“What on earth is that?”
Bode watched the rising smoke, his brow furrowing slightly. He wondered what that screaming creature could possibly be.
“Cough, cough! That was way too close! Miss Saintess almost went to report to the underworld's Horse-Head!”
As the smoke and dust gradually cleared, Lin Ling's figure appeared inside a cluster of blue barriers.
“Hey! Why the hell are you here?!”
Taking advantage of the rising dust, Baroque made his way to Lin Ling's side.
Seeing Baroque's disheveled state, Lin Ling placed her hands on her hips.
“Uncle Baroque, don't be afraid! Because I have arrived!”
Baroque looked at her like this and felt nothing but a headache.
Right now, they were facing the Silver Legion.
They were three thousand human elites clad in rune armor, capable of absorbing magic from the Demon Realm to fight.
He was already having a hard enough time just protecting himself.
Yet this girl, who was practically a magnet for trouble, had teleported herself directly into the center of the battlefield.
“Get back, right now! This is no place for you to play around.”
Baroque saw another wave of sword energy flying toward them.
He grabbed Lin Ling, and before her barriers could disappear, he rapidly began channeling teleportation magic.
“Wa-Wait a minute! Miss Saintess can actually help you guys!”
Baroque ignored her.
Right now, his only priority was sending Lin Ling back to the Demon King's Castle.
If anything happened to Lin Ling here, everyone in the Demon King's Castle would go absolutely insane.
Seeing that Baroque's teleportation magic was almost fully formed, Lin Ling immediately reached out and pressed down on the teleportation array.
“Don't send Miss Saintess back without her consent!”
She redirected the teleportation magic toward the distance.
“Hey! Have you two talked enough? Take a look at the situation first!”
By then, Samuel had managed to escape danger and slipped inside Lin Ling's barrier.
Her breathing was visibly more ragged than before.
Being continuously worn down by so many soldiers was rapidly draining her stamina.
“Who are you?!”
Lin Ling blinked as she looked at the golden figure that had suddenly appeared before her.
Blonde hair, lightning, and that lion tail...
For some reason, a certain creature that loved eating Bugles popped into Lin Ling's mind.
“Now is not the time for that!”
Samuel wanted nothing more than to pick up this white fluffball and shake her.
But as soon as she spoke, her gaze shifted to the surrounding barriers.
The soldiers' sword energy slammed into the barriers one after another, blue light continuously exploding against them.
Yet, the barriers Lin Ling had deployed didn't even tremble.
A smile spread across Samuel's face.
“Baroque, it looks like we've got ourselves an incredible savior.”
Looking at Lin Ling, who was desperately trying to stop Baroque from casting his teleportation magic, Samuel formed her first impression of this Miss Saintess.
No wonder everyone treasured her so much.
A barrier magic of this defensive strength was absolutely not something an ordinary Saintess could pull off.
“Samuel, she's no savior! She's just a giant pain in the neck who loves running off on her own!”
But after saying this, Baroque fell silent.
He thought of the time Lin Ling had used Holy Light Stasis.
He thought of her bizarre, nonsensical abilities that somehow always managed to work.
This girl was indeed a bit of a handful on regular days.
But at critical moments, she was surprisingly reliable.
“Uncle Baroque, Miss Saintess can really help you guys!”
Lin Ling's gaze was serious. Looking at the sword energy continuously raining down outside, she knew that since Baroque's internal magic was in such disarray, dealing with these guys was no easy feat for him.
“Sigh, fine.”
Baroque looked at Lin Ling and ultimately had no choice but to compromise.
He had to admit that at a time like this, Lin Ling was indeed a massive help.
Seeing that the Silver Legion's sword energy couldn't damage the barrier at all, Bode's expression darkened even further.
He raised his hand and made a gesture.
Following that, the Silver Legion soldiers drew their blades and charged toward the barrier.
Blue acceleration runes lit up beneath their feet.
One silver-white figure after another closed in on Lin Ling's position.
Baroque's eyes narrowed as he watched the charging Silver Legion.
“Lin Ling! Cast Holy Light Stasis here!”
During his previous probing attacks, Baroque had realized that what these guys relied on most was that damn armor of theirs.
The terrifying power of that armor came from its constant absorption of magic from the surrounding environment.
If Lin Ling suppressed the magic in this area...
...their armor would turn into nothing more than useless iron shells.
