LIGHTNOVELONLINE Chapter 147
Chapter 198 Unlucky Assassin (eight thousand charact
“[Soul Bone], [Dark Elemental Crystal Core], [Magic Steel], [Condensed Mithril], [Magic Diamond]…” and other materials were melted one by one by Xia Chengfeng.
“The soul bone is the core. It is wrapped with various magic metals on the outside to build the magic pattern!” Xia Chengfeng carve attentively. Next to him, stands a [Golden Dragon God Statue (Special Item) (Four Stars)] , This statue can strengthen his control of metal elements.
The outer layer of the soul bone is wrapped in layers of magic metal, and each layer has a corresponding magic pattern. Xia Chengfeng also blended the runes into it.
In the furnace, a magic wand gradually took shape.
It is about three feet long, silver-black in appearance, with dragon-like patterns wrapped around the staff. At the top of the staff, there is a miniature sculpture in the shape of a skull. Under the skull, there seems to be a fire of soul beating.
“Finally merged into [soul breath].” Xia Chengfeng placed ten soul breaths in front of the Soul Eater.
The skull opened its mouth and swallowed the soul breath, and the faint blue soul fire spread from its eye hole until it entangled the entire staff.
Soul Eater, done!
System prompt: “You have successfully forged [Soul Eater LV39 (Epic)], and the forging level has been improved!”
“It’s still a luminous weapon!” Xia Chengfeng held the staff in his hand, and a cold feeling came down his arm.
The energy in the wand establishes a connection with the energy in his body, as if his hand extended by a foot, the human and the machine are one body!
“What a powerful feeling!” Xia Chengfeng squeezed his staff. He had a feeling that now he was casting the most powerful magic, capable of being a baron lord monster of the same level in seconds!
“Get a guy to try!” Xia Chengfeng summoned the diamond giant, a large puppet with amazing defenses.
“[Magic bullet]!” He used the most basic magic attack.
A small magic bullet flew in front of the diamond giant and exploded as soon as it touched its surface!
“Boom!” Like a thunderstorm, the energy wave of the explosion rolled up a dust storm, and the diamond giant retreated more than a dozen steps and fell to the ground.
On its chest, a big pit appeared!
Before Xia Chengfeng exhausted his means, he couldn’t break its defenses. After changing into the holy knight suit and epic weapons, the attack damage increased by more than three times!
“If I use Dragon Whisper Magic, I can completely ignore the defense of the Diamond Giant and smash it to death!” Xia Chengfeng was overjoyed.
He fed the diamond giant some energy crystals and chalcedony, and it could repair itself.
…
In the training room of the castle, Xia Chengfeng began to arrange [Soul Alchemy Array] to strengthen his soul.
After all the materials were arranged one by one, he sat in the alchemy circle, regarded himself as an “alchemy object”, and began to condense his soul.
At the same time, Xia Chengfeng opened the survivor forum to collect information over the past few days.
First of all, look at the daily newspapers, the daily newspapers of Xiaozhufeng are becoming more and more detailed and detailed.
Special equipment area, intelligence area, gossip area, advertising area, etc. have been separated.
The daily income of daily newspapers exceeds 100,000 magic crystal coins, and he has become the largest information dealer in the 2000 area!
This piece of meat, I don’t know how many people are jealous! But for a while, they haven’t found the territory of Xiao Zuanfeng, and their own newspapers did not have complete information about Xiao Zuanfeng.
After all, Xu Chen’s profession is a “decrypter” and has his own set of information collection, sorting and interpretation.
“About 290,000 people have been killed since the merger of the region”;
“The Tarot Club announces the merger with Jinquefang to form a new group”;
“Interpreting for you what a covenant is and the benefits of joining an alliance”;
“Suspected Mysterious Cave Information Appears”;
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A report caught the attention of Xia Chengfeng: “Who is the real killer behind the scenes of the attack on multiple leaderboards? “.
“Recently, the competition in the 2000 regional town construction list has come to an end. Many strong people have built relatively complete towns, and the top 100 rankings have been relatively fixed.”
“But in the past week, 11 of the top 100 strongest players in the rankings have disappeared. After a small diamond survey, eight of them have lost contact and are suspected of being killed, and the rest have claimed that they have been attacked!”
