As the fourth beam of energy shot accurately through the damaged hole in the magical shield, Anxilin found herself breaking into a cold sweat. Fortunately, her reflexes were swift enough for her to dodge the angry woman's strike just in time, twisting her body to avoid it. However, even with Anxilin's quick evasion, the energy beam left a deep scar on her cheek.

Touching the wound on her cheek, Anxilin suppressed the dispersing magic aura and smirked sinisterly. "Your strength is commendable, but unless you can employ that old man's ultimate move, the damage you can inflict upon me is limited to this! But judging by your current condition, it seems you're unable to utilize that technique. Hmm, what a pity!"

The woman didn't respond to Anxilin, but her subtle change in expression indicated that Anxilin had hit the nail on the head. Hastily, the woman launched another attack at Anxilin, trying to mask her own insecurity, while also shouting at Haoyun and Dao Lao, "Hey! You two, don't just stand there watching! Can't you contribute something too? We need to take her down while her strength hasn't fully recovered!"

"Madam's right. But we can't engage in aerial combat like her, so could Madam please lure Anxilin down so I can assist as well?" Dao Lao responded awkwardly while helping the woman.

The woman realized Haoyun and Dao Lao lacked aerial combat capabilities, so she knew she had to lure Anxilin down to the ground if she wanted them to join the fight. However, it wouldn't be easy to draw Anxilin down from the sky. Thus, she gave Haoyun and Dao Lao a disdainful look, saying irritably, "Forget it! You two just keep harassing her from below to create better opportunities for me to attack. I'll handle this old hag myself! Hmph! You're both useless!"

Haoyun and Dao Lao couldn't understand why the woman was so furious. Clearly, Anxilin was their enemy, so why was she directing her anger towards them? Furthermore, if it weren't for the excessive mental energy consumption during the dispelling of the spell formation earlier, affecting their combat readiness, they would have already subdued Anxilin. Why did they need her help now?

"Old hag? Who are you calling an old hag?!" Anxilin was genuinely infuriated by the woman's words. With a roar, she immediately transformed more magic aura into magic swords and attacked both the woman in the air and Haoyun and Dao Lao on the rooftop.

To better combat the magic swords, the woman abandoned solo combat and descended to Haoyun and Dao Lao's side, forming a defensive line against the swords. Since Haoyun and Dao Lao's spirit energy reserves were full, they acted as the woman's guardians, protecting her and capturing the malicious energy hidden within the swords, thus reducing the difficulty of their battle.

Meanwhile, seeing that the three priests were all restrained by the magic sword formation, Anxilin ignored them. Gathering her strength once more, she accelerated her absorption of surrounding magic aura. As more magic aura flowed towards Anxilin, the winds around Blackstone Castle finally underwent a drastic change. Under the whirlpool of magic aura, a towering black tornado formed around Anxilin, exuding a terrifying pressure that seemed to gather all the evil forces of the world to this spot. Soldiers from the nearby clans couldn't help but pause their battles and gaze at the horrifying tornado of magic aura.

Anxilin's power began to rapidly increase. According to real-time monitoring data from the malicious energy capture system, Anxilin's combat power had not only officially reached the level of five and a half stars but also showed signs of further escalation. As Anxilin's strength increased, the power of the magic swords attacking Haoyun and the others also noticeably increased, further complicating their battle.

Especially for Haoyun, the fight against the magic swords became increasingly difficult. He gradually shifted from deflecting the swords' attacks to relying solely on his protective shield to withstand them, accelerating the consumption of his shield's energy.

Seeing this, Dao Lao had to divert his attention from assisting the woman to help Haoyun fend off the flying swords. Although Dao Lao could handle the battle in front of him with ease, his less-than-optimistic physical condition and remaining mental energy still made Haoyun sweat for him.

"I say, you two, think of a solution quickly! Anxilin is getting stronger by the minute, and if this continues, the situation might spiral out of control!" Haoyun exclaimed.

"Damn it! How is Anxilin so powerful? Shouldn't her strength have greatly diminished after suffering heavy injuries in the divine battle?" The woman cursed through gritted teeth.

Since the woman's malicious energy storage was also full, she had no choice but to abandon her plan to capture malicious energy and once again join the battle with her high-tech spear. Although she was the absolute main force among the three, the fact that her malicious energy storage was quickly filling up meant that her combat status wasn't as good as it seemed. Haoyun had reason to believe that after completing other tasks, the woman rushed over to support him and Dao Lao. Thus, Haoyun also had reason to believe that the woman's current combat status wasn't as good as they had imagined.

Dao Lao continued to analyze calmly amidst the battle, "A large amount of malicious energy branches dispersed from Anxilin's body, hidden within the bodies of these elves and constantly causing trouble, creating more malicious energy or other negative energies for herself. This allows her to recall these branches of malicious energy and greatly increase her strength. Furthermore, Anxilin currently possesses the holy body of a priest, which further enhances her strength, turning her into such a terrifying presence."

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"Bla bla bla! What's the use of saying all this now! My strength is only enough to engage her for a while, and if she absorbs more malicious energy, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out! So you two big men better think of a way to deal with her quickly!" The woman impatiently interrupted Dao Lao's analysis.

