Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 720: Old Guard Commander
On the battlefield, gray-white sand was raging in the strong wind, hitting Xin Lailai and others on the edge of the battlefield, and rubbing against the energy barriers on their body surfaces, making a fine and noisy sound.

Under the throne, the tall figure half-kneeling in front of the steps seemed to have finished mourning. He stood up amid the sound of collision and friction of the hideous black-brown armor on his body, and pointed the skull sheep head mask that covered his entire face in the direction of Xin Lailai and others.

As he turned around, his right arm, which was hidden under the hideous black arm armor covered with mottled blood, slowly raised up. The dark liquid slowly condensed from his arm to form a black spear more than three meters long. At the same time, an ominous light flashed in his scarlet pupils along with the dark brown crystals inlaid on his chest.

Om-! !

In an instant, an indescribably strong and biting chill came from the perception of the three people present, causing the pupils of Xin Lailai and the other two to shrink, but no one dared to act rashly.

"Haha, Lao Hei, tell me...if we run away now, will we still be able to make it?"

Space formations appeared under his feet. Randy, who maintained a sprinting posture, looked at the scene in front of him, feeling the creepy feeling of being locked all over his body. He looked at the old guard captain who had locked them from hundreds of kilometers away and smiled stiffly.

"I'm afraid it's difficult."

Xin Lailai on the side said in a deep voice, if you look closely, you will find that the hairs on his body have all stood up at some point, and his body has instinctively assumed a defensive posture, staring at the old guard captain at the end of his sight, not daring to move his eyes away.

At this moment, the whole world seemed to slow down. Gray-white sand swept up from the earth, and the broken flags slowly fluttered in the wind. In the slow world, the old guard captain's arm was raised little by little, and the black-haired young man's pupils also shrank little by little, and finally -

Boom! ! !
There was a dull thumping sound like a city wall advancing. In front of the throne, the old guard captain, who felt the oppression rising to the extreme, stepped forward, holding a shield in one hand and raising the black spear in the other hand above his head. He suddenly made a throwing motion through the pupils of the three people that had shrunk to the limit!

boom--! ! !
In an instant, a deafening roar erupted from in front of the throne, and the old guard captain threw the spear in his hand with a bang, raising circles of dark circular air waves along the path. Amid the sound of space breaking, it instantly crossed a distance of hundreds of kilometers and rushed in front of the three people with an incomparably terrifying sense of oppression.

Block!

clang! ! !
The next moment, an extremely terrifying collision sound was heard, and the Yuan Mo in Xin Lailai's hand collided heavily with the pitch-black spear that rushed in front of him in an instant, even squeezing the space around him into a solidified state. Xin Lailai's body leaned back uncontrollably, and his bones made bursts of creaking sounds. Finally, he gritted his teeth, growled, and burst out with all his strength. In the flash of golden light, he tilted the sword blade to the side with all his strength, and relied on his own force-dissipating skills to force the pitch-black spear to deflect to the side.

boom--! ! !
A stream of black light flashed and slammed heavily into the space barrier behind them, causing the entire space to tremble violently.

Buzz~!

Two spatial fluctuations appeared. They were the White Demon and Randy who took the opportunity to use the teleportation array to rush to the side of the old guard captain. Circles of spells emitting rich elemental and abyss breath appeared on the black and white guns in Randy's hands, while the White Demon flashed behind the old guard captain. His black and red pupils followed the blood-red blade and passed through the air leaving two afterimages, and a heavy slash was made towards the old guard captain's head.

Facing the attacks from the front and back, the old guard captain with wisps of dark aura rising from his body simply smashed the tower shield in his left hand forward, and at the same time clenched his right hand, which was wrapped in black liquid, behind his back.

Boom!
There was a dull thump like an iron hitting a bronze bell. The black and white light cannon that was powerful enough to instantly penetrate a dominant creature collided heavily with the broken tower shield in the old guard captain's hand, like a chainsaw sawing on a steel plate, emitting an incomparably dazzling energy light. The blood-red long sword wrapped in black lightning arcs slashed heavily on the old guard captain's raised right hand, rubbing against it and making a thunderous sound. Finally...

boom--! !

The ground beneath the old guard captain suddenly collapsed, and cracks spread from the bricks and stones that were full of traces of time. The old guard himself stood motionless like an unshakable city wall, holding a shield in one hand and empty hand in the other, while resisting the devouring light column formed by the combination of elemental energy and abyss energy, and grabbing the white magic's attack with his bare hands.

