86: Race against time, spell controller!

The goblins let out sharp shrieks, and the moment Xiao Qianqian charged, dozens of monsters instantly surrounded her.

Mass Imprisonment!

Zuo Mei waved her staff, and Mass Imprisonment was instantly activated.

Dozens of Imprisonment auras fell, enveloping the monsters charging towards the team.

The success rate of Mass Imprisonment was inherently lower than single-target Imprisonment.

What's more, this was a critical moment for a rapid advance; if the failure rate was too high, it could easily affect the entire team's forward speed.

For a moment, everyone in the team except Xia Qi held their breath.

Healer, you really need to deliver!

If it fails and they are blocked by monsters, more monsters will swarm in.

At that point, let alone catching up to the teams ahead, it would be a question of whether they could even Break through.

As if hearing everyone's thoughts, Lucky Goddess smiled at this moment.

The instant the Mass Imprisonment aura fell, all the monsters were instantly frozen in place, unable to move!

"My goodness, all... all successful?!"

Zuo Mei looked shocked.

This was her first 100% successful cast of Mass Imprisonment.

It was simply divine!

"Amazing, amazing, Zuo Mei, I didn't expect you to be so useful at a critical moment!"

"I never noticed before, Zuo Mei, did you secretly learn Advanced Imprisonment?"

"Well done, Zuo Mei, from now on, when we do Trials in a dungeon, I really won't go without you."

The team members praised her, as Zuo Mei's skill played a huge role at this critical moment.

There were only so many gaps in the monster horde; if they seized this opportunity, they might be able to catch up to the teams ahead.

Xiao Qianqian, at the very front, let out a long sigh of relief, "Zuo Mei, you truly are something."

Zuo Mei, praised by her teammates, blushed. She also felt that today was truly Lucky.

The Mass Imprisonment, which usually had a success rate of less than 50%, performed exceptionally today, achieving 100% success.

Such a feat, even the War God Academy instructors would surely praise it greatly if they saw it.

A low-Rank Imprisonment on a high-Rank; if they didn't praise her for this, then who would they praise?

After returning, she decided to buy a few lottery tickets; she couldn't waste today's good fortune.

Only Xia Qi remained calm, as if everything was within his expectations.

Li Pengfei had been secretly watching Xia Qi, and seeing that Xia Qi couldn't even bother to say a word of flattery, his sarcastic remarks immediately followed.

"I say, Xia Qi, even Zuo Mei, a Healer, can make such an outstanding contribution, but you, a Rank 20 good-for-nothing, can't do anything at all, just freeloading, right?"

As soon as these words came out, the smiles on the Faces of the others froze.

Xiao Qianqian's Face darkened, and she slapped her forehead while charging.

Oh no!

Xia Qi turned his head and looked at Li Pengfei with an expression as if he were looking at an idiot.

Shouldn't a Warlock's intelligence be very high?

Why did Li Pengfei look like an idiot no matter how he looked at him?

"Xia Qi, I can't control Li Pengfei, it's my problem as the captain, but I hope you can give me some Face; now is not the time for internal strife."

Xiao Qianqian didn't try to persuade Li Pengfei this time, because she also couldn't stand Li Pengfei's intelligence, so she could only look at Xia Qi with a pleading gaze.

"Alright, I'll give you Face, but this is the last time!"

Xia Qi coldly glanced at Li Pengfei and continued on his way.

"No, Captain, I'm telling the truth..."

"Shut up."

Xiao Qianqian couldn't be bothered to waste words with Li Pengfei, directly interrupting him, then nodded gratefully towards Xia Qi.

At least Xia Qi still gave her a lot of Face.

The other people in the team also knew where the problem lay.

That idiot Li Pengfei would always snort and cause trouble for no reason; anyone would want to punch him.

Meanwhile, elsewhere.

Xiao Qianqian's team was still quite a distance from the team at the very front of the giant tree.

But the commotion they caused here clearly caught the attention of the other side.

Suddenly, the elf monster horde in front erupted into a frenzy, as if an invisible force was pulling the monsters' aggro.

For a moment, a large number of monsters all looked towards Xiao Qianqian's team, their eyes glowing crimson, and they roared as they surged towards everyone.

"It's a Frenzy Spell, there's a Spellcaster Manipulator among them, hurry and go around!"

Xiao Qianqian was experienced and immediately identified the cause of the monster horde's rampage.

"This is the team ahead deliberately pulling the monsters' aggro towards us to prevent us from advancing."

Zuo Mei also saw through it and quickly analyzed.

Xia Qi's gaze passed through the monster horde, looking at the crowd of people in the team ahead.

These people were dressed differently from Shengjing University, clearly not a Shengjing University team.

Xiao Qianqian also saw them, "These are people from Sakura Country!"

"The one casting the Frenzy Spell should be a Spellcaster Manipulator, a unique profession of Sakura Country!"

These people wore ninja-like clothing, embroidered with unique patterns of Sakura Country.

Xia Qi had never heard of this profession and looked at the others in the team in confusion.

Xiao Qianqian said in a deep voice, "This profession isn't strong in terms of power, but it's very disgusting; their methods can only be described as underhanded."

The Assassin Yu Zhen spoke for the first time, "If we really fight, I could fight them with one hand tied behind my back, and they still wouldn't beat me."

Xia Qi nodded, his gaze falling once again on that Spellcaster Manipulator.

"Ding, replicating the talent Spellcasting."

"Spellcasting."

"Rank: S-Rank."

"Effect: You can cast spells, and spell damage is increased by 100%."

"Learned Frenzy Spell, Effect: Under Frenzy status, monsters lose aggro and only attack the closest enemy."

At this point, Xia Qi finally understood the disgusting aspect of the opponent.

This Frenzy Spell was clearly a skill that harmed a thousand enemies but also harmed eight hundred of oneself.

But even so, the opponent still used it, just to prevent other teams from approaching the giant tree.

At the same time, other War God Academy teams had also approached this area.

The Spellcaster Manipulator from Sakura Country's eyes narrowed, and he immediately began to cast spells.

Frenzy Spell!

Bloodlust Spell!

Various spells controlling monster aggro were continuously thrown out, targeting the vicinity of other teams.

"Damn, what is this, so disgusting, why are all the monsters rushing towards us?"

"I see, it looks like the Sakura Country team is at the bottom of the tree."

"These despicable wretches, if I catch them, they're in for it."

"Stop talking, there are more and more monsters."

Several teams continuously released skills, attempting to Break through.

But there were simply too many monsters, and most were unable to Break through the encirclement.

Including Xiao Qianqian's team, they were now surrounded by hundreds of monsters, unable to Break through the encirclement in a short time.

"Damn it, the Sakura Country team is about to start climbing the tree."

"What should we do, will the Trial fail?"

"So annoying, with this disgusting skill, there are more and more monsters; if it's really impossible, should we go back?"

Before entering the island, everyone had a teleportation stone, and if the Trial could not proceed, they could choose to leave.

At this moment, many War God Academy teams, due to insufficient strength, had already begun to retreat.

After all, there is only one life.

Only Xiao Qianqian's team was still persisting, but at this point, some people in the team had already started to lose heart.