Chapter Twenty-Four: Confronting the Enemy

Several teenagers who came out of the Forbidden Forest breathed a sigh of relief, one step closer to completing the problem that the Demon King of Flame Luo had come up with, but only Hyacinth knew that the real challenge had just begun. One by one, he untied the ropes that had been tied to them earlier, and led them to rest in a clearing near the Lingyun Palace.

He pointed to the huge black shadows swaying in front of the Lingyun Palace in the distance and said, "Look, that's the Spirit Guard!" ”

Qianqi didn't care about it at all, and said to himself, "Whatever kind of spirit warrior he is, see how I can raze them one by one." ”

Hyacinth saw that it was because the first two things were done relatively easily, which caused them to relax a little, and that he had to give them a blow to the head at this time, and that underestimating them would have fatal consequences in the face of an enemy as strong as the Guardian Warrior, he said, "Defeating them is not as easy as you think. Here, the Mana of the Demon King is endless, and they are the most powerful warriors he has ever created, so we only have a few percent chance of winning."

Qianqi was still optimistic, and asked, "They can't be more powerful than the Rakshasa Mother, right?" Last time we won comfortably as well. ”

Ouyang Xiaoliang realized the seriousness in Hyacinth's tone, and he had to ask carefully: "How many soul guards are there?" ”

Hyacinth Gushi answered the question of the two of them: "There are ten of them, although one alone is not worthy of the Rakshasa Mother, but the synergy of the ten people is definitely several times stronger than the Rakshasa Mother." ”

Ouyang Xiaoleng said while pondering: "Last time, I launched the Demon Alliance with Qianqi to complete a move Ice Dragon Xiaoxue, and we only barely won the Rakshasa Mother, even if Xia Qiu is added this time, I don't know how sure I will be." ”

"I'll help you too, anyway, I'm already in the same boat as you. Although I haven't participated in any battles in the hundreds of years since I came to the Yellow Springs Country, my strength is definitely not as good as before, but my demonic power has not dispersed, and it can still play a role when needed. Hyacinth's tone was firm, for he had already made up his mind.

His words warmed the hearts of several teenagers, and Xia Qiu was even more moved with a smile on his face, and said with tears in his eyes: "Great, Hyacinth, thanks to your help after coming here!" We really don't know how to thank you! ”

Her smile is particularly warm, which makes Hyacinth feel like a spring breeze. Perhaps it was because there were so few warm things in this cold Yellow Springs country, so any point would make him feel that he was so lucky, and that what he gained far outweighed his efforts.

He thought for a moment and said, "I think it's better for us to split into two teams!" With one weak and one strong, I and the Thousand Horsemen are responsible for trying to attract the attention of the Guardian Warriors, although they are strong, but their intelligence is not flattering, because they are just a group of puppets of the Flame Luo Demon King. When they began to concentrate on attacking me and Qianqi, Xiao Leng and Xia Qiu's team took advantage of the situation to attack the gate of Lingyun Palace from behind, striving to open the gate in the shortest possible time. ”

Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu nodded in agreement with his plan: "Understood! ”

Hyacinth continued: "As soon as they find out about your movements, they will turn around and guard the gate. At this time, Qianqi and I counterattacked them again, the purpose was to make them suffer from the enemy on their backs, and it was difficult to take care of both. Their protection range is only around the Lingyun Palace and outside the gate, and they can't enter the Lingyun Palace for a single step, so strive for at least one of the three of you to enter the palace gate. ”

"Well, do as you say!" Although Qianqi also wanted to be on a team with Xia Qiu, he still accepted Hyacinth's arrangement.

When everything was ready, they began to approach the front of the Lingyun Palace, with Hyacinth and Qian riding in front, and Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu hiding slightly behind the side. In the distance, you could feel the murderous aura on the corpse warriors, and several blood crows flew over their heads, making a cry of ~~~~~, which seemed to be a sounding horn for the expedition.

