At this moment, the Fighting Master Cassie was the closest.
To prevent him from launching a flurry of punches and kicks after his burst qi time ran out, Lu Ran decisively sent a portion of the Skeleton Soldiers to explode him.
For Lu Ran, Skeleton Soldiers were no longer just a means of consumption.
After all, the ordinary attack damage of Skeleton Soldiers was too low. Since they could be endlessly generated, they were directly used for corpse explosions!
They were completely used as bombs.
Poor Cassie was shackled in place, unable to use his skills.
He couldn’t even touch Lu Ran.
Mia died at the start, and there was no one to heal him.
So, after Mia, the second guild master to die came forth.
When Cassie’s name turned gray, professionals watching intently from dungeon halls worldwide burst into uproar.
"Cassie is dead too!"
"The guild master of Free New World, Cassie, is dead!"
"Wasn’t the Fighting Master supposed to burst qi, ignore any control, and charge right up to the Undead Mage with all guns blazing? Even that couldn’t kill this Undead Mage?"
"Is this even an Undead Mage? How did they survive!"
"Survived and even killed Cassie in return!"
"Mia was the first to die, Cassie the second, damn, I’d love to get in there and see what’s really going on!"
...
Nobody expected Cassie’s death.
A high combatant from the Strong Attack Series who could burst qi and be immune to any control was a nightmare for any magic series profession!
The magic series professions had no means to stop someone from closing in!
Yet despite all this, an Undead Mage not even level fifty-three managed not only to survive Cassie’s onslaught but even turned the tables on him!
What were the other three high combatants doing?
Mia may have died.
But it’s four against one, with three strong attack series high combatants still in the mix, and they couldn’t kill this Undead Mage!
Instead, they got one of their own killed by the Undead Mage!
At this moment.
Professionals worldwide were intensely curious about what was truly happening inside that Deathmatch Arena!
All they could see was the result of the battle without the thrill of watching the action unfold. The mystery was tantalizingly frustrating.
The strangest part was that this battle was too surreal!
It completely shattered everyone’s perception of Undead Mages!
Nanami from Japan had initially been sure that the Undead Mage used up all their power on Mia, and after killing Mia, would be defenseless, just waiting to die.
But now...
"Even Cassie is dead." Nanami furrowed her brows.
Her heart was gripped by fear.
The Undead Mage she initially had zero interest in, later became someone she took seriously.
Now, fear crept into Nanami’s heart!
The more she couldn’t see the arena’s details, the more pronounced her fear of the unknown became!
She even found her breathing becoming shallow and rapid.
Meanwhile, inside the Deathmatch Arena.
Lu Ran felt more at ease.
The remaining three were shackled in place, and Lu Ran, without haste, controlled all summoned Skeleton Soldiers for corpse explosions.
At the same time, continually reinforcing with Undead Touch.
In the midst, he interspersed Skeleton Storm to constantly stack damage!
The three’s life points visibly dwindled rapidly.
By this time, the remaining three guild masters had gone utterly mad.
"This isn’t working. We’re all going to die!"
"Cassie is already dead. Think of something!"
"Damn it, none of this Undead Mage’s skills are on cooldown!"
"The range isn’t right; whether it’s Undead Touch or Skeleton Storm, the range is too extensive!"
"Earlier, the Blood Spear’s attack range was abnormal too, getting Mia at the start!"
"Never mind, Miles, do something!"
...
Among the three.
Miles, hearing the call, had a somewhat grim face.
He was the only professional among the three who could turn invisible.
But it was useless!
The entire Deathmatch Arena was covered by Skeleton Storm. Even if he used dispel skills to break free and turned invisible immediately, the Skeleton Storm would instantly draw him out of invisibility and shackle him again!
But sitting idle wasn’t an option either.
Grimacing, Miles suddenly erupted in a cloud of blood-red mist. Then, his body twisted and expanded, morphing into a demon over two meters tall.
The instant the demon form erupted, it was control-immune.
As soon as Undead Touch became ineffective, Miles immediately turned invisible, then used the burst speed of his demon form, akin to an arrow released from a bowstring, to dash forward!
But the result was as he expected.
No sooner had he dashed invisible a few meters.
The area damage caused by Skeleton Storm shattered his invisibility!
Then, the all-encompassing Undead Touch once again applied control indiscriminately!
Poor Miles, with his high burst in demon form, had no chance to exert himself, reduced to roaring in place, shouting in rage and frustration!
Lu Ran gave him a sidelong glance, ignoring him.
Focusing on controlling the Skeleton Soldiers for more corpse explosions, targeting the Dark Church’s guild master Keene, the Church Crusader!
His sword, akin to a cross, was exceedingly sharp, an absolute top-tier presence among strong attack series professions.
But he was rather fragile and lacked defensive capabilities.
So, faced with endless corpse explosions, Keene soon succumbed with a despairing roar, his health bar emptied, collapsing lifeless!
In the dungeon hall, the Deathmatch Arena’s help screen.
Keene’s name, too, turned gray.
"The Church Crusader, also dead!"
"Keene was supposed to have the highest burst among the five, right? I wonder how much damage he did to that Undead Mage?"
"Both Keene and the Fighting Master failed to kill the Undead Mage and were killed instead!"
"What the hell is going on? Is that really an Undead Mage? Did the panel display it wrong?"
"Only two guild masters left now..."
"An Demon Hunter and a Swamp Druid. Forget the tank; we can only rely on the Demon Hunter now."
...
Watching as only two were left, Yu Qingcang and the others finally relaxed.
Liu Xinxin’s analysis wasn’t wrong; Lu Ran was destined to win this fight!
With only two left, and one being a tank, it was impossible for a Demon Hunter’s burst to kill Lu Ran, who possessed the Transplanting Flowers and Wood trait!
"This kid has made a name for himself in a single battle," Lei Tai sighed.
"Shouldn’t be any problem with the two remaining, right?" Ye Hongyi asked.
"No, looking at the data, unless Lu Ran doesn’t use skills and chooses to die, the U.S.A side has no chance or possibility to kill him," Liu Xinxin stated confidently.
Only Yu Qingcang let out a small sigh.
Face was earned back by Lu Ran, and this round of confrontation thoroughly subdued the U.S.A.
But the professionals of Longxia who died due to the provocation were truly dead!
At the same time.
In the U.S.A.
In the meeting room, the atmosphere was immensely heavy; even Neil, who had always been incredibly proud, had fallen silent.
He even felt a hint of relief.
Relieved that he hadn’t joined the team to hunt down that Undead Mage!
Otherwise, his fate would likely have been the same—death!
This news also reached the Congress, where, for the first time in history, the U.S.A Congress called an emergency meeting with all the leaders!