Chapter 16

Duoduo was killed.

The ones likewise staring fixedly at Peiganbo included Lin Hanxuan, Aslan, and the others. Even Yi Junze, who had been badly wounded and had just been healed by Tidavi, was leaning against the tower wall, both eyes glaring hard at Peiganbo's movements. Yi Junze's purple feather fan had been woven from the feathers of the Magic Beast Thunder Eagle. Thunder Eagle feathers were extremely tough; ordinary blades and swords could not leave the slightest mark on them. Yet now his most treasured feather fan had been cleanly severed by Peiganbo, and the sharp saber energy had even passed through the Thunder Eagle fan, almost cutting him in two as well. He had to take this chance to see Peiganbo's movements clearly and think of a way to dodge his hand-blades. Lin Hanxuan and the others were naturally harboring the same thoughts.

The blade flash vanished as soon as it appeared, slicing across Duoduo's vital spot. The bloody scene they imagined did not appear. Duoduo's image slowly disappeared...

"Mana Barrier." Duoduo had already quietly laid down a Mirror Magic Array, but because he feared Peiganbo would notice, he only had time to release a single mirror clone. While Peiganbo launched his attack, the Six-Leaf Battle Mage swiftly moved behind the Blood Mantis and immediately activated a Mana Barrier on Peiganbo's right side, intending to unleash a full-force strike while Peiganbo's movement on that side was hindered.

The moment Peiganbo realized his attack had missed, he knew he had been tricked by this cunning human. Relying on the sharpness of his hand-blades, he did not even turn his head; his right hand slashed backward in a single cut. This mode of attack happened to be exactly what Duoduo had guessed. The hand-blade cut across the magic wall with a "huala" sound, and the Mana Barrier was actually sliced open by Peiganbo by brute force. But it was not completely useless: the powerful recoil made Peiganbo's body tilt to the left, and his two left legs stabbed deep into the earth.

Aslan and Hal's eyes lit up, and they actually both struck ahead of Heifan and Tidavi at the same time.

Aslan let out a low roar and darted beneath Peiganbo. Stretching out both lion claws, he firmly grabbed one of Peiganbo's left legs. Hal, meanwhile, had already put on Vine Armor and shouted, "Firestone Scatter." The firestones in his hand shot out at high speed.

Heifan shouted, "Attack his eyes and abdomen."

Aslan understood. Extending his right claw, he stabbed a gash into Peiganbo's soft abdomen, and green liquid sprayed all over Aslan's face.

Hal's attack was even greedier. A Rotting Water Bomb shot toward Peiganbo's head, while several firestones circled separately toward Peiganbo's back.

Peiganbo shouted unwillingly, "Damn it." His left hand-blade cut open the Rotting Water Bomb Hal had thrown, and the poisonous water of the Rotting Swamp sprayed the Blood Mantis until he could not open his eyes for a moment. The transparent twin wings on his back spread, and he flew up with all his strength.

With several thunderous bangs, multiple spots on Peiganbo's back were blasted open, but he still took to the air. Aslan clung to his leg in a sorry state and was carried into the sky with him, occasionally stabbing Peiganbo's abdominal wound a few more times.

Lin Hanxuan shouted, "Aslan, get down! It's dangerous!"

Everything happened too quickly. Duoduo had only just prepared his offensive magic array when Peiganbo had already flown into the sky, making Duoduo stamp his feet in frustration. "Meddling busybodies! Who asked you to help?"

A large amount of bodily fluid flowed out of Peiganbo's abdomen, and Aslan was gradually losing his grip on his leg. Helpless, he let go and fell downward.

After Aslan landed, he rolled several times and was not injured.

Peiganbo flew in the air, and the powerful poison resistance inside his body gradually dispelled the effects of the Rotting Swamp's poisonous water. His icy gaze swept across the ground. Peiganbo had already decided that no matter what, he would kill everyone.

While everyone was holding their breath and cheering Teacher Duoduo on, one student was slowly backing away, wanting to secretly leave the protective magic array while no one was paying attention. This person was none other than Yi Junshu.

As a child of the Yi Family, he was confident that his potential was no lower than that of the brothers Jun'en and Junze. It was just that his luck was poor; he had not been born into the family head's household, leaving him unable to receive the attention he deserved. When he heard the Blood Mantis Peiganbo say he was going to slaughter everyone, the ambitious Yi Junshu was unwilling to die like this and had long since made up his mind to slip away amid the chaos. Although there might be the threat of Sand Tigers outside the magic array, if he used Wind Walk, the Sand Tigers might not necessarily be able to detect his presence. Besides, if he could successfully escape and return to Axon Town to report the news, wouldn't that also be a great merit?

While the Blood Mantis had his back to this side and was flying in the air, Yi Junshu quietly cast Wind Walk and dashed outside like a wisp of smoke. Within the magic array, only Tidavi noticed Yi Junshu's movement, but he did not make it public. He also believed Yi Junshu was going to seek help from the vice principal. Now he could only pray that this child, Junshu, would smoothly notify the vice principal.

The moment Yi Junshu lifted his foot to run, Peiganbo had already noticed. He gave a sinister laugh. The direction Yi Junshu was running in was precisely where the Sand Tiger lay in ambush.

Yi Junshu had only just charged two steps outward when he suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet give way. A large hole with a radius of about five feet appeared in the ground. Although Yi Junshu's body, aided by the force of his running, moved a short distance through the air, it was not enough to let him jump out of this hole.

"Wah!" Yi Junshu flailed his arms and legs wildly and fell into the hole.

With a "whoosh," a Sand Tiger covered all over in sharp spikes emerged from the surface. The Sand Tiger had no facial features, only a gaping bloody maw. Around its mouthparts grew ring after ring of sharp teeth, flashing with an icy light.

Half of Yi Junshu's body had already been swallowed by the Sand Tiger, while his lower half thrashed nonstop outside. Several bold classmates wanted to pull him out, but they were all blocked by the spikes on the Sand Tiger's body and had no way to get close.

When Lin Hanxuan saw his classmate facing a life-or-death crisis,