A smug smile appeared at the corner of Angel's lips, but it was immediately replaced by uncontrollable shock. At that moment, Layla appeared before her as well. Layla stretched out her right hand and swiftly clawed at Angel's throat.
The defensive spells Angel had set up were utterly destroyed in an instant before Layla. "Holy Heaven's Protection!" Angel suddenly snapped a fingertip guard from her hand, and twenty-four magical barriers of different attributes sprang into existence.
In an instant, the sky blazed with dazzling light. Although the twenty-four defensive barriers blocked Layla's attack, Layla's right hand showed no sign of stopping. It slowly pushed through the magical shields, drawing ever closer to Angel's throat. Under Layla's relentless pressure, barrier after barrier shattered. Finally, with a snap, Angel broke another fingertip guard on her left hand.
Another twenty-four identical defensive spells formed. Yet even though these twenty-four barriers had appeared, Layla continued breaking through them. After a while, Layla suddenly revealed a highly mocking smile. In truth, any smile on a skeleton looked inexplicably terrifying.
Layla suddenly retreated, returning once more to Meng Nan's back.
Angel's expression had also become unusually grave. The two fingertip guards she had just used were both sacred artifacts. Though they could only be used once, the Holy Heaven's Protection spells they created were among the strongest defensive magic in the magical world, aside from only a few of the most powerful defensive spells.
They were especially effective against physical opponents. Yet this creature had effortlessly broken through two such spells before simply retreating. No one knew what it was thinking.
In the blink of an eye, fine sweat had formed on Angel's forehead. She no longer knew how to end this. In truth, Angel was absolutely unwilling to admit defeat like this, but if the