Blocked it with one hand?!

In mid-air, the White Demon, who was still swinging his sword, watched this scene. Seeing the blade that had only penetrated less than half an inch into the old guard captain's palm before it could no longer penetrate, his pupils shrank slightly, and he was about to draw his sword and start space travel to distance himself.

puff!
The sound of flesh being pierced was heard.

The old guard captain who was hit by the long sword wrapped in the energy of Dark Steel Shadow seemed to feel no pain at all. When the White Demon was about to draw his sword to activate his space-travel ability, he suddenly clenched his hand. The bloodshot eyes under the sheep-horned skull mask flashed, and he let the White Demon's blade pierce through his palm. He grabbed the entire blade with his backhand, and smashed it to the ground with all his strength as if it were a handle. At the same time, the space around him seemed to be under some huge pressure and squeezed towards the White Demon.

boom! ! !
With a horrific impact, the White Demon's body was smashed to the ground by the old guard captain like a weightless rag doll, causing him to spit out a large mouthful of blood. The health value on the status bar suddenly dropped by nearly 30%, and the eyes in his pupils became briefly blurred. It was obvious that he was knocked into a dizzy state by the blow.

Peng——! !

A sharp sound of breaking through the air was heard, and the old guard captain, who had succeeded in his attack, did not pause at all. While smashing the white demon to the ground, he suddenly raised his right foot, turned around and stepped on it. With this movement, one could see that the space around his right foot was slightly distorted, and even emitted a buzzing sound as if it could not bear the heavy load.

"Old White!"

At the critical moment, the White Demon bit his tongue hard, used the energy of Dark Steel Shadow to stimulate himself to wake up from his dizzy state, and at the same time kicked with all his strength at the right leg of the old guard captain.

Boom——! !

There was a crashing sound like two trains accelerating to their limit colliding with each other, and the White Demon's right foot collided heavily with the old guard captain's right leg. Then, with a bang, the White Demon successfully pulled out the blade from the terrifying reaction force and flew backwards, narrowly avoiding the old guard captain's step. But the next moment -

boom! ! !
A familiar sonic boom sounded, causing the White Demon's pupils to shrink suddenly. In his field of vision, he could see that the old guard captain, who had missed his step, did not stop his movements at all. Instead, he grasped the barely formed black spear in his hand, swung his arm with the momentum of the heavy step, and threw the spear violently amid the sound of the ground shattering under his feet. Just when the White Demon was about to use his magic spirit to forcibly take this blow...

Space replacement!

Boom! ! !
Golden light bloomed from the battlefield and collided heavily with the pitch-black spear, rendering the entire battlefield into gold and black. Finally, Xin Lailai, who still had obvious spatial transmission fluctuations on his body, gritted his teeth, burst out his strength, and swung Yuan Mo with all his strength, forcibly deflecting the pitch-black spear in front of him.

boom--! !

The deflected pitch-black spear turned into a stream of light, piercing through buildings amid circles of terrifying sonic booms, leaving behind huge building holes hundreds of meters wide on its path, and then smashed heavily into the space barrier in the distance, causing the entire space to tremble again.

On the battlefield, the White Mage who was replaced by Xinlailai to a safe position and Randy who activated the teleportation array in time to pull Xinlailai to the vicinity of the old guard captain looked at this scene, and their eyelids twitched violently. Then, the shared detection results from Xinlailai popped up from the edge of their sight:
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[Hint: Detection completed, the Pioneer Soul Strength is determined to be 1.46 times that of the detected unit. Because the current detected unit is protected by high-level energy, only 53.5% of the detected unit's information can be obtained in this detection.]

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Name: Captain of the Duskblood Guard, Boroakshi
Category: Overlord Unit/World Will Carrier/Abyss Guardian/Imperial Guard Captain/Last Warrior
HP: 112.5% ​​(autonomous suppression)

Battle Spirit Power: 60134/69802 (Massive increase)
Power of the Abyss: ? ? ? (Suppressing itself)

Strength: ? ? ? (Real attribute, absolute upper limit of this world)
Stamina: ? ? ? (Real attribute, has exceeded the limit of this world)
Agility: 109 (real attribute, has exceeded the limit of this world)
Intelligence: 103 (real attribute, has exceeded the limit of this world)
Charm: ??? (Non-negotiable unit, undetectable)

Lucky: ??? (Unable to detect in special state)
Soul Strength: 120 (limit in this world)
Skill 1, World Bearer (World Passive, LV.EX): HP +30000, Fighting Spirit Power +30000, Physical Defense +300, Nerve Reflex Speed ​​and Dynamic Vision +300%. When in this world area, you are immune to all control effects of level and below. All attributes continue to improve, and attacks will be accompanied by the power of the world, causing a "space suppression" effect.

