With Claude's strength and experience, he could naturally tell that this divine spell could only be released by someone at the level of a Cardinal Bishop. But why would a Cardinal Bishop release such a thing?
Although he thought so, he still waved his hand and dispelled the two powerful divine spells with a "dispel" spell just to be cautious.
Then he looked at Elvis, made a "follow the plan" gesture, and turned his horse around, ready to retreat.
Claude and his guards collectively turned back to be the "vanguard". Elderweiss followed Claude as the "central force" while Dean followed behind him as the "rear force". This way, the Viper's Kiss would be firmly protected in the center. However, before Claude could turn his horse around, he heard Elderweiss suddenly shout, "The Viper's Kiss?
"Be careful!"
Before he could finish his sentence, Elder Claude, who had just turned his horse to the side, heard a "Kacha" sound. Immediately after, a golden light flashed in front of his eyes. However, there was another explosion in the golden light. Before his brain could react to what had happened, a "Dang" sound came from his back. A huge force pushed him to the side.
Oh no! Someone's sneak attack!
The first sound was the protective barrier around his body being shattered. The golden light flashed because a Level-32 Holy Priest possessed the "Passively Triggered" "Taquila's Shield". The "Passively Triggered" skill of a mage 30 levels higher was the key to their survival rate. But this powerful barrier was still instantly shattered by the second exploding arrow.
Then the third arrow hit his back, but it was blocked by the soft magic armor under Claude's robe. When the arrow hit him, the defensive energy of the entire soft armor was concentrated on that point, firmly blocking the powerful arrowhead.
A high-level priest with so many bases was definitely not someone who could be sneak attacked with one arrow. And after a total of three attacks, he still could not break through this priest's defense!
But this was not the end. Just when Claude realized something was wrong and raised his hand to condense a divine spell to replenish his shield, the fourth arrow streaked across the air at a speed far faster than the previous three arrows. It directly penetrated the soft armor, and Claude could only watch helplessly as the arrowhead protruded from his chest …
"I …"
Boom!
Before he had time to ask any questions, the arrow suddenly exploded. The chaotic colors were the last thing Elder Claude saw. As a Level-32 Priest, he was blown into pieces by the Arcane Explosion Arrow before he could even fight back!
Forty meters away, Roddy, who was holding his bow, changed his target and aimed his next arrow directly at Elderweiss, whose face was filled with shock.
"Raphael! You even know how to shoot arrows? I really didn't know you had some skills, heh — "
The few people beside Roddy did not even realize what had just happened. Their gazes were fixed on Roddy. They only felt that he had only waved his hand four times, and the four shockingly long arrows had disappeared without a trace.
With Zach's knowledge, just by looking at the thickness of the bow arm and the thickness of the arrow, he could tell that its power was not small. However, the image of Roddy being weak and easy to bully was deeply rooted in their minds, causing Zach and the knights beside him to subconsciously not believe that Roddy had any other abilities. However, when they looked towards the source of the explosion, the disdainful faces of the knights around them instantly widened their eyes!
Elder Claude and the others all recognized him. He had stopped in his original spot under the protection of a group of guards, and the surrounding knights did not dare to approach him at all. They only dared to go around him. However, now … there were only the soldiers who had been affected by the explosion, and the remaining half of a corpse that was still hanging on the back of a frightened warhorse!
The conspicuous robe was stained with blood and flesh, which was the most obvious indication of Claude's fate. However, none of the people present could come back to their senses …
That was the Cardinal Bishop of the "Viper Cross"! How could a powerful character of the highest level of the entire Church die just like that?
Roddy did not care about how shocked the others were. His current thought was very simple — this was the best time to seize the scepter!
He had been lurking in the group all this while in order to find the right time to deal a heavy blow to the enemy's leader. If possible, it would be best to disrupt their mission to seize the scepter.
Although the three elders were all above level 30, Roddy was hidden in the dark, and he had absolutely powerful skills and equipment. If he attacked before the three elders of the "Viper's Kiss" gathered, he would definitely be able to take them down one by one!
It seemed like Roddy had already exposed his position, but in fact, this was still a successful sneak attack. The so-called "sneak attack" was to deal critical damage when the enemy was caught off guard. Although there were close to a hundred cavalrymen in front of him, in reality … the only ones who could truly threaten Roddy were the three elders working together.
He had done this many times before. Back when he was a "Ranger", Roddy had single-handedly destroyed a few teams. This kind of experience of killing the enemy in the fastest way in a chaotic group battle was obtained after many deaths and pondering. It was not something that could be learned overnight.
He attacked Claude first because his profession was "Holy Priest". This kind of advanced profession was definitely a formidable enemy in group battles. If he was not dealt with in the first place, the problem later on would be that "no one could deal with him" … The advanced priest's healing ability and the strength of the shield were very troublesome, and had always been Roddy's main target for sneak attacks.
Because he had killed so many, Roddy was more familiar with the defensive methods of this kind of person. The four arrows shot consecutively had different lethality and effects, and even the order and angle were fully targeted. This method of exhausting the opponent's defense in an instant and delivering a fatal blow was an important reason why Roddy was so famous in the past.
At this time, Roddy was still charging forward on his warhorse. He did not care about Claude's guards who had not reacted at all. He went around the side and aimed his arrow at Elvis' cavalrymen in front of him.
At this time, both sides were more than a hundred meters apart. The members of "Shadow Blade" beside Elvis reacted quickly and all of them got into a defensive stance. The three archers in the team who were good at shooting aimed at Roddy together. However, they did not release their long arrows. When riding on horseback, it was impossible to aim at a distance of a hundred meters. None of them were confident that they could hit Roddy, so they could only wait for him to get close.
However, Roddy reached out and grabbed an arrow, and started shooting at the distance!
At this time, he was not just shooting at the same time, but he had activated a new custom skill: "Guided Cannon".
"Custom skill" was a battle technique that was applied by recombining or splitting previously learned skills. For many professions, "Custom skill" was an important threshold to enter the strong, because the appropriate "Custom skill" could display several skills in a more "proficient" way.
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