Like their life depended on it, Darcel's team was madly dashing through the dark, sickly green floor. Trails of bright purple lightning and blazing black flames were left in the wake of their immense speed.

And around the trio was Hao Cao's dazzling purple lightning barrier.

Only this time for her barrier, wisps of black flames constantly spewed out like glitters of black fire.

This was the trio's more reinforced version of defense. They truly needed it as just behind them sixth level Nascent Core wolves and other such traps continually sprang on to them.

With their mixed purple lightning and black fire wisps barrier, nothing could genuinely halt their mad dash.

And inside the barrier, Darcel and Aniela held their rapiers as massive swirls of black flames enriched their blades.

They were charging their Martial Skills, and while doing so, Hao Cao still effectively led them. Through various twists and turns, Hao Cao led with a clear sense of direction.

And for five exhilarating minutes, their immense speeds went on. Suddenly after five minutes, Hao Cao's called out to the duo behind her saying,

"Are you two finish charging your Martial Skills?!"

"Just point to where ever and we'll fire!" Darcel shouted back to Hao Cao.

From just a mile ahead, Darcel and Aniela could see a seemingly dead coming straight at them.

Yet, as soon as Darcel gave her the call, Hao Cao had dropped her purple lightning barrier and pointed her finger directly to this dead end.

A smile graced Darcel and Aniela's face seeing how this hidden room could go over most people's heads.

With the signal given by Hao Cao, the duo was ready to unleash! Aniela turned her body backward but still maintained her pace of following Hao Cao.

Thrusting her purple-black flaming rapier out, all of the savage wolves chasing them abruptly felt an immense crisis of death.

Aniela's black fire raged in violent intensity as a thick broad black fire line appeared at the tip of her rapier.

"Fiery Slice!"

Aniela unleashed a mighty roar and blasted off her tremendously powerful black flames! Immense waves of Nascent Qi and bloodline power swirled in the area, causing all wolves and traps to lock for a single second.

'Chi!'

Aniela's roaring thick line of black flames decimated the wolves and traps to bitter black ashes in utter domination.

And simultaneously, while Aniela unleashed her Martial Skill, Darcel also fired his.

"Fiery Slice!" Darcel shouted while aiming his purple-black flaming rapier at the dead-end wall. He was out of Hao Cao's way as immense waves of Nascent Qi and bloodline power spewed into the air like a fierce storm.

'BOOOM!!'

A tremendous explosion of power slightly shook the ground and wreaked utter destruction on the wall.

Darcel's black flames tore straight through the wall and seemed to have made an impact with a strong force in there.

Hao Cao's purple spatial ring ignited at this time. She fished out a broad extensive scimitar, easily reaching a length over 40 inches long! For a playful, sweet girl like here, this weapon suited her in a way.

Not hesitating for a second in their run, the trio managed to cross a mile in just a few seconds. Neither Darcel, Aniela, nor Hao Cao held any fear about the unknown and rushed right into the vast hole Darcel made.

With their weapons ready and in their highest adrenaline-pumping state, the trio all quickly sensed an immense aura in this space.

Immediately when sensing this aura, Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao all thrust their blades forward. Their blades split apart the air to meet an enormous dark green wolf claw sailing straight at them.

'BANG!!'

Just barely did the trio manage to defend against this powerful claw.

Through the sheer mighty force of this claw swipe, it sent the trio skidding back on the ground as their hand became a bit numb from one clash.

Dragging their feet into the ground, Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao forcefully stop themselves right at their man-made entrance.

Raging black flames and smoke made the space a bit troublesome to see, but the trio soon wouldn't have to worry about vision.

"HWUOOO!!"

A mighty howl boomed into the space unleashing chaotic storms of fierce winds! Darcel's team steady themselves by reinforcing Nascent Qi into their legs.

While doing so, they observed as Darcel's black flames and smoke was cleared up in a second by the howl.

And out from the fire stood a menacingly tall wolf.

