257: Chapter 257 North Side

Immediately, her palm flashed with a faint light, and that precious seventh-grade resource vanished, having been stored inside her Storage Ring.

A seventh-grade resource was by no means negligible, even for someone like her.

Su Liuli toyed with the ring for a moment and gave Qin Yan a radiant smile. "See? It's simple. No traps."

Qin Yan remained expressionless, but he became even more certain in his heart: this woman was indeed wealthy, possessing even a Storage Ring; her background was definitely not simple.

"Alright, this matter is settled."

"Let's go; we're heading to the North Side. The battle there doesn't seem very optimistic. We'll go lend them a hand and wipe out the Evil Spirits."

"And while we're at it, I'll get you that 'Spirit Heart' that belongs to you."

Qin Yan's eyes darkened.

This sounded like she was looking out for him, but he didn't believe Su Liuli would be so kind-hearted.

Supporting the North Side might be true, but as for "getting the Spirit Heart for him," Qin Yan could only laugh it off.

However, the situation was pressing.

Although the Evil Spirit on the East Side had been eliminated, the crisis of the entire Vine Forest had not been resolved.

The outer defense line was in a precarious state, and the outcome of the battles in other directions concerned everyone's life and death.

"Fine."

The two of them didn't delay any further. Identifying the direction, they dashed toward the northern battlefield.

Before they had even fully arrived, they could already feel the chaotic and tragic blood energy fluctuations coming from that direction!

The air was thick with the smell of blood!

When the two of them broke through a barrier of vines and saw the scene of the northern battlefield, even Qin Yan couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

Around the main vine on the North Side, everything was now in a state of utter devastation!

The ground was strewn with the corpses of geniuses from various races—Elves, Orcs, Wingmen... in all sorts of forms.

Without exception, their life force had completely dissipated.

Blood soaked the black vine-covered ground; the scene was shocking to behold.

In the center of the battlefield, only one exceptionally tall but heavily scarred figure was still struggling to hold on—it was a Mountain Giant Spirit over three meters tall!

Holding a giant axe, it was being frantically whipped by several black vines; it was in a perilous situation, and its defeat was imminent.

Clearly, the team assigned to the North Side was far weaker than the one on the east.

There were no top experts from the heavenly pride ranking overseeing the area, nor were there any "dark horses" like Qin Yan or Su Liuli.

Facing the Third Grade Limit Vine Evil Spirit, they were being slaughtered and suppressed in a one-sided manner!

"The situation is bad."

Su Liuli's delicate brows furrowed slightly as her gaze quickly swept across the battlefield, finally landing in the distance—there, the outer defense line had completely collapsed!

The few remaining geniuses from various races were fleeing in all directions, pursued by a dense army of ordinary Vine Evil Spirits surging forward like a black tide!

Once these Evil Spirits completely rushed into the core area and formed a pincer attack with the four limit Evil Spirits, everyone would be doomed!

"Qin Yan, hurry! Let's strike together!"

For the first time, Su Liuli's voice carried a hint of urgency.

She didn't hesitate for a moment. Before her voice had even faded, she had already lunged out like a white shadow, her dark red whip drawing a shrill arc in the air.

A five-foot-long, eerie blood-red whip light bloomed once again.

With a sharp whistling sound, it lashed out fiercely toward the main body of the Vine Evil Spirit that was focused on strangling the Mountain Giant Spirit!

This time, she seemed to hold nothing back from the very start, with layers of whip shadows and piercing blood light aimed directly at the Evil Spirit's vitals.

Seeing this, Qin Yan's eyes flickered.

This woman certainly knew how to read the situation, knowing that now was not the time to hide her strength.

He didn't dare to be slow either; the blood energy within his body surged violently, and the Ink-Marked Spear let out a clear hum!

The gold-red Spear Light instantly expanded, its four-foot edge flickering unsteadily. On the shaft of the spear, exactly eighty-one pale gold Spear Auras condensed, emerged, and circled around, while the Blood Gang at the spear tip was as crimson as blood!

This time, he went all out!

"Kill!"

Spear shadows and whip shadows, gold-red and blood-red, intertwined once more as they charged toward their new powerful enemy.

In the distance, the black tide of Evil Spirits was also sweeping toward the core area at an incredible speed, passing over the corpses of their comrades...

The Vine Evil Spirit on the North Side had clearly also sensed these two powerful auras that had suddenly joined the fray, carrying an alarming threat.

Facing Su Liuli's blood-colored whip light that tore through the sky and Qin Yan's gold-red Spear Light that could pierce through anything.

Countless tiny black vines on its main trunk writhed frantically and converged!

"Chichichi—!"

A black vine, thicker than ever before, with its surface black light almost solidifying into substance and a diameter far exceeding the previous ones, condensed into shape out of thin air at an incredible speed!

Carrying a terrifying power that could crush mountains, the black vine slammed head-on into the combined attack of Qin Yan and Su Liuli!

This strike concentrated the energy of almost all the vines of the northern Evil Spirit, and its power was terrifying.

However, no matter how terrifying the counterattack, could it withstand the peak strike of Qin Yan's eighty-one Spear Auras, combined with Su Liuli's "Blood Prison · Soul-Binding Strangles" with her five-foot whip light fully unleashed?

The answer was no.

Whether it was Qin Yan's sharp Spear Light, which condensed the power of Perfection to its limit.

Or Su Liuli's blood-red whip shadows, which contained terrifying power.

Taken individually, their instantaneous destructive power was already comparable to this giant vine.

Not to mention, the two were working together now!

"BOOM—!!!"

A massive explosion erupted at the point of contact!

The gold-red Spear Light, the blood-red whip shadows, and the pitch-black giant vine collided fiercely!

There was no stalemate, no back-and-forth, only a crushing destruction!

That seemingly indestructible thick vine lasted for less than half a breath before it began to crumble and explode inch by inch from the point of contact!

Black vine fragments mixed with dissipating black mist exploded like fireworks!

A single strike broke through the defense!

"Time is tight!"

Qin Yan knew the outer defense line could completely collapse at any moment; he had to end this battle quickly!

He exerted power through his feet, and seizing the moment when the Evil Spirit's defense was broken and its aura was in disarray, he lunged forward with lightning speed!

Soon, Qin Yan had already rushed beneath the gnarled roots of the northern Vine Evil Spirit's main body!

He mobilized all eighty-one Spear Auras on the long spear, perfectly merging them with the Blood Gang and Spear Light!

"Break for me!"

Amidst a sharp shout, the long spear pierced fiercely into the Evil Spirit's roots!

"Puchi—!!!"

A tearing sound rang out!

Thick, ink-like black mist spewed wildly from the wound!

The Evil Spirit's massive trunk convulsed and twitched violently.

With just this one spear strike, its origin suffered a heavy blow, and its aura instantly withered by several degrees!

However, the alarm bells in Qin Yan's heart had not been deactivated.

He had combat experience from the East Side and knew that the flower bud was the deadliest hidden trump card of this Evil Spirit!

Sure enough, just as his old strength was spent and he was preparing to gather power for a second strike to completely finish off the Evil Spirit—

The black flower bud that had remained silent at the top of the Evil Spirit suddenly snapped open like a mouth from the abyss!

Its speed was so fast it exceeded the limits of Qin Yan's visual perception.

In an instant, it expanded and extended, transforming into a pitch-black giant maw lined with serrated fangs, lunging down at Qin Yan to devour him!

A foul wind hit his face as darkness descended!