“All the signs surface that these attacks are not monster attacks, but human survivors’ attacks! Even the ninth-ranked boss Peng Yi was brutally attacked, and the territory and town were completely destroyed overnight.”
“If it weren’t for his strong strength, he would kill him by the enemy!”
“It’s difficult to survive in the crypt world. Human survivors should help each other, so attacking each other, we are disdainful of conspiracy…”
“There are black hands, how did they find someone else’s territory?” Xia Chengfeng was a little puzzled. He did not have these human survivors during the internal test, so this is the first time he has encountered this situation.
Xia Chengfeng opened the private message and found that Xu Chen had already sent him a reminder letter.
Xiao Zuanfeng: “@, has the leader read the daily paper? Someone is very active recently, and the strong who specializes in picking the rankings have started. They may have been eyeing you!”
Xia Chengfeng immediately replied to the inquiry: “@, what is going on? Who is doing these things? How did they lock the target?”
Xu Chen replied: “I am not sure who is doing it. But according to my observation of the rankings, Tian Luomen is the most suspicious!”
“Recently, some members of Tian Luomen have soared in their rankings, and even two have entered the top ten! There are also three or four groups that are suspected, and they are secretly killing competitors.”
“The weaker will occupy their territory, and destroy their town if they can’t beat it. Now that it is destroyed, there must be no way to compete with them on the leaderboard!”
“As for locating territory, there may be several ways!”
Qingfeng: “Talk about it!”
Little drill wind: “The first is fortune telling. Some wizards or mysterious professionals can find the territory of some nearby survivors, but this method is too uncertain.”
“Their goal is so precise, it shouldn’t be the use of divination.”
“The second is to dispatch a large number of assassins and spies. This kind of profession has strong concealment ability and can continuously explore, hide, and find targets in caves. This method must be used by someone!”
“The third is a magical profession, traveler.”
He sent the traveler’s information and said: “Traveler is a special profession. This kind of profession can completely abandon its own space bubble, not build a territory, and travel in various caves with space imprints.”
“They can disguise themselves and have multiple means of escape, even if they are discovered by monsters or humans, they can escape in time.”
“With the skills of the fortuneteller, the traveler can explore a large number of caves in a short period of time, and then find the target territory.”
“Then make a teleportation talisman, and then the assassin or bandit will come to the door.”
“Traveler?” Xia Chengfeng had never encountered this kind of profession before, because most of the survivors who lost their territory soon died.
Xu Chen reminded: “Leader, you are about to enter the top ten now. You have killed Tian Luomen’s deputy sect leader again, they must be looking for you! You have to be careful!”
Qingfeng: “I see!”
Xia Chengfeng looked at the rankings and found that his territory construction value had soared to the 13th place.
When the four-star buildings in the town are completed, it is almost uncontroversial to get the first place!
“Is it a bet on mysterious power? Then bet on whose mysterious power is stronger!” Xia Chengfeng also took out the divination crystal and performed divination.
“Will invaders come to the territory these days?”
The shortest time distance, the higher the accuracy of divination.
Divination in the future is very energy intensive, and Xia Chengfeng accepts the supplement of the soul alchemy circle while divining, which is a bit too much.
After a while, the divination crystal prompts: “Within three days, there will be uninvited guests visiting.”
It only gives this information, more information is not available.
“Sure enough, he has been targeted.” Xia Chengfeng became vigilant. If the enemy attacks, he is confident that he can block the survivors.
But if the enemy secretly destroys, such as installing a few magic bombs, setting fire to the town, etc., the town will definitely be damaged.
You know, the number one reward this time is a thousand sets of soldiers’ equipment, and 25 pieces of fourth-level resource land, and various materials!
Xia Chengfeng explored for more than two months before obtaining three resource plots!
If this wave is lost, the area will expand or the difficulty of the crypt world will increase in the future, he will directly lag behind the others by a lot!
“Jingjing!” Xia Chengfeng yelled, and Jingjing, who put on a maid outfit, immediately ran out of the training room.
“Master, what’s the matter?” Jingjing asked.
“Go to town and find Hades, Dracula and Lunka.” Xia Chengfeng ordered.
Lunka is responsible for the management of the legion and the town’s public security, while Hades and Dracula’s perception abilities are relatively strong among the crowd.
“Okay!” Jingjing acted immediately, and soon the three of them came to Xia Chengfeng Castle.
