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Chapter Ninety-Four: The Hunt

The icy lake water splashed onto his face, and Li Cheng's gaze plunged into the dark and deep underwater world.

He held his breath, drew the dagger from his waist, and with a push off the makeshift ice layer, darted away.

Two-handed greatswords are practically useless underwater, so close-quarters combat with a dagger is a better strategy.

The ranger players on the ice, coordinating with Li Cheng's actions, immediately nocked their radiant arrows, drew their bows, and unleashed a volley of mounted archery that covered the dark lake surface.

Like a cluster of meteors falling onto the lake, the distorted shadows that darted underwater were pierced by this volley of bright arrows.

Although it suffered no real damage due to the drag from the water's surface and the slippery, tough scales on its back, the barbed pyroxene arrowhead stuck on it emitted a glowing light, instantly making this peculiar fish-man nowhere to hide in the dark underwater world.

Spotting the light, Li Cheng leaped across the lake like a nimble fish, quickly closing the distance with his opponent.

The diving and fishing skills he had painstakingly practiced in Hawaii to impress girls unexpectedly came in handy at this moment.

The giant fish-man with a hammer-like head sensed Li Cheng's approach through the ripples in the water. With a flick of its tail, its hard skull rammed into Li Cheng like a cannonball in the water.

But Li Cheng reacted extremely quickly. The moment he saw the giant head rushing towards him, he turned sharply and plunged into the water.

The merman's hard headbutt, imbued with monstrous strength, narrowly grazed the back of his head.

The next moment, Li Cheng immediately turned around, and in the instant the fishman crossed above him, the dagger in his right hand accurately and ruthlessly pierced the lower part of the swaying fish tail.

The fish-man's back scales exposed above the water are indeed hard, making it difficult for the Seven Luminaries' ranged attacks to damage him.

However, their underwater abdomens and tails are soft, and Li Cheng's dagger pierced deep into their abdomens, even drawing out a large patch of dark blue blood due to their violent movements.

The fish-man howled in pain and violently thrashed its lower body and hind limbs, trying to shake off Li Cheng, who had plunged the dagger into its body.

Li Cheng, who was swimming forward by the inertia of the water, was instantly pulled 180 degrees by the strange force, along with his dagger.

Hanging behind the fish's tail, he thrashed about, and the lake water surged into Li Cheng's nostrils.

He suppressed his suffocation and dizziness and decisively activated the skill Lightning Sword.

A dazzling arc of electricity erupted from the tip of the dagger, instantly engulfing the hard-headed merman's entire body.

Of course, with the lake water acting as a conductor, Li Cheng was also instantly electrocuted to the point of near paralysis.

He applied his lightning-resistant essential oil to his armor, but for the sake of agility in water combat, he had already removed the hard armor and left it on the ice.

However, the Hardheaded Murloc's lightning resistance relies entirely on its tough skin; its blood and internal organs do not have resistance to lightning.

Both the man and the fish were nearly in shock, like statues frozen in time, slowly sinking into the depths of the lake.

Li Cheng could sense that the other party was not completely dead, but his muscles, which were spasming and numb from the electric shock, made it difficult for him to control himself to deliver the final blow.

And clearly, the merfolk seemed to have instinctively realized this as well.

It was like a race against time, where whoever recovered first in the next few seconds would be the victor in this grueling struggle.

However, as the paralysis caused by the electric current gradually dissipated, the fishman with the mutated physique was the first to start moving his body.

It raised its hind legs and immediately kicked Li Cheng, who was still clinging to its tail.

If the powerful webbed hand were to land a solid kick, Li Cheng's head would explode like a watermelon.

But at that critical moment, Li Cheng, who immediately regained control of his body, gritted his teeth and turned to the side, causing the powerful hind leg to miss its target.

Taking advantage of the moment when the opponent's strength was exhausted, Li Cheng grabbed the opponent's hind limbs with his left hand and pulled hard, while simultaneously pulling out the dagger stuck in the fish's tail with his right hand.

Using this momentum, Li Cheng leaped forward and instantly caught up with the fishman's massive upper body. Without hesitation, he grabbed the opening and closing gills and thrust the dagger into the fish's belly with his right hand.

Feeling his life slipping away, the hard-headed merman howled and rolled around in the water, but he couldn't shake off this human who was like a leech.