Skill 2, Abyss Guardian (Abyss·Passive, LV.MAX): The power of the abyss has penetrated into the essence of the Duskblood Guardian. The extreme gain allows his physical attributes to break through the limits of this world, Abyss Power +100000, HP +100000, damage received reduced by 50%. When injured, he can consume the power of the abyss "Ultra·Massive" to restore his own HP, up to 10% per second.

*Tip: Due to the voluntary suppression of the Duskblood Guard Captain, the current bonus of this ability can only take effect at 10%.

Skill 3,? ? ?
Skill 4,? ? ?
Skill 5, Spear Master (Skill Passive, LV.39): Spear weapon attack power +581%, nerve reflex speed +175%, when using spear weapons to attack, the attack will have a "strong defense break" effect, ignoring 50% of body defense and armor defense. Initial additional ability 1, Spear of the Overlord (Skill Passive): When attacking a unit in the "overlord" state, the power of the fighting spirit can be condensed on the weapon, causing the attack to cause an additional 58.1%~581% of the body protection energy consumption (determined by the strength of the overlord state of the hit unit).

Initial additional ability 2, Endless Spear (Special Passive): It can consume one's own fighting spirit ability and other body energy, and condense them into a spear-type weapon with complete weapon judgment. Its attributes are determined according to the specific consumption. The maximum attack power is 290.5 points, the maximum sharpness is 116.2 points, the maximum armor penetration value is 116.2 points, the maximum durability is 116.2 points, and the maximum duration is 58.1 seconds. When using this spear for throwing, you can get a 581% flight speed bonus, and you can get additional additional effects based on the specific energy used.

LV.10 Ultimate Ability, Piercing Spear (Passive): When using a spear, the sharpness of the weapon is increased by an additional 58.1%.

LV.20 Ultimate Ability, Spear of Destruction (Active): When using a spear-type weapon to cause a penetration effect, you can consume the power of the fighting spirit, allowing this attack to cause a life-destroying effect. Depending on the size of the hit unit, it will cause 5.81%~23.42% of the maximum health damage to the hit unit. This damage can ignore the body's defense.

LV.30 Ultimate Ability, Spear of Immortality (Passive): Ignores the near-death effect and all negative states it brings, and when the health drops to 0%, it will enter the "Indestructible State", during which it will not fall into "death" and continue to withstand the "super-huge" increase in willpower judgment. Before the judgment fails, it can use the power of the fighting spirit instead of life to continue fighting. During this period, the damage received is reduced by 50% and it cannot be treated. In the "Indestructible State", killing a unit can restore 0.01%~10% of its maximum health (determined by the specific strength of the killed unit). After the health is greater than 10%, it can actively end the "Indestructible State".

*Tip: Due to the conflict in the nature of the body's energy caused by "Heavy Shield Master", the current ability level has declined to a certain extent.

*Tip: Due to the conflict of skill nature caused by "Heavy Shield Master", the current basic ability bonus and effect cannot exist at the same time as "Heavy Shield Master" under normal circumstances.

*Tip: This ability can develop 127 techniques and moves. After being refined by the old guard captain, there are currently 6 commonly used moves.

Skill 6, Heavy Shield Master (Skill·Passive, LV.35): Heavy Shield Defense Value +109.0%, Dynamic Vision +155%, Gain "Strong Overlord" effect when defending, and gain "Range Block" judgment.

Initial additional ability 1, Immovable Body (Passive, LV.MAX): The amount of protective energy derived from the current Heavy Shield Grandmaster ability is increased by 218%, and the intensity of the protective energy is increased by 109%.

Initial additional ability 2, Ambition to Break Limits (Passive, LV.MAX): When holding a shield, you can consume the power of the fighting spirit to put yourself into a "Breaking Limits" state with a maximum duration of 2.18 seconds. In the "Breaking Limits" state, when you use the derived abilities of the techniques such as Spear Master that conflict with the basic properties of Heavy Shield Master, it will not cause the Heavy Shield Master's abilities and bonus effects to become invalid. After each "Breaking Limits" state ends, you must wait for at least 1.09 seconds before entering the "Breaking Limits" state again.

