Golden shards flew in all directions. Delin repeatedly leapt backward, and after stopping, she glanced at Su Xiao, then at the hilt of the rapier in her hand.
"So this is..."
Delin's hand trembled around the sword.
"Hahaha, Mentor, you... hahaha."
Delin suddenly burst into laughter. Dozens of meters away, Xiu sat on a rooftop with one hand pressed to his forehead. From her laughter alone, he could tell that Delin was about to lose her mind.
Black flames appeared in front of Delin, separating Su Xiao from her.
"The Root Element, hahaha—the nemesis of Law-Destroyers."
Delin released the sword hilt and took a deep breath.
"Let's go, Xiu."
The Root Element was indeed not powerful enough, but Delin's heart was by no means weak. When what she firmly believed in shattered before her eyes, she did not collapse. Instead, she forced herself to accept it—or rather, in her view, evasion was meaningless.
"Oh? You're not going to fulfill your mentor's ideal anymore?"
"Do you think I'm brainless? I don't want to die yet. Without the Root Element, he'd still have plenty of strength left after dealing with three of me at once. What if he had some special idea? Wouldn't I become the disgrace of the Arcane Star?"
Delin was not solely focused on carrying out her mentor's orders. Faced with a battle she was certain to lose, she naturally would not continue.
"I'm relieved that you've come to terms with it. However, after provoking someone, how could you possibly escape so easily?"
Xiu looked toward Su Xiao and slightly raised his chin at him.
Roaring black flames blocked Su Xiao's path. The main reason he had not charged at Delin was those black flames.
The spellcaster in the distance seemed easygoing and casual, but he was extremely difficult