Chapter 244: A Difficult Breakout
At this time, the entrance to the stronghold was extremely lively.
At the entrance of the valley, a group of Templar Knights led by Dongfang were entangled with the group of giant bats, and Nicole and the others also rushed over from their hiding place and joined the battle.
When she saw Chen Ran and the other coming over, Nicole waved from afar, signaling them to come quickly.
In the dark night, bats were flying all over the sky. Chen Ran even saw a huge blood-patterned giant bat several meters long. Under the observation of the Eye of Insight, it had the strength of a tenth-tier magical beast.
Chen Ran finally met up with the team, and then quickly cast all the statuses he could on his teammates, leading the team to flee outside.
More and more people from the Witch Clan were rushing over. Just the large group of giant bats in the sky was not so easy to deal with.
The tenth-tier giant bat wanted to attack, but it was wary of the Holy Child’s super strong light power and did not dare to attack at will. The blood bats themselves were strong, but they were creatures of the night and were easily restrained by the power of light. Moreover, their restrictive ability was far greater than their attack. Their subsequent comrades were many, many more…
In the distance, loud beast roars sounded, and shocking footsteps rumbled in this silent night.
Although the moon was high, the starlight in the sky had long been covered by the dense blood bats, and it was dark.
Just as Chen Ran was about to run away, he suddenly found dense red dots appearing around him. Rustling sounds came from the quiet woods, and then, snake people dragging long tails appeared in everyone’s sight.
A sexy snake woman with six slender arms holding a bow swam out from the crowd of snake people. Her long arrow pointed directly at everyone, and her gray pupils flashed with a strange light.
Tenth tier, Medusa.
The beautiful snake queen said coldly, “Humans, put down your weapons and stop resisting.”
She danced with the long bow in her hand, and the cold arrow light firmly locked onto every life in the field that dared to move.
In such a short time, Chen Ran and the others were surrounded like this. The enemy’s reaction speed exceeded his imagination.
Dongfang at the side was a little annoyed. “Big brother, we were safe, but for some reason, that big bat in the sky happened to pass by our route when it passed by, and we bumped into it, and then we were discovered.”
“Don’t worry, it’s not your fault.”
Any perfect plan is easily destroyed by some inconspicuous plans, not to mention encountering a tenth-tier blood bat that is good at reconnaissance.
Right now, their problem was to get out of this encirclement quickly. There was still a chance now. When the real reinforcements of the Witch Clan arrived, it would be really difficult to have a chance to escape.
“Force a breakout.”
So what if it’s a tenth-tier blood-patterned giant bat? So what if it’s a tenth-tier Medusa? We are not to be trifled with.
Chen Ran’s current team was not weak. A team of ten Templar Knights of at least the seventh tier, the white knight Seiya, the genius girl Nicole, the Holy Child with tenth-tier combat power, the Templar Knight Captain Othello, a summoner with combat power above the seventh tier, and a Holy Spirit Priest who could at least increase the strength of everyone in the field by at least one tier. They still had the strength to fight.
Finding the right direction, Chen Ran commanded.
“North corner, forty degrees, charge!”
After finding the best breakthrough point through map positioning, Chen Ran ordered the whole team to force a breakout. Othello and Seiya, the two strongest warriors in the field, charged at the very front. And that guy Seiya seemed a little unaccustomed to the feeling of being weaker than the guy next to him, and showed even more effort.
Faced with the breakout of the crowd, the snake people of the swamp began to show their exquisite archery talent. Especially the divine arrows of the snake queen Medusa. Her six arms opened the bow left and right, and magic arrows flew rapidly, scattering into a sky full of cold stars in mid-air and flying toward them. And the many snake women in the rear also exerted their strength at the same time, and a neat rain of arrows flew like locusts.
The Holy Child Livens appeared behind everyone. The Heavenly Wheel Mirror on his neck shone, and dazzling divine light appeared in his pupils.
“Heavenly Wheel Mirror!”
A super-large light mirror shield appeared behind Chen Ran and the others. The bright mirror surface blocked the impact of all energy arrows. Those arrow rains only caused ripples on the calm mirror surface, and then disappeared without a trace like rain falling into a pool.
Snake warriors holding sharp blades blocked the front. Although they couldn’t stop the powerful impact of more than a dozen knights, they also slowed down the speed of Chen Ran and the others’ breakout. The blood bats in the sky also cleverly launched sneak attacks from the side, making it difficult for people to focus on the impact in front. The pressure in the field was immense.
The people of the Witch Clan had already rushed over, and a burst of cursing came from afar.
“How bold, you dare to attack the territory of our Black Witch Clan at night. None of you will escape tonight.”
In mid-air, a fat figure appeared in the sight of Chen Ran and the others. It was the Mistress Chen Ran had seen before.
At this time, this fat woman’s long hair stood on end, blue shamanistic power steamed on her body, and her shamanistic clothes rose and fell. Her sleeves waved high, and her aura was extraordinary.
