Leaf felt as if all the blood in her body had frozen.
On the left side of the night, two shadows slowly appeared. Their bodies were huge and strange, unlike the common demonic beasts. When they got closer, Leaf discovered that they were actually two humanoid creatures riding on the back of a hybrid. Their bodies were tall, twice the size of a normal person. They didn't wear any armor and wore clothes made of unknown materials. No, it was barely enough to call them clothes. They looked more like the swollen skin of an animal. They were tightly wrapped from head to toe, and many places were swollen.
The most striking thing about them was the heads they wore, which were obviously transformed from the heads of demonic beasts. They looked ferocious and terrible.The eyes of their heads were dug out and sewn together with a piece of reddish-brown crystal. A leather tube full of patches extended from the lower edge of their heads and extended to the huge carapace pouch on their backs. One of them had several spears stuck on his mount, while the other wore strangely shaped iron gloves. Judging from their appearance, they only had three fingers.
In Leaf's mind, there was only one word: "Devil".
"Fight the enemy!"
Cara was the first to react. Her ear-piercing scream drew everyone's attention back to the enemy. Stone pressed her hand on the ground, turning the large area of snow in front of her into a soft swamp. This could be regarded as a very correct response: the devil's mount was a hybrid with a wolf's head and wings. It was fast and could also fly short distances. But these two obviously couldn't. Their wings had been cut off, and the exposed bones were tied with hemp ropes and held in the devil's hands. If they couldn't fly through this swamp, they would have to go around it, which would give the other witches time to react.
However, the enemy didn't act according to the witches' idea. They drove their mounts forward and threw themselves into the swamp. Then, with the momentum, they jumped from the demonic beast's back, crossed a distance of several feet, and landed behind Stone. And that was where the non-combat witches gathered.
"Quickly disperse!" Before Leaf's voice had died away, the devil wearing a three-fingered iron glove had already started a massacre in the crowd. His agility was completely incompatible with his size. A witch who was close to him didn't even have time to react before her head was smashed by his fist. Then, two more sisters had their necks broken by the sturdy iron hands. Only then did the others come to their senses and flee in panic. Only Sinor stood where she was, even though her ability wasn't suitable for combat, she didn't turn around to run away, instead, she took out the crossbow from her back and aimed it at the enemy. The Iron Hand Demon dodged to the side and kicked her away. The force was so great that it was like a muffled thunder. The little girl flew far away before rolling on the ground, blood clots gushing out of her mouth.
The demon with the spear turned around and walked towards Stone, who was already scared out of her wits. Just as the spear was about to pierce the witch's chest, a ball of flame exploded in front of him. Red Pepper rolled past the enemy's crotch, grabbed Stone Maiden's hand, and turned to run. The other party wanted to chase after him, but he was blocked by a black wall of Qi.
Leaf injected all of her magic into the earth, all kinds of plants grew crazily, twisting into a thorny vine, crawling towards the Iron Hand Demon. Cara's summoned "Pain" snake also tightly bit the demon's arm. Just as he waved his hand to get rid of those annoying snakes, the vine that quietly approached him from behind suddenly wrapped around his feet and pulled him back. The demon's huge body crashed to the ground.
"Run, sisters, run!" Leaf shouted, fear made her voice tremble. Run, get away from these terrible monsters, they are the source of evil recorded in the ancient books, the devils that came from the gates of hell!
The snake's torture venom seemed to have no effect on them, the fallen Iron Hand Demon arched his body as if he wanted to grab the vine that was pulling him around. Seeing that his companion was in trouble, the demon with the spear quickly turned his attention to Leaf who was controlling the vine. He raised the spear and took a throwing posture, his arm quickly expanded. The originally swollen skin was stretched to a thin layer, through which one could even see the dark red blood vessels and bones.
"Leaf, be careful!" Stone once again turned the ground into a quagmire, this time directly under the opponent's feet. The demon fiercely sank down, instantly changing the direction of the spear and inserting it into the ground in front of Leaf. The spear, which was nearly as high as a person, was almost completely inserted into the ground, scaring Leaf into a cold sweat.
After throwing the spear, the swollen arm quickly shrunk and became like dry wood.
The spear demon couldn't throw continuously! She immediately realized that it was a good time to escape. The other witches also noticed this, Stone, Red Pepper and Windchaser ran past Iron Hand Demon who was still struggling on the ground and ran towards Cara, wanting to take their mentor and escape together. Only Leaf saw that the demon, who was being pulled by the vine, stretched out his hands towards the three witches.
What does he want to do? Wait!
"No –" She didn't even have the time to open her mouth to warn them, a dazzling blue light burst out from the demon's iron hand, like a bolt of Lightning piercing through the sky, twisting and hitting the three witches. The blue light jumped between the three witches, making a crackling sound. White smoke rose from their bodies, they twitched and fell down, their robes also burning.
This attack seemed to have consumed a lot of the enemy's strength, he breathed heavily and no longer moved. At this time, Leaf's magic power also reached its limit, the vine disintegrated and soon turned into withered weeds.
It's all over, she thought. The mentor's desperate cry seemed to become very far away, her whole body's strength faded away like a tide, she powerlessly fell to the ground.
After a short rest, Iron Hand slowly climbed up from the snow and walked in front of Cara, who had a frightened look on her face. At this time, no one could stop him.The demon reached out and grabbed the mentor's throat, the latter desperately tried to pry open the demon's fingers, but it was useless in the face of the great disparity in strength. While struggling, the magic snakes rushed out and bit the demon's arm and neck, but the demon remained unmoved and continued to tighten his iron hand.
At this time, an accident happened, one of the magic snakes under the demon's indiscriminate attack bit off the leather tube under the demon's helmet. A thick red mist sprayed out from the cut, quickly enveloping Cara and the demon. The former screamed horribly, her skin quickly festered under the red mist, revealing tendons and white bones. The latter loosened his iron hand and hurriedly tried to block the tube, but as the mist quickly dissipated, his body began to tremble uncontrollably, and before long, he fell to the ground, never to move again.
Half of the demon's body was buried in the swamp, seeing this, Leaf shouted loudly. She had never heard such a sound, it was like a sharp hissing mixed with a low growl, piercing her ears.
But the demon's roar didn't make Leaf flee, on the contrary, she saw her only chance to win.
Biting her lip, she struggled to stand up, picked up the crossbow that Sno had dropped, reloaded the string, and walked in front of the spear-wielding demon.Obviously, the demon understood what she wanted to do, waving his arms desperately, but in the swamp, the more he struggled, the faster he sank. He tried to cover the tube, but the part that extended to the carapace bag on his back was exposed.
For my lost sisters, Leaf thought, aiming at the tube and pulled the trigger.
The crossbow accurately penetrated the leather tube, and the red mist sprayed out from the hole. When the mist stopped, the demon's head drooped down.
She killed the demon.