You are all my wings...

At the same time, the illusory body of the demon god summoned by Machiru dissipated.

Andrio, who had been missing, suddenly emerged from the top of the centipede's head, revealing half of his body.

His lower body was now tightly connected to the centipede, with many bright red and thick blood vessels faintly visible on both sides of the seam.

Watching Andrio grow increasingly grotesque, Machiru sighed.

"Master, you're easily losing your mind like this. Be careful. Besides, didn't you say you wanted to spare the saintess's life?"

Chapter 93 What a coincidence, I also want to test your quality.

Above the centipede's head, Andrio shook his head:

"You think a mere sand worm can take care of the Holy Maiden? This is just an appetizer, used to deplete their magic."

Maqilu breathed a sigh of relief:

"It seems you haven't gone completely insane, mentor."

"Gone mad? Machiru, I'll return that to you. I only asked you to cast a mid-level spell casually, but you've got the nerve to use divine power magic in the dungeon. Aren't you afraid of causing a dungeon riot?"

"But Master, aren't you curious why the dungeon reacts so strongly to Divine Might Magic?"

"Of course I want to know the answer, but the focus now is on the saintess."

"Don't worry, Master. I know what's important. Before releasing the divine power, I confirmed that there were no other monsters around. Obviously, this is because some adventurer team recently cleared out the monsters in this area. So, we did a good job."

And it was at this moment—

Boom!

A magnificent beam of holy light shot out from the centipede's body, piercing through its abdomen and creating a large hole.

It was intermediate-level magic, its holy light blazing.

From there, Leon, with one arm around Iris and the other around Britta, flashed out using the third-level combat technique, Shadow Step.

Behind him were four riders, each leaping up and slick with gastric juices, detaching themselves from the sandworm's abdomen.

At the same time, blood vessels spread across the sand worm's abdomen, instantly covering the damaged area and repairing it in the blink of an eye.

Carl was the slowest to react and almost got stuck in the middle, but Markla pulled him out in the end.

As they landed, the distance between them closed infinitely, putting the caster in an extremely disadvantageous position. Machiru's three third-tiered warriors behind her simultaneously drew their longswords in a defensive posture and attacked the group.

Their sword-wielding movements are geared towards foot combat, with long, narrow blades and needle-like tips, clearly indicating a swordsman profession.

The warrior classes from both sides immediately clashed, swords hitting swords with a clanging sound, casting an aura of violence over the tranquil desert.

By this time, Karl had almost fully recovered and, despite being behind, struck first, wielding his door-panel sword to engage the enemy in a fierce exchange of blows.

Bang!Bang!

After two sword strikes, his expression changed drastically; his opponent was incredibly fast!

Although her strength was inferior to mine, her attack speed clearly surpassed that of a typical third-level martial artist, and her sword-wielding movements were simple and swift.

If Karl's door-sized sword hadn't been thick enough, he might have been overwhelmed by the opponent's speed and pierced through a vital spot.

Bang! !

Bovary followed closely behind, his figure darting around as he slashed at another third-tier swordsman.

To his surprise, this person was not only fast, but also extremely stealthy, requiring him to anticipate their moves in order to barely block their attacks.

Milo and Mark faced the tallest and strongest enemy, who, judging from his posture and the range of his movements, was clearly the strongest of the three swordsmen.

Leon put down Iris and Britta, drew his sword, and charged at Macchiato.

Iris and Berelita exchanged a glance, then each unleashed intermediate-level magic and approached Andrio.

As part of the tactical plan, Lyon quickly explained the situation when he was briefly swallowed by the centipede.

Based on Andrio's fighting style and abilities, Leon gave Berylita some advice, with two key points.

First, Andrio's physical transformation also has its flaws.

His skin is implanted with the skin of a powerful fifth-tier demon, a pseudo-fallen angel, giving him the ultimate fifth-tier resistance to both light and holy magic, while his resistance to other magic attributes is also quite strong.

However, because he possesses extreme resistance to light and holy attributes, he is also the weakest in resisting materialized attacks formed from light and holy attributes.

This is understandable. No matter how strong the human body is, even if it has been strengthened and modified, it is difficult to withstand skin with both high levels of magic and physical energy.

In order to successfully transplant this skin, Andrio had no choice but to use alchemy to reduce the physical resistance of the false fallen angel.

Of course, there are also races with strong resistance to the same properties of the same species, but it is basically impossible for humans to obtain them through this transplantation method.

Therefore, Leon's first suggestion was to avoid using energy attacks and only use magical attacks that materialize into physical forms such as cones, spears, and blades.

Second, give Iris as many opportunities as possible to fire the Judgment Spear. This magic is most effective against Andrio's skin, and as long as it hits enough times, she can win.

Because Berylita's magical style has fewer material forms and mostly leans towards magical energy attacks, she still lost last time despite having divine protection, considerable strength, and even ambushing Andrio.

Therefore, the attacking team should replace Iris.

Berylita didn't say much about these two suggestions, but judging from her silence, she had already accepted them.

Of course, this was also because Leon had figured out that the way to deal with the saintess was to be tough enough, which gave him the confidence to give such advice.

The battle between the two level four and level five fighters instantly intensified, and Leon also began fighting his target.

The key to victory in this battle was to combine the power of two fourth-tier beings and defeat the strongest Andrio at all costs.

Leon's mission is to intercept Magiru and prevent her, a fourth-tier influence, from affecting the performance of Iris and Brierita.

Once Iris and Berylita win, the scales of victory will tip in their favor.

Of course, Lyon was under a lot of pressure during this period.

