Chapter 888: The World Is Dangerous

This approach not only perfectly protected the Winter Goddess but also fundamentally shredded the vines.

As expected, Xu Yang, once again using his wisdom, rescued the Winter Goddess from her predicament.

He then immediately soared into the air, holding the Winter Goddess, and quickly moved towards Big Dog and Yun Xiao.

"God, I was so scared!" exclaimed the Winter Goddess. "If you weren't here, Boss, I would have been torn to shreds by those vines just now."

Xu Yang shook his head helplessly. "You, you simply lack too much real combat experience. With your agility and speed, how could you be so easily trapped in a fixed space governed by a single energy system?

Remember my words: Once on the battlefield, no matter what situation you encounter, do not panic. Maintain extreme mental focus. Only then can you devise a way to defeat the enemy in the shortest time!

If, while facing the enemy's tactics, you cannot concentrate your mental energy, then sooner or later, you will suffer a great loss."

Learning from her mistake, the Winter Goddess increasingly felt the wisdom in Xu Yang's words after the recent incident. She earnestly nodded, acknowledging his advice.

"Thank you, Boss. I've remembered your teachings. Don't worry, if such a special situation arises again, I definitely won't panic," said the Winter Goddess. No sooner had she finished speaking than, right beneath her and Xu Yang's feet, another fixed rule was triggered, and countless vines quickly shot up.

This time, however, the Winter Goddess's eyes immediately turned cold. She conjured a frost-attributed shield beneath her and Xu Yang's feet, perfectly avoiding the vines that were reaching for their ankles.

After seeing the girl's progress, Xu Yang finally revealed a knowing smile. He increasingly felt that bringing her and Big Dog along was a wise decision.

Although this woman was a bit scatterbrained, her greatest advantage was her obedience.

Soon, under Xu Yang's leadership, the team quickly broke free from this outer jungle area. They had temporarily evaded the harassment of countless fixed-rule formations, entering the boundary of an open plain.

This place, naturally, was where the Necro Chanters had previously encountered the Sacred Child and his group.

Perhaps because the power of fixed rules had been continuously triggered before, when Xu Yang's group of four arrived at the plain's boundary, not long after, the little Sacred Child appeared not far from the plain, leading a large group of nearly a thousand purple-flame undead. He stared coldly at Xu Yang's group of four.

"It seems that Karl's words weren't false after all," he muttered. "It didn't take long for invaders to arrive from the Eastern Region!

That kid really is a rare talent!"

The little Sacred Child, shaking a rattle drum in one hand and eating a candied hawthorn stick in the other, mumbled to himself as he ate.

Meanwhile, the thousands of undead waiting in formation behind him, whose bodies emanated purple flames, grew increasingly powerful and were all ready for battle.

"Lord Sacred Child," asked one of them, "should we act immediately and slay these four?"

The little one seemed far more intelligent than the purple-flame undead behind him. He shook his head with a grin.

"Are you stupid?" he retorted. "These four managed to traverse the entire jungle's fixed defensive range by themselves. How could they be ordinary individuals? How can just a few of us possibly contend with them?"

Hearing the little one's words, Yun Xiao and the others on the opposite side couldn't help but crack a smile.

This little child wasn't very old, but his mind was quite sharp.

Big Dog quickly spoke up leisurely: "This kid is a Sacred Child of the Five Great Restricted Zones. Each Great Restricted Zone has over twenty Sacred Children, making them the most outstanding candidates for inheritors among the younger generation within the restricted zones.

The next generation of Ancestral Witches will also emerge from among these Sacred Children!

To put it plainly, these little ones all possess excellent abilities for unifying a faction. The current curses being released by the Five Great Restricted Zones into the surroundings are likely being orchestrated by these little ones leading their teams."

Hearing Big Dog's explanation, Xu Yang seemed to be inspired. He soared into the air without hesitation, almost rudely intruding into the plain where the Sacred Child was located.

"Protect the Sacred Child!"

No sooner had the purple-flame undead commanding thousands spoken than he led countless densely packed undead warriors to swiftly charge forward.

It was at this moment that Xu Yang's actions completely stunned everyone around him. Yun Xiao and the other two behind him even rubbed their eyes in disbelief, expressions of incredulity on their faces.

Even Big Dog, who was usually solemn, made a highly astonished gesture with his dog-like head.

It turned out that the moment thousands of undead charged towards Xu Yang, a strange ray of light seemed to burst forth from his body. And when this light disappeared, Xu Yang had completely broken free from the encirclement of thousands of undead warriors, appearing directly in front of the Sacred Child, with one hand grasping the back of the little one's neck.

"What?" exclaimed the Winter Goddess. "Am I seeing things? Just now, for an instant, I thought I saw Boss as if he had crossed space. How is that possible? That's not something a single person can do! Could this guy be the legendary incarnation of a god?"

The Winter Goddess spared no words in praising Xu Yang. Having just been saved by him, and now witnessing such astonishing methods, how could she remain calm?

This time, even Big Dog couldn't remain composed. He shook his head helplessly. "Indeed, what we've seen of Boss A-Yang is merely the tip of the iceberg of his true capabilities."

Yun Xiao said nothing. She knew, of course, that Xu Yang harbored too many secrets.

But at that instant, the ray of light truly surpassed her comprehension.

In fact, Xu Yang had opened his iron box, causing a momentary spatial-temporal stillness. With this method, he completely nullified the advance of thousands of purple-flame undead.

"Heh heh," Xu Yang scoffed. "Do you think this bunch of useless followers of yours can stop me, A-Yang? Let alone thousands of undead, even if there were hundreds of thousands or millions, as long as I wish it, they wouldn't even be able to touch my sleeve.

You're a little child, not very old, but you have quite a few tricks up your sleeve. Should your big brother perhaps spank you?"

The Sacred Child never dreamed that this young man before him possessed such power. Feeling the chilling aura from the grip on his neck, the child completely lost his composure, abandoning his previous high-and-mighty demeanor as the leader of the masses. He began kicking his feet in the air and wailing loudly, while still shaking the rattle drum in his hand.

"Big brother, big brother, please let me go!" he cried. "It's not my fault, these undead forced me!"

The little child began to whine and act cute, trying every trick to break free from Xu Yang's suppression.

However, Xu Yang had long seen through the little one's scheme. He revealed a bloodthirsty smile, slowly reached out, and snatched the rattle drum from his hand.

"Do you think," Xu Yang asked, "that by crying, making a scene, and feigning despair to distract me, and then seizing the opportunity to shake that rattle drum to trigger the fixed patterns hidden nearby, you can break free from my restraint?"