Super Righteous Player
Chapter 455 - 452 - Unparalleled Coordination!_1

Chapter 455: 452 Chapter Unparalleled Coordination!_1

"We have no problems here now, Prince Annan!"

Delicious Wind Goose looked around and quickly spoke to Annan.

As a Warrior Class Pillar and an eternal MT player, he understood very well... in this kind of dungeon ’one wave’ monster clearing process, the most difficult part is the initial phase of grabbing aggro, where the sudden death of a team member and the tank going down could occur.

In the absence of taunting abilities, this world does not have a true tank class in the strict sense.

Instead, it is the excellent interception, disruption, and control abilities of the melee classes that take their place.

Although one can say there are no tanks,

One could also say, every melee class player is a tank.

Once the front lines had steadied and it was ensured that all spiritual bodies would first encounter the melee class players and that there was absolutely no chance of multiple spiritual bodies attacking the same player from both sides, Annan could completely disentangle himself from these spiritual entities and enter the Heath Tower of Black.

Compared to the sole Annan, these mindless spiritual bodies would definitely prioritize attacking the group of players.

This is a battle of soldier against soldier, general against general.

And on the ’soldier against soldier’ battlefield, Annan had already achieved complete victory.

If Annan had come here alone, these undead could swarm him and potentially drown him in their number.

After all, Annan truly lacked the AOE abilities against spiritual bodies...

The best case scenario would have been to trade the Philosopher’s Stone here and then use the Radiant Element to wipe these spirits clean before swiftly moving on.

But Annan only had a three-minute burst phase with the Philosopher’s Stone.

Taking into account cleaning up the spirits and the journey, at least more than a minute would be delayed... which would effectively cut Annan’s burst phase by half to two-thirds.

Annan believed that this must have been Bernadino’s original tactic.

Bernadino was using these undead, trading sheer "numbers" for Annan’s trump card. This was not conspiracy, but a forced ’cashing in,’ and thus even if Annan was aware of the other party’s intentions, it would be difficult to resist.

However, his players, despite being at an absolute disadvantage in terms of quantity and level, had managed to nullify Bernadino’s tactics through their perfect cooperation.

This was something Bernadino could never achieve.

He could not possibly actively return sentience to the spiritual bodies he controlled.

Because Bernadino knew very well, if he did so... the first thing those spiritual bodies would do was to rebel against him.

This also meant that even though he possessed a large number of spiritual bodies, the few that could utilize their strength to the fullest were very limited.

This is why he only brought two Gold-Rank spiritual bodies with him to attack the Heath Tower of Black—he did not lack other Gold-Rank spiritual bodies, it was just that his divided attention to roughly control the spell casting of those Silver-Rank Wizards was already at its limit.

This was exactly the theoretical limit of the Soul Snatching School.

The Soul Snatching School is a school of thought that centers on nurturing oneself with the power of others.

In the early to mid-game stages, this is inevitably an unbeatable school at the same level.

But in the late game, that may not be the case.

Because the Soul Snatching School emphasizes absolute control, their upper limit of ability is actually the lowest.

Whether controlling the minds of others or controlling their spiritual bodies—perfect control means that the number is severely limited. And this limit stems from "one’s own true strength."

How many pieces of "others’" strength can one control?

How many minds snatched from others can one carry?

The players, however, are different.

The players are few in number—but their minds are extremely free, as Annan has not interfered with them in any way.

Bernadino would never possibly be distracted by controlling such weak spiritual entities.

But the players, for Annan, for Justice, for revenge... and many other reasons, had performed far beyond their usual capabilities.

This "heart" difference is the foundation for the players overcoming the strong despite being weak.

"—Leave it to you guys."

Annan said in a deep voice, "Can you keep up?"

"About... fifteen minutes."

Delicious Wind Goose roughly estimated and responded solemnly, "But the resurrection you set up is probably not going to be needed."

"It’s best if it’s not needed. That would mean you’ve truly become strong," Annan said with a smile lifting the corners of his mouth, looking satisfied, "That way, when you all set out on your adventures later on, I can rest assured."

"Go ahead, Prince Annan."

Lin Yiyi said from the side, "I’ll command alongside Old Goose here... You should conserve your energy and mana.

"You still have a formidable enemy to confront."

"Then, give it your all," Annan said, nodding one last time.

As he returned to the "twelve o’clock" position, that is, the point closest to the Heath Tower of Black,

he suddenly leaped high, striking forth a frost-colored beam, leaping out of the grey barrier!

