"Oh, my!" Alyssa shouted. Her face turned pale, as her feet were entangled by the hands coming out from the ground. She immediately increased her spiritual power to get rid of those hands with all her strength.
Seeing that Alyssa was trapped, the Demonic-skeleton Wolf took the chance to approach her, and it waved its claws, shooting out one powerful attack after another toward her. The stones broke and the earth cracked as it passed by, whistling.
"All wooden spirits! Unite!" Alyssa declared as her eyes opened, and her hands turned over. Instantly, her spiritual power came out and circled her body with the grace of an ethereal dancer.
In an instant, the ground within a radius of a dozen meters began to tremble, and the thick roots of countless trees flew out from the ground as if they were granted life. All of these began to intertwine with each other, wrapping around Alyssa like a cocoon. Soon, a tight enchantment was formed.
It happened in the blink of an eye, and the Demonic-skeleton Wolf had no time to hold back. Its attacks hit the enchantment made of wooden roots one after another, and loud crashes were heard as they collided, but none of its attacks successfully reached Alyssa. Irritated, the Demonic-skeleton Wolf launched more attacks in a faster tempo, and its claws hit the enchantment like furious raindrops upon a metal rooftop. But still, it couldn't get any closer to Alyssa or even land one of its blows.
"I heard that the most powerful skill of the Wood Clan is their enchantment. I've seen it today, and I can say that it deserves its reputation!" Skyfall's face looked impassive despite his admiring words. In the past, the claws of his Demonic-skeleton Wolf had easily broken a lot of enchantments, and even though some of them were extremely difficult to break, his wolf would break it eventually. However, it seemed like Alyssa's enchantment was impregnable, as it did not even budge under the attack of the wolf's steel-like claws. No matter how hard the wolf tried, it stood intact, and even Skyfall began to recognize its astonishing defensive power.
"Crouching Demon!" Earthrise summoned his guardian beast when he saw that the Demonic-skeleton Wolf could not break Alyssa's enchantment right away.
Immediately, his guardian beast jumped into the air
such a beauty in my entire life. It's a blessing from the gods! Maybe we should keep her. What do you think, Skyfall?"
"Our job is not yet done. Let's catch her first before we talk about that!" Skyfall replied with the same poker face, but the way he looked at Alyssa changed a little.
The two of them looked at each other as if they were engaged in a telepathic conversation. It looked like they had come to an agreement, as both of them smiled greedily when their eyes fell on Alyssa.
Meanwhile, Alyssa felt like the earth had been pulled from under her upon hearing their words. However, she did not intend to just wait for death to come, as she was a cultivator who grew up in the spiritual race, and she was trained in an environment where those who were superior survived, and those who showed weakness perished. Even though her spiritual power was at its lowest point at that moment because of the enchantment that she made, she wracked her brain to come up with an idea to escape.
"Princess Alyssa, I advise you not to waste your energy on running away. Be good! Maybe you can keep your life." Earthrise smirked and moved his short body toward Alyssa like a hungry tiger.
She clenched her fist and gritted her teeth in response. She would rather die than be touched by these two from the Heavenly Demon Clan. Just as the two of them were about to pounce on Alyssa, and as she was about to attack them with the last strength she had, a figure materialized beside her soundlessly, like a fog that innocently flowed in.