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But Ye Xiao's profession is not limited to swordsmanship. He shouted in a deep voice, and earth-yellow magic power wrapped around his arms. Hard stones floated up from the ground and instantly condensed into black and gray stone fists on his arms.

Then, he punched Vatrian as he charged at him.

Chapter 107 Luring the Snake Out of Its Hole

"pound"

The silvery-white magic collided with the massive fist formed by the pile of earth and stones, creating a deafening roar.

The earth and stone arm that Ye Xiao had conjured was instantly shattered, and the blasted pebbles fell like raindrops throughout the cave.

However, Vatrian was also knocked back two steps by the opponent's sudden and unexpected strength.

His arm went numb, and a small crack appeared in the silvery-white crystal on his knuckles.

"damn it!"

Vatrian looked up, his expression showing signs of barely keeping his composure.

"One minute you're using a knife, the next you're casting spells, then you're boxing—what kind of shitty profession are you anyway?!"

Ye Xiao had a mocking smile on his lips, his fists clenched in front of his chest, and he skillfully hopped around in a crisscrossing motion.

"How should I put it, monk?"

"Shit!"

Vatrian turned his head and roared, "Antoniere, aren't you coming to help?! What are you waiting for?!"

Nearby, the enormous red dragon was spreading its wings to shield the fleeing crowd from falling rocks. Hearing Vatrian's shout, it turned its head with a hint of helplessness and let out an angry roar at Ye Xiao.

Immediately, it opened its huge mouth, and a scorching dragon breath swept across most of the cave, heading straight for Ye Xiao's figure.

"Hey! There's a toad!"

Ye Xiao dared not take the dragon fire head-on. He activated Shadow Step and instantly transformed into a black shadow, flashing several meters away.

"boom"

The raging pillars of fire crashed against the stone wall, and the smoke and dust that rose up instantly filled the high platform.

Vatrian was surrounded by crystals of silvery-white magic, keeping out any dust that might come in.

He stared wide-eyed, trying to catch every subtle change in the smoke and dust. The next moment, a dark shadow suddenly flashed out. Without hesitation, he threw a punch with metal magic swirling in his left hand.

Silvery magic condensed into sharp points along the arm, piercing the shadow like a spear. But when Vatrian steadied his eyes and saw clearly, he was astonished to discover that it was just a coat.

In the next instant, Ye Xiao suddenly rushed out from his side, and his huge fist, encased in stone, punched Vatrian in the face.

"boom"

With a clear sound, the stone fist struck the magic crystal, sparking dazzling sparks.

Vatrian's upper body was knocked askew by the immense force, but fortunately, the metallic crystals surrounding his body were hard enough to withstand the blow.

He then swept one hand across the ground, leaving behind a trail of silvery-white magic that permeated the surface. Immediately afterward, the originally dark gray stone surface transformed into a cluster of sharp spikes that shot out from the ground, radiating a silvery-white metallic glow.

Ye Xiao immediately unleashed a Wind Control Technique, leaping into the air and performing a backflip to dodge the sharp spikes. When he landed, a bead of cold sweat slid down his forehead.

"You can even temporarily convert other substances into metals, that's really insidious."

Vatrian didn't waste any more words with Ye Xiao. He stretched out his palm and sucked up the sharp cone-shaped clusters on the ground, making them float in the air like a floating ice flower.

Then he pushed hard, and the "ice flower" instantly shattered into countless tiny fragments, spraying out in a fan shape.

But those countless fragments ultimately tore apart only a tall, thin afterimage. A hint of surprise flashed in Vatrian's eyes, and his step suddenly stopped on a throwing knife stuck in the ground.

When did this throwing knife get here?!

Before Vatrian could react, Ye Xiao's figure flashed out and delivered another heavy punch to his face.

The immense force transformed into a powerful impact, sending Vatrian flying backward.

Two consecutive punches finally cracked the crystalline barrier on his head, creating a spiderweb-like pattern of cracks.

