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"Damn it!"
Outside the magic circle, Lan Si caught sight of everything unfolding before her, her eyes flashing peculiarly as she muttered some incantations under her breath. Her figure blurred, and with rings of blue ripples, she vanished into the Wood Spirit Magic Circle, merging into the formation.
Liu Ming, suspended mid-air, had yet to stabilize his body when a flash of blood-colored light appeared in front of him, and Jiying materialized abruptly, unleashing a screech of five claw-like red beams.
Just then, countless branches and vines surged from all directions, instantly condensing into a wall of vines that shielded between Jiying and Liu Ming.
A flurry of bloody finger lights swept past, shredding the vine wall, as tough as steel, like tofu, sending wood chips flying in all directions.
Yet this brief delay allowed Liu Ming to flicker a few times and vanish once again into the Wood Spirit Magic Circle.