As Li Cheng struggled, he gripped the fishman's gills tightly and thrust his right-hand dagger with all his might into the fish's soft belly.

The lake surface was splashed by the darting hard-headed fishmen. Before long, accompanied by a large amount of thick, dark blue blood and unknown mutated organs scattered in the lake, Li Cheng, covered in blue blood, suddenly rushed out of the lake and breathed in the cold, fresh air.

Without the impact of the hard-headed fishmen, the process of the Seven Stars laying the ice surface became much smoother.

Li Cheng swam up to the group of players who were moving forward, and successfully landed on the ice to reach the island in the center of the lake.

But at that moment, a large patch of azure light suddenly shone from the dim ceiling, making the entire cave as bright as day.

It was as if a huge meteor, trailing a blue fiery tail, was falling vertically from the sky, and directly below it lay the little girl lying in the center of the island.

Upon seeing this, Li Cheng's eyes widened, and he sprinted towards the center of the island with all his might. At the same time, he opened the system panel in his mind and typed a message to Ye Xiao, who was guarding above, as quickly as possible.

【The Saintess's Dog 2: Give Me Five Seconds!!!】

Ye Xiao, who was covered in sweat in the banquet hall, understood the message the moment he saw it, and immediately took a step forward and rushed towards the towering Augustus.

When Augustus first saw Ye Xiao facing his sword, a slightly surprised look appeared in his eyes behind his helmet.

Such a sudden and reckless attack is tantamount to suicide in a sword duel of this level.

No matter how anxious he was, he couldn't afford to reveal any flaws. Ye Xiao's actions had already sealed his fate.

The knight commander swung his greatsword and decisively delivered a powerful horizontal sweep, cleaving the enemy in the waist.

The unparalleled sword light sliced ​​through the reckless Ye Xiao's body without any suspense, and the entire stone wall behind him was also split in two.

Ignorance.

This was Augustus's final assessment of this reckless swordsman.

But that was a moment ago, because the next moment, he saw a scene that he could never understand in his life.

The swordsman, who had clearly been cut down to only half his body, suddenly flung out his staff, and black flames, gathered like an abyss, burst forth from the tip of the staff.

The scorching heat, like a hot knife piercing butter, instantly shattered the defensive formation set up by the Templar Knights behind them, heading straight for the saintess who was chanting.

The surging black flames appeared so suddenly that they were already within reach when the saintess caught a glimpse of them out of the corner of her eye.

The destructive power contained within forced her to temporarily suspend the incantation of the ritual, and she hurriedly raised her hand to mobilize some of her divine power to open a deep red magic circle.

The black flames passed through the magic array as if they were a stone sinking into the sea, disappearing without a trace in an instant.

This was precisely because the spatial magic cast by the arrogant divine authority had transferred the flames, because at that moment the fake saintess didn't even have the confidence to use holy light magic to block the black flames that Ye Xiao had unleashed with all his might.

The forced interruption of the chanting caused some of the divine power to backfire on the saintess, and a trickle of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth.

With so many people guarding just one person, the enemy was still able to launch a sneak attack. The Holy Maiden was furious.

But the ceremony was about to succeed, and she couldn't stop to worry about Ye Xiao. Instead, she immediately resumed the chanting that had just been temporarily interrupted.

Chapter Ninety-Five: A Close Call

The divine power, which had been stagnant for a brief moment, surged into the deep underground like a tidal wave, propelling the enormous blue meteor to accelerate its descent towards the girl who served as the container in the center of the underground lake.

As long as divine power is infused into the girl who possesses a corner of the Ring of Destiny, even without the Fish Mother, she can still usurp the blasphemous cause and effect from the destiny of another world.

Such forced operation might come at a greater cost and might only be enough to destroy the city, causing anomalies not as widespread as those caused by Beverly as a sacrifice.

But as the first step in starting Ragnarok, it is enough!

A blue meteor, formed from divine power gathered in the underground cave, shot straight toward the island.

But at that critical moment, a burly man with a strong upper body and a potion of perseverance suddenly rushed through the trap array set in the center.

"Ahhhh!!!"

Li Cheng, battered and bruised, charged forward with his semi-tank physique, roaring as he withstood the flames that engulfed the ground. Just before the divine meteor struck the earth, he grabbed the girl from the altar and leaped out.

The azure meteor then struck the empty altar in the center of the island, piercing directly through the heart of the lake.