As Xia Chengfeng continued to condense his soul, he instructed the three of them: “I learned that an intruder may have come to the territory recently and destroy the town.”
“His (her) disguise ability is very powerful, most people can’t find him at all. The three of you, you have been paying attention to the town recently, looking for clues, and don’t startle the snake.
“In addition, put the [All-Knowing Mirror] on the town for me to see the enemy.”
“When you have a clue, report it to me immediately!”
“Yes!” The three of them were instructed and acted immediately.
Lenka stepped up patrols of the town, while Hades and Dracula were hiding in the town looking for enemies.
The [All-Knowing Mirror] was moved to the place where the roads of the small town must pass. As long as the enemy comes to see the situation, the [All-Knowing Mirror] will see the soul!
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In Tian Luomen’s high-level forum, a high-level meeting is being held at this time. The participants in the 2000 area are all strong enough to rank in the top 100!
After the establishment of the 2000 region, Tian Luomen’s forces expanded rapidly, and there was a faint tendency to become the first group.
Tianluomen master “Tianluo” is also known as one of the ten strongest in the region. He currently ranks third in the town construction list!
Tian Luo first said: “We are only ten days away from the town construction list. We Tian Luomen must occupy at least 20 seats in the top 100 and three seats in the top ten! Only in this way can we establish the position of the first group in our region! ”
“In my territory, there are still several buildings under construction. After they are completed, it will be no problem to surpass the leaders of the Kyushu League and the New World. But one person must be vigilant!”
“That’s the Qingfeng!” said a deputy head of intelligence, “Qingfeng’s ranking has soared in recent days.”
“According to the information we have obtained, he found [Earl Dracula]’s treasure in the mysterious cave. People from the Kyushu League revealed that he has at least ten drawings of four-star town buildings in his hands. Once all are completed, he will be on the list. the first!”
Tian Luo continued: “The first must not be given to Qingfeng, and this Qingfeng killed one of our deputy sect masters, Zhang Zhichao, and several members not long ago!”
“I have a grudge against us, this time we must kill him before the end of the list!”
The members of Tian Luomen shouted one after another: “Do the breeze!”
“Tian Luomen first!”
“The first one should be the sect master. What kind of thing is that Qingfeng? If you want to beat him, I will go directly!”
Tian Luo spoke: “Don’t worry, everyone.”
“Now our traveler has found the territory that seems to be Qingfeng, wait for him to enter and find the place, make a teleportation talisman, we will act again.”
“Qingfeng’s strength should not be underestimated. It can kill Zhang Zhichao and pass through the mysterious caves of the earl lord level. Most people are not his opponents.”
“So for this operation, we must send an elite team!”
“I regestrated!”
“I also sign up!”
“Add me!” These people are very active, because they know that although the breeze is strong, it also means that his territory has more resources!
According to Tian Luomen’s rules, kill the enemy, and they can divide 70% of the spoils!
No one wants to miss this piece of fat. As for Qingfeng, they can currently teleport four people, and the four strong men can assassinate together. Are they afraid that they can’t be assassinated?
Outside Xia Chengfeng’s territory, a pangolin was digging a hole frantically.
I don’t know what method it used, the “sing grass” planted around the cave did not make a sound.
The pangolin finally dug through the tunnel, and it peeked around, “There is so much space here!”
“Lord who can have such a large space, there are only those few people in the entire 2000 area. According to the calculation of the fortuneteller, this should be the territory of Qingfeng!”
“Finally found!” The pangolin was hidden in the cave.
He saw a lot of territory residents in the cave. He sneaked in carefully. Those magic statues and defensive formations were deceived by his camouflage skills, and the alarm was not activated.
He came into the field and saw a Hall man was farming, so he dived from the ground.
“Ah!” The Hall man suddenly let out a scream and fell down.
“Dazhi, what’s the matter with you?” the Hall man in the field next to him asked curiously.
“Nothing, I was accidentally stabbed!” The Hall man named Big Finger stood up, and the traveler had replaced him.
The real big finger has been buried under this land. And he is a special professional “traveler”, Tian Luomen’s intelligence spy, Wang Zheng.
He finished his field work and returned to the town with the Hall people.
Many residential buildings have been built in the town, and Hall people, elves, kobolds, and various orcs have their own residential areas.
Saying goodbye to his companions, Wang Zheng began to wander in the street, collecting information.
