77: Xiao Long Jiang came out.

[Damage: -8,099!]

"F*ck!"

Undefeated Monarch's face turned green with fright. His health was in the red, with only a sliver of life remaining. Had the Netherworld Water Demon's attack been even slightly higher, he would have been sent packing.

If not for the Body Strengthening Technique bestowed by Bai Tian earlier, which increased his maximum health by 20%, he wouldn't have been able to withstand even a single normal attack from the Netherworld Water Demon.

In this critical moment, he decisively used an invincibility scroll, temporarily escaping the danger.

"Sorry, sorry!"

The black man, Bu Ye, quickly drew the Netherworld Water Demon's attention to himself, while casting an awkward and apologetic smirk toward Undefeated Monarch.

Undefeated Monarch took the opportunity to retreat to where Divine Radiance was located, temporarily giving up on attacking the Netherworld Water Demon.

Although the Netherworld Water Demon was smart enough to stop attacking Bai Tian, the damage output from Bai Tian and his teammates was still considerable, dealing 4,000+ damage per second to the Netherworld Water Demon.

However, for the Netherworld Water Demon, which still had over 3.8 million health, this was not yet a fatal threat.

Bai Tian was not satisfied with this and was considering whether to use the ultimate Cold Abyss Blessing to boost the team's attack power.

At this time, the enraged Netherworld Water Demon launched a frenzied attack on Bu Ye.

It unleashed its Dragon Tail Sweep skill, slamming Bu Ye away and dealing a terrifying -15,897 damage.

However, thanks to Bai Tian's Body Strengthening Technique, Bu Ye's vitality had Bu Ye increased by 20%, bringing his total health to over 20,000, allowing him to successfully withstand this fatal blow.

Subsequently, Bai Tian precisely cast an augmented Healing Spell, instantly restoring Bu Ye's lost vitality.

This action completely infuriated the Netherworld Water Demon.

While it didn't dare to attack Bai Tian, Bu Ye became a thorn in its side.

Because Bu Ye had Bai Tian's powerful healing support, the Netherworld Water Demon was unable to kill him.

The Netherworld Water Demon wanted to attack Undefeated Monarch and Divine Radiance, but its aggro was firmly locked onto Bu Ye.

This unvented rage drove the Netherworld Water Demon into a complete frenzy.

After a roar, it suddenly leapt from the water, reaching a height of over ten meters.

Its gills began to swell violently as a massive amount of water elements gathered there.

Clearly, driven to madness, the Netherworld Water Demon was preparing to release an even more powerful skill attack.

Seeing this, Divine Radiance's beautiful face tensed up, and she prepared to use a control skill, intending to interrupt the Netherworld Water Demon's casting.

Bu Ye and Undefeated Monarch were doing the same.

However, Bai Tian's eyes flickered, and he hurriedly stopped them: "Don't interrupt it. Run quickly, or find a way to protect yourselves."

Clearly, 'Monstrous Raging Waves' was an AoE ultimate move, and Bai Tian had been waiting for such an opportunity.

Upon hearing Bai Tian's instructions, Divine Radiance and the other two decisively chose not to run away or interrupt the Netherworld Water Demon's casting. Instead, they went all out to attack the Netherworld Water Demon, striving to maximize their damage output.

However, the Netherworld Water Demon's casting had finished.

—"Boom!"

With a loud crash, the hundred-meter-high waterfall suddenly stopped flowing. The water level in the pool rose frantically by dozens of meters, forming a dark, oppressive tide.

Immediately following that, this tide surged toward the four of them like a mountain toppling into the sea.

Facing this terrifying skill attack, Bai Tian decisively cast the Cold Abyss Shield, which could absorb 160,000 damage.

At the same time, Divine Radiance and the other two each crushed an invincibility scroll for self-protection.

Even though the four had prepared themselves, the power of those monstrous waves was still enough to split mountains and crack the earth.

Under this horrific attack, only Bai Tian chose to tank it head-on.

[Absorbed Damage: -24,859!]

[Control Effect: Invalid!]

[80x Rebound: -1.99 million!]

