Otherworldly Affairs Office-Chapter 803: Formidable Foes

"Just a two-on-one fight, my comrades have been through worse battles than this. Instead of worrying about them, you should worry about yourself."

In response to Pei Yan's retort, Moira beside Flamel sneered disdainfully, "Do you think the Knights who are selected for the Circumference Knights of the Church are mere grunts you've encountered before? Such ordinary attacks would lead to their death? Hehehe, look back, your comrades seem to already be engaged in a tough fight. Moreover, even if one or two out of the six knights are luckily defeated by you, so what? Most of them were dead to begin with, but if your friends die, they really die!"

Moira's deliberate provocation didn't sway Pei Yan's heart; without looking back, he also knew six figures had emerged from the burning forest behind him. The series of attacks just now left only a black smudge on the shiny armor of these Round Table Knights without causing much substantial damage.

Yet, Pei Yan could not afford to divert his attention because he was facing two Children of Origin! Reflecting on Saraf's fate, even a slight misstep could lead him to the same end. Winning in the short term was wishful thinking, but stalling them and eventually defeating them would be the best support for his teammates.

At this moment, Ye Ruozai, Xia Yu, and Zheng Jia Ru had a wholly different mindset from his. Their shared wish was to deal with all six enemies in front of them as quickly as possible and then assist Pei Yan.

Unlike Ye and Xia, who stood at the forefront bearing the brunt of pressure from the six adversaries, Zheng Jia Ru hadn't engaged in the fight since the battle began; he remained at the backline. In the eyes of bystanders, he seemed an oddity on the battlefield: while his teammates fought desperately at the front, he was initially doing high knees on the spot, now doing sit-ups.

"They say sharpening your knife right before a battle might not make it sharper but does make it shine. But he's already on the battlefield and just now thought to exercise – isn't it a bit late?" Someone from the Immortal Palace team, watching from a distance, couldn't help but chuckle and mock.

"As a cultivator, don't just rely on your eyes; perceive with your heart. Do I really need to teach you such basic things?" Lin Daozi, looking gravely at the battlefield, expressed his disapproval upon hearing this and said, "Underestimating your enemies is being irresponsible for your own life. Since entering the competition, the Investigation Hall's team has already eliminated an entire squad's worth of people. Are these kind of enemies something you can casually mock?"

Pointing at Zheng Jia Ru, who was doing basic training exercises and whose body was drenched in sweat and growing redder, Lin Daozi marveled, "Well, Pei Yan and his exceptionally talented Child of Origin sister are expected. The Child of Origin having such strength was within our expectations, but that Ye Ruozai, knowing he's a leading figure of the younger generation in the Investigation Hall, why has the Immortal Palace not gathered any intel on him? And this one, this one...

It was only then that Lin Daozi realized he didn't even know Zheng Jia Ru's name. Still pointing at Zheng with his hand for a while, he continued, "And this person, his power is escalating rapidly within, which terrifies even me! A man with such advanced Body Refining Technique cannot catch your eye? Has our Immortal Palace become so strong?"

Lin Daozi's reprimand left the entire team with faces full of shame and speechless. Seeing that his companions understood the gravity of the situation, Lin Daozi breathed a sigh of relief and said, "The Investigation Hall not understanding us is reasonable, given that the major planes have sealed it off for many years. But we've had elders stationed permanently at the Foundation Plane, so we should have an advantage in intelligence gathering over them, right? After this competition, inform all sect elders in the Immortal Palace to gather all available information on Pei Yan's Investigation Hall, no, all Superpower Investigation Halls in the Foundation Plane, and the data on outstanding superpowered individuals, including that of God's Desire! Gather as much as possible, organize it, and send it to me."

While Lin Daozi was overwhelmed by the strength of Pei Yan's team and was educating his subordinates, on the ground, Xia Yu and Ye Ruozai were locked in a fierce struggle. Having lost Zheng Jia Ru, they went from three against six to two against six! With one person needing to handle three formidable opponents at once, Ye Ruozai was managing okay, but Xia Yu was beginning to show signs of being unable to cope on her end.

"Damn this negative removal effect!" Xia Yu cursed as she watched the opponent move freely within her domain even after enduring gravity crushing! Their Divine Gift Skill nullified a quarter of her ability; the increased gravity had almost no effect on them.

What puzzled Xia Yu was that although increasing the gravity had no effect, reducing it seemed unaffected by the spell. After a brief moment of pondering, she realized this sort of spell only cleared negative effects, not resisted all supernatural abilities. Perhaps, this reduction in gravity was mistakenly classified as a supportive spell. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

"Since increasing gravity doesn't work, then fly up to the sky for me!" Xia Yu darted back and forth, her fists hitting the armor of the three knights she was fighting. With a sharp shout, the three knights immediately lost their footing, barely touching the ground with their toes before leaping high into the air.

"Gravity!" Facing the three adversaries suspended in the sky, yet to adjust to the sudden change in their bodies, Xia Yu naturally gave them no respite. She grabbed at the three in the air with one sweeping motion of her hand, while numerous iron swords condensed by her side with another continuous convergence of her hand.

The three figures were fiercely yanked from the air by a powerful gravitational force, greeted by three giant swords forged from several iron swords.

"Iron Control!" This time Xia Yu was not controlling the three giant swords, but attempting to control the armor on the bodies of the three Knights! However, she was disappointed as the superpower she had acquired from Liang Guangsheng found no purchase on them; the armors merely shuddered under supernatural collision, without major changes.

"A crack! Even a tiny crevice will do!" Xia Yu gritted her teeth, bloodshot eyes almost bulging from their sockets, all her notion of femininity flung aside, as she roared madly, desperately urging her superpower upon the enemy's armor.

Her efforts paid off; three distinct metallic snaps reached her ears, as the armor on the chests of the Round Table Knights finally cracked open a small slit under the repetitive grinding and tearing forces from outside!

This small slit was enough! The three giant swords, hurtling towards the knights plummeting downwards, probed into these armor breaches fiercely. From knocking them into the air to pulling them back and then tearing open the armor, this flurry of strike was completed in the blink of an eye!