Translator: Silavin

*Bang!*

*Bang!*

*Bang!*

 

The sounds of collision echoed endlessly.

 

Nichirin Takeshi clashed with the eight Golden Asura Guards. The brilliance of Skills rose and fell in succession, illuminating the entire palace.

 

Although Nichirin Takeshi was fierce and had several Supporters behind him applying Buffs…

 

It was clearly evident that the Golden Asura Guards’ Attributes were far higher.

 

Even with all his trump cards revealed, Nichirin Takeshi could barely withstand the offensive of the Golden Asura Guards.

 

Facing the siege of eight Golden Asura Guards and managing to hold his ground without retreating was already extremely difficult for him.

 

At this moment, both he and his Armoured Ankylosaurus had sustained injuries. If not for the Supporters behind him continuously releasing Healing Skills, he would have fled in defeat by now.

 

Otherwise, these eight Golden Asura Guards could have torn him apart!

 

Nichirin Takeshi knew full well he could not retreat.

 

Among everyone present, he was the most resilient Tank there was.

 

If he could not withstand the enemy’s offensive, then everyone would definitely fail to pass through this crisis.

 

While Nichirin Takeshi struggled against the Golden Asura Guards’ assault, fortunately Mikami Saburo and Seifu Murasaki, these two experts, did not just stand by and watch.

 

As a Wind Mage, Seifu Murasaki’s Skills dealt quite a bit of Damage, contributing a ton alongside other Damage Dealers.

 

The most useful, however, was Mikami Saburo.

 

He specialized in Earth Element Skills. Although his Damage Output was several grades lower compared to Seifu Murasaki…

 

His Skills possessed a ton of functionality.

 

He created shields in front of Nichirin Takeshi to block the Golden Asura Guards’ attacks. He could also use the earth to temporarily Crowd Control the Golden Asura Guards, reducing the pressure on Nichirin Takeshi.

 

It could be said that with Mikami Saburo present, Nichirin Takeshi only had to face five or six Golden Asura Guards.

 

If not for him, Nichirin Takeshi would truly find it difficult to persist this long against eight Golden Asura Guards even with several Supporters behind him continuously casting their Skills…

 

Just like this, with Nichirin Takeshi holding the line, everyone actually managed to stabilize their formation.

 

Under this powerful combination, even the mighty Golden Asura Guards gradually could not bear it.

 

Finally, under one of Seifu Murasaki’s Skills, the first Golden Asura Guard perished. Its body disintegrated, transforming into vapor that dissipated in the air with no signs of resurrection.

 

The other Golden Asura Guards were also wounded. Under everyone’s bombardment, they dissolved one after another.

 

Soon, of the eight Golden Asura Guards, only four remained. Half had been eliminated.

 

Everyone seemed to see the dawn of victory.

 

As long as they killed these four Golden Asura Guards and then didn’t touch the other clay sculptures, the palace would basically be safe.

 

With a bit of care, everyone could search the palace to see if they could find any trace of the Ancient Gods’ whereabouts.

 

“Everyone, this is the last lap! Give it your all!” Seifu Murasaki was in high spirits. While Dealing Damage with her Skills, she called out to everyone, boosting morale. “These Golden Asura Guards are nothing special. Once we kill these four, victory will be at hand!”

 

The others responded in succession, treating this as the final obstacle before meeting the Ancient Gods.

 

However, at this very moment, an unexpected change occurred!

 

The four Golden Asura Guards seemed to realize that if the battle continued like this, they would inevitably be completely annihilated.

 

Therefore, they too sought a breakthrough, wanting to shatter more clay sculptures and summon more Golden Asura Guards to aid them.

 

Of the four Golden Asura Guards, only one continued fighting Nichirin Takeshi, holding him in place.

 

The other three scattered, attacking other clay sculptures, attempting to release more Golden Asura Guards.

 

Nichirin Takeshi naturally would never allow this to happen. He immediately roared orders for everyone to intercept the other Golden Asura Guards. They absolutely could not allow them to continue releasing more of their companions.

 

Although he wanted to help stop them, the Golden Asura Guard before him already made things difficult enough. Trying to prevent the other Golden Asura Guards from acting was too difficult for him.

 

Therefore, Nichirin Takeshi could only place his hopes on the others.

 

Mikami Saburo did not disappoint him. He immediately released his Skill, blocking two of the Golden Asura Guards and binding them with his Skill, making them unable to advance an inch, buying everyone time.

 

As long as the Golden Asura Guard before Nichirin Takeshi was killed, Nichirin Takeshi could free up his hands to deal with these two Golden Asura Guards.

 

The other Golden Asura Guard was left to Seifu Murasaki to handle.

 

Seifu Murasaki, together with other Damage Dealers, bombarded this Golden Asura Guard relentlessly, preventing it from focusing on breaking the clay sculpture before it.

 

With this, all four Golden Asura Guards were restrained, and for the moment there was no need to worry about accidents.

 

Just when everyone thought the battle would continue like this and the Golden Asura Guards would be killed one by one, an accident suddenly occurred.

 

The two Golden Asura Guards firmly Crowd Controlled by Mikami Saburo suddenly began changing. Originally mere Souls, they started emitting light that grew increasingly dazzling.

 

This scene left everyone puzzled.

 

Mikami Saburo thought these two Golden Asura Guards were about to release some Skill to break free, so he continuously released his own Skills, trying to keep these two Golden Asura Guards suppressed and firmly restrained.

 

However, what no one expected was that when the light on these two Golden Asura Guards reached peak brightness, they suddenly exploded with a *boom*!

 

Two successive thunderous explosions followed. Intense shockwaves blasted outward, nearly blowing everyone away.

 

The entire palace trembled. Sounds of collapse echoed endlessly.

 

However, the palace was quite robust. Even after experiencing two such violent explosions, it still did not collapse.

 

After the explosions ended, Lu Fan looked toward the palace interior and discovered that the self-destruct of the Golden Asura Guards just now truly packed considerable power.

 

Not only was Nichirin Takeshi inside severely wounded, currently overturned on the ground with his Armoured Ankylosaurus, coughing up mouthfuls of blood…

 

But many Golden Asura Guard clay sculptures had been directly blown apart, scattered on the ground, transformed into fragments everywhere!

 

At this moment, vapor was already beginning to seep from the cross-sections of these fragments, about to condense into new Golden Asura Guards.

 

Because of the power of self-destruction, the number of destroyed clay sculptures reached as many as eighty!

 

In other words, over eighty Golden Asura Guards were about to appear!