Chapter 134: Only Chrysanthemum Can Become Sunflower

  "Mountain Splitting Slash!"

  Auster leaped high, grasping his sword with both hands, and descended at extreme speed. The sword emitted a golden glow that burst forth in all directions, striking the ground heavily and shooting out triangular golden auras to both sides and forward.

  The mercenaries who were affected by the shockwave had already scattered and avoided it, with half of them charging towards Oster's rear. Apparently they knew that Oster and Jin牙 were the strongest two in the God's Will Mercenary Group, so under the principle of avoiding the strong and attacking the weak, their first choice to attack would be Lala and Kidd, the two magicians.

  "Extremely Fast Spectral Slash!"

  His blade transformed into a flowing light, moving in a zigzag pattern like lightning. In the midst of his shadow, a cold glow was hidden. When his sword came out, it would surely be a fatal blow!

  And he wanted to drive away the mercenaries who were rushing towards Lara and Kidd, as a magician was a long-range attack profession, if they were approached by the sword saint, they would be at their mercy.

  Although Kiba was a 9th-level Sword Saint, the mercenaries here were not weak either. The three from Moscow were all 7th or 8th-level Sword Saints. The three of them drew their swords to defend against Kiba's attack, and another four or five people assisted from the side, forcing Kiba to reluctantly draw his sword to fight back.

  On the other side, Oster was also surrounded by seven mercenaries, who besieged but did not attack, making it impossible for Oster to escape.

  At this time, the remaining dozen mercenaries rushed towards Lara and Kidd.

  Lala and Kidd separated to both sides, both of them were magicians. Standing together would not only make it impossible for them to help each other but also attract more attacks. It was better for them to form a pincer movement, calling out to each other from a distance, dispersing the people surrounding them and being able to respond to each other from afar.

  "Great water deity, gather the steam around me, shield of water curtain."

  Lala waved her staff, and a transparent water curtain appeared around herself. She continued to chant: "Great Water God, listen to my call! In the name of the Water God, gather the water vapor, heed my command, Water Snake, kill!"

  Lara's staff waved continuously, and three 10-meter-long water pillars emerged from the staff. Each water pillar took the shape of a snake, dancing and swaying in mid-air like three long whips, attacking the mercenary soldiers charging forward.

  The water snake was extremely agile, containing seven levels of magical damage. A group of mercenaries did not dare to confront it head-on, instead dodging and constantly closing in on Lara.

  Lala knew that if she were to be approached, she would have no power to fight back, so she didn't dare to slack off. With the staff in her hand controlling the water snake, she kept the mercenaries at bay ten meters away. At the same time, with a pinch of her other hand, a conical column of water suddenly appeared in her hand. Lala continuously shot out the columns of water, and for a moment, it made the eight mercenaries who were preparing to surround her seem to be in a precarious situation.

  Lala's face showed a triumphant smile, as long as she wasn't attacked at close range, a magician could resist several sword saints of the same rank without falling behind, and even if she grasped the weakness, she could win the battle.

  "Hum! You guys, today I'll make sure you don't get away with this!"

  Lala suddenly retracted her Water Snake magic, and her hands no longer shot out water pillars. Instead, her staff shone with dazzling blue light as she chanted continuously: "Great Water God, gather the water vapor from all directions, in the name of the contract, listen to my command..."

  One of the mercenaries besieging Lala shouted: "Quickly retreat, she's going to cast Eight-Stage Water Fog Strangulation Array!"

  Eight mercenaries had yet to retreat when Oster suddenly shouted: "Lara, be careful!"

  The people who were originally besieging Aoste, such as Moscow, suddenly jumped up and came towards Lara. Moscow jumped even higher, the large knife in his hand shining with a golden light like the sun's rays.

  He was originally an Eighth-Order Sword Saint! His great sword had already chopped towards Lala!

  Lala's pupils contracted, her pretty face turned pale! Her magic hadn't been chanted yet, while all the other magic had been withdrawn, leaving only a water curtain shield to guard against the Eight-Stage Sword Saint's incoming slash.

  I'm going to die!

  All LaLa could think of was just this.

  She had no chance at all and could only stare blankly as the big knife got closer and closer, while her heart grew colder and colder.

  Am I going to die?

  Lala was stunned, her heart surprisingly calm, but her body was icy cold.

  Suddenly, a black shadow appeared in front of Lara, blocking the path between Moscow's dagger and Lara.

  Lala's eyes widened in surprise as she saw Li Xie standing before her.

  "Ah! Quick, hide!" Lala exclaimed in a shrill voice, her soul almost scared out of her, because she saw that Moscow's big knife, although blocked by Li Xie, had not reduced its momentum and was chopping towards Li Xie's head.

  This kind girl was just frightened for her own impending death, but in an instant she forgot her own fear and instead worried about the life and death of others.

  "Clang......"

  A metallic clanging sound rang out, and a flash of golden metal light appeared on the back of Li Xie's head, but he was unscathed. Meanwhile, Moscow's large knife had broken off a section, spinning upwards and flying away!

  Such a scene made Moscow shocked and retreated in a hurry, daring not to continue attacking, no, he even had the idea of escaping.

  Because of this man in front of him who could only see his back, he was stabbed by him with a knife and unexpectedly had no problem with his head, but the knife broke instead. How strong must he be!

  The mercenaries surrounding them, seeing that Moscow was about to kill Lara, shifted some of their attention here and were shocked by the scene, thinking a strong man had arrived, they didn't dare attack again and quickly retreated.

  The other members of the Kamui mercenary group rushed over to Lara's side.

  Lala was still in a state of shock, staring at Li Xie with a ghostly expression: "You... you..."

  She was shocked and speechless, just now the man in front of her had clearly been beheaded by a large knife, but he didn't seem to have any problem at all! And this man with no magical aura fluctuations in her eyes, could it be that he's an ultra-powerful expert?

