Edited by Aelryinth

Only Meos' defense managed to weaken the lightning, as they clearly saw the dense lightning dissipating significantly when it struck the diamonds. However, the lightning could still kill them easily!

"Mo Fan..." Heidi was worried. The smell of death had filled her nose.

"Come here!" Mo Fan activated the Hand of Silent Thunder. It Summoned an enormous palm that extended to cover the rest of the team. As the lightning was about to hit Meos and Heidi, the Hand of Silent Thunder quickly redirected it to Mo Fan.

The higher the cultivation of a Lightning Mage, the higher the Lightning resistance they would have. In addition to that, some special Soul-grade Seeds could further increase a Mage's Lightning resistance. The Lightning Tyrant was a great example, providing a huge boost to Lightning resistance. On top of that, Mo Fan's demon flesh provided Mo Fan with extra resistance.

Mo Fan remembered the first time seeing the Lightning Super Spell, the Lightning Punishment Formation, at West Lake. The Black Totem Snake had been trapped by an enormous Lightning Punishment Formation that several Super Mages had established together. Mo Fan was dumbfounded when he watched the terrifying lightning strikes landing on the Black Totem Snake. Even though the Lightning Punishment Formation he was currently trapped inside was nowhere close to the huge Lightning Punishment Formation at West Lake, it was his turn to endure its torture!

Loud buzzes flashed in Mo Fan's head. His skin cracked from the lightning while his arteries and veins burst from shock. The lightning he had absorbed was too much of a burden for him. It felt as if they could see all his bones right through his skin and his flesh!

"Mo Fan!" Heidi cried out.

She was scared. Death was so close to them, and even though the lightning was not hitting her, she could feel the pain from Mo Fan's expression.

"It's going to finish soon, it's about to end, hang in there!" Zhao Manyan blurted out.

The Lightning Punishment finally weakened. Although Mo Fan was covered in random arcs of lightning, he was still in one piece. His flesh had a sturdy appearance, like it had just been refined!

The Lightning Punishment was powerful, but it could not last forever. After Mo Fan absorbed the lightning strikes, the lightning halberds eventually dissipated.

The others saw the lightning strikes weakening, then looked at Mo Fan, who had a ghastly expression on his face. They were struggling to imagine how he was still alive after being hit by the lightning!

"What a monster!" Meos blurted out subconsciously when she saw Mo Fan actually managed to keep standing.

Heidi was also staring at Mo Fan with wide eyes. She had already come up with the eulogy to mourn his death.

He grabbed towards the Advisor Mummy, firing an enormous lightning claw from his fingers. The lightning claw went up to the Advisor Mummy and grabbed it tightly!

Mo Fan truly began to unleash his lightning after the lightning claw secured the Advisor Mummy. A terrifying glow burst out of his body as lightning significantly beyond the limit he could endure surged out. The lightning arcs were thicker than the lightning claw, lashing and whipping at the Advisor Mummy fiercely!

The Advisor Mummy did not expect them to still be alive, nor did it think someone could absorb its lightning and give it back. The defense that it had quickly set up had no chance of resisting the penetrating attack!

The Advisor Mummy might have possessed an impressive cultivation, but its resistance was nowhere close to Mo Fan's. Most importantly, the Mummy was a Mage. Its flesh was significantly weaker than a normal Ruler-level creature. Not only did Mo Fan's counterattack take it by surprise, it knocked it to the ground!

"What are you waiting for? Are you going to let it cast another Super Spell again? Annihilate it!" Mo Fan yelled.

The others jolted back to attention. Mo Fan's counterattack had been just too shocking, leaving them stunned. But everyone knew they would be turned into burial objects if they allowed the Mummy to cast another Super Spell!

Spells with a variety of imprisoning capabilities landed on the Advisor Mummy, not giving it any chance to catch its breath.

The Huntsman Spider on the ceiling let out a furious cry. It could no longer stand and watch its master being beaten up. It jumped down from the ceiling to lend its master a hand.

However, it was obvious that the Huntsman Spider was not good at fighting. Even with it joining the fight, the humans still had the upper hand.

The group simply ignored the spider and focused on taking down the Advisor Mummy.

