"What's going on, what's going on? I can't see anything! "
"Someone's attacking me, what's going on with this courtyard?"
"Everyone be careful, this is the strangest place in the Valley of Sunshine. The evil god's curse must've flared up!"
"Retreat, everyone leave the courtyard! No one will be able to escape once the evil god's curse flares up!"
"… …"
Panicked shouts rang out from the mouths of the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band members who'd entered the courtyard. These people had obviously heard of the legend of this shop, and when they saw the sudden change, they all tried to leave immediately, trembling with fear.
However, the first illusory formation had already begun to take effect as soon as the formation had been activated. Apart from Emily and the others who'd chosen a safe spot to stand in, everyone else from the Rainbow Sickle mercenary band who'd rashly barged in couldn't see their surroundings clearly under the dense aura of death.
Under these circumstances, a few white shadows suddenly shot out from the deep well in the center of the courtyard. The water ghosts sensed the presence of living people and started attacking the mercenaries next to them without hesitation.
In that instant, the three mercenaries felt a chill in their bodies, as if a liquid had invaded their bodies. In a trance, their minds were muddled, as if they'd been tempted by a voice. They couldn't help but jump into the deep well one after another.
With three plopping sounds, the three of them jumped into the well of their own accord. When they sensed the cold well water, their muddled minds immediately regained clarity. When they wanted to climb out of the well without a care for anything else, their bodies were already completely out of their control. They couldn't move a single step in the well, and instead sank bit by bit.
Three despairing shouts suddenly rang out from the well. The voices were filled with boundless terror and despair, causing the scalps of the mercenaries in the courtyard to go numb!
It was also at this moment that they finally realized that this courtyard was indeed filled with many unknown dangers. It was with this realization that they immediately gave up on the idea of staying here. Each of them moved quickly in the courtyard according to their memories, trying to leave this evil and dangerous place as fast as possible.
However, the courtyard, which was not very wide, suddenly became infinitely long and distant. They retreated according to their own memories. Their flying bodies should have left this place long ago, but unfortunately, they could never feel the end. Shrill howls like ghosts and howls like wolves continued to scream in their ears.
The illusion suddenly attacked them, and another version of themselves appeared in front of them. Holding a sharp weapon in their hand and wearing a hideous smile on their face, they began to attack them mercilessly. The fear brought about by this phenomenon instantly destroyed their willpower, causing their fighting spirit to completely collapse.
Screaming in fear, crying helplessly, and waving the weapons in their hands indiscriminately. In an instant, all the mercenaries inside fell into a state of madness and irritation. Facing his other self's cruel attack, no matter how determined the mercenary was, he still found it hard to accept it. He was equally terrified and agitated as if he had gone mad.
Just like that, all of the Rainbow Sickle mercenaries that had entered the courtyard went crazy in an instant and started to fight amongst themselves. Cries of despair, screams of extreme pain, and the sounds of metal clashing rang out from every corner of the courtyard.
Emily and the other three, who were in a few safe spots, had their vision affected and couldn't see what was happening in the courtyard at all. However, the mixed cries and screams made them realize that the Rainbow Sickle mercenaries were currently in an unforgettable situation.
More often than not, a shrill scream would abruptly stop, signifying the disappearance of a life. Afterwards, they could see a wisp of grey air being absorbed by the Shura pillars beside them. As the souls disappeared one by one, the Shura pillars that had absorbed these souls seemed to provide an even greater amount of evil energy to the formation in the courtyard, causing the chilly winds in the courtyard to grow stronger and the aura of death to spread faster and thicker.
Andy and the thunder archmage could only watch helplessly as the strange changes occurred in the courtyard. The thick aura of death covered the sky above the courtyard, and apart from a beam of blood red light shooting into the sky from the center, there was nothing else that they could see.
Just like Emily and the others, the sounds of despair and helplessness continued to reverberate in their ears. Unlike Emily and the others, Andy and the other mage felt their scalps go numb and their hearts tremble. They didn't dare cast their fire and thunder magic recklessly because they couldn't distinguish their targets. They could only stand anxiously on the roof, scratching their ears and cheeks as they tried to find a suitable solution.
While everyone's vision was affected, Little Skull, who had been standing in the center of the courtyard, had his purple left eye flash with a strong light. He was like a graceful gentleman strolling leisurely through a ball. Little Skull wielded the bone dagger in his hand and took a brisk pace as he walked unhurriedly through the mercenaries who had fallen into a state of frenzy and were waving their blades wildly.
As he reached out with his left bony claw, five bloody holes appeared on the bodies of the mercenaries, or their necks were directly twisted off. The bone dagger flashed with a cold light as it drew a beautiful arc in the air, ending with a mournful scream. This meant that a life had been lost.
As the attacking mercenaries fell one by one, the great swordmaster Gabriel became Little Skull's final target. Gabriel was much more difficult to deal with than he'd imagined. The silver sword veil covered his surroundings, and his eyebrows twitched. Although he was also affected by the formation, he didn't rush to attack everything around him, and only firmly defended his position.
It was this extremely conservative approach that caused him to receive the weakest attacks. The mercenaries who were close to him were all blocked by the sword light due to the difference in strength between them. However, these mercenaries either killed each other or were easily slaughtered by Little Skull. Gabriel's body wasn't affected much apart from the severe loss of fighting aura.
When Little Skull got close to Gabriel, it wasn't that easy to take Gabriel's life with the same method. With the attitude that he didn't want to make any mistakes, great swordmaster Gabriel firmly defended his position, condensing his silver fighting aura into a screen and tightly defending himself.
