"It's one of our own, don't attack!" Tang Xueyao shouted urgently.
But Hu Zi and Xu Linna were incredibly fast. Before her voice could reach them, the man and the wolf had already collided.
"Wuuu!"
Boom!
Hu Zi's massive body was flipped onto the ground by some unknown technique Xu Linna employed. The impact sent the believers repairing the city wall almost tumbling off.
"What happened?"
"Did the Demon Controller and the Demon God start fighting?"
"Good heavens, they don't recognize each other?"
"Then... the city wall probably doesn't need repairing anymore..."
The believers exchanged bewildered glances. They had all witnessed the Demon God's power. If that battle had taken place within the city, the destruction would have been no less than the bombardment from a few days prior. Now, with the Demon God and the Demon Controller, two incredibly powerful beings, engaged in combat, what hope was there?
"Roar!"
Hu Zi roared, its fur standing on end as a powerful energy erupted from it. Simultaneously, dozens of slightly smaller giant wolves emerged from the surroundings.
"Awooo!"
"Heh, energy manifestation?" Xu Linna's right hand, holding a metal sphere, moved slightly. An invisible energy interference wave was released. This energy interference didn't require immense power but was a result of precise computer analysis, calculating the frequency of the surrounding energy manifestations and destroying them through resonance. It achieved the effect of using a small force to overcome a great one.
"Wuwu..."
The giant wolves that had just appeared began to whimper, their bodies gradually dissipating until they vanished.
"Roar!"
Hu Zi leaped up violently, its mouth agape as it lunged at Xu Linna.
Snap!
With a fierce bite, it snapped down. Xu Linna swiftly dodged and followed up with a spinning kick, using the momentum to slam Hu Zi's massive head into the ground.
Bang!
Hu Zi's head struck the ground, its huge body still airborne. Xu Linna abruptly changed her stance and delivered a punch, striking Hu Zi's abdomen with great force, causing its entire back to arch. The two engaged in several rounds of lightning-fast exchanges.
"I've played enough, it's time to end this!" Xu Linna hovered in the air, slowly raising her left hand and extending her index finger. A powerful energy began to converge at the tip of her finger.
"Stop, this is True God's pet, you can't harm it!" Tang Xueyao rushed over, blocking in front of Hu Zi, and shouted.
"Oh? Zhang Chen's pet? Why does this guy always like to adopt stray animals?" Despite the disdain in her tone, she obediently reined in her energy and slowly descended from the air to the ground. "But that was fun. Let's play again sometime!" Xu Linna shook her hair, tucked her hands into the pockets of her white doctor's coat, and walked slowly towards the city wall in her high heels.
"Phew, I made it just in time!" Tang Xueyao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Guk!" Suddenly, Hu Zi's abdomen began to convulse violently. Then, a large mass of viscous fluid was vomited from its mouth. Immediately after, it shrunk to its smaller size and whimpered softly. It was likely that it had been thoroughly beaten and felt wronged.
"Sect Leader, are you alright!" Lin Xiaoxiao, worried about Tang Xueyao, rushed over with her hidden guards.
"Eh, what is this?" When she saw the vomit on the ground, Lin Xiaoxiao was startled.
"What?" Tang Xueyao followed Lin Xiaoxiao's gaze. They saw that the gooey substance was gradually shedding its outer mucus, revealing a crystal-clear, massive water sphere within. A being with the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish tail was slowly swimming inside the water sphere.
"What is this situation?"
"A mermaid?" Tang Xueyao looked at the scene before her in disbelief.
"Just a failed experiment!" Suddenly, a cold voice reached her ears. It was Xu Linna. She had returned at some point, she didn't know when.
"When this race was created, it was done alongside terrestrial races, with the aim of transforming the environment of rivers and oceans!" she explained. "The hope was for this tribe to flourish and eliminate monsters in the deep water areas."
"But regrettably, this species had serious personality defects during its creation. They were not combative or bloodthirsty at all. They preferred peaceful and free lives. Truly a useless race!" Xu Linna looked at the mermaid in the water sphere with a cold gaze, her tone filled with disappointment and disdain.