Terrifying

  I'll be taking a bus to Guangzhou at 12 pm tomorrow, so updates will have to wait until tonight. Sorry about that, everyone!

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  The moonlight is like water, gently sprinkling on the lake surface, with a faint glimmer of light rippling and undulating, forming a broken beauty. In a somewhat dark corner by the lake, there seems to be a figure swaying gently.

  The sound of water just now came from that place, Du Fan probably guessed what the situation was. He shook his sleeve and took out a magic scroll, patted it on himself, and after a faint wave of magic, all his breath was hidden. Then, Du Fan carefully moved towards that direction.

  The reeds on the lake shore were about knee-deep, but Dufan was crouching carefully, just enough to cover his figure.

  Du Fan activated his Bright Fighting Aura, and after crawling on the ground with his claws for a moment, he suddenly felt a burst of light in front of him, and instantly had a feeling of not having come in vain.

  All he saw was a plump and delicate figure wandering slowly in the moonlight, Du Fan recognized at a glance that this figure was none other than Tassia.

  At this moment, Tasia was not wearing the magic robe that Dufan had handed over to her, but instead wore a simple priestess robe. Under the moonlight, the robe set off her small face that could make men's souls dizzy, as well as her enchanting figure that could make men's desires burn with passion, truly reaching an irresistible point.

  It was originally a very tempting scene, but now it looks holy and pure. Tasia, who has been wandering around, is like a fairy under the moonlight.

  Du Fan looked at her hesitant appearance and immediately understood that Sister Tasia must have thought everyone else had gone to rest, so she couldn't help but sneak out to take a bath. But wasn't she a magician? Even if she wanted to take a bath, she should have made some preparations, it was really too careless.

  Du Fan was mentally scolding Tasia while muttering under his breath: Strip! Strip! Hurry up and strip!

  Unfortunately, Tasia seemed to have sighed a few times, but the cassock on her body refused to come off. Du Fan looked at it with frustration, if he hadn't considered that he wasn't her opponent, he would have jumped out to help her take off her clothes without hesitation.

  Thinking of this, Du Fan once again secretly hated his own lack of strength. In a fit of anger, he couldn't help but slap the ground.

  A faint "pa" sound, Du Fan was stunned for a moment, almost unable to resist giving himself a few slaps, he wasn't calm enough yet, wouldn't this let people know that someone was here?

  Moreover, with Tasya's soul sense, she would definitely discover someone eavesdropping.

  At this thought, Du Fan was really heartbroken and wished he could shed a few tears to express the grievances in his heart.

  After hesitating for a long time, Tasia, who was finally ready to take off her clothes and bathe, heard this voice, but couldn't help frowning. Her icy face was covered with frost, and she snorted, "Who is it? Get out yourself?"

  Du Fan cast a spell on himself to conceal his breath and held it in, pretending he hadn't heard.

  Tasia sneered and swung her hand lightly, without chanting any spells. A string of hailstones smashed down onto the surrounding water grasses.

  Du Fan was fine, having already activated his Bright Fighting Aura. The hail hitting his body felt like a tickle, but what he found strange was that although he hadn't opened his mouth, the miserable cries seemed to have come from all around him.

  After a while, several Temple Knights crawled out of the water grass with disheveled hair and faces. Unlike Dufan, they had not cast a spell to conceal their presence on themselves, so naturally, they couldn't use their aura at will. Unprepared, they were all beaten until their noses were blue and their faces were swollen.

  Tasia's face was icy as she stared at them for a moment before saying, "You several Temple Knights, what do you want to do?"

  Several Temple Knights who were originally prepared to peep, at this moment, were really embarrassed to the extreme. For a while, explaining was not possible, nor was it possible not to explain, and the whole person was stiffened there.

  Watching from a distance, Du Fan patted his chest and secretly congratulated himself on his good luck. At this critical moment, someone had come out to take the blame, otherwise he really didn't know how to deal with the aftermath this time.

  Tasya's face turned increasingly ugly, and with another wave of her hand, the originally serene lakeside suddenly began to whip up gusts of snow without any reason. The several Temple Knights all looked as pale as dirt, knowing that after provoking Tasya, they absolutely wouldn't have a good outcome. One of them hastily bowed his head and said: "N...it's not what you're imagining, Lady Tasya...we just...just..."

