218: A little incident

“All melee, now’s your chance, output!” Chu Yixing seized a gap in the Flood Dragon’s attack to issue another command.

Immediately, sword glints and blade shadows, battle qi and magic, surged like a tide towards the Flood Dragon’s body, which had been exposed by its tail sweep.

The battle raged for over ten minutes in a fierce confrontation, and the East Sea Flood Dragon’s health steadily decreased, finally dropping below 80%, or 280 million.

The moment its health dropped below 80%, the East Sea Flood Dragon let out an even more ferocious roar. It no longer focused on attacking Yu Yue directly in front of it, but instead raised its head and let out a long cry. The dense water elements surrounding its body began to gather frantically around it, forming four massive, continuously rotating blue whirlpools.

“Everyone attention, it’s going to summon Deep Sea Elements!” Chu Yixing’s gaze sharpened, and he issued commands with extreme speed, “Summoners’ summoned beasts prioritize controlling the Deep Sea Elements; damage dealers prioritize focusing fire on the Deep Sea Elements; melee, reposition to avoid being surrounded. Yu Yue, hold the front-line aggro, prevent it from charging the backline in the chaos!”

“Understood!” Everyone responded in unison.

A faint light flashed in Xu Bai’s eyes, and he waved his bone staff: “Abyssal Demon Guards, switch targets, entangle the one on the left, Abyssal Bind!” He commanded the two Abyssal Demon Guards, who were originally attacking the Flood Dragon, to immediately pounce on the nearest blue whirlpool. At the same time, he pointed his bone staff, and several dark energy tentacles with suckers emerged from beneath the sand, coiling like pythons around another whirlpool that was about to form, greatly slowing its condensation speed.

Ji Linghan gave up directly attacking the Flood Dragon, pointing his war hammer skyward: “Divine Punishment · Chain Lightning!” Thick chains of lightning forked in the air, precisely striking the other two whirlpools. Electric light danced on the surface of the whirlpools, similarly disrupting the element’s condensation.

Han Ruoxue also timely cast the “Lunar Eclipse” debuff aura over the two focused whirlpools.

After two seconds of chanting, the four massive Deep Sea Elements finally condensed into form.

They were over five meters tall, composed entirely of deep seawater and violent water elements, without a fixed shape. They wielded giant arms made of flowing water, emitting a muffled “gurgle gurgle” roar.

As soon as the Deep Sea Elements appeared, they scattered in four different directions, swinging their watery fists at nearby professional players.

At the same time, a blue aura connected from the four Deep Sea Elements to the East Sea Flood Dragon’s body. The scales on the Flood Dragon’s body became even deeper and colder, and its defense increased by 10%, reaching 22,000 points. A sword qi slash from Chu Yixing now dealt -84,400 damage.

“Take down the Deep Sea Elements first, their presence increases the BOSS’s defense!” Chu Yixing roared.

The entire battlefield immediately shifted into a rhythm of clearing summoned creatures.

On Dawn Squad’s side, Xu Bai’s summoned creatures and Ji Linghan’s chain lightning firmly entangled two of them. Of the other two, one was surrounded by Shi Yue and a group of melee on the flank, with fists, feet, blades, and swords raining down like a storm. Although the Deep Sea Element had 800,000 health and 8,000 defense, its health bar steadily decreased at a visible rate under everyone’s focused fire.

The last Deep Sea Element charged towards the area where ranged professional players were gathered.

“Protect the ranged!” Chu Yixing cried out urgently.

Just then, a clear, cold voice rang out: “Frozen Tomb!”

In front of the ranged area, a Level 49 female mage named Su Wan, clad in an ice-blue magic robe, raised her staff, and extreme cold magic converged at its tip.

She did not use her usual fire magic, but instead cast a high-level ice control spell. A giant ice crystal coffin appeared out of nowhere, instantly freezing the charging Deep Sea Element within it, rendering it temporarily immobile.

“Good chance, focus fire!” The Divine Archer Lin Feng seized the opportunity, giving an order. Countless arrows and spells, as if guided, shot towards the frozen Deep Sea Element, and its health began to plummet.

“Well done, Su Wan!” Chu Yixing praised. This Flame Mage’s ice control at a critical moment played a role in turning the tide of battle.

In other areas, capable individuals also took action. A Level 49 War Priest named Wang Sheng, wielding a battle flag, activated “Heroic Roar,” greatly boosting the attack power of nearby allies and accelerating the clearing speed. A Level 48 Curse Master named Li Xue successfully applied “Pain Curse” and “Weakness” to one Deep Sea Element. Although many of the effects were resisted, it still caused that element to suffer more damage.

With Yu Yue steadily holding the Flood Dragon’s aggro, and Chu Yixing and several other high-damage professional players continuously outputting damage to the Flood Dragon’s main body, keeping it preoccupied, the four Deep Sea Elements were successively defeated by the well-trained professional players of Kyushu in less than two minutes, turning into four puddles of ordinary seawater that seeped into the sand. The blue connecting aura on the Flood Dragon’s body also disappeared, and its defense returned to normal.

“Summoned creatures cleared, full output on the BOSS!” Chu Yixing’s voice carried a hint of excitement.

However, just as everyone had finished clearing the summoned creatures and their spirits were slightly relaxed, a fierce glint flashed in the East Sea Flood Dragon’s eyes, and it consecutively spat out two “Raging Water Cannons.” One still shot towards Yu Yue directly in front, while the other traced a tricky arc, heading towards the densest area of healers and ranged players in the backline.

“Be careful, the second water cannon is targeting the backline!” Chu Yixing realized with a start, but the warning was already a little late.

The thick water pillar carried an aura of destruction, and it was about to land in the crowd of ranged players. If it hit, it would undoubtedly cause numerous casualties.

In this critical moment, the Paladin Zhao Tieshan displayed his fearless spirit of guardianship. He was closest to the water cannon’s trajectory and, almost without thinking, a brilliant holy light erupted from his body.

“Divine Protection!”

He transformed into a golden stream of light, directly charging into the path of the water cannon, using his body, which had activated a short-term invincibility state, to forcefully block between the water cannon and the squishy backline professional players.

“Boom——!!!”

The water pillar violently crashed into Zhao Tieshan’s golden figure, scattering into a spray of water, but it could not shake him in the slightest. The invincibility effect ensured he was unharmed by this impact, and the startled healers and ranged players behind him were also saved.

“Well done!” Yu Yue, who was tanking the other water cannon head-on, was also moved by this sight.

“It’s nothing! I can handle it!” Zhao Tieshan responded with a muffled voice. The brief invincibility effect disappeared, he shook his slightly dizzy head, and raised his shield again.

After the interlude, the battle returned to normal. The professional players’ coordination became increasingly seamless; output, defense, healing, and control—each link became smoother. The East Sea Flood Dragon’s health, after the small interlude, began to steadily and continuously decrease again.

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