"Bang!"
Qiao Ying's pupils contracted. She slammed her palms onto Ye Feng's arms, deflecting his slash. Simultaneously, she twisted her body, forcing Ye Feng's right arm behind his back.
"Ah!"
"Sister Qiao Ying, what are you doing? Let go of big brother quickly!"
Xiao Xiao, noticing this, became anxious.
"Ye Feng, has your arm become disobedient?"
Qiao Ying didn't loosen her grip, actually tightening it.
"Mhm!"
Ye Feng nodded, surprised and confused.
His arm was struggling uncontrollably, trying to break free from Qiao Ying's grasp and attack Xiao Xiao.
"It's that Xue San's blood... when you cut off his arm earlier, his blood splattered on you!"
"Xue San infected you this way before, using the 'Lost Worms' to control the blood packs and a group of vampires to commit suicide!"
"Don't move erratically, I'll help you cleanse it with angel power immediately!"
Qiao Ying quickly explained to Ye Feng while channeling her angel power towards him.
Xiao Xiao also realized something at this moment. She stopped asking Qiao Ying to release Ye Feng and watched him with concern.
"Huh?"
Ye Feng's heart skipped a beat. His left hand involuntarily clenched into a fist and struck towards Qiao Ying's chest.
"Buzz!"
As Ye Feng worried, a peculiar power surged from within him, and he felt his hands regain control.
"Whoa!"
Ye Feng was quite surprised. That peculiar power was the true energy he could unleash by combining his mysterious movements.
"Ye Feng, you've recovered?"
Qiao Ying clearly sensed something and was slightly taken aback.
In that instant, she had felt a faint, peculiar, yet familiar fluctuation.
"Mhm!"
Ye Feng nodded. He scanned his surroundings and commanded, "Find a way to cripple one or two of them!"
With that, Ye Feng, holding his Tang saber, charged head-on towards Xue Lu, who was rushing at him.
"Damn!"
"What kind of monster is that kid? My Lost Worms were eliminated so quickly!"
Seeing Ye Feng had recovered, Xue San, from a distant rooftop, roared in anger.
"Keng keng! Whoosh!"
"Bang! Rumble! Clang!"
Following that, Ye Feng and the others engaged in continuous clashes with a group of blood guards.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, a piercing scream echoed, originating from Xue San, who was quite far from Ye Feng and the others.
Xue San's severed right arm had regrown. He was about to attack Ye Feng like the other blood guards, but the moment he took a step forward, an angel blade pierced his chest.
The one holding the angel blade wasn't Qiao Ying or Xiao Xiao, but Xue Shi, who had just dressed his wound.
"Wh... what?"
Not only Xue San and the other blood guards, but even Xiao Xiao, Qiao Ying, and Yue Miao were astonished. Only Ye Feng wasn't overly surprised.
Because Xue Shi had subtly told him during their earlier confrontation...
"Whoosh! Squelch! Hiss!"
"Ah! Hiss! Whoosh!"
Amidst everyone's shock, Xue Shi's angel blade rapidly sliced and stabbed Xue San. Xue San let out continuous screams...
"Xue Shi, what the hell did you do?"
Xue Si, who was closest to Xue San, roared and swung his Bloodthirsty Talisman Saber towards Xue Shi.
Xue Shi showed no panic. He gripped his angel blade and delivered several more strikes to the now-silent Xue San before turning to face Xue Si, who was charging at him.
"Clang!~ Clang!~"
Two crisp metal impacts rang out. Although Xue Si desperately wanted to save Xue San, he was forced to retreat.
Xue Shi's attacks were fierce, and he wielded an angel blade that countered vampires.
"Whoosh whoosh!~ Whoosh!"
"Clatter~! Clatter!"
After Xue Shi's surprise attack, the spatial barrier surrounding Ye Feng and the others developed a weak point where Xue San was.
The breach in the spatial barrier rapidly widened. Xue Si quickly formed hand seals, and strange runes appeared on his body, attempting to mend the gap. However, Xue Shi prevented him.
"Xue Si, return to your position!"
At this moment, Xue Yi, hovering above the courtyard, commanded sternly.
Xue Si, who had intended to attack Xue Shi again, glared fiercely at Xue Shi and quickly retreated to his original position.
"Sizzle~ Sizzle~"
In this short time, Xue San's body was engulfed in flames, burning into a pile of ashes scattering in the wind.
"Whoosh!~ Keng keng!~"
At this point, Xue Lu and Xue Jiu ceased their attacks on Ye Feng and the others and instead charged towards Xue Shi. After several clashes, Xue Shi leaped from the rooftop into the courtyard.
With Xue San's death, a significant portion of the spatial barrier surrounding Ye Feng and the others was lost.
"Ye Feng!"
Xue Shi called out to Ye Feng in Shen Bo Tian's voice, simultaneously tossing the angel blade to him.
"Whoosh! Bang!"
Ye Feng quickly reached out and caught it.
"Ye Feng, what... what's going on?"
Yue Miao ran up, her face filled with confusion and surprise. "Is Xue Shi, one of the Ten Blood Guards, on your side?"
Ye Feng didn't respond. He glanced at the hilt of the angel blade and then turned to Qiao Ying. "Is this angel blade yours?"
"Yes... yes..."
Qiao Ying was momentarily stunned before nodding. "It... it was lost when I fought the Ten Blood Guards before. There's a 'Qiao' character on the hilt!"
"Oh, then here you go!"
Saying this, Ye Feng handed the angel blade to Qiao Ying. Seeing the 'Qiao' character on the hilt, he guessed this was the case.
After all, Leng Yue's angel blade before had a 'Leng' character on it...
"Hey, hey, hey, something truly interesting has happened!"
"One of the Ten Blood Guards you personally selected has betrayed you!"
Kolki squinted and muttered towards the blood-red coffin beneath Cain's Tower.
Upon hearing this, the faces of the blood guards turned extremely grim.
"Ye Feng, Xue Shi, he..."
Qiao Ying cautiously eyed Xue Shi, who was not far away, and then looked at Ye Feng with a questioning gaze.
"Ye Feng, I am not personally here. Things are complicated, and I will explain later!"
"The priority now is to leave before the Blood Ancestor fully awakens!"
Before Ye Feng could respond, Xue Shi spoke, still in Shen Bo Tian's voice.
"Leave?"
Ye Feng glanced at the massive gap in the spatial barrier that appeared after Xue San's death and frowned slightly.
"Thud!~"
Just as Ye Feng was about to follow Xue Shi's advice and leave, a muffled impact sound came from afar, originating from the blood-red coffin beneath Cain's Tower.
"Thump~ Thump thump!~"
This was followed by a second and a third sound. Though not loud, they possessed a strange rhythm that made Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Qiao Ying feel uncomfortable.
"Bang!~ Crack~"
Finally, the lid of the blood-red coffin was flipped to the ground.
"It's been so long, there shouldn't be any other angels coming to save this angel named Qiao Ying!"
An incredibly hoarse male voice emanated from the blood-red coffin, as if spoken by someone whose throat was parched to the point of cracking.
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