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Countless human squads clashed with the vast Frozen Fishman horde in chaotic combat.

However, Jiang Kai quickly realized that the Frozen Fishmen weren't overly focused on tangling with these peripheral squads. Typically, only one or two Frozen Fishmen would engage the human, while the rest would bypass them.

Their goal was clear: to protect their leader.

But things didn't unfold as Jiang Kai had anticipated.

Contrary to his expectations, the arriving squads weren't merely stalling the Frozen Fishmen haphazardly; instead, they were fighting with everything they had.

"Hold off as many as you can! Make sure the Tortoise takes as little damage as possible!" shouted a captain nearby, his insignia marked with Sky Sword Guild—Red Sword Squad.

On the other side, a seven-member squad managed to hold back four Frozen Fishmen.

"A kil, stall two more!" bellowed a middle-aged man. "Those Black Tortoise bastards better kill the boss this time and get the skull, or I'll lose all respect for them."

The emblem on his chest read Glory—Thousand Mile Squad.

Even the smaller, lesser-known guild teams were doing their utmost to block the Frozen Fishman horde.

Seeing this, Jiang Kai couldn't help but feel a pang of emotion.

Globally, Huaxia ranked fifth among the territorial zones, and it seemed that all Huaxia residents were deeply dissatisfied with this ranking.

Perhaps it was this sentiment that fostered a unique sense of unity within the Huaxia zone.

While it was possible to kill other players and steal their experience, major guilds were forbidden from sabotaging one another during King-level boss hunts. No one interfered, no one attempted to steal bosses, and many squads even came to help eliminate the lesser mobs.

There were no official laws enforcing this—just an unspoken rule that everyone abided by.

The majority of Huaxia's people wanted to see their zone rise higher in the global rankings.

A mature Frozen Fishman lunged toward Jiang Kai, with four or five others attempting to slip past him.

Suddenly, Jiang Kai pulled out a flaming throwing dart. With a flick of his wrist, the Quenched Flame Chasing Nine Tribulations flew toward the Frozen Fishman group.

The dart ignited an area of four to five meters, rapidly setting the nearby Frozen Fishmen ablaze.

Within seconds, what had been small flickers of flame exploded into roaring infernos, reducing five Frozen Fishmen to ash almost instantly.

Several nearby squads glanced over in astonishment.

"What… what kind of technique is that? How could it be so terrifying?"

But this wasn't the place for conversation. After a moment of shock, they quickly returned to fighting alongside their teammates.

Jiang Kai retrieved his dart and shook his head. "General Wei always said to keep the bigger picture in mind. Let's just consider this a chance to level up."

The battle raged on for about twenty minutes. Jiang Kai alone had killed over a hundred Frozen Fishmen.

Meanwhile, Hu Yan and Ruan Yu focused on collecting the corpse cards, despite the burnt and charred remains. The sheer number of bodies meant they could still fetch a decent sum.

As Jiang Kai finished off another three Frozen Fishmen, a thunderous boom echoed from behind him. He turned quickly toward Eternal Frozen Island.

The island had become a blood-soaked battlefield.

Black Tortoise Guild was already grappling with elite-tier and higher Frozen Fishmen, and now thousands more had broken through the outer defenses.

The Black Tortoise Guild swiftly restructured their formation.

Their new setup consisted of three concentric circles, with the Frozen Fishman Lord at the center, dividing the battlefield into four zones.

The outermost fourth ring was tasked with holding back the Frozen Fishman horde breaking through the defenses.

The third ring focused on battling elite and general-tier Frozen Fishmen.

The second ring contended with commander-tier Frozen Fishmen.

And the innermost first ring? That was the Frozen Fishman Lord's combat zone.

The earlier thunderous boom had come from the Frozen Fishman Lord itself.

With a piercing whale-like roar, it slammed its golden trident into the ground, shaking the entirety of Eternal Frozen Island.

"That's its first-stage skill: Frozen Fishman's Touch!" Hu Yan exclaimed. "Based on past battles, this means Black Tortoise has already taken down one-third of its health."

