"Cipher, where on earth did you learn this habit of picking people up off the street?"
First, you pick up the Vidyadhara Healer Lady from the Xianzhou Luofu, and then you bring back Firefly from the Stellaron Hunters. How on earth do you do it?
"Cipher, if you really have this knack for picking people up, next time don't even think about becoming some legendary cosmic…"
Derick was very surprised to hear that Cipher had brought Firefly along as well.
"Let's go see first," Hyacine, who didn't have such complex thoughts as Derick, quickly walked into the Spices-of-Life Inn after hearing someone was sick.
Derick followed behind her into the inn and went to Cipher's room.
Pushing open the door, Firefly was lying on the bed. She glanced sideways at the newcomers and was immediately startled.
What's going on? Why is he here? Have I been discovered?
Firefly almost wanted to take out the Sam transformation device and fight Derick to the death. Even knowing she was no match, she didn't want to lie in bed and wait to be captured, but wanted to fight for a chance at survival.
But seeing Hyacine walking towards her with a concerned look on her face, her desperate impulse immediately subsided.
That's right. The one who fought them was Sam. I'm in Firefly's form now. The enemy is Sam; what does that have to do with me, Firefly? It's fine.
Firefly thought to herself.
"Miss, how are you feeling now?" Hyacine asked her with concern.
"I feel much better now. By the way, my name is Firefly. What… what's your name?" Firefly nodded, her face pale with illness.
Derick, watching from the side, saw Firefly looking like a classic frail beauty, a delicate flower. If he didn't know the inside story, it would be really hard to connect her with the Sam armor that could ignite the sea of stars.
"My name is Hyacinthia. You can just call me Hyacine," she said softly to Firefly. "Here, let me give you a check-up first. Derry-boy, you guys leave for a bit."
"Alright." Derick nodded.
Putting aside the low probability of Firefly suddenly attacking the one who was treating her, Hyacine herself was no helpless physician. Little Ika was still by her side. If she were really attacked, Little Ika could block for a moment, and Hyacine could immediately unleash the authority of the Sky Titan to protect herself.
Derick and the others went outside. Jing Yuan's communication soon came through.
"Hey, General, I've successfully completed the mission you gave me," Derick reported to Jing Yuan with a smile after answering the call.
"You completed it a bit too thoroughly," Jing Yuan's tone was slightly helpless.
He hadn't expected Derick to be so decisive and have such a strong killing intent. He had sent many Dragon-Lords to be reincarnated, and that Dragon-Lord Taoran… Derick hadn't even given him a chance to be reborn.
Fortunately, Derick's expression before he left had given Jing Yuan a heads-up, so he had a contingency plan for this kind of situation. He had finally managed to temporarily suppress the situation with the Vidyadhara.
We'll deal with it after the battle with Phantylia is over.
"I couldn't help it. At that time, I didn't know if Cipher was safe, and I was anxious, plus the influence of the Crimson Moon…"
"Mhm, mhm." Jing Yuan nodded repeatedly.
Whatever you say, I'll just pretend it's true.
After Derick finished speaking, Jing Yuan said to him, "Alright, you don't need to consider the matter of the Dragon-Lords for now. The situation at the Scalegorge Waterscape is not good. You all go over there and provide support. I've already notified the Cloud Knights. You can just fly over."
Derick immediately nodded.
At this time, Hyacine had also finished examining Firefly. Her current medical skills were not as good as Bailu's. After finishing the examination, she came out and said to Derick, "Derry, I don't have any good methods for Miss Firefly's condition for now. I can only do some梳理 (combing/sorting) of her body."
"Then let her rest for now. Hyacine, the situation at the Scalegorge Waterscape is a bit dangerous. Let's go there to provide support first."
"Alright, Derry." With Firefly's current condition, Hyacine staying here wouldn't be of much use. The battlefield still needed her power.
After giving Firefly a few instructions to rest well, Bailu also stayed behind to take care of her. At the same time, Cipher, to protect Bailu's safety, also stayed here, to prevent anyone else from trying to harm the Vidyadhara Healer Lady.
Arriving at the open space in front of the Spices-of-Life Inn, Polyxia directly transformed into a giant dragon. She spread her wings, gesturing for Derick and the others to get on. After they were on, she immediately flapped her wings and flew towards the sky.
There were still many Xianzhou natives near the inn. Seeing this situation, they were all more surprised than the last.
Derick didn't have time to care about their thoughts. He now needed to stand on his little sister-in-law's back to maintain his balance. On the other hand, his second perspective was fluctuating. His second clone had encountered a situation, and he needed to multitask to operate it.
Ruan Mei had brought Tingyun and the second clone to the Xianzhou Luofu.
And the one who greeted them was the Sky-Faring Commission's envoy, "Tingyun."
