"Damn it!" Shen Xingyue slipped, clearly poked in the eye by me. Cursing, she retreated, and then a new face appeared.
As usual, I jabbed forward. This time, the enemy was smarter, shielding her face with her hand, only peeking at me from between her fingers. But the moment her hand touched the willow branch, Yao Yao began to cast. The willow branch suddenly began to grow rapidly, one becoming two, two becoming four, four becoming eight. Soon, the spreading branches completely enveloped the enemy's head and upper body. She struggled fiercely, pulling so hard that I almost lost my grip. I didn't know what to do next, so I pulled back against her strength.
However, my strength was clearly no match for this well-trained Shabiya. Just as I was about to lose my grip, a large branch suddenly grew out from beside me, piercing the ground and burrowing downwards. This digging force was equivalent to helping me pull. Gritting my teeth, I held on, continuing to confront her. Finally, the enemy couldn't take it anymore. She eased her force slightly, and I dragged her and her entire body over the wall. She somersaulted and landed heavily on the empty ground within the formation.
The branches on her head and body snapped off, returning the original willow branch to me. The branches that remained on her transformed into a willow vine, tightly coiling around her and making her a captive.
Triumphant, I was overjoyed. Holding the willow branch, I waited for the next opponent.
Their numbers were truly overwhelming. Furthermore, with the inherent strength of the deer and eagle demons, aided by Yao Yao, the enemies were completely unable to break through. Zheng Bingbing, at full water-force, was constantly sweeping the wall with a water pipe, shooting out ice arrows like a CIWS, suppressing the enemies so they dared not show their faces.
Gradually, more and more enemies were forced towards my position. As expected, I was still the weakest link.
But the width of the wall was limited, only wide enough for one person to climb. I "entangled" them one by one, casting the pole, feeling it was similar to fishing once I got the hang of it.
After "fishing" four or five people in a row, my arm was nearly exhausted. I took a moment to check other positions. The eagle and deer demons were simply watching the show from where they stood. Only Bingbing was still closing her eyes, yelping and randomly shooting ice arrows—in fact, there was no one attacking from that direction anymore.
I caught my breath and raised the willow branch again. But after waiting for a few seconds, no one took the bait.
"You win!" Shen Xingyue's voice came from behind. "Let's go!"
"You come when you please, and leave when you please? Do you think this is a public restroom?" Yao Yao suddenly roared. She waved her sleeves, consolidating the four plumes of smoke into one. The battlefield instantly cleared, the PM2.5 index noticeably dropped, and the enemies' figures became clear. But everyone looked up at the sky.
I followed their gaze and saw Yao Yao controlling the smoke, which was as massive as a dragon, gliding through the night sky. It was like a flock of hundreds of thousands of birds, or a swarm of tens of millions of locusts. Regardless of what it resembled, it was an awe-inspiring sight, making a whooshing sound as it flew through the air.
"Shen Xingyue, let me show you what Earth element is!" Yao Yao declared, then pointed towards the mountain!
The "wandering dragon" in the sky shot straight towards the mountaintop, crashing into "Han Yin Temple"!
Boom!
After the smoke cleared, the main hall of Han Yin Temple, three stories high, had been utterly pulverized by the impact. The debris from the explosion flew out for over two hundred meters, blanketing half the mountainside.
Being hit by a battleship's naval gun would likely result in no less.
"This is Earth element magic!"
Shen Xingyue watched coldly as her own temple was destroyed, then turned and left without a word...