LV.10 Ultimate Ability, Weapon Dissolved in Blood (Passive): When holding a shield, you will gain a body defense bonus equal to 54.5% of the current heavy shield defense value and a health bonus equal to 545% of the heavy shield durability.

LV.20 Ultimate Ability, One Man City (Passive): When holding a shield, the recovery speed of one's own body protection energy increases by 109%, and the power of the fighting spirit can be consumed to temporarily increase one's own body protection energy, making the strength of one's own "range blocking" temporarily increased to the same as "frontal blocking".

LV.30 Ultimate Ability, Immortal Shield (Passive): ???

*Tip: Due to the conflict of skill nature caused by "Lance Master", the current basic ability bonus and effect cannot exist at the same time as "Lance Master" under normal circumstances.

*Tip: This ability can develop 3 moves by itself, 2 of which remain unchanged, and 1 is greatly improved due to the bonus of world power.

Skill 7, ??? (World/Secret·Active, LV.MAX): ???

Skill 8, ??? (Abyss/World/Secret·Active/Passive, LV.EX): ???

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LV.39 Spear Master and LV.35 Heavy Shield Master? And he has mastered the ability to make the bonuses of Heavy Shield Master and Spear Master exist at the same time? ! !

Almost at the same time as they saw the detection results sent by Xin Lailai, Bai Mo and Randy's pupils contracted violently.

The good news is that we figured out how the enemy managed to maintain such a thick and indestructible defense like a city wall while attacking.

The bad news, the good news after it is clarified, is the biggest bad news.

Unlike those abyss behemoths that appeared on the battlefield, the old guard captain had almost no complicated abilities except for a few abyss and world-related passive abilities. Even with the blessing of the world core and abyss energy, the abilities on his skill list were still in single digits.

But in contrast, the value of each of the old guard captain's abilities is so high that it can be said to be off the charts.

"Damn it, I suddenly understand why the Void Tree made the prerequisites for this task so harsh, and even divided it into two ways to complete it?"

On the battlefield, Randy looked at the old guard captain standing alone in front of the throne. A layer of cold sweat had seeped out of his back without him noticing. His originally frivolous expression had long since turned into a solemn look as if he was facing a life-and-death enemy.

Originally, they thought that the biggest difficulty of this world mission should be how to block the massive army of abyss creatures in the hole of the abyss for a whole day. At the very least, it should be how to complete the mission with a 350% reward amount... that is, to kill the old guard captain without destroying the core of the world.

But now it seems that, let alone the 350% reward, just wanting to obtain the 35% reward from the old guard commander by shattering the core of the world is probably more difficult than holding out for two days against the army of abyss creatures.

Boom——! !

Heavy footsteps like an earthquake were heard. In front of the throne, the old guard slowly surrounded himself with three people in a triangle. He turned his gaze to the white magic that posed the greatest threat to him in the field. He held a gun in one hand and a shield in the other and slowly took a step forward.

"I... guarded... for ten thousand years, observed... for a thousand years..."

Boom——! !

The ground collapsed, and the ground centered on the old guard and the surrounding buildings began to collapse rapidly, collapsing into gray sand in the strong winds, stirring up dust all over the battlefield. Only the throne with a broken spear and the tall old guard captain emitting wisps of dark aura were still standing there. His tall figure stood in the sandstorm, and a huge shadow was reflected in the eyes of the three people, like an eternal and immortal city wall, making it impossible to imagine how it would look like when it fell.

"You... have been at war... killing your fellow countrymen... for a thousand years... without any... improvement..."

Boom——! !

The sound of heavy footsteps rang out again, easily suppressing the sounds of the strong wind and collapsing buildings. In the sandstorm, the tall figure representing the old garrison commander moved forward step by step. With every step forward, the sense of oppression he gave people increased a bit, like an ancient giant beast awakening from its slumber, overlooking them on the battlefield without joy or anger.

"Forget... oaths... cheat... submit, even... disturb... our... king..."

"In this case... I will... personally..."

Roar--! !

roar.

The black blood that was infected by the energy of the abyss rose into the sky. In a trance, Xin Lailai seemed to hear the roar of a giant beast from ancient times. He saw the blood in the eyes of the old guard captain surge. In front of them, he made a charge preparation action little by little, causing the pupils of the white demon facing him to shrink suddenly. Without any hesitation, he instantly entered the state of Shadow King, and then-

"March towards you...!"

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(End of this chapter)