Originally, Phantylia had used Tingyun's name to ask for a few days off. But this time, because of the commotion at the Scalegorge Waterscape, the Sky-Faring Commission was short-staffed, so Yukong asked if she had time to come back to work for a while.
Phantylia's preparations were mostly done, so she came back to "work." Anyway, when the critical moment came, she could just go over.
Phantylia came to welcome Ruan Mei's arrival.
"Welcome, esteemed guests. This little lady pays her respects," Phantylia said softly.
She was also a little surprised by Ruan Mei's arrival. It was hard to say what kind of impact this member of the Genius Society would have on the current situation.
Of course, the fact that it was Ruan Mei made Phantylia slightly relieved. Her individual combat power was not comparable to Herta or Screwllum, and certainly not to that Lord of Silence who was unwilling to even mention his own name. She wouldn't have much impact on the battle.
The Genius Society also wasn't necessarily willing to help the Xianzhou Alliance and interfere in the battle against the Antimatter Legion.
"Mhm."
Ruan Mei nodded lightly, without any emotion. Only her eyes looked at Phantylia, carrying a desire to experiment.
Seeing this desire, Phantylia wasn't too surprised.
For a member of the Genius Society, having such thoughts is perfectly normal.
"This person behind you, Lady Ruan Mei…" Phantylia looked at the disguised Tingyun, her tone questioning. As for Derick's all-black second clone beside her, she didn't pay it any mind at all, just treating it as one of Ruan Mei's experiments.
The disguise on Tingyun was specially made by Ruan Mei. Even someone as strong as a Lord Ravager couldn't possibly see anything strange about it. At the same time, Tingyun's talent in business was extremely high. Her ability to hide her emotions was also very high. At this moment, facing Phantylia who had killed her companions and harmed her like this, Tingyun also remained as usual.
"Oh, so that's how it is." Although she still had some doubts in her heart, Phantylia didn't dwell on it. She couldn't guess Ruan Mei's thoughts either.
If I'm really curious, later, when I change back to my Phantylia identity, I'll just strip her open and take a look.
"By the way, Lady Ruan Mei, where are you planning to go?"
Ruan Mei said to Phantylia, "We are going to the Scalegorge Waterscape. The divine relic representing the Aeon of Abundance is now showing signs of life again under the influence of the Stellaron. I'm quite interested in this situation."
"Then this little lady will take you there." Hearing Ruan Mei say this, Phantylia thought it was quite a coincidence.
They're all going to the Scalegorge Waterscape. When the time comes for the harvest, I won't have to go over quickly.
Phantylia acted as the guide. Ruan Mei followed, with the disguised Tingyun and Derick's second clone at the very back.
The group boarded a starskiff and headed towards the Scalegorge Waterscape.
Scalegorge Waterscape.
The situation on the battlefield was becoming more and more severe.
The number of monsters formed from the Abundance energy was increasing, launching continuous attacks on the Cloud Knights' formation.
The Cloud Knights' line was originally on the verge of collapse.
But at this moment, the Astral Express and Yanqing, Yunli, and the others arrived.
Because he had anticipated the situation on the battlefield, Welt Yang had been preparing a pseudo-black hole on the way over.
Arriving at the battlefield and seeing a place with a large number of monsters, Uncle Yang didn't say a word and just threw the pseudo-black hole over, devouring those monsters and making the Cloud Knights' defensive line stable again.
After that, March 7th also shot arrows at the monsters formed by the Ambrosial Arbor. One after another, ice arrows were shot, and large swaths of monsters were frozen on their path forward.
Stelle and the others charged directly to the front line of the battlefield.
"Hah!"
Stelle held her baseball bat with both hands and struck with extremely powerful momentum. The huge monsters couldn't even react to her baseball bat before being sent flying into the air, flying back hundreds of meters.
Yunli was even more brutal than Stelle. Her greatsword came down, simply smashing those monsters into meat paste. Even the monsters that weren't smashed but were cut by Old Iron were also cut in half at the waist, looking equally terrifying.
"Old Iron, let's go!" Yunli shouted to her greatsword as she smashed.
"Ten Thousand Swords, Come from the Heavens!"
Yanqing's battle was much more civilized. He lightly waved his hand, summoning a series of flying swords that shot towards the monsters.
The attacks of these few people made the Cloud Knights' defensive line, which was originally about to collapse, stable again.
It was only at this time that the monster horde parted from the middle, and a giant troll formed from the energy of Abundance, several dozen meters tall, appeared.
The Abundance Invocation: Deer stomped its hoof on the ground, and branches of the Ambrosial Arbor appeared from the ground, heading straight for the Cloud Knights' defensive line.
Stelle rushed up to block, but this time the branch's movements were very agile. It easily dodged the baseball bat she swung out and tied up her hands and feet, suspending her in mid-air.
"Stelle!"
March 7th saw this situation and quickly shouted anxiously.
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