Sains sighed. He had originally thought that he could complete this task with minimal cost, but now it seemed that he was being naive.

Previously, he had been worried that the bait was not strong enough, and that he would end up catching nothing but a big fish that would swallow it whole. Now, he was the one holding the fishing rod, and he couldn't lift it.

Sains raised his hand.

An Pang immediately bent down and said, "Yes, my lord."

He stepped forward, ready to mobilize his team to launch an attack.

But Sains just slowly put his hand down, changing his focus and saying, "Forget it, let's not waste time on meaningless struggles."

An Pang breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, but still pretended to be puzzled and anxious, saying, "My lord, are we giving up?"

Sains shook his head and said, "It's not giving up, it's just saving some time and not wasting it on meaningless things."

"My lord?"

"The blessing of the moon—radiance."

Wu Pang lowered his head in astonishment and found that there was a flickering firefly in his chest, which was the moth he had swallowed earlier, and it was now awakened.

At the same time, the chest of the priests under An Pang also emitted a glow.

Not only that, the bodies of those who had been killed and lay on the ground also underwent the same change.

The next moment, everyone was horrified to find that their vitality was being rapidly drained.

"My lord... no... this can't be..."

An Pang wanted to question, he wanted to resist, but his hair was rapidly turning white, his skin was quickly withering, and he first turned into skin and bones, and then directly into a dried corpse.

Below, all the living and dead bodies were experiencing the same thing.

One dried corpse after another appeared, and when the host was completely drained of vitality and died, a larger moth flew out from the host's body.

Sains waved his arm, and a yellow flame appeared in front of him. These moths, as if summoned, began to fly towards the flame, and their bodies quickly burned and disintegrated in the flames.

Gradually, golden liquid began to drip down, condensing into a golden mantis. It was three meters tall, and its scythes stopped in midair without waving, but the sharpness seemed to have already caused a sense of rupture in the space.

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When it completely took shape, its eyes turned red, and it let out a sharp roar, emitting a suppressed and chilling breath.

It turned its head to look at Sains, seeming to have a bloodthirsty impulse.

Sains' eyes also turned red, and the giant mantis lowered its head.

—

"The moon's guardian beast—Kurisa!"

Aisley immediately recognized the identity of this summoned beast, but was puzzled and said, "This shouldn't be. It is one of the guardian beasts under the Moon Goddess's seat. The spell used to summon it must be at the forbidden level, but although this person cooperated with the sacrifice of life, he only used a normal summoning spell."

Richard asked in confusion, "Can't you summon a beggar version of Kurisa?"

Memphis spoke up, "Unless only a horn or a hand is summoned. As long as the whole body is summoned, it must have the corresponding level. Even if it is greatly weakened, even if its strength is only one thousandth of the normal situation, as long as it appears complete, the level of the summoning spell must correspond."

"What does level mean?"

Richard still didn't understand.

"It's like some noble gatherings, you must have enough title to qualify to attend, so a ragged marquis can enter, but a wealthy merchant in fine clothes will be stopped."

Karun spoke, "Just like the 'Black Prison Castle' we studied, you must have recognized permission."

Richard responded, "Um, I didn't study the 'Black Prison Castle'."

"Oh, that line just now wasn't for you."

Richard: "......"

The original group of enemies had now become one enemy paired with a summoned beast, but the sense of oppression they presented was even stronger.

Karun reminded, "Be careful, I suspect that this guy's identity is very likely to be the same as that of our instructor, Mawar, when we were training, a successor of some big shot."

The fact that a spell that should have been at the forbidden level could be used so calmly proved that he had higher qualifications, that is, higher permissions. But he did not show enough strong and rigid strength, otherwise this summoned Kurisa would not be three meters tall. This feeling was really similar to Mawar, a mysterious and hierarchical feeling that did not match his own strength.

In fact, there was one thing that Karun had never figured out. According to Mrs. Gandilov's account, this tomb was jointly renovated by her husband and the Konjes family, but why were there so many elements of the Moon God's teachings inside?

On this point, Mrs. Gandilov herself may not have known, because she had already died at that time. She was "awakened" by her husband in this tomb.She is Mr. Gandiro's wife, but this woman is not her husband's research assistant.

Her husband used the family beliefs of the Kangjes people to trigger and study the enchantment effects, and she could only use them as an audience to accompany her performance to dispel loneliness.

Now that the people of the Moon God Sect have appeared here, it is obvious that they are well-informed about the situation in the tomb, and even the research in the tomb.

The most reasonable explanation is probably that Mr. Gandiro had help when conducting this research, possibly more than one, and one of the helpers should be from the Moon God Sect.

But why did the timing work out so well?

Mrs. Gandiro has been lying here for over a hundred years. The people of the Moon God Sect could have come to take things from here at any time, so why wait until now?

