Whoosh!
A beam of light shot up into the sky.
With Moli Senna's death, he vanished from the scene.
Ahead, the sight that greeted everyone's eyes, a man in a cyan robe holding a sorcery staff, made the Beacon Nation's professionals widen their eyes, faces full of astonishment.
"Senna... Wi... William..."
"He's no longer William!"
From the crowd, a middle-aged warrior in silver armor fixed his burning gaze on the Primal Energy Arcanist William, who exuded an evil aura, and shouted in uncontrollable fury, "It's the Larva!"
"Only by killing the Larva can we save William!"
"Brothers, kill!"
Amid the shouts, a squad of elite professionals from the Beacon Nation grabbed their weapons and charged at William.
Before the Death Mage and Shadow Dancers had risen to prominence, the Beacon Nation once held the top international position.
As the world's foremost power at the time, even the Beacon Nation's ordinary freelancers were far from weak.
The dozen or so Beacon Nation professionals present looked powerful.
With roaring momentum, they were determined to kill the Larva, drive its consciousness out of William's body, and rescue William.
However, the opponent before them far exceeded their expectations in strength.
As the enemies closed in, William did not relinquish the Larva; instead, in his current form as a Primal Energy Arcanist, he raised his staff and began to act.
Sizzle!
Gathering the world's spiritual power.
Endless energy converged from all directions into the crystal atop his staff.
After a moment, William waved his staff and released all the absorbed energy.
In an instant, boundless power shrouded the land.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Countless magical lightning bolts fell from the sky, pounding into the group ahead.
As a legendary-class professional, the Primal Energy Arcanist's strength was extremely high.
Because they had once fought side by side, the Beacon Nation professionals on the field knew William's tactics and deliberately spread out.
But even so, William's wide-area lightning chain still covered more than a dozen people.
Relying on the immense damage of a Level 155 Tier 4 legendary Primal Energy Arcanist, those struck were instantly killed. Except for the relatively thick-skinned knights and warriors, everyone else was one-shot.
The next moment, dozens of assassins rushed forward.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
They attacked from multiple directions, surrounding William at once.
William stood in place and released primal energy.
KABOOM!
A tremendous explosion erupted from his body, sending all the approaching assassins flying.
Assassins specialize in high burst but low durability.
Struck by the Primal Energy Arcanist's heavy blow, without question, they were all instantly dead.
Shine! Shine! Shine! Shine!
Dozens of beams of light lit up one after another.
The entire Beacon Nation squad hadn't even fully launched their attack before they had already suffered more than forty percent casualties.
To deal with these Beacon Nation people, there was no need for Larva to emerge, William's Primal Energy Arcanist form alone was enough.
Thus, next, Primal Energy Arcanist William, relying on his own power, wiped out the entire elite squad of the Beacon Nation.
This scene sent chills through the crowd from other nations watching.
"This Primal Energy Arcanist is so strong!"
"Can't tell whether this is the Arcanist's own power or Larva's influence."
"It should be the Arcanist himself. I looked up William's combat data online before; what he just displayed is his original strength. If Larva fully manifests, he'll probably be even stronger!"
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Meanwhile, at the rear.
Seeing that a Beacon Nation elite squad was wiped out without even a chance to struggle, the people of Heavens Hall grew tense.
At this moment, Overlord Blade gave the order, "Begin the operation!"
The next second, Heavens Hall's first echelon charged forward.
The second echelon stayed behind, ready to use the first echelon to hold the enemy down and then carry out the rescue.
Facing the second wave of enemies approaching.
William still maintained his Primal Energy Arcanist form, raised his staff, and began to cast.
As soon as the enemies stepped into the attack range—
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Primal Energy Arcanist William repeated his tactic, gathering the world's spiritual force and releasing another large lightning chain that struck the entire Heavens Hall front line.
But they had prepared.
The vanguard were all knights.
All the knights activated their defense skills and, aided by shields, withstood William's fierce barrage, suffering only light wounds.
Their HP bars were shaved a bit.
A stark contrast to the earlier scene where the Beacon Nation team was wiped out in one strike.
After the front-line knights endured the Primal Energy Arcanist's attack, the warriors quickly broke through and counterattacked.
With the archers and mages in the rear providing suppressive long-range fire, they pierced William's magic shield and took down a large portion of his HP.
This proved: the legendary Primal Energy Arcanist that the Beacon Nation had spent vast resources to cultivate was indeed very strong.
However, he still could not withstand the people of Heavens Hall, who had been empowered with 10 trillion energy.
Under Heavens Hall's ferocious assault, the Primal Energy Arcanist was heavily injured and driven back.
Realizing that the Arcanist form alone could no longer handle this group of human professionals, William set his staff aside.
Red light flared in his eyes, and an evil black aura began to emanate from his body.
Faster and faster, the black aura completely covered William's entire body, even engulfing the surrounding area in darkness.
When the darkness dissipated, a towering snake slithered out from the dark Worm Nest ahead.
Not an ordinary serpent monster.
This black giant serpent had legs growing along its body.
A combination of python and centipede.
And it was the Top Ten Beast No.1, the devourer that had possessed the Beacon Nation's legendary Primal Energy Arcanist William, codenamed [Larva].
Unable to fend off the enemies in its host's original form, the Larva finally revealed its true shape.
Its two-meter-long proboscis flicked out as the Larva fixed its bloodshot, vicious eyes on Heavens Hall's professionals.
For those who fear snakes, merely looking at the Larva was a tremendous ordeal.
Facing such a massively powerful aura,
Overlord Blade, unfazed, dragged the spear and advanced toward the Larva.
Around him, the other Heavens Hall professionals followed Overlord Blade's lead, approaching the Larva together.
At the same time, guild elite Glory Firmament led another group to circle around the flank, preparing to bypass the Larva and head into the nest to rescue the trapped teammates.