Jiufeng, whose heart was riddled with holes, was speechless.
After saying that, Agares carried Jiang Si and walked past him.
Jiufeng glanced at Yu Feifei and Bai Shaoqing, who were walking hand in hand behind her, looking very affectionate. She then flung off her wide sleeves and stormed off in a huff.
Bai Shaoqing looked at Yu Feifei nervously, his voice weak and small, almost childlike: "Jingyu, the Great Witch is still angry!"
Yu Feifei grinned: "Don't be afraid, I'm here. Let's go!"
Bai Shaoqing's delicate face suddenly filled with determination, and his weak voice carried a steely resolve: "Jingyu, as long as I can be with Jingyu, I'm not afraid of anything. If the Great Witch insists on taking your life, I will absolutely not live on my own!"
Yu Feifei's smile vanished, and she feigned anger, saying, "I won't die, and you won't die either. Don't say things like that, or I'll get angry!"
Bai Shaoqing hugged her arm tightly, nuzzled his face against hers, full of dependence and trust: "I believe in Jingyu, I believe in Jingyu the most!"
Yu Feifei hummed in agreement, carefully patting him as she followed behind them, keeping a safe distance.
Crossing the open space, I came to a place overgrown with dense weeds. Looking up, the sky was completely covered by tree branches, and sunlight shone through the thick branches, dappling and shimmering.
There was complete silence all around; not even the chirping of insects could be heard.
Agares paused, his brow furrowed, and looked around.
Following closely behind him, Jiu Feng looked at Jiang Si, who was fast asleep and nestled against his neck, and said coolly, "Your Highness Agares, why aren't you moving?"
Agares pulled the coat draped over his wife, covering her head and obscuring her face: "It's too quiet!"
"Too close?" Jiu Feng frowned. How could he be close to him? He was clearly two or three steps away, quite far away.
Agares nodded: "Yes, this place is so quiet. It's overgrown with weeds and full of life, yet incredibly quiet!"
quiet?
Not nearby?
Jiufeng coughed lightly to cover up that she hadn't heard clearly, and said sarcastically, "A marshal and prince of the Troya Empire, afraid of a place with no sound? Aren't you afraid people will laugh at you?"
Unfazed by the sarcasm, Marshal Agares of the Troia Empire, holding his young wife, stepped aside to make way for her, saying, "Your spiritual power is strong, so please go first!"
Jiufeng: "..."
Why aren't you playing by the rules?
Mocking him didn't work; instead, he gave up his seat!
"I can do it, so what!" Jiufeng snorted, and as she walked away, she subtly criticized Agares: "Luckily, your wife is asleep right now, otherwise, I wonder if she would be disappointed if she knew you weren't good enough!"
Agares looked at him with his dark eyes and said with a faint, insincere tone, "Is Your Highness Jiufeng lamenting that no one is applauding your actions, and feeling disappointed?"
Not only was Jiufeng's heart riddled with holes, but her body was also pierced with countless wounds, leaving her covered in blood.
With his bloodied body and heart riddled with holes, he led the way, and as he walked, he heard a rustling sound.
The rustling sound was faint yet impossible to ignore. He paused slightly, and the rustling sound didn't seem to come from one place, but rather from all directions.
Agares also heard the sound and called out to Yu Feifei and Bai Shaoqing, who were behind them, asking them to come closer.
"A snake?" Jiu Feng guessed, judging from Sasha's voice!
Agares objected: "Not snakes, very long, very thin, and many!"
Jiufeng insisted on her opinion: "Very thin, very long, many, a large-scale snake outbreak, isn't that the kind of thing..."
Before he could finish speaking, something thin and long wrapped around his left ankle. His eyes narrowed, and he stepped forward with his right foot, breaking the thin, long thing that was wrapped around his left ankle.
Before he could even look, countless black branches suddenly appeared from all directions, thin as points, densely packed, surrounding them.
