As soon as the Blood Lord retreated, Gu Chen administered a health potion.
After the sacrifice, the Red Priest was terrifying. Over twenty Blood Lord guards were instantly annihilated as soon as they entered the Death Echo's range.
With this kind of damage, even the Blood Lord wouldn't be able to withstand it.
"We mustn't enter its ability range."
The most important thing now is to buy time for the Nightmare Overlord. Skill cooldowns are tied to stamina. As long as we can restore more stamina, we can trap the Red Priest in a deep dream.
"Roar!"
The Red Priest let out a shrill howl, and then, figures suddenly appeared within the sanctuary, the temple guards spawning once more.
And this time, there weren't just a dozen or so, but a whole swarm, so densely packed they were impossible to count!
The guards were all out!
Hordes of temple guards rushed toward Gu Chen like mad, their screams echoing in all directions.
"Retreat!"
Without a second thought, Gu Chen turned and fled with his two summoned beasts.
In this situation, the only option was to fight back. Otherwise, once the temple guards blocked the path and the Red Priest got close, there would be no escape.
The Red Priest had already set his sights on the Blood Lord. With his incredible speed, he caught up in the blink of an eye.
The Nightmare Lord turned, and a dark shadow flew out of it, quickly landing on the Red Priest, pinning him to the ground.
Nightmare servants had no health points; they were essentially just a form of skill, so they couldn't be killed. They could only be dispelled using skills like Purification.
While the Red Priest was trapped, the Nightmare servants and the Blood Lord killed the surrounding guards and quickly retreated with Gu Chen. Honestly, Gu Chen's back was already covered in cold sweat.
The Red Priest had summoned so many guards, so densely packed they practically surrounded the entire sanctuary.
The Blood Lord and the Nightmare Lord slaughtered them all along the way, leaving the ground littered with corpses, but they couldn't stop such a terrifying number.
The two summoned beasts protected Gu Chen in the middle, retreating while attacking the guards blocking their path.
A black mist swirled around the Nightmare Lord, blazing like black flames. Every time it appeared and disappeared, it killed a guard entangled by its Nightmare minions.
However, its killing efficiency was still far too slow. Facing the frantic influx of the Fallen Guardians, its speed was completely ineffective.
The Nightmare Lord was seething with rage. This was his debut battle, and he hadn't expected to find himself in such a predicament.
Enemies surrounded him on all sides, leaving him with virtually no escape.
"Alright, that's enough."
Suddenly, Gu Chen stopped retreating, halting his steps and letting out a long sigh of relief.
"What's alright? Run! If you don't, the Red Priest will catch up."
The four people in the dream, perplexed and bewildered, saw this.
Gu Chen's gaze fell on the Nightmare Lord.
To be more precise, it was on the orb surrounding the Nightmare Lord.
Ever since the Nightmare Lord killed the guard, Gu Chen had been keeping an eye on the number of Whisper of the Dead stacks.
Now, it had reached exactly 20, the maximum.
One stack of Whisper of the Dead grants a 5% bonus to all attributes, while 20 stacks brings it to 100%, doubling all attributes!
Gu Chen nodded, and the Nightmare Lord activated the orb's effect without hesitation.
A dark light emanated from the orb, illuminating the Nightmare Lord.
The next moment, a surge of black mist enveloped the Nightmare Overlord, his attributes skyrocketing, and his size doubled.
"Die!"
The Nightmare Overlord soared into the air, roaring furiously. A barely perceptible pale gray energy spread outward, centered around Gu Chen.
[Deep Dream]
Under the effects of the Necromancer's Sphere, the Nightmare Overlord's attributes doubled, his energy surged, and he rebuilt the Deep Dream.
Around Gu Chen, the several Fallen Guards who had charged forward suddenly crumbled like crumbling building blocks, turning into rubble.
[Necromancer's Sphere effect activated, Nightmare Overlord gains a 100% bonus to all attributes, lasting 1 minute.]
Although it was only 1 minute, it was more than enough for the Nightmare Overlord.
The guards trapped within the Deep Dream had no resistance. Whether they were level 5 guards or level 10 guards, they were all crushed into rubble by the terrifying dream force.
The only difference is the duration they last a few seconds.
[Kill the Fallen Guardian Elite LV.6, +589 EXP]
[Kill the Fallen Guardian Elite LV.10, +1080 EXP]
[Kill the Fallen Guardian Elite LV.9, +923 EXP]
[Kill the Fallen Guardian Elite LV.7, +694 EXP]
A series of kill notifications appeared before Gu Chen's eyes, and his experience bar skyrocketed. In just ten seconds, it had already soared by over two thousand!
He would soon reach Level 9.
Looking at the numerous fallen Guardians dead, Gu Chen felt secretly pleased, but he also knew that the Nightmare Overlord could only hold out for one minute.
If he wasted his attacks on these minions, the Red Priest would be gone once the one-minute limit was up.
"Kill the Red Priest!" Gu Chen shouted immediately.
Black mist swirled around the Nightmare Overlord, and his Nightmare minions transformed into shadows, instantly wrapping around the Red Priest.
One shadow dealt double the damage, ten times the damage. This was the current limit of the [Nightmare Haunting] skill.
In the deep dream, the Red Priest's form began to distort and blur.
After the Nightmare Overlord's attributes doubled, [Deep Dream] unleashed ten times the sustained damage!
The Red Priest's health bar plummeted at a visible rate.
Its body was constantly twisted, crushed, and blurred, shattering into a pile of red debris, just like the Fallen Guardians before it.
Kill the Red Priest Elite LV15, gain +2731 experience.
[Obtained the trophy, Priest's Robe LV10 [Rare]]
[Obtained the trophy, Priest's Tome LV10 [Rare]]
[Obtained the trophy, Priest's Pants LV10 [Rare]]
[Level Up]
[Level: LV9 (122/6900)]
[Strength: 117]
[Agility: 116]
[Constitution: 123]
[Spirit: 124]
[Summoned Beasts: Bloodline Lord LV9 [Legendary★], Nightmare Lord LV9 [Epic★]]
[Talent - Currently obtains one Dark Bloodline]
Level 9. One more level brings you to Level 10, allowing you to contract a third summoned beast.
Gu Chen didn't rush to activate his talent. Just like at level 4, he wouldn't use the Dark Bloodline for now, saving it for his third summoned beast.
Then, he looked at the three pieces of equipment he'd acquired.
The Priest's Robe, Priest's Book, and Priest's Trousers—three rare level 10 items.
This was already considered upper-middle quality, and it was a set. If it were listed on a trading platform, it would definitely be worth over a million.
And it was the kind that would be instantly sold the moment it was listed.