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Chapter 217 Kill Chain

"Li Wei, I never expected that you would be the one to save me."

Fana's beautiful eyes glanced at Richard, then lingered for a moment on the tall blood-bone puppet beside him.

It seems that this master alchemist, Li Wei, has many secrets besides his new beer recipe.

"The Scorched Earth has undergone a dramatic change. Master Liwei, do you and your followers still wish to remain here?"

Richard looked around and saw that the elemental creatures, which had been relatively peaceful before, seemed to have started a riot.

Even if there are no outsiders like them around, they still attack each other, seemingly because their originally divided territories have been invaded by other elemental creatures of the same level.

Clearly, given their combined strength, it would be far too dangerous for them to remain here.

Richard immediately shook his head and said, "Of course not, Gorkan and I are planning to go back."

"But Ms. Fana, what are you going to do?"

Richard showed Fana the teleportation stone in his hand.

Fana smiled and said, "No wonder you and your followers were so confident; it turns out you bought this."

"Don't worry, although I don't have a teleportation stone, I can set up the teleportation array and return in just two minutes. Could you two please keep watch for me?"

The three of them were currently behind the giant black rock, which blocked the view of most of the elemental creatures, so they were safe for the time being.

"Of course." Richard smiled slightly. He also wanted to see how Fana could set up a teleportation array in two minutes.

Even someone as skilled in teleportation arrays as him couldn't possibly complete the drawing of a teleportation array in twenty minutes, let alone two minutes.

Moreover, the ground here is not flat, making the drawing even more difficult.

Fana pulled a black animal hide from her bosom, which was radiating a strong elemental energy fluctuation, and quickly unfolded it.

Richard glanced at it briefly and saw a teleportation array pattern drawn on the black animal hide.

Fana then spread the entire hide out, with the patterned side down and the black bottom side up, laying it flat on the slightly uneven ground.

Then, Fana quickly chanted a short incantation. Soon, the black animal hide, which already contained energy, began to absorb the free energy elements in the surrounding air, and instantly, a bright blue light shone.

When Fana put the black animal hide scroll away again, Richard and Gorkan were surprised to see that there was now an exquisitely drawn teleportation array on the ground, faintly emitting a blue light.

Clearly, this is a fully functional teleportation array that can be activated at any time.

Seeing the surprised looks on Richard and Gorkan's faces, Fana chuckled: "Master Levi, this is a short-distance teleportation array. It can take me directly back to my residence in Tug City."

"Why don't you and your followers come to my house for a cup of tea first? Perhaps that way you can save on the cost of teleportation stones."

"Then I'll have to trouble Ms. Fana," Richard said with a smile.

Since he could hitch a ride, it was naturally a good thing, and Richard had absolutely no reason to refuse.

Furthermore, teleportation stones are valid for three months, so they can be saved for later use.

However, Richard immediately realized the drawback of this reel.

Fana's teleportation scroll is very convenient to use, but it is obviously unusable in combat. Enemies will not give you a minute or two to escape at your leisure.

Therefore, this type of scroll is only suitable for wizard teams that can navigate the Scorched Earth Secret Realm with ease, such as those that do not venture deep into the Secret Realm but collect resources in safe areas.

In a situation as urgent as the one just now, Fana obviously had no chance to use it and had to get out of the battle first.

"Master Li Wei, come quickly!" Fana had already stepped into the teleportation array and waved to Richard.

Richard and Gorkan immediately stopped hesitating and quickly joined Fana on the teleportation array.

After a flash of blue light, the three of them arrived in a sealed room.

"Phew~ I'm finally back." Fana finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's been a long time since I've been to the Scorched Earth Secret Realm, and I never expected to encounter something like this on my first visit. But thankfully, Master Li Wei, I met you," Fana said with a smile.

"Ms. Fana, you're too kind."

The three chatted as they walked out of the room.

But as soon as Richard stepped out of the room, he sensed that something was wrong.

Screams echoed from all around the villa, and the servants inside the villa were all terrified, seeing Fana return as if they had seen a savior.

Suddenly, Richard saw the Grey Dwarf Brotherhood's distress signal rising into the sky!

Judging from the location, it should be directly above my own villa.

Richard's expression changed instantly, and he blurted out, "Oh no!"

After quickly apologizing to Fana, Richard and Gorkan sped off towards their villa.

"Master Li Wei, I'll join you too."

Although she didn't know what had happened, upon seeing the distress signal, Fana immediately understood that something had clearly occurred at Li Wei's residence.

Even with ordinary friends, Fana would choose to go and check on the situation.

Moreover, Li Wei and his followers had just saved him.

Fana immediately called to the guards beside her and quickly followed.

