146: Chapter 146 I knew you couldn't handle it
The Liu Family!
The Betrayer Liu Family!
Liu Qingzhu had already been demonized into a BOSS and killed by Xiao Yan; who would have thought that people from the Liu Family would still dare to show up, or perhaps...
After the Liu Family betrayed everyone, they have been living on the Demon Plains!
After Xiao Yan hacked this one Betrayer to death, dozens of red-named Betrayers suddenly appeared all around, mixed in among the mobs and BOSSes. Unlike the monsters, the target of these Betrayers was none other than Yun Ge!
With old grievances and new grudges, plus the will of the abyss, the Liu Family was determined to take out Yun Ge!
"Ground Shrinking Technique!"
As Yun Ge was casting Blizzard, he suddenly felt a dark shadow approaching rapidly. He immediately stopped the Blizzard and quickly flashed to the left, toward where Bai Lu was. Looking back, a red-named Betrayer stood where he had just been, gritting his teeth and staring intensely at Yun Ge.
Such incredible speed!
Although Yun Ge had dodged the attack, he still gasped when he saw the Betrayer's level of 85.
There were too many experts in the Liu Family. Xiao Yan couldn't take them out one by one, and some experts had still managed to slip through!
Heaven help us, I hope this guy doesn't turn into a BOSS!
"Bai Lu, Su Lei, you two be careful too!"
An 85th-level Betrayer—even though Bai Lu and Su Lei were heavy armor classes, they couldn't withstand a single strike from the Betrayer. Their levels were too low!
"Ground Shrinking Technique!"
The Betrayer's figure vanished, and Yun Ge hurried to keep running. Fortunately, the Betrayer didn't care at all about Bai Lu and Su Lei, who weren't even level 30; his only target was Yun Ge.
"Boss Xiao, help me!"
Yun Ge shouted at the top of his lungs. Although he wasn't worried about the mana cost of the Ground Shrinking Technique, it had a cooldown, and it also required a casting time. This duration wasn't long, but it would definitely be enough for the 85th-level Betrayer to seize the opportunity.
Xiao Yan was already surrounded by the Liu Family's Betrayers. Even though Xiao Yan was hacking one to death every few strikes, there were too many Betrayers; they had surrounded Xiao Yan completely, seemingly using their lives to stop him from saving Yun Ge.
"Damn it, I've been outplayed!"
Xiao Yan hacked another 60th-level Betrayer to death with one swing of his sword. Watching Yun Ge fleeing continuously with a black shadow chasing closely behind him, he cursed in a rage.
After the incident with Liu Qingzhu, the Liu Family already knew that high-level Awakeneds were guarding Yun Ge. This time, taking advantage of the Awakened Alliance army invading the abyss territory, the Liu Family had dispatched a large number of high-level Betrayers, mixed in among the mobs, to launch this surprise attack.
Yun Ge's Ground Shrinking Technique couldn't create distance from the Betrayer. The 85th-level Betrayer was too fast and could even fly. No matter how Yun Ge dodged, he would be caught up to in an instant.
Feeling the thick aura of death behind him, Yun Ge clutched his Ice Barrier tightly. Although he knew many life-saving skills, in front of an 85th-level Betrayer, only invincibility could save his life, because as soon as the 85th-level Betrayer struck, Yun Ge would definitely not survive a second hit.
"Ice Barrier!"
Just as Yun Ge had thought, in the blink of an eye, the 85th-level Betrayer had already flown ahead to the landing point of Yun Ge's Ground Shrinking Technique. He stared at Yun Ge with a sinister grin, the long blade in his hand glowing with dark golden light, ready to finish Yun Ge off in the next second.
The Ice Barrier was cast 0.1 seconds before the long blade touched him, but Yun Ge had already exhausted all his skills, and Xiao Yan hadn't broken free yet. Yun Ge only had 6 seconds; after 6 seconds, death would be waiting for him.
Although there were many Awakeneds around, they were all fighting mobs or BOSSes, and they were basically low-level Awakeneds, completely unable to intervene.
