Chapter 173: Killing
Seeing the approaching wight leader, Gu Xi was about to raise his Frostwind Staff when the Death avatar perched on the city gate tower moved much faster than him.
The Death avatar opened its mouth and breathed Death Dragon Breath at the oncoming wight leader.
The wight leader seemed to be flying in the air, but he was actually stepping on snowflakes, with limited dodging range. He also didn't notice the huge Death avatar beside Gu Xi at first.
He only thought about killing Gu Xi to easily solve the battle before him. Seeing the situation in his favor, he charged in excitement.
Unexpectedly, just as he reached Gu Xi, without even making a move, a Death Dragon Breath blasted at him head-on.
Under the green glow, he had no chance to dodge and was pushed back several steps by the Death Dragon Breath.
Then the Death avatar spread its wings and turned into black mist, charging forward.
As it rushed past the wight leader hit by the Death Dragon Breath, it dipped low and dragged the wight leader's body over a hundred meters.
[Death avatar (spell creation) killed wight leader - Ice Wight (Level 8), you gained 3115 experience points (experience +5%).]
When the Death avatar swooped down, the attacking wights also noticed the situation here.
They didn't expect that in just one encounter, Gu Xi had already killed a powerful wight leader.
This left the wights momentarily at a loss, their attacks noticeably pausing.
However, Gu Xi's subordinates did not stop their assault.
Even under the influence of the Soul Stealer, the zombies would collapse upon touching the coffin, but they still thrust their spears step by step as trained.
The Soul Stealer was no longer as composed as before. He had to dodge the spears thrust at him, as he wasn't invulnerable and couldn't ignore all attacks.
At this moment, skeleton soldiers also charged out from both sides of the zombies, rushing directly into the wight's formation.
The wights that could rush in at this point were all those with relatively fast movement speeds. Due to the chaotic mix of races, they had no room for coordination. Once the skeleton soldiers charged into their formation, they started fighting in a coordinated manner as trained.
Some of these skeleton soldiers had received training from Combat Squad 1. Holding spears, they ignored their own safety and thrust forward, then thrust forward again.
This simple and brutal attack method was most effective against these chaotic wights.
Because they didn't care what abilities or strange powers the wights had.
As long as the big wights were there, seven or eight spears wouldn't kill them, but they would stab again.
As for the wights' counterattacks, the skeleton soldiers took them with their bodies.
As long as the wights couldn't instantly kill hundreds of skeleton soldiers, some skeletons would always reach them.
These attacks from both sides were like crab pincers, continuously squeezing the wight army.
This effectively cut off the battle space for the Soul Stealer at the front.
At first, some wights followed behind the Soul Stealer, helping him block attacks from behind, allowing him to focus on the zombies in front.
In the hands of the Soul Stealer, nearly a hundred zombies had already fallen.
But now, with the wights behind him cleared out, the Soul Stealer was besieged. Several skeletons raised spears or other weapons and hacked at him from the front.
This overwhelmed the Soul Stealer, who originally only had to deal with the zombies in front, forcing him to shift his attention from the zombies. He swung his coffin like a windmill with increased force.
This made him temporarily safe but greatly drained his stamina. He had to reconsider how to handle the situation.
At this moment, the Soul Stealer suddenly felt a sense of unease. He looked up to see a long arrow flying towards him, followed by hundreds of bone arrows.
The Soul Stealer quickly dodged backward, but unfortunately, he had just swung the coffin wide and couldn't abandon it immediately.
As he dodged, his body was dragged off balance by the coffin, not only failing to dodge far but exposing his chest, where more than half of the bone arrows hit him.
Under such an attack, the Soul Stealer fell on the spot, and his coffin was flung away.
Nearby skeletons and zombies, seeing the opportunity, thrust their spears into the Soul Stealer.
With their attacks, the Soul Stealer was finally killed on the spot.
With his death, the black coffin chained to him vanished into thin air, never to be seen again.
Along with it disappeared the over a hundred souls trapped inside the coffin.
This was precisely why necromancers hated Soul Stealers.
The souls taken by a Soul Stealer could never be retrieved, even if the Soul Stealer was killed.
After killing the Soul Stealer, Gu Xi's undead troops felt revitalized, and more undead surged into the wight army. Several undead leaders even set their sights on the nearest wight leader.
It was the wight leader holding the oiled paper umbrella, a woman in a cheongsam, now half-buried in snow.
Seeing the undead turning towards her, the cheongsam woman hesitated not. She knew her position and abilities well; apart from changing the weather to snow, she had no other uses.
All her remaining skills were defensive.
Seeing the undead surrounding her, she immediately froze herself in an icebox.
From within the icebox, she stared wide-eyed, watching the undead futilely trying to break the thick ice.
However, this wight leader forgot one thing: Gu Xi had a Death avatar.
While everyone was dealing with the Soul Stealer, the Death avatar circled around, charging into the rear wight forces.
Taking advantage of the crystal storm and black mist, the Death avatar rampaged through the wight army, killing many wights in one encounter.
Then the Death avatar turned back, flying out of the wight formation.
Just as it flew back, the Soul Stealer was easily killed. The Death avatar condensed its body, gathering black mist and crystal shards, and struck the icebox heavily.
In the wight leader's astonished eyes, the Death avatar lifted the icebox into the air and flew higher and higher.