Chapter 694: Engagement

"Charge!" Ellen let out a cold snort, the Light Sword in her hand waving as she dashed rapidly toward Lingyun.

Behind her, hundreds of robots lurking in this place simultaneously raised the weapons in their hands, aiming at Lingyun.

"Sorry, your enemy right now isn't me!" Lingyun sneered, the electric sparks on his left hand slowly vanishing.

"Hm?" Ellen's brows furrowed slightly.

Suddenly, a flash of red light surged in the eyes of the robot troops behind her, and the muzzles aimed at Lingyun simultaneously turned toward Ellen as she lunged at him, spitting out deadly tongues of fire.

"How could this be?" Ellen's expression shifted slightly, the Territory on her body condensing in an instant, transforming into a powerful Shield to block the attack from behind.

"What on earth is going on with these robots?" Faced with this sudden turn of events, Ellen could not help but contact the crew on the Arbatel once again.

"It's bad, our system has been hacked, all the robots have lost control," the crew member on the Arbatel said with a trembling voice. "Their targets have been tampered with; now, their target is everyone carrying a DEM Realizer!"

"What? How could this happen?" Hearing this, Ellen's brows knitted together instantly. "Is it impossible to cut off their power?"

"This, at the time, to allow for long-duration combat, these robots all had backup energy sources inside them, and now these energy sources have been activated. Oh no, we have completely lost contact with the robot troops on our end!"

"Completely lost contact, which means, these robots are now very likely standing completely on the opposite side of us?" Ellen's gaze sank slightly. "To think that the Swordsman actually possesses such ability!"

"Department Head!"

At this moment, the other DEM wizards also arrived at this location, surrounding Lingyun and the others in a tight circle.

"Watch out for those robots, they have been controlled by the Spirit codenamed Swordsman!" Ellen warned, then dashed toward Lingyun's direction once again.

The other wizards exchanged glances, then also rushed toward the direction of Lingyun and the others. But at this moment, the previously silent robot troops rioted once more, launching a frenzied attack on the DEM wizards.

Although they had Ellen's warning earlier, some wizards did not take these words to heart, and as a result, several wizards were directly riddled with holes by concentrated fire.

"Damn it, dismantle these pieces of junk for me first!" A portion of the DEM wizards instantly split off, killing their way toward the robots.

"Come out, us!" Tokisaki Kurumi chuckled softly, the shadow beneath her feet expanding violently, and one Kurumi clone after another jumped out, revealing bloodthirsty smiles at the surrounding DEM wizards.

"Let's go, Yoshinon! Frozen Puppet!" Yoshino slammed the Rabbit hand puppet in her hand heavily against the ground, and amidst surging cold air, a giant ice-snow Rabbit appeared beneath Yoshino, lifting her up.

"Leave the Swordsman to me, the others go deal with the other two Spirits!" Ellen had already lunged to Lingyun's side, the Long sword in her hand slashing down directly at Lingyun's face.

"Clang—"

The Light Sword and Long sword intersected, sparks splashing out. Ellen gritted her teeth, pushing the Territory on her body to the limit, attacking Lingyun with all her might.

Facing Ellen's all-out attack, Lingyun's expression remained unchanged, his Long sword moving sometimes slow and sometimes fast, yet every time it was able to nimbly block Ellen's attacks.

The battle between the two sides seemed evenly matched, with neither able to do anything to the other, but Ellen knew that she had already fallen into a disadvantage; one could even say that the rhythm of this battle had been controlled by Lingyun from start to finish. As she was now, she couldn't even manage to break away.

While Ellen here was completely trapped by Lingyun, the battle situation of the DEM wizards on the other side was also quite dire.

"Hmm, this game is truly interesting, wouldn't you agree, Tina!" On a high ground not far from this jungle, concealed by an Array, Senju Kayo operated the computer in front of her and said to Tina beside her.

If anyone from DEM saw what was displayed on the computer now, they would definitely scream out loud. Because what was displayed on this screen was precisely the scene of the robot troops fighting the DEM wizards. In other words, the robots currently in battle were all being controlled by Xia Shi alone.

"Perhaps." Tina gripped the sniper rifle in her hand, aimed at the distant sky, and pulled the trigger violently.

"Bang—"

A muffled sound rang out, and a DEM wizard fighting a Kurumi clone suddenly stiffened, a flower of blood bursting from her chest. Afterward, her figure plummeted downward like a bird with broken wings.

"So this is little Tina's sniping? It really is terrifying!" The Kurumi clone who had put away her gun couldn't help but click her tongue; she hadn't even noticed when that bullet appeared in front of that DEM wizard.

After defeating one target, Tina shifted her gaze and began locking onto another enemy. She didn't fire many times, but every time she pulled the trigger, someone inevitably spilled blood across the sky.

On the other side, the DEM wizards fighting Kurumi and Yoshino were likewise trapped in a predicament.

After Tokisaki Kurumi became the Time Spirit of the Cloud Realm, the strength of the clones she summoned had all been greatly enhanced, and they were even able to utilize a portion of Time Power. Facing the Kurumi clones capable of using Time Power, the DEM wizards appeared somewhat feeble.

After Yoshino possessed the Bracelet given to her by Lingyun, her own strength had also seen a massive increase. In this battle, she directly released the Frozen Armor, which possessed powerful defensive capabilities, while the Frozen Puppet simultaneously spat out powerful cold air. This terrifying cold air could even freeze the Territory created by Realizers. This left the DEM wizards besieging her in a miserable state. If they were to get entangled by this kind of cold air, it would be a huge problem.

As the battle progressed, Ellen, who was trapped by Lingyun, also discovered something amiss. Not only had her side's offensive failed to pose any threat to Lingyun and the others, but people were dying constantly instead. At the same time, she also noticed the blood flowers that would burst open among the wizards from time to time, which was also the reason for their most severe attrition.

"Bad, the opponent actually still has a sniper in the dark!" Seeing this scene, Ellen's expression shifted slightly. "If things continue like this, we will definitely lose! Damn it, when will the Arbatel be able to get here?"

Just as Ellen was muttering, a giant shadow suddenly appeared above everyone, almost obscuring the moon in the sky.

"Attack!" Under the command of the Arbatel's captain, countless attacks were launched from the warship, instantly eliminating a large number of the robot troops in the sky.

"Finally here, huh!" Watching the appearance of the Arbatel, Ellen finally let out a sigh of relief in her heart.