213: Unleash your ultimate move!

Yu Yue did not hesitate, immediately activating the Radiant Knight's short-term damage reduction skill, "Divine Shield." A solid golden cover enveloped him, temporarily immunizing him to spore damage, and he took the opportunity to retreat with his shield.

Xu Bai decisively severed the mental connection with his trapped summons; the three Abyssal Hounds were instantly corroded to dust by the spores.

Han Ruoxue waved her staff, and the light of "Moon God—Purification" showered down, dispelling the three layers of poison that had accumulated on Yu Yue.

However, the poisonous cloud formed by the "Calamity Spores" did not dissipate; instead, it remained in place, like a massive death zone, splitting the Dawn Squad's formation and severely restricting their movement and output space. The Tree Demon hid behind the spore cloud, using "Vine Whip" and "Thunderous Roots" even more frequently, forcing ranged classes to constantly move and dodge, greatly reducing their damage output efficiency.

Chu Yixing's brows furrowed as his mind rapidly calculated the BOSS's skill rotation and the duration of the spore cloud.

"We can't keep this up. Its passive ability regenerates health in thunderstorms, so the longer we drag this out, the worse it is for us. Everyone, conserve energy, save your ultimate skills. Once the spore cloud dissipates, follow my command and unleash your full power to try and deplete a large portion of its health in one go."

The battle entered its most challenging phase, testing patience and coordination. The Dawn Squad members cautiously circled the edge of the spore cloud, dodging the Tree Demon's skills, delivering intermittent damage, and closely monitoring the changes in the poisonous cloud.

Chu Yixing, with his superior mobility, occasionally risked cutting into the edge of the spore cloud, unleashing a round of "Sword Qi" before quickly retreating, trying his best to maintain pressure on the Tree Demon's health.

The long fifteen-second cooldown finally passed, and the pervasive spore cloud began to gradually fade and dissipate.

"The opportunity has come," Chu Yixing's eyes flashed with a sharp gleam. "Ling Han, Ruo Xue, prepare your ultimate skills; Yu Yue, move forward to re-attract and stabilize aggro; Xu Bai, restrict it with Abyssal Shackles; everyone, full firepower."

The moment Yu Yue re-attracted the Tree Demon's aggro with "Holy Light Impact," Xu Bai's control skill was the first to be unleashed.

"Abyssal Shackles!"

Several sturdy chains, formed from abyssal energy and burning with black flames, shot out from the void, coiling like giant pythons around the Tribulation Tree Demon's main trunk and its most crucial attacking vines.

The Tree Demon struggled madly, the chains emitting an ear-splitting screech, and two of them instantly snapped. However, the remaining chains still successfully restricted its movement for a full three seconds.

These three seconds were more than enough for the poised Dawn Squad!

The lightning on Ji Linghan's war hammer boiled to its peak, as if it had transformed into the scepter of the Thunder God, stirring the power of heaven and earth: "Divine Punishment—Nine Heavens Thunder!" This was the strongest single-target damage skill he currently possessed. Nine purple divine thunders, each thicker and more violent than the last, like coiling dragons, continuously struck down from the dark clouds, precisely hitting the same vulnerable spot on the Tree Demon that had been attacked multiple times.

-48,000 (Thunder Punishment Damage)

-49,500 (Thunder Punishment Damage)

...This terrifying burst of thunder punishment inflicted over 430,000 devastating damage, and the Tree Demon's health plummeted like an avalanche to below 220,000. Its entire canopy was almost leveled, and a huge charred hole appeared on its main trunk. Its painful wails became hoarse and desperate.

Almost simultaneously with the thunder punishment, Han Ruoxue's incantation was completed. The moon god scepter radiated a brilliance like the descent of a full moon: "Lunar Eclipse—Domain!" A powerful Lunar Eclipse Domain expanded around her, enveloping the Tribulation Tree Demon. The Tree Demon's body immediately took on a layer of dim shadow; its movement speed and attack speed visibly slowed, and its defense also decreased, causing it to take significantly increased damage.

Following this, Han Ruoxue condensed most of her remaining energy, pointed her scepter forward, and unleashed a newly learned attack skill: "New Moon—Spatial Rift!" A crescent-shaped light blade, as thin as a cicada's wing yet incredibly sharp, silently glided through space, striking the massive wound on the Tree Demon's main trunk created by the thunder punishment, performing a brutal cut.

-68,800 (Moonlight Damage)

Having suffered successive heavy blows, the Tribulation Tree Demon's remaining vitality completely burned out, plunging it into its final frenzy. It no longer heeded aggro rules; all its surviving vines thrashed wildly and indiscriminately like uncontrolled whips. Extremely unstable, dazzling electric light erupted from the charred hole in its trunk, and the thunder in the sky reached its peak intensity, as if the very firmament was about to collapse.

"Beware of the Tree Demon's dying counterattack. Yu Yue, maximum defense; everyone scatter, pets retreat," Chu Yixing's voice was still clear amidst the deafening noise, carrying an unquestionable resolve.

Yu Yue pressed his shield tightly in front of him, pouring all his energy without reservation into "Holy Light Barrier!" A massive, incredibly thick barrier, like solid golden crystal, rose from the ground, blocking the front of the squad. But the Tree Demon's counterattack far exceeded expectations; it actually channeled its ultimate skill, "Heavenly Lightning Invocation." The target was no longer a specific area, but rather, with itself as the center, countless wild bolts of lightning, like uncontrolled thunder snakes, wildly scattered in all directions. This was an indiscriminate area-of-effect lightning burst.

"Boom! Crackle!"

The roar of thunder drowned out all other sounds.

Yu Yue's Holy Light Barrier, after enduring most of the lightning impact, was covered in cracks and shattered with a crash. Yu Yue himself spat out a mouthful of blood, his health plummeting, and he half-knelt on the ground.

Stray lightning bolts passed through the cracks in the barrier, striking the backline.

"Moonlight—Guard!" Han Ruoxue desperately cast Moonlight shields on Xu Bai and Ji Linghan beside her.

Thunder roared, grabbing Ji Linghan's war hammer shoulder strap with its claws, and forcefully dodged to the side; Shadow Claw, using Shadow Leap, barely helped Xu Bai dodge a fatal lightning arc; Azure Heaven spewed flames, attempting to counteract the lightning; Dawn Light formed a protective shield with holy light, protecting himself and Little Qilin; Silver Pupil, relying on extreme speed, dangerously weaved through the lightning field.

The scene became utterly chaotic for a time.

It was at this moment, when the thunderstorm was at its most violent and visibility was most obscured, that Chu Yixing moved. He did not retreat; instead, he held the green lotus immortal sword upright before his chest, injecting all his remaining energy, along with the energy replenished by the advanced energy potion he had just swallowed, into the skill without reservation.

"Azure Lotus - Slaying Evil!"

Chu Yixing seemed to merge with the green lotus immortal sword, transforming into a cyan sword light imbued with supreme sharpness and a will to destroy. This sword light was not a simple linear attack; instead, it traced a mysterious trajectory, ignoring all the wildly dancing vines in its path, and charged towards the Tree Demon at a speed beyond vision. Wherever the sword light passed, even the raging lightning and dense rain curtain were forcibly pushed aside.

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