Chapter 33: Follower of the Evil God

"Crack—"

Visible cracks spread across the spirit helmet at the back of Gunie's head.

But the sharp dagger's power did not penetrate to harm Gunie's skull.

The dagger's power did not even fully break through the spirit helmet.

Although the blow had shattered the fourth-order elite spirit helmet with large cracks, a second or even third strike was needed to break it completely.

At this moment, "Baron," who had ambushed Gunie, was also stunned by the glass helmet that suddenly appeared on Gunie's head.

He had been secretly observing this third-order spellcaster for a long time.

This spellcaster's concealment ability was even better than that of a third-order shadow user.

If not for the fact that this third-order spellcaster lacked invisibility skills, he might not have found him at all.

Moreover, the spellcaster's methods were truly remarkable.

He possessed some means to make a large number of undead fight among themselves.

And it was instantaneous.

Even the slight fluctuations of spells and source power were perfectly concealed by him.

Those foolish undead, whose minds had been invaded by the mist, were easily manipulated into infighting by his small tricks.

This infuriated Baron, and even his killing intent rose slightly.

Their team had been ordered by the organization to come to this deep-sea world, deliberately attract a group of deep-sea undead, and let them draw power from the chains of the altar, with the goal of slowly pulling out something deeper in the chains.

That thing was related to the "Great Plan" of the "Giant God," and it had been planned for a year. There could be no mistakes.

This long-planned plan involved not only the "Giant God."

The hero "Barbarian Saint," who had suffered a disastrous defeat on the continent some time ago, and several foreign powerhouses said to possess "Stellar Professions," also participated.

And the core forces—the "Mother Goddess" and the "Soul Shepherd God" of the Human-Faced Flower Church above the ocean—naturally did not stand aside. They all joined in this "Deep Sea Plan."

This plan was not like the previous ones aimed at slaughter, blood sacrifice, and summoning, but a more covert and deeper strange plan.

The blood sacrifice on Buck Island earlier was merely a diversion.

He had also heard that the blood sacrifice at Sog Ruins City seemed to be related to this plan.

But the plan at Sog Ruins City had failed.

This plan was so secret that every expert who knew its contents had signed a confidentiality agreement with the evil god.

Under such high secrecy, the plan had been proceeding smoothly so far.

Baron did not know the specifics of the plan, but he knew that the chains of the altar were very important.

Because accompanying their five-member high-level expert team was a seventh-order transcendent master.

The transcendent master followed the team to ensure the smooth progress of this plan, showing the importance of the plan and the chains.

After guarding here for a while,

Somehow, that transcendent master had discovered a relatively intact altar in a deep-sea ancient ruin more than ten kilometers away.

And that place could perfectly temper "demon weapons."

Moreover, in the deep-sea environment here, not a single human had been seen for months.

Even if someone came, so what? Could they take away the chains?

Under extremely safe conditions, the group discussed and decided to take turns on duty.

One person would be on duty here while the others went to the altar to temper demon weapons.

After all, the effect of tempering "Giant Spirit Demon Weapons" at that altar was astonishing.

This week, it was his turn.

But unexpectedly, on the second day, something went wrong.

This third-order spellcaster, who had appeared out of nowhere, used a small trick and was about to kill all the undead.

These undead were partly captured from distant places and partly attracted during the recent undead tide.

If they were all killed, they would have wasted a lot of effort and would have to recapture undead to fill the gap.

Though his killing intent surged, fortunately, Baron was a follower of the great god "Giant God."

He had offered enough sacrifices, and the "Giant Spirit Demon Cloak" bestowed by the "Giant God," containing divine power, provided him with perfect camouflage, allowing him to easily blend into the darkness.

Thus, he could silently sneak up and lurk in the deep darkness behind the spellcaster.

His anger and killing intent were well concealed by the Giant Spirit Demon Cloak.

So the spellcaster, more than ten meters away, did not notice him.

Through observation, he knew clearly that although this third-order spellcaster was of low rank, his strength was extremely formidable.

His methods even prevented the fifth- and sixth-order undead from detecting him, and he even toyed with them.

A spellcaster with such extraordinary means was very, very difficult to deal with.

If he ambushed him, the opponent might have powerful shield scrolls or the like.

So Baron waited patiently.

