Goblin Dependency

"Whir!"

Faced with the black-haired adventurer who leaped backward to dodge, the sphere of orange-red flame, formed purely from fire, seemed to thoroughly lock onto him as it soared toward him out of thin air.

Right in midair, his feet not touching the ground, difficult to exert force.

In response, Xia Nan, who had experienced the intensity of the flames at close range, surprisingly didn’t continue to evade using other means like manipulating gravity, but instead gripped his straight sword tightly, raised it diagonally, and slashed towards the approaching fireball.

"Boom bang!"

The arc of light slightly twisted the air, stretched into a thin line by the sword’s swift speed.

[Vortex Slash] + [Heavy Tide], combined with the [Ash Fall] straight sword, which is ranked at the highest level even among blue-quality items.

The originally solid fireball had no resistance under the sword light, being neatly and cleanly cut in two, with its flame core completely severed.

No longer able to maintain its shape, it turned into countless shapeless flame streams scattered everywhere.

Thick leather boots hit the ground, the Snake Scale Arm Shield swung casually to disperse the flame stream rushing towards him, while the gray-black straight sword gripped tightly in his right hand absorbed the temperature from close contact with the high-temperature flame, causing steam to rise "hiss" from its surface.

Combining physical attributes, battle skill, and equipment, the powerful spell that should have disastrously injured most low-level adventurers was severed with a single sword after evasion, without causing any harm.

But that was not all; the Fishman Commander, relying on his perception, evidently had noticed Xia Nan’s special nature.

He ordered three priest spellcasters in the team to simultaneously launch an attack on him.

Just as Xia Nan landed, two beams of energy far surpassing ordinary human reaction, flashing pink and ghastly green acid light respectively, penetrated from below the sea surface and landed directly on Xia Nan’s body.

—Second Ring·Enchantment Control System·Human Immobilization Spell!

—Second Ring·Shaping Magic·Ma Youfu’s Strong Acid Arrow!

The former’s speed was clearly faster, instantly crossing space barriers.

However, just as the pink beam fell on Xia Nan’s body, and tried to spread according to the magic model to engulf his whole body, it seemed to receive some kind of invisible resistance from inside to outside, vibrating fiercely, and then collapsed into powerless light fragments.

—Specialty [Gaze into the Abyss], Perception-enhanced control check easily passed, simultaneously launching immunity check in rebuttal against the spellcaster. If failed, they fall into a "temporary unconsciousness" state, suffering certain spiritual damage.

Apparently, the Fishman Priest hidden under the sea surface didn’t have such high perception ability as Xia Nan, hearing a scream filled with pain coming from the distant seawater after the spell was exempted.

As for the other [Ma Youfu’s Strong Acid Arrow], under the effect of the Snake Scale Arm Shield’s "Corrosion/Acid Damage Immunity (non-legendary origin)", it was even less effective than the initial [Blazing Flame Ball].

Lifting the shield forward, the ghastly green light beam seemed to meet a nemesis, shattered instantly.

Although the entire battle process seemed to last a long time, if someone could witness it from the sidelines, from Xia Nan’s leap to evade the fireball to finally landing and raising the shield, consecutively enduring three spells’ attacks, the entire process lasted less than two seconds.

The battle had already commenced, yet Xia Nan’s inner emotions grew increasingly calm and mysterious, distractions quietly discarded, his mind rapidly turning over thoughts regarding the situation on the field.

Firstly, what was his objective?

The answer was very simple, precisely "Algae Scale" Dodd at the probable center of Stodd Island, carrying the key to the [Dream Weaving Corridor].

So, his best choice now was to ignore these Sha Hua Fishmen about to land, turn around, and retreat to find Dodd?

This was certainly possible.

But one must know that the real "Algae Scale" was absolutely not as easy to deal with as in the Secret Realm.

According to previous speculation by the entire group, Dodd’s purpose in holding this ceremony was for Transcendent promotion.

And this also meant the opponent’s professional level had at least reached the bottleneck at Level 10.

In contrast, Xia Nan was newly promoted to Level 4.

Even though his actual combat power far exceeded his surface level, while the opponent was severely weakened due to death in the Secret Realm.

Which of their strengths was really higher? That still had to be a question mark.

Normally cautious, Xia Nan, even facing the temptation of the [Dream Weaving Corridor], couldn’t gamble with his life.

On this premise, he needed allies.

Whether it’s the Half-Elf Alton accompanying him not far away, or the members of the Sword of Vengeance at another island’s port, or the "Furious Tide Battle Gang" and "Wind Forger" in front of him.

Forcing these elite adventurers into the ritual, attempting to step on them for Transcendent ascension.

"Algae Scale" Dodd had already stood against all adventurers on the island.

To some extent, these adventurers were even allies with Xia Nan in the same camp.

If he could get their help, the final battle against "Algae Scale" Dodd would certainly be much easier.

Countless thoughts flashed through his mind, but only a moment passed in reality.

When the first Sha Hua Fishman climbed ashore, roaring and engaged in close combat with a dwarf adventurer from the "Furious Tide Battle Gang" closest to the sea surface, Xia Nan had already made his decision.

Roar—

The deep and mysterious wolf howl erupted in the scene.

Though the skill level was still Full Level 5 on the attribute panel, the five experiences of evolution in the Secret Realm had caused an indescribable change in the [Teeth Hunting] Xia Nan released.

The black wolf beast, covering its whole body with pure Powerful Qi in high-speed movement, seemed clearer.

The enhanced Strength attribute granted it explosive starting speed and impact force.

Its slender limbs transformed into phantom shadows as it moved, its exaggerated speed realizing the miraculous "water tread" on the sea surface once again.

Still following the "Spellcaster Priority" principle, he had already locked onto the positions of several Fishman Priests under the sea with sharp perception.

The black wolf racing on the sea suddenly leapt high, then with adrenaline and body inertia, pounced towards the sea fiercely.

"Bang!"

Splashes burst, the ferocious figure disappeared on the sea surface.

Replaced by a black figure under the sea, slightly slowed in speed but greatly enhanced in agility, along with the deep wolf howl.

Apparently not anticipating Xia Nan’s ability to consecutively resist three priests’ spell attacks, and further erupt with such speed, the Fishman Commander situated at the community center visibly hesitated for a moment, then quickly reacted.

Using the sticky Sha Hua Fishman language, he mobilized the Fishman Guards who hadn’t yet reached the shore to block the way.

Knowing deeply the importance of the Fishman Priests in this battle, he even planned to actively confront and resolve this unforeseen problem.

But at the same time, the sound of battle from the shore continuously entered his ears.

After all, all were seniors with professional levels, even if somewhat weakened due to Secret Realm encounters, they fiercely resisted against the Sha Hua Fishmen monsters rushing ashore, killing Fishman minions leaping forward.

One side was adventurers’ fierce resistance on the shore causing a sudden decrease in the number of Sha Hua Fishmen.

The other side was a solo human adventurer charging into their home ground, attempting to assault the priest spellcasters amidst the siege of numerous Fishman Guards.

Despite superior to ordinary Fishmen, lacking extraordinary intelligence and relying on combat command experience hardly applicable to the current scenario, it hurriedly made a theoretically completely reasonable yet practically grave mistake.

The Fishman Commander, after continuing to mobilize several elite guards to intercept Xia Nan’s flank charge, personally went ashore and rushed towards the relatively larger group of adventurers appearing more threatening.

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