Abyss Sequence

The bone plates of the Frost Bear can isolate magic power. Wu Zechuan has tried attacking it multiple times but is unable to penetrate the bone plates and deal direct damage to the Frost Bear.

You Yifeng and Chen Shan also tried attacking, but their attacks could merely shatter the bone plates, incapable of truly harming the Frost Bear.

Helena is even less effective. She only possesses five engravings, enabling her to attack, but if the Frost Bear finds an opportunity, she'd be slapped to death. So far, she has only launched an attack once.

Yan Luo attracted a number of city-breaking level demons and made them fight against the Frost Bear.

However, there's an insurmountable high wall between city-breaking and disaster level. Even the mightiest city-breaking level demons can't withstand three slaps from the Frost Bear.

In fact, if it weren't for the hunters being aided by engravers from the [Priest] sequence for healing, You Yifeng and Chen Shan would have been severely injured long ago.

As for the ruby on its chest, they haven't given up, but the Frost Bear fiercely protects it and won't relent no matter how they try to lure it.

The stronger advanced hunters are responsible for hunting the Frost Bear, while the remaining advanced hunters clear the surrounding city-breaking level demons. Sometimes, Yan Luo also drives around to lure some city-breaking level demons over, letting the Frost Bear deal with them.

With such operations, the number of city-breaking level demons has sharply decreased.

Of course, fighting these formidable enemies results in casualties among hunters. So far, five advanced hunters have died due to exhaustion while fighting city-breaking level demons.

The number of city-breaking level demons is so large that even Yin Guangming, an engraver who doesn't require much stamina consumption, is starting to feel drained.

If it weren't for the Frost Bear, they could have dealt with the city-breaking level demons with fewer casualties and wouldn't be as exhausted.

They kill demons, priests help them recover, and killing demons replenishes the priests' magic power. As long as hunters can operate like gears in a clock, a positive cycle can be established, using this momentum to crush the city-breaking level demons.

Yet, the appearance of the Frost Bear, a disaster-level demon, compelled the formidable among the advanced hunters to deal with the Frost Bear, leaving the others struggling against the city-breaking level demons.

"Roar!!!"

Perhaps annoyed by the constant harassment from Chen Shan and You Yifeng, the Frost Bear suddenly snapped a giant tree beside it and used it as a weapon, sweeping through all directions.

Even the elementalized Wu Zechuan had to retreat and avoid its sharp edge.

Seizing the moment, Wu Zechuan glanced at the other battlefield and noticed that the city-breaking level demons were nearly cleared, leaving only a few dozen.

Thinking it over, Wu Zechuan steeled his heart and directly ordered Chen Shan and You Yifeng: "Chen Shan, Mr. You, and Helena, you go assist on the other side; leave this to me and Yan Luo!"

Though he said it was left to him and Yan Luo, in reality, Yan Luo couldn't be much help but could only attract some of the Frost Bear's attention. To prevent Yan Luo from being caught by the Frost Bear, Wu Zechuan had to fight the Frost Bear desperately.

The sooner the advanced hunters could be freed from battling city-breaking level demons, the sooner they could deal with this disaster-level demon.

Wu Zechuan's resolve left the three battle group leaders somewhat stunned, but they immediately followed his orders and charged towards the city-breaking level demons.

Simultaneously, Wu Zechuan launched a charge toward the Frost Bear.

For Wu Zechuan, who was already elementalized, distance was no longer a problem. In an instant, he could reach the Frost Bear and land a punch.

His attack felt like mosquito bites to the Frost Bear — a mere itch with no real effect.

But what if Wu Zechuan attacked the Frost Bear dozens of times within a second?

Landing a hit on the Frost Bear, Wu Zechuan immediately retreated, then charged again before retreating once more.

Repeating this several dozen times, the Frost Bear finally shifted its attention from Yan Luo to Wu Zechuan.

The Frost Bear roared angrily, a roar that almost dispersed Wu Zechuan's form.

Swiftly afterward, the Frost Bear swung its palm in fury.

Despite its huge and intimidating size, the Frost Bear's speed was impressively fast, and the giant palm instantly struck Wu Zechuan.

At this critical moment, Wu Zechuan's body suddenly split into six parts, fleeing outwards. After the giant palm swung past, he reconsolidated at the original spot, forming Wu Zechuan's shape again.

