"!"
However, the handsome man at this moment had no leisure to appreciate this wonderful sound. His hair stood on end and his heartstrings were so tense that they almost broke!
Because at the same time that the voice was heard, a petite figure suddenly appeared less than two meters in front of him.
Qi Ji crossed her arms over her chest, tilted her head slightly to the left, narrowed her beautiful eyes, and looked directly into the man's eyes with a teasing smile on her face:
"Look, I'm showing myself now, right?"
Chapter 391 Thunder from Heaven and Earth
If the silence before was the extreme cold that could freeze the air deep in the endless plains in the north of the Northern Continent, then the silence now...
Just like the vast empty vacuum in the infinite starry sky.
Be it the handsome man and the witcher bandits around him, or the three members of Frion's team further away, or the transport team who had turned against them, all of them fell into an indescribable silence at this moment.
Even the breathing and heartbeat seemed to miss a beat.
The three members of Frion's team froze in place, their eyes wide open, staring blankly at the slender and petite familiar figure wearing a long gray-black cloak more than ten meters away.
Their mouths were opened so wide that their jaws seemed to drop, and their expressions were as if they had seen a ghost.
Lina, in particular, seemed to have forgotten the severe pain of having her shoulder pierced, and fell into an extreme state of shock and astonishment from which she could not extricate herself. Her pretty face was filled with dullness and disbelief.
The other half of the demon hunters reacted in much the same way, except that there was shock in their eyes, as well as obvious amazement and greed, like travelers lost in the desert who saw an oasis in the distance.
"…Madam, I have no connection with you."
The first to react was the leader of the demon hunters, a handsome, well-proportioned and tall man. He quickly suppressed the shock on his face and eyes, forced out a decent and polite smile, and said to Qi Ji in a neither humble nor arrogant manner:
"May I ask what may I do for you, ma'am?"
As he spoke, he stood straight and with impeccable manners. The hand holding the sword was not raised, but pointed at the ground at an angle, looking defenseless.
But people who understand martial arts and the techniques behind them can see at a glance that all the muscles in his body are in a state of readiness. With just a little force, the tip of the sword will pierce the enemy attacking from any direction.
"He really looks like a human being."
Qi Ji smiled and looked up and down the well-dressed thug in a suit with a calm look, and said jokingly:
"It's a pity that he is just a beast in human form, and the best place for him to go is the underworld."
Perhaps it was after absorbing the memories of thousands of different lives and experiencing countless different human relationships that Qi Ji's own experience and discernment underwent an essential leap.
When she arrived at the scene, she simply looked around and briefly observed the expressions and postures of everyone present. She didn't even use her powerful senses to scan and investigate in depth, and she instantly understood what was happening.
Even what the caravan said when they chose to switch sides in order to survive was estimated to be accurate.
As if he had heard the irreconcilable meaning in Qi Ji's words, the handsome man's expression changed slightly. He still had a smile on his face, but his eyes revealed a creepy meaning:
"Then you are our enemy."
As soon as he finished speaking, his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. By the time the three members of Frion's team in the distance reacted, he had already rushed in front of Qi Ji with a long sword in hand.
"Be careful! ... Ugh!"
Lina shouted subconsciously, but it pulled the wound on her shoulder, and the severe pain made her tears come out.
"Don't talk yet. I'll heal you once I've dealt with them."
Qi Ji said nonchalantly, completely ignoring the handsome man's sword that was coming straight towards his face.
“Swish!——”
The sharp sound of breaking wind pierced through the air, and the sharp sword tip seemed to transform into a silver lightning, piercing through Qi Ji's head at lightning speed... the shadow!
"...A warrior?"
Feeling that the sword in his hand missed, and the figure of the unknown black-haired cloaked girl disappeared instantly, the handsome man did not panic because the attack failed, but quickly made a preliminary assessment of her basic situation in his mind.
Then he moved his feet as expected, turning half a circle in an orderly and swift manner, and the long sword in his hand drew a semicircle, blocking all possible attack directions:
"Since we are warriors, advantage in numbers makes more sense."
At the moment their leader became furious, the demon hunters also recovered from their initial shock and amazement.
Without any verbal communication, this group of experienced thugs raised their weapons in tacit understanding and rushed forward to assist their boss.
