li Yue finally glanced at Li Weiyi with a firm look in her eyes. Without saying a word, she charged into the darkness with her blue greatsword in hand.

Li Wei followed suit without hesitation. Now, it's not just about tacit understanding; it also requires mutual trust and the courage to face a formidable enemy.

On this point, both Li Yue and Liang Yuzhi were very clear that Li Wei would not let them down!

However, it was a bit silly that Zhao Xuanxuan followed Li Weiqi so closely.

Her gaze was equally unwavering, a resolute determination to die for Li Wei.

Without Li Wei, she is nothing; if Li Wei loses, her future will also be nothing.

But if she could shield Li Wei from a vital attack at a crucial moment, she could still have a bright and promising future.

The reputation of being a gambling addict is well-deserved!
Annie hesitated for a moment, then followed. She didn't quite understand where Zhao Xuanxuan got her courage, but it didn't seem to concern her.

On the other side, Zhao Guozhu and Old John, both four-star professionals, rushed over from afar. They showed no sign of wanting to give up. There was no need for them to go all out in the fight. As long as Liang Yuzhi didn't die, even if Li Wei died and they died in battle, they would only lose one of the lowest-level professional cards.

Nothing spectacular.

But if they really want to slack off and coast along, given their respective identities, they'll still face consequences when they go back.

Thomas and Lyon also wanted to rush up, just like Zhao Xuanxuan, but they were immediately stopped by Liang Yuzhi.

Because at that moment, a large number of mutated creatures took the opportunity to rush up from the north.

Now we have to open up two battlefields; there's no other choice.

To be honest, at this moment, Liang Yuzhi herself was a little worried. She really didn't expect that the special BOSS would be so difficult to deal with!
At that moment, Li Yue, Li Wei, Zhao Xuanxuan, Annie, and Zhao Guozhu and Old John, who arrived later, were quickly engulfed by the darkness outside, while mutated creatures from all directions surged in like a tide once again.

The pressure suddenly increased.

(End of this chapter)