Chapter 138: Overtaken By Fear (1/2)

He whipped his head around and scanned the area. The Tao Feng elders and remaining disciples quickly put up their guard. A group of fifty or so people slowly walked through the woodland areas of the mountain.

Fear and tension coursed through their being as they saw body after body cut to pieces.

”What is this?” one of the elders asked incredulously, ”Could beasts have entered the mountain in all this chaos?”

”That's not possible”, Zuo Er answered, ”We still have some groups outside of the mountain. They would've alerted me if something went awry.”

”But...what if they didn't have the chance?”

”This...” Zuo Er was confident in his planning but this was something he did not expect.

But he had no choice except to traverse through the mountain. He had no way of sending a group this large away from the scene. Such treasures were too difficult to obtain. As if it wouldn't get even worse, that long-forgotten humming of the ground returned as the barriers slowly recovered.

”Shit, what the hell is going on?” Zuo Er's mood took a turn for the worse as his face went gloomy.

”What do we do now?” everyone behind him muttered among themselves.

”We leave though the main gates. Don't forget that I still hold the cards here, I doubt they will stop us with their precious leaders in my hands”, he looked back before walking forward.

As they gradually made their way down the mountain, those that weren't within the arena started gathering together. Ming Yue was still no where to be found but the likes of Wen Jing, Xuan Han, and Dong Kuai were still active. Several of the guard patrols had managed to fight off the Tao Feng's onslaught.

While Wen Jing was looking for Ming Yue, the other two elders were busy with the barriers. More than one point of the formation had been dismantled and it was none other than Kuang Li who did it.

After destroying the first formation flag, he knew that it would not be enough delay the mending of the shields. He also knew that Ming Yue would hunt him down. The thought of this sent a small chill through his body. With that in mind, he had to get rid of her now. So he promised mission points and rare treasures to whomever defeated her.

”Hmph, let's see you survive this!” he thought to himself.

Ming Yue was a thorn in his mind and if Kuang Li wanted to improve himself, he needed to deal with her first.

Never would he had believe that he would end up in a situation like this, running for his life. Gasping for every breath of air and haggard from moving about, he no longer had that stoic appearance from before.

From behind, a shapeless shadow followed him from above, moving through the trees. He did not need to look back to know that it was her.

”Why is she still alive? How did she find me?” the thoughts raced through his mind.

After destroying another patrol with several other disciples of the Tao Feng, he got rid of the formation flag and prepared to move on. Suddenly their surroundings turned silent and each one of them felt a stare from behind. It felt piercing and the feeling drilled into their very core.

Then Ming Yue appeared. Like a ghost, she walked slowly and her aura was almost non-existent. The sword in her hand was stained with blood, some of it still fresh and dripping from the edge.

It didn't take Kuang Li even a second to think before he ran off. The rest followed suit, running for their lives.

Perhaps this was his true nature, cowardly and fragile. He ran frantically, changing directions whenever he found a clear path. He didn't know where he was anymore, he barely even had the time to think. Clear Spring Mountain was filled with trees and numerous flora, it was difficult to maneuver through when all that one saw was a sea of branches and leaves.