It's impossible that the Moon God Sect, as a legitimate religious sect, couldn't afford the travel expenses and had to come with a delegation, right?

Karun interrupted his own thoughts and decided to focus on the people and beasts in front of him.

Sains floated over, while the mantis-like Kulesa followed him towards Karun's team.

"Prepare for defense!"

Karun's character tends to be cautious, especially when facing the unknown, he prefers to approach and understand it in a conservative manner.

Eisley had already taken away Mombas because she couldn't support Mombas' existence alone for too long, but she kept Xianti, letting Xianti continue to hover above because maintaining Xianti's existence consumed very little energy.

Most importantly, Eisley needed the presence of a monster's phantom to give herself a sense of existence!

"Go." Sains spoke.

Kulesa ran, her figure turning into a yellow stream of light.

Muri shouted, "Ventura, go! Bart and I will block at different levels, and Philomena will keep an eye on that one!"

Karun was in charge of overall command, while Muri was in charge of the front-line melee command. Their commands would not conflict.

Ventura's giant body was no shorter than Kulesa's, but there was no comparison in speed between the two. So although Ventura was ready to block Kulesa first, Kulesa's figure flashed at the moment of impact, bypassing Ventura and continuously cutting forward with the scythe in her hand, causing the nearby defensive formation to stagnate.

Then, her body twisted, attempting to directly penetrate the outer defense line and the formation defense to enter the core area.

When Karun established a defensive system with the formation as the core, it meant that the attacking side also had to break through in a process from the outside to the inside.

Muri seemed to have predicted that this would happen. The advantage of blocking at different levels was that it wouldn't be completely bypassed all at once. At this point, he rushed out from the side and slashed Kulesa's back, but Kulesa's body was very slippery, and the solid slash actually slid straight out, not only causing no damage, but also failing to ease his own momentum, and he was about to be thrown out.

However, at the moment his body was about to slip away, Muri's round shield stuck to Kulesa's back, directly sticking to it, stabilizing her figure, and Muri landed, his muscles quickly tensing, forcibly holding onto Kulesa's body.

Just this moment of obstruction, Memphis immediately repaired the formation, and the pressure of the six-layer defensive formation was directly applied to Kulesa, slowing her figure further, as if she had sunk into a quagmire.

At the same time, various negative attribute effects began to accurately accumulate on Kulesa, as if using a huge roller to roll back and forth on her.

Ventura turned around and ran back, not to hold Kulesa, but to hold Muri, using Muri as a nail to continue to pull Kulesa.

Bart approached with his sword, not to slash or stab, but to circle around Kulesa's neck, wrapping the sword around it, and the bone spurs on his arms locked the sword at both ends, pulling hard outward.

Kulesa's shell was very slippery, but Bart used a method similar to a saw, cutting at her neck.

Philomena did not join this battle, but kept a close eye on Sains, who was getting closer.

Sains raised his head, and his body was immediately covered by a layer of moonlight, the delicate and soft Moon Guardian armor covering him. The next moment, his figure flashed and entered the front area.

Philomena also moved, instantly closing the distance between her and Sains.

Sains raised the wand in his hand and swept it towards Philomena.

"Bang!"

Philomena was blocked back, but she immediately burst forth again, changing direction for another assault, and Sains swept his wand again, forcing Philomena to retreat once more.

However, Philomena did not give up, continuing to launch attacks against Sains non-stop, just to hinder his progress and create time for the rear to deal with the summoned beast.However, Philomena clearly sensed that the opponent in front of her didn't seem to be in a hurry.

Sains spoke, "You know, I don't like this kind of fighting style. It's old-fashioned, dogmatic, clichéd, and lacks originality. But this is the habit of your Order of the Gods, no, it's your tradition. After so many years, you are still the same."

Philomena was not interested in chatting with him, and once again launched an attack. But this time, the other party did not choose to block, but simply retreated to a safe distance, then looked at Philomena and smiled.

"Are you coming out to fight?"

Philomena ignored his "invitation" and stayed within the range of the formation, staring at him, and then stood still.

Behind them, the originally slippery and unimaginable shell of Kurisha finally began to show some cracks. The defensive power of this thing was truly astonishing!

Richard was puzzled, "Why is this thing so stupid? I feel a bit uneasy."

Karun glanced at Richard. He trusted his cousin's feelings, and more importantly, he also felt that Kurisha's performance was too rigid.

Could it be that the weakened version also had weakened intelligence?

A more normal choice would be to, after knowing that the first stage of the sneak attack had failed, quickly withdraw from this area and find a new opportunity, rather than staring in one direction like a mad bull, because this would eventually wear them down.

"Alfred, use the Enchanting Demon Eye!"

"Yes, young master!"

Alfred's Enchanting Demon Eye activated and observed the surroundings.

Memphis lowered his head, his left hand hidden in his sleeve, lost in thought.

Suddenly, Memphis seemed to realize something and directly kicked Richard away, while at the same time, threw a black leaf onto Mas.

