When the two reached him,
the knight on the right tightened his grip on his longsword as he looked at the motionless "corpse" lying in the grass, ready to stab it through the heart for good measure.
But just as his sword tip was about to plunge down!
The previously still earth beneath their feet suddenly churned violently without warning!
Countless streams of ash erupted from underground!
"What the hell?!"
Both knights' pupils contracted sharply, alarm bells screaming in their heads!
But before they could pull back their swords and retreat, the ash that had suddenly appeared swiftly condensed and hardened in midair, forming more than a dozen thick Ash Chains!
These Ash Chains were as vicious as venomous snakes and blindingly fast!
In the blink of an eye, they bound the two knights before either could react, pinning even their arms tightly against their waists!
"Damn it! It's a trap!"
They were just about to summon the power of winter within them to snap the Ash Chains.
But another sudden change struck!
The Cultist lying in the mud, who should have been thoroughly dead, suddenly sprang straight up from the ground!
"Surprised? Didn't see that coming, did you, you bastards?!"
Lu Ziye's face was smeared with black mud, but his grin stretched almost to his ears, revealing white teeth flecked with bloody foam.
His previously calm eyes turned a savage crimson the instant he leaped up!
"Die!!"
"Self-Healing Blood!"
With Lu Ziye's wild roar, two dark red tentacles as thick as arms shot straight out of his back, tearing through the air with a terrifying shriek as they plunged toward the faces of the two immobilized knights!
And that wasn't all!
Several long-suppressed roars suddenly rang out together from the bushes around the knights and the nearby trees!
"**Ashen