The two sisters stood in front of the fake altar, waiting for the onslaught of swarms of boarmen.
Before long, the boarmen began to appear in their field of vision; and with each passing moment, their numbers seemed to multiply, showing no end in sight. The unending, disarrayed horde filled them with eminent dread.
Finally, the boarmen spotted the altar and the two humans standing in front. Instantly, they went berserk. Orıginal content can be found at 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙡•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚⚫𝙣𝙚𝙩
"This must be the place! Destroy the altar! Do not let them create the undead here!"
"My brothers, our survival depends on this moment. We, the boarmen, do not fear death! Charge with me!"
The boarmen began to rush towards the sisters en masse. With no summoned beasts standing as a shield, the sisters had to bear the pressure of facing this frenzied, strategic charge head-on. It was impossible not to be affected by it.
"Sister," Lin Yushi looked at her elder sister - her gaze expressing her apprehensions.
Lin Yucha took a deep breath and activated the undead armguard left by Du You. As a considerable amount of magical power was infused into the armguard, a wave of grey light spread out. Luckily, this was equipment for a professional; any source of energy could be utilized. Otherwise, with the demon extermination power of the two alone, there would be no way to use an armguard that summons the undead.
As the hazy aura took form, several skeletons began emerging from the void. The boarmen who saw this spectacle hesitated for a moment but were soon pushed forward by their comrades behind them.
The boarmen remembered their mission and resumed their fierce assault. Head-on clashes with the skeletons commenced as the boarmen, prepared for the terror this time, fought fiercely, reaching an immediate deadlock.
"Sister, are you alright?" Suddenly, Lin Yucha’s entire body faltered, almost toppling over. Lin Yushi, who was standing beside her, noticed this first and quickly reached out to steady her sister.
Lin Yucha shook her head. "I’m fine. It’s just that the magic power depletion is quite extensive and tiring."
As she spoke, she gradually recovered. The heavy magic power depletion caused by activating the armguard had initially led to her dizziness. Now, she realized the magnitude of Du You’s magic power. Previously, when she had seen Du You use this equipment, it seemed effortless. But now, when it was her turn, she discovered that not everyone could use this equipment.
Lin Yucha was not a mage, but she had fair amounts of magic power. Among professionals of the same level, the sisters had an above average magic power. Yet still, more than half was depleted.
She looked into her depleting reserves, less than 30% left. The stark difference with Du You’s power was frightening, he could easily use the armguard without depleting even 10% of his magic power.
Lin Yucha quickly took out a bottle of magic power replenishment potion and ingested a purple sea urchin pill to recover her magic. "Stop dawdling and get back into the fight," she urged her sister.
The battlefield transformed as the stronger boarmen surged forward due to the skeletons’ strong defense. These boarmen were different from the average ones - their superior strength signaled their high rank among the boarmen, and their equipment was exceptionally advanced and complete.
Even without lineage abilities, by relying on their own Dou Qi and some simple skills, the boarmen were still stronger than the skeletons of the same rank. Moreover, they were in higher numbers, and any miscalculation on their part would lead to a rapid collapse of their defense line.
The sisters started attacking the tier-three boarmen. Due to magic power constraints, they couldn’t recklessly use high-impact skills. They mostly relied on their automatic arrow-quivers, using flat-firing attacks. Each poison-coated arrow rendered a tier-three boarman incapacitated, gradually moving towards death.
Whenever they encountered a stronger adversary, they used their special skills. Spiral Snipe and High Frequency shots were being utilized more frequently as the battle endured. Despite having a lot of potions, their magic power was visually decreasing.
Unfortunately, in this circled battlefield, many of their skills had become useless.
Neither the invisibility spell nor the space arrow spell was effective under these circumstances. They could not leave the battlefield; they had to attract all the boarmen here.
"We must ascend!" Lin Yucha conjured a floating cloud platform, and they jumped on it. From the high altitude, their field of view was broader and hence more conducive for an attack, and safer.
Some boarmen started hurling objects towards the elevated platform, but most were blocked by the floating cloud platform.
Each time they succeeded in protecting the platform, Lin Yucha would deplete some of her magic power to repair it. As the attacks from the boarmen intensified, Lin Yucha’s power began dwindling further. At the same time, most of the skeletons had been vanquished, and only a few of the stronger ones were putting up admirable resistance.
"This is not good; my magic power is almost depleted and cannot be restored quickly. We have to descend," exclaimed a helpless Lin Yucha as her magic was being depleted and the floating cloud was dissolved, leading the sisters to again land on the ground.
"Why hasn’t our Master finished yet?" Worried about affecting Du You, the sisters refrained from sending an inquiry, instead choosing to hold on. But the number of skeletons rapidly decreased.
"Damn it, why are there so many tier-three boarmen?! We’ve killed over three hundred already!" After prolonged hunting, they had slain over three hundred tier-three boarmen, but this seemed insufficient.
The number of high-ranking boarmen in the rear was immense - the slaughter thus far seemed trivial in comparison. The boarmen’s resistance intensified as the situation worsened, and they charged madly. Their defense seemed as if it would crumble at any moment.
Just then, Du You’s voice echoed in their ears, "I have completed the arrangement here. You can retreat now." Du You’s words relieved the sisters somewhat.
"Can’t do it; we have no magic power left for the retreat. And if we ascend, the boarmen will attack. We’re trapped." Lin Yucha expressed her frustrations.
"Then, find somewhere to hide first. I’m on my way back," said Du You.
Upon glancing at each other and the nearly two thousand skeletons left, they disappeared from their original positions.
They had already prepared their space arrow.