"Ash, Ash, are you okay?"

"fine……"

In the Black Sea, Fili used the jet-black wings as rowing oars and was so anxious that she was about to cry, but she didn't know how to do anything, even holding Ash was a little clumsy.

Ash endured the dizziness that almost made him nauseous, cast a "Music Sword" on himself, and his body and mind gradually recovered.

"What about the others?"

The little sheep's answer was as expected: "They are all gone."

Just now, the four legendary magicians suffered a devastating attack—a giant nine-headed fish-slaying dragon jumped out of the sea!

Yes, the Nine-headed Fish-chopping Dragon, a new species never seen before.

But they were all experienced magicians, and they responded individually when they were attacked: Ash took Fili and entered spectator mode, while the other three deployed their sanctuaries to fight back.

Even if it is a nine-headed fish-slaying dragon, at most it can make the legendary magician immortal, but it is impossible to kill the legend instantly.

But the situation took a sharp turn for the worse - Ash rushed into the sea and tried to burst the heart of the Nine-Headed Ichthyosaur, but found that it had more than a dozen hearts. As soon as he burst two of them, it began to regenerate rapidly, forcing Ash to return to spectator mode again.

The situation of the others was not optimistic either. Except for Vichy who was able to fly out of the encirclement of the Nine Slashing Tails, Igula and Harvey were trapped by the Slashing Tails and could only rely on the Sanctuary to support them. Ash rushed over and cut off a Slashing Tail, and the next second another Slashing Tail swung over.

Ash didn't take it seriously and simply held up the sanctuary to resist.

When the tail touched the sanctuary, the sound ripples that splashed seemed to make the whole world blurry.

Bang!

He only had time to cover Fili's ears, and then they were slapped away along with the sanctuary!

It's a howling storm!

The slashing blow from the Nine-Headed Fish-Slaying Dragon can actually create a howling storm!

You should know that sound, light and air are the three most difficult attacks to defend against in the Sanctuary. Since magicians have to remove the shielding of sound, light and air in order to obtain information from the outside world, most Sanctuary magicians choose to turn off the shielding by default.

Ash had never expected that the Fish Slayer could actually launch a sonic attack. He didn't even have time to increase his shielding level, and was directly hit in the face by the sonic attack, almost shaking his brain. But he was not stunned, and quickly pulled up and shouted, "Go up!"

They are legendary magicians who can fly, so there is no need for them to fight with virtual creatures in the sea!

The reason why they had to fly near the sea was that there was no directional guidance in the fog, and they could only approach the core in the opposite direction of the ocean current - the flow of this black sea was from the center to the surroundings, so they could approach the center by going against the current.

Ash did not retreat into spectator mode, fearing that others would not be able to see or hear him.

However, when Ash rushed into the sky above the white fog, he was greeted by the tail of the Nine-Headed Fish-Severing Dragon!

Before he was knocked unconscious by the sound wave, he turned on the spectator mode in time, so he and Fili were knocked hundreds of meters away, avoiding the subsequent combos of the Nine-Headed Fish Dragon.

After coming back to his senses under the treatment of "Le Jian", Ash didn't rush to find someone. He lay in Fili's arms and thought for a moment. His face suddenly became extremely ugly: "These virtual creatures are evolving!"

At first he thought that the screaming storm was caused by the contact between the Slashing Tail and the Sanctuary, but now recalling carefully, Ash vaguely saw that the Slashing Tail had many densely packed mouthparts, and those screams were obviously suddenly erupted from the mouthparts.

However, not only the Ichthyosaur, but there is no dragon species in the entire Sea of ​​Knowledge that is good at sonic attacks. In addition, the Nine-headed and Nine-tailed Ichthyosaur can appear. Ash can only draw one conclusion: the closer you get to the core, the more crazy evolving creatures will appear.

But how did the sonic attack evolve? There is no material on this subject in the entire ocean of knowledge.

I don’t know if it’s Ash’s illusion, but the sonic attack of the Nine-Headed Ichthyosaur always feels very similar to Igula’s Psychic Scream.

After thinking for a moment, Ash took a deep breath, picked up Fili, and said, "Thank you for troubling you just now."

"No need to say thank you." The blonde girl said, "Aren't we companions? If I were to say thank you, I would say thank you many times."

She paused: "Besides, will you say thank you to Sword Princess? Do you feel that you are bothering Sword Princess?"

