I'm bound to the World-Destroying Witch

Chapter 267. The Venerable One's Wife

On the horizon, the red glow on the giant blue whale's body shone even brighter.

"Judging from this situation, the Blue Whale has likely teleported a large army here."

Freya frowned and looked up at the sky. She had encountered the blue whale a few times and had a general understanding of its teleportation mechanism.

This level of light could have transmitted at least three thousand life forms, and their spiritual pressure was generally no lower than the second rank, with many likely being at the fifth rank as well.

Upon hearing Freya's explanation, everyone's expression changed slightly.

The veterans were experienced and naturally knew what the appearance of such an army meant; its leader must be a True Martial Realm expert.

It seems that even after Ye Libeizhou dies, he can still pull a fast one on them. Xia Feng frowned deeply.

Dealing with Ye Libei's group of little Karami was naturally a piece of cake for Xia Feng and Mu Qingtong.

However, if the enemy is a True Martial Realm expert, the difficulty level can increase tenfold.

After all, the spiritual energy of a True Martial Realm expert is enormous, so the time they can use an A-grade spiritual garment is bound to be longer than the two of them.

In addition, he was accompanied by a large army.

They are very difficult to deal with.

Xia Feng quickly came up with a plan and looked at the group of veterans: "Gentlemen, you should leave this city first. Staying here is too conspicuous. Go into the dense forest and try to hide your tracks."

"And what about you guys?" Lee Jae-suk asked, puzzled.

"We will stay and defend this city."

"No!" Lee Jae-seok's expression tightened. "Based on my observation, this army has at least a brigade's worth of troops."

As he was speaking, he suddenly recalled the scene of those two men in black robes slaughtering everyone, and his voice gradually lowered.

Given the same number of troops, a well-trained human army would be far stronger than the mindless half-Evil army, but they would probably be helpless against these two black-robed men.

The real challenge lies with True Martial Realm experts.

However, this was not the time for hesitation or overthinking. Lee Jae-seok quickly realized, "Alright, let's leave this city!"

"Lord Li!" One after another, veterans rushed forward, unwilling to desert their posts in the face of battle.

"No need for further words." Lee Jae-seok shook his head and said in a deep voice, "We are not as strong as them. If we stay here, we will only cause trouble. There is no need to make unnecessary sacrifices."

"Travel light and set off immediately!"

Lee Jae-seok acted swiftly and decisively, making arrangements before leading a group of soldiers and civilians to flee out of the city.

The concentration of evil energy outside the city is extremely high; their armor can only withstand it for a maximum of two hours, but they have no other choice now.

The human army is no match for the foolish Evil army. This White Emperor City will soon be breached, and these remnants and veterans might not even last half an hour before they die.

The two men in black robes have exhausted their spiritual energy and are no longer able to protect them.

With the veterans gone, only Xia Mu, Freya, and two others remained in the deserted city.
"What do we do now?" Freya looked at the two masked men with a puzzled expression. "Do you have any plans?"

She had barely uttered the words when she noticed Xia Feng and Miss Q staring at her silently, which startled her so much that she took a step back. "Wait, why are you looking at me like that?"

Xia Feng smiled slightly: "Teacher Fu, you may need to make a small sacrifice."

"Are you trying to kidnap me again?"

"Exactly."

"..." Freya rolled her eyes helplessly, crossed her arms and clicked her tongue, "Little Xia Feng, let me put it this way, although your teacher has a very noble status, the people of the Li Dong Legion don't care if I get hurt."

"Even if I become a vegetable, disabled, or mentally challenged, as long as I don't die, they have many ways to save me."

From what Teacher Fu said, Xia Feng could clearly sense that her relationship with Ye Li's royal family was very distant, even tinged with hatred.

Mu Qingtong, standing to the side, asked in a puzzled tone, "But aren't you Ye Lidongjun's wife?"

"Wife? Heh~ I ran away on our wedding day." Freya narrowed her beautiful eyes and shook her head, explaining her situation to the two of them.
After a short while, Xia Feng roughly understood that this was a story about an arranged marriage and a runaway bride.

Freya and Ye Lidongjun are both members of the Ye Li clan, and strictly speaking, they are siblings. Due to some unknown reasons, they were arranged to get married ten years ago.

But Teacher Fu had planned ahead. As soon as she got out of the wedding car, before she even entered the wedding hall, she ran away through a special means, and this escape lasted for ten years.

Strangely, Ye Li did not come to District 51 to arrest her.

"Boom!!!"

Just then, thunder roared again in the distance.

The three looked up and saw the giant blue whale pass through the barrier again from the spacetime turbulence and enter the interior of the island.