  How strong is it?

  Even a tenth-tier Sword Saint couldn't withstand the slash of an eighth-tier Sword Saint with their physical body! Could it be that this man is an eleventh-tier Saint-level expert? Or... a Demigod?

  "It's all right."

  Li Xie's right corner of his mouth rose high, and a small canine tooth appeared especially white.

  He felt extremely relaxed at this moment.

  He had just witnessed LaLa's crisis, he activated his Bloodthirsty Extreme Speed, only increasing his speed by thirty percent, yet almost reaching the speed of a tenth-tier Sword Saint; and he had also withstood the battle aura of an eighth-tier Sword Saint, yet without suffering even half a point of damage. Now, his body was completely immune to eighth-tier battle aura magic.

  The final blow, Li Xie used his super-ability steel transformation, but unexpectedly, he almost mobilized all the blood energy in his body to gather at the back of his brain. However, he didn't expect that the defensive power of the super-ability steel transformation far exceeded his imagination, and it was able to shatter the opponent's steel knife, while Li Xie himself only felt a slight itch on his skin.

  When promoted to Green-eyed Vampire, after obtaining Super Ability Steel and Blood Extreme Speed, Li Xie felt that he should be in a state where no one under the tenth rank could defeat him. This is why he didn't fear getting hurt and came to block Moscow's big knife with his body. Now it can be completely confirmed that on defense, he stands undefeated against all top players below the tenth rank.

  As for being invincible below the tenth level, in addition to defense, you also need attack power! It's just right to use these mercenaries as a test! Moreover, the newly obtained evil knife has been collected by Hai Huang for so long, it must be starving!

  Li Xie raised the corner of his right mouth, turned around, and swept his gaze over the thirty or so mercenaries standing on one side, lightly laughing: "How much gold do you have on your bodies?"

  "It's you!" Moscow's eyes widened in astonishment.

  That young noble, I didn't think he had such strength! Indeed, the Sea Emperor wouldn't invite a useless person without magical aura fluctuations to the Sea Emperor's Palace. So, it can be proven that this man in front of them is so powerful that they can't see through him at all.

  Saint? Or Demigod?

  The besieging mercenaries were mostly old acquaintances of the Noah's Ark sailboat that day, and they all knew that Li Xie was a guest of the Sea Emperor. Now that he had appeared, one by one, their thoughts were surprisingly consistent, and they all believed that the man in front of them was absolutely not a useless person without magical fluctuations, either a saint or a demigod.

  Either way, it would be enough to annihilate them all in an instant.

  "Spare your highness!"

  Moscow thought of himself having previously offended this man, and immediately knelt down to beg for mercy.

  How can you not beg for mercy? The knife is stuck in someone else's forehead, but what's broken isn't the other person's forehead, it's actually your own knife.

  What's the point of playing basketball?

  Other mercenaries also knelt down, the situation was hopeless, and it was stupid to resist. Running away would not work, so kneeling down was the only option. The phrase "male heroes have gold under their knees" means that sometimes yielding can be beneficial, and this gold might just buy them their lives.

  Li Ye became depressed!

  Extremely depressed!

  He also wanted to try his own strength and test the power of the evil knife. Now that everyone has knelt down, how can they fight?

  He is not a bloodthirsty person either, and he doesn't have any deep grudges against these mercenaries. They all knelt down, could he still raise his knife to chop them?

  "Ugh..." Li Xie let out a helpless sigh: "Leave all your valuables behind and get lost!"

  Watching a group of mercenaries leave with all their valuables and then slink away in defeat, Li Xie couldn't help but sigh.

  Is it that hard to have a fight? When I'm not strong enough, I don't dare to fight. When I'm strong enough, others don't dare to fight. Alright, let's just wait until we return to Chrysanthemum City and Sunflower City!

  La La's face turned red with anger and she shouted: "So you're that capable! Hmph! You've been making me protect you all this time, but secretly laughing at me!"

  Uh...

  I didn't say I'm not awesome either.

  Li Xie couldn't help but smile apologetically and said, "I guess I'm in the wrong, hehe, I found that Lala sister looks pretty when she's angry."

  "Pfft!" LaLa's face turned red as she turned her head away, refusing to speak to Li Xie.

  "Thank you, Duke Xie, for saving me. I didn't expect that Duke Xie would be so humble and unassuming."

  "Friends, didn't you also save me?"

  "This..." Li Xie brought up the matter, making Oster somewhat embarrassed. Where was the rescue? It was completely just meddling in other people's business. Li Xie said this, and instead made Oster think that Li Xie was mocking him.

  Li Xie also noticed the awkwardness on Oster's face and hastily said, "What I mean is that when we see injustice, we draw our swords to help. How much more so since we know each other? By the way, aren't you looking for the ancient ruins? Why are you fighting with them?"

  Austere smiled wryly: "That relic had long been snatched up by someone who got there first, and nothing was left behind. Although we found the relic first, we gained nothing, and those people didn't believe us, so they chased after us. It can only be said that it's bad luck."

  Li Xie thought, the White Commanding Sea is the territory of the Sea Emperor, and within it lies an ancient relic. There's also news that has been leaked out, could the Sea Emperor still leave it for others? It's likely that this person who got here first is the Sea Emperor himself.

  "So, what are you planning to do now?" Li Xie asked.

  Austin smiled and said: "We are not a regular mercenary group, there is no specific business, if there is nothing to do here, then go find another place for adventure, the next stop has not been decided yet."

  "Like this..." Li Xie smiled and said: "Why don't you follow me back to Chrysanthemum City? Same as before, all expenses are on me!"

  "Alright!" Before Oster could respond, Lala had already made up her mind and taken action.

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