Chapter 776 - 771: A Narrow Escape from Death
"Leia, Leia! Be careful, the demon throat that’s been lured away is just a clone, its true form is still at the Miasma Spring!"
Rein’s message came through the team channel.
However, Leia was too busy to respond when she saw the message.
She was running for her life!
But strangely, Leia was sprinting with all her might, yet her figure slowly moved backward.
Behind her was the dense blood mist of Miasma Spring.
Within the blood mist, she could vaguely see a giant centipede demon, tens of meters long, infested with bizarre plants, and patches of red leaves adhered to its body forming a thick layer of detritus.
This was the Guardian Demon General of Miasma Spring, the true form of Demon Throat.
Its lower half was even soaking in the Miasma Spring, relying only on its open jagged mouth, emanating a terrifying suction force, making it impossible for Leia to escape.
[You have been locked by Demon Throat’s domain-like talent skill: Demon Abyssal Mouth, unable to use any displacement or acceleration skills with a priority below level 10!]
[Demon Abyssal Mouth’s lock-on target is only you, triggering the isolation special effect, your drag speed is doubled, increased to 180 points...]
Leia, whose ability to flee was blocked and who was continuously being dragged toward Demon Throat’s mouth, felt panic inside.
She spun quickly, raised her hand, flipped to the second last page of the Star Map Scroll, and shot a ray of starlight at Demon Throat.
The starlight was initially unremarkable until it entered Demon Throat’s mouth and suddenly exploded.
This was Leia’s mystical arts skill with a very bold name—Continuous Star Burst!
But unfortunately, the name of a mystical arts skill doesn’t relate one hundred percent to its actual power.
[Continuous Star Burst] exploded in Demon Throat’s mouth, blowing off patches of detritus from its mouth, even temporarily interrupting the Demon Abyssal Mouth skill.
But before Leia could breathe a sigh of relief, patches of red leaves lit up at Demon Throat’s mouth, spontaneously adhered to its damaged mouth, swiftly repairing its injuries.
Leia felt a sense of despair—from the feedback of the recent attack, she found out that Demon Throat’s life value was as high as thirty thousand points, and even one Continuous Star Burst only dealt slightly over a hundred points of damage...
This damage value seemed off, and Leia naturally knew the reason; it’s the thick layer of detritus on Demon Throat’s body providing protection—
That layer of detritus had become Demon Throat’s formidable passive skill [Shell of Rot], similar to Bai Pu’s [Sand Armor], which falls off after absorbing massive damage, only after breaking through that shell can effective damage be inflicted on the true body.
And Demon Throat leaning against the Miasma Spring can quickly absorb miasma to repair its [Shell of Rot]!
To slay Demon Throat, a large amount of focused damage needs to be inflicted in a short time, and it must hit precisely on the same point.
Leia’s spell accuracy is high, but in the trio, she’s in the support role; although she possesses a certain output ability, it’s still too challenging to single-handedly kill Demon Throat, a "numerical monster."
On the other hand, Demon Throat, previously concealed in the Miasma Spring and boldly launching a sneak attack, merely caused a scratch that sent Leia flying seven or eight meters, sharply decreasing her life value by a quarter.
It was only after Leia reacted that she activated Starlight Shield, also a mystical arts shield skill, where Leia could constantly inject energy to replenish shield strength.
But Demon Throat quickly activated [Demon Abyssal Mouth] to immobilize Leia, summoning a large group of Grass Demons to harass Leia with cannon fodder tactics, preventing her from preparing powerful spells!
At the same time, Leia’s energy is gradually being drained.
After absorbing enemies long enough, Demon Abyssal Mouth can activate its second phase [Abyssal Devouring], a direct-death skill that ignores shields.
Leia is unaware of this, otherwise, she would feel even more hopeless.
Now, she already felt quite desperate.
Leia opened the team channel and hurriedly sent out two words:
Help me!
Her spiritual power then radiated extensively, scanning the surroundings repeatedly—
like someone about to fall into water, flailing limbs helplessly.
To speak of a life-saving straw, Leia did possess one, a rare golden artifact—Frozen Tomb, gifted by Rein.
Once activated, Leia would be sealed in black ice, restoring 1% of her maximum life value per second. During the freezing, any external attack below priority level 10 cannot affect Leia.
However, Leia dared not use it now.
The maximum duration of Frozen Tomb is only 60 seconds, during which Leia, being frozen, cannot perform any actions.
If her teammates fail to rescue her in time, Leia would face the advancing Demon General Throat and a swarm of Flower and Grass Demons, facing a situation offering no path to survival...
Suddenly, Leia was slightly startled, then showed signs of joy.
Her spiritual sensing detected a team of four or five people approaching.
Leia could sense immediately that these individuals were not her teammates.
But as long as they are human, it’s negotiable, meaning variables!
With a swish, a group of people emerged from the hidden passage of the forest, led by Saxson, the assistant of the Heig Team.
Saxson’s gaze swept over and found Leia.
Simultaneously, he also saw the form of Demon Throat in the Miasma Spring.
"Hmm?"
Saxson uttered a light sound of surprise, assessing the trapped Leia from top to bottom.
A hint of an unexpected smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, and he said in the squad channel: "Good, looks like we don’t need to intervene... head back for now, let’s observe! If Lady Leia happens to escape the demons, we might lend a hand... huh? What’s going on!"
Saxson’s retreat command came quickly.
But Leia’s movement was even quicker!
Before Saxson’s group emerged, Leia had already prepared the "Continuous Star Burst."
Just as Saxson was yet to leave, Leia released Continuous Star Burst at Demon General Throat!
Despite Demon Throat’s writhing, Leia’s Meditation Specialization was already at level 10; how accurate were the spells? Like a small guided missile, the starlight instantly entered Demon Throat’s mouth once again, triggering a series of explosions!
Demon Abyssal Mouth was interrupted again.
At the moment of interruption, Leia flipped the Star Map Scroll to the center, tearing off a page with a pang, channeling Professional Energy towards Saxson’s party!
Mystical Arts Skill: Star Shifting!
In an instant, the positions beneath Leia and Saxson’s squad shifted.
Leia was outside, Saxson inside, close to the edge of the Miasma Spring!
Leia didn’t know beforehand whether these newcomers would aid her.
But regardless of whether they were friend or foe, Leia was determined to act in this way! As the saying goes, "Dead to friends, alive to oneself." That’s the principle.
In Demon General Throat’s eyes, both Leia and Saxson’s squad were humans, and thus enemies.
"All, don’t, run!"
Demon Throat swung its long tail, striking Saxson’s squad, while at the same time it commanded large numbers of Flower and Tree Demons to obstruct Leia’s departure.
However, after utilizing Saxson’s squad, Leia did not hesitate to flee!
Though Demon Throat intended to give chase, it feared that Saxson’s squad might damage the Miasma Spring and could only watch Leia’s departure.