Chapter 18: The Transformed Death Knight and the Advantageous Range of Wind Magic!

Hissss!
The plague black water that bound the ankles of all the professionals.
Under the scorching blaze of the dragon’s breath,
It instantly dissolved into specks of black vapor,
Drifting away into the air, vanishing without a trace!
Everyone was freed!
They all saw it too—high above in the sky, that figure resembling a god!
Indeed, in their eyes, anyone capable of wielding such a terrifying magic to instantly dispel all plague and darkness was nothing less than their savior!
High above,
Lin Yi exhaled deeply.
Damn, after all that speeding and rushing,
Luckily, he made it in time!
That Death Knight—thankfully, he wasn’t dead.
The moment Lin Yi saw the Death Knight Ravendale, he didn’t hesitate at all.
He immediately unleashed an instant cast of Heavenly Flame Dragon Breath.
He feared that the professionals down below, surrounding the boss, might snatch the kill.
If discussing which of his skills currently dealt the highest damage, it was undoubtedly the Heavenly Flame Dragon Breath.
Moreover, this skill was straightforward, with no cumbersome casting delay—
Just a simple dragon’s breath strike,
Delivering a devastating blow.
Besides, Lin Yi wasn’t a bloodthirsty maniac.
With his current mastery over fire elements, he could unleash Heavenly Flame Dragon Breath to annihilate all monsters
Without harming a single professional nearby.
That’s why those thousands of desperate professionals suffered not the slightest injury despite facing such a ferocious seventh-tier dragon breath!
After the dragon breath faded, Lin Yi’s eyes narrowed slightly.
Hmm?
Still alive?
Not even much blood lost?
This boss was formidable indeed!
Lin Yi was surprised.
He had thought one Heavenly Flame Dragon Breath might not kill the Death Knight,
But at least it would take half his health, right?
Now it seemed even multiple blasts might not suffice.
Lin Yi stared at Death Knight Ravendale.
Under the influence of the All-Seeing Eye,
His information quickly appeared before Lin Yi:
Death Knight Ravendale (Mutated)
Level: LV. 200
Rank: King Tier
Race: Undead
Health: 9,970,000 / 10,000,000
Mana: 100,000 / 100,000
Strength: 15,800
Spirit: 8,000
Agility: 8,000
Endurance: 15,800
Active Skills: Undead Army, Plague Wave, Death Spirit Slash, Death Grip, Charge, Corpse Explosion.
Passive Skills: Undead Will, Immortal Body (Mutated)
Weakness: Holy Light Damage
Lin Yi was stunned.
Level 200?
Wasn’t it supposed to be level 60?
How did its level suddenly increase so much?
Of course, Lin Yi noticed the word “Mutated” on the info panel.
But he had never heard of this mechanism before in any textbook.
Hmm, was this an enhanced version of the boss?
Yet, one Heavenly Flame Dragon Breath only dealt 30,000 damage—Lin Yi found it hard to understand.
Fortunately, with the All-Seeing Eye, Lin Yi quickly discovered the clue in the Death Knight’s skills.
The problem lay in the passive skill Immortal Body (Mutated).
Immortal Body (Mutated)
Type: Passive Skill
Grade: Seventh Tier
Effect: The power of the abyss strengthens your body, granting you extraordinary damage resilience!
All damage you receive, except from Holy Light, is reduced by 50%, and the maximum damage you take from a single hit is capped at 9,999 points.
You regenerate 5,000 health points per second.
This passive skill was almost godlike.
The scariest part was the single hit damage cap—less than 10,000 points per strike.
No wonder one Heavenly Flame Dragon Breath only caused that little damage.
Even the high single-hit damage from the dragon breath was limited to 9,999 points; the rest of the health lost came from burn damage over time.
After reading Death Knight Ravendale’s incredible passive skill,
Lin Yi suddenly felt relieved.
Good thing he had upgraded his wind magic yesterday.
Otherwise, he really wouldn’t have had any way to deal with this guy today.
Indeed, compared to focusing solely on one elemental path, a balanced multi-element development greatly enhanced combat power.
Lin Yi had previously looked down on wind magic, mainly because...
It felt weak.
For example, comparing basic third-tier spells:
Triple Flame Spear’s three hits, even without his current attributes or equipment, dealt over ten thousand damage.
But the Nine Wind Blades’ nine hits barely reached 5,000 damage.
Although fast and repetitive, it was too weak overall.
But now the situation was different.
Facing a Death Knight Ravendale who could withstand massive single-hit damage, the wind element’s multi-hit attacks were invaluable!

…
Several minutes earlier.
Azure City.
The Professional Alliance Building.
The hall was orderly as usual, with various professionals coming in for consultations and errands.
But in the conference room, countless high-ranking members of Azure City’s Professional Alliance
Were already drenched in sweat.
“We can’t handle it!”
“Absolutely can’t!”
“Looking at all the data of mutated world bosses in our Great Xia’s wildlands over the past century, their levels generally increase by at least threefold.”
“That means the current world boss in the Silent Wasteland is at least level 180!”
“I’ve been saying all along, once the only world boss around Azure City mutates, it’s a ticking time bomb!”
“I didn’t expect it to happen so fast!”
Everyone attending looked ashen.
The large screen in the conference room showed the fully mutated Death Knight.
No one had a crisis response plan.
In the end, the chairman of Azure City’s Professional Alliance, seated at the head, made the final decision.
“I have already sent a request for assistance to the Professional Alliance Headquarters in Tianhai City. They are dispatching a sixth-tier professional who is on their way!”
“But from Tianhai to Azure, even he will take two hours to arrive.”
“In these two hours, we must evacuate the civilians and resist the undead army summoned by the mutated Death Knight.”
“If we fail, it will be a great disaster for Azure!”
The vice chairman, a balding man, was dumbfounded upon hearing the evacuation order.
“But… Chairman!”
“Sending out the alarm now might cause panic among the citizens. What if something goes wrong…”
Before he could finish, he was abruptly cut off.
“If the Silent Wasteland’s plague and corruption spread to Azure, it won’t just be your official position at risk—it’ll be whether you spend your remaining life working on a sewing machine!”
“Are you really that stupid, or just desperate to improve?”
The old chairman’s cold glare spared no mercy.
His reprimand humiliated the balding vice chairman before everyone.
“Issue a level-one alert, then notify the city defense forces to prepare for evacuation!”
“Now. Do it immediately!”
As Azure City’s leaders decided on evacuation,
The entire city was filled with piercing alarm sirens.
Countless professionals received regional broadcasts,
Just like when the Molten Flame Demon was summoned in Jiang City by Lin Yi.
They simply had no means to handle such high-level, high-rank monsters!
They could only wait for the true heroes of East Jiang Province to arrive!