All the Falcon warriors tightened their formation, creating a battle array that locked Leon securely in the center. They scanned their surroundings with vigilant eyes.
However, without specialized perception abilities, they were unable to detect the invisible monsters despite their alertness.
“Ka! Ma!”
Seeing that they had been detected, the monsters let out strange shrieks and abandoned their stealth, charging toward Leon’s group.
“Form a defensive array! Launch non-discriminatory continuous attacks!”
Though they couldn't see the invisible monsters, they could hear the sounds of their charge. Under the command of the Falcon captain, the warriors swung their black spears in an orderly fashion, blocking any creature that dared to approach.
Meanwhile, Leon raised his priest's scepter high and swiftly cast a divine art.
A massive Hand of Divine Art materialized in mid-air. Within its palm, a Hammer of Sacred Light flickered with surging lightning, looming with heavy majesty before smashing down toward the invisible monsters below.
Boom!
After Leon reached the Silver rank, the power of the Hammer of Sacred Light had increased significantly. As it fell, it carried the momentum of a steamroller, slamming violently into an invisible monster.
With a wet pop, the invisible monster was crushed into meat paste before it could even attempt to resist.
The power of this strike did not stop there.
As the monster was pulverized, the thunderous vibrations within the hammerhead suddenly erupted. Spark-like electrical arcs rippled outward from the point of impact like a shockwave.
The lightning arcs acted like serpents, darting into the bodies of the nearby invisible monsters. Amidst the crackle of electricity, the charging monsters shuddered, paralyzed and collapsing to the ground.
“Low lightning resistance?”
Seeing this, Leon quickly maneuvered the Hammer of Sacred Light to smash into the cluster of invisible monsters.
Crackle!
With every strike, arcs of electricity shot out like a spiderweb, instantly leaving the invisible monsters reeling in a state of shock.
“It works!”
Leon sensed the suddenly sluggish movements of the invisible monsters through his Radiance Force Field. Without hesitation, he poured a surge of mental power into the Hammer of Sacred Light.
Under the influx of massive mental power, the white holy light within the hammer became increasingly brilliant, and the lightning flowing over the hammerhead grew even more dazzling.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each time the Hammer of Sacred Light fell, another invisible monster was pounded into a pulp, revealing its greenish-brown body and skin covered in green slime.
Simultaneously, the electrical arcs continued to leap through the crowd of invisible monsters, keeping the charging enemies perpetually paralyzed.
The Falcon warriors surrounding Leon continued to swing their black spears, unleashing bursts of black and red Battle Qi.
Even though they couldn't see the monsters, as soon as a spear struck something, the other warriors would immediately concentrate their attacks on that position.
This method of wide-area probing combined with localized concentrated strikes was highly effective at suppressing the charging invisible monsters.
“Ka!”
Suddenly, a dull thud echoed from a distance, accompanied by the sharp whistle of air being torn apart.
In an instant, a profound sense of crisis welled up in Alicia’s heart.
But by the time she reacted to dodge, the invisible object had already sliced through several meters of air and was about to pierce her head—
In the next second, a palm suddenly appeared before Alicia’s eyes.
Clang!
The sound of clashing metal erupted. Countless tiny Sacred Light Shields manifested over the palm, forcefully blocking the high-powered invisible projectile.
Leon had used a Sacred Light Shield to block the strike for Alicia, but his expression was grim.
The reason was that blocking this single attack had consumed more than ten percent of his mental power!
One had to realize that Leon was now at the Silver rank, and his mental power was far stronger than before. Yet, he still had to pay such a heavy price to sustain the Sacred Light Shield against that one blow.
That attack was not to be underestimated!
Leon looked down at the object, which had lost its invisibility after being blocked.
It was greenish-gray, sharp at the front and flat at the back, resembling a conical artillery shell.
A shell? These monsters can use artillery?
Leon whipped his head around, looking in the direction the invisible shell had been fired from.
