417: Chapter 417 The Powerful Knight

Not long after breaking out of the skeleton bird flock, a large fireball suddenly appeared beneath Nie Ning.

Nie Ning's reaction was quick; he swung his blade and split the fireball in two.

However, feeling the energy fluctuations within the fireball, Nie Ning could not help but change his expression slightly.

'Bang!'

The fireball split in two exploded, and Nie Ning, who was in the middle, was swallowed by the wave of flames.

The black-robed wizard raised his hand triumphantly, a smile appearing on his face: "Not bad, another contribution is in the bag."

"I'm just afraid you have the life to take it, but not the life to spend it!"

A cold voice appeared behind the black-robed wizard.

Immediately after, a flash of white light passed by, and a line of blood appeared between the black-robed wizard's eyebrows.

Looking at the bisected black-robed wizard, Nie Ning shook the xueyan bladeless in his hand.

Just a mid-stage Tier 5 Transcendent; he had been able to fight against them before, and now, this level was simply not enough to look at in front of him.

Nie Ning turned to look around. Now the sky had become a battleground for big shots, and the terrifying destructive power had even blown up a corner of the entire island.

Glancing at that terrifying old witch, Nie Ning scurried away towards the valley below.

Being in the sky would only make him a living target, and he would be swatted like a fly by those high-level Transcendent.

On the way, Nie Ning killed two blind Tier 5 Transcendent and then arrived near a concave valley.

Inside, the rocks were jagged, and everywhere were collapsed buildings, as well as blood and severed limbs; outside was the place where Nie Ning had chatted with Helian last time.

At this moment, two groups of people were fighting fiercely in the valley.

Nie Ning hesitated for two and a half seconds, but finally flew in.

Listening to the shrill screams coming to his ears, Nie Ning crouched down and passed by silently.

Now he could barely protect himself, so there was no way he could save those people.

Moreover, among those fighting, Nie Ning had already felt three powerful auras exceeding his own; if he popped out now, he wouldn't even know how he died.

But suddenly, Nie Ning felt a gaze upon him.

He turned his head cautiously to look, only to discover a familiar figure, or rather, someone he had met once before.

A figure that looked quite young was lying in a pile of corpses, face covered in blood, with a trace of death in their eyes.

Nie Ning didn't know the person's name, but he recognized that the girl was indeed Amivika's student.

Before, when they first arrived at Yishi Mansion, it was this young lady who came to pick them up.

Nie Ning's mouth twitched slightly, but in the end, he placed his index finger to his lips, signaling the girl opposite not to speak, then gestured that he would come back to save her immediately.

A wizard's comprehension ability was indeed strong; the girl understood Nie Ning's sign language, and a glimmer of vitality gradually appeared in her eyes.

Immediately, Nie Ning ducked into a nearby alley and ran off without looking back...

Although his conscience felt a bit guilty—after all, lying was bad behavior—he wasn't even sure if he could survive himself, so how could he have the time to carry a burden around?

Perhaps due to a desire to live, the girl's originally dissipating Spiritual Power condensed once more, and she even naively thought that Nie Ning would really come back to save her.

'Bang!'

Suddenly, the dirt opposite the girl exploded.

Nie Ning was back in the position he had been in just now, only this time he was lying down when he entered.

'Cough, cough...'

Nie Ning in the pit could not help but spit out two mouthfuls of blood.

He shifted his gaze to the armor on his chest; the hard armor, which even a Tier 5 Transcendent would find hard to break, was already covered in cracks.

And not far away, a middle-aged man in silver armor stood in the air, his powerful battle aura causing even space to ripple.

Sixth-order!

Nie Ning shook his head and forced himself to stand up from the ground.

Unlucky, this is really too unlucky!

Looking at the somewhat stunned girl next to him, Nie Ning couldn't help but feel a bit awkward.

He hadn't even moved past the guilt in his conscience, and unexpectedly, he had been beaten back; it really was unlucky enough.

"What a strange kid. Obviously, his strength feels very weak, yet he gives people an inexplicably powerful feeling."

The silver-armored knight looked at Nie Ning in the pit, a look of confusion appearing on his face.

But no matter how he looked at it, he seemed like a Fourth-order, yet he was still able to stand up after his sneak attack; clearly, his physical fitness was ridiculously strong.

Nie Ning did not answer, but looked at the girl with a slight apology: "Sorry, I really can't save you this time."

Before the girl could carefully ponder Nie Ning's words, a gentle breeze suddenly blew by, and immediately after, the girl felt her vitality fading away rapidly.

The silver-armored knight sensed something was wrong, his inner battle aura exploded, and he rushed towards Nie Ning holding his spear.

The armor on Nie Ning's chest recovered rapidly; relying on the extraordinary judgment brought by Thought Acceleration, Nie Ning held the xueyan bladeless to block the opponent's spear.

'So strong!'

Feeling the opponent's strength, Nie Ning couldn't help but change his expression slightly; he gritted his teeth and forcefully deflected the spear to the other side.

The spear stabbed into the ground, and a large hole was immediately blown out.

Nie Ning advanced instead of retreating, lowering his head to sweep his leg and kick the knight in the face; the moment the knight flew out, he followed up with several Wind-Thunder Blade strikes.

However, he was a Sixth-order Great Knight after all, so Nie Ning's attacks did not have much effect.

It could even be said to be painless.

With the protection of extraordinary knight armor, low-level Transcendent found it very difficult to cause substantial damage to them.

The Sixth-order Great Knight recovered, a slight tremor of his powerful battle aura shattering the Wind-Thunder Blade that had arrived before him.

Immediately after, his body stopped abruptly, and the exploding battle aura brought him to Nie Ning's front in an instant.

The spear swept across, shattering Nie Ning's energy barrier; seeing he was about to be knocked down, Nie Ning could only use the xueyan bladeless to block.

Terrifying power was transmitted from the blade, and Nie Ning was completely unable to resist; he was sent flying, not stopping until he slammed into the rock wall.

The silver-armored knight did not give Nie Ning a chance to catch his breath, rushing towards Nie Ning as quickly as a missile.

Just as he was about to reach Nie Ning, the spear in the knight's hand was wrapped in translucent battle aura, and then he suddenly thrust it towards Nie Ning; countless spear shadows instantly enveloped Nie Ning.

'Bang, bang, bang...'

Successive explosions rang out, and the entire rock wall began to shake.

The silver-armored knight did not stop, using several Knight skills in a row to carry out a bombardment.

Dust filled the sky, covering a radius of a hundred meters; the knight then stopped his movements, frowning as he looked into the depths of the dust.

That feeling of life being drained had not disappeared!

For a moment, the knight even doubted if he had misjudged, whether the opponent was really a Sixth-order Great Knight in disguise.

Otherwise, under his repeated bombardment, a normal Fourth-order would likely be reduced to a puddle of blood, and a Fifth-order would be a pile of severed limbs.

Sensing the life aura within, the knight shook the battle aura around his body, and in the blink of an eye, he blew away the surrounding flying dust.

At this moment, a huge pit had appeared on the rock wall.

It was piled with a large amount of stone debris, but the figure of that kid from just now could not be seen.

Powerful Spiritual Power swept over; the knight's expression suddenly changed, and he turned his head sharply to the left.

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