He waited to strike when the opponent was casting a spell.

During spellcasting, spellcasters were at their weakest.

He had once, at that perfect moment, pierced the heads of at least five spellcasters with his dagger or cut off their heads.

Baron finally waited for this third-order caster to begin casting.

So, with a water-type binding scroll immobilizing the opponent, Baron used a shadow-type skill "Shadow Walk" to appear behind him, intending to end the life of this formidable third-order spellcaster with one blow.

But no matter how much he calculated, Baron never expected that this guy would have a strange "fish tank"-like thing on his head.

He could vaguely discern that it was a spirit helmet, and its defensive power was terrifyingly strong.

One blow only cracked the spirit helmet, but the power did not penetrate to kill the third-order spellcaster, nor did it interrupt his casting.

"A charged strike only cracked the helmet; a second or even third strike is needed to break it, but by then, this guy might have finished casting."

"He'd rather endure the hit than interrupt his casting—he clearly wants to counter-kill me."

In a flash, Baron accurately judged the situation.

Without any hesitation, as soon as the first blow ended, Baron struck again.

His hand moved as fast as his thoughts, astonishingly quick.

This blow aimed directly at Gunie's back near the heart.

The dagger was of mithril grade, and he often forged it using the "Armament Forging Canon" bestowed by the "Giant God."

As a result, this mithril-grade dagger had reached the mithril magic-gold level, with extremely strong lethality.

Moreover, forging with the "Armament Forging Canon" gave it the powerful trait of "Sharp Glow."

Even if it only pierced through the back, the Sharp Glow would cause massive destructive damage at the penetration point, enough to kill the spellcaster.

As the second blow fell toward Gunie's back,

At Gunie's back,

"Shwoosh!"

A dark red tentacle suddenly burst forth, lunging straight at Baron's face.

When the enemy ambushed him targeting his head, Gunie's first instinct was to let the spirit helmet block the first blow.

If Gunie had activated the Blood Tentacle first, the opponent might have been injured by it.

But at the same time, the enemy would have pierced Gunie's head.

Then Gunie would die, and the opponent would be injured—clearly a loss for Gunie.

In an instant, Gunie first deployed the spirit helmet to block the enemy's first strike.

Then he activated the Blood Tentacle to deliver the most effective counterattack.

The moment the Blood Tentacle emerged,

"Danger!"

Baron's keen supernatural sense immediately told him that this blood tentacle could not be taken head-on.

If he did, he might end up mutually destroyed.

With a sneer, Baron sidestepped, withdrew his dagger, and used "Shadow Walk" to vanish.

As an "assassin," he naturally had a variety of assassination techniques.

One of Baron's unique assassination methods was "Flying Blade."

With a burst of force from his hand, he could channel all that power into the dagger.

Even if he no longer held the dagger, it would follow its original trajectory to complete the assassination, with strong force.

Using Flying Blade, the dagger attacked on its own while he retreated—a common tactic for Baron.

The Blood Tentacle lashed out violently, but against Baron's fifth-order "Shadow Walk," it naturally missed. Shadow-type experts with such movement skills were very agile and hard to deal with.

But the advantage was that it forced the opponent back, at least preventing another attack.

"Chih!"

The dagger stabbed into Gunie's back.

Half of the dagger sank in.

But that was all.

No blood flowed, and the dagger did not even threaten Gunie's heart.

The "Sharp Glow" trait of the mithril magic-grade shadow dagger could cause severe tearing damage to ordinary third- or fourth-order transcendents, even piercing and tearing the heart, causing fatal injuries.

But on Gunie, it caused no damage at all.

Gunie's body was not ordinary; it was five or six times harder than steel plates, comparable to black iron transcendent armor.

"This... how is this possible?"

Baron, retreating fifteen or sixteen meters, stared in shock.

In decades of assassination work, he had never encountered such a situation.

His blow had not even pierced through the third-order spellcaster's chest to shatter his heart.

The dagger's power had only sunk halfway and then stopped.

"How can this guy's body be so tough?"

Shaken, Baron casually beckoned.

But then his hand froze in midair, and his expression became extremely interesting.

Normally, he could recall his dagger, as it was a powerful mithril magic-grade weapon tempered by the "Armament Forging Canon."

But now, the dagger was stuck; it wouldn't come back.