Abel knew that the only way to deal with Duriel was to activate the ability of the world stone fragment as well. Without using the ability of the world stone fragment, even the fastest "lightning" spell would not be able to hit Duriel.
With that in mind, he locked his gaze on Duriel and activated the dynamic vision and data analysis ability of the world stone fragment.
In his eyes, Duriel's movements became extremely slow, and he was once again filled with confidence.
Abel took out another hell creature's corpse from his personal storage box and summoned a skeleton to block Duriel's attack.
Abel knew that the skeleton could only block two attacks from Duriel at most. He began to calculate Duriel's attack patterns in his mind.
Duriel's ten short legs moved quickly on the ground. When the skeleton moved forward to block it, it first cast a "holy freeze" spell to stop it. Then, just as Duriel's front claws were about to hit the skeleton, Abel activated a "lightning" spell and sent it flying towards Duriel.
Duriel had just cast a "holy freeze" spell. Abel had calculated that there was a certain amount of time between each use of the spell. Although he didn't know how long the interval was, he knew that it couldn't be continuous.
Of course, Abel didn't dare to use both hands to cast a spell when facing a hell creature of this level. He kept his other hand in a "move in a flash" spell so that he could escape any danger at any time.
He didn't believe that this was all Duriel could do. Their current battle was more like a test of each other's strength.
The 'lightning' was so fast that Duriel couldn't dodge it. Duriel's front claws suddenly changed directions and blocked the 'lightning' from reaching the skeletons.
Abel didn't know what kind of ability the claws had, but the "lightning" spell couldn't reach Duriel's body. Instead, the "lightning" spell continued to flash on its front claws. Then, it slowly disappeared.
Through the ability of the world stone fragment, Abel could see that Duriel's front claws were made of a material that didn't conduct electricity. But even then, it shouldn't be able to stop the "lightning" spell from spreading. Duriel's attack just happened to hit the "lightning" spell's balance point.
Every spell had a balance point, but it was hard to find. Even though Abel also had the ability of the world stone fragment, he didn't dare to use this method to break the spell. If he failed, his body wouldn't be able to withstand the spell.
However, Duriel was different. Duriel's body was extremely tough. As a close-combat insect, its shell was extremely hard, and its defense against magic was extremely high. Furthermore, Duriel had an innate ability to resist ice, fire, lightning, and poison.
This innate ability made Duriel extremely resistant to all kinds of spells. That was why it didn't hesitate to use this method.
Duriel's body flashed again, and the newly summoned skeleton was covered in ice crystals. In the blink of an eye, the skeleton was turned into a pile of ice.
Duriel didn't stop moving. It seemed like it wasn't satisfied with its speed. The "sacred freeze" spell on its body was activated again. This time, more ice crystals condensed in the air and fell to the ground.
Abel also noticed Duriel's weakness, so he kept using the skeleton to block Duriel's attacks. From time to time, he would use spells to attack Duriel.
When Duriel got too close, he would use the "instantaneous movement" spell to teleport to the other side of the tomb. With the help of the world stone fragment, his attacks didn't do much damage, but he was still able to fight safely.
Just when he thought this was going to be a long and arduous battle, Duriel suddenly sped up and rushed towards him.
That was when he realized that Duriel had been plotting against him the entire time. Duriel kept charging at him with its "sacred freeze" ability, but it didn't take long for it to realize that Duriel had been plotting against him the whole time.
The "sacred freeze" spell didn't do any damage to Abel, but it froze the ground of the tomb and made it extremely slippery. This changed the way Duriel moved.
As long as Duriel pushed on the ground, it could use the hard shell of its abdomen to move forward. It was much faster than using its ten short legs to move.
Abel made a mistake in his calculations, and Duriel took advantage of the opportunity. He entered the range of Duriel's "sacred freeze" spell, and as soon as a blue ice mist appeared, he felt a chill run down his spine.
Although Abel's snake magician's skin and the shield of the Ancient's Pledge had ice resistance, the "sacred freeze" spell was a special ice attack that couldn't be blocked by ice resistance.
Both Duriel and Abel had been fighting at the perfect time due to the world stone fragment. Since he miscalculated Duriel's movement speed, Abel didn't have time to use the "instantaneous movement" spell.
