The Ascension of Contracted Spirits

Chapter 168 - 126: Death is like Water Disappearing in Water (6000 words)_2

However, the head of the bandits was furious as he missed his target once again. The petite witch had already pulled out her tail sting and silently retreated.

In her golden eyes, the bandit leader saw at most a hint of pity.

It seemed as if a superior being was inflicting a harsh punishment on a subordinate, hoping that in his next life, he would be careful not to provoke those he shouldn’t.

"Er..."

The two bandits responsible for the flank had their lewd smiles frozen on their faces, replaced by terrifying fear.

What... what was happening?

Their leader had rushed in, and instead of quickly taking down a few young people, he first lost his Contracted Spirit Fond Spirits?

That was the Digging Cat Demon, an achievement of the Rainbow Light!

Even as a demon, affiliated with Fond Spirits, its vitality didn’t match the tenacity of wild beasts.

However, it mastered various skills, adaptability to different environments and terrains, whether it was strong attacks, swift attacks, ambushes...it was always relatively capable.

Just like this... it died?

The eyes of the second and third bandit practically fell to the ground.

They felt as if they were still asleep, just moments ago they were confident, already thinking about how to divide and enjoy the spoils of war.

In no time, their team’s core fighting unit was killed, the people they considered as prey even didn’t get a single scratch.

The green-haired, black pupil man standing at the front, his indifferent gaze, was even more chilling than slurs and ridicule.

"How did this... happen..."

With the master showing weakness, the Contracted Spirits that had been with them for years began to fret.

The Giant Earth Serpent and Mutant Mud Frog, one was dim, and the other was sharp.

But it was universally acknowledged that the Digging Cat Demon was the leader of the pact they had kept for a long time.

Such a powerful aura suddenly disappearing was an unprecedented crisis looming over the two beasts, chilling them to the bone and made them tremble.

"Squawk! Squawk!"

Without needing Ye Hanjun to remind her, Su Mei rode the Pink Ostrich past the head of the bandits, charging directly at the other two panic-stricken bandits.

Li Jingming was close behind her. Once he confirmed that the most threatening Digging Cat Demon, died at the hands of Master Han at first contact, he was relieved. Most of his attention was then focused on how to root out the rest.

"Swish swish swish——"

The Ghost-Faced Moth temporarily gave up binding the Mud Blade Mantis and flew quickly to the top of the Giant Earth Serpent, continuously releasing "Scare Powder".

The Giant Earth Serpent swung its tail, and when it realized it couldn’t hit its enemy no matter what, it launched its ability "Fling" at the command of the second bandit.

"Boom boom! Boom boom boom!"

A large area of mud was thrown towards the sky due to the tail.]Crafty. The three bandits had been through many battles, the number of human adventurers who died at their hands was probably not few.

"Swish swish..."

The Ghost-Faced Moth stopped releasing Scare Powder and quickly dodged.

But it didn’t give up, and it continued attacking after adjusting its position.

"Squawk!"

Her Fond Spirit was not strong enough and had also suffered severe injuries.

Therefore, Su Mei naturally would not ride the Pink Ostrich to fight another bandit on another front.

Her primary target remained the second bandit.

She completely activated Riding the Wind, sprinting towards the Giant Earth Serpent. When she came close, the Pink Ostrich launched a Spring Kick, confronting the serpent’s tail.

With a loud bang, the Pink Ostrich was at an absolute disadvantage in the clash of forces.

However, the eyes of the second bandit were filled with fear, and he couldn’t calm down. His attention was focused on the fight against the leader.

He kept glancing over that side. Due to the death of his Contracted Spirit, his leader was suffering severe retaliation, and then part of the retaliation was temporarily suppressed by his protective Jade Talisman.

The head of the formidable bandits could only rely on the Hand of Snatch, a half-controlling and half-sly active ability, attacking and waving randomly.

This was... too pathetic!

"There’s no way out, elder brother, second brother, run quickly, if we don’t, we will all die here!"

The third bandit hesitated for several seconds, seemingly torn about whether to help his second brother gain an advantage and counter the two relatively weaker young people.

However, he saw that everything was in chaos on the leader’s side. The man with green hair and black pupils in a trench coat, who seemed calm as a rippleless lake.

Such a stable and decisive temperament, from a distance, suffocated him.

"Tunnel! Tunnel!"

The third bandit chose to abandon his two sworn brothers, directly activating the active ability "Burrow".

With a ray of earthy yellow light winding around the Mutant Mud Frog, an energy cone appeared above the frog’s head.

It croaked twice, fiercely struck the ground, and dig out a deep hole, fleeing out of sight as if it had wings.

"Forget him, bandits are hard to catch, the more we can keep the better."

Ye Hanjun’s calm voice fell, and Su Mei and Li Jingming immediately stabilized their minds and continued to pressure the second bandit.

"Elder brother...the third brother fled!"

"I had no choice, I am sorry!"

Grinding his teeth, the second bandit threw out a delicate Jade Talisman. With a plop, the talisman shattered, and a thick white smoke covered the surrounding area.

"Whoo - whoo, whoo -"

The Ghost-Faced Moth timely launched "Wild Wind" to blow away the smoke blocking their vision.

But the smoke was extremely dense, only after a full ten seconds did it dissipated.

Upon looking again, the second bandit and the Giant Earth Serpent were nowhere to be seen.

A hole was left behind, looking into it revealed nothing but darkness and a foul stench, full of the smell of years-old mud, and it was bottomless.

"Your brothers don’t seem very reliable."

Ye Hanjun did a backflip to evade once again, avoiding the Hand of Snatch.