Countless human squads were locked in a chaotic battle with a massive army of murlocs.

But Jiang Kai quickly realized that the murlocs weren't interested in getting entangled with these outer squads. Often, just one or two murlocs would hold back a human squad, while the rest would slip past them.

Their goal was to protect their lord!

However, things didn't go as Jiang Kai had expected.

These arriving squads weren't just casually intercepting the murlocs as he had thought; instead, they were giving it their all!

"Hold off as many as you can to ensure the Black Tortoise takes the least amount of damage!" shouted a captain beside him, marked with the insignia of the Sky Sword - Red Sword Squad.

On the other side, a seven-man squad was actually holding back four murlocs.

"A Ying, hold off two more!" a middle-aged man shouted, "Those Black Tortoise guys better take down the BOSS and get the skull, or I'll look down on them!"

His chest bore the insignia of the Carefree - Thousand Miles Squad.

Even those unknown small guild teams were doing their utmost to block the murloc army.

Seeing this, Jiang Kai couldn't help but feel moved.

Globally, China ranked fifth in territory, and it seemed that all Chinese people were very dissatisfied with this ranking.

Perhaps it was for this reason that in the China region, players could kill each other but could only steal experience. The major guilds were fiercely competitive, but when hunting king-level BOSSes, interference and BOSS stealing were prohibited, and many squads came to help kill the small monsters...

These weren't explicitly stated rules, but in the China region, they were acknowledged by everyone!

The vast majority of Chinese people hoped that China could advance further in international competition!

An adult murloc lunged at Jiang Kai, with four or five murlocs behind it trying to slip past him.

Suddenly, a flaming dart appeared in Jiang Kai's hand. With a flick of his wrist, the Quenching Pursuit shot toward the murloc group in front of him.

The dart ignited a four to five-meter area, quickly setting other murlocs ablaze. A few seconds later, the initially weak flames on these murlocs suddenly flared up, and five murlocs were instantly reduced to ashes!

People from nearby squads cast curious glances.

"What kind of technique is that guy using, to be so terrifying?"

Unfortunately, this wasn't a place for chatting, and they didn't have much time to pay attention to the situation here, as they had to cooperate with their teammates in the fierce battle against the murlocs.

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Jiang Kai retrieved the dart and shook his head, "Forget it, General Wei said to keep a long-term perspective, let's just treat this as leveling up."

The battle lasted for about twenty minutes, with Jiang Kai killing no less than a hundred murlocs. Hu Yan and Ruan Yu's main task now was to retrieve the corpse cards.

Although they were all charred corpses, there were so many that they could still be sold for some money.

Just as Jiang Kai instantly killed three murlocs, he suddenly heard a loud noise from afar behind him. He quickly turned to look at Permafrost Island.

Permafrost Island had now become the most brutal battlefield. Originally, the Black Tortoise had to face even stronger elite-level murlocs, and now thousands of murlocs had broken through the defenses.

The Black Tortoise Guild had formed a new formation.

Their formation created three concentric circles centered around the murloc lord, dividing the battlefield into four ring-shaped zones.

The outermost fourth ring was to resist the murloc army that had broken through the defenses. The third ring area was a battle zone dominated by elite murlocs and general-level murlocs. The second ring mostly consisted of powerful commander-level murlocs.

And the central area was the murloc lord's battle zone.

The loud noise just now was made by the murloc lord.

It let out a whale-like roar, striking the ground with its golden trident, causing the entire Permafrost Island to tremble.

"It's the first stage skill, Murloc's Touch!" Hu Yan said, "Based on previous battle analyses, the Black Tortoise has already taken down a third of the murloc lord's health!"

The murloc lord's back suddenly split open, and numerous tentacles extended from its body, wildly flailing and attacking all surrounding enemies.

The experienced Black Tortoise Guild had already prepared tactics in advance, and the experts of the guild surrounded the murloc lord.

However, even when facing those tentacles, many still got hit. Those who managed to defend themselves were knocked back and injured, while those who couldn't defend or had no defensive means, especially non-combat professionals, were even split in half by the tentacles!

The Murloc's Touch raged for seven or eight seconds, reducing the number of people in the innermost defense circle of the Black Tortoise Guild by a third!

"Damn, this skill is too fierce!" Jiang Kai couldn't help but gasp.

Even high-level experts couldn't withstand the murloc lord's skill!

Fortunately, the Black Tortoise Guild wasn't hunting the murloc lord for the first time; they had anticipated this skill and withdrew the healers in time.

Jiang Kai noticed that the human expert he had been watching earlier had just avoided several tentacle attacks and was now launching an attack on the murloc lord.

"That guy is really strong," Jiang Kai sincerely admired.

"He's Jiang Fang, the top expert of the Jiang Zhong branch of the Black Tortoise Guild. It's said he's at Transcendent level five, but some say he's already reached level six. His task is to firmly hold the murloc lord's aggro, or else if the murloc lord goes out of control, everyone except those from the War God Temple will be wiped out!" Hu Yan said.

"Jiang Fang... Transcendent level five or even six... No wonder he's so strong!" Jiang Kai repeated the name.

After the Murloc's Touch had been frantically attacking for ten seconds, perhaps due to excessive consumption, its activity frequency decreased, marking that the Black Tortoise Guild had survived the first stage.

At this time, the previously evacuated healers immediately returned to heal the wounded, and the situation was brought under control again.

Jiang Kai's energy consumption was enormous, and he could no longer use Quenching Pursuit, resorting to throwing darts to kill one by one.

Looking at the other squads, they all suffered varying degrees of casualties. Even the survivors were starting to look fatigued.

Fortunately, the number of murlocs in the outer army was not as large as before, reducing their pressure significantly, and the defense line did not collapse.

"Twenty minutes to take down a third... It seems BOSS fights are really a test of endurance," Jiang Kai sighed, realizing his attributes were still too low to sustain such a prolonged battle.

About twenty-five minutes later, there were only a few murlocs left on the ice lake, and the murloc army could no longer break through the human defenses.

And at this moment, the murloc lord entered the second stage.

The murloc lord pierced the ice layer in front of it with its trident, and a pale blue glow flowed upward along the trident, entering the spear shaft from the three prongs, and finally into the murloc lord's body.

"Second stage, Power Absorption!" Hu Yan explained in time, "That guy is using the trident to absorb the energy of the ice lake. Soon it will enter a berserk state, with all attributes significantly enhanced except for Physique. This stage is the biggest test for Jiang Fang and those War God Temple experts."

"If they fall, the Black Tortoise Guild will be defeated."

The murloc lord quickly completed the energy absorption, its skin turning blood-red, muscles bulging, and the tentacles from its abdomen began to move frequently again.

At this moment, the murloc lord was a completely different concept from the beginning!

"I wonder if Jiang Fang can hold on," Jiang Kai looked at that figure.

At the same time, Jiang Fang leaped more than ten meters high!

His armor emitted a faint silver glow, with silver wave-like patterns flowing on the surface of the armor, finally settling on it.

"It's Jiang Fang's Transcendent talent!" Ruan Yu gazed at the figure with admiration, "Battle Intent Armor!"

"Transcendent talent?" Jiang Kai said in surprise, seeing a Transcendent talent for the first time.

Ruan Yu nodded slightly, his gaze still fixed on Jiang Fang.

"A body that surpasses the limits of mortals, battle intent solidified into substance, transcending the ordinary with endless battle intent!"