“Mountain Mover, quick!” Startled, Fan Ganglie quickly told his pet to create several rock walls as their protection. The timely move successfully s.h.i.+elded the group from the flying bone spikes.

By expanding their astral perception over the wall, they saw the Magical Corpse Beast was somewhat smaller than before. That ma.s.sive attack had cleansed everything in its range except for a small pile of bones.

“That was Necro Blast.” Ye Chenshan grimaced. “Only a Magical Corpse Beast with exceptional apt.i.tude can learn this skill.”

“Go for it!” Su Ping called out to Little Skeleton in a merciless voice.

The “bone pile” broke apart and revealed several skeleton warriors inside. At the center of the group, Little Skeleton stood like a king accompanying its army, while its body was still covered by a creepy dark fog.

Roar!

That was Little Skeleton's Deadly Roar skill. Despite its handy size, Little Skeleton unleashed an outcry more deafening than a thunder. Those who heard the reverberating sound felt their blood was about to freeze up.

This skill wasn't much weaker than a dragon's roar, and was usually enough to scare off common creatures.

The Undead Magical Corpse Beast was not frightened by this, but its movements were halted for a brief moment.

Little Skeleton and the remaining skeletons rushed at the Magical Corpse Beast once again.

Meanwhile, Fan Ganglie and Lin Mokong woke up from the trance caused by the terrifying display and both told their pets to join the fight.

Two Azure Quetzalcoatl beasts spat out lightning bolts and poison clouds that quickly disintegrated the beast's bone structure.

The Mountain Mover created a fissure in the land directly below the beast, still with the hopes of trapping it.

Similarly, Lin Mokong's Flame Bird unleashed b.a.l.l.s of burning lava at the target.

The Six-Armed Gorilla used its weapons to physically smash at what it could reach, while using its “free hands” to defend.

Roarrr!

The Magical Corpse Beast looked weakened after using the Necro Blast. But, being an ent.i.ty that was close to the upper eighth-rank, it could still retaliate by shooting more spikes into the sky.

The Flame Bird had one of its wings punctured by a spike and it tumbled down from the air. Seeing this, Lin Mokong quickly sent it back to his pet s.p.a.ce.

The Azure Quetzalcoatl was quick enough to evade the spikes, after which it spat another poison puddle at the Magical Corpse Beast which further corroded its husk.

Thanks to Fan Ganglie's precise control, the Azure Quetzalcoatl and its shadow rapidly removed the entire outermost sh.e.l.l from the beast.

Meanwhile, the gorilla stayed in a melee range to attract the beast's attention.

The battle had not been won just yet. Without any forewarning, the bones around the Magical Corpse Beast began pulsing, as if its entire body were breathing.

“This isn't good. It's going to use a Spirit Shock!” Ye Chenshan exclaimed.

Fan Ganglie and Lin Mokong quickly realized what that meant. A Magical Corpse Beast was one of the few Undead Astral Pets good at spiritual attacks, while “Spirit Shock” was one of its infamous big moves.

“Get out of there!”

They failed to pull their pets back in time. A strange energy ripple from the Magical Corpse Beast disrupted the area around its body and rapidly expanded.

Whirrrr!

Even at a distance and with the protection of his astral power, Su Ping still felt his head go dizzy, as if someone had knocked him with a hammer.

He gathered his willpower and forced his mind to stay clear. Fortunately, the shock wasn't directed at him, or he would have fainted on the spot.

“My weak body could be a problem…” Su Ping saw the others completely unaffected and realized he urgently needed to raise his astral power. Right then, his astral power was only at the third rank, which was a level commonly seen in students at the academy.

All the Astral Pets in the immediate vicinity of the effect stopped moving. Little Skeleton too, was s.p.a.cing out. Its superior willpower was not enough to help it withstand a direct Spirit Shock like that.

More bone spikes flew over, aimed at the currently immobile Astral Pets.

A large bone spike destroyed Little Skeleton's body.

Two of the gorilla's arms were pierced, and its chain vest also had a giant hole in the middle. Luckily, the attack didn't entirely go through its body.

In the sky, the Azure Quetzalcoatl had its neck and wings punctured. Its double had been utterly destroyed.

The Magical Corpse Beast did not stop there. Following the spike attack, it created a black vortex in front of them.

“That's Black Annihilation!” Ye Chenshan uttered.

Fan Ganglie turned pale upon hearing that name. “But that's only possible for ninth-ranked undead types! What's the deal with this thing??”

“Just run!”

Fan Ganglie had completely forgotten about getting a trophy. There was no way he could survive a Black Annihilation, a ninth-rank attack.

Similarly, Lin Mokong hurried to call his gorilla back.

The problem was, their pets were still stunned by the Spirit Shock and couldn't move very fast. They had to get close enough to directly drag the pets back inside their pet s.p.a.ce, but that would mean placing themselves dangerously close to the half-finished Black Annihilation.

Wham!

It was too late. The Magical Corpse Beast had sent the black vortex against the Azure Quetzalcoatl.

In its stunned state, Fan Ganglie's partner only had enough time to raise a wing to s.h.i.+eld itself.

The astrally-enchanted wing was erased from existence like a thin paper close to the fire.

“Noooo!!” Fan Ganglie yelled desperately.

Slowly but surely, the vortex engulfed most of the Azure Quetzalcoatl's body; it could only muster up all of its remaining strength to resist.

The vortex dissipated before it reached the Quetzalcoatl's head. It did not kill the victim just yet. With most of its body gone, the Azure Quetzalcoatl would soon die unless it received some kind of miraculous treatment.

Fan Ganglie saw his pet giving him a sad and pleading look, yet he dared not go to the rescue, fearing that the Magical Corpse Beast could still use Black Annihilation again.

The beast aimed another bone spike at the Azure Quetzalcoatl's head.

The Azure Quetzalcoatl sensed its master's great despair. Losing hope, it slumped down as it waited for the inescapable death—all the bleeding organs exposed on the floor would make sure this would happen in due time.

Clas.h.!.+

The fast-approaching bone spike was intercepted by a blade aura.

Little Skeleton rejoined the battlefield after rea.s.sembling its body, with an even thicker layer of dark energy and a more intense killing intent.