The Terror Puppet Giant fell into the trap pit, got stuck by vines, was glued by sticky insect silk, and was continuously damaged by a pile of debuffs.
For a time, it could only rage ineffectually, unable to break free.
Seizing this opportunity, the 40-person Assault Team, which had already gathered and ambushed around the trap pit, all swarmed out at the command of ‘Charge!’ from the Assault Team Leader, Chen Yulu.
The 40-person Assault Team was divided into 10 small teams, averaging 4 people per team.
Then, they stood around the edge of the large trap pit’s opening, maintaining a distance from each other.
“Team 1, Team 6, unleash your skills!”
Chen Yulu commanded.
Team 1 was led by her.
Team 1 and Team 6 were positioned directly across from the trap pit, and both sides almost simultaneously threw their long-range skills into the pit.
Chen Yulu’s other spirit beast, a Bouncing Pig, sprayed a water gun into the trap pit, landing first on the Terror Puppet Giant’s forehead, causing scratch-level damage, but also attracting the Terror Puppet Giant’s aggro. Its huge, hideous puppet head immediately turned towards Team 1’s position.
Dark, thin, mist-like Demon Attribute energy converged, and a beam of demonic light was about to strike, about to attack Team 1’s position!
If this attack hit, Chen Yulu’s four-person Team 1 would definitely have their life shields shattered on the spot and be instantly eliminated.
However, before the Terror Puppet Giant’s demonic light beam could be released, Team 6’s attack accurately landed on the back of its head.
It was also scratch damage, but it successfully pulled the Terror Puppet Giant’s aggro over!
The demonic light beam was intercepted, and the dark, thin, mist-like Demon Attribute energy that had just gathered dissipated.
Because it was a puppet, it directly turned its head 180 degrees with a clicking sound.
Its huge, black hole eyes stared intently at Team 6, as if saying, “I remember you, you’re dead.”
However, how could Chen Yulu give it this chance?
“Team 2, Team 7, unleash your skills!”
Chen Yulu immediately commanded.
Lin Chuan was assigned to Team 7. When it was his turn, he had Guoguo throw a Bomb Fruit inside.
Boom! A verdant light bloomed on the left side of the Terror Puppet’s back of the head.
This time, the damage was no longer a mere scratch.
Even the Tier 3 Terror Puppet Giant roared in anger from the explosion, and the dark, thin, mist-like Demon Attribute power once again spread in all directions.
Standing around the trap pit, everyone in the Assault Team and their spirit beasts unconsciously took two steps back.
Panic and various negative emotions of fear uncontrollably surged from the depths of their souls.
However, those chosen by Chen Yulu to join the Assault Team were all top performers in this year’s graduation exam. Their strength aside, they were at least first-rate, capable of reaching the top 16 in the Little Qinghe Cup. Their mental fortitude might not be exceptional, but they could withstand this level of pressure.
The examinees used their respective methods, either taking deep breaths repeatedly, or constantly muttering self-suggestions in their minds, or even harsher, giving themselves two slaps to stabilize their minds and re-enter the battle.
“Lin Chuan, please step back. Your Bomb Fruit’s damage is too high, it’s easy to lose aggro. You can just provide healing support from the rear,” Chen Yulu said with a frown.
Lin Chuan felt awkward, like being asked by a teacher to stand outside the classroom as punishment.
He wanted to say that Guoguo could throw a smaller Mini Bomb Fruit.
However, Lin Chuan ultimately did not speak.
Because the current situation was not a class.
In class, if one was distracted or something else, one could explain the reason to the teacher, but now, it was not the time for explanations.
This was a critical moment for the Assault Team; there could be no mistakes.
If he were to explain, causing Chen Yulu to be distracted and unable to command effectively, leading to aggro loss, the Assault Team would likely be wiped out instantly.
At this moment, obeying the Team Leader’s command was the most important thing.
So, Lin Chuan stepped back.
However, Lin Chuan was not alone, because within half a minute, someone else came to join him.
Li Zeyu was also benched. His spirit beasts, whether the Mutated Blue Feather Eagle or the Nether Lightning Bat, now a Shuai Grade Lower Level bloodline at Level 16, had skill powers far exceeding the standard, making it extremely easy to lose aggro.
The two exchanged a smile and shrugged helplessly.
Was it their fault for having too much damage?
The Terror Puppet Giant had no intelligence, or rather, extremely low intelligence. This was the fundamental reason for Chen Yulu’s tactical design.
Otherwise, if it possessed intelligence comparable to normal humans or even ordinary Soldier Tier spirit beasts like Guoguo Sakura, then a strategy like playing a fixed boss in an online game would not be successful.