The massive impact instantly shattered the small island into pieces, and the surging waves several meters high slammed the Seven Stars Society members underwater.

But the condensed divine power also penetrated into the lakebed and the earth's core, and then slowly dissipated in the deeper earth.

……

After chanting the incantation, the saintess in the banquet hall smiled and surveyed the crowd with delight, awaiting the impending anomaly.

But after a few seconds, nothing happened.

She paused, then noticed that the magic circle covering the entire ground had suddenly lost its luster.

Why is that?

She was somewhat incredulous, and then tried reciting a few syllables of the incantation.

Then this time, she found that she could no longer sense even that immense divine power.

"Why!?"

The saintess was so astonished that she involuntarily cried out.

"Holy Maiden... was the exorcism ritual successful?" The adjutant of the commander guarding the side asked, somewhat puzzled, upon seeing the situation.

The Knights Templar believed that their saintess was performing a ritual to exorcise the evil god hiding in Windseeker.

"Pfft, hahahaha," Ye Xiao, who had stood up unharmed on the other side of the hall, couldn't help but laugh when he heard the words on the other end. "Does that liver-like face look like a success?"

"You're still alive?" Augustus turned around in astonishment, clearly seeing that his greatsword had cut the man in two.

"Sorry, I'm wearing a resurrection armor."

Ye Xiao, of course, wouldn't explain the effect of the Miracle Sorcerer's "Death Rewind".

The ability to be reborn once a day is a godsend in crucial moments.

"A bunch of useless trash!" Then, the saintess's voice, filled with gritted teeth, came from the other side of the hall, "Why aren't you killing him?!"

The Templar Knights were taken aback to see the Holy Maiden in such a frenzied state for the first time, but they still surrounded Ye Xiao with shields and swords in hand.

Augustus's cold gaze fell on Ye Xiao through his mask.

Clearly, the failure of the saintess's ritual was also related to his mistake at that moment, and this proud knight commander would never let Ye Xiao escape again.

In fact, the Templar Knights, who no longer need to perform protection duties, only need to focus their efforts on dealing with this thieving swordsman in a tuxedo, or perhaps the mage.

If the entire Templar Order couldn't defeat one person, it would be a permanent disgrace to the Order.

“Nameless sinner, I assure you, you will never again have the chance to escape judgment.”

“A wise person knows how to assess the situation. I acknowledge your courage just now, but I advise you to surrender and give up any further ideas.”

"Perhaps it won't be enough to send your soul to hell."

[Saintess's Dog 1314: The "Traveling Team" has arrived at its destination.]

A message popped up quietly in the system panel.

Looking at the silver-armored knights who surrounded him in layers, Ye Xiao suddenly smiled with a sense of relief.

"Hey guys, you don't really think I don't have teammates, do you?"

“Blustering and stubbornness,” Augustus said coldly. “It seems the only option is to send you to hell, nameless sinner.”

Having said that, he assumed a sword stance and was about to charge forward.

The entire Windseeker's Keep has been wiped out by their Holy Knights, so this guy can't possibly have any teammates anymore.

However, the next moment, the earth suddenly trembled, and everyone in the arena staggered.

"Roar!!!"

Two loud roars, like thunderclaps, instantly resounded throughout the entire hall.

"What is that?!" A group of nobles hiding in a corner of the banquet hall were all horrified.

Then, the broken wall not far behind Ye Xiao was smashed open with a bang, and the flying rubble and bricks overturned all the Templar Knights who were nearby.

Two colossal beasts, with wings like lions and tails like scorpions, charged into the hall.

Amidst the billowing dust, a dazzling golden light shone between the two lions. The candidate saintess Freya raised her temple staff high, like a torchbearer in the darkness, leading a group of Loren Temple Knights who had been stranded outside the city and alchemical mechanical soldiers with brass fittings out of the breach.

"Don't rush, it's our turn now, Commander."

Ye Xiao smiled.

"How could there be Templar Knights colluding with cults?!" Augustus frowned slightly, gripping his sword and slowly retreating while ordering, "Prioritize protecting the Holy Maiden!"

“No need,” the saintess said coldly from the other end of the hall.

She pushed aside the Templar Knights protecting her and slowly stepped forward. "Is this all you have?"

The false saintess's anger had reached its peak.

With the ritual disrupted, she no longer cared what the Templars thought, nor did she bother maintaining any saintly persona.