Not only did they kill off many of the forces that blocked their way, but they also managed to snatch three lower-tier "Divine Vein Blessings" with different effects.
Just as the group was about to reach the stone cave entrance, a huge suction force suddenly struck from above. At the same time, a lingering flute sound fell from the sky, making their heads spin and their thoughts dizzy.
"Trying to run? Ha! Don't think your little tricks can save you! Hand over everything you have! Otherwise, this day next year will be your death anniversary!"
The massive suction from Wind Fight continuously pulled in the white mist and all the snakes, rats, insects, and ants around Elara and her group, exposing their figures to the pursuers.
Elara looked up and saw that the people coming from above the stone cave were from Shuitian Kingdom and Louhanze Kingdom.
"I'll deal with Shuitian Kingdom with Uno. The rest of you handle Wind Fight from Louhanze Kingdom!"
Thanks to their enhanced spiritual strength, Elara and Uno were much less affected by the flute. It only caused slight pressure in their heads, but their thoughts remained clear.
With a quick command, Elara and Uno charged straight at the enemies from Shuitian Kingdom!
The leading man from Shuitian Kingdom revealed a rare look of surprise.
This jade flute was a mid-tier divine artifact. Since he obtained it, almost no one had been able to resist its sound attacks. Who were these two? How could they still think clearly under the flute's effects?
Before he could think further, Elara and Uno had already reached him. Elara held a plain-looking long spear in her hand. The blade didn't seem particularly sharp, but when the leader drew his sword to defend, the spear edge sliced through his weapon like it was tofu!
"How is that possible?!"
The man from Shuitian Kingdom was stunned, but luckily, he had many life-saving items. The plain-looking black boots on his feet suddenly activated and let him dodge Elara's strike at a speed too fast for the eye to catch.
"Hm? So the boots are also mid-tier divine artifacts?"
Elara looked at the black boots in surprise. As expected of a second-tier major nation in the northern part of the continent—he had two mid-tier divine artifacts on him.
After dodging Elara's attack, the man from Shuitian Kingdom calmed his expression and put on a strategic, superior attitude.
"Young lady, your strength is impressive. That spear must also be a Divine Vein Blessing artifact. But unfortunately for you, I have these Storm Boots. No matter what, you'll never catch up to me. Ha. Are you from one of the eastern matriarchal kingdoms? Want to come visit Shuitian Kingdom sometime?"
As he spoke, his tone turned playful and mocking, clearly convinced Elara couldn't do anything to him.
But before he finished, Elara vanished.
The next second, her voice sounded calmly behind him. "So confident? Then let me see just how fast your boots can go."
The relaxed look on his face froze again. In a flash, he activated his Storm Boots to escape from Elara's attack range.
But unfortunately, no matter how fast he ran, Elara followed behind at a steady pace!
As the spearhead neared him again, the man finally lost his composure. Gone was his earlier calm. His eyes stared hard at Elara as he scanned her from head to toe:
"Do you also have an artifact that boosts speed?! You have so many divine artifacts! Who are you?! What force are you from?!"
Elara's voice sounded from very close by, her eyes still fixed on his black boots, and she replied with something else entirely:
"What a pity. These boots don't let you reach a speed no one can catch. They just multiply your own speed, right?"
The man's breathing stopped for a second. Elara had figured out the principle behind the Storm Boots' speed enhancement in such a short time, and a sudden fear rose deep in his heart!
Even with a powerful force like Shuitian Kingdom behind him, he knew—this world had powers far stronger than them.
Elara had many divine veins and blessings, and none of them were low-grade. Her personal strength was nearly god-like, and her insight was extremely sharp. In just a short time, she had already figured out the effect and principle of yet another mid-level divine vein blessing.
With such talent, strength, and divine artifacts at her side, even among top-tier forces, someone like her would be very rare. The man grew more and more suspicious that Elara came from a force even stronger than Shuitian Kingdom.
Thinking this way, the sense of superiority and composure he had inside instantly disappeared.
At the same time that he realized he might have caused serious trouble, he quickly pulled out a jade flute and blew it urgently, commanding the nearby attendants to come and protect him. But when he turned to look at the attendants, he was shocked to find that, in just a short time, all of them had already been killed by another black-clothed man standing nearby, silently watching him.
"You're too slow. You can't even bring out the real function of these shoes."
Before he closed his eyes, the last sentence the man from Shuitian Kingdom heard was spoken close to his ear by Elara.
Then he felt pain in his chest, and the man from Shuitian Kingdom completely fell to the ground.
Elara picked up his jade flute, took off his Windwalker Boots and placed them into her spatial bag. Then she hoisted up his body, and had Uno carry the corpses of several other attendants from Shuitian Kingdom before turning her gaze toward Prince Yu and Prince Leland.
Without the sonic attacks from the jade flute, Prince Yu and Prince Leland, who each held divine vein items in their hands, had already cornered the leader of Louhanze.
Elara seized the right moment and threw out her divine lock to bind Louhanze's leader, helping Prince Yu and Prince Leland finish the fight quickly. After knocking the leader unconscious, she claimed the Windstorm, another mid-tier divine vein item, from his body.
Luckily, they were all underground at the time. Though both of these powers behind the enemy were strong, each faction couldn't bring too many people with them into this place. After entering, they had also split into different groups to search.
So each team only had a limited number of people, and only a few life-saving items on them.
Also, the white fog Elara had just used had already quietly weakened their power by releasing toxins into their bodies.
That's why, when facing Elara, Prince Yu, and Prince Leland, who had more divine items and were just as strong, the enemies were caught off guard by their arrogance and carelessness and ended up getting counterattacked.
With both battles now over, when Prince Yu saw that Elara and Uno were carrying the corpses of the people from Shuitian Kingdom, he immediately understood her intention.
He quickly had Prince Leland carry Louhanze's unconscious leader, who still had a faint breath. He then ordered the shadow guards to carry the three corpses of Louhanze's attendants. After that, he put away all his divine items and took out his fan again.
He tapped his sharp, clean jawline with the fan and smiled at Elara.
"How about we frame Blood Robe Pavilion and the Glimmering Nation for this? Blood Robe Pavilion already holds a grudge against us. Glimmering Nation is here today too, and they even tried to snatch our divine items earlier. We can pretend they and Louhanze started fighting over the loot and ended up killing each other. What do you think?"
Shuitian Kingdom and Louhanze were both second-tier forces. Although they had been taken out here underground, once out of this place, neither of those forces could be messed with.
So, to avoid future suspicion and revenge, they had to find scapegoats to confuse others.
Blood Robe Pavilion and Glimmering Nation were both excellent choices.
After hearing Prince Yu's plan, Elara nodded in agreement.