Apart from the fire grand magus Marceau, there was an adventurer team consisting of a thief, a priest, two mages, and three swordsmen. The members of this adventurer team weren't weak. Their average age was around forty years old, and they were all experienced experts.
Among them, the fire grand magus Marceau seemed to be the leader of this adventurer team. Therefore, as soon as Marceau's voice sounded out, these people immediately attacked Han Shuo.
Of the two mages below, one was a lightning adept mage, and the other was likely a water archmage. The two of them were the first to make their moves. Several lightning balls crackled in the air as they shot out lightning balls, crashing towards Han Shuo amidst the explosion of lightning. The other water archmage waved his magic staff, and a few icicles formed. The sharp icicles flashed with a cold light as they flew towards Han Shuo with a violent impact.
The priest chanted a spell to recover mana, and a silver ring of light appeared on Marceau's body. Marceau had used up a lot of mental strength earlier, and now her depleted mental strength was nourished by the silver ring of light. Her wrinkled face shone with a faint light.
Two senior swordsmen and one swordmaster immediately surrounded Marceau and the other two mages tightly. Two huge iron shields were taken out and placed in front of them. The thief's eyes spun a bit, and he darted into the dense forest like a leopard, preparing the traps that he had set up earlier.
Han Shuo descended straight towards Marceau. Due to the yin demon's spying, he'd taken note of these people's appearances and strength in advance. He'd already taken out the skeletal staff as he descended, and a thick cloud of black smoke abruptly spread out with Han Shuo at the center. Han Shuo's body disappeared within the thick smoke.
A few lightning balls and icicles all crashed into the thick black smoke. However, due to Han Shuo's sudden disappearance, these attacks naturally couldn't find their target. Instead, they collided with each other and created a huge boom.
When the lightning balls and icicles dissipated, the thick black smoke also gradually dispersed. The adventurers below, who had been waiting for their chance, stared closely at the center of the smoke with Marceau in the lead. Three of the swordsmen held a huge crossbow and temporarily became three archers, waiting for Han Shuo to reveal himself at any time.
However, when all the thick black smoke dissipated, Han Shuo's traces had disappeared under the clear sky. The adventurers that had been prepared to give Han Shuo a head-on blow stared blankly at the clear sky, not knowing what to do.
"Rumble …"
Mounds rose from the ground one after another. The sharp mounds came without warning, and all of the adventurers' attention was focused on the sky. They were caught off guard, and all of them lost their footing. Grand magus Marceau and the water archmage were the first to fly into the sky.
The three swordsmen reacted quickly, and grabbed the iron shields in front of them to block the mounds that were attacking the lightning adept mage and priest. They were thrown into the air by the impact of the mounds, but the iron shields dissipated most of the force. The swordsmen, who were meat shields to begin with, didn't suffer much damage.
The thief was extraordinarily agile, and like a monkey in the jungle, he leapt and stepped on the ground. He used the silver line he had set up beforehand to shoot towards a large tree in the distance, avoiding all the attacks from the mounds.
After he landed on the tree, he used the dagger in his hand to cut off a rope. The sharpened tree trunk suddenly flew out and shot towards Han Shuo, who was hiding in the shade after landing.
The other adventurers all aimed their attacks at the shade when they saw the thief's actions. In an instant, a dozen or so attacks rained down. Han Shuo, who had originally thought that they wouldn't be able to detect him, could only jump out of the shade pathetically.
While defending against the various attacks, an icicle arrow hit Han Shuo's thigh. There was also a thunderball that exploded, and the scattered lightning affected Han Shuo. Han Shuo felt numb all over, and all the hair that had just grown stood on end.
"Kill him, he's been hit!" the thief yelled.
The priest finished a lengthy incantation, and three dazzling rays of light shone on the three swordsmen. The three swordsmen were enchanted with strengthened armor, god's blessing, and bull's strength. The three rays of light circulated on their chests, and the three swordsmen aggressively charged at Han Shuo.
What a terrifying adventurer team! Han Shuo was shocked. He quickly retreated into the dense forest behind him, and with the help of his high-speed movement, he quickly left the three swordsmen who were enchanted with support spells behind him. He waited for an opportunity to find a better way to attack.
