"Boom, boom!"
Flames instantly engulfed Ye Feng and Yuan Ling, but they had already leaped away to their left and right.
"Ye Feng, be careful!"
As soon as Yuan Ling spoke, the Goblin Priest, using the flames as cover, arrived before Ye Feng. It let out a "Quack!" and pointed its skeletal staff at Ye Feng.
The strange runes on the skeletal staff flashed with black light. Instantly, a ripple spread through the air and struck directly at Ye Feng.
"Bang!!"
Ye Feng was sent flying by this special energy wave, his head once again feeling heavy.
"Damn it, another mental attack!"
Ye Feng frowned tightly. Facing the Goblin Priest wielding its skeletal staff and attacking him, he dared not be careless. He gripped his Tang Dao, and arcane energy surged from his body, striking towards the enemy.
"What?"
Ye Feng was startled.
Because just as his Tang Dao was about to strike the Goblin Priest, the creature unnaturally twisted its body. Its skeletal staff brushed past Ye Feng's Tang Dao, and astonishingly, it absorbed the arcane energy from the sword.
In the next second, the skeletal staff in the Goblin Priest's hand erupted with a large burst of flames, at point-blank range to Ye Feng's chest...
"Bad!"
Ye Feng's expression changed drastically. But just as he was about to act, a white figure instantly appeared before him – it was Yuan Ling.
Yuan Ling held the middle of a wooden staff with her left hand and the top with her right, her body slightly bent as if drawing a sword.
"Clang!"
A crisp metallic sound rang out, and a dazzling light entered Ye Feng's vision. It was Yuan Ling drawing a gleaming straight sword from the wooden staff, exuding a chilling aura.
"That wooden staff used for scouting... it's actually a straight sword?!"
Seeing the straight sword in Yuan Ling's hand, Ye Feng was greatly surprised.
It was a long, straight sword with only a slight curve at the tip, quite similar to Ye Feng's Tang Dao. Moreover, it emanated a chilling aura that caused Ye Feng, standing close, to break out in goosebumps...
"Whoosh!"
In the instant Ye Feng was contemplating, Yuan Ling, gripping the straight sword, swept through the area where Ye Feng's chest was about to be engulfed by the flames.
"Hoo!"
"Crack, crack, crack!~"
The fiercely burning flames were sliced by Yuan Ling's straight sword and instantly stopped, even rapidly freezing over...
"What the heck! What's going on now?"
Ye Feng was astonished.
In the blink of an eye, the roaring flames had turned into ice cubes emitting a cold mist...
Suddenly, a red-grey lightning flashed before Ye Feng's eyes.
"Crackle!"
Almost simultaneously, a deafening thunderclap reached Ye Feng's ears.
"The same lightning as before, is it Yin Lei?!"
The thought had barely crossed Ye Feng's mind when a purple light appeared beside him, seemingly emanating from Yuan Ling's eyes.
Ye Feng didn't have time to examine it closely; his body instantly vanished from its spot, reappearing on a distant rock.
"Bang! Bang! Crackle!"
In Ye Feng's original position, a massive rock appeared, shattered by the Yin Lei unleashed by the Goblin Priest.
"Rumble!~"
At this moment, the Goblin Priest acted again. It let out a strange cry and struck the ground with its staff. Earth-yellow light instantly spread out.
The next second, it pointed its skeletal staff at Yuan Ling. The strange runes on it flashed with black light, and a ripple traversed the void, striking directly at Yuan Ling – another mental attack.
Yuan Ling quickly dodged to the side and leaped backward, evading the Goblin Priest's mental assault.
"Bang! Boom boom! Sizzle!"
"Ruru!~"
Before Yuan Ling could stabilize herself, the ground beneath her feet trembled and rapidly cracked. Enormous magma spewed from the ground around Yuan Ling, surging towards her in the center.
Yuan Ling showed no panic on her face. She frowned slightly, and the chilling straight sword in her hand swiftly slashed at the erupting magma.
"Whoosh!"
"Hiss! Crack, crack, crack!~"
The chilling sword light flashed past, and the surging magma, just like the flames that had attacked Ye Feng earlier, instantly froze...
"Whoosh!"
At this moment, purple light flashed around Yuan Ling, and her figure instantly vanished from her original position, appearing before the Goblin Priest.
"Screech!"
The chilling gleam of Yuan Ling's straight sword flashed across the Goblin Priest's neck. The creature didn't even have time to cry out before its head was severed.
Before the Goblin Priest's head hit the ground, it turned into a block of ice.
"Ping!~ Clang~ Bang!"
The frozen head of the Goblin Priest struck the ground and instantly shattered into pieces.
"Instant... Instantaneous movement!"
Ye Feng, observing from a distance, couldn't help but swallow. He was immensely astonished.
Because when Yuan Ling killed the Goblin Priest, she hadn't flown over at extreme speed; she had simply vanished from her spot and instantly appeared before the creature...
"When Yuan Ling's figure disappeared... a large rock suddenly appeared where she was standing... it seemed to have been teleported there too..."
Ye Feng frowned, looking in the direction Yuan Ling had been standing. "Did Yuan Ling... teleport me to this place just now? And where I was before... a large rock also appeared..."
"Big brother, are you alright?"
At this moment, Xiao Xiao, who had driven away a horde of goblins, ran over, her voice filled with concern.
"I'm fine!"
Ye Feng shook his head and quickly walked towards Yuan Ling.
He noticed that after killing the Goblin Priest, Yuan Ling's face was pale and her breathing unsteady, indicating that unleashing such a powerful move had taken a significant toll on her.
"Yuan Ling, are you alright?"
Ye Feng reached Yuan Ling and asked with worry.
"I'm fine!"
Yuan Ling shook her head gently and looked at the chaotic scene around them. "I initially thought a shaman of the earth element was controlling the magma, but I didn't expect it to be a Goblin Priest!"
"With so many goblins of different attributes gathered here, and such precise and coordinated combat... I felt something was wrong before. Now it seems it was because of this Goblin Priest!"
Seeing Ye Feng staring curiously at the chilling straight sword in her hand, Yuan Ling spoke again. "This straight sword is named Xue Yi. It was given to me by the knight who taught us combat skills when he left!"
"Xue Yi is a very special sword. It possesses extreme icy power... it can even freeze arcane energy!"
As she spoke, Yuan Ling slowly sheathed Xue Yi, and it reverted to its appearance as a normal long staff.
"Ye Feng, notify everyone not to engage in prolonged combat. We need to leave here quickly!"
Yuan Ling's expression turned serious as she finished speaking.
"Alright!"
Ye Feng nodded. Just as he was about to call out to Alak and the others in the distance, a goblin suddenly sprang from the ground not far from Xiao Xiao.
This goblin was covered in gleaming metal blades and charged towards Xiao Xiao with extreme speed. It was about to pierce Xiao Xiao's back...
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