"You finally came out." Ferro said with a smile, his words seemingly implying hidden meaning.
No. 03 felt something was off, but the current situation left her no choice but to appear since the head of the Surge Alchemist was about to be burnt to ashes. Without the head, the mech being’s shell couldn’t be operated in a short time. More importantly, the people behind the Surge Alchemist were ones she couldn’t afford to offend.
Ferro: "I thought you would still hide under that tender shelter, like a turtle drawing its head back."
No. 03 glared coldly at Ferro, "So you were eagerly looking forward to my appearance? Do you think you can definitely defeat me?"
"Heh, stop dreaming. We’ve studied the Official Wizards here long ago, even though the ’Fire-stepper’ is stationed in Sleepless City all year, but we have plenty of information about you." No. 03 said confidently.
She understood Ferro, but Ferro did not understand her. Moreover, she had prepared a lot in the past two days to deal with Ferro. With such an information and preparation imbalance, she was very confident that she could keep Ferro here.
Ferro also understood what No. 03 meant. He laughed nonchalantly, "Secretly studying the wizards of major organizations, it seems you really have significant plans?"
No. 03 knew Ferro was probing for information, she sneered without responding.
Ferro shrugged, "Okay, if you don’t want to say, never mind. But do you really think you’ve already won?"
As he said this, Ferro suddenly burst into laughter.
If he faced No. 03 alone, he might indeed fall into a disadvantage due to the asymmetrical information. But right now, he wasn’t alone!
As the laughter died down.
No. 03’s body suddenly shook, as if noticing something, her face full of disbelief.
Why, why did she feel there was a strange, powerful energy fluctuation behind her?
She slowly turned her head, and when she saw the scene behind her, her pupils suddenly shrank.
Unknown when, a gray-haired old man appeared behind her with a smile. When No. 03 turned her head, the gray-haired old man even "warmly" greeted her, "Lovely lady, apart from having tattoos on your face, everything else is imprinted in my heart... So, could you give your soul to me?"
"Redemption of the Dead, Nis Byron?!" No. 03 showed a look of disbelief.
"Hearing my name, coming out from such a beautiful lady’s mouth, truly makes my heart flutter." Nis said with a smile.
"How, how are you here?" No. 03 asked dazedly, but realized right away the question was useless. She turned back to look at Ferro in the distance, saying coldly, "Seems I underestimated you. Not only do you know about the whereabouts of the base’s Combat Personnel, but you also arranged for Nis to spy secretly, you know much more than I imagined."
"Who is the force behind you? Feileng or Deadwell?"
Feileng, Deadwell? What are these forces? Both Ferro and Nis had the same question flash through their minds.
Although filled with doubt, Ferro didn’t show it and calmly said, "You’re asking which force is behind us? You might as well take a guess."
Upon hearing Ferro’s response, No. 03’s tenseness in her eyes visibly relaxed, and she said in a very certain tone, "Seems I guessed wrong, you’re clueless about these forces."
Ferro paused for a moment, he indeed knew nothing about these forces, so he intended to use tricks to fool No. 03, to see if he could gain some information. But how did No. 03 figure out that he knew nothing just from his answer?
"Seems you’re confident in your judgment? But sometimes, being too blindly confident can easily lead to downfall." Ferro wondered if No. 03 was also bluffing, so he responded with ambiguous words.
No. 03 sneered, coldly mocking, "You think I’m bluffing you? Haha, some information you know, and you’re bound to know it. If you don’t know, no matter how you pretend, you can’t fake it."
With that, No. 03 didn’t bring up Feileng and Deadwell again since she had already determined that Ferro had no connection to them.
"Why did you come to ambush me at Snook Base? We have no dealings with Barbarian Cave." No. 03 said coldly.
"Cunning woman." Ferro muttered, not stupid himself. What No. 03 said was a question, wanting to know if Ferro and Nis’s appearance was coincidental or inevitable. If it’s inevitable, whether Barbarian Cave is involved.
No matter how Ferro answered, with No. 03’s insight, she could gather some information, so the best way was to ignore it.
"Catch you first, and we can talk slowly!" Ferro said silently in his heart, crushing a Fireball Cluster to turn it into a flaming sword, he swung it fiercely at No. 03!
No. 03 also understood that the time for mutual probing was over. She hesitated not, immediately raising a Water Shield.
After blocking the flaming sword’s blade, she extended another hand.
The slender, fair palm flashed with a light blue glow, and as the glow flickered, ripples began to spread across the space.
Upon seeing the ripples, Ferro yelled, "She’s trying to run!"
This water ripple, Ferro was all too familiar with, the moment he saw it, he understood No. 03’s intention.
No. 03 was planning to escape.
Indeed, No. 03 wanted to retrieve the Surge Alchemist’s head, but only under the condition of self-preservation.
If facing Ferro alone, No. 03 would prioritize saving the Surge Alchemist’s head, as she had enough ability to deal with Ferro. But once Ferro and Nis teamed up, she couldn’t even protect herself, and naturally couldn’t care for anything else.
So, she didn’t hesitate to create the ripples, intending to escape into them, waiting for No. 01 and No. 02 to return.
As for the Surge Alchemist’s head... if it’s ruined, so be it. At worst, she’d face punishment from above, but at least her life was intact.
No. 03 decisively retreated into the water ripple, surprising both Nis and Ferro.
This witch was simply too cunning, didn’t even bother to struggle, just ran!
Ferro quickly turned the flaming sword into a widespread fire rain, attempting to break through No. 03’s Water Shield and disrupt the water ripples. However, the Water Shield’s defense was strong, and breaking it within a second or two was practically impossible.
Ferro could only pin his hopes on Nis.
Nis, being a Soul Witch, should be able to penetrate through an elemental energy like the Water Shield if he wished.
Nis did exactly that. To quickly disrupt the water ripples, Nis used a soul sect Third Level trick, Hand of Soul Splitting.
The Hand of Soul Splitting could condense an invisible, intangible force to directly attack the target’s Soul.
The appearance of Hand of Soul Splitting seemed ordinary, but it was one of the few abilities among the soul sect tricks that could directly assault the Soul.
Keep in mind, the Soul resides in the ethereal Land of the Soul. The Hand of Soul Splitting must be able to enter there, target the opponent’s Soul, and inflict damage to attack it. This single soul trick integrates so many functions, proving not to judge tricks merely by superficial descriptions. The simpler the description, the more complex it might be inside.