“There are already hundreds of private houses!” Wang Zheng was surprised when he saw the construction on the street.
The construction of this small town is too high, and the residents are very active. Even if it is already night, you can still see bright lights everywhere, and many workers are rushing to work overnight!
On the streets, there are even night snack stalls set up by Hall people to feed the workers.
Not only that, but many buildings have energy fluctuations. The elves of the forest and the dwarves are portraying the magic circle together, which means that these buildings are all star buildings!
Wang Zheng walked around, and silently estimated in his heart, “At least eight star-rated buildings have not been completed. When they are all completed, Qingfeng will definitely get the first place in the town construction list!”
He reported the news, and immediately received instructions from Tian Luo: “Find a location, make a teleporter, wait for someone!”
“Good!” Wang Zheng began to look for a hidden place.
While he was wandering the streets, the magic mirror had already seen his soul.
“Appeared, appeared, spy!” In a cloth shop on the corner of the street, the magic mirror said to the troubadour Dracula sleeping at the door.
“I see, don’t make a noise!” Dracula got up and stretched, “Is it all dark? The nightlife is about to begin again!”
His figure disappeared into the night.
Wang Zheng has been looking for a suitable location, and he has to send three teammates over, so he must not be found.
He found such a place in an area of the town that had not yet been built.
There seems to be a square to be built here, surrounded by stone and other building materials to obscure the line of sight. There are also some magical materials that emit energy fluctuations, which can well cover the energy fluctuations caused by the teleportation symbol.
He saw that there was also a completed stone sculpture here.
The stone sculpture shows a man who sits on the stone with his fist against his head, doing a thinking movement.
“Magic statue?” Wang Zheng was already in his heart. After checking it over, he found that this stone sculpture did not have any energy fluctuations, it should be just an ordinary stone sculpture.
“It’s okay.” He breathed a sigh of relief and started making teleportation charms here.
As a fourth-tier traveler, he can also send three teammates here.
Making a teleporter without a teleportation array is a complicated process and takes a certain amount of time.
He didn’t know that all his actions were under the nose of the statue.
This “Thinker” statue is naturally Dracula. His camouflage skills are equally powerful, and Xia Chengfeng and others were not able to spot him.
“My lord, the spy has arrived!” Hades went to the lord’s castle to report the situation, “Dracula is monitoring him.”
“Okay!” Xia Chengfeng has completed the characterization of the [Soul Alchemy Array], and his soul has been greatly improved, and he has been able to compare with the extraordinary who specialize in soul cultivation.
Even if the soul is out of the body, Xia Chengfeng can fight the strong soul system of the same rank!
“Set up the trap so that they can’t send a letter back!” Xia Chengfeng exhorted.
“Yes!” Hades immediately arranged.
Of course he has to wipe out these invaders, not only that, he can’t make the enemy feel better. Since the enemy is going to invade him, then be prepared to be avenged by him!
In the catacomb world, if you have been in a state of battle, you cannot reply to messages. So Xia Chengfeng must do to destroy the enemy while not letting the enemy escape to report.
In Tian Luomen’s chat group, Tian Luo has already determined the members of this “special combat team”.
Tian Luo arranged tasks for them one by one.
“Yuan Bowen, you are one of Tian Luomen’s deputy goalkeepers, with the strongest strength. This time you serve as the captain of the team.”
“Yes, the master!” Yuan Bowen, one of the three deputy masters of Tian Luomen, is a LV37 qigong master.
Tian Luo asked him to lead the team because he is not only strong, but also the qigong master’s ability is extremely destructive to buildings, and he is a good player to destroy the territory!
“Jiang Yun, you are also one of the team members, you serve as deputy to Old Yuan!” Tian Luo found another member.
Jiang Yun, LV36, is one of the top ten survivors in Tian Luomen, cruel, and an earth magician.
Like Yuan Bowen, her skills are also devastating to the destruction of territory buildings!
In the last place, Tian Luo found a good player.
“Venomous Bee, this action must be yours!” What he found was the unnamed assassin in Tian Luomen—Venomous Bee.
This guy was famous for killing many survivors before he joined Tian Luomen. Wanted by many groups.
After joining Tian Luomen, he killed many famous people.
He even assassinated two of the top ten figures in the 2000 region!
