"Who?!"
Bella flew off Feng Chen's shoulder and rushed toward the red glow in the woods.
"Roar—!"
Yet he couldn't find the other party's figure.
"Slash!"
The wound left by the weapon was thin, but also extremely deep.
"Bella!"
Feng Chen tried to call Bella back, but she remained in the bushes.
From where Feng Chen stood, he could see Bella's HP bar. It had dropped by nearly half in an instant, almost turning yellow.
"Pina, hurry!"
"No need!"
Silica, who wanted to send Pina over to heal Bella, was stopped by Feng Chen.
Silica was puzzled. Why was Feng Chen stopping her and refusing to let Pina heal Bella?
Of course, that question was soon answered.
Staring in Bella's direction, Feng Chen said in a low voice,
"By the name of [Destruction], I command my familiar, the Judgment-class Honkai Beast Benarès: [Dragon Form], release."
[Dragon Form] was Bella's most powerful form. It abandoned all reason and attacked its enemies.
"Boom!"
A large section of the woods collapsed, and the other party was sent flying by the blow.
"This is my escape route. Didn't expect that, did you, [White Dragon User]!"
Feng Chen hadn't even seen what the other party looked like. That was his mistake.
"The other party is a Red-named Player, and their strength is about the same as ours."
An ordinary Orange-named Player should be around level 35, while a Red-named Player was comparable to the top players in the Strategy Group, around level 40.
There was a certain degree of level suppression in SAO, especially before level fifty.
Therefore, the person who could withstand Bella's attack couldn't possibly be an Orange-named Player.
Feng Chen's level was already quite high. At level 41, he shouldn't face much pressure on the twenty-fourth floor apart from the boss.
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