It was like two top chess players playing chess. If one of them made a move that the other didn't expect, the other would make a mistake.
Not only did the "sacred freeze" spell hurt Abel, but it also caused a large amount of frost to appear on his body. Due to the frost, he was slowed down.
Of course, Duriel wouldn't let go of this opportunity. It was best at using the "sacred freeze" spell to open up a path. Then, with its powerful body, it could unleash its most powerful melee attack to crush its enemy.
That was exactly what it was doing right now. Abel came up with a few ideas in his mind, and he chose the best one. Then, a spell rune appeared in his hand, and a "mud golem" appeared between him and Duriel.
On the other side, the "mud golem" that he summoned earlier turned into a pile of dirt and scattered on the ground. In this kind of battle, Abel had no choice but to add another cannon fodder to keep Duriel busy.
Duriel's attack arrived as soon as the claystone monster appeared. However, since it was too close to the claystone monster, the claystone monster's speed reduction effect slowed it down a little.
It was at this moment that Abel connected his power of the will with the mud golem. The mud golem lowered its body, and Duriel's front claw missed.
Just as the claw missed, a "firewall" appeared in front of Duriel. With the mud golem blocking its way and its speed being slowed down, Duriel's movement was obviously slowed down.
As soon as it slowed down, Duriel's body flashed red. It was burned by the "firewall" spell.
This was the most powerful attack that Abel had made on Duriel since the beginning of the battle, but it didn't do much damage to Duriel.
However, another effect of the "firewall" spell came into play. The ice on the ground melted under the heat of the "firewall" spell.
Another skeleton appeared on Abel's body. Together with the mud golem, it stood in front of him.
Abel's other summons didn't get close to Duriel because he didn't want them to die for him. The battle wasn't so dangerous that he needed them to die for him. Therefore, the spirit guardian Knight kept attacking Duriel with its bow. Although only one out of ten arrows managed to hurt Duriel, it was still better than nothing.
The reason why only one of the arrows managed to hit Duriel was because most of its calculations were focused on Abel. At this moment, Abel had also activated the ability granted by the world stone fragment, and Duriel was feeling the pressure.
The "firewall" spell illuminated the tomb chamber red. The ground was once again covered in mud, and Duriel's speed was slowed down again.
After Duriel's body was burned by the Firewall for a moment, it quickly retreated from the Firewall and dodged the burning that followed.
The "firewall" spell appeared under Duriel's body again. This time, Duriel didn't try to dodge. Instead, it raised its head and let out a piercing howl.
The howl caused the air around it to vibrate, and a ripple spread out from Duriel in all directions.
Abel wanted to dodge, but the environment didn't allow him to do so. He felt a sharp pain in his head, and his mind went blank. Then, he lost control of his body.
At this moment, the Druil spirit took control of his body. At the same time, Duriel leaped high into the air towards Abel.
Abel's druid soul cast two spells at once. One was a "lightning" spell, and the other was a "move in a flash" spell that made him disappear from the spot.
Duriel couldn't dodge or defend against the attack. The attack was aimed at its abdomen, where its defense was the weakest.
This time, Duriel made the same mistake as Abel. It didn't know its enemy well enough.
Of course, Duriel couldn't be blamed for this. Who would've thought that Abel had two spirits in his body? The "howl" spell just now only stunned the main spirit, but it didn't hurt the Druil spirit at all.
It was this mistake that exposed Duriel's weakness to Abel.
Duriel screamed in pain in the air. Its huge body was surrounded by lightning. Although it had strong resistance to electricity, the paralysis effect still took place.
Due to its resistance to electricity, the paralysis effect lasted only a short time. This allowed Duriel to regain control of its body by the time it landed on the ground.
Abel switched his main spirit out again. The Druil spirit fought on instinct most of the time, and he didn't want to rely on the Druil spirit's instincts when fighting against the powerful Duriel.
The severe injury caused Duriel's lifeless eyes to show a rare emotion. It was an emotion of anger.
Duriel activated the "holy freeze" spell again, but this time, the area of effect was twice as big as before.
The mud monster and the skeleton were both within the spell's range. The two spirit guardian Knights that miscalculated their distance were also caught in the ice fog. The mud monster's body shook a little, and cracks began to appear on its body. Soon, it shattered into a pile of sand.