When Little Skull arrived, he was also helpless against the great swordmaster's pure defense. Beside Gabriel, Little Skull rubbed his smooth skull in annoyance. His purple demon eye spun as he seemed to be thinking of a good countermeasure.
"Who dares ignore the existence of the Cairo mercenary band and commit murder in Tanai!" Laureton's explosive roar came from afar, sweeping over like the great waves of the ocean. Following Laureton's explosive roar, the sound of heavy footsteps rapidly approached from afar.
"Not good, the thunder monster is here, we have to retreat immediately!" The thunder archmage on the roof suddenly called out lowly.
"But Gabriel is still down there!" Andy also had a face full of anxiety as he looked worriedly at the yard below and called out softly.
"We can't care about that anymore. If we don't leave now, we won't be able to leave when the thunder monster arrives! Of course, if you want to die, I won't let you stay either! " The thunder archmage said faintly and didn't look at Andy again. He used the levitation spell to rise into the air and fly off into the distance.
Andy froze for a while and finally shook his head helplessly. He stomped his foot and also used the levitation spell to fly off, following behind the thunder archmage and disappearing into the night.
After Andy and the thunder archmage left, Edwin and Belinda silently followed from a nearby tree.
At this moment, the aura of death and yin in the yard was quickly absorbed by the six stone pillars. Starlight reappeared in the yard in an extremely short amount of time, and the effects of the formation had been withdrawn. Apart from the corpses littering the ground, only Gabriel was left, still brandishing his sword.
"Kill him!" Gilbert suddenly yelled out and grabbed a battleaxe from a mercenary's corpse, rushing towards Gabriel with a howl.
Belinda and Trunks also knew that this was a rare opportunity. They brandished their weapons at the same time and rushed towards Gabriel as fast as they could, combining the strength of Little Skull Gilbert to launch fierce attacks at Gabriel.
Gabriel reacted quickly when the threat of the formation had disappeared. He only needed to take a quick look at the surroundings to know that this operation had completely failed. Gabriel moved without any hesitation and leapt towards the roof.
It was also at this moment that the attacks of Gilbert and the others arrived. Gabriel waved his longsword and silver fighting aura flared up, sending the rocks on the roof flying to block the attacks behind him.
The flying battleaxe blocked a large chunk of the rocks with a series of explosions. The bone dagger whistled through the air, not only shattering the remaining rocks, but also posing a great threat to Gabriel. When the longsword swung, an arc of light suddenly appeared and finally pushed Little Skull's bone dagger to the side.
However, the two waves of fighting aura from Trunks and Phoebe finally reached Gabriel. A ghastly cry rang out from Gabriel's mouth as he staggered. His rapidly flying body suddenly became crisscrossed with sword marks, and it was obvious that he'd been seriously injured. He spat out large mouthfuls of blood as he fled in a panic.
Emily had used a levitation spell to take to the air and was just about to chant a dark magic spell to give Gabriel the final blow when a fierce arrow shot out from nowhere like a bolt of cold lightning. The arrow was swift and carried with it a cold aura. Emily could already feel the icy aura contained in the arrow even before it neared her.
Emily had been about to chant an offensive spell when she abruptly stopped herself. Her body that had been flying towards the roof suddenly dropped down from the air. However, that cold arrow was still relentless. It carried with it a frightening coldness and viciousness as it shot towards Emily's slender, white neck like a bolt of lightning.
At this moment, there was no time to chant any spells. Gilbert and the others were all in the courtyard, and the ferocious attack had just been launched. Be it speed or combat aura, they couldn't save Emily in a short time.
The person who had shot this arrow had a grasp and understanding of timing that had reached the pinnacle of perfection. The arrow that had been infused with ice magic was fast beyond imagination, and so vicious that it made one's heart tremble.
Despair was written all over Emily's pretty face as she lost all hope and illusions in that moment. There was only one thought left in her mind — am I going to die?
However, there were no absolutes in this world! In this moment of certain death, a red light that tore through the dark void appeared next to Emily and accurately struck the arrow that was about to take her life.
There was a crack as the arrow shattered inch by inch. The frigid aura was unable to condense in that instant and instantly spread in all directions.
Emily paced back and forth on the Bridge of Helplessness, her heart filled with the ecstasy of surviving a calamity. When she focused her attention on the front, she saw the Demonslayer Edge hovering in front of her!
In that instant, incomparably satisfied happiness filled her heart like giant waves. Emily's deep love for Han Shuo at this moment was as deep as the boundless ocean.
"You won't be so lucky next time!" A cold and delicate voice came from afar. A slender figure flew away from the roof of the row of houses, like a swan dancing in the lake.
Trunks and the others were unable to restrain their anger as they all leapt up and landed on the rooftops, intending to take down this extremely dangerous female archer.
"Don't chase!" At this moment, Han Shuo's low voice sounded from within the room.
The room door opened and a sinister-looking Han Shuo appeared. His entire body glowed with bloody light, and a thick killing intent emanated from his body. His pupils were blood red, and his expression was evil and callous to the extreme. He was like an evil god from hell that had broken through his shackles and descended upon the mortal world!
At this moment, Emily, Trunks, and the others were completely shocked by Han Shuo's current appearance and aura. They all subconsciously stopped in their tracks and looked at Han Shuo with a somewhat unfamiliar expression.
The current Han Shuo's aura and expression were too evil, completely different from his usual behavior!
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