285 Beware of Your Back (1/2)

The angry roaring thunder from Bai Shixuan’s hand blossomed out and turned into a raging storm in the sky, which enveloped the four long-range attackers in the sky.

The four long-range attackers were not weak, but no one suspected that, after being suppressed by the bloodstained scroll, this group of eastern cultivators could still have some resistance. Therefore, they simply didn’t prepare any kind of protection for themselves and just used all of their power to attack. This time, when they were being counterattacked, they were completely unprepared. Moreover, what appalled them greatly was the way Bai Shixuan counterattacked.

It was not at all the means of eastern cultivators in any way. These days, they have already intercepted quite a few of these eastern cultivators, some resulted in victory, while others in defeat. But, in any case, the means of the eastern cultivators were completely different than that of Western Continent magic. Although eastern cultivators could also call out lightning, it would not be like this; the storm of lightning would not be filled with thick elemental force, this was clearly...

”Damn it, how could it be an elemental shaman? Moreover, it's a high order shaman!”

The magician flusteredly and exasperatedly clenched his magic wand as the magic reservoir within his body channeled out power to prop up a simple but thick protective insulation shield. Not until he staked all the power that he could draw from his magic reservoir did the shield finally manage to cut off all the lightning energy. However, his companion has no such good fortune. The archer has no self-defense ability. Although the magician and the priest have the ability to defend themselves from the elemental force, they have no spare time to look after the archer. He was completely defenseless, and could only strive hard to flap his wings behind his back to retreat. However, the moment his wings flapped, the electric current has already run through his torso, thus he screamed out and fell.

The other spirit master did not escape either. The summoning technique that she excelled at required time to perform, but what she lacked was exactly the time. The magician and the priest were too busy to protect themselves and the prop that she carried along wasn’t enough to completely resist the lightning storm of Bai Shixuan. After struggling for a moment, it completely disintegrated. The spirit master was finally swallowed by the lightning.

”Aka, help me!”

Along with the pitiful scream, the spirit master vanished in a puff of smoke. The one named Aka that she called out just before she died was currently holding the magic wand, doing everything he could to ease the shock to his magic reservoir. He didn’t even dare to say half a word for fear that he would suffer the countershock, his magic reservoir burst, and thus die an unfortunate death.

However, as one of the team’s only two members who could add protection and buff to his other teammates, he did not make the situation worse.

When the lightning storm subsided, this ten person team has already lost more than half of its members. The magician who was barely able to float in midair felt dizzy and could hardly believe what he saw. Although they did not dare call themselves influential figures, they were accustomed to winds and waves. Several years ago, they even dared to go treasure hunting at the dragon cave, however, unexpectedly, they suffered total defeat here.

But, at least I’m still alive… the magician Aka pulled himself together and then glanced at the priest of holy light religion beside him. They were the only two in their team who still have energy left and hadn’t been thoroughly fallen in the battle. They looked at each other and, as if by prior agreement, an idea simultaneously formed in their mind: if they wanted to escape, now was the time.

Years of tacit understanding made words unnecessary for them. The priest immediately overdrafted his faith to release two holy shields for both of them. Then, the magician stimulated his magic reservoir to add a pair of wings for everyone to fly away.

It was their only chance. The ferocious beast was being entangled by the surviving two melee fighters. Although it had the upper hand, it has received some wounds from the explosion of their teammates just before dying. While the terrifying high-level shaman was currently unable to do anything due to overexertion after releasing the previous lightning storm, the several others should still be affected by the bloodstained scroll, so they couldn’t possibly have any means for long range attack, and thus were not a cause for concern.

It was just that… what in the hell, how could these eastern people have the means of the western people? If they knew that this group of people have a beast that could not be restricted by the bloodstained scroll and a high order elemental shaman, they would’ve at least took precautions ahead of time and didn’t have to lose half of their people as soon as they met face to face.

That grand wizard who sold them the bloodstained scroll declared that as long as they didn’t provoke the legendary level eastern cultivator, the bloodstained scroll was enough to sweep everything. But now, it seemed like that wasn’t the case at all.

With a strong sense of confusion and anger, the magician Aka began to flap his wings, which pushed him up higher and farther away. While flying, he began to calculate on how he would take his revenge. As the brain within the team, he didn’t have to always charge ahead like the team leader, but when the captain fell, he was duty bound to take revenge.

On strength alone, these group of eastern cultivators was not that strong. Their team’s failure lied in their team being caught unprepared. As long as he escaped and rallied some several high-level fighters with equal strength, they would be able to make preparation to overcome the opponent. After all, among the opponent, only a person and a beast could threaten them. At that time… he would exert the pain that he received now ten times as much back to these eastern people!

However, just when the magician secretly swore, a cold voice seeped into his ears.

”After offending this abbot, you still want to escape?”

The magician was surprised; he did not have the luxury to ponder where this voice came from, but instead immediately flapped his wings as hard as he could, crazily trying to fly away as far as possible. However, just as his wings flapped twice, he found something strange. The bloody cloud over their head seemed to be a bit different than the beginning. Unbeknown to him, the light bloody rain has already stopped.

Was the effect of the bloodstained scroll already over? No, it shouldn’t be. It has only been less than a third of the time!

”Aka, we seem to be trapped. My connection with the holy light is cut off!”

The priest sounded alarmed. As a nearly-reaching high order profession, the priest’s soul has already long been inseparably linked with the sea of holy light that he believed in, yet this time, he felt that this connection has been interrupted! Fortunately, this was not the first time for him; when he entered some special space, the link might be interrupted. However, the problem was… when did he enter this special space?