Yun Ge's life entered a countdown.
5, 4, 3, 2, 1,
The Ice Barrier was about to disappear, and the Betrayer's long blade was already slashing down.
Is this... how it ends?
Yun Ge was unwilling to accept this, but even with the Ground Shrinking Technique, he wasn't faster than the long blade in the Betrayer's hand.
"Clang!"
The duration of the Ice Barrier ended. Yun Ge heard a crisp sound, and the long blade he expected never arrived.
"Haha, I guessed that guy Xiao Yan couldn't handle it."
A familiar voice came from the side; it was A-Tang!
A-Tang, wielding the legendary dragon-slaying sword, had intercepted the Betrayer's long blade at the very last moment. In front of the dragon-slaying sword, the 85th-level Betrayer was nothing; his dark gold-grade long blade was quickly suppressed by the dragon-slaying sword.
"Liu Qingshan, have you lived all these years in vain?"
"You human traitors, at least Liu Qingzhu got a one-level boost from the abyss. You didn't get any benefits at all?"
"Tsk tsk, trash is just trash; you're trash wherever you go!"
A-Tang fiercely suppressed Liu Qingshan, constantly using Taunt. Each strike of the dragon-slaying sword took away thousands of HP. Liu Qingshan was only level 85, and his HP was only 20,000-30,000; he couldn't withstand many of A-Tang's strikes.
"It's you, it's all of you!"
Liu Qingshan's name wasn't just red now; his eyes were also terrifyingly red. The Liu Family had sent out all their elites this time just to hold back Xiao Yan, yet they were still going to fail?
"It's all because of that #￥%*& Ye Fan! You guys are going too far!"
An enraged Liu Qingshan kept roaring, trying to say something, but it was already useless. The dragon-slaying sword's damage was too high, and Liu Qingshan was soon beaten to a critical state.
"Not good, he's about to turn into a BOSS!"
Black energy began to emanate from the critically injured Liu Qingshan. Yun Ge, who had just escaped death, felt a chill in his heart. Liu Qingshan was now exactly like Liu Qingzhu before his demonization; he was about to turn into an 85th-level BOSS!
No, this place was already full of BOSSes. The Nine-Headed Demon Emperor hadn't been killed yet, and two 80th-level BOSSes had also appeared. If there was one more Liu Qingshan, the situation would be dire.
"Bang!"
A dark golden greatsword descended from the sky, emptying Liu Qingshan's remaining HP with a single strike. It was Xiao Yan who had arrived.
"I was caught off guard by your transformation last time, but you want to try it again now?"
"In your dreams."
Yun Ge looked toward the place where Xiao Yan had just been fighting. Those dozens of red-named Liu Family members had all fallen to the ground. The Liu Family's elites had been completely wiped out.
Xiao Yan stood majestically in front of A-Tang, raised his head, and smiled at A-Tang:
"Thanks, brother."
"Tch."
A-Tang gave Xiao Yan the middle finger. This unreliable guy thought that coming to protect Yun Ge at level 100 would be a breeze, but he had almost caused a disaster.
Yun Ge was the core figure for Ye Fan to kill the Abyssal Sword Emperor and shatter the Soul Spring.
"Boss Ye said that without Yun Ge, we can't kill the Abyssal Sword Emperor, let alone the Soul Spring. Don't be careless again."
"Leave it to me."
Xiao Yan patted his chest. He had indeed been careless just now; otherwise, as long as he guarded Yun Ge, no matter what schemes or tricks the Liu Family had, they wouldn't be able to do anything to Yun Ge.
A-Tang curled his lips, not knowing what else to say. He took off and flew away, quickly disappearing from sight.
"Thank you, Boss Xiao."
Yun Ge rushed over to thank A-Tang, but he only smelled A-Tang's exhaust fumes, so he could only thank Xiao Yan instead.
If it weren't for these two big shots, he would have been finished today.
Bai Lu and Su Lei caught up. Bai Lu looked apologetic:
"I'm sorry, Yun Ge, I still didn't protect you well."