Starting with the awakened Poison God: I choose the Master Thief.

The moment the words left his mouth, a scorching heat emanated from the sky.

Dozens of enormous fireballs rushed toward them, moving very fast, but Chu Ci was even faster.

The distance of several hundred meters gave him a chance to catch his breath.

"Get moving, you dead legs!"

Whenever a fireball fell, Chu Ci would suddenly change direction and dodge it by the edge, but even so, he was still mercilessly hit by two fireballs.

boom!

-8.5k! -8.5k!

+0.4k +0.4k

Chu Ci burst out of the flames, with flames still clinging to his clothes. The saintess's blessing took effect immediately, restoring 1% of his health per second.

"It can take away nearly half of my health in one hit. If it hits me a couple more times, I'll be dead for sure. No, I have to find a way to deal with those court mages who are building the reconnaissance array."

Turning his head, Chu Ci looked at the monster horde from hundreds of meters away. His thieving skills were not limited by distance; as long as the target was within his sight, he could steal from them.

"It's feasible! I'll steal it!"

-1.2k -1.2k

Damage immediately appeared on one of the mages, and at the same time, Chu Ci felt another warm current flowing through his body, and his health points were slowly increasing.

+ + 120 120

"Oh right, how could I forget about the lifesteal effect of the Ferocious Wolf Set? Although it only applies to 10% of the damage dealt, as long as there are enough of them, it will definitely be able to quickly restore health together with the Saintess's Blessing."

At that moment, a magical light flashed again in the distance, and the attack would land on Chu Ci in less than two seconds.

The opposing team has a numerical advantage, making our side appear to be at a disadvantage.

"Ha, if I can't afford to fight, can't I at least avoid it? Flying Shadow Quicksand!"

Chu Ci's figure suddenly appeared 100 meters away. The fireball arrived instantly at his original location, carbonizing the nearby grass in the blink of an eye.

At the same time, a layer of sandstorm instantly formed within a hundred meters around him, obscuring his figure.

However, Chu Ci knew that this was completely useless against the detection array.

At this moment, the skill "Empty Hands" cooled down again, and Chu Ci seized the opportunity to find another court mage who was maintaining the magic array.

-1.2k -1.2k

After releasing him, he turned and ran away.

Upon seeing this, the court sorcerers naturally began to give chase, since spells not only have a lower hit rate if they are too far away, but their power also weakens.

However, Chu Ci's agility attribute is slightly faster than theirs.

Yes, just a little bit, about a quarter faster than them, which is 500 points of speed.

Don't underestimate this difference; it alone widened the gap between them, allowing Chu Ci to finally escape from danger.

"Hahaha, I'll steal! I'll steal! I'll sneakily steal! What can you do about it? Does seeing it help?"

During the run, Chu Ci kept applying divine poison, and with the displacement of Flying Shadow Quicksand, the distance between the two had been increased to over a thousand meters.

Fortunately, this was a vast grassland where both sides could see each other clearly; otherwise, the "Hidden Hand" technique would not have been effective.

Finally, the moment the first court mage died, the reconnaissance array collapsed, and all the monsters immediately stopped. Chu Ci had been waiting for this moment.

The moment the magic circle collapsed, he once again used invisibility and disappeared onto the grassland.

Without a target, the first thing these court mages did was prepare to reassemble the reconnaissance array.

Before they could add more personnel, another court mage responsible for scouting the magic array died, followed by a second and a third.

Moreover, at the same time as death, a new divine poison is planted.

During this period, the ten palace mages maintained a steady loss of health, and with the blessing of the saintess, they recovered about 1.6k health points per second, and the 2k health points that Chu Ci lost had already been fully recovered.

"Just keep following these steps from now on."

However, these monsters soon seemed to have learned their lesson and sent a full 20 people to maintain the four magic arrays, and Chu Ci's figure was exposed again.

However, he remained completely calm.

The enemy's numbers were already reduced, and at this distance, spells would take several seconds to arrive, making it incredibly easy to dodge them. He just needed to continue to create distance and wear them down.

But since these monsters are mages, they can't possibly only know one spell. Just as Chu Ci was secretly pleased, the remaining court mages suddenly gathered together.

"Hmm? What are these guys up to? It's definitely not something good."

In the blink of an eye, the Flying Shadow Sands cooled down, and Chu Ci's figure flashed again, widening the distance between them by another 100 meters.

Suddenly, the surrounding sky darkened, as if lightning was flashing in the clouds.

"No way? Something big is really coming?"

He felt like he'd seen this scene somewhere before.

By the way, when we killed the demon wolves on the grasslands outside Dawn City, the mage in that Dawn Squad seemed to have used the same move.

It's a lightning strike!

boom!

The blinding thunder dragon pierced through the clouds and arrived in an instant; how could Chu Ci possibly dodge such a speed?

"Am I really going to die here? Damn it, I should have prepared the clone that Yuanlie rebuilt before coming here."

Just as the lightning was about to strike his head.

In the system space, the dormant black crystal token seemed to be summoned and suddenly appeared above his head.

boom!

After the violent explosion, when the smoke cleared, Chu Ci stood there unharmed, with a phantom figure standing in front of him, looking at him.

"Huh? I'm alright? You are... Village Chief Mayne?"

"No, I was just a tool he left behind."

With a white beard, "Mayne" looked at Chu Ci speechlessly, then turned to look at the group of court mages in the distance.

"So weak? On average, they're only at the early stage of Tier 1, yet you've been pushed to this point."

Chu Ci quickly offered an explanation.

"No, Village Chief Mayne, these monsters have some special skills. Their spells can perfectly complement each other to enhance their strength. You felt it just now, didn't you? That lightning strike."

"Oh?" Mayne showed a hint of interest.

"That attack just now was indeed at least at the fourth level, but even so, you shouldn't have wasted this opportunity."

what?

Seeing Chu Ci's blank expression, "Mein" shook her head and didn't bother to say anything.

He raised his hand and pointed to the sky, speaking in a mysterious manner.

"Little one, do you know what the ultimate form of magic is?"

The pinnacle of magic? How could I possibly know? I'm not a mage.

"It seems you don't know. In that case, I'll show you today the ultimate form of magic."

Chu Ci looked in the direction he pointed.

The clouds were mercilessly torn apart, revealing a colossal object.

"This is... a meteorite?!"

"To be precise, it's a forbidden spell that combines earth magic and fire magic, which I call—Starfall Funeral."

The meteorite was extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, it crashed into the group of court mages. As expected, a violent tremor mixed with energy fluctuations rushed towards them.

boom!

The entire grassland seemed to be affected.

With "Mein" protecting him, Chu Ci only felt a flash of bright light before his eyes, and when his vision returned, all he could see was scorched earth.

[Ding! Challenge complete. Defeat 100 Ancient Capital Palace Mages, gain 60 experience points, current level 143, 21900/31900, gain 400 points in all attributes, and 2580 points in free attributes.]

[Ding! Plundered 30 points of Life Essence. Abyss Hunt Reshaping completion rate: 13%.]

Does it not count because I didn't kill him?

This new discovery greatly disappointed the Chu Ci (Songs of Chu).