In the world of martial arts, one works tirelessly to attain enlightenment.

Chapter 43, Siege, Calling for Help

Outside the detached courtyard.

Four fallen elves blocked the entrance, while eight more fell elves were positioned around the courtyard to prevent the people inside from escaping.

Yan Lingfei, Yun Zhu, and Meng Yu walked out of the gate together.

The fallen elf did not attack directly, but instead bowed and stepped back, making way for them.

Two pure-blooded elves stepped forward, their fair and radiant skin contrasting sharply with the dark blue-green skin of the fallen elves, causing the fallen elves to droop their heads even lower.

When Yan Lingfei saw the pure-blooded elf, she frowned, sensing that something was amiss.

"Elf, what do you mean by surrounding my courtyard with your men?" Yan Lingfei questioned, gesturing for Yunzhu and Mengyu to move closer.

One of the pure-blooded elves chuckled softly.

"You truly rude human girl, I didn't come here for you, but to challenge this so-called captain you speak of. Why hasn't he shown up?"

"Challenge the captain? You two aren't qualified." Yan Lingfei glanced at the two elves and smiled disdainfully.

The elf remained expressionless. Another elf stepped forward, touched its storage ring, took out a challenge letter, and presented it to Yan Lingfei.

"I'm issuing a challenge to Lin Ranfa. This is a formal challenge, and as her team member, you are required to deliver it to her according to the rules."

"That's right, there is such a rule, but before that, you have to beat me and the rest of the team."

Yan Lingfei did not accept the challenge, letting it suddenly accelerate in the air before crashing into the energy barrier and being bounced away.

She never glanced at the challenge letter from beginning to end.

But behind his back, he deftly operated the terminal and sent a message to Yan Shuangying.

"Grandpa, someone is bullying me!"

The two pure-blooded elves' expressions darkened slightly. The elf who took out the challenge letter said coldly,

"You won't listen to reason, but you're not qualified for me to take action either. Number One, you go."

As soon as the words were spoken, a fallen elf stepped forward, expressionless and with unwavering eyes, like an obedient machine.

Yan Lingfei pursed her lips but didn't move.

"Mengyu, you go first."

Mengyu stepped forward, knife in hand, the tip pointing at the fallen elf.

The next moment, a flash of light appeared, and the two figures disappeared simultaneously.

Ding ding ding...

After dozens of clashes, Mengyu returned to her original position, while in the center of the two sides, the Fallen Elf lay on the ground with his neck cut open and his heart pierced through.

"Is that all the strength you have? You're no match for me even before I've had my fill. Next." Meng Yu said disdainfully, taking out a chicken leg and taking a big bite.

The two pure-blooded elves' expressions darkened slightly, and the other elf said in a deep voice,

"Number Three, go and kill this cat-man. I'll give you ten days of rest."

"Yes, Master." The third fallen elf stepped forward, a glimmer of light appearing in his numb and empty eyes, and purplish-black patterns emerging from his exposed skin.

Yan Lingfei stared at it for three seconds.

"Yunzhu, go."

"it is good."

Yunzhu stepped forward, gripped the straight sword with one hand, and released fire spirit energy from her palm, covering the sword.

boom!

Without warning, both sides attacked simultaneously.

The fallen elf gripped the dagger, its surface etched with purplish-black patterns.

The dagger clashed with the straight sword, and more than half of the purplish-black patterns on the dagger were immediately burned away and purified, causing the fallen elf to involuntarily take two steps back.

Yunzhu pressed her advantage, gripping the hilt of her sword with both hands and slashing at the fallen elf. She had little skill involved, only power and fire.

The fallen elf brandished her daggers, forming a large net that blocked all the attacks from the straight blades. However, the net contained immense power, leaving her unable to retaliate for the time being.

Ding ding ding...

After dozens of attacks, Yunzhu seized an opportunity and stabbed the fallen elf in the abdomen, but was also hit in the shoulder.

Yunzhu gritted her teeth, ignoring her wounds, and continued charging forward with her knife.

A few minutes later, the battle came to an end. Yunzhu was injured, but she killed the Fallen Elf!

The two pure-blooded elves' expressions darkened further, and they summoned a third fallen elf.

"I'll play with you." Yan Lingfei twisted her neck and pounced on him excitedly.

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed.

Yan Lingfei and the other two took turns attacking, deliberately stalling for time.

The pure-blooded elf stared wide-eyed at this, intending to order the fallen elves to surround and attack the courtyard.

But as soon as she had this thought, an invisible force enveloped her, followed by the crisis of death. If she really did it, she would die here in the next second!

So the elves held back and sent one fallen elf after another to test them, but the individual strength of the fallen elves was not as good as the three of them, and they took turns delaying their recovery.

We can't retreat, and we can't advance.

Caught in a dilemma, the last fallen elf was also sent to its death, but it died under Meng Yu's blade in just over ten seconds.

"They're all dead, now it's your turn."

Yan Lingfei excitedly clenched her fist, and two balls of crimson flames emerged.

The two pure-blooded elves' faces twisted slightly, but they showed no intention of stepping forward. They knew they were no match for the other party. They had thought it was a good job, but they didn't expect the other party to be so uncivilized as to call for help!

An elf took a deep breath and said in a humble voice:

"We apologize, we were in the wrong this time. This is a crystallization of life, we hope you won't hold it against us."

"We apologize for the offense."

Another elf also took out a life crystal.

Yan Lingfei glanced at them, then waved her hand to grab the two crystals, checking that they were correct.

"The items are correct. You can leave now. Next time you come, each of you will receive two crystals, understand?"

"……clear."

The pure-blooded elf left, feeling frustrated.

Yan Lingfei hummed twice, feeling happy that she had saved Lin Ran from trouble.

"Sister Feifei, why do they have to wait until all the fallen elves are dead before they leave?" Mengyu asked, puzzled.

"They originally planned to use the Fallen Elves to wear us down before reaping the rewards, but they ended up losing more than they gained."

Yan Lingfei gave an explanation.

Upon returning to the courtyard, I saw a handsome middle-aged man sitting under a tree, drinking tea.

"Well done, sir!" Yan Lingfei gave a thumbs up.

Yan Shuangying lost her composure in an instant, rolled her eyes, and didn't want to pay any attention to this rebellious granddaughter. Compared to Lin Ran, she was really impolite.

"Go cultivate quickly. The new city is not peaceful lately, and I may not be able to stay here forever."

"Okay~" Yan Lingfei ran into the room.

After thanking Yan Shuangying, Yunzhu and Mengyu also went to cultivate.

The courtyard quieted down, and Yan Shuangying looked at the news from various sources for a while before frowning.

Although the human race obtained a lot of resources, the No. 3 base became much more chaotic. Overall, the human race suffered greater losses, mainly because many cultivators died.

He thought about it carefully and didn't offer any advice.

The third base is the border of the human race's territory, not a place for people to be comfortable. A little chaos is not a bad thing, so that they won't perish in the future when they venture into the battlefield of the heavens because of some careless details.

He glanced at the third floor again, marveling at Lin Ran's exceptional talent for cultivation. Even before reaching the mid-level Awakened Realm, she already possessed her own unique cultivation technique.

(End of this chapter)