Hakkar's title of Soul Reaver and Blood God did not come out of thin air, but was the desperate cry of a large number of trolls in fear.
In terms of positive combat ability alone, Haka is far inferior to the pure melee type Laizan. Its advantage is the various weird negative spell effects that can affect the status of the recipient. In barrage terms, it is a debuff.
After suffering a loss, Melinsela changed her previous slightly radical combat strategy. First, she put a layer of dream protection on herself and Stellagosa, which could protect Hakkar from stealing souls to a certain extent. attack.
On the other hand, in order to deal with Hakkar's special ability to stir up blood boiling through small wounds, Melinsela and Stellagosa could only carefully avoid wounds caused by Hakkar's various attacks.
This will inevitably cause them to be unable to use their hands and feet in battle.
Not to mention the green dragon with weak melee capabilities, even the red dragon with amazing self-healing ability will have a headache when facing Hakkar.
The red dragon is not like the black dragon that can withstand the enemy's attack with strong enough defense. Instead, it relies on a long enough health bar and the ability to return blood, constantly cycling between the injured and healed states.
Just like acid can cause extra damage to the troll's self-healing ability, Hakkar's blood-corrosive ability can also restrain the red dragon.
Due to the lack of a main T to support the front line of resistance, Stellagosa and Melinthra could only maintain maneuverability to avoid attacks during the air battle.
This resulted in them not spending enough energy on offense, and it was difficult for them to cause enough damage to Haka, who also had amazing self-healing power, in a short period of time.
Unlike the red dragon, which relies solely on its own healing power, Hakkar's healing ability comes from the "dedication" of the Evil Branch Troll.
Desperate, Hex finally fully agreed to all the unreasonable terms proposed by Hakkar, including an evil spell that could link all the Evil Branch Trolls present.
Through the corrosive blood that parasitizes the evil branch trolls, Hakkar can continuously draw life force from their bodies to heal their own injuries.
If it cannot cause enough fatal damage to Hakkar at once, it can only continue to cause sufficient damage to it until Hakkar drains all the vitality of the Evil Branch Troll and can no longer heal itself through external force.
And this is destined to be a long process. According to Sarlayan's observation, the offensive firepower provided by Little Star and Melinthra, who need to be distracted to avoid attacks, is obviously not enough.
Of course, Sarlayan has another way to break the situation.
That is to kill all the evil branch trolls who have established a soul contract with Hakkar, or to kill Hex, the main contractor who serves as a bridge, which is the task Valeera is performing at the moment.
Facts have proved that Saryan's strategy of seeking stability is correct.
Hex had long expected that someone would target him for beheading, and had made some preparations in advance.
After all, the Evil Branch Trolls are the most powerful forest troll clan besides the Amani clan. They have accumulated a rich heritage after being rooted in the Hinterlands for many years.
Sarlayan had always felt strange before that the Evil Branch Clan, which was so powerful, only worshiped one Spider Queen Shadra.
Now the mystery is revealed.
It's not that Evil Branch only believes in Shadra, but other Loa who are not strong enough have been stripped of their power by the extremely utilitarian Hex and her followers.
Hex herself has not incorporated any Loa power. It's not that she thinks she is strong enough to crush everyone, but that she looks down on those "weak" Loa.
Hex is eyeing the spider Loa Shadra, a powerful demigod-level loa whose body is located in the Zandalar Islands.
However, she never found the right opportunity to seize Shadra's power.
Valeera had just sneaked up behind Hex and prepared to launch a fatal assassination blow on her, when the experience and body instinct accumulated from years of fighting suddenly warned her.
Valeela had no head iron, and she followed her inner warning vigilantly. After the attack action had been made, she activated the shadow shuttle ability and moved herself to a bush outside the altar.
"Roar!"
Just as Valeera teleported away in a small area, a ginger plush claw suddenly poked out from the void, and its sharp nails scratched the spot where Valeera had been standing a second ago.
After the blow missed, the owner of the sharp claw paused on the spot quite unexpectedly, and then retracted his claw and disappeared into nothingness again.
