A dense swarm of Rock Lizards fell from the sky like dumplings dropping randomly.
Their scattered landing rendered any formation useless, instantly putting the entire team’s backline in grave danger.
Seeing the Rock Lizards crawling all around, Chen Xiaoyan’s face darkened.
She shouted sharply, “Fall back and form a circle to protect the healers!”
Hongchen Rumeng had just activated her invincible state when she heard Chen Xiaoyan’s voice.
She turned to see the three healers surrounded by monsters, her expression instantly changing.
With a move of Canglong Break, she charged forward.
“Liudao, fall back and protect the healers.”
If the healers went down, none of them would survive.
Liudao swept wildly in all directions, knocking nearby Rock Lizards away, then followed Hongchen Rumeng with a Canglong Break.
Within a certain range, although Mu Qingxue and the others were closest, the Rock Lizards ignored them and instead headed straight for the healers.
Mu Qingxue furrowed her delicate brows, instantly teleporting forward with her sword raised, unleashing Sword Shadow Cold Light amidst the Rock Lizards.
The level 10 Rock Lizards only lost half a bar of health from Sword Shadow Cold Light, even with Qinghong Sword equipped.
She was somewhat surprised.
She hadn’t expected these level 10 minor monsters to be so tanky.
The Rock Lizards ignored Mu Qingxue’s attacks and scrambled frantically toward Chen Xiaoyan and the others.
Unable to draw aggro?
Mu Qingxue’s face turned pale.
This made no sense—why couldn’t she draw aggro?
The number of Rock Lizards swarming around the healers quickly surpassed a hundred.
She grew anxious and immediately stopped attacking, swiftly moving in front of Chen Xiaoyan’s group.
Soon, Liu Yue, Hongchen, and Liudao arrived as well.
“These monsters are weird. I can’t draw aggro. Their only target seems to be the healers,” Mu Qingxue said gravely.
“Damn, smart little buggers. Smarter than the monsters in Monster Village by far,” Hongchen Rumeng complained.
Chen Xiaoyan, Chongchong, and Xianyun healed each other.
That sudden heavenly justice drop just now had dealt them significant damage.
“Li Yuan Sword Formation!”
A huge Yin-Yang Bagua diagram rose beneath Liu Yue’s feet, enveloping all creatures within ten meters.
“Damage dealers, go!”
Hearing Liu Yue’s command, Mu Qingxue and Sanxue immediately unleashed a combo.
“Trace-Free Sword Qi!”
“Sword Shadow Cold Light”
The ten nearest Rock Lizards instantly died, and the remaining twenty-something were left with slivers of health.
After the skills were used, they switched to normal attacks until the Li Yuan Sword Formation expired, then retreated.
“Shence on top!”
“Okay!”
Hongchen Rumeng and Liudao charged forward, wielding their long spears to attack.
The Rock Lizards they’d knocked away quickly got back up, wiggling their butts as they crawled back toward Chen Xiaoyan’s group.
“Captain, I still can’t draw aggro,” Hongchen Rumeng complained bitterly.
“Fall back, fall back. Let’s fight with our backs to the wall,” Chen Xiaoyan instructed, leading them toward the mountainside wall.
Facing the wall with their backs was to prevent a pincer attack.
Right now, the only priority was whether they could hold the frontline.
“I’ll handle Shence; you guys focus on damage output.”
Chongchong and Xianyun both nodded.
Mu Qingxue, Liu Yue, and the others cleaned up the Rock Lizards breaking through the frontline, with only a handful reaching the healers.
However, a few Rock Lizards weren’t enough to cause real damage.
Because Tianxiang’s healing skills also healed herself when restoring teammates.
So the damage from just a few was negligible.
“Damage dealers, try to clear the monsters in front of us whenever you get a chance,” Chen Xiaoyan reminded.
If they allowed a few at a time to pile up, eventually they’d be overwhelmed.
“Save Trace-Free Sword Qi for the monsters behind us,” Mu Qingxue told Sanxue.
