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The three witches who were entangled with the angry Sweet Potato Knight saw the Hellhound charge in so brazenly and couldn't help but glance at each other.

They had all been top students in their respective grades back at school, possessing the most outstanding core attributes and combat awareness among their peers.

After being chosen by Li Wei, they had undergone multiple rounds of modifications and possessed many powerful pieces of equipment.

In the Sacred Order of Knights, their combat strength had always been at the pinnacle, each one prideful and arrogant.

Yet they had recently found themselves at a rare disadvantage against this gigantic Sweet Potato, so when they saw the purple-haired girl charge in so recklessly, they all prepared to watch the outcome with interest.

Only the witch holding a sniper rifle warned, "Be careful, its strength is very formidable."

Before her words had faded, the angry Sweet Potato Knight had already locked onto the Hellhound, and then the knight squeezed the purple eggplant between its legs.

The latter immediately lunged forward, and the knight on its back also swung the spear in hand.

The huge lamppost brought a gust of wind and smashed towards the purple-haired girl on the ground with the force of thunder.

The latter rolled agilely to avoid this catastrophe.

However, the Sweet Potato Knight's attack was not over. After creating a deep pit in the ground, it lifted the spear again, switching to a horizontal sweep.

The coverage of this attack was even greater. The witch under Li Wei's command with the blue longsword on her back had been forced into a very awkward situation by this move and could only keep retreating.

But the Hellhound wasn't as quick; she was only just getting up from the ground when the lamppost reached her.

The dust kicked up alone was enough to make the cheeks of the witches watching from a distance sting so much that they involuntarily closed their eyes.

However, when the dust settled, the anticipated scene did not materialize.

The purple-haired girl still maintained a kneeling posture, but her upheld steel arm was blocking the Sweet Potato Knight's spear.

——Terminator 3000.

This mechanical arm not only provided its user with a significant increase in attack power, but its high defensive power of 14 points also allowed it to be used as protective gear.

The towering figure opposite seemed somewhat surprised, not expecting that its thunderous strike could be blocked head-on.

And while it was caught off guard, the purple-haired girl's legs burst with power, her body rebounding from the ground, she charged even faster!

The Terminator 3000 Arm grazed sparks off the lamppost spear.

And the Hellhound had already rushed in front of the angry Sweet Potato Knight, activating the active Skill, Hell's Roar.

However, her attack target was not the towering figure, but the purple eggplant beneath it.

The giant eggplant was actually not one entity with the angry Sweet Potato Knight; it belonged to another Energized Plant and had its own name, the Ever Tireless Purple Eggplant.

According to the Traveler's Bracelet's display, it was a 5-star ingredient and in other areas would be the level of a regional boss monster, but somehow, it had been captured by the Sweet Potato Knight on its back, becoming his mount.

With a mount, the Sweet Potato Knight's strength had also been further enhanced.

It had even gained a new Skill called Death Charge.

This Skill was activated only when the angry Sweet Potato Knight's health was down to one-third. It was similar to the Knight Technique Savage Charge in Ma Lu's hands, both locking onto a target and making a full-speed charge.

It also had a knockback effect; however, the difference was that Savage Charge could only deal 10 points of fixed damage, while Death Charge could deal 400% damage.

Coupled with the high attack power of the Sweet Potato Knight, it was quite threatening, especially if it targeted a weaker member in the team, such as Yun Que, who could potentially be taken out instantly.

Therefore, Ma Lu had the purple-haired girl prioritize taking down the giant eggplant first. Without the mount, the Skill Death Charge would be practically Nullified, and the angry Sweet Potato Knight's movement speed would decrease, making it easier to deal with.

After upgrading her equipment, the Hellhound's base attack power had already reached 32 points, the Skill activation added another 5 points, plus the 2-point boost from the Bliss Bird's buff.

The total attack was already approaching 40 points, with an additional 50% increased damage from the Chef's Knife.

Even with the Never-Tiring Purple Eggplant's 20 points of defensive power, she could deal 29 points of basic damage with a single attack.

Luckily, her first strike triggered both the Armor Break and Deep Wound effects.

As a result, the damage of her second strike soared to 61 points.

The purple-haired girl used only four strikes to take down 200 HP of the adversary, and the Never-Tiring Purple Eggplant had a total of just 4,000 HP. Also, with Yun Que and her team starting their assault, its health was rapidly depleting.

However, the Sweet Potato Knight clearly wouldn't sit back and watch its mount getting attacked. Since both sides were close enough, it abandoned its long spear in favor of the Vine Shield in its other hand to attack.

It also activated the Bone Shatter Skill, which gave a 30% chance to fracture the bones of the target hit by the huge shield.

This time, the purple-haired girl couldn't simply tank the hits. She immediately changed her attack strategy and began to fight on the move, following Ma Lu's reminder.

Seeing this, the witch holding the blue longsword shook her head and said,

"It's no use. Although that Sweet Potato doesn't attack fast, once you get close, the eggplant underneath will also join the fray."

She reminisced about her own experience, how she could have dodged the large shield with her superior agility. However, as soon as the Purple Eggplant joined in, she quickly became flustered, escaping by the skin of her teeth after losing 62 points of HP.

She could already foresee the fate that awaited the purple-haired girl, but then something unexpected happened.

The Hellhound was indeed at a disadvantage against two, but it still managed to hold on and wasn't forced into a hopeless situation.

"How is this possible?"

The witch with the blue sword couldn't help but blurt out, and then she noticed that the movements of the eggplant under the Sweet Potato Knight seemed a bit sluggish, not nearly as agile as when it was fighting her.

This also caused problems for the Sweet Potato Knight on its back, who couldn't control the angle and strength of its attacks well.

——Heavy Strike.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

The new equipment of the purple-haired girl, the Mechanical Arm, had a third effect aside from Armor Break and Deep Wound.

It had a chance to cause a 0.1-second stun on the target.

Despite the brevity, the interrupt effect was genuine and indirectly reduced the survival pressure she faced.

About half a minute of evasion later, the Purple Eggplant's HP had slid below two thousand points.

And the Sweet Potato Knight on its back was obviously becoming increasingly restless.

It suddenly stopped attacking and raised its Vine Shield into the sky.

The next moment, the shield was enveloped in fierce flames, and as it came crashing down, at a half-meter distance, the Hellhound felt a wave of heat blast towards her, curling her eyebrows from the heat.

The enraged Sweet Potato Knight used this method to increase its attack range and broke the deadlock.

However, its attributes panel held no secrets for Ma Lu, who could anticipate its every move.

Ma Lu was already prepared and immediately prompted the Ouroboros Serpent to cast the Fury Wave Technique.

As the girl chanted, the moisture in the air gathered into a gigantic blue wave in the sky, which then crashed down onto the Sweet Potato Knight's burning shield, extinguishing the flames.

Turning her head, Ma Lu also called out to the three stunned witches beside her,

"Don't just stand there watching, let's all get moving and finish this guy off."