"I think what we need to do right now is to find a way to stop her from gathering the remaining magic aura. However, our current condition severely affects our ability to restrict those magic auras better," Dao Lao said somewhat helplessly.

Then, Dao Lao asked, "By the way, madam, don't you have any bottles of Haha Pure Water left? Could you lend us two bottles to replenish our mental energy so we can recover some combat readiness?"

"No, I don't. Because the capture missions I've encountered over the years haven't been difficult, so I haven't stocked up on Haha Pure Water. But unexpectedly, I encountered a tough nut in my last mission, so I ended up drinking the only two bottles of pure water I had just to take that bastard down. Ugh! I was so careless! But you two are useless too! Why didn't you provide backup a bit later? That way, I could have had time to recuperate and come back to deal with this old hag!" The woman lamented, blaming Haoyun and Dao Lao for the situation, leaving both of them irritated.

So, Haoyun asked grumpily, "In that case, why don't you just buy two more bottles of Haha Pure Water now? And maybe lend us a few more. We'll return them to you after this mission."

The woman looked at Haoyun disdainfully and asked, "Buy them? Don't you have money? Why don't you buy them yourselves?"

"We're broke. We've run out of money," Haoyun and Dao Lao replied in unison.

Rolling her eyes, the woman said, "Beggars! I'm broke too! I've already exceeded my budget for this month, and I haven't even figured out how to repay the loan for this precious baby in my hands!"

Haoyun was speechless. So, according to her, were all these priests deep in debt? How did she and Dao Lao manage to buy their equipment on installments? He also wanted to buy a sturdy light weapon on installments.

With a sneer, Dao Lao said, "Hmph! With your current income level, even if you bought it in installments, you couldn't afford such a weapon! Besides, your Speed and Passion Blade isn't just any ordinary weapon. It's just that your own strength is limited, so you can't unleash its full potential!"

"Enough! Stop talking nonsense! I'll deal with her again, so you two better think of a solution quickly!" The woman impatiently dropped a remark and then flew up again, heading towards Anxilin.

Anxilin stood confidently in mid-air, waiting for the woman to arrive. With her strength once again growing, she not only found it easier to deal with the woman's attacks but also launched magic swords at them so fast that they were hard to dodge. As the woman struggled to deal with the magic swords, she had to rely on her protective shield to withstand their attacks.

"Damn it! If it weren't for trying to kill that malicious energy, I wouldn't have ended up in such a sorry state," the woman thought regretfully as she once again deflected several magic sword attacks and flew towards Anxilin.

"It's useless. You're no longer my match!" Anxilin sneered. At the same time, she threw dozens of enhanced magic swords at Haoyun and the others. Then, she ignored them and focused her attention on absorbing magic aura.

"It's almost time, almost! In a little while, all my power will be back!" Anxilin exclaimed excitedly as her excited voice gradually turned into maniacal laughter, indicating to Haoyun and the others that things were getting worse. According to the malicious energy capture system, Anxilin's combat power was rapidly approaching the level of six stars, and the enhanced magic swords were further strengthened due to Anxilin's increased strength. As a result, Haoyun and the others were forced to switch from fighting the magic swords to a defensive stance.

Especially Haoyun. Since he was completely overwhelmed by the magic swords, his only option was to rely on the protective shield to withstand all their attacks. But how long could Haoyun's protective shield hold out? Even though the shield was blessed with divine power and could minimize the consumption of Haoyun's mental energy while providing maximum defense strength, it couldn't alleviate the fact that Haoyun's mental energy was rapidly depleting.

After all, Haoyun was just a rookie. His current mental energy reserves, coupled with his inability to effectively suppress the accelerated consumption of mental energy in a weakened state, resulted in his mental energy quickly dropping to less than twenty percent after enduring several rounds of attacks from the magic swords. And the most lethal part was that this was the result of Dao Lao taking on some of the attacks from the magic swords for him.

"It's okay! I can hold on! I'll try to divert the firepower as much as possible. You guys deal with the other magic swords first, then hurry up and go after Anxilin!" Haoyun gritted his teeth and gasped heavily as he spoke to Dao Lao.

"I didn't expect you to be so weak, yet you still have a sharp tongue! Hmph! Do you dare to participate in such a dangerous mission recklessly because you have a masochistic tendency and enjoy offering yourself up to the enemy?!" To prevent Haoyun from being hit again, the woman scolded him while pulling him behind her.

Haoyun glared at Dao Lao with resentment and helplessness, indicating that he had been forcibly dragged over by Dao Lao, so if anyone was to blame, it was Dao Lao's fault.

Dao Lao paid no attention to Haoyun, instead asking the woman, "Madam, did Anxilin mention any special moves you can use? If so, don't keep it to yourself. Use it quickly!"

"Do you think I don't want to use it? Because I used the Huntress Bullets in the battle just before coming here. So, without replenishing my mental energy, I can't activate this skill again," the woman said, somewhat frustrated.

"Huntress Bullets? How much more mental energy do you need to activate this skill?" Dao Lao asked immediately.

"Quite a lot," the woman replied, sharing information about the Huntress Bullets through the system with Dao Lao at the same time.

Dao Lao quickly glanced at the information the woman sent and then said, "Ah, I see! Since that's the case, let me lend you a hand!"