I will swear to protect the beauty with my life

The monkey, who had been missing for a long time, was not hiding somewhere waiting to die; Shengtai had arranged many things for him to do.

The monkey's abilities can be broadly categorized as elemental manipulation, with earth and wood as his primary elements. He is the formation mage in this reincarnator team and also serves as the team's support role. His advantage lies in setting up various formations in advance to control the battle situation and allow the team to gain a geographical advantage, which is his main purpose.

But being suddenly pulled over, with neither time nor conditions to prepare, his abilities were effectively halved. However, this did not mean he was completely useless. Formation was his main skill, but he was not only good at it.

During the time he was missing, the monkey was actually lurking underground, waiting for an opportunity to strike. Sheng Tai had arranged for a formation to be set up at the bottom of the lake, and after that, it quietly made its way towards Marushir.

During this time, Annina and Shengtai desperately held off the main battle, preventing them from being able to spare any attention. Even though Xiaomo noticed, she couldn't do anything about the monkey. The place he was hiding in was too deep for water to seep in, and teleporting there was a pipe dream. She could only give advance notice to Marusir.

The monkey and Shengtai were carefully stealthy, thinking they had fooled everyone, but in reality, they were completely exposed on the map's little radar.

When Marshiel received this news, she felt a little uneasy. The battlefield still needed her assistance. She needed to focus all her attention on controlling that huge and complex composite magic circle, which made it very inconvenient to move. Even if Maki used Flying Thunder God to move her away, her magic power would be in chaos.

Even for just a moment, the extremely complex composite magic circle in the sky would collapse due to the chaos of magic. That thing was something she had researched for almost a hundred years, and its complexity far exceeded the imagination of everyone present. She couldn't afford to be distracted.

"I still have to leave it to you, Maki."

"Hooray, finally some work to do!"

Maki, on the other hand, was quite excited about this. Her eyes turned red, and a pair of deep blue ghost hands appeared behind her, eager to try. She stared intently at the approaching red dot on the radar, ready for battle.

Before long, the red dot had reached their feet. Maki Ikeuchi knew that it had arrived. She drew her sword, Arashi, adjusted her breathing and magic power, and prepared for battle.

The next moment, the monkey suddenly sprang out from underground not far from the two of them, but its appearance had changed dramatically.

The monkey originally looked extremely like a gibbon, with a thin, slender, hunched, and short body, but now it is as strong as a chimpanzee, with its muscles bulging all over, and it is completely unrecognizable from its original appearance.

The enraged monkey, its eyes bloodshot and covered in thick fur that tore through its clothes, charged straight at the two men.

Marushi couldn't offer any help, but Maki Ikeuchi was incredibly brave, grabbing her sword and charging forward without flinching.

The monkey swung its paw, but as expected, it was twisted to the side. The attacker then slashed three times in quick succession at the monkey's side. The pair of ghostly blue hands floating on the monkey's shoulders behind it clenched into fists and slammed a heavy punch into the monkey's head.

With that punch, Maki Ikeuchi's expression changed. The power of the Demon Hand was considerable, but this punch only made the monkey take a few steps back before it regained its footing. It roared wildly twice and charged towards Marushi again, seemingly not taking Maki Ikeuchi seriously at all.

It was only then that Maki Ikeuchi realized that although her three slashes had injured his flesh, they had not penetrated very deeply, leaving only three shallow wounds on his body.

"So hard?"

The monkey roared twice and charged toward Marushir with undiminished momentum. It looked very anxious, but it was not running very fast. So it slammed its fist into the ground, and several branches and roots suddenly burst out from the ground and rushed toward Marushir.

Cold sweat poured down Marushir's forehead as she considered stopping the formation. The next moment, Maki Ikeuchi appeared in front of her with a Flying Thunder God Technique, sheathed her sword, and held her breath. When she drew her sword again, a fierce whirlwind had already coiled around the blade.

Haha give it!