Even the hardest metal cannot withstand such destruction.

But just as Ye Xiao was about to press his advantage, a dragon's roar descended from the sky.

The enormous figure burst through the thick smoke, its two claws swooping down to stomp on Ye Xiao.

Ye Xiao immediately used another teleportation technique to create distance and dodge the powerful stomp.

However, the thick smoke on the platform was now dispersed by the giant dragon, so he couldn't continue using this iconic spatial magic. It would be bad if Raymond or Dashan, who were watching from the sidelines, noticed something amiss.

Seeing the red dragon join the battle, he no longer lingered. He did a somersault towards Tanya at the edge of the platform and scooped the girl into his arms.

"Hey, haven't you been wallowing in self-pity enough?!"

Seeing that the other person was still looking dejected while being held in his arms, Ye Xiao couldn't help but say, "After saving Miss Windsor, I still have to save you. Aren't you a burden?"

"..."

Tanya's face was pale, and her eyes had lost their luster. "No... don't save me..."

"I'm just a piece of trash..."

"oops!"

Ye Xiao was speechless; how could this young woman have become so dejected?

However, despite his words, he didn't stop moving his feet. He leaped up the wall twice and darted onto a hole.

The main reason he spent so much time with Vatrian was to buy time for the other people captured in the cave to escape.

While they were locked in combat, Raymond and his noble guards also opened the cages in other parts of the airship amidst the chaos of battle, releasing the passengers.

Without Vatrian and Red Dragon's pursuit, the bandits alone would still find it difficult to resist those well-trained personal guards.

“Stop right there!!!”

But Vatrian, blinded by rage, would not let them leave. He immediately ordered the red dragon Anton to pursue them through the cave where Miss Windsor had left, while he himself leaped up in anger and chased after Ye Xiao.

The enormous cave was teetering on the brink of collapse, and the group quickly made their way through the labyrinthine, narrow passageway.

The red dragon's enormous body could hardly squeeze through these narrow passages, so it could only shrink back into the shape of a little boy and crawl somewhat clumsily through the tunnel using its hands and feet.

Along the way, there were traps set by Raymond and Miss Maple beforehand, and various explosions followed one after another, burying Anton Lie's body in the collapsing rocks.

This bought everyone a lot of time to escape. With the help of Raymond and Dashan, a large number of noble passengers evacuated from the west entrance of the mine. Miss Mofeng, along with Windsor and two Dark Shepherds who had been waiting outside the cave, ran out of the mine from the east.

When Vatrian chased Ye Xiao, who was winding his way through the cave, to the dead end at the top of the mountain, he saw the scattered figures of people walking away like ants at the foot of the mountain, and his eyes widened in fury.

"Damn it, you think you can escape like this!?"

"I've only managed to stall Anton Lie with a little trick. Even if you run for another day and night, you won't have a chance to leave here!!"

Vatrian's words were true. On the surface, Ye Xiao's evacuation plan was only meant to disgust Vatrian.

But in this vast, desolate mountain area, even if these nobles managed to escape the mines temporarily, how far could they get away on foot? Sooner or later, they would be chased back.

Ye Xiao's antics had wasted his time and caused chaos at the base, which greatly annoyed him.

"Hey, who said I was going to run away?"

Unexpectedly, Ye Xiao, who was standing on the edge of the cliff, turned around with a smile on his face as he held the blonde girl in his arms.

"The troublesome onlookers are gone, and the troublesome red dragon is trapped in the cave."

“Mr. Vatrian, I’m sorry, but I’m going to settle things with you right here.”

Chapter 108 Little Tricks

Vatrian paused slightly, a cautious suspicion flashing across his face.

But seeing the cliff behind Ye Xiao with nowhere to retreat, he quickly felt relieved again.

"Heh, bluff."

"You might not know this, but my greatest skill is actually summoning magic."

