The light breeze on his face instantly dispelled the heaviness in his mind, and Yuffie settled down, hearing that Anya was still trying to persuade the other party.

"I am Anya, the current king of the demon clan. You should have heard of me, ma'am. The girl's voice was faint in the roar of the flames, but Yuffie was sure that the youkai could hear clearly, "We don't want to be your enemy, and we don't want to see youkai and humans against each other. If you have any difficulties, maybe we can—"

"That's enough." The youkai interrupted Anya's words in a high-pitched voice, "The alliance is also half-dead now, living in peace with humans?" Heh......" she seemed to disdain the girl's words, "what makes us strong is the instinct of survival and wildness. According to the alliance's approach, I am afraid that in less than two hundred years, the demon clan will forget its own nature and eventually become a slave of humans and the empire! ”

"But—"

Yuffie shook her head and stopped Anya with her eyes as she wanted to say something. The ideas of the two sides are completely opposed, and words alone are ineffective. She exhaled and raised her hand, ready for the next attack from the other party—

However, a silver light flashed from the center of the flames. The massive flames contracted suddenly, then burst like punctured balloons, exploding across the ground around them, tossing black—and even molten sand.

It was only then that Yuffie finally saw the monster's appearance...... and the young ranger standing across from her.

The other party appeared to be a young woman. She was draped in a white robe, and the flames swirled around her body, but they didn't burn her clothes in the slightest. Tall, the fluffy orange-red tails fanned out behind her, eight in all, each with a magical glow flowing at the tip.

Yuffie took a light breath and sighed in her heart at the beauty of the monster—and the danger.

The Spirit Fox is one of the most prestigious youkai clans, they are not as powerful as dragons, but they have a variety of strange talents and spells that make them extremely difficult opponents as well.

Leia was even more miserable. Nearly all of the young ranger's clothes were charred, and some of them were swept off by the hot wind, revealing his burned and red skin. But he still stood upright, and even seemed to have the upper hand—the end of the spear was clenched in his hand, and the tip of the spear was plunged deep into the monster's chest.

The original motorists, as well as the innocent horses, were not so lucky. Yuffie looked around, barely finding a few cokes that could barely make out the shape of a man or a horse, either curled up or with his limbs stretched at odd angles, already dead beyond his death.

However, now is not the time to care why the young ranger did not die in the flames. A shot that is enough to kill an ordinary person is not a serious blow to the monster in front of him. There was no trace of fear in her eyes, just a playful and curious look at the man who had just 'hurt' her.

"You have the blood of the Spirit Fox Clan?" She lifted her chin at Leia, "Who is your mother?" ”

"If I say I don't know, will you believe me?" The young ranger sneered, not intending to get close to the other party, "I am human, and if you still stand in my way, you are my enemy." ”

The eight-tailed spirit fox pursed his lips and responded with a sneer.

"Interesting. You simply don't know what I'm doing and don't understand what you want, lackeys of the Empire. She reached out and grabbed the spear in her chest, slowly pulling it out—not a drop of blood flowed, "I can probably guess where your blood comes from, but what does it matter." For youkai, it's just because they're not strong enough. ”

Before he could finish speaking, the orange flames ignited again, more ferocious than before. Even Leia had to take a few steps back, looking solemnly at the youkai not far away, completely obscured by the flames.

"For the continuation of the demon race, for the revival of the past, for the future we are pursuing, those who dare to interfere with the course of history, die!"

The flame dragon roared and turned the surrounding area into a sea of fire.

Lynn led her up and down in the air, avoiding the direct onslaught of the flames as much as possible. Yuffie quickly danced and gestured, casting a series of secret techniques that were not very powerful, but relatively safe and fast, trying to cause some obstacles to the monsters under his feet. The stars continued to protect Anya, occasionally spreading the light curtain around her, blocking attacks on Yuffie and Lynn.

As for Leia - Yuffie doesn't have the energy to keep an eye on him, but he thinks that the young ranger won't die easily.

However, all was of little avail. The flames unleashed by the Spirit Fox were not only sharp spears, but also indestructible shields. As long as any spell touched the orange-red curtain of flames, it would be shattered by the furious magic, and it would not affect the opponent at all.

"Leia, where are you? Come back! Yuffie amplified his voice several times with spells, trying to find the young ranger in the flames that covered the sky.

This is the home of that youkai. If you continue to fight, you won't have any effect at all except for consuming your own physical strength. Now she only needed a chance to cast the secret art of teleportation, and leave with Leia and the rest of her companions.

It was indeed the most suitable choice, if it were not for the light that pierced the clouds and hit the center of the fire.

It was actually a silvery-white ice mist, but with the density of the fog and the speed at which it fell, it appeared as a silver flash in vision. It was more than three meters in diameter, and it passed less than ten meters from Yuffie, turning the surrounding area into a cold winter in an instant.

The curtain of flames held up in front of it for only a dozen seconds before it scattered into tiny sparks and extinguished without resistance.

A long, melodious and high-pitched chant came from above the clouds, and Yuffie had heard this rhythm several times that was difficult for humans to make, and this time it was the most pleasant.

It belongs to the dragon family, a language that has been passed down for thousands of years or more.

"Okay...... Fellows of the Empire, this time you win. The monster sneered twice, obviously unwilling, "But don't rejoice too soon, you followers of the rotten regime will soon be retributed." ”

The spirit fox turned into an orange-red streamer and shot away to the southeast, disappearing from the end of sight in a matter of seconds. Calm soon returned, except for Yufie, Lynn, Leia, the burnt carriage, and the charred horses...... and human corpses.

Lin took her to the young ranger, and the stars also landed with Anya, and they didn't speak for a while. The blonde girl looked at Leia with some concern, and she was thinking about the sudden help she had just received.

It's almost barren land, and no one — not including a giant dragon — would come here for no reason, and just happen to bump into their fight with the youkai. Obviously, the more convincing explanation is that the other party had followed them before, and only in the case did they come to their aid.

That doesn't sound bad. The only question is, how can the Empire get a mighty dragon to do its bidding? Judging by the power of that spit, the dragon was older than the black dragon they had encountered before, and it was probably similar to the King of the Golden Dragons she had seen once.