Through the observation of the Eye of Insight, Chen Ran found that this was another tenth-tier black witch.
Now Chen Ran finally felt a real headache. They were completely surrounded.
Even in this battle situation, Chen Ran still had the confidence to escape alone, but this would inevitably leave everyone else here. Until the last moment, he could not give up this group of people.
He could feel that the Mistress of the Witch Clan did not seem to intend to kill them here. The possibility of imprisoning them might be greater, as long as their resistance was not too fierce and exceeded the development of things.
The Snake Woman Clan, the Blood Bat Clan, and the Witch Clan surrounded Chen Ran and the others tightly at the same time. Chen Ran even saw a few swamp cyclops more than twenty meters long arriving. Each giant had the strength of the ninth tier.
Moreover, this was not the full strength of the Witch Clan.
Now, they really couldn’t win. Even if they were given another tenth-tier expert, they couldn’t win…
The fat Witch Clan Mistress floated in mid-air, looking at the surrounded Chen Ran and the others, stroking her chin proudly. “Yo, not only did the one we caught before not escape, but even the little guy who escaped is here. Now my little daughter can finally be happy. Not only that, but there are also a few new faces, all looking pretty good.”
Looking at the situation of being surrounded by layers upon layers, Chen Ran knew that the chance of escaping was really too small. Even if they really got out, there would definitely be heavy casualties, which seemed not worth it…
Just then, the Holy Child Livens quietly walked behind Chen Ran and said calmly, “Buy me some time. I can open a path for a breakout.”
Chen Ran blinked. Although he didn’t know what the kid planned to do, there was no better way at this time. He asked everyone to cover the Holy Child well so as not to be discovered, and then walked out alone, saying politely to the sky, “Big sister, we mean no offense. We are people of the Holy Church and have no intention of being enemies with your Witch Clan. Among the people present are our Holy Temple’s Holy Child, the future commander of the knights, and even a Cardinal-level figure. None of them are unimportant. To prevent large-scale conflicts in the future, I think big sister should be lenient and let us leave here, how about it?”
The Mistress in mid-air snorted coldly. “I don’t care who you are, nor do I care about your background. The Black Swamp has always been the territory of our Witch Clan. Since you have entered our territory, you naturally have to be arranged by us and obey our orders. Don’t use the Holy Church to scare us. This is the Black Swamp, blessed by the Witch God. Those who mess around only have a dead end. I advise you to be obedient, so you can suffer less physical pain.”
Chen Ran continued to grind sentence by sentence, barely delaying some time. Finally, he waited until Livens in the rear had gathered his strength. The Heavenly Wheel Mirror on his neck burst out with a circle of strange light, showing the meaning that he could break out at any time. Chen Ran came back to his senses and said to the old witch in the sky, “Here, let me say one last word to you, goodbye!”
Chen Ran extended his hand, and a circle of light and shadow flashed in his hand.
Light Screen!
Dazzling light spread out from the circle where Chen Ran was, instantly blinding everyone’s eyes. Chen Ran had rarely used this spell. After his level had greatly increased, the range of diffusion was also astonishingly large, shining like the sun.
At the same time, Livens put his hands together to form a large circle, activated the power of the Heavenly Wheel Mirror, and pushed forward.
“Heavenly Wheel Magic Path!”
A circular passage like a shockwave directly overturned the obstacles along the way, opening a circular light passage.
“Run through the Magic Path quickly.”
Livens made a retreat gesture, indicating that they could leave along the light passage he had created. And this blow obviously consumed a lot of energy from the Heavenly Wheel Mirror.
The reaction of the group was not slow. They began to run into the light passage in an orderly manner and began to retreat quickly.
Because Chen Ran had to maintain the blinding effect of the Light Screen, he was definitely bringing up the rear. Seeing everyone escape into the light path one after another, Nicole and Dongfang were the last to enter. Until Chen Ran felt the time was about right, he quickly slipped into the light path.
The dazzling light gradually dissipated. The Mistress of the Witch Clan discovered the crowd escaping into the light path and directly launched a neat round of attacks.
Countless arrow rains, shockwaves, and the huge sweeping blows of the cyclops pulling out ancient trees hit the light path continuously, but were forcibly bounced back. The defense and magic defense of this light path were frighteningly high. At least for a short time, it was absolutely safe.
Blue flames burned in the hands of the Witch Clan Mistress. Fierce blue flame bombs hit the light path one by one, exploding into brilliant sparks. And every powerful blow of hers weakened the color of the light path a few points, becoming lighter and lighter…
The time for escape was limited. The light path created by Livens consuming a large amount of energy in the Heavenly Wheel Mirror did not mean invincibility. It had strong defense, but it could not last too long. It was barely enough to break through the encirclement. But even so, it bought a glimmer of opportunity for everyone. As long as they escaped the encirclement, they could escape smoothly.
Just then, the Black Witch Mistress floating in mid-air sneered, “Do you think you can escape like this?”