  The words had just been spoken halfway, when the Templar knight suddenly let out a miserable cry, and in an instant, he was pulled into the lake. At this moment, the originally clear water of the lake had all turned black, as if it were a large ink pool.

  Du Fan had just seen clearly in the water grass, and suddenly a black thing stretched out from the lake water and wrapped itself around the Temple Knight. With one pull, it dragged him into the water. That Temple Knight with six-level strength didn't even have the power to resist, and was pulled down alive?

  For a moment, Du Fan only felt icy cold all over his body. If that thing had wrapped itself around him, he would have been completely unable to resist.

  At this thought, Du Fan didn't even dare move, and could only pray that the magic he had cast on himself would have some effect on this sudden apparition.

  Including Tasia, several people on the scene were unable to react for a moment, and they didn't even have a chance to prepare. The black shadow emerged from the lake again with a swish, this time accurately wrapping itself around a Temple Knight. The knight only managed to let out a miserable cry, but his voice was cut off halfway through. However, the hoarse cry still echoed across the surface of the lake.

  This time, the people present finally reacted, and Tasia couldn't help but get angry. She waved her hand, and several ice crystals shot out from her fingertips, freezing the surface of the lake water into a sheet of ice as soon as they came into contact with it.

  But she was afraid of being uninsured, and pulled out a palm-sized magic wand from her sleeve, standing in her hand and waving for a moment, and then released several magic spells before hastily saying: "You guys, hurry back to the camp to report the news, I can feel that there is a huge pressure in this lake, you must let Lord Nicholas come over as soon as possible, otherwise we're all doomed!"

  Tasia spoke seriously, and several Templar Knights didn't dare to slack off. The next one quickly ran towards the campsite, while the remaining ones drew out their knight swords, slightly trembling, and the aura on their bodies burst into flames. Then they all stood in front of Tasia in an extremely tacit understanding.

  At this moment, the frozen lake surface suddenly made a loud cracking sound, and several black shadows shot out together. Du Fan only felt a flash in front of his eyes, and the Holy Temple Knight who had run out to seek help was caught around his waist. However, this time the Holy Temple Knight was prepared, and when he was caught around the waist, his whole body shone with a fierce aura, and the knight's sword in his hand, imbued with the aura, slashed towards the black shadow beside him.

  With only a "whoosh" sound, the Temple Knight's sword pierced into the black shadow, and a jet of dark green blood spurted out. Under the illumination of the blazing Radiant Chi, Du Fan and others finally saw clearly that the black shadow was actually something like tentacles.

  But this situation didn't last long, as a loud roar like thunder, the tentacle suddenly exerted force, and the surrounded Templar Knight's body emitted a series of "creaking" sounds. The Templar Knight struggled to support his own body with holy energy to prevent it from being twisted off, while he slowly turned his head and shouted in a hoarse voice: "You... you... run..."

  Before he could speak, his voice suddenly stopped. Du Fan glanced over and saw that he was bleeding from all seven orifices in the head, with flesh protruding from the corners of his mouth. As the last glimmer of life faded from his eyes, his body split into two halves with a loud "crack", instantly filling the air with blood, turning everything before one's eyes red.

  Several Knights Templar witnessed this scene, and they all roared in unison. One of them suddenly charged out, but he forgot that his own strength was not much different from the Knight Templar who had just sacrificed himself. Seeing that the tentacle was about to withdraw, he recklessly plunged towards the direction of the lake.

  Unfortunately, his bravery did not bring him any good luck. This time, the tentacle seemed to have learned its lesson and stretched out from the bottom of the lake once again, with a speed as fast as a phantom. However, this time it didn't use coils, but instead pierced directly through the chest of the Temple Knight. In front of it, the blazing light of the knight's aura was like it didn't exist at all.

  In less than a few minutes, four of the six Templars present had already died, and the remaining two stood in front of Tasia, their faces pale.

  Everything just happened in the blink of an eye, it was so fast that people couldn't react in time. Moreover, under such circumstances, they still had to try their best to protect Tasia behind them. After all, the close combat ability of magicians is really weak. If they leave now, the first one to die would probably be Tasia.

  Du Fan hid in the water grass, his scalp was numb with fear. Although he wanted to go out and save people, he knew his own strength better. If he ran out at this moment, he would definitely be the one to die.