The skeleton and the two spirit guardian Knights were a little stronger. They were only slowed down by the "holy freeze" spell, and blue ice crystals appeared on their bodies.
However, Abel could see that even though the "holy freeze" spell's range had doubled, its attack power had decreased by a lot. This was probably at the cost of the attack power.
Although the spirit guardian knights were slowed down, they were still able to teleport away. Of course, their teleportation speed was a little slower, but they still managed to teleport away after Duriel finished off the skeletons with 2 strikes.
As time passed, the battle between Abel and Duriel became longer and longer. Abel's attacks were able to land on Duriel from time to time, and Duriel's attacks were all blocked by the skeleton and the mud monster.
However, Abel's results weren't good. Duriel's body was just too tough. He couldn't break through its outer shell, let alone cause any real damage to its body.
The battle against Duriel was far more difficult than the battle against Andariel. After all, Andariel was a mage-type. As long as Nie Yan could get close to it, Andariel's close-combat abilities would be limited. As long as Nie Yan had a way to deal with the poison element, Andariel's damage would be negligible.
Duriel, on the other hand, was a close-range hell creature. Even Abel didn't dare to face it head-on.
However, Duriel's body was that of an insect, so it couldn't use the same ability as Andariel. That being said, Duriel's howl was just as terrifying.
It seemed like Duriel's howl was draining a lot of its energy, so it didn't use it again after the last attack.
The battle had become a battle of time. Abel's advantage was the fact that his eight spirit guardian Knights were constantly shooting arrows at Duriel. Although the lightning bolts didn't do much damage to Duriel, they were still doing a lot of damage.
Abel believed that as long as he had enough time, he would be able to slowly grind Duriel to death.
Duriel roared at the sky once more as he assessed the situation of the battle.
This time, Abel was prepared. He immediately switched to the Druil soul and used the "instantaneous movement" ability to teleport away.
Duriel also learned its lesson. It didn't jump up and attack again. When Abel teleported away, it quickly arrived in front of the skeletons and mud monsters and killed them in two hits. After that, it charged towards the spirit guardian Knight.
However, the spirit guardian Knight was very experienced in battle. When Duriel was within range of the spirit guardian knight, the spirit guardian knight quickly flashed away.
Duriel continued to chase after Abel, but it was the one who was at a disadvantage. Since both Abel and the spirit guardian Knight had instantaneous movement abilities, Duriel's weakness was its speed. It couldn't catch up to Abel at all.
Slowly, wounds began to appear on Duriel's body. These were the effects of the spirit guardian Knight's arrows and the spells that Abel cast from time to time.
Duriel stopped moving, and a strange blue color appeared on its body. Then, it cast a "holy freeze" that covered the entire tomb. This "holy freeze" ability surprised Abel.
Abel didn't expect the "holy freeze" ability to cover such a large area. However, when his body was covered by the blue mist, he realized that the power of the "holy freeze" ability was greatly reduced.
He had been hit by Duriel's Sacred Freeze before, so he knew how powerful it was. With his defensive capabilities, he would be killed in three hits at most. This was why he had been avoiding Duriel's melee for so long.
Although he was slowed down, he didn't take much damage. Or rather, the expanded 'Sacred Freeze' didn't break through his defense. It was just that the slow effect of the 'Sacred Freeze' was still in effect. This effect was basically unbreakable and couldn't be defended against.
Abel felt his body become heavy. His speed was slowed down, and his casting speed was affected as well.
As soon as Abel was slowed down, Duriel charged towards him. The skeletons and mud golems that Abel had summoned for the umpteenth time were all knocked away by Duriel's huge body.
A white combat qi rune flashed across the rune word shield in Abel's left hand. Then, he swung his shield towards Duriel.
Duriel's body was too big for Abel's shield strike. However, it still managed to block the shield with its front claws.
The shield was blocked, and Abel's body was sent flying. He finally knew how strong Duriel was. Luckily, he was able to use this opportunity to put some distance between himself and Duriel.
However, Abel's "shield strike" rune left the shield and flew towards Duriel's body. With Duriel's speed, there was no way it could dodge the rune.
