"Whoa! I wasn't ready!" Caught off guard by the sudden attack, Li Xiaoya scrambled to roll across the ground. With a lazy donkey's tumble, he dodged the blow and cried out.
"Hmph! Do you expect every enemy to tell you, 'I'm about to kill you, so get ready'?" Wang Xuanyu spoke rapidly, her hands moving just as fast. She pointed at the ground several times, and green light flashed across its surface. Three or four old Tree Vines, each as thick as a thumb, shot toward Li Xiaoya to bind him. By now, he had fully extended his divine sense. He sensed the spiritual qi in the air gathering into three or four slender green shafts of light, writhing like snakes as they raced toward him. So this is how divine sense perceives spell attacks? Li Xiaoya pushed off the ground and slid several steps away, dodging the Tree Vines.
But before he could steady himself, the bottle in Wang Xuanyu's hand fired another three or four flaming arrows at him. Meanwhile, the Tree Vines did not vanish, but attacked his lower body directly.
Oh no! I can't dodge! Li Xiaoya steeled himself. Red light flashed over his body, enveloping him in a red Light Barrier.
Bang, bang, bang, bang! The flaming arrows struck the Light Barrier in succession, making it shudder so violently that it nearly collapsed. Alarmed, Li Xiaoya hastily increased his magic power output to maintain its defenses. At the same time, the Tree Vines coiled around his protective Light Barrier, squeezing it out of shape until it was almost completely crushed. Wang Xuanyu's cultivation was higher than Li Xiaoya's to begin with—how could he possibly withstand this?
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! Several more fireballs hurtled toward him. With a few bangs, Li Xiaoya's protective Light Barrier shattered,