Chapter 152: Joint Encirclement and Suppression
Although she had some guesses, Jia Na, who didn't care about the matters between Maluo-Haige and Black Bone Forest Academy, still continued to control the Hundred-Eyed Mirror Demon from the shadows, constructing mirror illusions to confuse the remaining two Black Bone Forest Apprentices—
“Kuisha, pull your venomous bees back, they've gone mad!”
Looking at the swarm of venomous bees that had suddenly gone out of control in the sky, the short, fat apprentice Andrew, who was almost stung by the bees, roared angrily.
“Something's wrong!”
Looking at the venomous bees in the sky that were on the verge of going berserk, the tall, thin apprentice beside him suddenly realized something was amiss.
“They haven't gone mad, they're simply not being controlled!”
“La la—la la la—”
Before the tall, thin apprentice could finish speaking, an ethereal song came from all directions.
“Not good! It's an enemy attack! Quickly seal off your hearing!”
Feeling a sense of dizziness in their minds, almost instinctively, the two immediately used magic power to seal off their hearing, thus blocking the enchanting sound of the Siren's Chant.
“Buzz buzz—”
The moment the song struck, the swarm of venomous bees, originally without a leader, seemed to receive some kind of command, immediately changing direction and flying towards the two apprentices of Black Bone Forest with shared hatred.
“Sizzle—”
Seeing the venomous bees retaliate, several clusters of blue and white ghost fire instantly turned into a wall of Flame, scorching the sky full of venomous bees.
But as the venomous bees were burned, large masses of yellow-green poisonous mist burst out from their bodies. Any shrub branches and leaves that touched the poisonous mist emitted a terrifying sizzling sound, as if being corroded.
Seeing this, the Black Bone Forest Apprentice, who knew the toxicity of the swarm well, immediately retreated without a moment's hesitation, turning around and leaving directly. “Splash splash—”
Water snakes danced wildly, choosing people to devour.
Seeing the water element Witchcraft suddenly attacking him, Andrew's face became extremely ugly.
“Pfft—”
A scarlet tongue once again shot out from the tall, thin apprentice's mouth, like a sticky long whip, continuously attacking the endless stream of water snake Witchcraft.
“We can't escape, we can only fight our way out together!”
Hearing Andrew's voice transmission, the tall, thin apprentice's body suddenly tensed. Dark green semi-circular scales immediately grew on his slender limbs, and a tail much thicker than his body quickly grew from the tall, thin apprentice's tailbone.
With a bang, he swung his long tail, as if venting his anger. The female apprentice Kuisha, constructed from a mirror image, was directly shattered by the tall, thin apprentice. Then, supporting himself with his legs, he also didn't hesitate and decisively shot off in another direction to escape.
“Damn it! Jerome, where are you going!?”
Seeing the tall, thin apprentice named Jerome had no intention of joining forces to resist, Andrew gritted his teeth,
Immediately chanted a spell, and large patches of blue and white Flame quickly covered his body.
Ah all Just as the two were preparing to flee separately, a soul-piercing shriek, like a heavy hammer smashing fiercely into the depths of their souls, caused their bodies to involuntarily stiffen for half a second.
It was during this half-second pause that the whistling water snakes immediately wrapped tightly around the two. The powerful gravity from the water snakes directly pulled them back to their original spot.
“We must first break the illusion—otherwise, we'll just be toyed with by them!”
The two who were clearly hunters a moment before, but in the next second, their roles reversed. The Black Bone Forest Apprentices, having fallen into the opponent's trap, quickly became prey in the opponent's eyes without realizing it.
The most infuriating thing was that, up to this point, besides Maluo-Haige, they hadn't even seen the shadow of another enemy.
Not only that, Kuisha, who was extremely skilled at controlling puppets to fight enemies, was actually eliminated by the opponent without her knowledge—Just thinking about this made the two of them feel increasingly depressed—
“No matter how strong the illusion, there will come a day when the magic power is exhausted—Having been hit by the 'Secret Realm Curse', I don't believe they can last much longer!”
The short, fat apprentice Andrew, who was prepared for a protracted battle, extinguished the ghost fire on his body while rapidly summoning several bone shields condensed from white bones, surrounding himself.
And the tall, thin apprentice Jerome beside him also covered his vital points with scales, guarding against the opponent's sneak attack—
“They are clearly preparing for a protracted battle—Should we directly launch a strong attack now? Or continue to wear them down?”
At this moment, Jia Na, who was hiding behind the mirror illusion, did not answer immediately when she heard Maluo-Haige's suggestion. Instead, she continued to look at the two Black Bone Forest Apprentices in the illusion, her expression calm.
“If you face one of them in a head-on battle, what are your chances of winning?”
Hearing this, Maluo-Haige, who was eager to show his worth, just thought for a moment before immediately replying:
“If it's a one-on-one situation, I have a sixty percent chance of winning!”
Only sixty percent?
Hearing Maluo-Haige's answer, Jia Na was slightly disappointed.
As a White Wizard Apprentice who only specialized in water element Witchcraft, Maluo-Haige having a sixty percent chance of winning against a Black Wizard Apprentice indirectly proved that the opponent did have some skills, but it wasn't enough.
“Wearing them down will only waste our time.”
“Then you mean—a direct strong attack?”
Shaking her head and looking at Maluo-Haige's bewildered face, Jia Na's face once again showed an inscrutable smile.
“Have you ever heard of, Sealing Art—””
“Whoosh, the cold wind blew through the bushes in the swamp, rustling. As time passed bit by bit, Andrew, who was constantly being eroded by the 'Secret Realm Curse','s complexion also became worse and worse. Even the bone shields surrounding him,
Also showed a tendency to become unstable.
“Jerome, how many disease rot fruit do you still have?”
Andrew, whose voice was somewhat weak, finally spoke to the tall, thin apprentice beside him to seek help. However, just as he expected, the two who had only formed a half-hearted alliance had no trust whatsoever.
Not to mention, the two of them were still Black Wizard Apprentices who regarded 'betrayal' as simple as eating and drinking.
Therefore, regarding Andrew's words, Jerome didn't even spare him a glance.
“If I fall here, you won't be able to escape from their hands either—”
“Two hundred jin sule, and Maluo-Haige's nameplate belong to me.”
“Deal!”
Hearing the other party directly raise the price, Andrew, who had no choice, felt stifled, but in order to continue holding on in the secret realm, he had to agree first.
“Leave your magic wand with me as collateral. After we leave the secret realm and you pay the money, I'll return it to you.”
“Bullshit!”
Whoosh whoosh
Before Andrew could finish cursing, accompanied by soaring firelight, two consecutive orange-yellow Fireballs abruptly attacked the two of them.
“Boom—”
Bone shield shattered, scales charred black.
In just a single encounter, Andrew and Jerome, who had extreme confidence in their own defensive Witchcraft, were directly blown away by the Fireballs, suffering burns of varying degrees.
“Where did these elemental creatures come from!?”