The sword and blade clashed in the air, ringing loudly as they struck. Ig’s arm was violently jolted by the impact of the power, but the sword edge he held once again slashed sideways. a dazzling sword light instantly deflected the opponent’s blade, tearing through the platinum Dou Qi. Then, under the sword light, the End Sword Blade cut diagonally downwards!
“What!”
The leader of the thieves exclaimed in shock.
It wasn’t just that the young man before him blocked his attack with golden Dou Qi, but more so that, with Ig’s subsequent straight sword strike, not only his platinum Dou Qi and sword momentum were broken, but he even felt his own sword technique being shattered and torn apart, directly countered.
The leader of the thieves reacted extremely quickly, blocking the descending End with his drawn sword, and shouted as he looked up, “This kid is no simple fellow! Brothers, let’s take him down together!”
“Hey! I’m not kidding when I say I’ll provide support! Don’t you guys underestimate me!”
Slightly revealing a hint of displeasure at being overlooked, the girl’s voice echoed in the silent gaps of the air. Almost simultaneously, magic runes condensed, and a heavy spiritual pressure spread, causing the heat in the entire air to ignite.
Wielding the Blazing Flame Staff with her slender, jade-like hand, she swung it down, leaving a gorgeous crimson streak in the air: “Heavenly Fire Meteor!”
The meteoric rain of fire poured down. The entire bandit group descended into chaos, with several bandits who had almost reached Ig being incinerated to ashes in an instant.
“This Young Lady…”
Ig chuckled, taking a deep breath. His eyes, as clear and blue as a mirror, reflected the fearful faces of his enemies. He casually struck out with End, breaking through their scattered defenses and leaving wounds on their bodies!
Although it seemed like Verafia wanted Ig to defeat these bandits alone, seeing that some mercenaries were still getting injured in the bandits’ counterattack, Ophi hesitated for a moment, grasping her Ice Crystal Dragon Spear and charging into the battlefield.
“Hey! You idiot Ice Dragon, don’t interfere!”
Verafia shouted from behind Ophi, raising her head with some dissatisfaction, but she was just saying it. She moved her luminous jade wrists, and the seemingly substantial fire element reflected her magic, then condensed into even more powerful spells that bloomed and overlapped on the battlefield.
Spear auras of blue frost pierced down. Under Ophi’s seemingly elegant and graceful spear technique, which no one could parry a single blow of, and the sweeping, scorching fire magic, the bandit group of over a hundred people was almost instantly defeated. In just over ten breaths, they were almost wiped out.
Even the few bandits who managed to escape were all taken down by the suddenly appearing Flarn.
The End Sword Blade swept down heavily, severing the tendons in the leader of the thieves’ hand. With a clang, his weapon fell to the ground. His face contorted with veins bulging due to extreme pain, but he gritted his teeth tightly, gathering the disrupted Dou Qi in his body, as if preparing for a desperate struggle.
But suddenly, a sword edge exuding a piercing coldness was held against his throat.
“Don’t move.”
Ig’s voice rang out. The black-haired young man looked up at the face of the bandit leader. “You’re the leader of these bandits, aren’t you? However, your identities don’t seem to be ordinary bandits. Can you tell me who you are and your purpose for attacking the merchant caravans?”
“Identity… purpose?”
To Ig’s surprise, the bandit leader laughed wildly, revealing a sarcastic tone. “Kid, your identity doesn’t seem simple. Falling into your hands is my bad luck! But let me warn you, stop meddling, otherwise, you’ll have bad times!”
“Wait, you’re trying to—”
Instead of the scene Ig expected, where the leader would smash his neck against the sword, the man grunted, black blood flowing from his nose and mouth, and he directly collapsed in front of Ig, the End Sword Blade having cut through his flesh.
“……”
Ig looked at the corpse lying before him.
“Heh heh, Ig, you’re slacking off as usual… you can even defeat a Platinum, so it wasn’t a waste of my effort,”
A crisp, girlish voice sounded in his ear, making the surrounding air seem to brighten. The golden-haired girl approached Ig, retracting her staff, and tilted her head slightly. “Hmm, should I thank that guy Douglas for this?”
What Verafia was referring to was naturally Douglas’s act of sacrificing himself to be Ig’s free sparring partner, even honing Ig’s sword techniques and Dou Qi well.
Ig knew this was probably his young lady teasing him with her capricious thoughts. He just smiled, then changed the subject and asked, “Veer, do you think this bandit leader bit poison to commit suicide? And the others…”
His gaze drifted slightly. Under Verafia’s magic, more than half of the bandits were not killed directly, but at this moment, in Ig’s sight, even some bandits who had been captured by the mercenaries all fell down, spitting black blood and dying.
“Bite poison? Of course not.”
A crisp tone sounded. Verafia, with one golden eye, looked at the black blood remaining on the ground, and lightly raised her delicate, slender eyebrows. Her large eyes showed a hint of curiosity.
“In my opinion, this is a forbidden curse that causes instant death under certain conditions.”
The girl cupped her chin with her small, pure white hand and suddenly raised her snowy face, smiling charmingly. “Hmm… and it’s a forbidden curse of no low level. But well, it’s easier to use magic than to cultivate the loyalty of a hundred people.”
A faint rustle of footsteps, with a dragging sound, reached his side. Flarn walked over to Ig and Verafia, still holding a bandit she had knocked down, her bright red eyes looking up. “Just now, I forcefully disrupted the spell running through this person, but look, Eldest Sister…”
Ig also looked over. Although the bandit held by the Vampire Princess still had vital signs, her eyes were blank, clearly having had her consciousness erased.
“Not only is there a forbidden curse of instant death upon failure… but after that, there’s another preparation to erase consciousness? Just to prevent the source of information from being leaked, no, and their purpose…”
Under these circumstances, Ig wouldn’t believe they were ordinary bandits. Moreover, as the Little Phoenix beside him had said at the beginning, their actions were mostly derived from strictly trained soldiers.
“Thank you, young man, and you beautiful ladies, for your help. Otherwise, if we had fallen into the hands of these bandits, I don’t know how many people would have survived.”
Suddenly, a voice filled with gratitude arrived.
Walking into view was a middle-aged man in luxurious robes, with golden threads embroidered with the crest of a trade union on his robe. He was clearly the owner of this merchant caravan.
After expressing his heartfelt gratitude, the merchant said to Ig, “May I know your name, young man? Regardless of gold coins or rewards, the Hulan Trade Union will surely repay your life-saving grace.”
“You can call me Ig.”
Ig said. He looked at the merchant beside him and smiled. “This is just a small favor, so no reward is necessary. However, the Young Lady and I are more interested in the identities of these people. Do you know anything?”