This wolf towered over them and any other previous wolves they fought, easily reaching a height over seven feet long. Its eyes were a deep dark shade of green, and horrid green foam dripped from its razor-sharp teeth.

Sensing it clearly now, this wolf was at the seventh level of the Nascent Core realm!

Although the wolf didn't have that perfect majestic prestige of being at the peak of its realm now.

A small smirk etched on the trio's face once noticing its dark green fur.

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Wisps of black flames still burned off there, creating sizzling black smoke there. Still, it was remarkable that this specific wolf could tank a part of Darcel's Martial skill.

Right while the gigantic dark green wolf was finishing its howling, Aniela decided to take the time and seal off any unexpected troubles.

Holding out hand back, a white glow enkindled around it.

Clenching her hand, several light whites glow formed around the surrounding stones in the area. With a gentle pull, Aniela telekinesis the stones over the large man-made hole, completely covering them up for now.

As Aniela finished doing so, the gigantic fearsome wolf finished howling.

Without missing a single beat, the wolf blasted out with immense speed. Nearly instantly, it jumped right above Darcel's team before they had a chance to react.

But Darcel was no slouch. Expecting this speed, he didn't panic as the wolf's colossal shadow covered them.

Holding both of his hands over his rapier, Darcel's bloodline arm intensely shimmered in Darkness. At the same time, his black flames raged in ferocious tenacity.

In all one smooth motion, Darcel thrust his back flaming rapier up, ready to counter the wolf stomp.

It was only a meter above them, yet if the wolf used its extreme speed to crush them while falling down, it would've been a challenge to dodge.

"Taste my claws!" Darcel shouted up as the wolf was already dropping down to them. All the wolf saw for a split second was utter Darkness as the temperature somehow increased once again!

Darcel's rapier became the epitome of black flaming Darkness.

Blasting out from the tip of his rapier in blazing intensity was two huge black flaming claws that were the exact same size as the wolf's giant claws.

'Bang!"

Dark green claws met black flaming claws in a collision of tremendous peak Nascent Core power!

Black flames sprayed everywhere in the room once again, drilling holes into the dark, sickly green floor.

The colossal wolf eyes lit up in slight shock. From the only male prey of its target, his aura was somewhat equal to its. Yet when taking on the full brunt of its power, it couldn't crush them no matter how much Nascent power the wolf poured into its claw.

Previously, to take down that hidden entrance, eighty percent of Darcel's Martial Skill power was used there.

It was why the wolf was still able to effectively defend and installed some confidence in crushing these small prey.

However, with Darcel's full power now unleashed on to it, the wolf eyes had then gained a savage killing glint. Only a second pass since clashing with Darcel's black flaming claws, but the wolf waited for no man.

Its gigantic mouth had immediately snapped open, and swirling in there were massive waves of putrid green fluids.

Promptly the wind kicked up into a fierce storm, nearly knocking Darcel's team off balance.

Witnessing what the wolf was attempting to do, Aniela's smile grew massively broad. Her bloodline arm suddenly ignited in an intense white light as a dazzling white light barrier formed around her group.

Holding up her fingers, Aniela was waiting to try this specific move. Unleashing a mighty shout, she said, "Flash!!" And along with her scream, Aniela quickly snapped her fingers before the wolf's next attack.

'Pa!'

An intense blinding white flashbang covered the whole room!

This flash was so incomparably bright that it forced the wolf to hastily shut its eyes and become stunned for a couple of seconds.

Once hearing Aniela's finger snapped, Hao Cao had pointed her purple lightning-filled scimitar up. During this whole time of attacks, Hao Cao proved why she's a top talent in the Zakira Academy.

In only a matter of a couple of seconds, Hao Cao quickly mobilized immense surges of Nascent Qi to form her Martial Skill.

Raging streaks of purple lightning spewed from her as she got all set when Aniela's flashbang occurred.