He had originally thought the Netherworld Water Demon's ultimate move would be extremely powerful, but he hadn't expected its damage to actually be inferior to its Dragon Tail Sweep.

Despite rebounding 1.99 million of the Netherworld Water Demon's health, Bai Tian still felt a bit disappointed.

In fact, however, this skill of the Netherworld Water Demon was extremely vicious.

While its single-target burst was not as good as Dragon Tail Sweep, it was an area-of-effect skill and carried a continuous control effect.

While Bai Tian was under the effect of the Cold Abyss Shield, he could ignore most control effects, so he only took the first wave of damage and failed to experience the damage brought by the subsequent continuous control.

—"Awoo!"

The Netherworld Water Demon let out a heart-wrenching cry of terror. Having lost 1.99 million health from the Rebound, its vitality had plummeted to only a bit over a million.

At this moment, this magical beast, which possessed a certain level of intelligence, was filled with infinite fear. It didn't even want its Companion Spiritual Herb anymore and rushed toward the shore, attempting to flee the scene.

The Netherworld Water Demon fled with all its might, kicking up surging waves with an intimidating momentum.

"Oh no! The BOSS is escaping."

"Bu Ye, hurry and hold it back."

While Undefeated Monarch and Divine Radiance urged Bu Ye, the two of them Bu Ye moved quickly, trying to find a way to keep the fleeing Netherworld Water Demon there.

However, the Netherworld Water Demon's speed was extremely fast and difficult to catch.

Just as the Netherworld Water Demon was about to leave the pool and escape to the shore, a small, pale blue figure suddenly appeared in front of it.

—"Roar!"

A childish Corpse Howl rang out.

The Netherworld Water Demon didn't want to pay any attention to this little fellow, but under the influence of the Little Dragon Zombie's Corpse Howl skill, its aggro was forcibly locked, causing it to launch an attack at him.

However, the Little Dragon Zombie showed no fear and didn't retreat an inch; instead, he actively collided with the Netherworld Water Demon.

[Critical Damage: -22,316!]

The Netherworld Water Demon dealt over 20,000 critical damage to the Little Dragon Zombie.

However, the Little Dragon Zombie's health bar didn't decrease in the slightest.

On the contrary, after the Netherworld Water Demon launched its attack, its entire body suddenly stiffened as if it were frozen. Its remaining million-plus health was instantly cleared.

After letting out a mournful cry, it fell straight onto the water's surface, kicking up a large spray of water.

—"(Ding-dong!)"

"(Congratulations to your team for defeating an Elite Boss above your level. You have received a large number of rewards...)"

It turned out that the Little Dragon Zombie's Corpse Howl skill could not only forcibly attract aggro, but its other skill, Share Link, Bu Ye allowed it to share damage with its master.

Therefore, the Netherworld Water Demon's attack actually acted upon Bai Tian as well, resulting in it being directly defeated by the 80x Rebound damage.

The moment the Netherworld Water Demon fell, an energy light arrow shot out through the air, illuminating the area near the Netherworld Water Demon's corpse.

This was the handiwork of Divine Radiance.

Instantly, three foreign-clothed assassins who were attempting to fish in troubled waters and steal the loot were revealed by the light arrow.

Before they could react, they were shot and killed one by one by Divine Radiance's sharp methods.

"Beautiful!"

Bai Tian gave Divine Radiance a thumbs up.

A hint of shyness appeared on the latter's face, making her even more bright and moving.

Then she regained her composure and continued to stay alert to the movements around them.

The harvest from defeating the Netherworld Water Demon was extremely bountiful.

The massive amount of experience points caused Bai Tian to level up directly to 27, while his pet Little Dragon Zombie Bu Ye leveled up to 15 in one breath.

Undefeated Monarch in the team Bu Ye instantly rose to level 20. If not for the restriction of not having completed his Second Transfer, he would have even had the chance to reach level 21.

Divine Radiance and Bu Ye each leveled up once, reaching level 23.

But the even greater harvest was the items dropped by the Netherworld Water Demon; this was a triple drop rate, after all.