Chapter 68: The Method to Break the Seal, the Tombstone!

"This is getting a bit tricky!"

Ye Chuyun wore a solemn expression.

Immediately afterward, flames erupted all over his body, raising the surrounding temperature and instantly dispelling the biting chill.

"Let's see if I can tie you down!"

With that thought, Ye Chuyun immediately activated his Wood-elemental talent.

Several pitch-black vines emerged from the ground, wrapping tightly around the Earth Witch Envoy's limbs, rendering it completely immobile.

His Wood-elemental talent was only at E-rank, and he had not learned any talent skills related to the wood element.

Therefore, he could barely manage to manipulate these vines to control the enemy.

Doing this also heavily consumed his mental energy.

Fortunately, the vines actually managed to restrain the Earth Witch Envoy.

Seeing this, a look of delight appeared on Ye Chuyun's face.

This would give him the chance to close in and deal a fatal blow.

However, in the very next second, the situation suddenly changed!

The Earth Witch Envoy let out a cold snort, and a red magical array rose beneath its feet, completely enveloping it and radiating a faint halo.

The vines instantly dissolved into wisps of black smoke and vanished.

At this sight, Ye Chuyun raised an eyebrow slightly.

This skill seemingly granted the user immunity to crowd control and damage, making them practically invincible.

Uncertain for now, he decided to observe further.

Following that, the Earth Witch Envoy launched another attack.

In an instant, countless firestorms, ice storms, and a domain of raging sand appeared, making Ye Chuyun's scalp tingle slightly.

"What the hell, this is totally cheating!"

Ye Chuyun felt like crying without tears.

Although the Earth Witch Envoy's combat power was evaluated at 10,000, which was lower than his own 12,000,

Ye Chuyun discovered that its talents and skills were utterly abnormal.

If those were factored in,

the Earth Witch Envoy's true combat power was easily over 13,000.

Ye Chuyun continuously dodged the onslaught of attacks.

At the same time, he tried having his clone cast skills like [Supreme Gold Shield], [Berserk], and [Enhancement] to boost its combat power,

hoping to ignore the skill attacks and rush straight toward the Earth Witch Envoy for a desperate trade of lives.

However, Ye Chuyun had thought too simply.

Enduring various skill barrages, his clone rushed right up to the Earth Witch Envoy, leaped high into the air, and raised the rune greatsword high, preparing to bring it down!

Judging by its frail appearance, the Earth Witch Envoy was probably a squishy mage.

Its physical defense and strength surely couldn't be that high.

Yet in the next second, the Earth Witch Envoy once again deployed its invincibility skill, neutralizing the clone's attack.

Simultaneously, it drew a massive greatsword from out of nowhere and batted the clone away with a single sweep.

The clone slammed heavily onto the ground, once again subjected to a frantic bombardment of skills,

and promptly kicked the bucket.

Ye Chuyun: ......

He had just encountered someone even more cunning than himself.

He didn't even know what to say anymore.

"How on earth am I supposed to deal with it??"

Amidst the panic, Ye Chuyun noticed a strange detail.

From start to finish, the Earth Witch Envoy hadn't moved an inch.

Even when the clone had charged right up to its face, it still hadn't moved.

"Could it be...?"

A bold idea arose in Ye Chuyun's mind.

To test his hypothesis, he gritted his teeth, summoned his Wind-Feather Wings, and soared up into the sky.

"Oh no!"

The Earth Witch Envoy's expression changed as well.

He hadn't expected this human to figure it out.

As soon as Ye Chuyun flew into the sky, he noticed that the light swords which should have appeared showed no reaction whatsoever.

He was instantly ecstatic!

"Just as I thought, the light swords are gone!"

"Hahaha, I never expected your weakness to be right here, Earth Witch Envoy!"

Previously, Ye Chuyun had assumed that flying into the sky would trigger those light swords to attack him,

and the same rule seemed to apply on the mountain peak.

That had been his preconceived notion.

He hadn't expected that once he reached the summit, those light swords would cease to appear.

This must be the path to survival.

Once airborne, the Earth Witch Envoy's various attacks could no longer reach Ye Chuyun,

and he could finally launch a counterattack!

"Let's see how long you can fly. The moment you land will be your doom!"

The Earth Witch Envoy glared fiercely at Ye Chuyun in the sky and let out a soft snort.

"Hahaha, you don't need to worry about that; I can fly for as long as I want."

High in the air, Ye Chuyun observed calmly.

Although he had found a way to evade the Earth Witch Envoy's attacks,

he knew he still had no way to deal with the opponent for the time being,

as his own attacks couldn't reach it either.

He wondered if the B-rank Titan had encountered this Earth Witch Envoy.

If so, how had the Titan defeated it?

One had to remember that the Titan's combat power was much lower than his own.

If the Titan could eliminate this Earth Witch Envoy,

it meant there had to be an easy way to destroy it.

Taking advantage of the time spent flying in the air, Ye Chuyun began to survey the terrain of the entire mountain peak.

The entire summit was completely flat terrain,

allowing every single detail of the scenery to be taken in at a glance.

"Huh? What is that?"

Suddenly, Ye Chuyun noticed that about a hundred meters away from the Earth Witch Envoy, a tombstone wreathed in black mist stood out abruptly.

There were other tombstones scattered elsewhere as well,

each engraved with bizarre patterns,

but other than that, there was nothing unusual about them.

"Could there be some connection between these tombstones and the Earth Witch Envoy?"

Sensing that something was amiss, the Earth Witch Envoy felt a jolt of panic upon realizing that the human had noticed the tombstones.

However, it could not afford to show any panic at this moment,

otherwise the human would immediately realize something was wrong.

It could only remain silent.

Yet when Ye Chuyun saw the Earth Witch Envoy clam up, his eyes lit up brightly.

This Earth Witch Envoy had some intelligence, but not much.

By staying silent right now, wasn't it practically confirming that the tombstones had some special connection to it?

"Not talking, huh? Take this!"

Ye Chuyun immediately flew above the tombstone closest to the Earth Witch Envoy and brought his sword down with a slash.

"Stop!!"

Seeing this, the Earth Witch Envoy's expression altered drastically, and it reached out in a futile attempt to stop him.

Yet it found itself completely unable to move, and its skill attacks couldn't target Ye Chuyun either.

It could only watch helplessly as the true qi unleashed by Ye Chuyun effortlessly cleaved through the tombstone.

The tombstone shattered instantly into several pieces.

Immediately afterward, the Earth Witch Envoy also fractured into pieces, emitting a cry of agonizing pain.

The mournful howl echoed across the entire mountain peak before finally dissolving into starlight.

"Hahaha, I guessed right!"

"Destroying the tombstones is the key to destroying the Earth Witch Envoy!"

Upon defeating the Earth Witch Envoy, a Book of Inheritance and a Heavenly Sin Forging Blueprint dropped.

After picking them up, Ye Chuyun cast his gaze toward the remaining black stone tablets.

If he wasn't mistaken, every single tombstone must be harboring an Earth Witch Envoy.

He might as well destroy them all and solve the problem at its root.

With that thought, Ye Chuyun smiled, his back-mounted Wind-Feather Wings beating steadily as he flew toward the other tombstones.