It opened its enormous mouth and let out a loud moo, its entire gigantic body suddenly plunging towards the ground, a fiery red trail swirling around it, like a shooting star falling from the sky. *Whoosh—*

As it suddenly slowed down, it came to a stop in mid-air, and streaks of humanoid light emerged from its giant mouth, forming an array in the sky.

They were dressed in cold, hard, jet-black armor, their metal faceplates were stern and majestic, and their entire bodies were wrapped in crimson spirit robes. They stood in mid-air with their hands on their swords, a total of three thousand people, divided into ten formations, hovering in mid-air.

"These should be the army groups of the Lidong Army stationed on Xize Island."

Freya looked up at the horizon and explained in a low voice.

“Every legion in the empire is divided into army groups and commanders.”

"The army group is composed of sergeants, who are all close-combat spirit masters who specialize in physical strength and combat skills. Their spiritual pressure level is not high, but their physical fitness is half a level or even a level higher than that of normal spirit masters."

"I've heard that the three major Vatican councils can even make their knights' physical strength two levels higher than their spiritual pressure! It's called the Berserker Knight Project."

"The Commander's Army is composed of Commanders, and its number is far less than that of an army group. However, those who can become Commanders all have a certain talent in learning the Spirit Robe."

"The army group is responsible for close combat, while the envoy army is responsible for ranged mages, support buffs, and other roles. Each envoy squad usually undergoes very rigorous and difficult training, and after achieving perfect coordination, they can use at least one B-grade spirit garment."

"Based on the different strengths of the constructed spirit garments, the formations are divided into levels 1 to 6."

Xia Feng realized that the 12 seasonal envoys they had killed earlier must have been a squadron of envoys, and a level 5 squadron that could tacitly construct A-grade spirit garments.

The reason it is level 5 is because the Shiva they constructed only has half a body and is not complete.

If the Shiva celestial form can be fully constructed, the formation can be promoted to a level 6 formation. Members of such formations are highly sought after, and their treatment increases by several orders of magnitude.

As he listened to Teacher Fu's explanation, Xia Feng nodded, hugged her from behind, held her soft, slender neck, and walked out of the city.

Freya's voice abruptly cut off, "No, you're going to take me hostage again?"

"Teacher Fu, please bear with it. After all, this is the only way to attract their attention and give my troops an opportunity to take advantage."

"Your troops?"

Freya paused for a moment, then quickly realized—it was a half-dragon army?!
This little brat can actually control a half-dragon?

A storm raged within her; wouldn't that mean she, too, would be controlled by him?
Freya's heart inexplicably quickened, and she inexplicably thought of some strange images.

“That’s right. Compared to being forced into a direct confrontation, it’s obviously more cost-effective to infiltrate the enemy’s ranks and carry out a backstab.” Xia Feng whispered in Freya’s ear, and at the same time, with a thought, the half-dragon army that had been hiding deep in the dense forest received the order.

They emerged from the dense forest, their indifferent vertical pupils fixed on the army group high in the sky, awaiting the human army to re-incorporate them.

Sure enough, someone in the sky saw the scene below and immediately took out a Dragon Soul Stone and dropped it down on the half-dragons.

They began to rapidly incorporate the half-dragon army.

Seeing this, Xia Feng nodded in satisfaction, but then suddenly paused, looking up at the sky as if he had something in mind.

Just now, he suddenly sensed the unusual movement of the Na Shi Holy Bow.

Previously, at the Black Moon Church, he used the first ability of Holy Liberation, Fusion, to fuse four spiritual artifacts, including the Elf Holy Bow and the Light Elf, to form the extremely powerful B-grade spiritual artifact, the Ten-Arch Holy Bow.

However, due to the lack of the final key spiritual artifact, the Na Shi Holy Bow could not break through its limits and advance to Grade A.

Unlike optimization, which improves quality, the fusion ability can directly upgrade the grade of a spirit weapon.

If it is upgraded to A-level, the Na Ten Holy Bow will likely evolve into even more powerful abilities.

For the past few months, he had been trying to sense the location of the last magical artifact, but unfortunately, due to the great distance, the sensing was always intermittent.

But just now, he sensed the very clear presence of a spiritual artifact inside the blue whale on the horizon.
Or rather, on the other side of the spatial passage linked by that blue whale, there is a key spiritual artifact that can be devoured and fused by the Ten Sacred Bows.

After confirming that it wasn't his imagination, Xia Feng's dark eyes lit up; it seemed he was about to get down to business again.

Although he now possesses an A-grade spiritual artifact, the spiritual artifact space, its extraordinary nature lies solely in its 'awakened spiritual artifact' status. It is practically useless in combat, and he rarely uses it.

