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Almost as soon as He Ao made his move, the maid standing behind Elijah also leaped up at the same time.
In her hand, a slender knight's sword appeared from nowhere, which seemed to have been kept behind Elijah all this time; her stepping back was not just for healing, but also for retrieving the sword.
A silver knight's sword wrapped in an orange glow slashed towards He Ao.
He Ao raised his hand, and his two swords formed an X-shape to catch the attack.
At this moment, he was already very close to the first Energy Point.
Within this core Ritual Array, He Ao had identified a total of five special Energy Points: three in the midpoint of the triangle's three sides, one at the triangle's center, and one in the center of the pupil within the triangle's embedded eye.
These Energy Points formed an array with energy flowing between them, constituting the energy core of the entire Ritual Array.