While Qiao Ying discussed with Xiao Xiao in surprise,
Xue Er glanced at the pale Xue Ba and said coldly, "Careless idiot!"
Then, he turned to Xue San, "Where is Xue Wu?"
Xue San immediately understood. He formed a hand seal and slapped it onto the ground.
Instantly, a red light spread outwards rapidly from Xue San.
Xue San closed his eyes and began to sense.
After a while, Xue San opened his eyes, filled with confusion and bewilderment, "I don't sense Xue Wu!"
"Hey, hey, Xue San, are you even capable? Did your perception decrease so much from your injuries!"
Xue Si, on top of another house, mockingly chimed in.
"I am injured, but my mental power is not lost!"
Xue San replied grumpily, and in the next second, all the Blood Guards, including himself, changed their expressions.
"Hey, Xue San, what do you mean, that guy Xue Wu snuck away... or... is he dead?!"
Xue Jiu narrowed his blood-red eyes, his voice extremely serious.
...
In the center of the courtyard,
"Little girl, can I discuss something with you?"
Qiao Ying spoke to Xiao Xiao in a very polite tone.
"Sister Qiao Ying, you can just call me Xiao Xiao. You don't need to be so polite. Go ahead and speak!"
Perhaps because of Ling Xi and Leng Yue before, Xiao Xiao had a good impression of angels, even towards Qiao Ying, an angel she met for the first time.
"Not only have I lost my Angel Blade... due to the Blood Curse, my angelic power has been severely depleted. Can I hold this King's Decree?"
"That way, my angelic power will definitely recover by more than half!"
Qiao Ying glanced at the Ten Blood Guards lurking on the surrounding rooftops and quickly said to Xiao Xiao.
"Okay!"
Xiao Xiao agreed without any hesitation.
"Thank you!"
Qiao Ying was overjoyed. She took two steps forward and placed her fair hand on the Angel Blade.
"Buzz!"
Instantly, the entire Angel Blade King's Decree erupted with a large amount of angelic power, surging directly towards Qiao Ying.
The dense small wounds on Qiao Ying's body recovered in an instant. Then, her slightly tattered angel wings behind her quickly regenerated, and soon they became radiant again.
"Clang clang clang!"
Following that, the silver battle armor, similar to Ling Xi's, began to appear on Qiao Ying's body.
"Hey, hey, hey, that little angel has recovered. Things are getting a bit troublesome!"
Xue Jiu muttered when he saw Qiao Ying recover.
"The Angel Blade in that little girl's hand seems to be no ordinary Angel Blade!"
Xue Er narrowed his eyes, took off his wooden mask, revealing the unique sharp fangs, pale face, and the extremely flat nose with only nostrils left, characteristic of the blood race.
"Here's something interesting for you!"
As he spoke, Xue Er formed a hand seal, and a surge of dark mist emanated from his body, slowly condensing in front of him, finally forming a humanoid figure.
The black figure had no eyes or nose... and several mouths on its face.
"Big brother, it's a Dark Shadow Puppet!"
Xiao Xiao exclaimed in surprise when she saw what Xue Er had condensed from the dark mist.
"It... it seems to be!"
Ye Feng was also taken aback.
"Damn it, Ye Feng, what have you guys been through? How have you even seen something like a Dark Shadow Puppet?"
Yue Miao, after killing a few elder blood races, looked at Ye Feng in astonishment, "Dark Shadow Puppets are legends, super monsters that swept across the entire world in the early days of the Great Cataclysm, destroying almost all large human survivor bases..."
"Uh... that's a long story..."
Ye Feng scratched his head, unsure how to explain. He turned and looked at Qiao Ying for a reply.
"I encountered Xue Yi and some other Blood Guards before. I don't know if this Xue Er has the ability to create Dark Shadow Puppets..."
"If it were a long time ago... and I still had the Angel Blade, I could deal with this thing..."
"But now... even if I get my Angel Blade back... I can only restrain and injure the Dark Shadow Puppet. Killing it... is difficult!"
Qiao Ying naturally understood Ye Feng's meaning and quickly explained.
"Ah! Zzzzz!"
At this moment, Yue Miao, after killing two level seven elder blood races, quickly ran to Ye Feng's side and naturally leaned to his ear, "Ye Feng, Xue San's perception is super strong. I must die after Xue San!"
Yue Miao stayed for only about 2 seconds before rushing to another blood race.
Although Ye Feng and his three companions' fierce fighting, coupled with the direct blood sacrifice of the blood race, resulted in heavy casualties among the blood race, there were still many blood races in the courtyard, and most of them were elders.
"Xue San, huh..."
Ye Feng glanced at the Blood Guard wearing mask number three on the distant rooftop and frowned slightly.
Although Yue Miao hadn't explicitly said it, he had guessed that Yue Miao had a plan or a powerful move, but it needed to be performed in secret and would take quite some time... and it would be almost impossible to escape Xue San's perception...
But Xue San was so far away, it was not easy for him to go and eliminate him.
"Big brother, these Blood Guards seem very powerful... but they don't seem to intend to attack us together and kill us!"
"They seem to be... waiting for something?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao spoke to Ye Feng.
"They are probably waiting to see if any other angels will come here, thinking of capturing more angels..."
Ye Feng had noticed this before, which was why he chose the timing when killing Xue Wu, specifically when a lot of dust was kicked up by the fight.
"Ye Feng, you are indeed quite strong and courageous to have dared to trespass here..."
"But the Ten Blood Guards... their injuries were mostly due to carelessness or being caught off guard before... and their recovery is extremely strong. Ordinary wounds on their bodies will heal completely in no time."
"Most importantly, the Ten Blood Guards haven't used their full strength... their truly terrifying power is..."
Qiao Ying was speaking with a grave expression when Ye Feng waved her to stop.
"Xue Wu is already dead, and they just unleashed some unique power!"
Ye Feng looked at the place where Xue Wu had turned into ashes and said calmly.
"This..."
Qiao Ying was about to speak, but then she suddenly remembered something and looked surprised, "No... could it be that the fleeting spatial fluctuation I sensed just now wasn't my imagination, but it was real..."
"Don't even think about accumulating angelic power to self-destruct and create an escape opportunity for us, or the sacrifice of someone before would be meaningless!"
"Besides, I'm much stronger than you think!"
He paused, and Ye Feng spoke again.
"Big brother, be careful!"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao cried out lightly to Ye Feng. The Dark Shadow Puppet created by Xue Er was rapidly speeding towards Ye Feng and the others.
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