My ancestors were spiritual plant growers, so it's not surprising that I hunt demons every day,

Chapter 167 Midnight Attack (4)

"Humph."

Cui Ying snorted coldly and slashed with her Yao Guang sword, sending a blinding flash of light flying out.

Both the ferocious giant wolf and the water arrow were shattered into pieces.

"You dare kill my beloved pet!"

Dong Hai roared, his expression turning even angrier.

Suddenly, he ripped off another animal skin bag from his waist and flung it toward Cui Ying with lightning speed.

Cui Ying's eyes turned cold, and with a flick of her arm, another chilling sword aura shot out, slashing fiercely at the animal skin bag.

"boom"

The animal skin bag was instantly shredded into pieces, but a faint light flashed inside, and a pitch-black object flew out, twisting in mid-air as it shot towards Cui Ying.

Cui Ying raised an eyebrow, showing no intention of dodging. Instead, she flipped her wrist and flicked the sword, sending out a silver ray several feet long as it slashed at the dark ball of light.

"boom"

The dark blue light was directly deflected by the silver sword light, but a tremendous force emanated from the light, causing Cui Ying to tremble and involuntarily fly backward several feet.

Just then, the dark ball of light that had just been slashed suddenly turned around and shot towards Cui Ying's chest at an even faster speed than before.

Cui Ying was startled. Before she could regain her footing, she hurriedly wielded the Yao Guang sword in her hand with impenetrable speed, while a crescent-shaped silver sword light appeared in front of her.

After a series of chaotic sounds, the dark light ball actually pierced through several layers of sword light in one breath before being directly struck and cleaved by the blade of the Yao Guang Sword, sending it flying backward.

At this moment, Cui Ying narrowed her eyes and finally saw the true face of the dark, shimmering light.

"It's a praying mantis!?"

The dark, glowing orb was actually a slender mantis, only half a foot long.

However, this mantis was entirely black, with its mouth and forelimbs being extremely sharp, and two pairs of almost transparent wings on either side of its body.

Just as Cui Ying was surprised, the black mantis flapped its four wings and turned into a ball of dark light, shooting towards Cui Ying again.

"This praying mantis has such a powerful defense!"

Cui Ying was surprised to see that the Yao Guang Sword had failed to kill the black mantis and was attacking her again unharmed.

Just then, Dong Hai waved his small blue flag again, and the rain that was spreading everywhere seemed to be driven by it, all of which gathered into several sharp water arrows that shot towards Cui Ying.

Faced with such a sharp attack, Cui Ying didn't have time to think and used her divine sense to communicate with the golden scorpion hidden in her sleeve. Immediately, a silver-white figure leaped out and directly met the black mantis that pounced on her.

Meanwhile, Cui Ying kept wielding the Yao Guang sword, unleashing several thick silver sword energies towards Dong Hai.

"bang bang bang"

Another crisp, muffled sound rang out. After the water arrow summoned by the blue flag was shattered, the remaining sword energy continued its relentless attack on Dong Hai, forcing him to retreat repeatedly as he was casting a spell.

At the same time, the mantis collided head-on with the golden scorpion that had just rushed out, and they immediately began to wrestle.

Without hesitation, the golden scorpion raised its pincers and launched a frenzied attack on the mantis's wings.

The mantis was clearly no ordinary creature; it immediately began frantically swinging its blade-like forelimbs, managing to block most of the golden scorpion's attacks.

Although some attacks occasionally landed on its body, they were blocked by the thick carapace covering it.

However, despite this, the mantis's defense didn't last long. When the golden scorpion spat out a cloud of purple venomous mist, its tail hook simultaneously transformed into a dozen golden threads to join the attack.

The mantis couldn't dodge in time, and several bloody holes appeared all over its body, with a large amount of purplish-black pus flowing out.

When the mantis suffers such a severe injury and is poisoned, it immediately becomes weak and can only flap its wings and dodge away.

But at this moment, Dong Hai was powerless to help his spirit insect in its crisis.

At this moment, Cui Ying's right hand continued to slash with the Yao Guang sword without stopping, while her left hand continuously unleashed several ice spikes in a series of hand seals.

Especially the ice spikes, which at first flew out one by one, but after a while, they came flying in one after another.

Dong Hai had long since abandoned the small blue flag that could control water, and instead held a large crimson-gold umbrella in front of him.

Although the golden umbrella magic weapon had formidable defensive capabilities, even able to withstand sword energy without harm, it still showed several cracks under such dense attacks. Furthermore, several cunning sword energies still managed to cut several deep wounds on Dong Hai's shoulder, from which scarlet blood flowed.

Dong Hai was both shocked and furious, and naturally unwilling to be beaten so easily by a young girl.

He suddenly freed one hand and took out the small blue flag again, then waved it fiercely in the nearby void. Immediately, specks of blue light gathered wildly, instantly transforming into rolling waves that surrounded him, protecting his entire body.

When ice spikes and sword energy flew towards him again, most of their power was washed away by the water curtain, and the remaining power was blocked by the golden umbrella. In the end, only a faint white mark was left, and the cracks that were everywhere no longer cracked.

However, at that moment, Cui Ying, on the other side, unusually sheathed her magic sword and stopped making hand seals. A crimson fireball instantly appeared in her palm, initially only the size of an egg, but after growing in the wind, it directly transformed into the size of a water vat.

"go with!"

With a low shout, Cui Ying flicked her wrists, and a huge fireball hurtled straight toward Dong Hai.

Seeing this, Dong Hai was shocked and angry. Naturally, he did not want to take such an attack head-on, so he moved to the side to avoid it.

But at that moment, Cui Ying suddenly stomped her foot on the ground, and her whole body shot out like an arrow towards the opposite side.

Dong Hai barely dodged the first fireball, and then he saw a figure flash before his eyes. Cui Ying appeared no more than three zhang away from him, and with one hand raised, a crimson iron tube, only as thick as a baby's arm, was aimed at him.

"not good!"

Dong Hai's pupils contracted, and when he tried to dodge again, it was already too late.

With a sharp "click," a fireball the size of an egg shot out and struck him squarely in the chest.

There was an earth-shattering bang.

After Dong Hai let out a scream, he was engulfed by the rolling waves of fire. His body only had time to struggle a few times before it was completely reduced to ashes by the terrifying heat.

Almost simultaneously, the praying mantis, because of its telepathic connection with Dong Hai, trembled slightly at the moment its master died, and was seized by the greatly invigorated golden scorpion to pounce on it again.

After the golden scorpion's two front pincers pressed down on it, rendering it unable to move, its tail hook shot out with lightning speed, piercing it with countless golden threads, leaving it riddled with holes. Its body was also slowly corroded by the venom, and as it gradually lost its ability to resist, it melted away at a speed visible to the naked eye.

After a fierce battle, Cui Ying finally seized the opportunity, took out the Crimson Flame Crossbow that Gu Qinghong had lent her before the trip, and defeated the formidable enemy Dong Hai.

But at this moment, her face was slightly pale, and it wasn't until she swallowed a Xuanling Pill that her complexion improved.