170: Money-burning magic

As soon as Dick finished speaking, the ground shook violently, and four thick, ten-meter-high pillars suddenly rose, directly surrounding Yasuo and the other four.

These pillars were not solid but constructed from magic power, covered in complex inscriptions, and the low humming sound made people very uneasy.

This was a good habit of Dick's; whenever he stopped somewhere to rest overnight, he would immediately set up various magic arrays around the area.

Apart from a small number of detection arrays, most were offensive arrays, because Dick believed in one truth: the best defense is offense.

For these magic arrays set up next to the camp, Dick would never be stingy, but would use the most expensive materials, including magic stones and inscriptions.

When traveling outside, you can save on anything, but not on life-saving methods.

Only then can you sleep peacefully at night.

It's worth mentioning that for this magic array, more than half of the materials came from the generous sponsorship of Colin's team.

This professional bandit team carried many materials for setting up magic arrays and traps, all of which were very high-grade and were conveniently borrowed by Dick.

"It's a lightning element attack array, and its rank is not low, at least High-Tier!" Joseph exclaimed.

Yasuo reacted quickly. He didn't want to sit and wait for death, so he immediately rushed to the side, simultaneously drawing his sword and unleashing more than a dozen sword qi strikes, attempting to break through.

Anyone with a discerning eye could see that this was a terrifying trap. If they were surrounded inside, the situation would become very passive!

Not only Yasuo, but the rest also broke through in four different directions.

These stone pillars could shoot area-of-effect attack magic, so staying together was very foolish; dispersing and escaping was the best choice.

"Amis, protect A Fan!"

Joseph lightly waved his staff and immediately cast many protective spells, covering them with a large number of colorful shields.

"Too late!"

Dick clasped his hands together and shouted. A bolt of lightning shot out from the top of each of the four pillars, striking directly at the four people.

Boom—

The cyan-green lightning turned into a giant python, opening its bloody mouth to attack. The pure energy, capable of destroying heaven and earth, was terrifying.

Yasuo's pupils contracted. He slashed forward with his sword, forming a wind wall several meters high, and then flashed back rapidly.

The lightning giant python crashed into the wind wall and was temporarily blocked, unable to advance.

Whoosh—

Yasuo reappeared and slashed the back of the lightning giant python's neck. With a shrill hiss, the giant python directly dissipated!

The other three also used their own methods and easily dealt with the lightning giant python.

"Is that all?"

Putting away his sword, Yasuo pulled out a foxtail from somewhere, put it in his mouth, and looked at Dick on the distant tree branch with a look of disdain.

Clap, clap, clap…

"Wonderful, truly wonderful," Dick chuckled while clapping his hands. "Then I'll give everyone some face and spend a bit more."

Saying that, Dick formed hand seals, and the ground shook again. More pillars drilled out of the ground, ten, a hundred, a thousand...

Each pillar could shoot lightning. For a moment, the dim Underground City was as bright as day, and thousands of cyan-green lightning giant pythons attacked Yasuo and the other four.

Xiao Nai looked at the dazzling scene before her with a pained expression.

In her opinion, every pillar, every bolt of lightning, was gold coins burning!

During the previous rest, Xiao Nai had personally witnessed the entire process of Dick directing Donald to set up the magic array.

Magic stones worth thousands of gold coins were used just like that!

Inscription sets worth tens of thousands of gold coins were embedded by Dick without batting an eye!

It was as if these expensive magic array materials were not his property at all; he used them without any heartache.

Fortunately, if nothing happened, Dick would recover these materials one by one when they set off the next day.

But unexpectedly, something happened tonight, and these expensive magic arrays... Dick directly activated all of them.

For every second these magic arrays ran, nearly a thousand gold coins disappeared!

"Damn it, how can there be such a large-scale attack array here? Are we ambushed..."

"The range is too large, I'm afraid we won't be able to break through..."

"Don't panic," Joseph lightly exhaled and shouted, "Come closer!"

Hearing this, the four quickly gathered, while Joseph raised his staff high and chanted a spell: "Gold for the top, silver for the walls, copper for the base..."

"Elemental Barrier!"

A surging wave of magic power bloomed at the top of the staff, and then a semi-circular shield constructed of gold, silver, and copper formed.

At the same time, thousands of lightning giant pythons attacked. Although their momentum was fierce, they were like raindrops, only causing ripples on the shield.

"My Elemental Barrier is a High-Tier Intermediate magic, and these magic arrays are only High-Tier Low-Tier, they can't break through the defense at all."

Joseph was calm and composed, his cloudy eyes scanning the surroundings. He said with certainty, "With such a huge consumption of magic power, the magic arrays here shouldn't last long. We just need to wait until the magic power is exhausted."

Yasuo was full of dissatisfaction. He didn't like defending like a turtle. Even though their level and strength completely crushed Dick and his group, they still had to be so pathetic.

Thinking this, Yasuo couldn't help but look at Dick on the ancient tree in the distance... Wait, where is he?

Not only that, even the ancient tree, more than ten meters high, was gone.

Hazel gently shook her head, looking at the lightning giant pythons that were still fiercely attacking, and sighed, "That kid knows the magic arrays can't kill us. He just wants to trap us."

"Tsk! That brat, he's quite cunning..." Yasuo cursed.

Amis, who was beside him, had a different opinion. She smoothed the stray hair at her temples and chuckled, "Only trapping, not killing; only fleeing, not fighting. Doesn't this just show that they can't beat us?"

"Heh heh," Joseph also smiled, "This is the Fifth Layer. Before they escape the Underground City, we will definitely catch up to them."

"After we catch up, that sharp-tongued kid will be mine. Let's see if his mouth is harder than my sword!" Yasuo said coldly.

After a brief conversation, all five believed that victory was certain. Dick and his group couldn't escape and would eventually die in the Underground City.