Beauty and the Bodyguard

"Although you're not much, you didn't bet on the wrong thing." Duanmu Yu, who had followed Lin Yi out, couldn't help but smile.

"Senior Sister apprentice Duanmu, you're safe and sound too. That's great." Health-maintenance Fei hurriedly nodded and bowed to greet them. The next moment, he saw protector water lotus climb out behind the two of them. His eyes suddenly widened, and he turned around and ran away with a scream.

But after a few steps, he realized that no one was chasing after him. He turned around to see Lin Yi and Duanmu Yu looking at him with strange expressions, and the Lotus Protector standing obediently behind them. He finally reacted and scratched his head as he asked with a smile,"This is ..."

"He's my new underling," Lin Yi said.

Duanmu Yu found it funny when he heard this. Protector water lotus, on the other hand, was angry but did not dare to speak. "I was only trapped by you. When did I become your little brother?"

Health-maintenance Fei didn't know what was going on, and he was filled with respect. Although he'd never seen something like the catoptric deflection or the ancient well's calm, he knew that the water lotus Protector was the leader of the spirit beasts here. To him, she was a powerful existence that he could only look up to. Lin Yi could even subdue an existence like this? he was indeed powerful!

"Senior is indeed a senior. You're too amazing!" Health-maintenance Fei hurriedly squeezed out an expression of admiration, then immediately went to the side and fawned over protector water lotus."Hello, big brother spirit beast. I'm Health-maintenance Fei. We'll be on the same side in the future. Please take care of me."

"Trash." The water lotus Protector snorted disdainfully and turned his head away, too lazy to deal with this kind of thing. If it wasn't for the fact that it was controlled by someone else, health-maintenance Fei would have been crushed to death by its finger if he dared to come up to it.

Health-maintenance Fei didn't feel embarrassed at all after being given the cold shoulder-he turned his head and continued trying to get on Lin Yi's good side. Lin Yi was the big boss, after all, and as long as he got on Lin Yi's good side, everything else could be discussed.

Even Duanmu Yu couldn't stand it anymore, frowning,""You're so annoying!"

"Ugh ..." Health-maintenance Fei could only smile bitterly. He didn't want to be like this, but if he didn't flatter Lin Yi like this, what if Lin Yi dumped him because he was a burden? how was he going to live in the deep mountains where danger was everywhere?

"Alright, don't waste your energy. I don't do that here. If you want to follow me, just follow me. Don't cause me any trouble." Lin Yi pouted. He didn't treat master Fei as one of his own, and he didn't even trust him as much as Duanmu Yu did. After all, they were life-and-death friends, but he wasn't so heartless as to leave him behind. He just followed him.

At the same time, just as protector water lotus had said, Leng Leng and the others had encountered a big problem. A giant black Mantis as tall as two people was blocking their way.

"An Aurous core stage spirit beast!" Leng Leng quickly pulled Lingshan and the others behind her, her heart thumping as she felt the menacing aura from the other party.

They'd been on the road for several days, running into another five or six spirit beasts of all sizes. Everyone, including Leng Leng, wasn't in a good state. Whether it was physical strength, Qi, or mental strength, they'd all been exhausted to a certain extent, especially Ziyu, who'd been injured from fighting a mid Foundation Stage spirit beast and still hadn't recovered.

But it wasn't entirely Ziyu's fault-they were surrounded by Two Spirit beasts, and if it wasn't for her buying time for Leng and the others, they might not even have survived. This place was just too dangerous, and without Lin Yi's protection, they were taking risks every second of the day. If they could make it out alive, they'd all be reborn.

It wasn't just Ziyu-Lingshan and the others were all injured as well. They'd run into a golden core Black Mantis, even if it was only an early golden core.

"What do we do?" Everyone turned to look at Leng Leng. Leng Leng was the most powerful among them. She had displayed sufficient courage and responsibility in the past few days. Everyone had absolute trust in her. Even if they could not say that they would follow her lead, they would definitely not go back on their word during critical moments.

"Kill!" Leng Leng spat out the word fiercely. Her entire temperament changed, and there was now a hint of iron and blood in her. Her delicate body blocked the black praying mantis without hesitation and did not retreat.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Lingshan and the others roared in unison, their auras merging into one. The formation Lin Yi had taught them was only for show a few days ago, but it was now at a certain level. Life and death battles were the most encouraging, and Lin Yi was right.

"Huhu, a group of ant-like human scum dares to challenge me? where did you get the courage?" The black praying mantis's insect-like face was expressionless, but the disdain and ridicule were obvious. It did not care about coold and the others at all.

"It's just a Mantis, but you're quite arrogant," Wu Chengtian grinned.

"You can't say that. Domineering Army still has some capital. After all, it's not easy for a mere Mantis to grow to this size. Who knows how many unclean things it ate to absorb so much nutrition!" Fatty Lai chuckled.

"That's right, such a big Mantis looks very scary. From its voice, it seems to be a male. In the future, on their wedding night, they will die. According to their customs, they will be eaten by the bride. It will be miserable!" Yu Bing and the others chimed in as well-it was natural to be nervous in front of a strong enemy, and they were trying to calm themselves down so they wouldn't make any mistakes.

"Nonsense! You're just talking about normal mantids. I'm the king of mantids, how could I be eaten by a female Mantis!" The black praying mantis was exasperated by everyone's mockery. It could no longer care about the contempt and ridicule. It immediately waved its two giant sickle-like forelimbs and charged over.

At first glance, it did not seem to be moving very fast, but its body was slender and its strides were unusually large. In just three steps, it had covered a distance of a hundred feet. It came down from above and landed in front of Leng Leng. Its pair of black sickle forelimbs turned into two black Lightning bolts in an instant. Its attack speed was so fast that it forcibly made a sound as it tore through the air. The first person to charge was Leng Leng.

"Leng Leng, be careful!" Everyone cried out in alarm. At this time, they had to maintain their formation and did not dare to advance rashly. Unless Leng Leng took the initiative to integrate herself into their formation, they would not be able to help even if they wanted to. However, in that case, Leng Leng would not dare to use powerful moves such as drawing the ground as a prison to avoid accidentally injuring the others. Therefore, she could only stay outside alone to deal with the enemy unless it was absolutely necessary.