"Something happened!"
Shen Botian's expression was solemn. "I found Kolaki's trace!"
"What? Kolaki?"
Ye Feng couldn't help but be surprised by the news.
"Mmm!"
Shen Botian nodded. "That guy was acting suspiciously, as if he was setting something up. When I saw your signal, I didn't observe further and rushed over!"
"Ye Feng, you know Shen Botian?!"
Seeing this, Yue Yan was a bit surprised, as they seemed to know each other well.
"Let's go to the very top of the Varyl Altar!"
Ye Feng didn't explain. He nodded to Qiao Ying, Yue Yan, and Shen Botian, and the four of them then sped towards the highest point of the altar.
Along the way, large numbers of clay figures tried to attack them, but they were all held back by Xiao Xiao, Bing, Shen Yun Yao, Jiang Si Shan, Shui Ling, and Li Shu....
"Swish swish swish!"
Soon, the four of them, Ye Feng, Qiao Ying, Yue Yan, and Shen Botian, arrived at the very top of the Varyl Altar.
At this moment, Tu Zhu was standing beside the Spear of War. Just as Ye Feng had anticipated, Tu Zhu intended to reassemble the two broken halves of the Spear of War, though it was not yet complete.
Standing beside Tu Zhu were Hua Xin and Lin Ba Sen. The two of them had already conjured barriers of spatial energy before them....
"I really underestimated you!"
"As expected of the City Lord of the City of Arcane, the strongest among the seven major powers! You can accurately kill goblins almost all over the City of Arcane... even the blood mist in the air has been frozen..."
Tu Zhu narrowed his eyes as he looked at Yue Yan. Despite his surprise, he showed no panic.
"Mr. Tu Zhu... How about I lend you a hand!"
At this moment, a strange male voice rang out, and a middle-aged man wearing large black-rimmed glasses and a tuxedo appeared at the edge of the altar. It was Kolaki.
"It's you?"
Tu Zhu frowned, not expressing his stance.
Kolaki turned to look at Yue Yan. "City Lord, this protective array of the City of Arcane is indeed powerful... but then again..."
"Hmph!"
"Come forth! In the name of Beelzebub, the King of Gluttony!"
Kolaki roared, and light flashed in his hands, forming a magic array. He then slammed it heavily onto the ground, and a wave of black light instantly surged outwards....
As the black light swept past, numerous teleportation arrays appeared on the horizon in the distance. A large group of dark, blurry things rapidly flew through the teleportation arrays towards them....
"Hmph hmph hmph!~!"
"Hmph hmph hmph!"
Hearing the sounds from afar, Ye Feng frowned slightly and looked at Yue Yan in confusion. "Flies?"
"Ye Feng... Those dark, blurry things... are likely the Gluttonous Army of Beelzebub, one of the Seven Archdemons!"
Qiao Ying chimed in, his expression extremely serious.
"Hmph hmph hmph!~! Hmph hmph!~"
At this moment, a rather loud sound approached from a distance.
Ye Feng turned his head and saw several monsters that had come through Kolaki's teleportation array. They were about the size of adult rats, bore a strong resemblance to flies, and had wings. However, they were covered in black armor, and their massive mouthparts were filled with brown fangs. They were flying towards a place with an ice-blue glow in the distance.
"Rattata-tat-tat!"
Ye Feng summoned his AK-47 and immediately opened fire on the fly-like monsters.
The bullets ricocheted off them....
"Hmph hmph hmph!"
At this time, a large number of gluttonous flies had already surrounded the Varyl Altar, a dense black mass.
"Ye Feng, be careful!"
"Those black dots forming the gluttonous army are gluttonous flies. Those monsters can gnaw through almost anything, including arcane energy and true qi..."
"To deal with gluttonous flies, you must aim for the small, thumbnail-sized spot on their abdomen, similar to a navel. That is their only weakness. Attacks on other parts are ineffective. If arcane energy and true qi attacks are not precise, they will be gnawed and absorbed, not only failing to harm them but also causing them to evolve and grow stronger..."
As she spoke, Yue Yan unleashed two beams of ice-blue light, hitting the navels of two gluttonous flies, causing them to explode instantly.
Seeing this, the other gluttonous flies swarmed forward and devoured the scattered remains of the two gluttonous flies. A few of them, after feeding, grew even larger....
"Hmph hmph hmph!"
"Hmph hmph hmph!~"
While Yue Yan was speaking, the dense army of gluttonous flies surrounding them had already launched their attack.
"Whoosh~ Clang!"
"Bang bang bang!"
"Swish swish! Sizzle~ Tear!"
Ye Feng, Qiao Ying, Yue Yan, and Shen Botian immediately engaged, striking down large numbers of gluttonous flies, but Kolaki showed no sign of distress.
Tu Zhu, on the other hand, looked delighted. Although the Varyl Altar was absorbing much less blood mist than before, it was still absorbing some. In this short time, the broken Spear of War had recovered considerably... and the blood mist converging towards them began to increase gradually....
"Ye Feng, the converging blood mist has increased. The gluttonous flies are gnawing at the protective array of the City of Arcane!"
"With such a large number... if they really start to gnaw at it, the protective array won't last much longer..."
"Swish!"
Before Yue Yan could finish speaking, her body erupted with ice-blue light, instantly freezing the surrounding gluttonous flies.
Almost simultaneously, a branch with a pink peach blossom at its tip appeared in Yue Yan's hand.
Yue Yan held the peach blossom branch and swung it towards Tu Zhu. An ice-blue long sword of light instantly materialized and rapidly slashed towards Tu Zhu in front of them.
"Clang!~!"
"Clatter~!"
The ice-blue long sword of light struck the spatial energy barrier conjured by Lin Ba Sen and Hua Xin in an instant, heading straight for Tu Zhu. But just then, a vortex appeared in the space before Tu Zhu, absorbing the ice-blue long sword of light into it....
"Boom!~ Rumble! Clang clang!"
The next second, not far from the Varyl Altar, an ice-blue light flashed, and a building instantly collapsed....
"What? The attack was redirected?"
Ye Feng was greatly surprised. It was his first time seeing spatial energy used in such a way....
"Swish! Swish!"
At this moment, Yue Yan's peach blossom branch swung repeatedly, sending several ice-blue long swords of light straight towards Tu Zhu.
Tu Zhu's expression remained calm, while Hua Xin and Lin Ba Sen before him were terrified and hurriedly conjured spatial energy barriers....
At the same time, Hua Xin anxiously asked Tu Zhu, "Hey, Tu Zhu, how much longer will it take!"
"Almost done!"
Tu Zhu narrowed his eyes, a sinister smile appearing on his lips.
The next second, red-gray runes rapidly appeared on his right hand, and he thrust them with extreme speed towards the back of Hua Xin, who was conjuring a spatial energy barrier.
....