At this final stage, Ye Lian didn’t mind leading them until the internal test ended.
After all, she was short on manpower.
If someone volunteered to be bossed around, why not take advantage of it?
“Master, should we destroy this Magic Circle?” Bai Xue suddenly asked.
“Destroy it.” Ye Lian glanced at the unsettling Scarlet Array.
“Yes.” Bai Xue acknowledged the order, her Black and White Blades flashing against the ground in rapid succession.
Seeing such swift swordsmanship, Boyang and the others were slightly surprised.
As expected, the subordinates of a strong fighter wouldn’t be weak!
Clang clang clang!
However, Bai Xue’s strike, fast enough to seemingly cut through rock, couldn’t even damage the surface of the Magic Circle.
Sparks flew everywhere, the sound of metal striking metal ringing out.
Sensing some danger, Bai Xue quickly retracted her blades and leapt backward.
The next moment, the Magic Circle flashed red, and several thick, black tentacles erupted wildly in all directions.
The ground cracked under the impact.
Yet, the area where the Magic Circle was remained untouched.
It was as if some mysterious force was protecting it.
“So it really is used for summoning.” Ye Lian took out her spear and muttered to herself.
After launching their attack, the thick tentacles quickly retracted.
Looking at the almost shattered ground, Dancing Elephant and the others turned pale.
Luckily, they weren’t nearby, or a single hit from those tentacles would have turned them into fresh meat paste.
“Master, this Magic Circle is too strange.” Bai Xue said nervously.
Such powerful attacks were hard to withstand with her small frame.
“The stranger it is, the sooner we need to destroy it.
Otherwise, it will only cause endless trouble later.”
With that, Ye Lian tapped the ground with her toes and charged toward the Magic Circle, spear in hand.
In an instant, sparks flew again, accompanied by the clang of steel on steel.
The Magic Circle exploded with red light once more, and several thick tentacles fiercely attacked Ye Lian.
She made no attempt to dodge, gripping her spear tightly with her right hand and thrusting wildly like a storm.
As soon as the tentacles approached, gashes appeared on each of them.
After the first wave of attacks, Ye Lian quickly retreated and then spun around, sweeping horizontally.
A terrifying gust of wind sliced through the air, tracing a jade-green line with her spear.
The fierce tentacles immediately split cleanly in half, the cuts smooth like mirrors.
Then, gray blood gushed out.
The tentacles inside the Magic Circle almost instantly retracted, leaving only the severed parts dropping to the ground with a patter.
Ye Lian raised her left hand, compressing the wind’s power and firing it out, shattering all the fallen pieces.
“Looks like this Magic Circle is protected by some kind of law or power.”
***
After finishing, she sheathed her weapon and turned to face everyone.
All of them were stunned.
Those terrifying tentacles hadn’t even managed to land a scratch on the White Knight.
And part of them had been brutally cut off!
So powerful! Is this really the White Knight’s true strength?
Absolutely loving it!
Since entering the game, Boyang and the others had never felt so reassured.
“Since we can’t destroy the Magic Circle, let’s change our approach and kill the monsters engraved with the Magic Circle.”
Ye Lian proposed a solution.
“No time to waste, let’s go find Ayu and his group immediately.” Dancing Elephant said.
“I have a feeling there will be several such Magic Circles.” Boyang worried.
If the enemy’s goal was to summon some terrifying monsters, that would be very troublesome.
“I think so too.” Ye Lian nodded gently.
Then she memorized each person’s appearance carefully.
She finally said, “Let’s search around and find the monsters lurking in the city as soon as possible. Then kill them!”
“Yes!”
The group hurriedly left the area around the lookout tower.
The corpse of Who’s Chicken lay quietly where it had fallen.
With time pressing, no one had the chance to deal with his body.
Once everything here returned to calm, the already dead Who’s Chicken suddenly opened his blood-red eyes.
The street was deserted.
Ye Lian, Boyang, and the others searched nearby for a while but still found no sign of Ayu.
“Forget it, he’s probably not around here.
Let’s go to the plaza and inform those guys about this.”
Although Michael and the others were not worth mourning, Ye Lian still thought it wise to warn them.
After all, their opponent this time was too strange.
Completely unpredictable.
Allowing those people to become sacrifices was harmful to no one but themselves.
Boyang and Dancing Elephant had no objections.
They just hadn’t agreed with Michael, not enemies.
Besides, when lives are at stake, a warning is warranted.
As for unity, better to save that.
As the saying goes, “Those who walk different paths cannot work together.”
Even if they agreed, Ye Lian wouldn’t.
That kind of enemy-turned-ally storyline wasn’t going to happen with her.
When they arrived at the Silver Alchemy Workshop, several players were anxiously waiting outside.
When they saw the White Knight approaching, their expressions were complicated.
Both shame and hope.
After Ye Lian asked their purpose, she learned what had happened at the plaza.
Michael was probably long dead.
These people came to join her side, but Ye Lian had no interest.
“Let’s go over there and take a look.”
***
After hesitating, those players mustered courage and led the way.
With the powerful White Knight backing them up, what was there to fear?
Soon, they appeared in the alley where screams had been heard.
“Stay alert and watch the surroundings. I’ll go check ahead.
If anything happens, notify me immediately.”
Ye Lian said as she moved forward.
Not far away, she saw a slightly bent sword lying on the ground.
She picked it up to examine it and found that it was deformed by a huge force striking it.
There was no blood or debris on the hilt, indicating that the sword wasn’t in its owner’s hand when it was struck.
In other words, Michael probably threw it at the enemy in desperation.
But it had no effect.
She tossed the sword aside.
Ye Lian began controlling the space nearby, searching for any clues left by the enemy.
(There’s some strange slime on the ground and clear drag marks. Could it be that octopus-like monster again? The dragging ends here abruptly. Michael was likely lifted up by it and then killed. However, there’s no blood on the ground, so his exact fate is uncertain.)
Soon, based on the traces on the ground, she reconstructed Michael’s fate in her mind.
“Could that guy fly too?”
She looked around but found no signs of the culprit leaving.
The method was similar to Ayu’s.
Looking up, she saw no obvious marks on the walls either.
The culprit’s ability to fly was very likely.
“Michael should still be nearby, but whether he’s alive or dead is unclear.
Anyway, let’s keep looking.”
Ye Lian turned and said to the group.
Hearing this, everyone hurried over.
After more than ten minutes of searching, they finally found Michael’s corpse on a rooftop.
At the same time, they discovered a Scarlet Array engraved on the rooftop.
It was exactly the same as the one near the lookout tower!