On a small hill not far away, a turret equipped with a muzzle stood tall.
No, it wasn't a turret.
Leon looked closer and realized it wasn't a mechanical turret, but a mobile monster shaped like one!
This monster was very similar to the invisible ones that had died; it also had a greenish-brown body covered in green slime.
After firing that shot, the monster's straight muzzle went limp, and its turret-like body deflated as if it had exhausted all its strength.
A moment later, the turret monster’s form flickered. Its greenish-brown body and green skin rapidly became transparent until it vanished from the hill.
It possessed the same light-refracting invisibility as the other monsters!
“I can't let it escape!”
Leon immediately realized that the turret monster was unique. Not only did it have the innate talent for invisibility, but it also possessed powerful long-range sniping and ambush capabilities. If it were allowed to escape, it would cause endless trouble.
“Change formation! Follow me and break through!”
At Leon’s command, the Falcon warriors immediately shifted their positions, forming a wedge-shaped breakthrough formation with Leon at the tip.
Leon did not hesitate to inject a small amount of mental power into the silver ring on his finger, which was decorated with shimmering starlight.
As the mental power flowed in, warm white radiance flooded into the silver ring like a tide.
The holy light enveloped Leon like a circular curtain of light. He felt his spirits lift instantly, and even his Radiance Force Field became brighter and more agile.
【Relic · Silver Comet: When a small amount of mental power is injected into the ring, a holy light domain is expanded. While casting divine arts within this domain, surrounding holy light energy will actively converge on the wearer, reducing the mental power cost of spells and slightly increasing their power.】
With Silver Comet active, Leon took the lead, charging forward with his physical body, completely ignoring the invisible monsters he sensed.
One invisible monster saw Leon approaching and lashed out with its crab-like pincers.
However, just as it was about to touch him, several tiny Sacred Light Shields flashed at the point of contact, preventing the claws from penetrating even a fraction of an inch.
Simultaneously, the surface of the Sacred Light Shield flared with brilliance. Thousands of rays of light condensed instantly, transforming into a light arrow that shot out at point-blank range.
Pshhh—!
The automatic counter-attack arrow from the Sacred Light Shield pierced the invisible monster’s chest, ending its life instantly.
Leon didn't spare the monster a single glance as he rushed past, heading straight for the location where the turret monster had disappeared.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The sounds of the Sacred Light Shield triggering and counter-attacking rang out continuously.
Upon realizing he was charging toward the turret monster, the invisible monsters acted like fanatics protecting a goddess, launching suicidal counter-charges at Leon.
The strength of these invisible monsters was somewhere between an ordinary person and a Bronze rank transcendent. If Leon were still at the Bronze rank, he would have had to retreat in the face of such numbers.
But now, Leon was a Silver priest who had gained Divine Art Resonance!
He cut off the mental power supply to the previously summoned Hammer of Sacred Light and then cast it again.
【Dong!】
【Hammer of Sacred Light has resonated with Hand of Divine Art, triggering the special effect of Hand of Divine Art—Thunderbolt】
【Thunderbolt: The "thunderous vibration" effect bestowed upon the Hammer of Sacred Light by the Hand of Divine Art is significantly enhanced.】
The lightning power atop the head of the newly manifested Hammer of Sacred Light had undergone a massive transformation.
The lightning, which had previously flowed like a curtain of water, was now layered over a dozen times thicker. Each layer was as solid as physical matter. The entire hammerhead looked as if it were forged from pure lightning, radiating an intimidating aura!
At Leon’s command, the hammer was raised high and then slammed down like a bolt from the heavens—
Boom!
As the Hammer of Sacred Light struck, the ground collapsed into a half-meter-deep crater. Intense lightning erupted from the center like a web, instantly sweeping through all the invisible monsters in front of him!
The invisible monsters caught in the lightning shuddered violently and were blasted seven or eight meters away as if struck by a massive force, clearing a wide path before Leon!
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