1185 Ferocious Master and Apprentice Part 1 (1/2)

Luoluokaluos possessed transformation abilities, a very formidable feat. When Nailisi fell down, she felt her mental powers were exhausted and knew that she was unable to keep her golden dragon form for long.

The 12 Vermillion Knights saw an opening and charged. They intended to eat Nailisi. If they were able to devour a golden dragon, all of the Vermillion Knights would advance.

Nailisi wiggled on the ground and lashed out with one of her claws at a Vermillion Knight. She no longer bothered defending and opened her mouth, shooting dragon's breath at the Vermillion Knight.

The Vermillion Knight was quickly riddled with holes before its elemental core blew up.

However, Nailisi was quickly pierced by the remaining 11 Vermillion Knights. The attack severed all of her tendons, immobilizing her.

The Vermillion Knights did not bother crying over their dead comrade. All they saw was how valuable Nailisi's body was.

Her dragon head was almost cut off. Despite that, she continued grinning ferociously through the severe pain. She swiped her tail and her body shrank, turning into her skeleton king form. She threw out thousands of magic bugs from her space equipment the moment she finished transforming.

The magic bugs were all venomous and nurtured using the terrifying venom concocted by Agares.

While Vermillion Knights generally had no fear of venom, it depended on the type of venom in question. The Vermillion Knights found themselves to have underestimated their target when the magic bugs jumped on them. The bodies of all remaining 11 Vermillion Knights were corroded by the venom.

While their elemental cores continuously restored their elemental shells, it failed to stop the venom from seeping in.

The magic bugs were only capable of injecting their venom one time before being burned to death.

What frustrated the Vermillion Knights was not the damage they suffered, but the golden dragon's disappearance. The reason they kept tangling with Nailisi was to acquire the golden dragon's body. With the golden dragon gone and so many of their own missing, their master would definitely punish them!

Every single Vermillion Knight thought of that. The level 10 skeleton king was not a threat to them; the true threat was the fire type element spirit's unruly and unstable temper.

The Vermillion Knights gave their all. If they went back empty-handed, they would have to answer to a fire type element spirit who would be out to make their lives miserable.

Vermillion flames shot out from the 11 Vermillion Knights' cores. It was the fire of their lives. The vermillion flames completely burned all the venom that was clinging to them. They shed their elemental shells so venom was unable to seep any further into their bodies.

They gave up their shells and retained only their cores in the most basic form.

While it was a crippling move, it enabled all of the Vermillion Knights to shake free of their poisoned states.

Eleven weapons lashed out at Nailisi again. She felt she was very unlucky for running into so many elemental creatures who were a higher level than she was. She would have made short work of them if they were of her level.

However, when levels went beyond level 10, every single level was an insurmountable difference of power.

If she had to deal with only one level 11 Vermillion Knight, she would have ways to go about it. But at the moment, she had to deal with 11 of them that synchronized with each other quite well. It would be difficult to make further sacrifices in another form just to kill another one.

The golden dragon form suffered severe damage and would need at least a month to recuperate. Her skeleton form was quickly turned into a pile of shattered bones after taking the brunt of the attack.

Nailisi was able to time her transformation well enough to change into her devil form and retreated quickly, holding her shield and blocking the entrance to the purgatory of the fallen.

The remaining 11 Vermillion Knights witnessed their enemy killed only for the enemy to resurrect in yet another form. Their rage had hit a critical point. While the enemy was not powerful, it had many tricks up its sleeve.

The magic bugs might have been weak, but had been capable of withstanding high temperatures for long enough to cause major trouble for the Vermillion Knights.

The elemental shells that they shed had evolved for tens of thousands of years. New elemental shells would be incomparable to the ones they just lost.

One of the Vermillion Knights mobilized their fire tiger, which rammed into Nailisi's shield. The Vermillion Knight was about 20 meters tall and reached 24 to 25 meters when riding on the fire tiger. Nailisi's height at the moment was only ten meters, but the shield was more than able to cover her entire body.

The Vermillion Knight was not even able to attack successfully using superior height.

However, level 11 creatures possessed great strength. The Vermillion Knight thrust its fiery lance at her shield, rendering Nailisi's arm completely numb.

The shield was unscathed as it had belonged to a head inquisitor. Despite its attributes being completely wiped clean, it was still incredibly sturdy.

While the Vermillion Knights were of average intelligence, their combat prowess was formidable. One ram was all they needed to tell that Nailisi lacked brute strength. Regardless of how resilient the shield was, it still needed someone to wield it.

The second Vermillion Knight mobilized their fire tiger and rammed the shield. Nailisi buckled and retreated half a step. If she had stood her ground, her arms would have gone completely numb. Nailisi missed Sika.

If Sika had been holding the shield, she might have been able to bash the Vermillion Knight badly enough to make it retreat.