This adventurer team must have been tempered for a long time. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to have such tacit cooperation. They trusted each other very much, and when the priest, mage, swordsman, and thief worked together, they released a huge amount of energy. This gave Han Shuo, who had thought that he could easily deal with them, a headache.
The three swordsmen, who had been enchanted with support spells by the priest, each had a level of strength. Even if all three of them faced Han Shuo at the same time, Han Shuo was confident that he could kill them in a few minutes. However, the surrounding mages, who were eyeing him covetously, wouldn't let him succeed. If the three mages, who had the priest constantly replenishing their mental strength, were to keep casting spells on him, Han Shuo wouldn't be able to withstand it.
After concealing himself, Han Shuo calculated in his heart and discovered that there weren't any light mages in this team of adventurers. He immediately took the opportunity to summon many necromancers and cast the Canopy of Necromancy. After the wood elite zombie came out, it used its control of the forest under Han Shuo's orders to entangle the thief who was hiding on top of a large tree. However, the soft branches became a lethal weapon, instantly piercing through the thief's body.
"Kadie!"
The adventurer team had formed a defensive formation. When the priest saw that the thief had been pierced by the branches, he screamed in rage. This priest was a woman in her thirties, and seemed to be a couple with the thief. The sudden death of the thief was a huge blow to the priest.
"There's a druid here, be careful!" Fire grand magus Marceau also yelled angrily before hurriedly reminding everyone.
The three swordsmen on the ground hurriedly waved their heavy swords when they heard this, clearing all the trees and weeds around them. Although they were angry, they still looked around vigilantly. The priest, who couldn't find a target to fight with, fell into Marceau's magic barrier and started cursing in grief and indignation. He crazily released probing magic one after another.
"So, so many people!" The priest who had released probing magic sensed that there were suddenly many densely packed people in all directions. This caused the furious priest to sober up a lot as he looked around and murmured.
"How many people? How many people?" Fire grand magus Marceau was anxious and hurriedly asked.
"Many, very many!" The priest replied. He immediately looked at the thief's corpse and begged Marceau, "Get his corpse first, hurry!"
"Take Kadie's corpse and leave immediately! Dammit, I remember now, he's also a necromancer! " Fire grand magus Marceau yelled loudly. The three swordsmen rushed towards the dead thief without a care for anything else.
Numerous undead creatures slowly appeared in the dense forest accompanied by rustling sounds. Among them, there was an evil knight riding a fire-breathing skeleton warhorse. He raised a two meter long bone spear high in the air, his cold and emotionless gaze landing on the three swordsmen.
Behind the evil knight, there were ten or so hate creatures with rotting bodies swaying about. They were either holding huge wooden sticks or spiked maces. Under the control of the aura of death, they gradually surged towards the group of adventurers in the center.
As more and more undead creatures appeared, the hearts of Marceau and the others sank. When a swordsman got the thief's corpse, fire grand magus Marceau of the Brut Merchant Alliance said, "I'll lead the way, let's leave immediately."
Six fire serpents danced in the air, the surging flames bringing with them a scorching heat. To undead creatures, fire was something that was extremely annoying and unbearable. The high temperature would burn their cold bodies uncontrollably. When the dense aura of death completely melted in the blazing flames, their souls would also follow the flames into the endless abyss.
Therefore, when the five fire serpents danced and shot towards the path blocked by two hate warriors, the two hate warriors instinctively retreated, unwilling to endure the pain of the flames. When Han Shuo gave the order again, the hate warriors approached the flames once again. The high level evil knight even charged towards the flames, killing towards the adventurers.
Undead creatures were naturally afraid of fire, but the higher the level, the less of a fear they had towards fire. The hate warriors could only barely withstand the burning flames, but the evil knight was no longer afraid of fire. Under Han Shuo's order, he actually directly charged towards the flames.
Not far away, a streak of fiery light arrived with a bang. Some of the surrounding low-level skeletons and zombies were all turned into ashes by the intense flames. Even the hate warriors couldn't help but retreat, no longer daring to approach that patch of fiery light.
Within the flames, the big-headed fire elite zombie couldn't control the flames on his body well, thus causing the deaths of the surrounding undead creatures. However, he took Han Shuo's order as an imperial edict. He opened his mouth wide and swallowed all of the fire serpents Marceau had shot out, causing Marceau to be unable to use the flames to escape from the undead creatures.
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