A violent tornado erupted from the pond as Maki charged out with her sword, shattering all the tree roots summoned by the monkey with overwhelming force, and continued its relentless attack on the monkey.

Seeing this, the monkey slammed its fists heavily on the ground, immediately attaching itself to the shattered corpse, firmly rooting itself to the ground, and taking the blow head-on.

A fierce wind carrying the intent of swords engulfed him, and the tornado grew larger and larger, stirring up more and more debris, eventually obscuring his vision.

Upon seeing this, Maki Ikeuchi's eyes narrowed slightly.

Is my Gale Sword Technique really that powerful...? Even when I stopped for the first time, the tornado was still getting bigger...

Progress? Hmm...

Maki Ikeuchi rubbed her chin. At this scale, even she herself dared not approach, for fear of getting scratched. But seeing the red dot on the radar not moving, Maki Ikeuchi was in no hurry to stop the gale. She was thinking of dealing some damage first, but just then, Marushi suddenly let out a scream.

In that instant, Maki Ikeuchi sensed something was wrong and turned around sharply to look behind her. Marushiel, who had been floating low in the air, had fallen to the ground, and the complex magic circle that blotted out the sky not far away had also collapsed and dissipated.

"what happened?!"

"I can't use my magic... Magic suppression?!"

At the same time, the monkey suddenly emerged from the gale, its body covered in countless dense wounds, clearly having suffered greatly in the gale. Now it appeared even more ferocious, and ran over to deliver a heavy punch.

Maki Ikeuchi was shocked to see this and tried to block with her sword, but the monkey's strength was so great that it sent her flying and crashing heavily to the ground some distance away. Even the Stormbringer flew out of her hand and fell to the ground.

This continuously swirling tornado was naturally not the work of Maki Ikeuchi. The monkey could also manipulate the wind element to some extent, but he was not proficient. When Maki Ikeuchi blew up the tornado, the monkey, who was not very bright, suddenly became bright and decided to use the wind as cover to trap himself inside and release a forbidden magic.

The magic ban was Shengtai's doing. Although it could only ban magic briefly, lasting no more than two seconds, as long as it disrupted even slightly and shattered Marusir's composite magic circle, the goal would be achieved.

That magic circle is so annoying...

This berserk form is the monkey's own ability, burning its own life force to pray for the blessings of its ancestors and the awakening of its bloodline.

This berserk form can only last for five minutes. After five minutes, he will die, but he doesn't care anymore.

And so, the monkey, burning with its last breath, roared and charged toward Marushir, but its punch was caught by a large hand, rendering it unable to move.

Marushi was so frightened that she closed her eyes and covered her head, instinctively putting herself in a defensive position. But the monkey's attack did not come down for a long time. She opened her eyes again in confusion and saw Maki Ikeuchi standing in front of her, but her figure was no longer human.

Maki Ikeuchi, having activated her demonic transformation, arrived just in time with a Flying Thunder God Technique, blocking the monkey's punch.

"Really? A contest of strength?"

Maki Ikeuchi raised her head to look at the monkey, and caught the other punch he threw. Her demonic face smiled in a ferocious and terrifying way.

"Alright, let's have a go!"

The monkey's power advantage, which had just been suppressing Maki Ikeuchi, vanished instantly. A look of terror crept onto its ferocious face, and it was then sent flying by a heavy punch from Maki Ikeuchi.

The Eight Gates Formation, the fourth gate, the Gate of Injury... open!

Maki Ikeuchi took a deep breath, her magical power surging and condensing. Fang Wuwei's improved version of the Eight Gates, which Maki Ikeuchi had painstakingly practiced, was used in actual combat for the first time.

The monkey had barely gained his footing when Maki Ikeuchi, whose strength and speed had surged, was already upon him. With another punch, Maki Ikeuchi abandoned her blade and unleashed a powerful attack amplified by her Demon Transformation and Eight Gates techniques, delivering a brutal and impactful blow.

"Come on, you bastard! Hehehehehe!"