Annan landed precisely in the gap he had created, sheathing his blade back at his waist.

The moment his feet touched the ground, he pressed his left hand to the earth, and suddenly exerted force with both hands and feet.

Whoosh!

Stirring up a gust of wind, Annan, low to the ground like a gliding fish, swiftly weaved through the many spiritual bodies floating above!

For spiritual bodies dread the earth.

If it were only Annan, he would never dare run like this... One misstep and he wouldn’t be able to stand up.

But the instant Annan dashed out, Longjing Tea, who had been observing the battlefield from the twelve o’clock position, finally played a significant role:

"—Mutual Truce!"

As his "Decree" was delivered.

The spiritual bodies, which wanted to chase after Annan, were pushed by Longjing Tea’s spell to the opposite end—at the six o’clock direction, away from the Heath Tower of Black.

In Longjing Tea’s "teammate" selection, he had chosen only himself. This meant that with the players’ formation completely undisturbed, Longjing Tea had slapped a large group of enemies to one side.

To conserve mana, the invisible wall in the middle only lasted for an instant before Longjing Tea dismissed it.

Even so, his tug of war was a perfect score in group control.

With the speed of these spiritual bodies, having missed their initial chance to chase Annan, they could no longer catch up.

"Nicely done, what a Skyward Palms!"

The child shouted excitedly, "Beautiful!"

Then, the spiritual bodies, completely enraged by Longjing Tea—scorching fireballs, laser beams, virulent poison, strong acid, and invisible impacts that jolted the soul, instantly submerged Longjing Tea. Spiritual bodies that lacked the ability to strike from a distance also flew towards Longjing Tea.

He was also the first player to die.

But no sooner had his body turned to ashes, it gathered and materialized again. Like time rewinding, he appeared unharmed in his original spot.

"OT’d!"

Longjing Tea roared, "Can’t you aggro properly?"

"Coming, coming!"

Delicious Wind Goose yelled at the top of his lungs.

With an excited cleave, he instantly killed a spiritual body—a wild, wide-swinging sword technique full of gaps, entirely unlike his previously stable and cautious Frost Sword Technique.

This caused Delicious Wind Goose to again draw the attention of other spiritual bodies.

Because the spiritual bodies were repositioned, the previous formation needed readjustment.

But as Delicious Wind Goose was about to be surrounded, Longjing Tea pointed at him.

"[Dodge]!"

On his loud command.

Delicious Wind Goose moved as if he had eyes in the back of his head—or rather, as if his body had 360-degree vision, effortlessly dodging all the attacks aimed at him.

Then Longjing Tea pointed at Jiu’er, who was about to be surrounded, and commanded again, "[Dodge]!"

Jiu’er also became incredibly agile, dodging several attacks that were in her blind spot but visible to Longjing Tea.

And the child at the center of the ritual cut through the air with a few invisible Sky Strike Techniques, drawing in several spiritual bodies.

Soon, with their subtle and exquisite coordination, the players stabilized their formation once more.

Annan, on the other hand, continually leaped upward from outside the Heath Tower of Black.

After all, he lacked the ability to fly, and it was difficult to climb efficiently within the Wizard’s Tower... who knew whether the stairs were blocked by the collapsed Black Tower.

So Annan, on the exterior of the Wizard’s Tower—while spewing breaths of frost onto the ground, would step on the momentarily extinguished patches as the frost exploded off the tower’s side, and leap upward again.

After roughly five minutes of climbing, Annan finally neared the upper levels of the Wizard’s Tower.

The radiance in his eyes grew even more dazzling.

His right hand went to the short sword at his waist, and his left to the boning knife, taking a deep breath.

He did not immediately use the Philosopher’s Stone.

Instead, at the moment of reaching the tower’s summit, he leaped high into the air.

Without hesitation, Annan empowered the boning knife with the Frost Sword Technique.

After he threw it at Bernadino!

The short sword was drawn from his right hand.

A shimmering trail of frost flashed like a shooting star.

Using one [Will of Victory] to... Charge!

Another [Will of Victory] to unleash the strongest slash!

Annan’s strength and agility surged from fourteen or fifteen to thirty-six!

In the quarter second that he appeared within Bernadino’s perception.

He had already launched a swift and fierce assault!

Like a comet striking the moon, he followed his own thrown dagger, simultaneously striking at Bernadino!