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"Waaah!"

The exorcising light rushed towards her, and Artoria instinctively covered her face. An invisible pressure pressed down hard on her shoulders, causing her to pause and her speed to drop abruptly.

Because her face was obscured, Artoria didn't see Xu Ming, who was opposite her, suddenly pull out a pipe, take a deep drag, and then exhale a thick cloud of smoke towards her.

The smoke instantly transformed into a smoke dragon that flew over and wrapped around Artoria's body.

The smoke dragon swiftly transformed into chains, binding Artoria's limbs and body, locking her firmly in place.

Sensing something amiss, Artoria's blue magical aura erupted, and she began to struggle fiercely.

Snapped!Snapped!

To Xu Ming's surprise, when Artoria struggled, several of the smoke chains binding her broke off.

If this continues, she will be able to break free of the chains in just a few seconds.

Xu Ming quickly took out the bone jade bell and shook it vigorously at Artoria.

Jingle Bell!

It was accompanied by a crisp and melodious bell sound.

Artoria's face suddenly turned pale, and her struggling movements stopped abruptly.

She bent down slightly, a look of pain on her face.

Seeing this, Xu Ming breathed a sigh of relief.

At the critical moment, he decisively used the 'Bone Regeneration Technique' to cause Artoria to suffer a herniated lumbar disc.

The excruciating pain from such a critical area as the lumbar spine immediately affected Artoria's ability to exert force throughout her body.

Unfortunately, Artoria possesses the blood of a red dragon, making her a veritable humanoid Tyrannosaurus Rex with exceptionally strong physical abilities.

The 'Bone Rebirth Technique' can only do so much; it's clearly impossible to render her incapable of fighting in one move.

But that's enough.

With excruciating lower back pain and her entire body bound by chains, Artoria had lost most of her fighting ability.

However, Xu Ming still felt it wasn't safe enough.

He then unleashed two more domains: Blood and Petrification.

The Blood Domain began to continuously draw blood and power from Artoria's body, while the Petrification Domain began to erode her physical form.

At this moment, Artoria was in her weakest state.

"attack!"

Xu Ming waved his hand without any politeness.

Chapter 697 That's too shameless!

Twisting power, ice spears, lightning, ice meteors, petrifying light... all crashed down on Artoria, who was bound in place and unable to move.

A variety of attacks instantly overwhelmed that tall figure.

The attack lasted for nearly a minute before Xu Ming suddenly sensed something was wrong.

Amidst the swirling smoke and snowflakes, Artoria's presence seemed undiminished.

Is it...

"stop!"

Xu Ming immediately stopped everyone.

The smoke, snow, and fire that obstructed the view gradually dissipated.

Artoria's proud and upright figure reappeared before everyone.

Xu Ming's brows furrowed immediately.

Her silver-white armor was covered in scratches and scorch marks, and most of it was damaged. A small clump of her beautiful golden hair had also been burned off.

Her disheveled appearance could not conceal her majesty and nobility.

Rainbow-colored light surrounded her body, spinning endlessly like a star ring.

It was this rainbow halo that, like a wall of sighs, firmly protected her, making it impossible for her to be harmed in the slightest.

Xu Ming guessed that Artoria probably endured the excruciating pain in her waist under the siege of the crowd, forcibly broke free of the smoke chains, and then immediately set up Avalon's defense against the attacks.

Therefore, she only suffered partial injury.

Xu Ming thought to himself, "What a pity."

Whoosh!

Artoria simply ripped the tattered armor off her body and casually tossed it on the ground, her movements incredibly graceful and effortless.

Then she put her finger in her mouth and whistled loudly.

Shhh!

A sharp whistle echoed throughout the throne room.

Xu Ming was initially a little confused, but he quickly remembered something and his expression changed slightly.

Ta-da!

Suddenly, the sound of horses' hooves rang out in the empty hall.

A white steed suddenly appeared and galloped up to Artoria, circling her affectionately.

This is 'Don Starion', Artoria's beloved horse, a legendary and magical warhorse.

Xu Ming didn't care how many legends it had; he only knew one thing.

This guy can fly.

He had never seen a tiger with wings, but today he witnessed a lioness with wings.

Artoria affectionately patted 'Dong Starion's' neck, then flipped herself onto the horse's back.

Xu Ming wasn't a fool, and of course he wouldn't let the two merge so easily.

However, after all their attacks hit the rainbow-colored barrier of Avalon, Xu Ming had no choice but to stop this futile effort.

Why is it that in anime, the cunning and treacherous villains just stand by and watch the protagonist strike poses and transform without doing anything, as if they've suddenly been demoted in intelligence?

Xu Ming now knows the answer: the protagonist is invincible when he combines and transforms!

Howl!

Artoria pulled on the reins, and the warhorse reared up.

She raised her holy lance and charged towards the crowd.

Accompanied by the rapid sound of hooves, the blue-clad knight charged straight in, her momentum like a torrent of water, the one on horseback seemingly part of a thousand troops charging alongside her.

With such overwhelming momentum, it's likely that no one would dare to directly confront Artoria's sharp edge.

"what?"

However, a hint of doubt appeared on Xu Ming's face.

Artoria's charge was indeed impressive, but... she was too slow, and riding a warhorse would certainly not be as agile as walking.

Why would she use her weakness to attack her strength? Isn't that just making things more difficult for herself?

Xu Ming quickly found out the answer.

Among the group, Fujino was the least noticeable, but her reactions were the fastest.

hum!

The air twisted, and more than a dozen invisible twisting forces flew directly towards Artoria.

Two blood-red petrifying rays followed closely behind, along with a deluge of ice spears and arrows.

However, Artoria neither dodged nor evaded, but charged directly into the group's attack.

A sense of foreboding immediately rose in Xu Ming's heart.

No way...

Sometimes, the good things don't work, but the bad things do.

boo~

The moment the twisting power approached Artoria, a faint sound of a bottle being opened could be heard in the air. A red and green ball of light flashed by, and then the terrifying twisting power erupted instantly.

Just then, a rainbow-colored barrier silently appeared around Artoria's body, protecting her firmly.

The immense force stirred the surrounding air, yet the surface of the rainbow barrier only rippled slightly.

Soon, petrifying rays and frost spells followed one after another, striking the surface of the rainbow barrier.

The petrifying rays left only a few gray, patchy spots on the rainbow barrier before quickly disappearing.

Ice spears and ice arrows struck the barrier with a loud crack, shattering it instantly, sending ice chunks and fragments flying everywhere.

Artoria seemed unimpeded, breaking through the attacks and continuing her charge towards the group.

Xu Ming was so shocked his jaw almost dropped.

Avalon's cheat-like invincible defense was already troublesome enough, but now she can activate it not only while standing still, but also while charging on horseback.

It can even upgrade itself while using cheats!?

This is completely unsportsmanlike!

That's so unfair!

Artoria, of course, wouldn't hear what Xu Ming was thinking.

Riding on Don Starion's back, she charged into the crowd with unwavering spirit.

Everyone quickly moved away.

As a result, Mordred either had bad luck or was deliberately targeted by Artoria.

Artoria charged straight at Mordred, and when she reached him, she thrust her spear at him.

The holy spear, shrouded in white gauze, pierced Mordred's chest like a silver meteor.