“Roger that, Commander!”
Immediately upon receiving Baroque's order, Lin Ling cast Holy Light Stasis.
Holy Light spread out from beneath her feet.
A massive Holy Light Stasis domain instantly blanketed the entire battlefield.
Bode saw the surrounding area suddenly enveloped by a golden domain.
“Heh, a deathbed struggle.”
Feeling the magic still surging through his body, Bode ordered his soldiers to attack.
The Silver Legion continued their charge.
“Whoa! Uncle Baroque, they're still coming!”
Seeing the Silver Legion closing in, Lin Ling instantly fired several magic spheres at them.
The soldiers struck by the magic spheres were instantly engulfed by the immense magic.
The runes on their silver-white armor flashed violently, as if attempting to absorb this magic.
In the end, they only flickered once before being forcefully crushed by the far more overwhelming magic.
Dozens of Silver Legion soldiers disintegrated instantly.
“Huh?”
Lin Ling stared at the result of her attack, completely stunned.
“Did Miss Saintess use a little too much force just now?”
Meanwhile, the remaining Silver Legion soldiers in that direction were sent flying by Baroque's thrown stones.
Seeing Lin Ling's instantly cast magic spheres vaporize their comrades in a split second, the rest of the Silver Legion hastily retreated.
“Disperse them!”
Bode immediately barked orders to his soldiers, his gaze locking onto Lin Ling, who had unleashed that powerful magical attack.
Seeing how Baroque and Samuel were constantly centering their attacks around Lin Ling.
That meant the girl was the one who needed protection.
“Hey! Old man, you talk too much!”
While Bode was lost in thought, a bolt of golden lightning suddenly materialized behind him.
Samuel, looking like a bolt of golden lightning herself, wrapped her leg in violent sparks and delivered a fierce kick straight toward Bode's head.
Bam!
The sound of a heavy impact echoed.
Bode was sent flying by the kick, crashing violently into the ground.
A spiderweb of cracks instantly shattered the earth.
Using the recoil, Samuel flipped in the air and landed back beside Lin Ling.
She shook out her leg, a smirk playing on her lips.
“Hard as a lump of iron.”
Bode climbed up from the ground, the glow of recovery magic flickering on his armor.
But the moment the light ignited, it was suppressed by something, growing incredibly dim.
Seeing this, Samuel let out a cruel smile.
“Now, the tables have turned!”
Bode could feel the magic in his body rapidly draining. His armor was supposed to absorb magic from the environment, but now, the ambient flow of magic was completely suppressed by that golden domain.
The armor couldn't absorb enough magic.
Consequently, it began to leach from his body—stamina, magic...
...and even his life force.
It was all slowly being drained by the armor to maintain its restriction-released state.
His forehead broke out in a cold sweat.
This battle, which was supposed to be a game of cat and mouse, had completely shifted the moment that girl appeared.
At that moment, Baroque threw another volley of stones toward the Silver Legion.
The Silver Legion soldiers tried to use acceleration magic to dodge, but the runes on their legs merely flickered dimly.
They failed to activate at all.
One soldier was even caught frozen in a starting dash pose.
In the next instant, Baroque's thrown stones arrived.
The stones effortlessly pierced through their armor.
“As expected, without those runes, you're nothing.”
Samuel looked at the Silver Legion, a cruel, wild laugh bursting from her lips.
From that point on, the battlefield became a complete hunting ground for the two of them.
Every time Baroque waved his arm, a massive barrage of stones was unleashed.
Propelled by his magic, the stones pelted the surrounding Silver Legion like a heavy rain of cannonballs.
Having lost the protection of their armor's runes, the Silver Legion stood absolutely no chance against such an onslaught.
Samuel, on the other hand, was like a streak of golden lightning, weaving in and out of the Silver Legion's ranks.
Her attacks, carrying violent thunder and lightning, exploded amidst the crowd.
Before the Silver Legion soldiers trying to reform their ranks could even raise their swords, they were forcefully torn apart by her flank attacks.
“Weren't you guys pretty tough just a second ago?”
Samuel kicked a Silver Legion soldier into the air.
“Keep it coming!”
Golden lightning exploded, and another wave of the Silver Legion collapsed.
The magic of the two was like a reaping scythe; with every swing, the Silver Legion fell in droves.
In the end, out of the entire Silver Legion, Bode was the only one left standing.
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