The ground where Ye Feng and his group were standing trembled violently. A gaping maw opened in the earth, and the torn land rose vertically, forming a cliff-like structure before them.
"Bang! Boom!"
As they observed, the newly formed cliff suddenly burst open, revealing a large hole. A torrent of thick, flowing flames erupted from the opening and cascaded down the cliff like a fiery waterfall.
"Holy crap, it's lava!" Ye Feng exclaimed, cursing.
"Bang! Bang bang! Hiss!"
At that moment, a series of small, muffled explosions sounded from the ground beneath them, scattering dust and debris and severely obscuring their vision.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!"
Immediately after, the cliff face before them let out a rumble, and a barrage of stone javelins shot towards them at high speed.
"Zing zing zing!"
Simultaneously, sharp stone spikes erupted from the ground beneath their feet, also flying directly at them. In an instant, Ye Feng and his group were surrounded by stone spikes and javelins attacking from all directions.
"Bang! Pow!"
"Clang clang clang!"
"Crack crack crack!"
Yuan Ling drew a circle around them with her wooden staff. A flash of brown light passed, and a thick stone wall instantly materialized around Ye Feng's group, blocking all the incoming stone spikes and javelins.
"Be careful of the lava. There might be an active volcano nearby. It's likely an Earth elemental Goblin Shaman who altered the terrain and redirected the lava!"
"This Earth elemental Goblin Shaman is much stronger than the one from yesterday, everyone be careful!"
"Crack crack crack!"
Just as Yuan Ling finished explaining, the stone wall she created began to crack under the relentless assault of stone spikes and javelins.
"Bang! Crash!"
The moment the stone wall completely collapsed, points of rapidly approaching fire caught their eyes – it was an arrow rain formed by lava.
"Scatter!"
Yuan Ling shouted sharply, sidestepped, and dashed towards the incoming lava arrow rain. Gripping her wooden staff as if it were a blade, she swung it forward.
"Swish!"
With her swing, a torrent of water elemental arcane energy erupted in the air, striking down all the lava arrows.
"Quack quack! Quack!"
"Wuuu wuuu! Roar!"
"Meow meow meow!~"
...
At this moment, a cacophony of goblin cries, along with the roars of wolves and other beasts, echoed from all directions around Ye Feng's group.
"The Goblin Shaman is hiding!" Xiao Xiao scanned her surroundings but couldn't spot the Goblin Shaman.
"Crack crack!"
"Whoosh~ Glug!"
As Xiao Xiao spoke, a root as thick as a bowl suddenly shot out from under Ye Feng's feet, instantly entangling his leg and rapidly coiling around his entire body.
"Huh?" Suddenly, Ye Feng's expression changed. The root binding him began to emit a fiery glow from within.
"Boom! Bang bang!"
The next second, the thick root wrapped around Ye Feng exploded violently.
"Big Brother!" Seeing this, Xiao Xiao cried out in alarm and was about to rush towards Ye Feng.
"I'm fine!" As Xiao Xiao took a step, Ye Feng's steady voice emerged from the fiery blast.
"That root contained a fire elemental arcane core, detonated by fire elemental arcane energy!"
"This Goblin Shaman nearby is no simple foe!" Ye Feng, with soot smudged on his face and his clothes singed in several places, frowned slightly.
"Earth, Wood, Fire, and the Water elemental Goblin Shaman from earlier. There are at least four Goblin Shamans of different elements here!"
"And after you killed the Water elemental one, the rest all hid and won't show themselves!" Alak chimed in, his tone grave.
"Everyone be careful. These Goblin Shamans are waiting for other goblins to arrive so they can ambush us in the chaos!" Xiao Lu observed her surroundings and stated.
"Roar!"
"Quack quack~~"
Before long, Goblin Wolf Riders appeared around Ye Feng's group, their numbers growing. Behind them followed many goblins, either running or leaping. As far as the eye could see, they were a dense, uncountable mass.
"Quack quack!"
"Bang! Bang bang!"
A horde of goblins wielding various weapons roared and charged at Ye Feng's group. A small portion of them fired crude firearms at them.
"Heh heh heh!" At this moment, the sound of an engine whirring could be heard. It was Xiao Xiao who had equipped her mecha arm, which also mounted a six-barreled Gatling gun. The sound was the trigger being pressed.
"Bang bang bang!........." After a few rotations, the six-barreled Gatling gun unleashed a torrent of fire at the charging goblin horde. Accompanied by the thunderous roar of gunfire, goblins were shot in the head, their shoulders blown off, or their chests riddled with gaping holes... They fell in swathes...
"Bang! Boom!" At this moment, a flash of fire erupted behind Yuan Ling, and a massive fireball hurtled towards her. Without turning her head, Yuan Ling tightened her grip on her staff and swung it again, just as before.
"Whoosh! Hiss!" A blade formed of water instantly sliced the giant fireball in two. The cleaved fireball veered off course and swept towards the goblins to Yuan Ling's sides. A large number of goblins screamed as they were consumed by flames...
"There's a Fire elemental Goblin Shaman too!" Alak's voice held clear confusion and surprise.
"Water, Wood, Fire, Earth... How can so many Goblin Shamans of different elements be gathered here at once!?"
"Be careful, something's not right. The simultaneous appearance of so many Goblin Shamans with different arcane energy attributes is highly abnormal!" Xiao Lu finished speaking, then drew her large bow and loosed several arrows made of wind elemental arcane energy. Ripples traversed the air as goblins were impaled and fell to the ground...
Seeing this, Ye Feng's hand flashed. In his left hand, he held a grenade launcher barrel, and in his right, a large saber. He charged directly into the goblin throng!
"Quack quack~"
"Sizzle sizzle~ Bang bang~"
"Crack! Crack~ Quack~ Roar!"
...
Instantly, in the goblin mass, many goblins were sent flying by Ye Feng, cut in half, or had their heads blown off... Within a few breaths, vast numbers of goblins lay dead on the ground...
Amidst the chaotic shrieks of goblins, Ye Feng felt a sense of bewilderment. He had deliberately charged into the goblin horde, hoping to lure the hidden Goblin Shamans into a surprise attack. Yet, they had remained inactive...
"Is it because I'm too ferocious?" Ye Feng frowned slightly. While dodging a goblin's spiked club, his foot missed its mark, and he twisted his ankle. His body "unavoidably" pitched towards a stone.
"Zing zing zing!" Just as Ye Feng was about to crash into the stone, it erupted with numerous stone spikes, which shot towards him at high speed.
"Damn it, it really is like this!" Ye Feng's heart lurched. Arcane energy instantly surged around him, shielding his body.
"Clang clang clang!" The stone spikes shattered upon impact with Ye Feng's body, but they also detonated with great force, revealing fire elemental arcane cores, just like the ones hidden in the branches earlier...
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