Duriel's body shook violently as the "shield strike" rune came into contact with its body.
Abel's body disappeared after being slowed down by the frost. As soon as he landed on the ground, he threw a "lightning bolt" towards Duriel.
However, he still underestimated Duriel. The "shield strike" that he had never missed before didn't stun Duriel for more than two seconds. Duriel woke up in less than a second. At the same time, Duriel used its front claws to disperse the lightning bolt that Abel threw out.
Duriel's fearsome calculations, strong body, and almost no mistakes. This battle between Abel and Duriel was much more difficult than any of his previous battles.
Luckily, Abel had a lot of tricks up his sleeve to prevent Duriel from getting close to him. Otherwise, he wouldn't even be able to fight this battle.
When Abel summoned the skeleton and the mud golem again, Duriel let out another shrill howl. Abel had no choice but to switch to the Druil soul and use "instantaneous movement" to distance himself from Duriel.
As soon as Abel appeared in the tomb, he felt a chill run through his body. Duriel was going all out. It had used two of its ultimate moves in a row, and Abel was in danger again.
The effect of the "sacred freeze" was irresistible. Duriel had greatly reduced the damage of the "sacred freeze" and increased the range of the skill to cover the entire tomb. This meant that Abel was in a constant state of slowing down.
Abel also changed his attack pattern. Since the "sacred freeze" was weakened, he immediately charged towards Duriel.
Due to the speed of Black Wind, Abel's "charge" was so fast that Duriel couldn't even see his body clearly. Although Duriel was in a defensive position, its body was still too slow. Before it could raise its front claws to block, Abel had already arrived in front of it.
However, Duriel was good at calculating. As soon as Abel arrived in front of it, a blue icy mist appeared. Although the blue icy mist couldn't do much damage to Abel, it still slowed him down.
Under normal circumstances, the slowing effect of the "sacred freeze" would be very obvious. However, since Abel was in the middle of a "charge," the "sacred freeze" only slowed him down a little. This meant that Duriel wasn't able to dodge his attack.
As soon as the "charge" ended, Abel followed up with a "shield bash" while Duriel's body was still slightly shaken.
It was then that Abel realized that the "steel" sword in his hand had cut open a wound on Duriel's body. Green blood was flowing out of the wound.
With his physical attack power, this attack shouldn't have been able to hurt Duriel. Even if his Knight attack power was doubled, he still wouldn't be able to do much damage to Duriel. However, the rune word "steel" in his hand had a 50% chance of tearing through his target.
Duriel was extremely powerful, but it still couldn't resist the power of the rune word. Abel didn't expect that this seemingly insignificant ability could turn the tide of the battle.
Duriel let out a roar and activated the "sacred freeze" again. After Abel was slowed down, it attacked Abel with its front claws.
Abel didn't try to dodge this time. Instead, he used his shield to counter Duriel's attack. However, the white combat chi rune appeared on his shield again.
The battle between Abel and Duriel had entered a strange state again. Both Abel and Duriel were attacking each other at close range, but neither of them was able to hit the other.
No matter what Knight skills Abel used, Duriel would be able to dodge them with a slight twist of its body.
It was the same for Duriel. No matter how it attacked, other than the "sacred freeze" and the "howl of the soul," it couldn't hurt Abel at all.
After using the "howl of the soul" a few times, Duriel stopped using it. Abel believed that such a powerful skill would require some special energy to support it. It couldn't be used without a limit.
After the "howl of the soul" stopped, the only skill that could affect Abel was the "sacred freeze." Although Abel and Duriel couldn't hurt each other in close range, Abel still had eight Spirit Guardian Knights behind him. They were constantly attacking Duriel with arrows.
Whenever the "sacred freeze" appeared, Abel would counter with a "shield bash." Due to Duriel's huge body, Abel couldn't dodge the "shield bash." However, he didn't dare to use the "shield bash" first.
The "shield bash" was the only way he could deal with Duriel's "sacred freeze." Of course, his power of the will was constantly monitoring the strength of the "sacred freeze." Once the "sacred freeze" increased in strength, the "instantaneous movement" spell in his left hand would be activated.