"Chaos Rend!"

Heidi completed her Advanced Chaos Spell. As she lifted her hand, a shocking crack suddenly appeared in the air!

The crack had torn space apart. Everything that the crack caught would instantly disappear from the world.

Heidi's Chaos Rend extended across the Advisor Mummy's shoulder and chest. It separated the Mummy's left shoulder and chest from its body.

"Well done!" Mu Bai exclaimed.

It was Mu Bai's turn to attack. Deadly icicles danced wildly like an icy storm. They were as deadly as blades when spinning so fast. They swept past the Advisor Mummy and shredded the shroud wrapping its body.

The Advisor Mummy was swaying a little, its eyes filled with rage.

It did not expect to find itself in such a miserable position when fighting against a bunch of human whelps. Even though it had not been long since it achieved the Ruler-level, there was no way it would lose to these humans either!

"Die!" Mo Fan was engulfed in flames. Flame Belle's fiery aura rippled behind him and gathered into an imperious silhouette.

His fists were burning now. He stomped the surface of the water and set it on fire. The vigorous flames almost reached the ceiling.

"Hidden Dragon Rising from the Abyss!"

When Mo Fan threw his fists around, mighty flames erupted from the burning water as a lengthy form burst out of it!

A fiery serpent soared into the sky. The Huntsman Spider quickly hid in a corner timidly after seeing the fiery dragon. The fiery dragon flew past the spider below its feet. When it reached the Advisor Mummy, it was no longer just a serpent, but an enraged fiery dragon!

The flames slammed into the Advisor Mummy. Its flesh had no chance of withstanding the terrifying energy unleashed by the fiery dragon when it exploded!

The flames set its wounds burning. Its rotten flesh was extremely vulnerable to flames especially when its defense collapsed. The flames devoured its flesh rapidly and left only its sturdy bones behind!

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The flames lasted for quite some time. The water was evaporated by the heat into steam. The Advisor Mummy was dead at last. Its Soul Remnant was incredibly huge. It slowly floated toward Mo Fan.

Sayed had learned his lesson. He did not dare to compete with Mo Fan for it.

A Ruler-level Soul Remnant was just as valuable as a Commander-level Soul Essence. Little Loach enjoyed himself a great feast of the Ruler-level Soul Remnant. It was his first time eating a Ruler-level Soul Remnant that Mo Fan had offered himself.

Mo Fan let out a relieved sigh when he saw the Advisor Mummy falling to its death. He also fell feebly to the wet ground.

"Did...did we really kill a Ruler-level creature?" Meos murmured in utter disbelief.

Ruler-level creatures were formidable existences. Even a Super Mage would die a horrible death when fighting a Ruler-level creature...

"We might be lucky, but we indeed took out a Ruler-level creature," Mu Bai said.

"Mo Fan's counterattack played an important role. Otherwise, there is no way we could defeat a Mage that was so experienced at using the Super Spells," Zhao Manyan said.

"If it had used other Elements instead, we might be dead by now..." Mo Fan forced a smile.

"But still, it's impressive that we managed to take it out!" Heidi said.

"Let's not celebrate too early. I have to remind us all that according to the clues, this Mummy is most likely the weakest among the ones that we are going to face if we are following the path to the Pharaoh Chamber. How are we supposed to fight the rest of them if we are already struggling so much in the first stage?" Shreev was not as motivated as the others.

The Advisor Mummy was stronger than they had imagined. It was difficult to imagine how tough the rest of their opponents were going to be.

"We should be proud that we were able to come this far," Meos said.

"So you're saying that we should just look for an exit and leave this place?" Zhao Manyan asked.

"I have no idea where the exit is," Shreev said.

"..."

"Shreev, are you sure this thing is the weakest among them?" Mo Fan asked with a serious look.

"Absolutely, its status is no higher than the next Scorpion Ruler," Shreev said helplessly.

Shreev initially thought these symbolic creatures were not so strong. After all, they had been around for so many years. Normally, the life of a creature would have depleted by now, and the same went with the undead. It was likely that some new undead had replaced them.

To their surprise, the Advisor Mummy was so strong that they had all lost the courage to continue on their way.