Ye Feng’s expression changed. He forcibly broke free from the vines that had ensnared him, and a scimitar instantly appeared. With a flash of arcane energy, he swiftly severed a cluster of vines pulsing with green light at Bing’s feet.
“Buzz!”
After many green vines were cut, the runic formation beneath Bing’s feet collapsed, and she broke free from it.
“Whoosh whoosh!”
The scimitar in Ye Feng’s hand quickly slashed around Bing, severing all the vines that bound her.
“Whoosh! Sizzle!”
“Sizzle! Whoosh!”
At this moment, Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying also cut through a pile of vines around them and quickly moved to Ye Feng and Bing’s side.
“Hey, hey, Tǔ Huò, these guys are quite formidable…”
Lin Ba Sen narrowed his eyes. “My vine silk can cut through steel, yet after that kid took a direct hit, he only has some red marks on his body…”
“And the weapons in the hands of those two girls… are also not ordinary weapons…”
“The legendary Angelic Blades, perhaps…”
As he spoke, Lin Ba Sen turned his head to look at a certain direction. “Hey, Old Ghost Hua, two top-tier women who might be from the Angel race, aren’t you going to make a move?”
“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!”
As Lin Ba Sen’s voice fell, a sharp whistling sound echoed through the air, and a large number of golden metallic blades shot out from all directions towards Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Bing.
“Clang clang clang! ~”
“Clang! Clang!”
Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Bing each held their weapons and began to defend.
“Clang! ~ Clang!”
“Chiss! ~”
Amidst the rain-like metallic blades, some of them exploded upon impact, scattering golden mist. The mist was about to fall on Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Bing.
“Gulp! ~”
“Splash! ~”
Suddenly, a sound of splashing water was heard, and the area around the three girls was instantly surrounded by water spheres.
Almost at the same time, an elder with flowing hair, who looked as delicate and graceful as a Jiangnan maiden, appeared in the arena. He was Shui Ling, another of the Five Arcanists.
Those golden mists merged into the water spheres, and in the next second, they formed a barrage of arrows that shot directly at Lin Ba Sen and Hua Xin.
“It’s Teacher Shui Ling!”
Bing’s voice rang out with delight.
Green light flashed around Lin Ba Sen, and a bundle of vines writhed and blocked in front of him, intercepting Shui Ling’s arrow rain.
“Whoosh! Boom!”
A dull impact sound was heard. Hua Xin, who had attempted to sneak attack Bing, was repelled by a punch from a white-haired old man wearing a short shirt. It was Li Shu, the librarian of Dawn Academy, whom Ye Feng had met before.
“You few girls, be careful not to inhale Hua Xin’s mist or come into contact with it… that stuff can make you lose your mind!”
Shui Ling pointed to an elder not far ahead, who was wearing a gaudy long robe, had a fair complexion, and yellowed hair at his temples.
As soon as his words fell, his expression changed drastically. A water blade instantly appeared in his hand, and he slashed fiercely behind him.
“Clang!”
The water blade shattered as if it had struck an unusually hard wall, even though it cut through empty space.
“Spatial energy barrier?”
Ye Feng was somewhat surprised. He stared intently at Tǔ Huò, but Tǔ Huò made no move.
Almost simultaneously, the seemingly empty space suddenly twisted, and a giant black palm appeared, rapidly striking towards Shui Ling’s chest.
“Boom! Splash! ~”
Light flashed in Shui Ling’s hand, and a ball of water instantly appeared, colliding with the black palm.
“Gurgle~ Splash!”
Shui Ling’s water ball surged upwards along the black palm, intending to entangle it. However, at that very moment, the space around the black palm and arm violently twisted and shattered.
“Cling clang! ~”
The shattered space formed fragments like glass shards, and Shui Ling’s arm and chest were cut in multiple places, bleeding profusely.
“Foolish humans, die!”
The void twisted, and a low roar echoed. A massive figure with three heads suddenly appeared in front of Shui Ling. It was the Three-Headed Hellhound.
The moment the Three-Headed Hellhound appeared, green flames surged from the mouth of its central head, preparing to spew hellfire at Shui Ling.
“Whoosh! Sizzle!”
“Urgh! Ah!”
In a moment of crisis, Xiao Xiao and Qiao Ying flashed to the side of the Three-Headed Hellhound. Their Angelic Blades slashed, and the Hellhound let out a pained cry.
“Damn it!”
The Three-Headed Hellhound roared in anger, turned its head, and spat the green hellfire from its mouth towards Xiao Xiao, but she dodged it with ease.
Meanwhile, Qiao Ying seized the opportunity, gripping the white-glowing Angelic Blade and slashing directly at the Three-Headed Hellhound’s lower back.
“Hmph!”
The Three-Headed Hellhound snorted. It didn’t dodge or evade. A spatial energy barrier instantly condensed on its lower back. Hellfire reappeared in its mouth, its target being Xiao Xiao not far away.
“Clang!”
A crisp metallic friction sound was heard. Qiao Ying’s Angelic Blade struck the spatial energy barrier. The angelic energy on the blade surged, instantly slicing through the barrier.
“Sizzle!”
“Pfft! ~”
A bloody wound appeared on the Three-Headed Hellhound’s lower back, and a large amount of blood gushed out. The hellfire in its mouth rapidly dissipated.
“En?”
Seeing this, Hua Xin and Lin Ba Sen’s expressions changed, and even Tǔ Huò showed obvious surprise.
Ye Feng, however, was not overly surprised. After all, he had seen it before at the Adventurers’ Guild. It was just that Qiao Ying’s current ability to cut through the spatial energy barrier seemed much easier.
“Teacher Shui Ling, are you alright?”
Bing ran to Shui Ling’s side, her face filled with concern.
“Just… superficial wounds!”
Shui Ling shook his head slightly, his gaze towards Qiao Ying filled with astonishment. He had intended to save that little girl, but unexpectedly, she had saved him instead.
“Hey, Tǔ Huò, are you sure you’re okay?”
“That woman just cut through a spatial energy barrier…”
At this moment, Lin Ba Sen spoke, his voice tinged with obvious panic.
“Of course!”
Tǔ Huò turned his head and smiled slightly. “Don’t worry, I will ensure you become the City Lord of Arcane City! And you can use spatial energy now, can’t you?”
Upon hearing this, Lin Ba Sen’s flustered expression subsided considerably.
“Ye Feng, this guy should be one of the six howls of the Underworld, Iridá. He has a twin brother named Fíta. They are said to be inseparable, so be careful, there might be others!”
At this moment, Qiao Ying pointed at the bleeding Three-Headed Hellhound in front of them and spoke quickly.
“Big Brother, be careful above!”
As soon as Qiao Ying finished speaking, Xiao Xiao’s anxious voice rang out.
Almost simultaneously, the space above Ye Feng twisted, and a dark black hand shot out. Sharp black claws clawed directly at Ye Feng’s head. It was another Three-Headed Hellhound.
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