When the larva transformed from the form of the original Primal Energy Arcanist William into its larval form, its power skyrocketed.
Overlord Blade led the elite professionals of the Heavens Hall right into attack range.
The larva immediately opened its fanged mouth and spat out a mass of sticky slime that spread over a wide area ahead.
Overlord Blade halted quickly, but a few people who failed to react stepped right onto it.
The next moment, their feet stuck fast to the ground, they couldn't move.
Then came the second wave of slime.
Those already glued in place couldn't dodge, and the slime splattered over them.
Instantly, everyone touched by the slime found their bodies beginning to corrode.
The HP bars above their heads rapidly drained.
In just a blink, eight knights and warriors were poisoned to death.
Although the larva's damage wasn't enough to instantly kill the members of Heavens Hall, the continuous corrosive effect left them unable to withstand it.
At that moment, Overlord Blade swung his greatsword down hard, slashing the ground. A powerful sword light flared up, and the slime on the ground ignited with a loud boom, like gasoline meeting open flame.
At the same time, the mages and archers in the rear entered range, locked onto the larva, and began firing.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!
Countless magic spheres and arrows streaked across the sky, raining down upon the larva.
Under the bombardment of magic and arrows, the larva's HP visibly dropped by 2%.
That sight alone seemed like a massive breakthrough, filling everyone present with excitement.
Because at first, they thought they couldn't deal with it at all—or that they couldn't even scratch it.
Now, their attacks could actually hurt the larva, meaning they had the power to kill it.
It was only a matter of time.
However, the very next second, the larva's response was like a bucket of cold water splashed over everyone from Heavens Hall.
With a roar, several poisonous insects crawled in from all directions.
The larva stretched its head forward, opened its bloody mouth wide, and swallowed them one by one.
Immediately after, its HP bar, frozen at 98.2%, shot back up to 99.8%.
"So strong a recovery rate!"
Just as everyone was still in shock at the sight, the larva, having restored its vitality by devouring the poison bugs, launched a counterattack.
ROAR!
With that deafening roar, a beam of deathly light burst from its mouth, sweeping horizontally through the crowd ahead.
In an instant, over a hundred professionals within the area were struck by the beam, none escaped unscathed.
Their HP bars dropped sharply, though not fatally.
After all, every single Heavens Hall professional present had received a gift of ten trillion units of Energy from Zhang Yue. Their entire gear was golden-refined, and all their skills were at max SSS level.
Their overall strength was two to three times that of ordinary professionals of the same level.
Even if the larva, and the other nine great beasts, had been evaluated by international experts as beings whose strength exceeded that of King-level bosses and had been officially classified as Emperor-level bosses, they still couldn't instantly kill Heavens Hall's members.
But as an Emperor-class BOSS, the larva was obviously not that simple.
After that first death ray swept past, before anyone could even react, the larva twisted its head back, and that same beam returned along its original path, piercing through the crowd again.
Two consecutive AOE attacks instantly wiped out those with weaker defense and HP, mages, archers, and assassins died miserably on the spot.
At the rear, the priests healed the survivors and restored their states.
The warriors and knights at the front, under the healing spells and buffs of the priests, pushed forward.
They took the brunt of the larva's attacks, shielding the rear ranks.
The mages and archers behind followed the front line closely, continually unleashing long-range firepower to suppress the larva.
Though it was undoubtedly an Emperor-class BOSS, the larva was only level 155, not higher than the people present.
At the same level, the fully golden-geared, SSS-skilled elite and rare-rank mages and archers of Heavens Hall packed fearsome damage.
Under their relentless barrage, the larva's HP dropped little by little, quickly down to 90%.
That result came as a surprise to many.
Even the onlookers found it hard to believe.
"Weren't experts from several countries saying the Ten Great Beasts' combat power has surpassed King-level bosses, maybe even rivaling the Three Main Gods?"
"Yeah! I remember a necromancer from the Dragon Nation saying the Ten Great Beasts could already be classified as Emperor-class bosses. But now, what's this? So weak!"
"It's not that the BOSS is weak," someone explained, "it's that the Dragon Nation folks are too strong. Look at this Heavens Hall raid group, everyone's in full gold-refined gear, every skill is SSS-tier, and most are elite or higher-ranked pros. Against a lineup like that, it's normal they can damage the larva. It's only level 155, not a level 200 boss."
Ignoring the chatter of outsiders, on the battlefield, the Heavens Hall members continued to hammer the larva.
Under the fierce assault of hundreds of elite professionals, the larva screeched miserably, retreating step by step toward the back of its nest.
Its HP had already been reduced to 80%.
Seeing this, strategist Liyue frowned slightly, "Why does this Emperor-class BOSS feel so weak?"
Just as she said that, Wu Haotian, carrying his flame lance, grinned confidently, "It's not that the boss is weak, it's that we're too strong!"
"I'm not bragging, decked out in gold gear and full SSS skills, I could crush a level 200 pro easily!"
Liyue pondered, "That doesn't add up. The Guildmaster said when he fought the 'Emperor,' even he couldn't win."
"No matter how strong we are, could we ever compare to even one ten-thousandth of the Guildmaster's strength? Even all of us combined wouldn't reach one percent of him."
"Besides, the Emperor the Guildmaster faced had only possessed an epic-level professional body, by far the weakest among the Ten Great Beasts."
"The one we're fighting now, this larva, possessed a legendary-rank professional. Its combat power should be above the Emperor's. Why's this fight so easy?"
"There's something wrong," said thief Ouyang Ling'er, "I feel it too, this fight's too easy. Something's definitely off!"
At that moment, watching the larva retreat into the nest under the team's bombardment, its HP dropping below 80%, Overlord Blade hesitated for a second before giving a sharp order, "Team One and Team Three, keep pushing forward! Teams Four and Five, hold position, watch for traps!"
"How's Team Two doing?"
Moments later, Glory Firmament, leading Team Two into the nest to rescue the hostages, reported back, "The hostages are rescued, but we're surrounded by swarms of poison bugs inside the nest, we can't break out for now!"
"There's a restriction here, we can't use return scrolls!"
Hearing this, Overlord Blade frowned deeply and shouted, "Attack!"
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