The situation was urgent, and Lin Rui didn’t have time to exchange meaningless words with Audrey. He tossed the crown to her and rode away on Death’s Claw. Updates are released by novel[f]ire.net
Audrey grasped the crown tightly and then called the Leopard to her side.
She always executed Lin Rui’s orders meticulously.
[To wear the crown, one must bear its weight; to hold the rose, one must endure its thorns.]
[The crown can only be removed 24 hours after wearing it. During this period, Life Value and Spiritual Energy Value +500%, Defense +200%, and attacks are converted to True Damage; healing is not possible. The wearer takes 50% of all damage received by soldiers within a 1000-meter radius. If the number of surrounding soldiers falls below 120, the Fall of the Monarchy is triggered, resulting in the wearer’s immediate death. The damage taken on the next wearing will be doubled.]
This was the last item obtained from the gilded treasure chest on the eve of the gods’ departure from the territory. Its effects were extremely potent, enough to influence a battle. Previously, Lin Rui had kept it close rather than storing it in the territory’s treasury.
Now, it was the most critical moment, time to use it to turn the tide of battle!
To wear the crown, one must bear its weight.
The Leopard donned the crown, and his Life Value and Spiritual Energy Value erupted, even his size surged from just over two meters tall to more than four meters. Life Value increased by 500%, and Defense Value increased by 200%.
The thorn effect of this crown meant bearing 50% of the damage taken by all soldiers within a 1000-meter radius. A normal soldier could not withstand its weight, being quickly overwhelmed by the immense damage.
But the Dark Temple Warrior Leopard had a trait that dispersed damage to nearby soldiers, thereby reducing the damage he suffered.
If energy conservation holds, this damage accumulates and then disperses, seemingly performing a futile task.
But theory is always theory, and reality always presents various changes.
The damage suffered by soldiers within a 1000-meter radius was halved; wounds that should have been fatal might now result in only severe injury, and severe injuries might merely graze the skin.
Especially since Leopard’s Physical Defense soared by 200%, each received hit would be significantly reduced.
He could then redistribute the damage, and with his high level of defense, many attacks that would have caused severe injury might not even penetrate his defense.
The final battle began; under the dense protection of Dark Temple Warriors, Audrey began to fully unleash [Dark Energy Prayer].
"Father! I’m giving it my all! Whether we survive, depends on you!"
With Audrey’s desperate shout, a massive Spiritual Energy Vortex emerged over the battlefield. The enormous spiritual energy even blocked out the sunlight, with Dark Magic gradually covering the entire sky. The world turned dim, with only the occasional flash of lightning illuminating the earth as bright as snow.
The spiritual energy within Audrey surged wildly like a torrent. Under this spiritual energy shroud, evil dark patterns spread across the surface of all undead.
"Everyone, recruit the lowest level undead Skeleton Soldiers with all your strength!"
Audrey’s voice was unprecedentedly frosty, her waist-length black hair flying in the air, and her large purple crystal eyes sparkled with brilliant spiritual energy.
[Dark Energy Prayer lv2: Continuously channel dark energy on the battlefield, healing and strengthening summoned creatures. For every 100 points of Spiritual Energy Value, recover 80*(1+1.10) Life Value for all, enhancing summoned creatures, Attack +15, Defense +15, Life Value Limit +15, stackable infinitely, each state lasting 15 seconds.]
With each use of the skill, its level finally increased to LV2.
What does this mean? In 15 seconds, the Life Value and Defense obtained by the summoned creatures were equivalent to the reward upon reaching Tier Two.
A soldier upgraded to Tier Two receives Life Value +500, Spiritual Energy Value +200, Physical Defense +80, Spiritual Resistance +60.
While undead summoned creatures increased their Physical Defense value by a full 225 points!
Audrey didn’t have much Life Value left, but with the [Skeleton Stripping Trait], she gained 10 Spiritual Energy Value for every elite-level monster killed. She had slaughtered thousands of monsters, including thousands of elite monsters, so her Spiritual Reaction had exceeded second level, reaching over forty thousand.
Freely releasing skills, she could sustain for almost seven minutes, and after seven minutes of enhancement, even an ordinary Skeleton Soldier’s strength might far exceed Tier Three, possibly approaching Tier Four.
Under Audrey’s command, her Death Mages began casting with all their might. Countless Skeleton Soldiers wielded Long Spears, rising from the mountains of corpses and oceans of blood, forming line after line of formations.
Audrey was giving it her all; whether victory could be decided all depended on these seven minutes!
Lin Rui arrived at the left flank riding a Griffin, where the most elite heavy troop group of the territory was located. Since the battle commenced, they had cut a path ten miles deep into the enemy lines.
At this moment, the territory’s elite soldiers were still fighting with full force, with knives and swords flashing on the front lines, and spiritual energy lights continuously flaring up amidst the flying blood and severed limbs, breaking the Beastman lines to pieces.
Lin Rui took a deep breath; the moment of decisive battle had arrived!
A total of thirty Mirror Images wielding Epic Longswords materialized on the battlefield amidst frosty lightning.
"The sword cuts the flesh, the heart severs the soul. The swordsman is at your service."
[Destiny Card One: Long Sword Service: The sword cuts the flesh, the heart severs the soul! Base Physical Attack Power increases by 50%, Critical Strike Rate +15%, overall Attack Speed +15%, attacks will include Spiritual Damage with the soul as a coefficient, lasting 30 minutes.]
"Bravery and fearlessness, honor and sacrifice. The Knights are at your service."
[Destiny Card Two: Knight’s Shelter: Brave and fearless, honored and sacrificed! Base Physical Attack Power increases by 20%, Physical Defense +30%, Spiritual Defense +50%, attacks will include (Physique + Will + Soul) * 2 points of Divine Damage, lasting 30 minutes.]