Faced with Qi Ji, whose origin, identity, strength and background were completely unfamiliar to them, these murderous maniacs didn't seem to worry at all whether they could afford to offend him, and they followed their boss without hesitation.
They are a bunch of desperate criminals who should have been hanged long ago and they don't care about offending anyone.
As long as they are enemies, you should act decisively! The only outcome of hesitation is death!
"Very decisive."
On a small mound not far away, Qi Ji's figure stood there at some point, still with his hands on his chest, looking at the position of the witchers with an indifferent smile.
"Okay, no need to waste time."
As she spoke, she glanced at Lina who was sitting on the ground, gritting her teeth and trying to stand up. Her face turned ugly under the pain.
Seeing her suffering like this, Qi Ji couldn't help feeling a little guilty, because the glass apple was originally useful, but in order to activate the "space grafting" to move here, Qi Ji casually cancelled its original effect.
I didn't expect the situation here was so urgent. Because of my careless behavior, Lina was injured.
Thinking of this, she was too lazy to tease the murderer and planned to end the battle quickly and heal Lina's injuries.
"This girl's strength is not inferior to mine, let's take her down in one go!"
With the support of his men, the handsome man swung his sword, and a blue-green light symbolizing spiritual power emanated from his arm. It quickly climbed up his arm to the blade as if it were alive, wrapping it in pure spiritual light.
Being able to spread the spirituality in the body to the outside of the body is the mark of a martial artist at the peak of righteous thoughts!
And if there is a weapon made of suitable material, spiritual power can be attached to the weapon, giving it better performance and even adding some additional wonderful properties.
"boom!"
Without wasting any words, he raised the long sword endowed with spiritual power, pushed the ground with his feet, and led his men to rush towards Qi Ji like an arrow!
"Just use this."
Qi Ji raised one hand slowly, stretched out an index finger as white and tender as a young bamboo shoot, pointed to the sky above where branches and leaves intersected, and murmured in a leisurely tone:
"Basic Elementary Spell Three."
"brush--"
In an instant, the dark sky where the sun had completely disappeared was filled with pale flashes, and the dazzling white light dazzled everyone present.
"...What?! What kind of spell is this..."
Seeing the strange phenomenon in the sky, the handsome man was suddenly shocked. The first thought that came to his mind was that this girl was not a warrior, but a magician!
However, before he could figure out what type of spell it was, a silver-white beam of light as thick as a giant's foot came straight down!
"Boom, boom, boom!!!"
With a roar that pierced through the clouds and split the rocks, the thick and ferocious silver-white light column was like a poisonous snake attacking, bending at a sharp angle, before anyone could react...
It hit the center of the demon hunter formation heavily!
"boom!--"
The three members of Frion's team who were a little further away only felt a continuous thunder erupting in their ears. The loud noise, which exceeded the upper limit of sound, almost made their skulls fly off.
The vision was instantly plunged into a vast expanse of white without any impurities, and nothing could be seen.
This earth-shaking pure white lasted for an unknown amount of time before the three of them gradually came out of their daze.
Lina shook her still dizzy head vigorously, ignoring the severe pain that rushed up from the wound on her shoulder to her brain. She tried to open her eyes wide, and through her vision that became blurred and blue due to the strong light, she looked at the ground in front of her where the witchers were originally scattered.
Perhaps it was because her understanding of supernatural powers had been refreshed many times in the seven seasons of Stio, and this "thunder from the sky" did not cause too much fluctuation in her heart.
On the contrary, she instinctively thought that launching an attack of this magnitude... was natural for that person, and there was no need to be surprised at all.
If...if it is really that person, this level of magic...is not worth mentioning...
Her vision gradually returned to normal, and with the help of the brighter starlight and moonlight, Lina could see the scene clearly.
As expected, the dozen or so demon hunters who were originally aggressive, including the powerful and handsome man, all lay on the ground in a mess, emitting a faint smell of burning.
Lines of lightning like thin threads kept jumping and appearing and disappearing on their bodies. Many of them were still spreading and flowing among the land and grass. After a long time, they gradually dimmed and returned to calm.
But what was beyond Lina's expectation was that after suffering such a powerful thunderbolt... these people were still able to have intact bodies? !