This is Wu Zechuan's life-saving secret skill, but it can only be used twice; if used more than twice, his consciousness would start to scatter, and more than five times would render him forever a dimwit, beyond treatment.

With everyone risking their lives, Wu Zechuan naturally had to do the same.

Just then, Wu Zechuan received a communication request from Yan Luo.

Upon connecting, Yan Luo spoke immediately: "I suspect this demon isn't truly disaster-level!"

Wu Zechuan perked up, asking: "Evidence?"

Yan Luo spun the steering wheel, flew past the back of the Frost Bear, teasing it to rapidly turn around but unnoticed as Yan Luo drove close to the Frost Bear's back and descended.

While driving, Yan Luo replied, "The bone plates of the Frost Bear should come from its own skeleton, but initially, it didn't cover its entire body with bone plates. Those bone plates came from the ruby on its chest. If we remove that gemstone, perhaps we can defeat it."

"Remove it? Not destroy it?"

Wu Zechuan launched an attack on the Frost Bear, sharing its attention with Yan Luo.

"Do you really think a normal creature would blatantly expose its weak point outside?"

Yan Luo's rhetorical question left Wu Zechuan speechless, realizing his stupidity for asking such a mindless question.

The perpetually killed city-breaking level demons provided enough magic for the hunters, and even in the energy-consuming elementalized state, Wu Zechuan's magic remained plentiful.

Whether prey or foe, none managed to hit; over time, the Frost Bear grew irritable, once more uprooting a giant tree and sweeping left and right.

The Frost Bear didn't care whether it hit or not; it merely wanted to vent its rage.

Yan Luo and Wu Zechuan dodged in time, avoiding injury; however, hunters and demons on the other side were less fortunate.

Due to their massive size, three city-breaking level demons were directly crushed to death.

An advanced hunter, caught off guard, ended up smashed into pulp by the giant tree in the Frost Bear's grasp.

The tyrannical Frost Bear swung the giant tree wildly, roaring and causing the entire forest to tremble incessantly.

"Luo Meiren, create a pit under the Frost Bear's foot! Make sure one leg gets stuck!" Wu Zechuan instructed the mage in the team.

This wasn't addressing Yan Luo, as among the advanced hunters there was indeed someone called 'Luo Meiren,' and he was a man.

Pale-skinned Luo Meiren pulled out a handful of sand from his waist pouch, instantly turning the ground beneath the Frost Bear's left foot into fine grains that couldn't support its weight, causing the Frost Bear to topple over.

Then, Luo Meiren took out a bottle of water, using it as a medium to flood the sand soil with water, thus forming a non-Newtonian fluid.

The bone plates of the Frost Bear can isolate magic power, but Luo Meiren's magic didn't directly target the Frost Bear. Instead, it altered the terrain, restricting the Frost Bear's movement. In such circumstances, the bone plates were utterly ineffective.

However, this situation couldn't last long.

The Frost Bear may not be able to destroy the non-Newtonian fluid, but it can damage the surrounding soil. Once the container is compromised, the non-Newtonian fluid will naturally collapse.

"Everyone, attack with me! Target the bone plate on the Frost Bear's chest and remove the ruby from its front!"

As for why remove and not destroy, Wu Zechuan didn't have time to explain, but he knew the advanced hunters could execute his command perfectly, and that's all that mattered.

The advanced hunters' attacks came in waves, the first being from advanced hunters like Yin Guangming, who could launch long-range assaults.

The bone plates can isolate magic power. Long-range attacks lose much of their potency after piercing through the deflective shield, and when hitting the bone plates, the impact weakens further.

But it didn't matter, as long as the bone plates sustained even minimal damage, subsequent attacks could break them down.

Wu Zechuan charged, striking the arm shielded across the Frost Bear's chest. In the next moment, Helena and other advanced hunters, renowned for their speed, arrived, collectively launching attacks against the bone plates on the Frost Bear's chest.

Crunch!

The bone plates finally displayed a conspicuous crack.

"Roar!!!"

A resounding roar exploded, and the Frost Bear flung Wu Zechuan away with a single slap, then charged toward the hunters.

Despite the assault, the advanced hunters showed no fear; instead, they were incredibly thrilled.

It's afraid!

This 'disaster-level' demon finally showed its vulnerability!