<h4>Chapter 1097: Achieving Fame After Their First Battle (7)</h4>


    The battle between the Broken Star Pce and Phantom continued. At the City Lord’s Mansion, the battle between Shen Yanxiao and Senior Brother Zhou had also begun.


    Senior Brother Zhou was a Great Swordsman that had gone through his second ss promotion, with his focus being speed.


    If Shen Yanxiao were a Summoner, she would have many methods to slow down Senior Brother Zhou’s attack speed even if there was a difference of one rank between their strength. However, the problem right now was that Shen Yanxiao’s Warlock profession had degenerated to the level of an Advanced-level Professional. Due to that, there was a difference of three ranks between her and a Great Second-ss Expert. With a difference of three ranks, practically all her curses would not have much effect on Senior Brother Zhou. The only thing she could rely on was her identity as a Second-ss Archer.


    Unfortunately, the advantage of Magic Archer’s goal could only be disyed when there was a certain distance between them and the enemy. However, since Shen Yanxiao could notpare to Senior Brother Zhou in terms of speed, it was practically impossible to increase the distance between them.


    Even though Shen Yanxiao had Vermilion Bird’s help, Vermilion Bird was a fire-elemental magical beast. Vermilion Bird’s main focus was to deal high explosive fire damage. Even though this kind of damage could severely injure the opponent, it was hard to slow them down. Moreover, Vermilion Bird’s strength was not at its peak. It was not that simple to break through the high defense of a Great Swordsman.


    Lan Fengli was trapped by eight Second-ss Experts. The eight of them made use of their profession’s advantage and only sent Pdins to block Lan Fengli’s path. Then, the Archmagus and Magic Archers wouldunch long-range attacks at Lan Fengli.


    The Pdins had the Sacred Shield of the Archpriests, so it was not a big deal to withstand one or two strikes from Lan Fengli. There were two Archpriests in the Broken Star Pce so they could cast another Sacred Shield whenever Lan Fengli broke it.


    For a moment, Lan Fengli was unable to insta-kill the people in front of him. However, the dragon blood in his body had also allowed his defense to reach an extremely high level. The effects of Archmagus and Magic Archers’ attacks on him were very limited, and it was also hard for a swordsman to break his defense.


    Both sides were in a deadlock and neither could finish the other in an instant.


    The people from the Broken Star Pce were stalling for time. The eight of them would stall Lan Fengli, the killing god, while Senior Brother Zhou finished dealing with Shen Yanxiao and Vermilion Bird before dealing with Lan Fengli together.


    Lan Fengli’s eyes were filled with killing intent. When he saw Shen Yanxiao fighting against Senior Brother Zhou, he wished he could immediately break out of the encirclement and protect Shen Yanxiao.


    However, every time he sent the Pdin in front of him flying, the swordsman behind the Pdin would immediately use Blight sh to force him back to his original position, allowing the Pdin to block him again.


    Lan Fengli almost exploded from the frustration.


    Shen Yanxiao’s situation was also not optimistic. Senior Brother Zhou seemed to have found Shen Yanxiao’s weakness as he increased his speed while wielding his long sword. He did not give Shen Yanxiao any chance to pull away. He would dodge Vermilion Bird’s attacks in the shortest time possible and then attack again.


    The gap between a Great Second-ss Expert and a normal Second-ss Expert was shown perfectly. Shen Yanxiao frowned as Xiu’s voice sounded in her mind.


    “Do you need my help?”


    Shen Yanxiao barely dodged Senior Brother Zhou’s me Cut and withdrew from his attack range while panting.


    “If a mere Great Second-ss Expert warranted you to take action, wouldn’t I be useless?” Shen Yanxiao immediately rejected Xiu’s help.