In her original expectation, they should all have turned into charred mummies! Maybe not even their bodies would be left.
Not only that, the surrounding environment did not seem to be affected at all. Whether it was weeds, bushes, or trees, they all remained in their previous appearance, intact, without any trace left.
If the ground had not been littered with enemy corpses, she would have suspected that the scene just now was just an illusion caused by blood loss and despair.
...corpse?
"Wait... they're still alive?!"
Soon, through her own inspiration, Lina was surprised to find that... these people were still breathing, which meant that they were just unconscious and not dead!
"…What are you going to do with these people?"
A familiar and pleasant voice interrupted her thoughts. Lina shuddered and immediately turned her head to look in the direction of the voice.
That petite, mysterious and beautiful figure was walking slowly towards him with a relaxed pace.
On the face of this extremely beautiful person, there is a calm, peaceful, ethereal and distant expression:
"Long time no see. How are you guys doing?"
Chapter 392: Long-lost Companion
Without paying any attention to the demon hunters on the ground who were knocked unconscious by lightning, Qi Ji greeted the three members of Frion's team who were staring at him blankly and had not yet fully reacted, and then walked over.
As someone who had read and memorized all the books in the core library of the Imperial National University, she naturally knew what a bloody, brutal, and unscrupulous evil profession "demon hunter" was.
Facing this group of murderous demons, she would show no mercy. Blowing them to pieces on the spot would be considered as her kindness and she couldn't bear to see them suffer.
The reason why they were knocked out instead of being killed on the spot was simply because he wanted to consult the wishes of the parties involved - Friang's team and others. Anyway, they could not escape from his control.
"Don't move yet, it will be quick."
Qi Ji walked up to Lina, stretched out his right hand, and let the holy emblem "Tree of All Things" that symbolizes "The Twelfth Authority·Utopia" appear in his palm, and pressed it towards Lina's shoulder.
As a vibrant emerald green light gushed out from her palms, Lina, who was still in shock and horror, only felt a gentle warmth on her painful shoulder, and then all the pain disappeared instantly.
Qi Ji gently pressed Lina's shoulder with his right hand, and with his other hand, he grabbed the arrow shaft that was stuck in the flesh and bones, and pulled it out very quickly -
"Pfft!"
There was a sound that made one's scalp tingle, but no blood gushed out. Only the tip of the arrow that was pulled out was stained bright red.
"All right."
After pulling out the arrow, Qi Ji continued to infuse Lina's wound with life energy for a few seconds, then he hid the "Wanxiang Tree" and the green light, retracted his arms, clapped his hands and said:
"Feel it yourself and see if there is any problem. It shouldn't be..."
"Little Sharon!"
Before she could finish her words, Lina suddenly jumped up and hugged Qi Ji in her arms.
"... Ugh... Calm down... Woo woo..."
Qi Ji was so suffocated by the two soft and full breasts that he couldn't speak. After struggling symbolically for a few times, he sighed helplessly and stopped resisting.
Lina held Qi Ji for several minutes before she let go. She put her hands on her shoulders and stared at her cold and cute little face. Suddenly, she said loudly as if relieved:
"Great! You are still alive! I knew you wouldn't die so easily!"
"Grace Church says I'm dead?"
Qi Ji asked. Although she had expected the Grace Holy Church to use such an explanation to the outside world, she was still unclear how these charlatans would explain it to the eyewitnesses who knew more about the inside story.
Captain Friang stared at Qi Ji's profile in disbelief for a long time. After confirming that the black-haired girl in front of him was not someone else in disguise or a ghost, he said in an indescribably excited tone:
"Ms. Sharon, the people of the Grace Church have been telling us that you are dead, but we still have doubts. As expected..."
"Xiao Xuelun, that black cloud of Stio... was solved by you, right?!"
Lina excitedly interrupted Frion and asked Qi Ji enthusiastically:
"How amazing! It destroyed that thing in an instant! I heard from the people in the church that it is the incarnation of a divine being!"
As she spoke, she suddenly loosened her hands on Qi Ji's shoulders and slapped them on Qi Ji's face with a "slap". Her two hands gently but with great range of motion rubbed and kneaded that cute, tender little face that felt extremely wonderful to the touch:
