Chapter 158: The Plan to Seize the Crown

As the sound of eyeballs bursting rang out, two cries of pain and exclamations also sounded.

"Ah! Damn it."

"My eyes, I can't see."

Among the remaining six, only two had their eyes burst open.

The other four, under the damage of the writhing flesh, were actually unharmed.

With a single glance, Gune knew which four had not been harmed.

Three were experts from the evil god faction who had erupted with divine power.

The other side was an otherworldly expert whose entire body radiated a relatively profound earth essence.

As for the expert who erupted with divine power, needless to say, the writhing flesh was likely blocked by the might of the divine power.

After all, the writhing flesh was merely nourished by the flesh of the Dominator.

Gune was not at all surprised that they could block it.

However, Gune was quite astonished that the otherworldly expert with earth essence could also block it.

At this moment, the otherworldly expert's earth essence shield on the surface of his body rippled with layers of waves, apparently because this peculiar shield had blocked the damage from the writhing flesh.

It could also be that they themselves possessed magical items or had some special qualities.

Regardless, it was a fact that these three evil god-aligned powerhouses who had erupted with divine power and this foreign expert of the Earth Arcana were unafraid of the damage from the writhing flesh.

As for the other two—the shadow assassin whose eyes had been injured and who had attacked Gune multiple times, and the foreign water-elemental curse master who fled with incredible speed—

they were not so fortunate.

Once blinded, they essentially had no room for resistance left.

After once again leaping into a flash of blood light to evade the attacks of the three evil god-aligned powerhouses who had erupted with divine power, Gune swiftly unleashed the terrifying Great Thunder Flame Curse.

Sizzle...

A bolt of lightning black as thunder exploded.

Under the combined support of the Dark Essence, World Essence, and Destruction Essence.

In less than a second.

The shadow assassin, who was the noble who had mocked Gune earlier, and the foreign water-elemental spellcaster were both killed in succession by Gune.

Even their corpses were charred black from the blast.

Although they both had decent shields.

But they simply could not withstand the damage of the Secret Pattern Spell, which had already reached level seven, especially with the addition of three profound essences' power.

After killing two people in a row.

The remaining four also had faces that were iron-blue and grim.

Seven against one, even though the opponent possessed a forbidden-curse-level shield.

But the attack power they unleashed was also all existences surpassing the sixth rank.

Even so, they still had three cut down in a short time.

And that powerful forbidden-curse-level shield still showed no sign of being broken; the thickness of the shield was simply despair-inducing.

"This guy's curse is too terrifying; we can't withstand it head-on," someone shouted harshly.

In fact, there was no need for him to say this; at this moment, everyone attacking Gune was in a state of high-speed movement, constantly using dodging and shifting techniques to move around.

Thus avoiding being instantly pierced through by Gune's black lightning curse.

They knew the power of that terrifying lightning curse; the previous three had all been easily blasted to death like this.

Even two of them had secret-pattern-level powerful shields, but they were still mercilessly killed.

"Break this guy's shield, and he'll be dead for sure. While dodging attacks, go all out. If he doesn't die, we'll all die here."

Then someone else roared out.

In the surging source power shockwaves, the conduction of source power sound waves was mixed in.

His gaze swept over the three divine power bursters and the foreign heavy sword wielder of the earth profound meaning, and Gune's eyes narrowed slightly.

"These later ones won't be easy to kill," Gune thought to himself.

"Each of them has long-range attack methods; their speed and dodging frequency are very high, making them very hard to hit."

"Even if they take a Great Thunder Flame Curse, under the protection of their divine power, they can still withstand it."

"Not to mention, they also have evasion methods; once they sense danger, they will dodge instantly. For example, that earth profound meaning one can dive into the ground, or the three divine power bursters can use divine travel. All of these can make my dense attacks futile."

As he pondered, Gune alternated between the Small Thunder Flame Curse and the Great Thunder Flame Curse, bombarding them out.

Using only the Great Thunder Flame Curse, even with a dual soul, Gune couldn't sustain it.

So Gune needed to alternate between the Great Thunder Flame Curse and the Small Thunder Flame Curse, thus continuously forcing the enemy to dodge at high speed and constantly draining them.

"I need to find a good opportunity to kill one, but killing all four in a short time is probably hard to achieve. After all, they are possessors of divine power; each one is far more powerful than that evil god's daughter. Truly not easy to kill."

"I can only drag it out, find an opportunity, and then slowly kill them all."

"I hope that during this time, Senior Nigel can find the Divine Crown first."

In the midst of battle, Gune pondered secretly.

In fact, when Gune learned that his side only had himself and Nigel, two people.

Gune had discovered a cruel fact.

Whoever obtains the Divine Crown will be teleported away, and his side only had two people, but there were three Divine Crowns.

That is to say, if he didn't kill all these enemies.

Then they would surely obtain a divine crown.

And this was precisely why Gune was determined to fight them to the death.

To get the divine crown, Gune could go right now.

After all, he had glanced at the adventure system earlier and already knew the locations of the three crowns.

But the fact that obtaining one would cause him to leave made the situation slightly different.

Even if he were to take one, Gune would have to wait until Senior Nigel took one first.

Otherwise, if he took one and left, and Nigel failed to get one, or if the enemies guarded the last crown and pursued Nigel, Nigel would almost certainly die.

So at this moment, Gune needed to slow the pace of battle slightly while giving Nigel enough time to find a divine crown first.

Even if they let the enemies take one, Gune's side had to take at least two.

Amid the fighting, Gune transformed into a blood light and retreated, while continuously unleashing the Great Thunder Flame Curse to counterattack the four experts pursuing him.

The five of them fought all the way.

Attacks imbued with a trace of divine power and law-infused curse attacks were completely interwoven.

Their divine power was constantly being consumed, and Gune's shield was also being depleted.

Wherever the battle passed, the ground, walls, stone pillars, and other places were constantly shattered. Ruins and debris lay everywhere.

The roar of violent explosions echoed throughout the enormous ancient castle.

Fortunately, the castle's framework was massive, many materials were sturdy enough, and many places had even been reinforced.

If it were an ordinary castle, it would likely have been demolished by these people in an instant.

At the same time, various curses empowered by divine power—elemental curses, even some penetrating techniques—were continuously unleashed by these individuals.

Although the Forbidden Curse Shield was strong in defense, it was not invincible.

Some penetrating methods could still inflict some damage on Gune.

For an ordinary curse master, such penetrating damage under the eruption of divine power could easily kill them.

But Gune's physical toughness was immense.

The penetrating damage that landed on Gune did not faze him at all.

Such damage, enough to easily kill a high-level curse master, posed no threat to Gune whatsoever.

Even if his powerful Dragon Scale Shield were broken,

relying on his body's strong defensive capabilities, as well as his recovery and damage tolerance backed by the Blood Sea,

Gune could still contend with them for a long time.

While retreating and fighting, Gune steadied his mind and secretly observed the weaknesses in these people's speed, movement curses, or abilities.

Their pursuit of him was an excellent opportunity for a counterattack.

As long as he seized the chance, Gune could instantly kill one of them.

After some observation, Gune's peripheral vision locked onto the foreign greatsword expert.

"Although this guy is not slow, and even uses the Earth Essence to cover great distances with each movement,"

"his agility is insufficient, and he cannot perform a second movement in quick succession after one."

"If I find an opportunity, I can kill him."

"Whoosh!" Odor took a large step and once again traversed over a hundred and fifty meters.

At the same time, he gathered power for a thrusting strike.

Odor's Earth Essence penetrating wave was a very powerful technique.

Basically, under a single penetrating strike, no sixth-order transcendent could withstand it.

Even a Rune Shield would shatter after one or two strikes.

But that super spellcaster named Gune·Lawrence, with his formidable Forbidden Curse Shield, made Odor feel as if his greatsword's penetrating wave was utterly useless.

He had hit the opponent five times, but the opponent easily endured it, and this was a penetrating attack imbued with the wave of Earth Essence.

It was enough to transmit some damage to the curse master's body.

And he had also endured three of the opponent's terrifying black curse bombardments.

Even though he used the "Essence True Shield" imbued with thick Earth Essence to block and defend,

the three separate black thunder curse bombardments still inflicted considerable injuries on him.

Of course, that Gune·Lawrence's attacks on him were not limited to these three black thunder curses.

Throughout the battle, relying on his high-frequency curse bombardments, the opponent had struck him at least twenty times.

He had evaded them all by merging with the Earth Essence and sinking into the ground.

Without such a powerful evasive technique, he would have died long ago.

Just as he was about to unleash this thrusting strike,

a flash of blood light exploded right behind him.

"Not good!" Odor's mind shook violently, and every hair on his body stood on end.

He had just used the Essence wave to move, and to use it again would require a brief moment.

And the opponent had precisely seized this critical moment.

"Sizzle sizzle sizzle..."

Dense lightning instantly bloomed to the extreme behind Odor.

The Great Thunder Flame Curse pierced through Odor's body in an instant, annihilating his soul.

The foreign Earth Essence perceiver and greatsword master, Odor, died in the blink of an eye!