“Such a lineup depends on how you respond!” Tian Luo sneered in his heart. This team is definitely Tian Luomen’s elite force.
Whether it is assassination or destruction, they are all first-class players!
As for Tian Luo himself, he is stronger, but he will not take risks with his body. After all, he currently doesn’t have much information about Qingfeng, and if the car rolls over, he will lose his life in vain.
As for the subordinates, no matter how many die, there will be new ones filling in!
The special forces team prepared separately, waiting for Wang Zheng’s teleportation symbol.
About two hours later, Wang Zheng sent the teleportation symbol. At this time, it was late at night in the territory of Xia Chengfeng.
Most of the residents have fallen asleep, but some construction sites in the town are still under construction.
A faint spatial fluctuation came, and a sturdy middle-aged man appeared beside the statue. He was Tian Luomen’s deputy master, Yuan Bowen, who was much stronger than Zhang Zhichao.
“Sect Master!” Wang Zheng has been waiting for a long time. He handed Yuan Bowen a [Disguise Talisman] and said: “With this, the enemy will not be able to detect our information.”
Yuan Bowen activated the spell and became a Haller like Wang Zheng.
The other two teammates also teleported in, and Jiang Yun also used the [Disguise Charm] to become an orc guard.
And the poisonous bee, who didn’t see him at all, he disappeared in place.
“Where is the poisonous bee?” Wang Zheng asked curiously.
“Don’t worry about him.” Yuan Bowen said in a low voice, “He is going to assassinate Qingfeng. We will wait here for fifteen minutes.”
“If he succeeds in the assassination, we will go in in one fell swoop and occupy this place.”
“If he fails, we will destroy the town and leave.”
“Now, let’s set up a temporary defensive array here to prevent accidents and create opportunities for us to evacuate.”
“Okay!” Wang Zheng and Jiang Yun both agreed with this idea very much. No matter whether the assassination succeeded or failed, they were not in any danger.
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“Do you want to do it?” In the small town, Lunka couldn’t help it, he was eager to try.
“Don’t worry, wait for news from the lord.” Hades comforted, “let them live a few more seconds.”
In Xia Chengfeng’s castle, Xia Chengfeng is sleeping soundly in bed.
The castle is tightly guarded, and there are always guards patrolling. There are also various institutions and traps in the castle.
“It’s quite cautious, but in front of me, everything is floating clouds!” The silhouette of the poisonous bee merged into the walls of the castle, using escape techniques to walk through the walls.
He easily avoided every mechanism and trap.
As an assassin, he has the skills of insight and see through, and can see these traps. And his escape technique is also unique, with almost no energy fluctuations.
Soon, the poisonous bee found Xia Chengfeng’s room.
“He is Qingfeng!” A pair of eyes appeared on the wall, and the poisonous bee had determined the location of Qingfeng.
His appearance, energy fluctuations, life breath, and soul fluctuations have all been confirmed, it is him!
“There is a defense mechanism beside the bed!” The stinger in the hand of the Venom Bee is ready, “Although you have prepared so much, you would not expect that I have already sneaked into your bed.”
“While you are asleep, kill you silently!”
“The 2000 regional ranking list is one less person!”
The poisonous bee took the opportunity and shot instantly. The speed and power he exploded in an instant, almost comparable to the speed at which Xia Chengfeng turned on [Shadow of the Wind].
And the stinger in his hand is a legendary equipment that can pierce armor and break shields, and it is also smeared with soul toxins!
This can guarantee a one-hit kill!
The stinger accurately pierced into Xia Chengfeng’s heart, but the moment the stinger touched Xia Chengfeng’s body, the poisonous bee realized that it was not good.
“Not good! Fake!” According to his experience of killing people, this is definitely not Qingfeng, but he is exactly the same as Qingfeng!
The “Breeze” on the bed was killed!
And inside the wall, a palm suddenly shot out!
At that moment, the soul of the poisonous bee was shaken out of his body!
Before he could shout, the Soul Eater hit it again, and the skull on the magic wand opened its mouth and swallowed the soul of the poisonous bee.
Until his death, the most powerful assassin of Tian Luomen did not know how he died.
Before his body fell, it was grabbed by Xia Chengfeng who walked out of the wall.
“That’s it, you still want to assassinate me?” Xia Chengfeng put his body aside and shouted, “Magic Mirror, it’s your turn.”
