Chapter 95: Chapter 95

As soon as he emerged, Du You carefully unleashed a Mucus Swamp spell. Read full story at 𝕟𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕝~𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖~𝕟𝕖𝕥

Looking at the thirty-meter radius, Du You was a bit frustrated: "This is the difference between spellcasters and mages. If I were a mage, I could control the range and reduce consumption. But a spellcaster’s skills are so stable."

Du You had no choice; a spell was after all a fully coalesced and mature skill. Just like a shell, its power was fixed and could not be strengthened or weakened.

On the other hand, a mage was like a pile of bulk gunpowder. The more gunpowder used, the greater the power. The less used, the weaker the power.

At this moment, Du You began smearing the energy mucus on Xiaozi, who squirmed uncomfortably.

"Put this on, it will keep the bugs from biting. Stop squirming; we’re going to need you to fight soon. Okay, after this, we’ll go back and have a big feast, alright?" After all, the Thunderbirds were living creatures.

This little guy could actually eat, and was rather picky about his food choices.

Only the promise of a big meal calmed Xiaozi down. He gave Du You a resentful look, suffering the discomfort of toxic mucus on his body.

This highly toxic mucus was manufactured by Du You and was harmless to Xiaozi, but could harm surrounding poisonous bugs. This was the edge of the Highly Toxic Swamp area, which was teeming with bugs. Without this method, Xiaozi wouldn’t be able to survive for long in this environment.

Whilst electricity did protect against bug bites, using electricity as a barrier was extremely energy-consuming. Even a Tier 3 Thunderbird couldn’t maintain it indefinitely. Otherwise, Du You wouldn’t have needed to go to these lengths.

"Alright, let’s see if those guys are still around," Du You said, now able to discern his bearings.

Xiaozi took off discontentedly, venting his anger on those who were chasing after his master.

Soon, Xiaozi was circling in the sky. Squinting, Du You saw that those guys were indeed still close by. "Good, didn’t expect them to stick around even after a whole day. If that’s the case, don’t blame me."

Du You carefully moved closer and eventually spotted several people behind the hillside who had laid an ambush for him. They looked very lax at the moment, nothing-like people waiting in ambush.

It made sense. It had been a long time and Du You hadn’t emerged. Anyone would find it hard to maintain their alertness. Them relaxing now wasn’t unreasonable.

Without the ability to track him and with the effect of the needle long gone, they had no idea Du You had already escaped. They didn’t even imagine he’d dare to attack, which explained their lax attitude. "Two teams that don’t seem to trust each other, huh?"

Du You noticed that the two teams didn’t trust each other much and had kept some distance between them. There was quite a gap between their ambush locations. If he moved quickly enough, the other team wouldn’t be able to react in time after he ambushed one, providing him with the perfect opportunity.

More crucially, they hadn’t spotted him. That allowed him to plan his ambush properly.

Du You was aware of the strength of his burst damage; he could easily take out a few of them once the ambush began. With this in mind, he carefully moved closer, striving to position himself within the optimal attack range.

Du You chose a location where he was out of everyone’s sight, a blind spot. Since he had circled around to get behind them, all eyes were focused on the swamp.

The Cursed Crow King had been released and had clandestinely landed on a tree. Before an attack, it looked just like an ordinary crow. Its body was smeared with mucus to avoid bug attacks.

Instead, some bugs that got too close would get stuck and poisoned, acting like pendants. There were particularly a lot of these ’pendants’ on Xiaozi, hampering his flight to some extent.

Du You, although he didn’t laugh, found it difficult to resist a smile. The Cursed Crow King was about fifty meters away from Blade’s team and couldn’t get any closer. Otherwise, the large number of bugs falling off would easily alert the opponents.

This distance was well within the range of the Curse Aura. Otherwise, even if it was risky, Du You would have insisted on having the Cursed Crow King move closer.

Meanwhile, Du You himself was also slowly reducing the distance. When he finally got within his optimal attack range, the people still had no idea he was lurking close by. They continued to chat casually.

"It was you who hunted me down last time. Now it’s time for payback," Du You sneered internally.

First, he would take out the spellcaster. That was the strategy Du You had decided on last time and would stick to it this time.

With a wave of his hand, a crystalline rays formed between his fingers, which suddenly split into three Disintegration Spells. At the same time, they targeted the spellcaster, the mage, and the archer, all ranged professions.

Normally, the opponents would definitely sense the danger of this kind of attack and possibly evade it. But at this moment, a red ring of light expanded out from the Cursed Crow King, activating the Curse Aura.

"Something’s wrong, I can’t see clearly, it’s an enemy attack," the archer was the first to realize something was off.

As an archer, his most vital organ were his eyes, so he noticed the change in his vision immediately. The others also realized they had been inflicted with the Blindness Curse.

Unfortunately, under the effect of the curse, everyone focused on their sight and ignored everything else - a natural reaction. Without extensive combat experience to suppress this instinct, it was impossible to ignore this effect. With this distraction, the three Disintegration Spells hit their respective targets.

Yesterday’s constant aim practice had proven useful.

The archer, who had the lowest magic resistance, was instantly turned into a dozen pieces without even letting out a scream.

Being a spellcaster and a mage, their magic resistance was higher, so they didn’t disintegrate, but the spellcaster’s head fell off his body and the mage was almost split in half. There was a considerable difference in their magical powers.

The rule-type spell took effect directly. Even though it only manifested a portion of its power, it still led to the instantaneous death of the two magic-class professions. As soon as he struck, he took out three. Du You felt he might have underestimated himself.

There was no time to ponder; Du You had a greenish-gray glow in his hand, indicating the casting of the Mucus Swamp spell. The spell had a large scale and, not yet being proficient with it, Du You needed five seconds to prepare before he could use it.

"What’s going on? Tell me!" Blade, hearing his comrades’ screams, shouted loudly.

"The other team is under attack. It’s him, let’s go," Scar also noticed the figure of Du You.