Seeing Hao Cao pointing her scimitar up, Anielas flexed her fingers. Through simple movements, it caused the white light barrier to open up above and show the briefly stunned wolf with its huge mouth open.

"Voltage Shredder!" Hao Cao gave her finest shout as a single stream of bright purple lightning voltage sailed straight to the wolf mouth.

With speeds nearly matching lightning, the stunned wolf had no way of dodging.

'Zzzt!!'

Hao Cao's lightning Martial Skill tore straight through the wolf's putrid mouth and wreaked havoc there. Its eyes snapped open in pain as an electric frying feeling was causing some internal damage there.

"Geah!!"

The wolf opened its mouth further wide, showcasing its dark green horrid mouth in full glory.

And in its state of slight chaos, a perfect opportunity had opened for Darcel.

A cruel smile formed on Darcel's face as he willed his pure Element of Darkness to enrich his rapier. Admittedly, it was becoming quite tough to hold this stalemate against the wolf claws.

And now, he knows the way to shift the tide of battle.

In the distraction of the wolf, Darcel shot pure Darkness Qi from his black flaming claws and blitzed it straight into the wolf mouth.

Immediately the wolf jerked its head up. All at once, an abrupt frenzy swirl of emotions heavily affected its entire being.

Happiness, rage, sorrow, and the most prominent mind-destroying lust!

"HA-HUWOO!!"

The wolf's whole body began thrashing about. The wolf couldn't correctly utilize its Nascent Power because of its frantic mental state. It had also let Hao Cao's purple lightning wreak even more havoc in him.

Massive waves of pain assaulted its senses along with the frenzy mix of emotions, almost pushing the wolf's mind to a breaking point.

Yet this had also meant the grip of the wolf claws loosen considerably.

Smiling, Darcel flexed his arms and swung his rapier down. Smoothly, his black flaming claws violently tossed the wolf towards the back wall.

Although, while getting flung, the wolf's mind snapped, and its eyes became bloodshot. Sailing in midair, the wolf swung its gigantic claw down, unleashing a green wind Qi claw at the trio.

The prowess of the wolf Qi claw was filled to the brim of peak Nascent Core power.

Stone and fire blew everywhere as the green wind Qi claw neared the trio in only a second!

Hastily, Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao gathered their Nascent Qi to form a barrier. At this speed, it was impossible to dodge! Meaning they now have to take the full brunt of peak Nascent Core power.

And just right before the green wind Qi claw crashed into them, a faint white glow covered around Hao Cao's body.

'BANG!'

Like rag dolls, Darcel, Aniela, and Hao Cao all blasted into the wall by the stone covered entrance. All three of them coughed up blood as severe pain wracked their bodies.

Even if Darcel and Aniela could match peak Nascent Core power. It's still incredibly tough to defend since their bodies are only equivalent to the second level of Nascent Core.

Plus, their bloodline powers mainly focused on speed and power output.

Hao Cao, however, fared the worst of them, nearly passing out from this one attack. She collapsed on her knees and had to take a moment to catch her breath.

But Darcel and Aniela didn't stop after tanking this attack.

Aniela landed on her feet and flashed right up to the slightly shaking Darcel. Her hand had enkindled in a bright white glow, capturing his attention as she got next to him.

Their gazes crossed, and a silent communication passed between them. Darcel determinedly nodded at Aniela's beautiful serious face.

Immediately he began pouring all of his Nascent Qi into his rapier while his bloodline frantically swirled. While doing so, Aniela's glowing white light hand clamped down on his shoulder.

Black flames violently swirled on Darcel's rapier as a dazzling white glow wrapped his whole body. From just several meters away from them, the duo glared down the massive dark green wolf.

Its berserk body was still spasming around because of Darcel's Darkness Qi. Behind it, a vast crater had formed into the wall from its last impact.

Suddenly though, the wolf head jerked straight at the duo. An impending sense of crisis and dread clashed in its berserk mind as it stared down at the glowing white Darcel.