“Come!” On the bed, a mirror stood up, it was the omniscience mirror.
The fresh breeze on the bed just now was a dummy created by Xia Chengfeng using a full-time magic mirror and skill [Soul Engraving] to engrave his soul with a spirit body, plus the life alchemy circle and the bloodline alchemy circle.
With the degree of falsehood, the experienced Assassin Venomous Bee has recognized the wrong target.
When the poisonous bee shot, Xia Chengfeng shot its soul with [Soul Shaking Palm], and then swallowed it. And in this process, [The Mirror of All Knowledge] has already reflected his soul!
“[Soul Reissue]!” Xia Chengfeng used this skill again, and a new poisonous bee came out in the Mirror of All Knowledge.
This is one of the powerful spirit bodies cultivated by Hades and was transformed by him.
And this spirit body walked into the body of the poisonous bee, and a new poisonous bee was born!
“Go!” Xia Chengfeng ordered.
The Venomous Bee grinned, took the corpse of Qingfeng, and escaped into the wall again.
Near the statue, Yuan Bowen and others are still waiting.
“It’s been ten minutes!” Jiang Yun was a little impatient.
“Ten minutes is enough.” A low, hoarse voice rang in their ears, and the poisonous bee escaped from the ground, with a corpse on his back.
“Who is it?” Yuan Bowen immediately stepped forward to check, and turned it over, it turned out to be Qingfeng!
“You killed him!” Yuan Bowen was shocked. Qingfeng is a famous strong man. He who crushed Zhang Zhichao before was assassinated by him!
“My strength is not as good as him, but defeating the strong with the weak, unexpectedly, and attacking the unprepared, is the way of an assassin!” Venomous Bee said coldly, “Even if he is strong, he will not be my opponent if he is not aware of it!”
His words surprised and delighted several people.
“It’s a breeze! The strength of the body and the soul are high! It’s just that the soul is already dissipating!” Wang Zheng confirmed again.
“Hahahaha!” Yuan Bowen laughed, “God helped me too!”
“In this wave, we directly destroyed the enemy!”
“The resources in Qingfeng Territory are so rich, we can take off his territory directly!”
“No, Captain, Qingfeng’s name on the rankings has not disappeared! He is not dead!” Before Jiang Yun’s words fell, a mental wave erupted behind them, which shook them all.
The statue Dracula moved his waist and arms, and cursed: “I really have no quality. I actually interpret it next to the statue, I’m tui!”
“Not good!” Yuan Bowen reacted and said: “He failed, let’s withdraw!”
“It’s late!” Yao Le’s voice came, and he had pulled the three into the mental space, so that the three of them could no longer send any information back.
“Kill Matt?” Yuan Bowen frowned and ordered: “Don’t panic, it’s just a spiritual space!”
“We can work together to break this place, even if Qingfeng himself comes, we have the power to fight!”
“Really?” Xia Chengfeng’s figure appeared in Yao Le’s spiritual space He was blessed by the soul alchemy circle, and his figure was extremely solid.
“You are the breeze!” Yuan Bowen’s eyes were condensed, “I actually lied to us, but we have to leave, you can’t stop it!”
“[Nanqi wave]!” When he spoke, he was ready to attack, and a thought wave slammed past. This is one of the spiritual attacks of the qigong master, which can cause huge damage to the enemy.
In addition, Yuan Bowen is also a rare electric-attribute mindfulness master. The charged elements in his mindfulness wave attack, which has the effect of paralyzing the spirit.
“[Loess Soul-Devourer]!” The Earth Magician Jiang Yun summoned a demon soul monster, which turned into a huge toad in the spiritual space, with its long tongue blowing towards Xia Chengfeng.
The traveler Wang Zheng also has his own moves. The moves he is proficient in are even rarer, and they are actually teleport skills-[Flash].
This skill can get rid of the shackles of the existing space and instantly move to a certain place within a certain range.
Wang Zheng knew that his fighting ability was not good, so he was going to leave the spiritual space first.
Three people move almost at the same time!
In Yuan Bowen’s vision, whether Xia Chengfeng chose to fight or intercept, it was very difficult!
As long as one of them can succeed, they can leave the spiritual space, launch the escape method that they have prepared, and leave here!
“What do you do?” Yuan Bowen expected that even if the poisonous bee failed to assassinate, they could leave safely.