The only useful ability is a control ability similar to 'soul extraction'—

It can forcibly extract the enemy's soul from their body for about half a second, but only if you make focused eye contact with the enemy. It is even less effective against enemies with slightly higher spiritual pressure.

However, when combined with Blood Shadow and various melee techniques, it can produce good results.

It can be used as a support ability to ambush enemies.

Therefore, if he could fuse together an A-grade spiritual weapon primarily for combat, it would undoubtedly greatly enhance his combat power.

While pondering, Xia Feng took Freya hostage and brought her to the outskirts of the city.

Three thousand soldiers outside had already surrounded and sealed off the area.

Based on the rank insignia on their shoulder straps, it can be determined that there are as many as 10 fifth-grade sergeants among the 3,000 men.

They noticed the three people who came out, and they were all visibly stunned.

"Your Excellency's wife?"

"Why is Madam here?"

Amidst the murmurs, a tall, thin man stepped out of the group. He had a pointed mouth and slanted eyes, and his appearance was somewhat like a rat. His shoulder insignia indicated that he was a 5th-level sergeant.

He narrowed his eyes, glanced at the Venerable Lady who was being held hostage, and after confirming that it was indeed Freya, he looked at the two men in black robes.

Could they be the ones who killed Ye Libeizhou?
The rat-faced man became wary; he knew that Ye Libeizhou was accompanied by the servants of Destruction, and wouldn't die so easily.

The being capable of annihilating Ye Libei's entire team is likely a True Martial expert!
"Search complete. There are no other signs of life in the city. Those remaining soldiers must have escaped."

He heard the respectful voices of his subordinates echoing in his mind.
"My lord, the test is complete. Both of these men in black robes are at the third level of spiritual pressure."

Third level?

This stunned the rat-faced man. Only two Tier 3 beings?

Therefore, it seems they were not the ones who killed Ye Libeizhou.
Thinking of this, the rat-faced man suddenly found it somewhat amusing, wondering where these two got the audacity to kidnap the Venerable One's wife.

"Gentlemen, speak, what conditions do you want?" However, the rat-faced man did not make a move immediately, but asked with a faint smile.

"The location linked to this blue whale should be Caesar Island."

Xia Feng looked up at the sky. "Our request is simple: prepare a cone-shaped boat on Xize Island. Once we leave Xize Island and are at a safe distance, we will release Freya."

"Is the condition really that simple?" The rat-faced man narrowed his eyes.

"Of course." Xia Feng didn't want to run away; he just wanted to enter Xize Island.

According to Teacher Fu, Xize Island is only a B-level military fortress and there will be no Venerable One stationed there.

Based on the military strength of the fortress, Xia Feng roughly judged that it wasn't impossible to try and break through.

Since the Xize army would eventually come out in full force, rather than passively fighting and giving the enemy time to prepare, he might as well go deep into the lion's den and capture the king first.

His current advantage is that the enemy does not know his and Mu Qingtong's combat strength, as well as their spiritual clothing and artifacts. Therefore, he should take advantage of this information gap to catch Pang Xize off guard.

Then, while you're at it, check where the fusion-available spiritual artifacts are located.

Seeing the K-masked man's composure, the rat-faced man chuckled and said nothing more, nodding as he said:
"Yes, I hope you will keep your promise."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and the three thousand soldiers behind him took to the air and retreated, heading back towards the blue whale.

"You two, come with me."

Soon, the three followed the rat-faced man to the blue whale. Xia Feng, holding Freya hostage, slowly floated into it.

Inside the blue whale, a crimson glow filled the air, and strange, fragmented runes, like array patterns, were intertwined everywhere.

The three thousand troops were arrayed on high ground in all directions.

After the half-dragon army was reorganized into the three thousand troops, three soldiers surrounded one half-dragon, forming a dense and orderly array, looking down from their high position.

Xia Feng, with Freya by the neck, looked around and laughed, "What a sight!"

"It is truly spectacular."

The rat-faced man chuckled softly, then snapped his fingers.

Xia Feng sensed the fluctuation of spiritual pressure, turned his head to look, and saw that Freya in his hand had disappeared instantly and been replaced by an ordinary soldier.

He blinked and looked up, and Freya quietly appeared in the center of the army formation high in the sky, replacing the soldier's original position.

"It's incredibly stupid."

The rat-faced man hovered high above, hands behind his back, looking down at the K-masked man below with a mocking sneer, "Kid, how dare you?"

"Without reinforcements, how can you contend with my three thousand troops?"

"Oh no, it should be four thousand troops,"

"By reintegrating the powerful half-dragon army, we can double the fighting strength of this force," he said with a smile, his tone suddenly turning chilling as he looked down at the enemy.

"You two are now trapped like fish in a barrel!"

(End of this chapter)