The moment Xing gripped the lance, beneath the layer of frost on the Frozen Guardian Lance, a layer of orange-red flames ignited, rapidly melting the ice covering it.
Xing stared, stunned, as the lance in her hand suddenly burst into flames, only then belatedly waving the lance, trying to extinguish the fire.
"Ge, it's on fire! What do I do?!"
"Calm down, I'll get some water for you right now."
Fu Zhu immediately dug a hole in the ground. Xing frantically plunged the burning lance into the water pit. A sizzling sound instantly erupted from the pit, accompanied by a large amount of white steam billowing outwards, quickly concealing the figures of the two within moments.
From behind, March 7th and Dan Heng watched this scene, blinking somewhat speechlessly. March 7th pointed exasperatedly at the two figures shrouded in white steam and asked Dan Heng.
"Did I just sense the power of the [Preservation] Path on Xing? Has she awakened?"
"Seems like it."
"Then the flames on the lance must be her own power, right? Sticking it directly into the water like that, doesn't that mean... she's pointlessly consuming her own strength?"
"It appears... so."
'Cocolia' was also rather speechless watching this 'comical' scene.
They were in a life-or-death battle right now! Could they not be a little more serious?
However, just as this thought arose in its mind, the two blurry figures within the white mist overlapped. The next second, Fu Zhu was seen charging directly out of the white mist, gripping a fishing rod, the other end of which extended back into the mist.
'Cocolia' was instantly alarmed, quickly raising its hand to summon a sky full of ice spears, shooting them towards the airborne Fu Zhu.
Seeing this, March 7th raised her hand like a gun and cast a blessing on Fu Zhu.
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"Nice one, Little March!"
Fu Zhu praised her, then retracted the fishing rod in his hand. Xing was hooked by the fish hook and pulled straight out of the white mist.
Fu Zhu raised his shield, blocking all the ice spears coming towards him, but due to the resistance generated while blocking the attacks, he could no longer continue flying forward.
But just then, Xing, pulled over by the fish hook, landed precisely with one foot on Fu Zhu's shield, pushed off forcefully, and flew towards 'Cocolia' in mid-air, the Flame Lance in her hand once again erupting in fierce flames.
'Cocolia' couldn't help but be somewhat surprised by the coordination between these two siblings.
So, they weren't being foolish earlier!
They were using the white mist to obscure its vision and confuse it, while Fu Zhu was the bait to draw its attacks!
However... Xing was still some distance away. There was time!
'Cocolia' raised a hand, and a huge ice pillar condensed above Xing's head, falling straight down towards her.
Xing glanced up at the ice pillar, but a smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of her mouth.
"You fell for it, I'm the real bait!"
Xing held the Flame Lance horizontally before her, a faint golden luster flashed across her body, as she tanked the ice pillar's attack and landed back on the ground.
'Cocolia' froze upon hearing Xing's words, then abruptly spun around, only to find Fu Zhu had appeared behind it at some unknown point, the Godfall Sword in his hand already swinging.
This instant teleportation ability... it was the same move that subdued Cocolia in the office before!
"How does it feel to be subdued by the same move? Cocolia... no, should I call you Stellaron?"
Fu Zhu viciously slashed down with his sword directly onto 'Cocolia's' back, sending it plummeting from mid-air.
And at its landing spot, Xing had already been waiting. She casually slapped the wooden boat—one Fu Zhu had previously given her and March 7th to play with—directly beneath the falling 'Cocolia'.
The moment 'Cocolia' landed, before it could even react to what had happened, its vision blurred. When its sight returned, it was already sitting in the wooden boat.
"What is this?!"
'Cocolia' tried to stand up from the wooden boat, but no matter how hard it struggled, its lower body felt welded to the boat, fixed in this space.
Fu Zhu, meanwhile, performed a 'Landing Boat' maneuver, sitting in the boat the instant he landed and then immediately disembarking to stand beside it, high-fiving Xing.
"Nice combo, Ge!"
"Naturally, I used to be a PVP expert, after all."
Not far away, March 7th saw Fu Zhu and Xing cooperate to trap 'Cocolia' in the wooden boat and immediately ran over joyfully.
Dan Heng, Seele, and Bronya, however, wore expressions of confusion. This was the first time they had seen a wooden boat used like this, not understanding why Fu Zhu and Xing were so confident just standing aside after making 'Cocolia' sit in it.
"Wow, Xing, Fu Zhu, that combo move just now was so cool! Did you two siblings secretly practice a joint ultimate technique?"
Xing grinned and wrapped her arm around Fu Zhu's. "This is called sibling telepathy!"
Dan Heng and the others also walked over, frowning as they looked at 'Cocolia' struggling fiercely in the wooden boat.
"Won't it escape?"
Fu Zhu didn't even need to answer Dan Heng's question himself; March 7th and Xing eagerly started explaining it to him.
"Don't worry, Dan Heng, Fu Zhu's Wooden Boat Sealing Technique is amazing! Back on the space station, Xing and I used this boat to beat up all the Voidrangers! It's super effective!"
Although March 7th and Xing could be unreliable sometimes, they never lied to them, so Dan Heng felt completely reassured.
"Even so, it can still attack while sitting in the boat. We should probably finish it off first."
Fu Zhu took out the Godfall Sword, eyeing 'Cocolia' up and down with ill intent. Thankfully, he had returned in time; otherwise, Xing and the others might have truly faced some mishap, something he didn't want to see.
Seeing that it couldn't break free from the boat's restraint, 'Cocolia' gave up struggling and sneered disdainfully at the group: "Thank you for the reminder. If you hadn't reminded me, I almost forgot I could attack you while sitting here. And what about you? I merely occupy Cocolia's consciousness; this body is still hers. If you attack me..."
Pow!
Xing directly swung the Flame Lance hard against its face.
'Cocolia', suddenly struck, covered its face, somewhat stunned.
"Are you crazy?! Don't you care if Cocolia lives or dies?!"
Bronya was also startled and was about to speak when Fu Zhu covered her mouth with one hand, placed the other hand on her shoulder, and feigned a crying expression.
"My condolences, Bronya. Cocolia... unfortunately sacrificed herself in the battle against the Stellaron."
Stellaron: ???
"Are you even Trailblazers?! At least try to save her! Don't give up so quickly!"
PS: i tried to use bold text, tell me what you think?