Ye Xiao smiled slightly, made a triangle with his hands, and pointed the center at Vatrian.

The somewhat strange posture resembled a sorcerer's hand seal, but Vatrian did not sense any obvious magical fluctuations from it.

Pretending to be mysterious!

Vatrian saw through Ye Xiao's little trick at a glance. If the other party thought that he could buy those damned nobles time to escape by using such a stupid method, then he was very wrong.

Without hesitation, Vatrian leaped into the air, his punch, imbued with silvery magic, transforming into a spear that pierced through the air.

However, the next second, a spatial rift suddenly opened in the air in front of Ye Xiao, as if the abyss had opened its huge mouth, and a large mass of pitch-black tentacles suddenly gushed out from it.

What the hell! ?

Vatrian didn't have time to stop. He immediately enveloped himself in a protective shield formed by metallic magic, like a meteorite crashing into the large expanse of writhing flesh.

Large swaths of black slurry bloomed like roses, and the foul-smelling flesh seemed to possess a strange corrosive quality, riddling the silvery-white crystals he used for protection with countless holes.

"Damn it, these are...you're the witch's apostles!?"

Vatrian hurriedly removed the barrier on his body, and then summoned another one.

He dared not let any of the black mud touch his body. Now that things had come to this, as a personal guard of the Tyron family, how could he not guess Ye Xiao's identity upon seeing these things?

"It's too late to realize it now."

Ye Xiao, appearing like a ghost on the other side of the mountain with Tanya in tow, shrugged. "Tell me who's backing you up behind the scenes, or believe me, you'll regret it."

"Why!? You're going to help the nobles of the duchy, when they are clearly the ones who caused the war!"

"Don't you already know the answer yourself?"

Ye Xiao raised an eyebrow.

Vatrian's gaze darkened, and he swallowed hard, his throat trembling.

The appearance of the black mud and tentacles did indeed awaken the deepest fear in his heart.

The image of the girl who easily tore four ancient Titans apart in the sandstorm in the vast desert is now deeply imprinted in the hearts of every duchy citizen who has been to the front lines, like a nightmare.

However, he had planned this event for so long and finally reached this point, so how could he give up so easily?

Vatrien was unwilling, but for some reason, his vision gradually began to become blurry.

In the dim light, the sun high in the sky seemed to be slowly emitting a blood-red light, the sky was dark, and the rocks underfoot seemed to be slowly writhing as if they were alive.

Damn it, what is all this stuff...?

Vatrian tried to move his feet, but it was as if countless tiny tendrils had sprouted from the ground and wrapped around his ankles. He felt as if his legs were stuck in a swamp, and it was extremely difficult to move even one step.

Numerous tendrils rose from the ground, swaying in the wind, like an endless expanse of reeds.

Vatrian felt increasingly exhausted, and the tall, thin man in front of him gradually became slender and strange.

He saw the other person reach out and place their hand on his shoulder, and a gentle, persuasive voice sounded in his ear.

"Let go of your guard, stop clinging to worldly things, and return to the embrace of my Lord."

"Tell me, who exactly is behind this, the one who instructed you?"

Vatrian's eyes were lifeless, and his lips trembled as he opened them.

"Noah..."

Who is Noah?

Upon hearing this answer, Ye Xiao couldn't help but frown.

"Be more specific, is he an employee of the company? Does he have any other names?"

"..."

Vatriian paused, as if recalling something, then opened his mouth and uttered a single syllable, "Si..."

"Vatrian!!!"

A roar suddenly came from under the mountain rocks, like a thunderclap.

The next moment, the earth shook violently, and a deafening roar echoed across the sky. Suddenly, the figure of a colossal object burst forth from the mountaintop.

It was a crimson dragon soaring through the sky, its wings slamming against the ground, the resulting wind pressure even blowing Ye Xiao off his feet. The enormous commotion also instantly jolted Vatrian awake from his daze.

"What's wrong with me...!?"