NOVEL NEXT Chapter 1399: Defeat and Advance (Part 2)
However, to his surprise, his pets didn't follow his orders but remained motionless on the ceiling.
Startled, the Hooded Lord looked up and discovered that all the giant spider demon beasts were pinned to the ceiling by an invisible force, unable to move at all.
"Little Jie, your confinement barrier is well executed."
Leo Ray raised his eyebrows slightly as our mighty warriors surged forward, a mighty aura sweeping across, turning all the giant spider demon beasts into dust in the blink of an eye.
"Get rid of that bastard for me!"
As the situation transitioned from extreme stillness to intense action, the Hooded Lord evidently decided to make a last-ditch effort, joining the scrawny expert in a fierce attack on Leo Ray.
In an instant, the eyes of the two were bloodshot with murderous intent, as if determined to fight to the death.
But just as the two took their first steps, countless green magic vines surged from all directions, instantly binding them tightly.
At the source of the myriad green vines, an old magician with a wrinkled face raised his magic wand, his silver hair dancing in the wind, it was none other than Yonir, the old president of the Alchemist Guild.
After being tied up firmly, the Hooded Lord remained full of murderous intent, continually cursing.
Beside him, the scrawny expert, clearly more skilled, wriggled free like a slippery eel using the dense surrounding energy barriers as a buffer, resuming his explosive charge toward Leo Ray, with his power at Tier 6 three-star, making it difficult for Yonir at Tier 6 one-star to successfully bind him.
This time, a muscular and agile figure responded at an even quicker pace, it was the ancient dark general, Jess.
As soon as they clashed, intense combat erupted, but before the scrawny expert could launch an attack, a thin sword had already pierced through his back along with the energy barrier, leaving a gaping hole in his chest.
With the scrawny expert's face frozen in a mix of surprise and confusion, he eventually fell to the ground with a crash, revealing Xiao Jing's slender and elegant form.
"Don't think you're the only one who can stab from the back. You dared to turn your blade against the Lord, utterly disgraceful!"
Looking at the scrawny corpse on the ground, Xiao Jing snorted coldly, flicking the blood off her sword.
Now, only the Hooded Lord was left, no longer arrogant or shameless as before, with his crotch soaked and a foul stench spreading out, while his lips trembled continuously.
Then, his light-colored, bloodshot eyes widened as his pupils expanded rapidly, and soon there was no sound.
"Your Majesty of the Humans, he is dead."
Jess crouched down to check for a moment, nodding expressionlessly at Leo Ray.
"Such an insignificant existence dared to attempt to shake the Lord of the Summer Realm, utterly laughable."
Leo Ray glanced at the corpse on the ground, instructing the others to quickly clean up the battlefield.
During this process, Leo Ray also examined some other corpses; they seemed to be the underlings of the same guy as the scrawny expert, ambushed around this area, but had been swiftly eliminated by our warriors during the earlier chaos.
"Lord, all the webs from the giant spider demon beasts have vanished without a trace, not even leaving a single mark."
Xiao Jing approached Leo Ray, her face full of amazement, saying, "No wonder we discovered nothing earlier."
"Indeed, those creatures must be the culprits in that area."
Leo Ray nodded slightly, pondering, "As for why the special webs completely disappeared, it should be similar to the situation with magic constructs, able to exist only as long as those spider demon beasts power them together."
"Your Majesty is right, those aren't ordinary beast webs but a very special kind of magic web, needing uninterrupted energy from those never-before-seen spider demon beasts, once they stop supplying power, it naturally reverts back to energy particles."
Shuert nodded in agreement, a trace of doubt then appearing on his old face, "But those spider demon beasts are clearly only at Tier 5 level, their shells, although hard, do not pose a problem for Tier 6 experts; it seems that the webs they created should only be effective against Tier 5 experts at most, so why could they also restrain Tier 6 experts?"
At Shuert's words, the other mighty warriors around us also wore puzzled expressions.
"The answer is simple; it was undeniably the work of that despicable mastermind."
Leo Ray gently stroked his chin, answering, "First of all, it must have a beast-taming talent to control those spider demon beasts, secondly, it must also have the ability to enhance beasts' capabilities, allowing those Tier 5 spider demon beasts to pose a lethal threat to Tier 6 experts."
After hearing Leo Ray's words, everyone felt both astonished and a sense of solemnity filled their hearts.
Truly, those spider demon beasts were stealthy and barely noticeable on the ceiling of the cabin, luckily, Your Majesty of the Humans had re-deployed in advance, or else victory would not have come easily for us.
Seeing everyone's stern expressions, Leo Ray's face also grew more serious.
Indeed, that person's talent was extraordinary, but fortunately, it could only tame and enhance Tier 5 beasts; otherwise, it would have surely brought a higher-tier existence.
If it came to that, when we again encounter the enemy, it would likely be a difficult struggle or even impossible to win.
"Clearly, every lord here possesses noteworthy talents, likely leaders of their respective territories."
As Leo Ray pondered this, the warriors had swiftly cleared the battlefield, regrouping around him.
"Alright, let's move forward."
With Leo Ray's command, our team focused their minds, continuing deeper into the ship's hull.
This time, our team's advance was smooth. After passing through over a dozen cabin areas, no anomalies were found.
In this process, we discovered more and more branch routes, some areas even spreading in all directions, making the entire city of the myriad ships feel like a gigantic maze, utterly disorienting.
Despite this, Leo Ray and the team proceeded in only one way, that is continuously heading into the ship's hull without engaging with other passages leading to the ship's edges, since the hull's depths most likely housed the treasures.
Of course, whether the direction chosen by Leo Ray or the majority of our team was correct, none could know, but at the current race against time, all that could be done was forge onward.
As they ventured deeper into the hull, the cabin areas traversed also grew larger, starting with regions formed by a dozen or so ships that were already vast, but later, Leo Ray even passed through huge areas formed by a hundred or more massive cabins, truly awe-inspiring.
In the meantime, the external sounds of magic cannon strikes became less frequent, indicating that the outcomes were gradually being decided, something confirmed by investigations from figures like Grey Elder.
According to the continuous reports from Grey Elder, they had spotted five different fleets, some large, some small; three had suffered heavy losses in the confrontation of magic cannons, subsequently sinking to the seabed, yet this constitutes only a portion of the city of myriad ships.
As for how many other opponents there were in different directions, that remains unknown, but it's certain that many lords were involved.
While Leo Ray continued to venture deeper into the hull, collecting and organizing regional intelligence, a force in a different direction of the city of the myriad ships was also advancing rapidly.