Chapter 425 Ambush (1/2)

”Wake up. Are your preparations ready?” As the wagon charged forward wildly, Rhode half squatted at the back and observed the sky alertly while waking everyone up. At this moment, Natasha, Grendy, and Anne woke up from their slumber. After all, the Black Hound's explosion was loud and rang clearly in their ears. Perhaps due to the cold night wind, all of them quivered and reacted instantly—that damned Necromancer was here!

”Anne, get ready to act according to plan.” Rhode stared at the pitch-black sky. The Necromancer was nowhere to be seen.Rhode was aware that he wouldn't perish in that explosion. At this point in time, Rhode hoped he could avoid meeting face to face with a Necromancer in the Master stage.

The wagon driver wasn't a villager of Hobbit Village; he was a mercenary sent by the Purple Lily Guild, who was good at driving a wagon. After all, this seasoned mercenary was brave, fast to react, and wouldn't escape frantically at the sight of the enemy. The only thing that this mercenary had to do now was to lash the four strong horses with his whip and force them to charge forward.

The bumpy road, in addition to the wagon charging at lightning speed, became a torturous hell for them. Natasha and Grendy couldn't even look out for the terrifying Necromancer as they held onto the edge of the wagon with all their might to ensure that they wouldn't be flung out of it.

At this moment, the ground shook abruptly.

The uneven ground cracked into several chinks, spreading towards the wagon like tentacles. Then, a sharp stone pillar emerged and went straight to its target.

Facing this sudden attack, the mercenary driver displayed his fine qualities. He tugged the reins and changed the direction of the wagon forcefully to avoid the rock thorns ejected from the ground. However, this wasn't the end, because at the same time, dozens of white bone splinters hurled from the sky.

”Anne!” Rhode commanded and the young lady stood to her feet immediately.

”Yes, Leader, leave it to Anne!” As Anne replied confidently, the shape of her shield transformed. However, this time, there was an additional layer of green radiance around it—the indication of the coalescing wind element.

Anne lifted her head towards the sky and gave her shield a huge swing.

Whizz! The massive shield flung out of the young lady's hand, guiding along strong winds that rose and engulfed the wagon from the ground. The shield streaked an arc in the pitch-black sky and the powerful whirlwind scattered all the white bone splinters that were headed towards the wagon. Then, the heavy shield returned to Anne's hand like a boomerang after accomplishing its task.

After awakening the wind element in her body, Anne's strength had gotten stronger. This defense that she put up had proven that she could manipulate the wind element to a certain extent. Furthermore, she didn't need a steel chain to retrieve her shield back anymore. As long as she could control the wind elemental strength shrouded in her shield, she could allow it to fly freely without losing control.

”Elemental strength?” The Necromancer who hid in the dark witnessed the contrasting, beaming shield with a look of astonishment. He expected that the team that was capable of defeating Vulture must be very powerful. But this situation turned his stomach to ice. Not anybody could have elemental powers. Previously, the black-haired young man's odd battle style left Darke in high alert, and now, another fellow with had elemental powers appeared… What a tough bunch!

Darke hesitated no more and attacked twice just for the sake of this moment… The Necromancer's hands began to tremble as he drew dark, ice-cold symbols filled with death aura in the air. He stared at the wagon before his eyes, folded his palms together, and swung forward.

Along with this motion, those dark magic symbols compressed and absorbed into his palms, forming a ball of pure darkness aimed at the ground.

”Be careful!” Rhode sharply detected the deadly aura emerging from their backs and he ordered instantly. ”Stop the wagon! Everyone gather!”

The mercenary driver released the ruins and flipped his way to the back. Anne stood before everyone with her shield ready. Gillian placed her right hand on Anne's shield with a stern expression. She released a halo of flames with Anne in the middle, expanding and shrouding everyone.

At the moment, the dark waves had arrived.