After all, she is a fourth-tier powerhouse who possesses the rare profession of witch, has demonic eyes, and is skilled in various strange magics.

As Leon rushed toward Machiru, he saw that the loli girl's face clearly showed the excitement of a hunter discovering his prey charging toward him.

"I didn't expect you to want to fight me. What a coincidence, I also want to test your mettle."

The words that came from nearby made Leon's heart sink. It seemed that his unparalleled handsomeness had gotten him into trouble again.

If possible, he hoped that Machiru would underestimate him and be too complacent, so that he would have more room to maneuver.

Unfortunately, things didn't go as planned.

Sigh, being handsome can sometimes be a sin.

Since that's the case, let's launch a surprise attack!

Leon was familiar with Macchiato's abilities. He knew that although she was a spellcaster, her body had been modified to be quite strong. Her physical strength, power, and agility averaged over 45 points, comparable to a fourth-tier warrior.

However, due to her lack of training in this area, she is relatively not good at close combat.

This is no different from her youthful, childlike appearance.

Of course, you must be careful of Macchiato's curse magic; once hit, even a fourth-order monster will be easily defeated.

Shadow Leap!

call out!!!!

Leon's body transformed into a shadow, moving across the ground. The next moment, he suddenly leaped up from the shadow in front of Machi's exposed feet and swung his sword to slash!

A strong vine rose from beneath Machiru's feet, blocking Leon's slash.

"A dual-professional? Or a rare profession? Not bad, it's fast. I'm increasingly interested in dissection... No, dissection seems too one-off. I should think of a way to conduct research in the long term."

Machiru smiled, and behind her, two more vines suddenly shot out from the ground, whistling as they struck Leon, who was in mid-air.

Chapter 94 Repeated Entanglement

laugh!!!!

Leon remained in mid-air, swinging his sword horizontally with his powerful core strength.

Shadow blades condensed on the sword, sweeping past two attacking vines and intercepting vines in front.

tear up.

First, there is a slight resistance coming from the tiger's mouth and wrist, followed by the feeling of the resistance disappearing.

The three vines, with their clean cut surfaces, fell downwards.

With this sword strike, Leon activated the sharpening enchantment of the magic sword with magic, then strengthened the blade with shadow blade magic, and finally channeled all his strength with a power level of 41.

Even without activating a combat technique, this sword strike already possesses the destructive power of a fourth-tier warrior!

Immediately afterwards, Leon swung his left hand forward in the air.

call out! ! !

Five fist-sized fireballs condensed and shot out as he waved his palm.

Basic fire magic, Fireball!

The two sides were no less than two meters apart at that moment, and the fireball released in that small space hit Maqi's face in the blink of an eye.

The moment the fireball struck Machiru, Leon caught a glimpse of her unwavering gaze out of the corner of his eye. Alarmed, he leaped backward to dodge as he landed.

At the same time—

BOOM!!!

The fireball exploded with a startling sound, instantly raising the surrounding temperature by several degrees, and distorting the air with intense heat.

The flames instantly obscured the loli girl's figure.

The ground where Lyon had landed suddenly had a strange black, mysterious character appear, melting the ground covered by the character into a brownish-black liquid that looked like poison.

The liquid continuously corroded the surrounding gravel, emitting a stench that made people dizzy.

"Thank goodness."

Seven or eight meters away, Leon emerged from the shadows on the ground, secretly clicking his tongue in amazement. This woman was ruthless; she said she wanted to study him, but when she did, she was ruthless.

Moreover, although Macchiato is not good at close combat, her reaction speed is unparalleled.

After being instantly approached by Leon, she not only remained calm but also composedly set up a curse spell, which almost melted Leon's feet into venom.

As for Leon's fireball spell just now, according to the law of "no harm without smoke," he most likely activated a defensive spell instantly and successfully defended against it.

It seems that Macchiato at this stage is already 90% as good as she is in the main storyline.

At the very least, unlike Utaman, she doesn't have obvious mental deficiencies and can't use her personality weaknesses to lure Machiru into a trap.

"It seems that the only way to prolong the fight is to exploit her weakness of not being able to use magic for long periods of time, and to suppress her by the spiritual corruption of the demon bloodline. Only then will I have a chance to stall for time, or wait for the aftereffects of her divine magic."

Facing the fourth-order witch Macchiato, the chances of winning are too slim.

Lyon may have considered taking a risk and seizing the opportunity to defeat Magiru, but the risk was much greater than when facing Utaman, and a mistake could easily drag him into trouble.

Now it remains to be seen whether Leon can hold out until Machiru's health deteriorates before his own magic and stamina run out.

Since the start of the war, even counting the mana he's been feeding Zeus Tess to accelerate his mana recovery with her Rapid Mana Recovery skill, he only has a little over 30 points left.

On the contrary, it didn't consume much physical energy.

From now on, we'll have to fight more physically.

At this moment, Ma Qilu's anger dissipated.

Her smile didn't change at all; instead, it became even more excited.

“Excellent, excellent. I knew you could dodge this curse.”

She spoke, but her movements never stopped. Her body spun in place as if dancing a waltz, and her wand suddenly shot out a dark and obscure magical light.

Seeing this, Leon did not hesitate and activated Shadow Leap again, jumping seven meters to the side.

At the same moment, the spot where Leon had landed was directly struck by the dark magical light, exploding into plumes of black smoke.

The smoke was clearly toxic, and when it blew in the wind, Leon felt a sharp, stabbing pain in his chest, as if his heart was pounding wildly.

Leon waved his hand, activating a basic Gale spell to blow the poison gas back towards Macchiato.