However, there were no “ifs” in this world.
The Terror Puppet Giant simply had low intelligence!
Chen Yulu seized upon this point and fiercely targeted it. This assault tactic was undoubtedly very successful.
As long as they persevered, without any accidents, in just 20 minutes, under the various debuff damages in the pit and the constant barrage of long-range skills, this Tier 3 Terror Puppet Giant would completely fall.
However, the goddess of fate loved to play jokes.
Unexpectedly, an accident occurred!
It seemed that upon reaching a certain level of injury, and its health bar dropping below a certain warning line, just like a major boss in an online game dungeon, the Terror Puppet Giant actually activated its second phase!
After suddenly letting out a furious roar, its body rapidly disassembled, turning into one Terror Puppet after another of the previous kind, mainly Terror Puppets similar in size to ordinary humans, among which there were also 5-meter-tall Terror Puppets capable of releasing skills.
Like a tide, the Terror Puppets, densely packed, climbed and stacked on top of each other, actually crawling out of the trap pit!
Chen Yulu’s expression turned grim.
The worst-case scenario had still happened.
However, she was not too panicked.
Because she had already anticipated such a situation when she deduced that the Terror Puppet Giant was a gestalt-type demon.
The reason Chen Yulu divided the 40-person Assault Team into 10 small teams, besides passing aggro to each other, was more importantly to prevent the current situation.
“Small teams, led by your respective team leaders, obey your team leader’s commands, and fight independently!”
“Remember, absolutely do not be afraid!!”
“Hold steadfast in your hearts, do not fear!”
“The boss’s dispersed form has the ability to absorb our fear and other negative emotional energies. Once it absorbs enough energy, all the damage we’ve caused will be wasted, and it might even become stronger!”
“Lin Chuan, please use area-of-effect healing skills to help everyone block this wave. As long as we endure this wave, we will win.”
Although she said this, Chen Yulu herself found it difficult to control her current emotions.
The Demon Attribute, even among the higher attributes, was a particularly abnormal attribute, a purely negative spiritual attribute.
Without corresponding levels of Illusion Attribute energy for resistance, relying solely on a group of Beast Masters below Level 10, below Tier 1, and a group of spirit beasts mostly below Tier 2, it was still too difficult to withstand.
Lin Chuan followed Chen Yulu’s command and had Guoguo and Sakura both use Healing Aroma.
If their side had fewer people, the Illusion Attribute energy carried by Sakura’s Healing Aroma could help resist some of the Demon Attribute’s mental pollution. But with so many people and so many spirit beasts, Sakura’s current illusion ability, which wasn’t even skin deep, was completely insufficient to cover everyone, only barely able to take care of herself.
With Lin Chuan, the great healer, present, the Assault Team barely held on, but it was still a stalemate.
Looking at the situation, Lin Chuan sighed helplessly.
In this situation, even if the team eventually won, it would be a Pyrrhic victory. The 40-person Assault Team would probably only have fewer than 10 people left in the end.
If this were reality, facing a real disaster, it would truly be too tragic.
If such a disaster situation were encountered in reality, and one had a trump card that could break the deadlock but chose not to use it, leading to the death of teammates, that would be inexcusable.
This was an excellent point-scoring opportunity!
Then, let him turn the tide and save the collapsing building.
“Three minutes, give me three minutes! I have a way to resolve this situation!”
Lin Chuan said in a deep voice, shouting.
Hearing Lin Chuan’s words, everyone’s spirits lifted.
Li Zeyu and Xu Ru both couldn’t help but look at Lin Chuan. In such a situation, even they were powerless and could only tough it out. What method did Lin Chuan have?
However, they believed Lin Chuan wouldn’t speak carelessly at this moment.
It was just three minutes, after all. They would hold the line for Lin Chuan!
Li Zeyu had his Nether Lightning Bat go protect Lin Chuan.
The Nether Lightning Bat rushed in front of Lin Chuan, its bat wings flickering, and a black mist of Dark Thunder Curtain immediately swept away the surrounding Terror Puppets.
Xu Ru’s Purple Crown Black Crystal Moth also arrived.
Using Silk Spit and Poison Liquid, countless threads created an empty area behind Lin Chuan.
Finally, it was Lin Chuan’s own spirit beast, Guoguo.
Guoguo used the Mother-Child Bomb Fruit, blasting the last area of Terror Puppets clean.
Li Zeyu’s Nether Lightning Bat, Xu Ru’s Purple Crown Black Crystal Moth, and Guoguo formed a triangular formation, encircling Lin Chuan and Sakura in the middle, creating an absolute safe zone.
No Terror Puppets could approach or disturb them.