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Stephania watched as Grace, Irene, and the others entered the villa.

A sense of panic welled up inside me.

She knew, of course, why the other party had come.

Because of this, she knew that if she fell into their hands, it wouldn't just be death; she might be taken back to the Night Elf territory and handed over to the Matriarch, at which point she would...

At this moment, the three listless gray dwarf wizards exchanged glances.

Bronco instantly threw a bundle of explosive-like objects from his chest at the two Spider Women, and yelled at Stephanie, "Run!"

"Whoosh!" Stephania, possessing the body of a high-level spider woman, quickly ran towards the headquarters of the Grey Dwarf Brotherhood.

Although the Grey Dwarf Brotherhood headquarters did not send any reinforcements.

But at least I can run in this direction.

"Trying to run away!" Grace's face showed a hint of sarcasm. If she could let you get away, then all her planning over this long period of time would have been for nothing.

But what came at her and Irene were three bundles of strange-looking combination bombs.

Judging from its appearance, it seems to be the kind of alchemical combination bomb that Richard made!

"An alchemical bomb?" Grace felt a hint of disdain, after all, in her mind, such things could only cause some harm to apprentices.

The two casually cast a dark elemental shield, not dodging, but directly passing over it and chasing after the fleeing Stephena.

"BOOM BOOM BOOM!!"

The explosion of three consecutive combination bombs instantly raised a cloud of dust.

"Cough cough. You're asking for death!" Grace and Irene staggered, not expecting that this strange-looking alchemical bomb would be so powerful.

Before she knew it, she had also suffered a minor injury.

Because Irene was weaker than Grace, her injuries were more severe.

At this moment, both of them had disheveled hair and looked somewhat disheveled. Their gray robes were also tattered, revealing their fair skin and the figures that the spider women were so proud of.

The sound of a series of alchemical combination bombs exploding immediately alerted Richard, who was speeding towards the villa, to something bad happening.

Before leaving, he gave Fingart some alchemical combination bombs for emergencies.

"Go to hell!" Irene was furious, her beautiful face contorted with rage as she was caught off guard by such a huge loss.

With a wave of her hand, a sharp, spindle-shaped energy ball formed from black dark elemental energy shot from Irene's fingertip straight into the heart of the gray dwarf captain, Bronco.

"Pfft!"

It pierced my heart!

Brown's sturdy and resolute body collapsed to the ground like a noodle.

"Bronco!" his two companions cried out in anguish.

The three of them had known each other since their apprenticeship as wizards, and had been friends for over a decade. They never imagined that such a seemingly simple task would...

"Since you're in so much pain, go with him!" Irene's anger hadn't subsided.

"Pfft! Pfft!"

Two consecutive dark elemental shuttles instantly took the lives of the two people.

At this moment, Stephanie had already arrived near the back door.

Just as Stephena leaped onto the wall behind the back gate, a bright green fireball shot towards her from the other side of the wall.

"boom!"

Stephanie was immediately horrified. She tried her best to twist her body and instantly cast a dark element shield, but she was still blasted several meters away by the emerald green fireball and crashed heavily back onto the ground in the villa garden.

"Heh heh, this road is blocked!" A sinister voice rang out from outside the door; it was none other than Nicol's second-in-command, Gremy.

Because Stephena dodged in time, she was not seriously injured, but the hood and mask that had been covering her body had been blown off, revealing her true face.

"Friday!!" Grace and Irene's eyes widened in disbelief.

"How could it be you?"

"What about that traitor, Shadra?"

"Why are you helping that traitor Shadra!"

When Grace and Irene saw Stephanie's face clearly, they were shocked and bombarded her with a barrage of questions!

However, after gazing intently at Stephanie for a moment, Grace said with a serious expression:

"No, you're not Flitwick, and you're not Shadra!"

"Who exactly are you? And where are the Source Blood and the Black Mirror?"

Grace finally realized that although the person in front of her had the face and body of Fritty, upon closer inspection, it was not difficult to find that there was a clear difference between his mental energy fluctuations and Fritty's.

Because Grace was quite familiar with Fritty's mental fluctuations, she quickly discovered the problem.

Stephanie pursed her lips and remained silent.

If you don't talk, you'll be tortured, but you won't die immediately!

But if I say it, I'll be doomed.

Stephanie is clear about this.

"Aren't you going to talk? Take her away first." Grace didn't intend to waste any more words with Stephena.

Once we get back, there will naturally be no fewer than ten ways to get the other party to talk.

"Nobody come any closer." Suddenly, Fingart, carrying several bundles of those powerful alchemical bombs, stood in front of Stephanie.

Fingart whispered, "Go! I'll hold them off."

"Fingert!!" Stephania couldn't help but cover her mouth with both hands.