Almost at the same time, a smaller silver Kurisha appeared behind Memphis, and a sickle came down.

In fact, after kicking Richard away, Memphis had already shifted positions and applied a layer of defensive black mist on himself. When the sickle fell, it only left a deep wound on his back.

All of this happened very quickly. If Memphis had been even a little late or had not applied his own defense, his body and soul might have been cut in half.

But even so, when Memphis landed after being kicked away, he let out a muffled groan, and the terrifying poison at the wound was spreading rapidly.

At the same time as the appearance of the silver Kurisha, the Kurisha that was trapped on the periphery quickly shriveled up. Muri, Ventula, and Bart were all stunned. They had been struggling with a layer of "molting" all along!

After the silver Kurisha knocked Memphis away with a sickle, the next blow fell on Mas. Just like Memphis before, a layer of black mist rose from Mas, and Alfred appeared in time to knock it away.

"Thud!"

A terrible scar was cut into Mas's chest, and he was sent flying, while Alfred's left arm was completely pierced by Kurisha's sickle.

Karun swung the Sword of Achilles at Kurisha, but when it struck Kurisha, the Sword of Achilles was deflected. This thing had an extremely high physical evasion rate.

Although Alfred was pierced by the sickle, he showed no signs of nervousness on his face. His eyes turned red, and he said in a deep voice, "Rage!"

Kurisha let out a low growl, its emotions affected. It raised the other sickle, wanting to completely split open the person in front of it who had affected its mind.

In fact, it could have pulled the sickle that was stuck in Alfred horizontally, which would likely have cut Alfred in half. But "anger" instinctively made it want to solve its prey in a more satisfying way.

In this way, Alfred saved his own life.

Because when Kurisha's sickle was about to fall, a series of Order chains bound it.

Karun spread his arms, and a series of Order chains were released from his body, completely wrapping Kurisha. Then, Karun slammed his fist on the ground, forcibly contracting the chains!

Kurisha also retreated, and Alfred fell to the ground. His arm was already a dark purple.

In the previous situation, it could be said that if there hadn't been an Uncle Eisen in the team who made a prediction and took emergency measures at the most critical moment, now "Memphis," "Richard," and "Mas" would have become three corpses.

If Mas hadn't received the black leaf from Memphis, he wouldn't have lasted until Alfred's rescue. He would have been dead by now.

But even so, the team had suddenly lost three formation mages... if Richard was counted;

Even if they didn't die, they were all seriously injured, and the poison was rapidly invading their bodies.

This Kurisha had actually succeeded. After no one controlled the formation, it stopped running, and the defense system that Karun's team relied on was directly broken.At this moment, Karun was forcibly dragging Kulisha alone, while Murina was preparing to bring Ventura and Bart over to help. However, Karun shouted directly:

"Keep an eye on that one, Philomina, come back!"

Without any hesitation, Murina turned and headed outside, leading Bart and Ventura to guard against Saines. Philomina quickly retreated, completing the switch in defense.

Saines, clad in guardian armor, just smiled and chose not to attack. Murina, on the other hand, took the initiative to strike. The defensive formation had been broken, and there was no point in a standoff. It was better to look for an opportunity here than to worry about the battles elsewhere.

Saines began to retreat, deliberately increasing the distance. He seemed unwilling to engage in a real tussle; he was quite fond of his own life.

Philomina's figure appeared beside the silver Kulisha.

"Its defenses are too formidable; trap it with a psychic method!" Karun yelled.

Philomina replied, "Understood."

Immediately, Philomina's figure soared, and although Kulisha was bound by Karun's Order Chains, she wasn't wrapped up tightly. Philomina found a gap, placed her palm on it, and closed her eyes, saying:

"Awaken!"

Philomina's awakening was actually an "entrance into a dream." In an instant, Kulisha, who had been struggling violently, calmed down, as if she too had fallen asleep.

Then, a smile appeared on Philomina's face, as if she were having a pleasant dream. She was using this method to tell Karun that she could control this summoned beast.

Karun began to ponder, what method could he use to destroy this thing? Or should he leave now to join Murina and help them take down that guy first?

However, the turn of events didn't give Karun much time to think.

"Heh heh."

Saines, who was rapidly retreating, let out a laugh, while lifting his wand. A black crescent at the tip of the wand ignited with flames.

"Hey, stop dreaming, Kulisha, wake up."

Flames ignited on the already sleeping Kulisha, her body began to tremble, as if she would wake up at any moment, and the flames seemed to be extending towards Philomina.

"Go, Xenti!"

Following Esli's command, Xenti dove down, arriving above Kulisha, opened her mouth, and with a fierce inhale, the flames on Kulisha were pulled up and sucked into Xenti's mouth.

The flames on Kulisha gradually weakened,

While Xenti was burned into a frenzied tremble.