Lin Chuan took out a transparent small bottle from his Beast Master Space. Inside the bottle, a cyan vortex swirled.
“Sakura.”
Lin Chuan called softly.
Sakura, already prepared, stood ready, her chubby hands clenched into fists. She nodded vigorously.
Seeing this, Lin Chuan opened the small bottle, and the cyan vortex immediately surged out of the bottle.
In the secret realm assessment, examinees were allowed to carry three spirit beast items. Other examinees basically brought various potions.
However, what Lin Chuan chose to carry were the three key activation items for the Spring Flower Ritual: Essence of Spring Wind, Spring Mud, and Spring Dew! As for the other ritual materials and nutrients, Sakura had absorbed them all before entering the secret realm.
The transparent small bottle in Lin Chuan’s hand was a special item called a Wind-Catching Bottle.
What it contained was the Essence of Spring Wind, collected from a special secret realm in the Star Rock Federation called Spring Valley.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh ~
Late winter, early spring, a slightly cool yet warm gentle breeze caressed everyone’s cheeks like a girl’s soft hand.
Life burst forth, and around Sakura, green grass broke through the soil.
Lin Chuan then took out the Spring Mud and Spring Dew, also collected from Spring Valley.
The Spring Mud was sprinkled on Sakura.
The Spring Dew dripped onto the pink flower on Sakura’s head.
The three key items for the Spring Flower Ritual were used.
Lin Chuan took a deep breath, then shouted loudly:
“Sakura, use Rooting, Growth, Flower Leaf Dance!”
“Grow! Bloom! Flourish!”
“Flower of Spring!”
Lin Chuan was not a chuunibyou.
However, the Spring Flower Ritual required the Beast Master to guide the spirit beast into that state of breakthrough and blooming through words or other means.
So, at this moment, he could only be a bit chuunibyou.
Although it was awkward, the overall feeling was not bad.
Following Lin Chuan’s verbal guidance,
Sakura first used Rooting.
The roots, mimicked by Wood Attribute energy, each firmly received the Spring Mud Lin Chuan sprinkled on her, then curled up, completely enveloping herself into a huge, jade-like green seed emitting an ethereal green glow.
Growth, the skill effect was to transform nutrients, water, and various energies into body attributes, slightly increasing all basic attributes.
At this moment, under the effect of the Growth skill, the ethereal green glowing seed that Sakura had transformed into vibrated like a heart, thumping, spreading Wood Attribute power in waves. Gradually, a faint, illusory pink-white mist permeated, that was Illusion Attribute energy!
Flower Leaf Dance, this was a temporary buff skill to increase energy damage.
At this moment, it became the final push for sublimation and breakthrough.
Petals formed by energy flew across the sky, creating a small tornado that enveloped the pulsating, ethereal green glowing seed.
The tornado spun and ascended.
Amidst the dazzling, life-filled, endless green light blooming, the petals scattered in all directions.
A small human figure, elegant and gentle, slowly emerged amidst the endless green light and petals.
Her height was 1.2 meters, her appearance was 3 parts similar to a human child aged six to seven.
Her skin was as white as snow, and layers of green leaves encircled her body, as if she wore a green princess dress.
Her emerald eyes were clear and ethereal.
Her mouth was no longer a small black line, but cute, pink, yet pale greenish-white small lips.
On her forehead, two pink flowers slowly bloomed on either side, fragrant and beautiful.
Flower Spirit!
The Spring Flower Ritual evolution was successful!
Through the contract, Lin Chuan perceived that Sakura’s bloodline level had increased from Soldier Tier Middle Level to General Tier Upper Level.
A typical Flower Spirit had a General Tier Middle Level bloodline, but if perfectly cultivated to near its limit during its Flower Leaf Leaf period, it could also reach General Tier Upper Level after evolution. Sakura had clearly received near-perfect cultivation.
At the same time, Sakura’s level, which had been difficult to raise due to bloodline restrictions, instantly increased from its original Level 19 to Level 20.
Tier 2!
Achieved!
Leveling up, evolving, and breaking through tiers, all combined, gave Lin Chuan a huge energy feedback, pushing his Beast Master level from 7 to 9 instantly!
Only one step away from Tier 1!
However, this was not the crucial point right now!
Stepping in a Flower Leaf Dance, amidst a rain of petals, Sakura, who had evolved into a Flower Spirit, floated lightly into the battlefield on the spring breeze, landing among countless Terror Puppets.
Yet, none of the Terror Puppets attacked her, because they had all fallen into an illusion!
Pinkish-white Illusion Attribute energy mist permeated around Sakura.
Rosemary Illusion Incense!
At this moment, the entire scene was silent, with all eyes fixed on her!