Abel and Duriel had entered a strange state. Every time Abel attacked, Duriel would use its front claws to block. At the same time, Duriel's attacks would be dodged by Abel. Due to the fact that both of them had the world stone fragment, they were in a stalemate where they couldn't hurt each other.
The arrows of the eight Spirit Guardian Knights carried a weak lightning effect. When they hit Duriel's body, they couldn't do much damage. Duriel's strong defense and elemental resistance made the arrows extremely weak.
Abel knew that he had to put himself in the most dangerous position to give the Spirit Guardian Knights a better chance to attack.
He really wanted to cast a spell, but Duriel seemed to know what he was thinking. As soon as his spell pattern appeared, Duriel's front claws would come to destroy it.
Since they were too close to each other, Abel didn't even have time to activate the spell pattern in front of Duriel.
Although there was a technique called Mobile Spellcasting among Wizards, that was only the movement of the body. During this process, the entire spell pattern had to be relatively still. Once the spell pattern moved along with the spellcasting hand, the spell pattern would collapse.
In such a short distance, Abel couldn't combine spells and Knight attacks at the same time. He couldn't combine the two attacks that he was best at.
Duriel tried to suddenly increase the power of its "sacred freeze" a few times in an attempt to do more damage to Abel. But every time, Abel would notice it and teleport far enough away to avoid the most powerful attack.
After a few more attempts, Duriel gave up on using the most powerful "sacred freeze" in order to fight Abel face to face. Instead, it reduced the power of the "sacred freeze" to lure Abel into a melee fight.
Abel wasn't in a hurry. He had enough potions to last him a long time. He was no longer the same as when he first entered the Dark World. He had to be careful with his spells and worry about running out of mana.
Not only did the "full recovery potion" guarantee his life, but it also allowed him to recover his mana quickly.
As time passed, cracks began to appear on Duriel's hard shell due to the prolonged attack. From time to time, black smoke would drift out from the cracks.
From time to time, miserable screams could be heard coming from the black smoke. From time to time, Abel could see human faces in the smoke. They were old, young, male, and female, and they all had the same painful expression.
Abel guessed that these were the residents of Lut Gholein. They were warriors that went deep into the desert to fight hell creatures. It was just that their souls were now part of Duriel.
After such a long battle, Duriel's movements began to slow down. Unlike Abel, Abel was constantly replenishing his energy. He was using the "hunger potion" to replenish his body's needs, and the "full recovery potion" to recover his fatigue.
Duriel, on the other hand, was constantly drained of energy without any replenishment. Most importantly, it was constantly being attacked, and its body was riddled with wounds. Even though it had the constitution of a dark gold-tier hell creature, it was beginning to feel fatigued.
Abel was faster than Duriel to begin with. Duriel had been using its body size and strength to suppress Abel's attacks since the beginning of the battle. Now, Duriel's advantage was starting to disappear.
Abel's "steel" sword was able to land more and more successful slashes on Duriel's body. Finally, after a long period of slashing, a crack appeared on Duriel's hard shell.
It wasn't a crack. It was a crack that exposed the body underneath. At the same time, Duriel seemed to have sensed it. A blue light flashed on its body.
Even after such a long battle, Abel's spirit was still very strong. As soon as the blue light appeared, he sensed that it was extremely powerful. His body instantly disappeared from the spot.
Then, a blue icy mist enveloped the place where Abel had just disappeared. Ice crystals began to form in the air. Duriel had cast the "sacred freeze" spell with all its might.
Abel didn't approach Duriel after teleporting to the side. Instead, he cast a "lightning" spell with both hands at the same time and struck towards the crack on Duriel's hard shell.
Duriel's movements were a little slower, and the "lightning" was too fast. Duriel couldn't easily block the "lightning" spell.
Duriel managed to block one of the two "lightning" bolts, but the other one hit the crack on Duriel's hard shell. Without the protection of the hard shell, a large number of electric arcs appeared at the crack and flashed into Duriel's body through the crack.
Duriel was paralyzed, which was rare. Its body was also trembling from the "lightning" damage.
Abel had completely given up on dodging. He kept casting "lightning" spells with both hands. Duriel kept howling. It was tired. If it hadn't used up so much of its soul to howl, it might have had a chance to fight back.
But now, it couldn't. Its howls were so weak.
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