The Frozen Fishman Lord's back suddenly split open, revealing countless writhing tentacles that lashed out wildly, attacking everything in range.

Despite Black Tortoise Guild's extensive preparations and tactical planning, the tentacles still inflicted significant damage.

Those struck by the tentacles were either sent flying or severely injured if they managed to defend themselves. Those without defenses—particularly non-combat professions—were outright torn in half.

The tentacles rampaged for seven to eight seconds, reducing Black Tortoise Guild's innermost defensive circle by one-third.

"Damn, that skill is brutal!" Jiang Kai couldn't help but suck in a breath.

Even high-level experts struggled to withstand the Frozen Fishman Lord's abilities.

Fortunately, Black Tortoise Guild had anticipated this attack and evacuated their healers in time.

Jiang Kai's attention returned to the human expert he'd been observing earlier.

That man had deftly evaded several tentacle strikes and was now launching a counterattack against the Frozen Fishman Lord.

"That guy is insanely strong," Jiang Kai remarked in genuine admiration.

"That's Jiang Fang," Hu Yan explained. "He's the strongest member of Black Tortoise Guild's Jiangzhou branch. Rumor has it he's a Transcendent Tier Five, maybe even Tier Six. His job is to hold the Frozen Fishman Lord's aggro. If he fails and the Lord goes out of control, everyone except the War God Hall members will be wiped out."

"Jiang Fang… Transcendent Tier Five or Six… No wonder he's so powerful. Jiang Kai murmured, committing the name to memory.

After ten seconds of chaotic tentacle attacks, the Frozen Fishman Lord seemed to slow down, perhaps due to the energy expenditure.

This marked the end of the first phase.

With the immediate danger passed, the evacuated healers quickly returned to tend to the wounded, stabilizing the situation.

Jiang Kai, however, was running low on resources.

He could no longer use Quenched Flame Chasing Nine Tribulations and had to rely on regular throwing darts to pick off enemies one by one.

The other squads weren't faring much better. Many had suffered casualties, and even the survivors looked exhausted.

Fortunately, the number of Frozen Fishmen on the outer battlefield was dwindling, and the pressure on the human defensive line began to ease.

"Twenty minutes to take down one-third of its health… Boss fights really are a test of endurance," Jiang Kai muttered, reflecting on his own limitations. His stats simply weren't high enough to sustain such prolonged combat.

About twenty-five minutes later, the Frozen Fishman horde on the ice lake had been mostly dealt with, and the human defensive line held firm.

But just as things began to stabilize, the Frozen Fishman Lord entered its second phase.

The Lord plunged its trident into the ice, sending faint blue light coursing up the weapon's shaft and into its body.

"The second phase: Power Absorption!" Hu Yan quickly explained. "It's using the trident to draw energy from the ice lake. Soon, it'll enter a berserk state, with massive boosts to all attributes. This phase is the ultimate test for Jiang Fang and the other War God Hall experts. If they fall, Black Tortoise loses."

The Frozen Fishman Lord completed its energy absorption.

Its skin turned blood-red, muscles bulged grotesquely, and the tentacles on its back began lashing out again, more frenzied than before.

This version of the Frozen Fishman Lord was a completely different beast.

"Can Jiang Fang handle this?" Jiang Kai wondered aloud, his eyes fixed on the figure.

At that moment, Jiang Fang leaped over ten meters into the air.

A faint silver glow emanated from his armor, rippling like waves before settling into a steady sheen.

"That's Jiang Fang's Transcendent Talent!" Ruan Yu exclaimed, practically entranced. "Battle Intent Armor!"

"Transcendent Talent?" Jiang Kai repeated, surprised. This was the first time he had witnessed one.

Ruan Yu nodded, his gaze still locked on Jiang Fang.

"By surpassing the limits of the mortal body, battle intent manifests into a physical form. Fueled by endless willpower, one transcends into sainthood!"

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