129 Teamwork. (1/2)

Li Yang's right arm was terribly scorched after having suffered under the violet lightning of the hydra, but thanks to the fact that his interspatial ring was made from sturdy materials he could still access it. He quickly took out a waterskin filled with a cool blue liquid, coating his entire right arm and the parts of his right foot that had been burned, sealing both with a layer of ice to make sure that the liquid wouldn't fly off in the ensuing battle. Fang Ying quickly swallowed three pills to restore some of her energy, Tian Zheng moving his gaze between the hydra and the two of them while giving a quick nod of his head.

”If that's how you usually repay your debts then I gotta make sure to have you owe me as many debts as possible. Xiuying's lost most of her combat ability due to her wounds, Xieren can still put up a decent fight on his own, Peng can't use too much of his energy due to his wounds but he should still be able to at least support us. As you can see, my right hand's beyond fucked right now, the blood getting in my eyes is also causing me to occasionally turn basically blind, it's a real bitch. But I can still fight, I should only be a little below Xieren at this point so with you and Ying helping us we should be able to defeat it. I'd ask if you can draw up an array here, but I'm not dumb enough to believe that to be possible.”

Tian Zheng gave a quick summary of their current fighting strength in case Li Yang and Fang Ying hadn't noticed their states. He was far more casual than he was when he talked to Li Yang and the others before they entered the volcano, he was no longer as annoyingly polite so it was a bit easier to talk to him. Li Yang gave a slight nod of his head, glancing at Fang Ying out of the corner of his eye.

”How much Qi you've got left and how long do you think it'll take to restore to a proper level?”

Her previous attack clearly took a lot out of her, Li Yang guessed that it might have cost around 50% of Fang Ying's Qi to launch it. Fang Ying's face was gradually regaining it's color thanks to the pills she had swallowed, but she was still breathing rather heavily when she responded.

”Only got about 20% left, and even with the pills I just used, restoring it to my preferred 50-70% will still take about three to four minutes. An extended battle will not be in our favor.”

Battles like this would rarely last three or four minutes, only if both parties were completely even in strength would a battle ever go beyond one or two minutes. Fang Ying narrowed her eyes slightly while looking at the now five-headed hydra, which was doing the same as her, vigilantly observing the enemy and trying to come up with a plan. Fang Ying's eyes suddenly lit up, the edges of her mouth starting to curve up as she turned to Li Yang.

”Ey, Yang'er, my dear, would you listen to one of my plans for a bit?”

Li Yang felt his fight-or-flight instincts kick in when he heard how Fang Ying talked, things never went well for him when she talked like that. She nodded in the direction of the hydra, raising her eyebrows a few times while talking.

”Remember that fish living in the Mountain Lord's herb garden?”

Just like he had expected, her plan was nothing good for him. He moved his gaze away from Fang Ying and looked at the hydra, inspecting the wounds on its body, especially the two stumps that remained of its head. He glanced at Tian Zheng and the others after he finished inspecting the wounds, his smile turning bitter as he gave a light shake of his head.

”Really woman, I must have wronged you in some past life to make you hate me this much.”

Despite his words, Li Yang still stood up and clenched his left hand a few times. His right arm was too badly wounded to be of use right now so he could only rely on his left arm. Fang Ying smirked at him before turning her head to look at Tian Zheng and the others, addressing all of them.

”We have a way to kill it, but you'll have to help me distract the hydra so that Yang'er has a clear path, try to increase the size of its wounds while you're at it.”

Xiong Xieren and the others glanced at Li Yang after hearing Fang Ying's confident statement, none of them doubted Li Yang's strength, they were simply curious about what they were planning. Strangely enough,it was Xiong Xieren that was the first one to agree, stepping forward while leaning his gray trident on his shoulder.

”Alright, since Fairy Ying has that much faith in you, I'll toss my chips in with you, let me see if you can produce another amazing spectacle. But I swear, if you fuck it up I'll have you working under me for the next goddamn millennia to pay off that debt.”

Tian Zheng stepped forward shortly after Xiong Xieren, Yuan Peng and Cui Xiuying following shortly after, the four of them taking up positions based on how injured they were. Fang Ying joined up with the group just as Xiong Xieren glanced at the others in the group, his gaze eventually settling on Cui Xiuying, the one amongst them who had the grievest injuries. He made a quick clicking sound with his tongue, his shield puppet, the only remaining humanoid puppet he had, taking up position next to Cui Xiyuing and shielding her. Once he placed the puppet next to Cui Xiuying, he turned his gaze back onto the hydra, grasping his trident with both arms.

”Right then, here we go.”

Xiong Xieren dashed forward the moment he finished his words, suddenly jumping up and actually running in the air with wide strides, a somewhat transparent energy coiling around his trident. Li Yang couldn't see what Xiong Xieren was using to run in the air, but he could just faintly feel them, invisible strings made from pure Qi. This was one of the laws that Xiong Xieren specialized in, the law of strings, the other was the law currently coiling around his trident, the law of corrosion.