Chapter 915 Ambush
Deep in the Hallucinatory Forest.
Luo Rui and the Lighthouse squad were currently resisting the attack of Withered Tree Spirits coming from all directions.
The combat strength of Withered Tree Spirit was only 10 to 11-star.
As for the ordinary members of the Lighthouse squad, their combat strength was between 11-star to 12-star.
The difference in one combat star level was like the difference between heaven and earth.
Moreover, the Lighthouse squad had many experts, and their combat strength was enough to crush Withered Tree Spirits.
Usually, the combat strength of Luo Rui and the Lighthouse squad was enough to deal with the group of Withered Tree Spirits.
But now, the number of Withered Tree Spirits was too many. In addition, Withered Tree Spirits ambushed Luo Rui and the Lighthouse squad after secretly surrounding them.
Under the attack of enemies everywhere, Luo Rui and the Lighthouse squad were undoubtedly somewhat strained.
In addition, the experts of Team Origin were attacking together, making it even more difficult for Luo Rui and the Lighthouse squad.
Allen Smith took the lead in attacking, holding the S-grade weapon Blood Flame Sword, and the S-grade weapon Burning Wind Dual Sword.
Using the special effect of the Burning Wind Dual Sword, he combined the Blood Flame Sword and the Burning Wind Dual Sword into one, forming a more powerful longsword.
Allen Smith immediately activated the Burning Wind Dual Sword's God's Effect, Burning Wind Slash!
A large amount of wind and fire elemental energy was condensed, forming a powerful sword aura that matched the attributes.
In terms of sword aura, the fire and wind elemental energy had powerful offensive effects.
At this moment, the combination of fire and wind elemental energy produced an even more powerful attack effect.
The Burning Wind Slash, which was filled with terrifying fire and wind elemental energy, formed a huge sword aura and slashed toward the entire Lighthouse squad.
They were in an open space, and there were no other trees around. Therefore, Allen Smith could also launch his attacks as he pleased. He did not have to worry about the fire elemental energy bringing harm to the Hallucinatory Forest.
At this moment, the battle had begun. Allen Smith naturally did not have to hide his strength anymore.
Yesterday, when he launched a surprise attack on Luo Rui and a few other experts, Allen Smith had only displayed 11-star combat strength.
At this moment, there was no need to hold back anymore. Allen Smith directly unleashed his 13-star combat strength.
Under the powerful AoE attack of the Burning Wind Slash, Luo Rui and several experts of the Lighthouse squad were not affected too much.
However, many of the ordinary members of the Lighthouse squad were instantly injured.
Allen Smith, who had 13-star combat strength, could cause a good attack effect on them when he used a powerful attack skill.
When Allen Smith launched his fierce attack, Xu Han also launched her attack.
Xu Han waved her S-grade weapon, the Phantom Blue Staff.
A large amount of frost elemental energy condensed, forming a blizzard that enveloped the entire Lighthouse squad.
Xu Han only had 12-star combat strength, and his strength was one star lower than Allen Smith's.
However, the frost element was a high-level element. It was much stronger than the elemental energy of the basic elements.
In addition, Xu Han was good at AoE attacks, so the effect of the blizzard was not weaker than Allen Smith's Burning Wind Slash.
The wind and fire of the Burning Wind Slash, the frost of the blizzard, and the combination of ice and fire produced an even more powerful attack effect.
The members of the Lighthouse squad were instantly miserable.
They had to face the attacks of Team Origin from afar while dealing with many Withered Tree Spirits nearby. It was troublesome, and many members of the Lighthouse squad had already been injured.
Other than Allen Smith and Xu Han, the other experts of Team Origin also launched their attacks.
There was no longer a need to hide their strength. All the experts of Team Origin went all out, causing a crushing attack effect on the Lighthouse squad.
The ordinary members of the Lighthouse squad were under a lot of pressure. Only the experts were not under much pressure.
At this moment, the experts of the Lighthouse squad also noticed something strange.
"Withered Tree Spirits have been lying in ambush here for a long time. It's not right for them to suddenly attack us here."
"These Withered Tree Spirit seem to be deliberately coming to deal with us."
"Look, the people of Team Origin aren't attacking Withered Tree Spirits, and the Withered Tree Spirits aren't attacking the people of Team Origin either. They are cooperating and attacking us together. What's going on?"
"Could it be Withered Tree Spirits and Team Origin have joined forces to deal with us?"
"No wonder Team Origin dared to hide in the Hallucinatory Forest. It turns out that they have the protection of the Withered Tree Spirit."
"No wonder the Team Origin suddenly attacked and chased us away yesterday. They didn't want us to find out the secret."
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Luo Rui was extremely displeased at this time. He did not expect that Team Origin would obtain the protection of the Withered Tree Spirit group through some unknown method.
Luo Rui looked down on the Withered Tree Spirits' strength. They were not a match for their Lighthouse squad members at all.
However, the number of Withered Tree Spirits was a little huge. With the number of people in their Lighthouse squad, it was troublesome to deal with them.
Luo Rui was immediately a little unhappy. He had initially guaranteed that this time, he would be able to lead this squad to deal with the Team Origin.
Now, it seemed that it was a little troublesome.
With many Withered Tree Spirits protecting the Origin squad, the Lighthouse squad might not be strong enough to destroy them.
The few experts started to persuade Luo Rui one after another.
"Vice-captain, this Team Origin has more people than us. With the protection of so many Withered Tree Spirits, our squad might not have enough people."
"Yes, Vice-captain. Although we are stronger than them, the difference in numbers is too great. We can't take them all down even if we want to."
"Why don't we ask for backup? Ask the captain to send more people over."
"I didn't expect Team Origin would have the protection of the Withered Tree Spirits. No wonder they hid in the Hallucinatory Forest."
"I don't understand why these Withered Tree Spirits are willing to protect Team Origin."
"Vice-captain, make up your mind. Should we retreat or ask for reinforcements?"
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Several experts persuaded Luo Rui one after another.
Luo Rui looked anxious at this time.
He had led the team many times and was equally experienced. He was clear that in the current situation, the best choice was to retreat and request reinforcements. They needed to wait for the reinforcements to arrive before taking action.
If they were to attack Team Origin now, Team Origin would have the protection of a large number of Withered Tree Spirits. In addition, they were in the Hallucinatory Forest, so the terrain was more complicated.
Even if the Lighthouse squad was stronger than the Team Origin and the Withered Tree Spirits, they might still suffer losses and eventually suffer some casualties.
But this was only a rational choice. The current Luo Rui did not want to do so.
The main reason was that before he set off, he had promised the core members of Team Lighthouse that they would successfully deal with Team Origin.
If they retreated and requested reinforcements now, Luo Rui felt that he would lose face.