The moment Silva finished speaking, figures lying in ambush behind the pillars on both sides suddenly sprang into action. Chen Rui had been prepared. With a sweep of his leg, his first target was unexpectedly the old goblin. He controlled the force of the kick perfectly, sending the old goblin flying beneath a wooden cabinet to the side.
The figures on both sides had already charged over. The cloaked figure spun, and with two bangs, before the two attackers could even form a pincer attack, they were sent flying back. One slammed heavily into a pillar and collapsed, unable to rise. Cracks had actually appeared in the hard stone pillar.
These two were merely at the initial stage of the mid-tier, far inferior even to Blood Hand Langke. Naturally, they could not withstand Chen Rui's long-prepared heavy blows. Chen Rui had mostly fought opponents stronger than himself; now that he turned back to deal with people like these, the extent of his improvement became all the more apparent.
Just as the Horned Demon Grau was about to make his move, a figure suddenly swooped down from the magical chandelier on the ceiling, swift as lightning, pouncing straight at Silva's head. Grau reacted with incredible speed, violently shoving Silva several meters away and out of danger. Yet the diving figure was only an afterimage—the true killing move appeared behind Grau. The Horned Demon felt a chill run through his back as a sharp weapon struck his body.
After all, Grau's strength had reached the high stage. He gathered his power throughout his body, and the weapon could only sink in three-tenths of the way. When Grau spun around to strike back, the ambusher had already retreated far away. Screams rang out along the way as another two people fell.
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