Qianqi summoned his dragon fire bow, took a few deep breaths, and saw Hyacinth nodding at him, he knew that the time had come, and without saying a word, he jumped out with him and launched a feint attack on the front of the Lingyun Palace.

The Guardian Warrior was tall and muscular, clad in black armor, and stood in front of him like a mountain of stones. When they were found to be coming, they also met them at the same time, they wore claw thorns in their left hands and spears in their right hands, and they ran with a loud rumbling sound, rolling up the dust on the ground, like a fast-moving black storm in the blink of an eye.

Using the Dragon's Fire Bow, the Thousand Riders fired purple arrows of light at the Guardian Warriors, clusters of arrows stuck in them or grazed past them, but they didn't care. He also had to admit that these behemoths really didn't have pain nerves, and even if they were shot in the head, it didn't affect them in the slightest to keep them going.

"Tears." Hyacinth stretched his arms and flicked his sleeves, and the blue petals that flew out formed a powerful cyclone. His demonic power was much stronger than the Thousand Riders had imagined, and he saw the whirlwind of flowers and tears rise up, and went straight for the Guardian Warrior with a sharp howl.

This move, with immediate effect, weakened the first wave of the Guardian Warrior's attack.

The thousand horsemen did not dare to slack off, and immediately used the Divine Dragon Fire Bow again to continue to launch a fierce attack. With Hyacinth's help, the Thousand Riders' attack was even more aggressive this time, and several Soul Warriors had already fallen in response after being shot by arrows. Through the first few moves, the Thousand Riders found that although they were strong, because their bodies were too large and clumsy, their sense of balance was not very good, and they had to concentrate on attacking the side of their bodies to expose their flaws due to the loss of their center of gravity.

Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu, who were hiding on the side, saw that a spirit guard soldier had fallen, so they took the opportunity to rush towards the gate of the Spirit Palace, intending to seize this opportunity to rush inside. Unexpectedly, the Guardian Warrior, who had just run a few steps and was obviously not looking at this side, was like having eyes behind him, and turned around and rushed towards them.

"Not good! Hurry, we must ensure that they enter the Lingyun Palace smoothly! Hyacinth shouted at the Thousand Riders as he summoned his cane and slashed at the Guardian warriors, each time with more and more fierce moves.

On the other side, the Thousand Horsemen took close combat, put away the Divine Dragon Fire Bow, and summoned his sword with a hydrator. At the suggestion of Hyacinth, he leaped to his feet, waved the jeature in his hand, and slashed at the back of a soul warrior. The Guardian Warrior staggered to the ground, but at the last moment, he slashed one of Senka's thighs with a wave of his claw-spiked arm.

Qianqi laughed at himself: "Careless!" ”

The wound wasn't very deep, but it hurt so much that he fell to one knee, and blood kept seeping out. The two Guardian warriors next to him turned around together, one left and one right, striking from both sides, and the sharp spear stabbed straight into his chest.

At the critical moment, Hyacinth pounced on him, knocked him away and shouted to him: "Don't let up, their reaction is much faster than we thought!" ”

"yes, I didn't expect these guys to look heavy and stupid, but they are so fast!"

Senki smiled sheepishly, put the pain behind for a moment, got up and rushed forward, continuing to attack the nearest Guardian warrior. At this time, he had to grit his teeth and let the bright red blood droplets stain the dust, and there was only one belief in his mind, no matter how big the sacrifice was, he would cover Xia Qiu's safe arrival at the gate of the Lingyun Palace.

In front of the palace gate, Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu also had no choice but to join the battle. For Xia Qiu, this is her first real battle. Although Xiao Leng repeatedly reminded her not to be reckless, she still threw herself into the battle, she didn't want to drag everyone back. She used her body's dexterity and flexibility to fend off the Guardian Warrior's attacks with her plum blade, but it was already difficult to resist the attack, let alone fight back.

