Chapter 2655: Assist
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“We are from the Holy City.”

The Holy City?

The squad captain looked at everyone with some confusion.

That’s strange.

He had heard that the fortresses and the Holy City had never gotten along well. So why had they suddenly changed their stance and sent reinforcements to offer assistance?

Fang Heng nodded and said, “I am Fang Bai, here after passing the Holy Realm’s trial. These are the ones accompanying me in providing help.”

“So, you are a distinguished person from the Holy Realm.”

The title of the Holy Realm was so intimidating that the Holy Paladin Captain immediately bowed and said, ‘We are a Holy Paladin squad from the Holy Court, carrying out an urgent repair mission in Area S. During the mission, we encountered an attack from a Deep Sea Abyssal Demon. Our scholar of sealing art, whom we recruited, was severely injured, and the abyssal monster also lost control. The commander helped us temporarily hold off the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon, allowing us to escape and seek reinforcements…’”

“Wait.”

Fang Heng looked at the scholar of sealing art who had been rescued, then glanced toward the Holy Paladin Captain, asking, “So, you’re saying that what we saw earlier was only part of the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon, and its main body is still behind us?”

“Yes, the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon is extremely large, and the sealing runes for this part of the seal have likely been completely destroyed. The commander is currently leading the team, trying to control the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon, but I’m afraid the situation is grim. The main force may not be able to hold out much longer. We will report back immediately. Once again, thank you…”

“I understand. Lead the way. I’ll help.”

The Holy Paladin Captain froze, staring blankly at Fang Heng, “Huh?”

Fang Heng patiently explained, “I know a bit about sealing art. I can try to help.”

“You?”

The attendant looked Fang Heng up and down, his expression growing serious. He then nodded, saying, “Alright, then we’ll leave it to you.”

“Lead the way!”

The Holy Paladin Captain gritted his teeth, his weary body pushing itself back to its feet. He raised his hand and commanded, “Team 12, move out! Let’s go!”

…

The Holy Court team encountered danger in the S-level domain on the right side.

As Fang Heng and his group entered the S-level domain, the sounds of explosions and holy elemental ripples soon reached their ears.

The figures of the Holy Court knights fighting in the sandstorm became visible.

“Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!!!!”

Before they could reach the main team, strange spatial ripples appeared around them.

The space was torn apart as if something was ripping the fabric of the world itself!

The captain of the Holy Paladin team’s face changed drastically. He shouted, “Everyone be careful!”

The next moment, black shadows spread out from the torn space, rapidly sweeping toward the guarding team!

“They’re here! It’s the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon!”

The two forward knights of the Holy Court quickly ducked, avoiding the black shadow tentacles emerging from the rift, and drew their holy knight swords to counterattack.

“This is bad!”

The escort team’s captain was distracted by the black shadow tentacles when suddenly, he sensed a powerful spatial fluctuation gathering from behind. He immediately realized something was wrong.

Several spatial rifts suddenly opened behind the team, and black shadow tentacles reached out toward Fang Heng, who was closest to the rift!

“Fang Bai!”

The Deep Sea Abyssal Demon’s abilities were incredibly high. Given their current strength, not only was breaking through to help impossible, but even escaping was becoming difficult!

The captain of the escort team could only watch helplessly as the tentacles of the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon rapidly extended toward Fang Heng.

Wait?!

Suddenly, the captain of the escort team’s heart skipped a beat.

“What?!”

A powerful holy aura burst forth from Fang Heng’s body!

Concentrating his gaze, the captain saw a giant sword materialize in Fang Heng’s hand, seemingly out of nowhere!

“Whoosh!!!”

The giant sword swung heavily forward!

The giant holy sword cut through the air with a whistling sound, directly colliding with the shadow tentacles that were extending toward him.

“Boom!!!”

A blinding burst of holy light erupted!

The shadow touched by the holy great sword trembled violently, as if struck with immense force, and quickly retreated into the space’s rift.

“Buzz…!”

The secondary ripple effect from the holy great sword expanded outward!

As the holy ripple spread, large clusters of black shadow tentacles spilling from the rift trembled intensely. At the same time, massive damage numbers, in the tens of thousands, appeared above them.

“What is that?!”

Taking advantage of the brief moment when the tentacles lost their offensive capabilities, the Holy Paladin team quickly fell back and gathered around Fang Heng.

The team stared at the holy great sword in Fang Heng’s hand, their eyes filled with surprise.

Yan Yuexin, in particular, looked at Fang Heng with disbelief.

A holy artifact?!

Based on the aura emanating from the giant sword in Fang Heng’s hand, it was clear that it was a holy artifact—an item of divine quality!

This was unbelievable!

A holy artifact from the Holy Court faction in the hands of a necromancer?

And what was even more shocking was how effortlessly Fang Heng wielded it.

Given how smoothly he used the sword, this wasn’t his first time wielding such an item.

A holy artifact from the holy faction.

How could a necromancer player use a holy weapon while none of their own faction’s players had even touched it?

It didn’t make any sense!

Yan Yuexin was still a little dazed, trying to process what had just happened. Meanwhile, Fang Heng, with a single hand gripping the giant sword, charged forward, cutting through the chaos with ease.

“Boom! Boom! Boom!!”

The holy great sword proved extremely effective against the tentacles of the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon. Each strike sent the dark tentacles crashing back into the dimensional space, retreating with each powerful blow.

In addition to the holy ripple constantly expanding outward, large clusters of shadow tentacles, spilling from the rift, were repeatedly struck and forced back into the space. After a few rounds of attacks, the tentacles could no longer hold their ground and vanished into the rift.

Soon, the path ahead was completely cleared by Fang Heng.

The others watched in astonishment as Fang Heng effortlessly cleared the way.

Until this point, they had rarely seen Fang Heng fight directly. Given his previous use of sealing arts and the holy remnants for ranged attacks, they had assumed he favored a more ritualistic or priest-like combat style.

But now, they realized that his approach to battle was far more aggressive and powerful than they had imagined.

Fang Heng noticed their surprised gazes and quickly scanned the group.

“Follow me!” he ordered.

Without waiting for a response, he raised the holy great sword again and charged ahead, heading directly toward the rift in the space, ready to face whatever dangers lay ahead.

…

“Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”

The sealed area, near the center of the S-level danger zone, was under heavy assault.

Commander Leonidas of the Holy Paladin team was leading his subordinates in resisting the attacks of the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon.

The seal that had originally contained the dimensional rift suddenly fell off, causing the thickness of the dimensional barrier to weaken once again. As a result, the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon broke through the barrier and began launching attacks. They had no choice but to call for reinforcements from the fortress and High Priest Ron.

Before the reinforcements could arrive, they needed to hold off the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon’s attacks and prevent it from fully escaping from the dimensional space barrier.

However, as simple as it sounded, actually dealing with the Deep Sea Abyssal Demon was extremely difficult!

Even though Leonidas, leading the team, took a defensive stance and kept retreating.

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