Chapter 147: Tisha Xia'er (Two)

“What a pain!”

Seeing Tisha Xia’er attempting to eliminate their main tank right from the start, Punk didn’t dare hesitate. He immediately completed his spellcasting at top speed, aiming at one of the two limbs striking toward Bahanger.

Formal-Level Conjuration Spell—Kinetic Siphon!

A purple spiral ribbon swiftly connected to Tisha Xia’er’s limb, siphoning away massive kinetic energy through the energy ribbon. The abruptly halted limb groaned under the strain, emitting a sharp creaking sound.

Though this spell could only restrain one of Tisha Xia’er’s limbs, Punk trusted Kangkai would handle the other.

As expected, Kangkai reacted even more urgently than Punk upon witnessing Tisha Xia’er’s fierce counterattack. The moment his rotation stopped, Kangkai unleashed another combat skill without regard for his body’s limits.

Formal-Level Combat Skill—Saw Wheel!

“Hah!”

With a low roar, Kangkai instantly reversed his momentum. The high-speed rotating energy saw struck the tip of Tisha Xia’er’s limb at the critical moment, scattering sparks amid piercing friction sounds.

Meanwhile, Bahanger regained some composure upon sensing the danger and hastily kicked off the ground to retreat backward.

The redirected limb blade narrowly missed a fatal piercing strike, but Tisha Xia’er’s sharp tip still left a deep gash across Bahanger’s chest.

“Damn it! The bastard poisoned it! How despicable!”

Bahanger roared while stumbling back several steps. Within seconds, his chest wound turned sickly green, with surrounding skin rapidly rotting and cracking.

“By Moradin’s beard! This hurts like hell!”

The dwarf cursed vehemently while channeling his battle aura to expel the venom. Yet despite his earth-attribute battle aura’s efforts, the spreading poison showed no signs of receding. Forced to act, Bahanger gritted his teeth and chugged an antidote potion.

The potion brought some color back to Bahanger’s green-tinged complexion.

Tisha Xia’er clearly wouldn’t stand idle watching Bahanger recover. She let out a hysterical shriek, easily severing Punk’s Kinetic Siphon energy ribbon with her sharp limbs before spewing several large acid globs directly at Bahanger.

“Damn you! Treacherous Tisha Xia’er—may you die horribly!”

Bahanger had no choice but to clumsily evade the acid projectiles. After tumbling through the dirt, he rose covered in dust, his temper growing even more volatile.

Seeing Punk and Bahanger’s attacks conclude, Kangkai swiftly leaped into the air, transforming into a gust of wind to erratically distance himself from Tisha Xia’er.

Punk also recalled his Golem Number One. Though the heavily flung golem sustained no major damage, its conjured armor had twisted into fragmented ruins.

The three formed a triangular formation around Tisha Xia’er, yet the most vigilant parties weren’t the surrounded spider, but rather Punk and his companions forming the encirclement.

After just one exchange, Punk had gained some estimation of Tisha Xia’er’s power.

Undeniably, teaming up with Kangkai and Bahanger to confront Tisha Xia’er had been the correct decision.If we exclude our own trump cards and Tisha Xia’er’s hidden methods, any two of Punk, Kangkai, and Bahanger combined would be no match for Tisha Xia’er. This individual was truly at the half-step Master-Level. With just a few casual strikes earlier, she had dismantled the trio’s joint assault and even managed to injure Bahanger.

At this moment, seeing Bahanger and Kangkai begin to condense their Battle Aura, Punk also started preparing his next spell. Yet Tisha Xia’er relaxed into maniacal laughter.

“Ahahahaha, pitiful heretics! Have you still not comprehended the greatness of me, Goddess Tisha Xia’er? If you submit to me, I might consider granting you a swift death!”

Hearing Tisha Xia’er’s utterly arrogant declaration, Punk couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his eye. This madwoman had lost all sense of persuasion—her “surrender offer” sounded more like mockery.

But Tisha Xia’er’s attempt at persuasion seemed to be mere intimidation. She abruptly cut off her piercing laughter as her enormous abdomen began to churn violently.

“Come now, say hello to my little darlings.”Tisha Xia’er whispered these words with a grimace.”

Simultaneously, six apertures on either side of her abdomen began spewing out clusters of dark green, fist-sized spiders. The moment these palm-sized spiders touched the ground, they deftly extended their limbs. Within moments, over a dozen spiders had targeted Punk, Bahanger, and Kangkai respectively, with strands of energy gathering at their hind legs.

The instant Punk saw these creatures, he recalled the flame spiders summoned by the High Priest. He remembered the High Priest mentioning that this spell had been improved by a certain “Great One”—now it appeared Tisha Xia’er was that improver.

“Be careful! These things might self-destruct! Their summoner can also gather and hurl them to create powerful explosions!”

Punk immediately warned Kangkai and Bahanger.

“Explosions? The more powerful the better! Let’s see if she dares detonate bombs right beside herself!”

A cold glint flashed in Kangkai’s eyes. He knew they couldn’t allow Tisha Xia’er to keep increasing the spider count. Without hesitation, Kangkai channeled strands of Wind-Type Battle Aura to envelop his limbs.

In the blink of an eye, his speed increased once more. Seizing the moment before the spiders could react, the swift ranger charged toward Tisha Xia’er. His lightning-fast movements caused all the leaping spiders to miss their targets completely.

“Take this—SLASH!”

Kangkai roared as he reached Tisha Xia’er’s face. His humming shortsword transformed into a flash of light aimed at her head. Had anyone been sensing energy at that moment, they would have detected all of Kangkai’s Battle Aura being concentrated into that unremarkable shortsword through some secret method. He had completely abandoned bodily defense, and the intensely compressed Wind-Type Battle Aura made the ordinary blade erupt with dazzling radiance.

Combat Skill Secret Method—Douqi Condensation!

Formal-Level Combat Skill—Qi-Raising Slash!

Under this slashing strike, space itself tore open a fissure. Where Kangkai’s blade pointed, matter and energy began to distort violently.

“Grahhh! Damnable heretics!”Tisha Xia’er roared with madness. At the critical moment, she swiftly raised two limbs to defend herself. A massive amount of faith energy converged at the tips of her limbs, and within a fraction of a second, the two pitch-black limbs transformed entirely into a golden hue intertwined with dark threads. Their hardness reached an unprecedented peak.

Clang!

An ethereal metallic clash echoed as if from a distant sky. Tisha Xia’er’s limbs were severed directly. The scorching, dark green blood dried up in the blistering air just before it could spurt from her vessels.

Although this “Qi-Raising Slash” had cut through Tisha Xia’er’s two limbs, it failed to kill her. At the very last moment before the blade struck, Tisha Xia’er abruptly retreated. The sharp edge, which should have sliced off half of her head, only left a bone-deep gash on her chitinous face.

However… this was also the first time she had moved her body. Punk keenly spotted what Tisha Xia’er had been concealing beneath her abdomen all along—a small, deep brown wooden box.

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(End of Chapter)