The three women nodded.
Four milky-white sword qìs sliced through the few Rock Lizards near the healers, reducing them to stardust.
“Nice!” Chongchong was ecstatic.
Even though being hit by a few Rock Lizards wouldn’t kill her, it still hurt.
Chen Xiaoyan handed Mu Qingxue the skill Mu Yu Han Guang.
Though its healing was low, it had zero cooldown, allowing constant support.
Xianyun was stunned when she saw the pink cord.
What kind of skill was this?
What shocked her even more was the Spring Breeze Umbrella spinning on the ground.
What kind of skill was this?
Xianyun pursed her lips and looked at Chen Xiaoyan with a complicated expression.
“Big shot, are we playing the same game?”
Xianyun took a deep breath.
There was no time to dwell on it now.
She reined in her thoughts and focused back on her teammates ahead.
The pink cord…
Mu Qingxue looked at the rope in her hand, smiling happily.
Though the healing effect of this skill wasn’t great, it could reduce most of the pain.
Was Xiaoyan afraid she would feel pain?
The thought made Mu Qingxue chuckle softly.
Chen Xiaoyan, Chongchong, and Xianyun, the three healers, had a combined healing per second of about six thousand.
Though the number was terrifying, Xianyun’s coordination with the other two wasn’t very smooth.
Though they’d farmed dungeons together in Monster Village, in Abyss Canyon, she got nervous in emergencies.
Sometimes, the more you try not to mess up, the more you do.
She didn’t want to screw up on her first raid with big shots, but some things just happen whether you want them to or not.
Sure enough, Chongchong cast Spring Breeze Guide on Qiuxue.
Then Xianyun cast it on her again, causing overhealing.
Chongchong didn’t notice, or if she did, didn’t care—it was normal for a healer to focus on one person.
Chen Xiaoyan, who observed the whole battle, also noticed this.
The first time, she didn’t say anything; after all, she herself, as a healer, couldn’t help but heal when seeing someone near death.
But by the second and third time, a frown darkened her pretty face.
Soon, Chongchong and Xianyun entered a skill cooldown period.
The most stressed were Hongchen and Liudao.
They were attacked simultaneously by dozens of Rock Lizards, their health bars bouncing up and down wildly.
Chen Xiaoyan couldn’t spare skills to heal Mu Qingxue and the others, causing the output to receive no healing during the skill downtime.
“Uh-oh,” Chongchong and Xianyun exclaimed in panic, realizing their mistake.
“What’s wrong with the healers?”
Sanxue turned back to look at them.
The two women lowered their heads in shame, silent.
“Sigh,” Chen Xiaoyan sighed and immediately withdrew the Spring Breeze Umbrella.
Coincidentally, she had also just entered her own skill downtime.
Due to the terrain, the two frontline fighters couldn’t reposition; if they moved away, the Rock Lizards would swarm and attack Mu Qingxue and the others.
That fragile little frame from Mount Shu couldn’t withstand so many Rock Lizards.
No movement meant no side hops to allow the umbrella dance to heal two people simultaneously.
Chen Xiaoyan probably held off for a few seconds and only released her skill seeing the frontline’s health dropping dangerously low.
Seeing this, Xianyun thought Chen Xiaoyan had also entered skill downtime and could only watch helplessly as her teammates’ health bars were drained.
She bit her lip anxiously, nearly in tears.
“Return Wind Umbrella!”
The Spring Breeze Umbrella spun around Chen Xiaoyan, emitting a continuous pink glow.
[+8100] ×10
The bright system prompts instantly dispelled the gloom in Xianyun’s heart.
Mu Qingxue, Liu Yue, and Chongchong showed little reaction.
Xianyun parted her lips, looking as if she had just seen a ghost.
Liudao was a bit better; his tiger eyes widened in surprise.
“Xiaoyan Jie, are you hacking?”
Xianyun asked dazedly, repeating the same question Chongchong had once asked.