The creatures were as long and thick as her arm. It looked like it had a very slimy body that probably caused its constant drooling. 

Sung Zhi Ruo gulped nervously. She was not even able to feel any spiritual energy from the magical circle earlier! 

The muscles on Gao Lan Mei's legs were swelling up fast with that extra movement to save Sung Zhi Ruo. However, she was more concerned with the woman's face after finally seeing it closer. 

"I could have sworn I already made you a useless trash Concubine Li. Well, you could be someone else, right?" Gao Lan Mei asked. 

The woman robes were tattered and full of holes. If not for the dirt-smeared surrounding the tattered cloth, she would have a scandalous appearance. She looked exactly like Concubine Li's dishevelled appearance. More so, compared to the time she looked, when the fight on the royal arena took place. 

Right now the woman was standing directly behind the fire, as she was on a magic circle with the slimy snakes moving from it, without leaving it. Some snakes were longer and had multiple horns on top of their heads. 

Gao Lan Mei frowned unhappily as she looked at the new creatures in front of her that oozed with dark magic. She could not be easily grossed out, but she was getting some seriously bad feelings about the filthy snakes.

What if they could also fly? What are the other things that snakes were able to do? Are they poisonous? 

With that thought alone, Gao Lan Mei knew that she needed to do something about them. 

"You still have time to stare at them?" Concubine Li asked tauntingly with a grin on her face. As she waved her hands and spread the impurities around Gao Lan Mei. 

Right then, Gao Lan Mei kicked the ground and boosted forward. With her working arm, she rushed towards the woman with a sword. 

"Be careful!" Sung Zhi Ruo exclaimed as she stepped forward to a.s.sist Gao Lan Mei. She was too cautious though, making her unable to do anything but protect Gao Lan Mei's back. 

'Bang!' 

'Boom!' 

The sound of attacks continued against the invisible boundary spell. Gao Lan Mei could not bother to look at the sky to check the progress, as she was concentrating all her effort to fight with limited energy and magic. 

'Pang!' 

'Woos.h.!.+' 

Gao Lan Mei's whip collided with the dark spear that suddenly appeared on Concubine Li's hand. 

The tip of the dark spear was aiming at Gao Lan Mei's working arm. 

'Slice!' 

'Buzz!' 

Gao Lan Mei was able to avoid it, but the sudden concentrated bright light coming from it caught her off guard.

"Gao Lan Mei!" Sung Zhi Ruo screamed in worry. She was also trying to avoid the beam from the spear but did not expect that it was big enough to reach Gao Lan Mei. 

With a murderous glare towards Concubine, Gao Lan Mei gritted her teeth to endure the blood and pain in her arm. 

The beam was almost the same as the attack, that had caused the giant fireball to explode, and the one that had caused her injury was way smaller. 

Gao Lan Mei felt like she was being played at. However, she could not remove the possibility that the woman in front of her, was weak as well. 'How should I prove that?' She asked herself as she formed a plan. 

"That was only a warm-up." Concubine Li said with a taunting smile to Gao Lan Mei. "So who's next? My brother would have loved to play with you guys as well." She added, causing them to worry further and even Sung Zhi Ruo face paled considerably after hearing it. 

That statement only confirmed Gao Lan Mei's suspicions. There was another enemy involved. 

"Really? Since he is not here, it only means he is the one, who's still in the floating cage right?" Gao Lan Mei said casually. "Meaning, you are the key for him to get out." 

Concubine Li laughed, "So? As if you could do anything against me." She said as the aura around her suddenly turned stronger. The magical circle under her feet also brightened. "Come, dear, fight me with all you've got." 

"Mei Mei?! Are you alright? Do not do anything stupid." Gao Lan Mei heard Wei Jiayi's voice from within the firewall. "Let me out!" He demanded again. 

Concubine Li laughed out loud before looking at Gao Lan Mei curiously. "This is interesting. Based on this woman's memories, you are supposed to be trash. She also tried to kill you and you, miraculously survived. So what is going on?" She asked sounding as interested as she looked at Gao Lan Mei from head to toe. 

"That is none of your business," Gao Lan Mei replied with indifference at the same time she slammed her whip on the ground. The stones and dirt lifted to the air. She quickly moved the whip to the sides, hitting the rocks that were still in the air aiming at Concubine Li. 

'Wack!' 

'Pang!' 

'Wack!' 

Concubine Li just watched her with amus.e.m.e.nt as the stones that were flying towards her were being eaten by the slimy creatures surrounding her without hurting even a hair on her head. 

"Haha! What are you doing?" Concubine Li laughed hard, as she was finding Gao Lan Mei's feeble attempts to be highly entertaining. 'I was supposed to eat you soon, cause you disturbed my planned meal.' She thought to herself. 

Gao Lan Mei continued to do this multiple times even though it looked useless. Concubine Li continued to watch interestingly, until...

'Wiss' 

'Wiss' 

The stones were still flying around her as her creatures continued to eat nonstop. However, she suddenly started getting small injuries. Like invisible objects were reaching to her skin. 

'Slice!' 

Before Concubine Li could even realize what was happening, she quickly stepped a little back to avoid a sword attack when Sung Zhi Ruo suddenly appeared on the side of the magical circle and sliced the creatures sidewards, completely ignoring Gao Lan Mei's attack. 

"Now!" Gao Lan Mei screamed. 

'Zuuuuu!' 

"Waaah!" Concubine Li screamed surprised when she felt her body being burned painfully as the Blessed's flames spread all around her. 

'Aaaakcc!'

'Aaaakcc!'

Her creatures burned, and her magical circle disappeared. Left with no choice, Concubine Li needed to change her plan immediately. 

Gao Lan Mei eyes narrowed when Concubine Li jumped away from her current position toward the Impurities. 

She was not able to jump far as a whip suddenly coiled around her feet before she was pulled down, her body slamming on the ground. 

'Amff!' 

"You would not get away so fast." Gao Lan Mei stated. 

Meanwhile, Sung Zhi Ruo did not let the chance slip away. She leapt and stabbed the Soul Eater into Concubine Li's heart. 

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