Chapter 728 - 671: The Dark Maze (2) (1/2)

”They're behind.” Said Rosea, turning her head to the rear and shooting five icicles.

They had two pursuers… the two Demon girls, Cosima and Marjory. Apparently, they were still angry over what happened in the Fifth Trial and wanted to exact revenge.

Cosima was agile and flexible, jumping in the air and easily dodging the pink-colored icy projectiles. As she soundlessly landed on the ground, she swiftly threw two daggers at the closest MoonStar member, which was Ardor.

The sword-wielding youth abruptly stopped running, rapidly rotated his body and thrust his sword upwards. A stream of milky-white sword essence shot in the air then, like a tsunami, cascaded onto Cosima.

Unfortunately, though Ardor's retaliation did stop the thrown daggers, it wasn't able to inflict any damage upon Cosima. Her senior, Marjory, interfered in the nick of time and unleashed a burst of Neon light, which was faster than Ardore's Sword Essence.

The Demon's neon light spread across the air and the ground, not dealing any physical damage but it was able to significantly slow down the MoonStar team. It seemed to be some type of a curse, rendering the targets helpless and defenseless.

”I've got you now!”

Cosima cackled as she whipped her leg at Ardor, blowing him against the creepy thick vines. Not only was his c.h.e.s.t hurt, his back was also pierced by the ever-moving vines, which didn't stop at that. The vine-infested walls were trying to pull the youth inside, trying to devour his body whole.

Fortunately, Bora was able to shoot a blinding and scorching hot arrow, incinerating many of the vines and giving Ardor enough time to free himself.

”Go on, I'll deal with them.”

Now covered in orange flames- from head to toe- Ho Qing gestured for his three friends to continue while he confronted the incoming Cosima.

”You're not getting awa-”

The demon girl couldn't finish… not expecting Ho Qing to move so fast, she was punched right in the face, her body blown in the air then crashing into the ground, temporarily limp.

This wasn't the end, however, as waves of turbulent Phoenix flames spread from Ho Qing's hands, clashing with Marjory's strange curse. Blast waves emitted from the point of impact, pushing the two demon girls and Ho Qing back.

”Cosima! Back! Let's go back!”

Marjory helped her friend up and just when they were about to leave, they heard an ear-piercing bird screech then felt a suffocating heat coming from above.

The magnificent flaming phoenix wasn't stopped, its flames incinerated the neon light and the sound waves sent by the drum. In the end, Cosima and Marjory went all out by holding hands and chanting a short incantation.

A pillar of dark violent light rose into the darkened canopy, dispersing the phoenix and its trail of flames. Although they were able to defend against Ho Qin's ultimate attack, they were exhausted. Ho Qing wasn't any better either too, he was bloodied and limping, nonetheless, he still moved toward the incapacitated girls, ready to finish them off.