Chapter 1101: Chapter 79: Disparate Battle
Yan Shi suddenly realized that the handkerchief in his hand was soaked with sweat. He chuckled awkwardly and said, "Yes, yes, I will definitely wash it clean before returning it to you."
Zhuo Yun rolled her eyes at him, floated up, and landed next to Xing Er. She recited an elf spell, and the branches of the great tree quickly grew, quickly forming vines around the place where Xing Er was resting into a small room. Although it was drafty from all sides, it was hard to see from the outside that there was someone inside. Zhuo Yun squeezed through the cracks, suddenly stuck her head back out, and said to Yan Shi, "Call us when you leave. I want to use the life force and spiritual energy here to help the princess restore some of her abilities so that her Bloodline of Elf King can last a bit longer." With that, she smiled brightly and slid back into the treehouse. A faint green light shone dimly through the gaps in the treehouse.
Yan Shi’s eyes were full of the last smile Zhuo Yun had given. He couldn’t help but be somewhat entranced.
"Ahem, ahem—" Yan Li’s cough jolted Yan Shi from his daze, he said with a mischievous smirk, "Big brother, they’ve all gone inside, what are you still looking at?"
Yan Shi’s face turned red, and he glared at Yan Li, trying to knock on his head, but Yan Li dodged it with a laugh. Yan Shi took one more deep look at the treehouse hanging in the great tree, then sat down underneath the tree to rest. Among them, since Yan Li had expended the least energy, naturally the task of guarding fell to him.
Three hours later, dawn broke, and a fiery sun slowly rose from the eastern horizon. Not far from where Ah Dai and the others were resting, five figures appeared out of thin air, making no sound. Among them, four wore golden robes, each with a longsword that was three feet and six inches on their backs. They all appeared to be in their forties, expressionless, with a faint Sacred Aura emanating from them—they were the four Holy Judges sent by the Holy Church. In their midst, an elderly man in plain white robes stood with his hands behind his back, staring at Ah Dai and the others from several hundred meters away. From the outside, this elderly man looked no different from an ordinary person, but his baby-soft skin revealed that he was extraordinary. He was none other than the Chief Judge Xuan Yuan from the Court of Justice, who had just rushed from the Holy Church to meet with the four Holy Judges. He had only arrived now because he had been practicing a unique skill recently, and as soon as he finished his intensive practice, he hurriedly left the Holy Church. He was very keen to see what was special about this young man highly esteemed by the Pope.
Xuan Yuan’s gaze rested on Ah Dai in the distance and he faintly asked, "Is he the one His Holiness the Pope spoke of?" Next to him, Holy Judge Kaidi nodded and said, "Yes. We have been watching them until you arrived. They just left Sunset City. As we reported last time, their purpose is to rescue the elves from the Sunset Empire. Surprisingly, more than a month ago, this young man named Ah Dai somehow summoned elite members of the Elf Clan, and together they launched a night raid on The Imperial Palace of the Sunset Empire. What is astonishing is that they broke out from The Imperial Palace unscathed and rescued an elf. Those summoned elf experts disappeared not long after. I’m now quite puzzled—does this child really know the legendary Summoning Magic? Otherwise, how could he have successively summoned both a Giant Dragon and elves. Just last night, they had just escaped from Sunset City. The power Ah Dai displayed was above mine; by himself, he contended against several dozen top experts from Sunset City for twenty minutes, and it was only when leaving that he got injured by a very formidable Fire Magic. His use of fighting energy is peculiar; he can transform the energy at will, creating various shapes to attack the enemy, which is extremely powerful. During the fight with those experts, it was by morphing into two giant shields that he managed to fend off many experts’ attacks, creating a chance for his companions to escape."
"Fighting energy transformation?" Xuan Yuan couldn’t help but feel puzzled; transforming fighting energy was something he could also do, but to do it at will was not so easy. He scoffed coldly, "I hope this kid doesn’t disappoint me." A cold glint flickered in his eyes as Xuan Yuan floated up, moving towards the resting place of Ah Dai and the others like a weightless feather. The coldness in his eyes made the four Holy Judges shiver simultaneously. They had seen that look before four times, and each time, all the enemies without exception died by their Chief Judge’s hand.
Yan Li sat on the ground playing with his two battle axes. Suddenly, an extremely dangerous presence descended from the sky, and immense pressure startled him into action, bolting upright from the ground with an axe above his head and another across his chest, cautiously looking towards the source of the dangerous presence. A faint figure floated towards him; his speed seemed slow, but in an instant, he was already before him. It was an old man with white hair and beard but looked like a man in his thirties, his rosy face with a faint cold smile. The invisible pressure made Yan Li feel breathless, instinctively taking a step back and said deeply, "Who are you?"