Ash blinked and nodded in agreement. He carried Fili on his back, took a deep breath, and flew into the sky.

After flying less than ten meters in the thick fog, Ash felt the gravity reversing and a black sea appeared above his head - he was flying upside down.

"Hey? Aren't we flying upwards? Why are we flying the other way around?" Fili not only hugged Ash with her hands, but also clamped her legs around his waist, otherwise she would have fallen down.

"A spatial miracle? A spiritual miracle?" Ash looked at the white mist and murmured, "This is trouble."

They always thought they had an invincible escape route - that was to fly above the white fog, so that all ichthyosaur species would not be able to attack them.

But they didn't expect that there was a miracle of inversion in the white fog. Once the magician flew to a certain height, the up and down direction of the magician would be directly reversed - they had a maximum height and had to always fly near the sea!

There is no way to retreat, and the enemy is getting stronger and stronger. It is time for Ash and his men to retreat. After all, even the Nine-headed Fish-slaying Dragon has appeared. Ash would not be surprised even if the Fat Mountain Demon King Lala appears next.

But now that they were separated from Igula and the others, Ash didn't know whether they had escaped the Nine-Headed Fish-Slayer Dragon's pursuit. If they hadn't escaped, they could only rely on the Sanctuary to hold on, waiting for rescue without any hope.

But it was impossible to find them. The white fog weakened the light and sound, and Ash's shouting could not reach more than ten meters away.

so……

"Fili, we have to keep moving forward."

Ash said calmly, "If we just leave and Igula and the others don't escape the monster's pursuit, then sooner or later they will not be able to hold on and become remains in the monster's stomach... That's the scene I didn't let you see before."

"Actually, I saw it." Fili said in a low voice.

"If we can end this white mist ceremony ahead of time, they will naturally be out of danger." Ash said, "But it will be very dangerous ahead. Even with the spectator mode, we are not 100% safe... Are you willing?"

"Ah? What?"

"Are you willing to take the risk with me?" Ash asked seriously, "With no one else to protect us, only unknown dangers are waiting for the two of us...Are you willing?"

Fili opened her mouth, but then closed it again, remaining silent. Ash nodded in understanding: "I understand, I shouldn't ask such an excessive amount of things of you. I will send you out first--"

"Ash, I am your demon." Fili said faintly: "I thought that meant there was some kind of contract, or bond, between you and me."

"Of course, there is already a relationship between us—"

"Ash, what I've experienced in the past few days is more exciting than my life in the past 19 years. It was the first time I almost died, the first time I went on stage to receive an award, the first time I went on a date, the first time I had someone I liked... I was able to enter the mysterious and magnificent world of magicians, participate in this earth-shaking adventure with you, and contribute to ending the disaster early..." She whispered, "I have no regrets in my death."

"Let's fly. There may still be people alive in Canaan City. If we can end this disaster early, we may be able to save other lives."

Ash was slightly startled, "Thanks...Okay."

"I'm sorry, I can't fly or fight, so I have to trouble you to carry me." Fili whispered, "If it wasn't me, it would be better if Sword Princess was here..."

"Didn't you just say not to say thank you or trouble? I didn't say thank you, and you are not allowed to say I am trouble." Ash said, "And I am happy to have you around."

"Really?"

"Really, because I am very afraid of loneliness. If I stay alone in the ocean of knowledge, I will definitely develop claustrophobia and deep-sea phobia." He smiled and said, "When I opened my eyes and saw you just now, I felt that it was a great choice for me to carry you on my back."

Fili buried her head in his back, her eyebrows curved, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised: "I'm glad I can help."

"Then... full speed ahead!"

Ash spread his wings and quickly flew through the white fog. When a black shadow appeared in front of him, he immediately turned into spectator mode!

The reason why he didn't choose the full-time spectator mode was, firstly, that it consumed a lot of magic power, and secondly, he had to take care of Igula and the others - he could turn on the spectator mode and pass through, but Igula and the others couldn't avoid the battle round!

Now that he has separated from the Trickster and the others, Ash has unloaded a burden and can use his power as a demon servant without any scruples!

In spectator mode, the whole world seemed to turn into black and white lines, only Ash and Fili remained intact. They were like walking in a comic draft, and everything around them was a two-dimensional pattern that could not hurt them——

roar!

The bunch of lines in front suddenly turned into entities, like a dark blue mud fish dragon jumping out of the drawing, biting towards Ash!