Sarlayan, who was distracted looking at both sides, and Valeera, who just managed to avoid the attack, stared at each other at the same time.
"Good guy, you really have a back-up plan."
Through the soul link channel, Sarlayan told Valeela his guess.
"Looking at the shape of this claw, it should come from some kind of big cat."
Sarlayan analyzed calmly: "As we all know, cats have extremely keen perception and outstanding latency capabilities."
"This guy Hex should have expected that someone would assassinate him, and he had planted counterattack mines around him in advance."
Valeera said solemnly: "Judging from the strength of the attack, this Anzi should have reached a strength close to the peak of a mortal. However... his (her) power seems to be a bit mixed, and his control is not perfect."
Sarlayan sneered unsurprisingly: "That's not surprising. Do you remember Amani's treatment of Loa? This is also the traditional skill of trolls."
"You mean?" Valeera responded suddenly: "Sealing Loa's power in a mortal body increases his strength? It's no wonder."
"be careful."
Sarlayan's golden dragon boy glanced at Hex, who was already on guard. Through his keen sense of life force, Sarlayan could vaguely detect that there was another powerful life form ambushing Hex. nearby.
"Based on the size of the Evil Branch trolls, they should be able to support more than two Loa. Even if they are not as good as Amani, there is a high probability that there will be a high-end combat force hiding in the dark that has usurped the power of Loa. "
"Ha~" Valeela smiled confidently: "Now that you know Hex's trump card, there is nothing to worry about. I will make her realize the insurmountable strength gap between mortals and demigods."
Although Valeera speaks arrogantly, Sarlayan believes that she will never underestimate the enemy after experiencing hundreds of battles.
This is called tactically despising the enemy and strategically focusing on the enemy.
After mastering the power of space, Valeela's fighting style has become more flexible. As long as she does not underestimate the enemy, regardless of whether she can kill the enemy, it is not that easy to catch her flaw.
In order to lure out the two mice hiding in the dark, Valeela chose to take the risk and use herself as bait.
Teleporting to the group of guards next to Hex again, Valeera took the initiative to break away from stealth and threw a fan of knives with two kinds of poisons around her.
Hex didn't expect that the enemy would dare to rush in even though he was almost at a disadvantage. Valeera's unusually decisive attack made the Evil Branch elites, including Hex, unable to react quickly, and they were beaten by the intensive fan of swords skills. With.
As Sharlayan's power increased, Valeera further improved several of her commonly used poisons with the help of Melia, the archmage who was proficient in alchemy.
The first to bear the brunt is the most widely used slowing poison, which Valeera mixed with the temporal power exerted by Sharlayan.
The deceleration effect of the poisoned person is far more effective than ordinary deceleration poison, and the ability to move will be seriously affected by the power of time. All movements become slower, including their thinking ability.
On the other hand, Valeela added green dragon acid, which represents the power of dreams, to the quick-acting poison. This is a new type of poison that can cause damage to both the body and the soul.
“Ahhhhh!
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The damage caused by the fan of knives itself was almost negligible, but the poison attached to it caused pain in both the soul and body of the evil branch troll.
The green dragon's acid has a strong restraint effect on the troll's self-healing ability, and the dream power targeting the soul can directly penetrate their mental defense.
After temporarily neutralizing the combat effectiveness of most of Hex's guards with one blow, Valeera pulled up her mask and stared at Hex with cold eyes, who was blocked behind by a human shield and had a chance to escape.
Forced by the strong murderous intent, Hex, who was attacked behind him by the Shadow Stepper and filled with fear, finally couldn't help but take the initiative.
"Sankos, Mlik! Work together to deal with this assassin!"
"Roar!"
"squeak!"
Two different animal sounds were heard, and Valeela, who had just finished her shadow walk, felt a sense of threat on her back.
"Cheetah and...rat?"
There was a trace of sarcasm in Valeela's eyes, and she deliberately said in the language of forest trolls: "Is this your trump card...?"