Those monsters seemed to have endless energy, and there was no sign of exhaustion in the fight until now. No matter how hard they tried, they remained silent, not even a slight gasp. In the entire battle space, apart from the sound of metal collisions caused by sword fighting, there were only the hoarse cries of Xia Qiu himself, Ouyang Xiaoleng, Qian Qi, and Hyacinth.

The battle in front of him was getting more and more difficult, although Hyacinth had repeatedly warned Ouyang Xiaoleng before, and he had made full preparations in advance, but he didn't expect that when the two sides really fought, the strength of the Guardian Warrior was still much beyond his imagination. The silver Divine Ice in his hand unleashed a brighter light than any previous battle. He guessed that it might be because he had fought alongside Xia Qiu, the blood pact contractor, for the first time. The blood of the Silver Fox Divine Monarch in his body was boiling, controlling him to better use the power of the Divine Ice.

He continued to raise his demonic powers, encircling them around Xia Qiu, so that they could be intertwined with her power and protect each other.

He also found that the weakness of the Guardian Warrior was that his speed would drop significantly in melee combat, because he was too large, and the range of movements caused by him was unusually strong, and there would be a certain period of delay after each movement, and although the timing of the interval was very short, it could be used greatly.

In an emergency, he reminded Xia Qiu: "Try to get as close to them as possible and speed up your attack, but be careful of their claw thorns!" ”

"Understood!" Xia Qiu felt the demonic power from Ouyang Xiaoleng that surrounded her, and became more and more courageous, and she realized more and more that her every move seemed to be driven by the plum blade, as long as she sent out a stronger attack, the more she could stimulate the infinite power contained in the plum blade itself.

Yu-sama once said that the Plum Blade itself is a carrier of battle memories, and it can copy and record the process of each battle of its users. If you can become one with the Plum Blade Knife and follow its power, it is also the best opportunity to learn how to fight.

The Guardian Warriors fought with a machine with a tight clockwork, and it was still not at all obvious that their combat effectiveness had weakened, and the more they came later, the more ferocious they became. On the contrary, she began to slowly exhaust, and her offense gradually became weaker, and she was almost left with only a parry. She wondered if she could try attacking the Guardian's legs, as it seemed to be more advantageous to attack her own body there.

Deftly shifting angles back and forth, she feinted at the body close to the Guardian Warrior, and stabbed his sword at the junction of his leg armor. She felt the knife in her hand stab into the Guardian Warrior, not very deep, but it was enough for the Guardian Warrior to hold up his bulky body, and he began to tilt and fall towards the end of the leg that had been stabbed. She wanted to quickly pull out the plum blade to avoid the claw spikes that the other party might swing at any time, but the tip of the blade was stuck in its armor and couldn't pull it out, and she saw that the claw thorns of the guardian warrior were about to swing towards her.

At the last moment, she lifted her body, kicked the thigh of the Guardian Warrior, and pulled out the knife with the help of that force, and she also tossed out with that force. The Guardian Warrior who was attacked by her let out a low roar and fell to the ground, struggling for a long time, unable to stand up no matter what, and the spear and claw thorn in his hand were also thrown aside.

Spotting the enemy's weakness, Xia Qiu shouted to the other three, "Attack their legs!" They weigh too much, so they can't stand as long as their legs are injured! ”

At that moment, another Guardian warrior threw his spear at her. She couldn't dodge and was bruised on the left shoulder, and instantly felt the injured side burn like a flame, and the burning sensation and pain swept through her entire body. She held back and kept silent, because she knew that if Ouyang Xiaoleng and Qianqi found out that she was injured, it would definitely distract them and prevent them from fully engaged in the battle.

Even in the stalemate battle, Ouyang Xiaoleng still paid attention to Xia Qiu with his spare eyes, he seemed to see the scene of her being attacked by the spirit warriors, and hurriedly asked, "Are you not injured?" ”

"It doesn't matter, I'm fine!" Xia Qiu forced a smile and replied calmly, in order to make Ouyang Xiaoleng believe her words, she immediately started a battle with the spirit guard warrior who attacked her.