With a bloodthirsty gaze sweeping across a few Seventh Rank individuals, the intention was very clear.

Although he had already set his mind on Fan Mao, he wasn’t a fool. If he could reduce his enemies with words alone, he would certainly try to lessen his burden.

However, clearly, he did not realize Bai Yi’s plans.

When she decided to take action against the president of the Martial Cultivation Association, she and that Emperor had already woven a narrative for Hunter’s "sacrifice in battle against external enemies."

The so-called challenge was merely to prevent Hunter and that hiding Great Mage from fleeing at the first opportunity.

They had no intention of broadcasting the battle process, so it didn’t matter whether the process was reasonable or not.

"When you attacked me back then, you didn’t consider issues of bullying the weak."

With a cold snort, Bai Yi gestured, and several Seventh Rank witches around her immediately dispersed, each showcasing their combat methods.

In an instant, from mechanical forces to large mecha, from spells of different mage schools to the magic qi flame of martial artists, various transcendent forces filled the battlefield, targeting Hunter at the core.

"Then let’s hope your people can withstand my attack..."

Faced with the attacks from numerous Seventh Ranks, Hunter seemed unafraid, even a bit disdainful.

And soon, he revealed the source of his confidence.

The silver magic qi flame of the Eighth Rank ignited the armor on his body, illuminating intricate magic runes above, and a heavy energy shield of the same color covered him completely.

No matter how the attacks of the "protagonist" witches hit the shield, they couldn’t penetrate it to reach Hunter himself.

Even though these were only probing attacks by the witches, not their full strength, it was enough to prove the protective ability of this shield.

"Humph!"

From the magic runes on the armor, it was clear that this armor was certainly Eighth Rank magic equipment crafted by that Great Mage.

But it seemed this Great Mage was not planning to make a move yet, and she didn’t want to activate her aura to unleash her true combat power.

If that’s the case, then forcing him to act would be enough.

With another cold snort, black and red as well as light blue magic power brightened on Bai Yi’s hands, and the next moment, she flashed to the front of Hunter’s shield, taking advantage of the witches’ attack gap.

The light blue magic pressed against the shield, slowing both the shield and Hunter inside, while she gripped the black and red magic in her right hand and punched the shield.

Conceptual Attribution: Silence!

Conceptual Attribution: Chaos!

The two strongest conceptual attributions in Bai Yi’s hands were activated simultaneously, and the black and red magic representing the concept of "chaos" stretched dense cracks across the shield.

The shield, previously indestructible under the attacks of the "protagonist" witches, suddenly crumbled like a shattered egg under this punch.

But merely shattering the shield with one punch was clearly not enough.

Taking advantage of the slowing effect brought by "silence," Bai Yi punched again, this time targeting Hunter himself!

With black and red magic no weaker than before, she struck out, but before her fist could reach Hunter’s armor, a spell with a high-energy response accompanied by a burst of space distortion suddenly appeared, colliding with her first.

Boom——

The violently exploding magic devoured everything around like a newborn supernova, and the two figures shot out of the explosion all at once.

A good ten seconds passed before the exploding magic gradually dissipated, and Bai Yi’s voice rang out from the explosion’s core.

"You’ve finally shown yourself...

Great Mage, sir!"

.........

Loyalty Rings: A pair of black and white metal rings, allowing the users to exchange positions at any time regardless of distance, but once the two rings get close enough, the surrounding space will tear, with the closer they are, the larger the torn space range, and it will start to randomly summon powerful phantasmal life...

[Note: The best loyalty is to keep a distance; as long as the surface loyalty is maintained, loyalty will always exist if not attempting to get closer...]

[Note to the Note: Where did you dig up this piece of my dark history from my chuunibyou period? I remember clearly placing one in the Arctic and burying the other in Antarctica?]