Chapter 892: Dispersed Attack

"Ahaha, Boss, I've thought of a way to deal with him! Since his entire body is covered in special fixed-pattern trigger mechanisms, why don't we just keep maneuvering around him and avoid a direct confrontation? By dodging him, we won't be affected by his fixed-pattern effects, which will then infinitely weaken their impact."

This time, even Xu Yang hadn't expected such a complex strategy to come from the Winter Goddess. It genuinely surprised Xu Yang and the others.

"Haha, I didn't expect you, girl, to be so sharp when you put your mind to it." Even the usually stoic Big Dog couldn't help but praise the Winter Goddess. The girl herself was ecstatic, chuckling as she patted Big Dog's shoulder.

"It's not that I don't have a brain; I'm just too lazy to use it. When facing ordinary opponents, my raw power is enough to win easily; I don't need to think."

Big Dog smirked arrogantly: "Heh, you really are Piggy. You're getting quite full of yourself now."

No sooner said than done, the combat strategy proposed by the Winter Goddess quickly received unanimous approval from Xu Yang's team. The four immediately dispersed, splitting off in four directions from their previous unified stance, to maximally disrupt the giant skeletal war machine's visual and aura lock.

As expected, the Winter Goddess's combat strategy quickly proved effective. With no one attacking, the creature's power naturally became difficult to unleash. Soon, as Xu Yang and the other three pushed their movement speeds to the limit, the machine chased them haphazardly across the area, ultimately unable to lock onto any single individual.

However, soon after, the inventor of the skeletal war machine, Ancestral Shaman Yuntong, sneered, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.

"You guys are truly naive, aren't you? Do you really think such a method can prevent the war skeleton from locking onto you? Open your dog eyes and see clearly!"

The next moment, Ancestral Shaman Yuntong rapidly formed hand seals, seemingly altering the combat form of the colossal war skeleton through a special method. Every fixed-pattern mechanism on its body simultaneously entered a ready state! Immediately after, Ancestral Shaman Yuntong continuously unleashed streams of primal energy from between his fingers, shooting towards the corresponding fixed-pattern switches on the giant skeleton. He switched these fixed-pattern mechanisms from passive to active mode.

Rumble!

With the first loud roar, the fixed-pattern mechanism at the giant war skeleton's ankle was activated. In an instant, the ten-meter-tall war skeleton suddenly lifted into the air without warning. Two energy wings, sealed within fixed patterns, materialized on its back, lifting its body into mid-air.

Immediately after, Ancestral Shaman Yuntong unleashed a second trigger energy, this time striking the war skeleton's waist. In a flash, the second offensive fixed-pattern rule was activated. From the dazzling energy accumulation array in front of the war skeleton's body, countless ice-blue flying swords shot out, naturally locking onto the fixed positions of each of the four members of Xu Yang's team based on their auras.

"Damn it, I didn't expect this guy could do that! Truly a masterpiece from Ancestral Shaman Yuntong!" The Winter Goddess shook her head with a helpless sigh and began to dodge the unexpectedly flying ice-blue energy sword beams.

These energy arrows not only possessed powerful offensive capabilities but also carried a rich elemental aura. After locking onto their targets and unleashing their arrow glows, large swathes of ice-blue sealing elemental power began to spread outwards. Big Dog and Yunxiao were the first to have their bodies locked by this ice-blue aura, quickly experiencing a slowing effect that significantly reduced their mobility.

Because Xu Yang possessed the Angelic Domain, he was immune to the oppressive effects of any elemental aura. However, at this moment, he could only maintain his normal mobility and was unable to provide immediate support to his distant companions in other directions. The Winter Goddess was at the greatest advantage. After all, the ice-blue sealing power was her inherent elemental strength, allowing her to naturally immune these sealing effects and perfectly evade this wave of movement restrictions.

It was evident that Ancestral Shaman Yuntong had a deep understanding of the war machine he had created and used it with great proficiency. After the first wave of movement speed restrictions proved effective, he immediately launched a second offensive, specifically targeting Big Dog and Yunxiao, whose mobility had been curtailed.

A purple light once again struck the war skeleton's upper back. In the blink of an eye, a strange crimson energy array unfurled from the giant skeleton's chest, locking onto Big Dog and Yunxiao's moving auras from afar. Although the two were still moving slowly, considering Ancestral Shaman Yuntong's operation, it would be impossible for them to easily dodge this wave. In an instant, as part of the war skeleton's second wave of attacks, this crimson energy mass continuously split into countless crimson energy missiles, launching a hysterical and ferocious bombardment towards Big Dog and Yunxiao's positions.

Boom!

Overwhelming explosions erupted one after another, pulverizing their positions almost instantly. Thousands of meters around them were reduced to ruins. Fortunately, the battlefield plain was incredibly vast, stretching as far as the eye could see; otherwise, with their current fighting style, they would soon turn the entire plain upside down.

Facing such a ferocious explosive attack, Big Dog unhesitatingly unleashed his self-strengthening violent technique, instantly elevating his physical attributes by a significant margin. Only with this astonishing defensive boost was he able to perfectly withstand this attack! Even so, the burning effect of the crimson fire element still inflicted some negative impact on them.

On Yunxiao's side, however, her water-blue attribute cultivation technique provided an extremely powerful defensive boost against this wave. Not only did the overwhelming crimson fire element fail to produce the desired effect for Ancestral Shaman Yuntong, but it seemed that after this wave of crimson fire missile airstrikes, the girl's mobility even recovered to some extent.

"Hahahaha, you big guy, you just look intimidating. Perhaps you can play an unparalleled role in large-scale wars! But against a few of us, this big guy's scope of effectiveness is too small. Even if it hits us, it's utterly ineffective against us."

The Winter Goddess smugly began to mock Ancestral Shaman Yuntong. However, her words weren't without reason; with this level of offensive power, it couldn't even harm Yunxiao or Big Dog, let alone put any pressure on Xu Yang.