"What? Bomb Crows?" Ye Feng exclaimed in surprise. The crow that had just triggered the arcane energy explosion was indeed one, but the Bomb Crow should have already been destroyed by his Barrett.
"And that Skeleton Vulture, after injecting the enhanced serum, gained abilities related to vultures. He needs to mate with different people or animals to acquire their abilities," Xue Yuli explained rapidly while consuming some potions. "However, the abilities gained through this method seem to have a time limit and are lost after a while..."
"Damn it... mating... that Bomb Crow is already dead, how did Skeleton Vulture..." Ye Feng shivered at the thought. At the same time, he felt fortunate that he hadn't chosen to inject the enhanced serum to become stronger; the risks of such uncertain abilities were too high.
"It's a waste of talent for that idiot Bomb Crow to have such a good ability!" A high-pitched, effeminate voice suddenly cut through the air. Then, a figure slowly emerged from behind the flock of crows. It was someone with a pair of fleshy wings, whose gender was indistinguishable from their appearance.
"It's him!" Ye Feng was somewhat surprised. The person was the one who had presided over the skeleton auction previously.
"Die!" Skeleton Vulture sneered, waving his hand. A large flock of crows immediately screeched and flew towards Ye Feng.
"Bang bang bang! ... Rat-a-tat-tat! ... " Ye Feng's Gatling gun and Xiao Xiao's AK47 opened fire simultaneously, and many crows exploded mid-flight.
"Arcane·Water Prison!" Xue Yuli also formed a hand seal, trapping a group of crows in a water sphere and carrying them away before they exploded.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!" Just as the exploding crows were dealt with, Skeleton Vulture had already approached Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and the others to within ten meters. His mouth split open, his jaw widening, and he spewed large quantities of yellow-green liquid.
"It's poison! Scatter!" Xue Yuli shouted urgently upon seeing this.
"Pfft! Plop~ Sizzle sizzle~..." Ye Feng and the others dodged quickly. The poison splashed onto stones and the ground, dissolving them and producing large amounts of white smoke.
"You can't just dodge this poison!" Skeleton Vulture wasn't worried or panicked by their evasion. Instead, he looked at Ye Feng and the others as if they were clowns.
"This white smoke!" Ye Feng's eyes narrowed slightly. With a flash of light in his hand, several gas masks instantly appeared. He and Xiao Xiao put them on, and he also gave one to Xue Yuli.
"Gas... Gas masks?" Xue Yuli, who was in a state of panic, was momentarily stunned by what Ye Feng produced. "Ye Feng, you really have everything!"
"You bastard!" Seeing the three of them wearing gas masks, Skeleton Vulture's expression darkened.
"Hmph!" Skeleton Vulture let out a low hum, and his body transformed, sprouting a large cluster of tentacles.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!~" The next moment, the mass of tentacles fired a barrage of bone spurs at Ye Feng, Xiao Xiao, and Xue Yuli.
"Clang clang clang!~..." The bone spurs were incredibly sharp, deeply embedding themselves into the hard stone walls.
"Bang bang bang~ Rat-a-tat-tat~ ... Rat-a-tat~ ..." Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao dodged while firing at Skeleton Vulture. Xue Yuli, after initially shooting a few water arrows, picked up the AK47 that Xiao Xiao had dropped and began firing at him.
"Injured just now... can't use arcane energy freely anymore?" Ye Feng frowned slightly, noticing Xue Yuli's labored breathing.
"Xiao Xiao, squat down quickly!" Ye Feng suddenly shouted at Xiao Xiao, his tone very urgent.
"Huh?!" Though she didn't fully understand, Xiao Xiao complied. As Xiao Xiao, who was running, suddenly squatted down, a bright thread flashed just in front of her eyes, at the position where her waist had been. Her hair was gently brushed by it, and it instantly snapped in two.
"Xiao Xiao, are you alright!" Ye Feng came to her side with lingering fear, his voice full of concern.
"I'm fine!" Xiao Xiao shook her head, her face still pale with shock.
"Everyone be careful, where Skeleton Vulture shot the bone spurs, there are very sharp thin threads!" Xue Yuli also ran to Ye Feng and Xiao Xiao's side, her voice filled with caution.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh!~..." As Xue Yuli finished speaking, several piercing sounds of air being cut through suddenly rang out. They were indeed transparent thin threads. One end of the thread was connected to Skeleton Vulture's tentacles, and the other end was connected to bone spurs deeply embedded in the stone wall. Under the control of Skeleton Vulture's tentacles, these threads intertwined, forming a net of threads that enveloped the three of them. The threads were incredibly sharp, instantly slicing through stalactites hanging from above and stones on the ground...
"Arcane·Water Shield!" Xue Yuli's expression changed drastically. She immediately formed a hand seal, and a water wall instantly appeared, shielding the three of them. Ye Feng, meanwhile, retrieved the mech parts he had obtained after defeating the two people from Mech City who had tried to rob him in the sand dunes, and placed them in front of himself and Xiao Xiao.
"Zing zing!~" Although Xue Yuli's water wall was penetrated in some places, it effectively blocked the sharp threads from reaching them. As for Ye Feng, the mech, which could only be scratched by bullets, was directly cut by the threads shot by Skeleton Vulture, and the cutting was continuing inwards...
"Oh ho, water-attribute arcane energy, eh?" Skeleton Vulture said in his effeminate tone. His eyes narrowed, and his tentacles bulged, turning bright red. Subsequently, the threads shot from his tentacles also turned red.
"Sizzle sizzle!~" Xue Yuli's water shield immediately emitted a sizzling sound, and the red threads clearly cut inwards a little.
"It's fire-attribute arcane energy, it counters me perfectly!" Xue Yuli's face was extremely grim.
"Ye Feng, we don't know how many abilities this Skeleton Vulture has acquired. We can't engage in a prolonged fight. If I can get close for just one second, I can take him down!" After a pause, Xue Yuli lowered her voice and spoke to Ye Feng.
"Alright, I'll attract his attention!" Ye Feng nodded slightly, then looked at Xiao Xiao, "Xiao Xiao, be careful!" As his voice fell, Ye Feng and Xue Yuli moved simultaneously. Light flashed in Ye Feng's hand, and the Angel Blade instantly appeared. He swiftly cut through the threads. Xue Yuli, meanwhile, formed a hand seal, and a barrage of water arrows shot towards Skeleton Vulture. Skeleton Vulture twisted his body slightly, dodging rapidly.
"Hmph, this level of arcane energy attack, I..." Skeleton Vulture's mocking words were cut short halfway. Because Ye Feng's figure had instantly disappeared, and the next moment, a sense of immense danger emanated from behind him.
"Whoosh!~ Slaaaash!~" A white light flashed, followed by a crisp cutting sound. Skeleton Vulture's body was instantly sliced in half by Ye Feng.
"Kid, you think this can kill me?" After a moment of slight surprise, Skeleton Vulture's voice, filled with disdain, rang out. As he spoke, the cut surfaces of Skeleton Vulture's body, which Ye Feng had bisected, stopped bleeding. In fact, countless tentacles began to grow, intertwining with each other, and his body was on the verge of complete regeneration...