458: Chapter 458 Debut and Rescue

"Crack~" A crisp sound rang out beside the witch.

The witch turned her head to look, and the carbonized skin of the Giant Grey-skinned Monster cracked open, revealing grey skin, with one Grey-skinned Monster after another crawling out from behind it.

Seeing this, the witch's expression turned solemn.

Her Spiritual Power spread rapidly, searching for the whereabouts of the Tier 5 Knight.

Although she very much wanted to save the people in the city, things had reached such a point that the chances of her being able to expel the evil spirit were slim to none, so she could only settle for the next best thing and look for other powerful individuals to help.

"Are you looking for him?"

An obscure voice rang out, and another Giant Grey-skinned Monster that had been lying on the ground stood up, holding the weak Tier 5 Knight in its hand.

The witch did not speak; with a wave of her hand, a high-speed rotating wheel of fire struck at the Giant Grey-skinned Monster's arm.

But at that moment, a massive arm blocked the scorching wheel of fire.

Although the monster's arm blocked the attack, it was still cut with many wounds by the wheel of fire.

The witch still wanted to save the knight, but the surviving Grey-skinned Monsters charged toward her.

Not only that, but from a corner not far away that hadn't been affected by the flames, many Grey-skinned Monsters about three meters tall rushed out.

Seeing that these were the monsters capable of cutting through a witch's shield, she began to hesitate about whether to flee alone.

The situation was now out of control; if she continued to stay, once the sacrificial evil spirit broke free, she feared she wouldn't be able to leave even if she wanted to.

"Go!"

Just as the witch was casting sorcery to eliminate the surrounding Grey-skinned Monsters, the knight's voice rang in her ear.

Upon hearing this, the witch gritted her teeth, prepared to try one more time.

As the flames around her body formed a ring, the instantly erupting fire spread outward, incinerating the low-tier Grey-skinned Monsters that were rushing up.

Immediately after, the erupting flames retracted, forming a barrier of fire around her, which the witch used to pass through the Grey-skinned Monsters and dash toward the knight.

But suddenly, a massive Giant Grey-skinned Monster blocked the witch's path.

The Giant Grey-skinned Monster was not as fast as she was, so the witch had no intention of engaging it and prepared to bypass it directly.

"You've fallen for it."

The Giant Grey-skinned Monster revealed a strange smile, making an obscure and difficult-to-understand sound with its mouth.

The witch was slightly stunned, not understanding what it meant.

It was at this moment that the ground beneath the witch suddenly exploded, and a blade-like Grey-skinned claw extended from within, thrusting toward the witch in mid-air.

The Grey-skinned claw kept enlarging in the witch's eyes, but she couldn't dodge it at all at this moment.

In an instant, the claw had already torn through the fire barrier, striking directly at the witch's abdomen.

Once injured by it, even if the witch could guarantee she wouldn't die, the subsequent battle would fall into a disadvantageous position.

Mana erupted within the witch, and her body rose rapidly, intending to use this to avoid the attack, but the Giant Grey-skinned Monster blocking her path had already arrived in front of her.

The Giant Grey-skinned Monster's sharp claws slapped down from above, directly blocking the witch's retreat.

There was no time to think; the witch gritted her teeth, prepared to fight to the death.

In an instant, two streaks of white light flashed into the witch's vision from the side.

Before the witch could react, the Giant Grey-skinned Monster blocking in front was split into two, and the claw extending from below was also severed.

"See? I told you it was convenient."

At this moment, a voice came from the direction beside the witch.

The crisis resolved, the witch looked toward the direction the voice came from.

A man wearing black armor was stepping out of a black-and-white circle, followed by two beauties who looked somewhat similar.

With just one glance, the witch's pupils constricted, drawn to the Black-Armored Person's eyes that were crowded with eyeballs.

At the same time, the other party was exuding a dense, ominous aura.

A Corruptor!

"Hello~"

Nie Ning smiled and waved at the witch.

Seeing this, the witch's mind raced, and she quickly realized that the other party was likely a Psionicist, or a powerful Transcendent currently in the stage of Corruption.

Powerful Transcendents could forcibly suppress the Power of Corruption using their own Spiritual Power.

Although it could often only act to slow it down, this was one of the commonly used methods in extraordinary times.

"Thank you."

The witch bowed slightly toward the three of them.

Nie Ning wanted to speak, but Amivika beat him to it.

Amivika tugged on Nie Ning's sleeve and pointed at the Evil Spirit Split-Body that had already crawled out halfway: "This big guy has a very strong aura; you go stop it."

Nie Ning leaned back, looking at Amivika with an expression of disbelief.

"You know it's strong and you're still telling me to go?"

Although Nie Ning felt that he was already very impressive, there had to be a limit; he still had some self-awareness.

Even if he could hold back the evil spirit for a moment, it would still be quite difficult to expel it.

Amivika shook her head slightly: "Your speed is too slow; Xiaoguang and I will go clear out the evil things in the city first, and we'll come back to help you later."

The city was now occupied by evil things; if they didn't clear them out, even if they could expel the evil spirit, they feared there wouldn't be many people left by the end.

Nie Ning scratched his head: "That's also..."

"Can... can you... first... save me..."

At this moment, a weak male voice came from the other side of the god-forbidden ring.

The three of them tilted their heads to look; the Tier 5 Knight was being clutched in the hand of the Giant Grey-skinned Monster, his liver-colored face seemingly indicating that he was about to die.

Seeing this scene, the witch didn't have time to say anything more and turned to go forward to rescue him.

But at this moment, Amivika crooked her finger, and a cyan thread appeared beside the Giant Grey-skinned Monster, floating out from the other side in the blink of an eye.

Immediately after, the Giant Grey-skinned Monster tipped forward, its internal organs spilling onto the ground, yet half of its body remained standing in place.

The witch hurriedly went up to pull the Tier 5 Knight out of the Giant Grey-skinned Monster's hand.

"Fine, hurry up, otherwise I won't be able to hold it."

Nie Ning looked at the smoke-filled city and finally compromised.

In his current state, he should have no problem holding out for a while.

And although the god-forbidden ring possessed teleportation capabilities, it consumed energy very severely; for rescue work across an entire city, it was ultimately a bit lacking.

The two of them moved very quickly; Xiaoguang manifested a light-shadow avatar and, upon rushing into the city, launched an artillery bombardment.

Although many people were saved because of this, the avatar continuously spat out high-power rays from its mouth, causing severe damage to the surrounding buildings.

This made many people unable to tell whether Xiaoguang was a friend or a foe.

Relatively speaking, Amivika appeared much more elegant.

Wherever she passed, the cyan threads swept by, and all the evil things were sliced into several pieces without damaging the surrounding buildings in the slightest.

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As the two of them left, Nie Ning's gaze fell on the Evil Spirit Split-Body that had already crawled out halfway.

"I'll give you a chance; if you retreat yourself, I can let bygones be bygones."

Nie Ning did not start the battle directly but instead started talking trash.

After all, what he needed to do was stall for time, not have a 1vs1 life-or-death duel with the opponent.

"Hahaha, insignificant nuisance, are you trying to stall for time?"

The Evil Spirit Split-Body said with a loud laugh.

In reality, it was also stalling for time, waiting to recover from the suppression of the World's Power.

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