With godlike talent from the start, how did he become invincible?

Chapter 380 Running from the Poison

At this moment, a squad of fifty men was surrounded by more than twenty harpies.

Warrior Zhang Tie was at the very front, his shield covered in scratches and marks from wind blades, and his health was already below half.

The mage, Li Na, was pale and nearly depleted of mana. She could only use the lowest mana cost spells, [Ice Spike] and [Arcane Missiles], alternately to keep the enemy at bay.

The light from Priest Zhao Rui's healing spell had become faint, and her mana was also running low.

"Captain! We can't hold on!! Let's break through!!"

The thief Zhou Kai was forced out of his stealth, his shoulder torn open, and he shouted urgently to Zhang Tie.

Their team originally planned to clear out the harpies before the circle shrank to obtain some materials and points, but they didn't expect to disturb a "Wind Howling Banshee Lord" (level 58 elite) deep in the nest, causing the harpies to riot wildly, with their numbers far exceeding expectations.

A planned hunt turned into a difficult defensive battle, significantly delaying their relocation.

Zhang Tie looked at the shrinking boundary line on the map, which was getting closer and closer, and then glanced at the noisy harpies circling and diving to attack him. A resolute look flashed in his eyes.

"Everyone! Hear my command!" Zhang Tie roared, unleashing his last ounce of rage as he activated the warrior's taunt skill, [War Cry]!

Roar—! An invisible sonic wave spread, forcibly drawing the hatred of most of the surrounding harpies to him, causing them to pounce on him madly!

"Now! Chen Hao, use [Arrow Rain] to cover the area directly in front of me! Li Na, no matter how much mana you have left, use [Flame Storm] to clear a path! Zhou Kai, you protect Zhao Rui, follow Li Na's Fire Wall! Don't worry about me!"

Zhang Tie's voice was almost drowned out by the roar of skills and the harpy's screams, but the team members understood him.

Chen Hao gritted his teeth, exhausted the last of his special arrows, and a dense rain of arrows fell in front of Zhang Tie.

Li Na raised her staff and chanted as if she were going to exhaust herself. A raging wall of fire rose behind the landing point of the arrow rain, temporarily blocking the harpy's pursuit route.

"Captain!" Zhao Rui's eyes reddened.

"Run!" Zhang Tie only managed to shout these two words before he was engulfed by the harpy's attack. The loud sound of his shield blocking and the flashing light of his rapidly decreasing health points appeared continuously.

Zhou Kai gritted his teeth and grabbed Zhao Rui's arm: "Let's go! Don't let our captain's sacrifice be in vain!"

The two followed closely behind Chen Hao and Li Na, rushing out along the short passage opened up by the fire wall without looking back.

Behind them came Zhang Tie's furious roar and the harpy's piercing shriek, which finally transformed into a beam of white light symbolizing the player's death...

The remaining four-person team, filled with grief and the panic of surviving a disaster, mustered their last strength and rushed toward the seemingly unreachable boundary of the safe zone.

They could even feel the invisible, scorching energy of the "poison circle" behind them beginning to lick their heels.

......

"Faster! Faster!" Qian Chao, a paladin, was shouting at his teammate, priest Sun Li, who was running ahead of him.

Their three-person team (originally four, but a mage was killed in a previous encounter) had timed it well, but when they crossed a narrow ravine, they encountered a rare "quicksand trap", which delayed them by nearly five minutes.

At this moment, they are running wildly along the rugged path on the edge of the rift valley.

Sun Li was already out of breath; physical strength was not the pastor's forte.

"I...I can't run anymore..."

Her face was deathly pale, and her steps were unsteady.

"We can't stop! If we stop, it's all over!"

Another teammate, hunter Zheng Hui, turned around and shouted, his falcon pet on his shoulder also looking somewhat listless from the high-speed flight.

Qian Chao gritted his teeth, rushed to Sun Li's side, and hoisted her onto his back: "Hold on tight!"

He activated the Paladin's [Righteous Charge], which suddenly increased his speed, but carrying a person on his back also greatly increased the burden on the skill.

Seeing this, Zheng Hui also activated the hunter's [Cheetah Guardian] with all his might, trying to keep up as quickly as possible.

They could see ahead, the invisible boundary line representing the edge of the safe zone, and further away, the figures of players who had already entered the safe zone, or even leisurely looking back.

Hope was within reach, but the shrinking "poison circle" behind them seemed to be moving even faster than they were running!

"So close! So close!"

Zheng Hui's eyes were bloodshot with rage. He could feel his health points slowly and steadily decreasing—a sign that he had entered the shrinking damage zone!

Qian Chao carried Sun Li on his back, panting heavily, veins bulging on his forehead, each step incredibly heavy.

Sun Li clung to his back, tears mingling with sweat as they dripped down her face: "Put me down, Qian Chao... how did you manage to escape..."

"Shut up!"

Qian Chao roared, "If we're going to die, we'll die together!"

But reality is cruel. The three of them were further slowed down by the damage from the "poison circle," and their health points were rapidly depleted like water flowing from a burst dam.

Zheng Hui was the first to give up. In order to buy Qian Chao and Sun Li a little more distance, he deliberately lagged behind a few steps and used his body to block the invisible erosion. His health instantly dropped to zero.

"You... hurry..." His last words came to an abrupt end, turning into a white light.

With his eyes bloodshot, Qian Chao seized the brief moment that Zheng Hui had gained by sacrificing his life, unleashed his last strength, and lunged forward with Sun Li on his back!

Pfft!

The two fell to the ground and rolled several times.

Qian Chao struggled to lift his head and look at the map—most of their bodies had already entered the white safe zone!

But his feet were still outside!

And that damn shrinking circle is still going on!

"Get in! We'll crawl in if we have to!"

Qian Chao gave the dazed Sun Li a push, and then he himself used his hands and feet to wriggle forward.

For every second you stay outside the safe zone, your health bar drops drastically.

Using her last bit of strength, Sun Li crawled forward a short distance and finally entered the safe zone.

The damage has stopped.

She collapsed to the ground and looked back.

Qian Chao's body was mostly inside, with only his left ankle remaining outside the fatal boundary.

His health was reduced to a mere sliver, almost invisible.

"Qian Chao!"

Sun Li screamed.

A relieved smile appeared on Qian Chao's face. With his last bit of strength, he pulled the foot that was still sticking out of the way out!

The moment his ankle was out of danger, his last bit of health was depleted.

A white light shone on him.

Sun Li stared blankly at the spot where Qian Chao had disappeared, then looked at her own safe state, and suddenly let out a heart-wrenching scream, pounding her fists on the ground, her blood and tears mingling.

They "ran" in, but she was alone.