Chapter 110: Vanishing in the Flames

“I won’t let you pass.” Amidst the emerald wind, Wen Hui, entwined with shimmering multicolored musical notes, stepped before the young demonic goddess. Her Hurricane Spear swept horizontally toward the girl.

Even with Zhuang Xiaoyuan’s musical enhancement, Wen Hui was still only at the divine descent level, unable to harm the crystalline armor adorning the young demonic goddess. Any damage to the armor would simply be absorbed and used to restore it.

Cleverly, Wen Hui wielded her spear as a staff—not to strike, but merely to push back the young demonic goddess. The veteran Guardians would never stand idle and watch the girl’s wounds heal.

The sonata notes enveloping the young demonic goddess did not dissipate. She glared furiously at Wen Hui charging at her. Affected by the sonata, her otherwise extraordinary speed was diminished, allowing a mere divine descent-level human to keep pace like an ant. The young demonic goddess’s anger swelled fiercely; with only her right forelimb remaining, she slashed at Wen Hui.

“Ring of the East Wind.” A verdant storm rose from the ground, enveloping Wen Hui in an invisible emerald armor of wind. She did not evade the attack; her Hurricane Spear swept forward with undiminished force. Slightly turning her body, the young demonic goddess’s strike, originally aimed at her neck, struck Wen Hui’s left arm instead.

Wen Hui planned to trade her left arm for a temporary retreat of the young demonic goddess. Despite the protection of the Ring of the East Wind, she lacked confidence in fully blocking the attack, as the ring primarily guarded against ranged assaults. But as long as she could hold the demonic goddess back momentarily, the senior Guardians would arrive, and the girl would no longer have a chance to approach Zhuang Xiaoyuan.

“Concerto, Rondo.” Wen Hui was willing to exchange wounds, a wise choice—but Zhuang Xiaoyuan behind her would never allow it.

Her fingers never ceased their playing, yet the fixed sonata began to shift. The left hand maintained the sonata’s rhythm, while the right hand transitioned from classical romantic melodies to a graceful, soothing tune.

This was the power of the concerto: Zhuang Xiaoyuan, transformed into Yoxiao Meijiu, could simultaneously perform two distinct pieces. While playing the sonata to weaken the young demonic goddess and impose negative effects, she also performed Yoxiao Meijiu’s sole offensive piece—the Rondo.

Yellow pipes burst forth from the earth near Wen Hui and the young demonic goddess, aiming directly at the girl’s attacking right forelimb. From these pipes flowed elegant, gentle music—not a rousing march, but a serene melody. Yet its effect was anything but gentle.

The sound waves transformed into powerful sonic blasts, tangible enough to strike the young demonic goddess. Yoxiao Meijiu’s offensive prowess was meager; even Shino’s frost attacks ranked low within the divine descent tier. Yoxiao Meijiu’s attacks were even weaker—arguably the weakest among divine descent-level powers.

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