Yu Feifei gripped Bai Shaoqing tightly with one hand, took out a musket with the other, and kept a watchful eye on the four sides!
Agares stared at the dense black branches, finding them strangely familiar and imbued with a sinister aura.
"So it was a tree branch!" Jiufeng changed the subject abruptly, flicking her wrist, and the red flame landed on the black branch.
The phoenix's flames can ignite all things, but unexpectedly, when the flames reached the black branches, they were extinguished without any ripples, just like fire meeting water.
Nine Phoenix's beautiful face stiffened slightly. She was not afraid of fire, nor was she afraid of this black, pointed branch!
Seeing that the branches hadn't caught fire, Yu Feifei switched to a different gun, a shotgun, and held Bai Shaoqing protectively in her arms.
Agares, who had been silently observing the black branches, spoke up at this moment, "These branches are not black, they are red, a dark, almost blackish red!"
"Blood?" Jiufeng's voice rose slightly. "You're saying these branches were soaked in blood, which is why they're a dark red?"
Agares replied solemnly, "No, I didn't say it was soaked in blood, I just said it was red, a dark, almost blackish red!"
Prince Agares of the Empire will not draw definitive conclusions about things that are unknown or have not been personally verified.
"No matter what it is, if it blocks my way, it must die!" Jiufeng said domineeringly, took out his bronze sword from the spatial button, concentrated his spiritual power to wrap the blade, and slashed at the black branch in front of him.
The black branches seemed to have eyes, spreading out rapidly. He struck at nothing, which enraged the black branches, which then gathered in greater numbers like a dark cloud and attacked them.
Agares held his young wife in his arms with his left hand, while using his Tang sword in his right to cut at the black branches that were attacking them.
With a whoosh, the cut black branch fell to the ground, instantly taking root and sprouting, transforming into a brand new branch that swayed in the still air.
The severed section regenerated and looked exactly the same as before it was cut off.
In the blink of an eye, the dense branches surrounded them completely, leaving no gaps.
Jiufeng swung her bronze sword again, this time slicing through a branch. The severed branch took root and sprouted, growing even more lush around them.
"Don't attack!" Agares shouted, stopping Jiufeng. "Attacks will only make them regenerate more powerfully. Try using your mental power!"
As he spoke, he stuffed the Tang sword into his spatial storage, condensed a purple lightning ball in his hand, and hurled it horizontally at the black branch in front of him.
The black branches touched the purple lightning and made a tearing sound. Instead of regenerating, they faded a bit of their black color, revealing red.
Seeing this, Jiufeng sheathed her bronze sword, used her spiritual power to condense a fireball, and smashed it into the black branch. The black branch danced wildly as if it had been scalded.
Yu Feifei handed the gun to Bai Shaoqing, channeled her mental energy, and, with Bai Shaoqing in to follow closely behind Agares and the Great Witch.
The three people's mental strength struggled against the black branches, barely managing to move forward.
The black branches they were whipping seemed to possess intelligence; as they attacked with their mental power, they adjusted their strength and discovered the group's weaknesses.
They began to target Yu Feifei and Bai Shaoqing.
Yu Feifei and Bai Shaoqing mobilized their mental energy and fired counterattacks, but they were no match for the power of the black branches.
Agares noticed that To, holding his little wife, turned around and moved behind Yu Feifei and Bai Shaoqing, smashing lightning at the black branches that were attacking them.
However, among the densely packed branches, one thin, pointed branch shot straight toward Bai Shaoqing, unseen by anyone.
Before Yu Feifei could even notice, the needle-thin twig had already gripped Bai Shaoqing's neck, leaving red marks and looking as if it were about to snap his neck.
"Shao Qing!" Yu Feifei shouted, reaching out to tear off the black branch. Unexpectedly, Jiang Si, who had just woken up, leaned back in Agares's arms, grabbed the black branch that was as thin as a needle tip, and her clear voice rang out: "Little darling, if you separate his neck from his head, I'll drink your old dregs with wine!"
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