Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty One – Ambush (1/2)
Chapter Three Hundred and Twenty One – Ambush
Silly Bird suddenly turned her head around, and her bird eyes stared at the thick cloud cover far in the sky.
It was the first time Zuo Mo had seen Silly Bird have such a vicious gaze as though she had seen something she extremely disliked.
Just as Zuo Mo was puzzled, Silly Bird suddenly gave a long call, her wings spreading, and then she disappeared. Zuo Mo only saw a shadow fly by. When he managed to react, he saw a shocking scene.
Silly Bird was like a bolt of grey lightning that entered the thick black clouds.
What was this bird … … doing … …
Zuo Mo dazedly looked at the clouds, his mind unable to react. Just as he prepared to go and take a look, a shadow flew close and appeared in front of him. It was Silly Bird!
There were traces of blood on Silly Bird’s long beak. Her gaze was vicious as she puffed her head and chest high, her body wrapped in killing intent. She called out a clear long note that rang into the distance.
A shadow suddenly dropped out of the clouds. Zuo Mo saw it clearly. It was a Black Bat. The stomach of this Black Bat had been eviscerated, exposing the innards, and it clearly wouldn’t live. Black Bats were third-grade ling beasts. Their ears were extremely keen and they were mostly used for information gathering.
However, it was not easy to raise a Black Bat. They were very expensive. Normal scouts couldn’t afford them.
“Master of Golden Crow City! You dare to kill my Black Bat, tomorrow, I will make you die!”
A male’s shout came far out in the distance inside the clouds.
Zuo Mo ignored it. His eyes were tightly locked onto Silly Bird. The viciousness in Silly Bird’s eyes quickly retreated, and she quickly became as proud and aloof as she usually was. If it wasn’t for the traces of blood still on Silly Bird’s beak, Zuo Mo definitely would have thought what just happened was his delusion.
He huddled in front of Silly Bird.
“Oh, you look very normal.”
Silly Bird rolled her eyes and ignored him. She raised her bird head up high, strutted her bird walk, and left.
“When did this bird get so vicious?” Zuo Mo rubbed his chin as he said to himself. He wanted to chase, but when he looked at the surroundings and remembered that he still had the mission of keeping the other side’s spies occupied, he could only stand on the mountain to be blown by the wind.
He shook his head, and decided to ignore the bird. After she had gone out to show off last time, she hadn’t been very normal.
“A Gui, do you think we can win?”
A Gui was sitting woodenly.
Zuo Mo did not care and sat down next to A Gui. Looking out at the dark black sky, he became unfocused.
He didn’t notice an extremely faint, almost imperceptible purple light flash suddenly through A Gui’s empty eyes.
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Bright Water City was surrounded by a large river. This large river was Bright Water River, and it was the origin of Bright Water City’s name. In the dark, Bright Water River was so quiet it seemed to be sleeping. There weren’t any waves. Suddenly, the water’s surface started to ripple and a figure slowly rose out of the river water.
This person looked around for a while, saw no one was around, and took out a little black umbrella.
The little umbrella flew out of his hand and turned to an intangible black silk that floated onto the sky above the river.
A moment later, figures rose up from the river water. In the span of a few breaths, the surface of the river was filled with people. These people silently floated into the sky above the river.
“This Black Ling Hiding Umbrella really lives up to being a fourth-grade talisman.” Wei Ran lifted his head to look at the black silk that was floating in the sky. This ethereal black silk covered all of them. They couldn’t be seen from the outside. This Black Ling Hiding Umbrella was one of the fourth-grade talismans from Boss’ spoils. It could hide people, and more importantly, it could stop ling energy ripples from spreading into the surrounding area.
Even as he praised, he took out jingshi and started to recover his ling power.
No one spoke. Everyone silently recovered their ling power.
Gongsun Cha didn’t need to recover ling power. He examined the nearby Bright Water City, and his lips curved. The powers of Bright Water City clearly didn’t think highly of them. Bright Water City almost had no defenses at all. The Black Ling Hiding Umbrella was a powerful talisman, but there were many formations and talismans that could detect it.
But they hadn’t encountered even one of them.
The loose defense was full of holes in Gongsun Cha’s eyes. He thought it was a pity that they were not here to attack the city.
One hour later, everyone finished their recovery.
The Black Ling Hiding Umbrella was put away. It could not be moved when it was activated. That was its only flaw.
Vermillion Bird Camp flew twenty zhang into the sky. Gongsun Cha sat on the broad Green Cloud Sword. Gazing down at Bright Water City, the corners of his mouth moved up. A cold light flashed through his eyes as he said lightly, “Start!”
Hiss!
Vermillion Bird Camp suddenly moved.
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The lanterns on the streets gave off a warm yet bright light. Tonight’s Bright Water City was excited yet frantic. Large amounts of xiuzhe had gathered in Bright Water City. They were waiting for dawn. The actions taken this time were the most significant ones in Bright Water City’s recent history. Everyone was full of excitement and anticipation.
Wood Sword Camp and Flying Cloud Camp had already reached Bright Water City and made camp. The other sects were urgently gathering combat xiuzhe in order to attend this great banquet.
The tea houses and bars were filled with people. People even filled the streets.
The passer-by on the streets suddenly heard a strange sound. They stilled, and couldn’t resist raising their heads.
Large numbers of figures flashed through the sky, and caused endless howls.
Hiss, everyone without exception inhaled sharply.
This troop’s presence was shocking and were definitely an elite force. Many people started to speculate which sect’s elite force had arrived. This grand banquet had attracted the gaze of countless sects.
The xiuzhe flashed rapidly through the sky. Before they could react, the people had disappeared.
“So strong, I don’t know which sect had sent them. This really is a great force!”
“Hee hee, tomorrow is going to be a spectacle!”
Everyone became more excited as they chatted.
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Gao Xiu came from the sect leader’s place and returned to the Vast Sun Hall. The Wood Sword Camp xiuzhe he encountered along the way bowed to him. Everyone could not disguise the excitement on their faces. They had hurried to Bright Water City in the afternoon and camped in Vast Sun Hall.