The condition of Jiang Kai and the other three was extremely bad. On top of that, they couldn't figure out whether the Ghost Star Barrier still had some follow up trick. After Dongli successfully escaped, Jiang Kai didn't dare stay any longer. He used the Divine Might Halo to cleanse Ruan Yu and the others, then took the three of them and left immediately.
Only after they got four or five li beyond the border and reached a lakeside did Jiang Kai and the others finally stop to rest.
"Old Hu, what in the world happened?" Ruan Yu asked in a hurry. "How did you turn into a Bizarre Class?"
Jiang Kai also looked at Hu Yan in surprise.
After Hu Yan's breathing calmed, he glanced at Dongli, who was still in her white fox form, and let out a sigh. "I don't know what happened either. When I saw Dongli about to dissipate, suddenly I heard a voice."
"It said, if I wanted to save Dongli, then become a Bizarre Class user." Hu Yan recalled as he spoke. "I didn't even know what the Bizarre Class was, but afterward, it asked me whether I was willing to pay some price to gain a burst of great power."
"In that situation, I didn't even think before agreeing."
"In the middle of the fight I didn't know what was going on. It wasn't until just now that the voice said, if I wanted strength, it would come find me again, but every time I used that kind of power, I would have to pay an even greater price."
Ruan Yu asked in a rush, "What's the price?"
Hu Yan shook his head. "I'm not too sure yet."
Jiang Kai suddenly said, "It's the soul."
The other two looked at Jiang Kai in shock. Jiang Kai shook his head. "If my guess is right, the thing tempting you into a deal was that mass of black mist, and that second form Old Hu used is something only a Bizarre Class can unleash. His power rose drastically."
Dongli walked over as well, looking at Hu Yan with aching concern.
"Usually, Bizarre Class users have to surrender a portion of their soul when they change class, but Old Hu's situation is special. He hasn't fully become a Bizarre Class user."
"Put simply, others are like signing a long term contract, while Old Hu… is a short term contract."
"This…" Hu Yan frowned, extremely surprised by this explanation.
Jiang Kai said, "Old Hu, as long as you can control yourself and use the second form less, I think you might not necessarily become a real Bizarre Class user."
"Is being a Bizarre Class user bad?" Ruan Yu asked. "Old Hu's power skyrocketed at the time!"
Jiang Kai sighed. "I don't know how to put it. At first glance, giving up a part of your soul doesn't have any obvious effect for many people, but human desire is limitless. Once people taste the sweetness of power, who knows what they'll choose later."
Dongli was rapidly recovering this whole time. While Jiang Kai and the others talked, she had already returned to human form.
She walked to Hu Yan's side and cupped his face in her hands, speaking with distressed tenderness. "Husband, I barely managed to find myself again after being lost, so you have to promise me that you will never lose yourself in front of power again."
Hu Yan looked at Dongli, his gaze gentle. He nodded lightly. "I promise you, I will never lose myself."
"Stop feeding us dog food already, this is so mushy," Ruan Yu said, shaking her head. "Anyway, Dongli finally got out, so let's drink a little, celebrate a bit?"
Jiang Kai wasn't in the mood to celebrate. "Dongli, can you still sense the Guardian Lord's condition?"
Dongli tried using her consciousness to communicate with the Guardian Lord, but after a moment, she shook her head. "Strange. I can't feel its will anymore."
Jiang Kai frowned and nodded. "Maybe it's because you've already escaped its control. That's a good thing… I just wonder how the battle is going over there."
"Captain Kai, you already exhausted all your trump cards. Right now you basically have no combat power. Don't worry about them," Ruan Yu said.
"Yeah, Captain Kai, Huaxia has countless strong fighters. The military has always acted cautiously. I think they should be confident."
Jiang Kai sighed. "If it were the previous Guardian Lord, they probably could. But this time…"
"What's different this time?" Even Dongli asked.
Jiang Kai looked at his companions. If he told them he was a Heaven's Punishment Exile, it would only make them worry for him.
He thought for a moment, then shook his head. "It's nothing…"
.........
The Firelight Beast's body, massive as a mountain, raised its head and let out a sky shaking roar. Heaven and earth trembled.
"All main defense lines are under beast tide attack! Everyone attack with everything you have, we must kill it as fast as possible!" A man about forty shouted orders. "We absolutely cannot let the beast tide drag on until the map boss appears! Work harder, fight!"
After he spoke, he stomped on the ground and shot forward like a cannonball, plunging into the raging sea of fire.
The Firelight Beast was wrapped in flames, with a sea of fire stretching a thousand meters around it. To get close to it, you first had to endure the terrifying flames around it.
After him, a large number of War Gods charged into the fire without caring for their safety.
Luo Ping watched the battle from afar.
"This round of fierce attacks should be enough to hunt the Guardian Lord."
Beside him, Tian Feng looked around.
This great battle had lasted nearly ten hours. Thousands of War Gods, at the cost of more than two thirds casualties, had finally forced the Guardian Lord into the fourth phase.
"Thankfully the Fire God was here to hold the field, or this thing would have been even harder to deal with."
Another War God nodded. "And the National Soul buff. When dealing with a boss, a 19 percent critical rate is more useful than a 19 percent attribute boost."
Luo Ping nodded. "Exactly. Crits made our few effective attacks deal more damage than before, which is why we could push it into the fourth phase this smoothly."
Inside the sea of fire, bursts of explosions rang out. All sides' top tier War Gods were fighting the Firelight Beast fiercely.
More than ten minutes later, the fire field suddenly erupted with terrifying flames. Right after, countless raging tongues of fire shot out, and several figures were blasted out.
Among them was the lead War God of this hunt, Huaxia's Fire God, Xiahou Yan.
Logically, as the Fire God, Xiahou Yan had extremely strong fire control. The Firelight Beast's flames earlier hadn't hurt him much.
But this time, Xiahou Yan was charred all over, with massive burns across his chest.
"Fire God, what happened?!" Luo Ping shot forward and caught the flying Xiahou Yan.
Fortunately, Xiahou Yan's life wasn't in danger. With Luo Ping's help, Xiahou Yan stared fixedly at the sea of fire.
"Our attacks worked well, but that thing… entered the fifth phase!"
"What? Fifth phase? Why is there a fifth phase?"
"I don't know!" Xiahou Yan said.
"What is the fifth phase?"
"Endless Heavenly Fire!" After Xiahou Yan spoke, everyone felt the ground beneath their feet shake violently.
They looked around but couldn't find the source of the shaking, until they looked up at the sky.
Originally, the Firelight Beast's flames only lit the sky above the battlefield. But now, the entire sky was covered in a layer of bright red.
Huaxia's twenty four main city zones, all the major safe zones, beast tides crashing madly against them, all players holding the safe zones with their lives.
But at this moment, people suddenly realized the world around them was enveloped in red.
They looked up to see the sky ten thousand meters high filled with blazing light.
"What… what is that?!"
Moments later, they saw countless red meteors falling from the sky.
"My god! This is… the Guardian Lord's skill!" Marshal Dong stood in the Safe Zone of Area Two, staring at the boundless meteors raining down in shock.
Wei Ying, standing in the Safe Zone of Area Eighteen, looked at the countless falling meteors and took a deep breath. "This… this time's Guardian Lord actually has such a terrifying skill!"
The meteors came down like a blanket over the sky, while the beast tide was not affected at all and continued to assault all defense lines madly.
Huaxia's battlefront was in danger along its entire line.
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