She had already given up resisting, but unexpectedly, Fingart disregarded his own life and rushed up with the bomb.

"What foolish merfolk!" A dark light suddenly flashed in Grace's eyes.

Fingart seemed to have lost his mind, walking stupidly to the side. It looked like Grace intended for Fingart to blow up her villa.

Stephania glared at Grace and rushed toward her, trying to interrupt her control spell.

However, she was kicked hard in the abdomen by Irene, and sent flying several meters away at an even faster speed than before. Immediately, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of Stephana's mouth.

Irene sneered, "Still thinking about saving others? You and this fishman are both doomed today."

Suddenly, a clear voice came from outside the wall: "None of them will die today!"

"Whoosh!" A black iron chain was pulled directly behind Stephana, wrapped around her for a moment, and suddenly pulled her out of the villa.

"not good!"

"Who goes there!"

Seeing their "prey" slip away, Grace and the others were filled with shock and anger.

Just as they were trying to stop Stephena, the wall suddenly exploded, sending countless stones flying and dust billowing up, revealing a huge shadow.

This unexpected turn of events caused Grace and her companions to miss their chance to intercept her, allowing Stephanie to be rescued.

"Knock knock knock!"

A hideous, gigantic monster, wielding a giant iron axe in one hand and a massive chain hammer in the other, grinned at the two of them and suddenly charged straight at the center of them!

"Disgusting!" Grace looked at the monster and instantly recognized its origin.

This is a powerful summon favored by necromancers, possessing formidable combat strength. She had previously fought against a human necromancer on the surface and witnessed the monster's formidable power.

The group was clearly not foolish enough to confront this behemoth head-on.

They scattered immediately!

But the next second, the wall to their right collapsed again!

A skeletal monster, smaller than the Abomination but with a more menacing aura, covered in bone blades, charged toward a grey-robed wizard who had accompanied Grace, moving with incredible speed.

"Get out of the way!" Grace shouted.

The gray-robed man was trying to dodge the blood-bone puppet's attack, but suddenly he staggered, feeling a buzzing in his head, and couldn't even stand up straight!

It was Richard's cooperation that unleashed this "mental shock!"

"hiss!"

A sharp bone blade swiftly passed through the gray-robed wizard's neck.

"Gulp!" A round head fell off.

The gray-robed wizard felt a wave of dizziness followed by endless darkness!

"The first one!" Richard said softly, barely suppressing his anger.

The villa was in complete disarray. Stephena and Fingart were both seriously injured. The other party had launched a sneak attack while he was away from home. If he hadn't returned in time, his hometown would probably have been wiped out.

After killing one person, the Bloodbone Puppet immediately charged fiercely towards the second gray-robed wizard.

This immediately changed Grace and Irene's expressions. Just as they were about to rush to their aid, a petite witch who was only 1.2 meters tall, along with a fish-headed, human-bodied merman, blocked their way.

Grace's pupils contracted!

This is an extremely rare dwarf witch!

The mermen were not a threat, but the petite witch before him was not to be underestimated; she was at the same high-level first rank as him, and as for the dwarf...

Just as the group was facing off.

After the second grey-robed wizard used spells to dodge, he was suddenly caught by an iron chain thrown from the tall abomination's back, which wrapped around his ankle and momentarily stopped his movements.

At that moment, the Blood Bone Puppet was rapidly approaching!

Immediately, the other person, looking terrified, cast a bright green flame shield on himself and began to manually touch the iron chains.

But he overestimated his defensive capabilities, and his movements were too slow!

Two seconds later, the sound of a sharp blade slicing through flesh rang out!

Before the second gray-robed wizard could even scream, he was instantly sliced ​​into several pieces by the bloodbone golem's rapidly flying, sharp bone blades!

"The second one!" Richard's calm voice rang out.

Meanwhile, Nicol's second-in-command, Gremi, was seething with rage!

Gone is the composure and cunning of the past!

He couldn't spare a hand to rescue his subordinates, because the moment he made a move, the other side delivered a mental attack!

It's still making his head buzz.

Therefore, he dared not be distracted for even a moment by the mysterious black-armored man who suddenly appeared before him.

And

The other side had already blocked his way to provide assistance.

Although the other party's mental energy fluctuations didn't seem very strong to him, they appeared to be weaker than his own.

But the opponent's mysterious and unpredictable strength, as well as the death knell-like countdown, put him under immense psychological pressure.

This made Gremy feel uncertain for the first time, and a hint of retreat appeared in his eyes.

However, at this moment, even retreating is not so easy.

The black-armored man, the abomination, and this terrifying skeleton surrounded him in a three-point formation.

(End of this chapter)