A black tide surged down. Ying Yingying immediately hid behind Shen Menghan while Mu Xinxin spread her telekinesis to shield her.
At that moment, Jian Shaoxin teleported over, pressed a hand onto both their shoulders, and took them straight out of the barrier.
In a direct confrontation, there were too few people on the team capable of fighting Russell. Ying Yingying was vital to the magic barrier, while Mu Xinxin served as the team's communicator. Neither could afford to be lost.
"What a shame. I wanted to punch him twice too." Standing outside the barrier, Ying Yingying shook out her voluminous robe. She figured that once Russell was captured, the two captains would not let her drain him, so she would have to do it herself.
She pushed out both hands and pressed close to the barrier's edge. Her tightly shut eyes opened, five-pointed stars lighting up in them as she continuously drew Magic Power from everyone inside the barrier.
Other than Russell, the only person in the barrier with Magic Power was Kang Xi, the lancer.
Kang Xi: ???
Having taken only two steps with her spear, she collapsed like a dead dog, gasping for breath. It felt as if her body had been hollowed out, leaving her unable to muster even a shred of strength.
Whoosh!
A phantom flashed past, and Jian Shaoxin took the unlucky woman out of the barrier. Duan Xinlan, the team's traitor-in-waiting, was taken along as well. Everyone knew she had designs on the captain's wife; leaving her on the battlefield might have led her to defect.
"Who are you looking down on? I'm absolutely loyal to the captain, okay!"
Duan Xinlan covered her face, secretly cursing the captain for being petty. Physical contact was perfectly normal in close combat, yet she got beaten