Chapter 429: Chase through the Marshes (1/2)

A vicious hissing sound came from her mouth, spreading into their ears, causing their hearts to shudder. It was a chilling noise that made them feel as if they were being chased by a monstrous serpent.

”You can't avoid the inevitable! Even if I do not kill you now, it will happen soon enough!” she shouted.

Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her heart and clutched her chest.

”No, my daughters! Are they all dead?”

Upon this thought, she grit her teeth before releasing a thundering roar. The mask that covered her mouth had long been broken and abandoned. Compared to her kin, Qing Chai's mouth had several times more fangs, longer and tipped with black ichor.

Expanding and returning to their true form, she showed a hideous grin.

”You will not get away from killing my daughters! I am the Red Empress of Kong Zhi's army!”

The Vore Demon hissed out, commanding the Stoneguise Lizards to move even quicker, chomping their jaws at the soldiers.

”Shit! The flares! Signal the others!”

As everyone continued their escape, Zi Jing yelled out for the flares before taking one out himself. Several of them were lit up and thrown into the air, bursting out in a bright light.

”What is this?! Another distraction?!”

She was not impeded in the slightest, going quicker and quicker as the lizards inched closer.

”Aim for the ground! Use the bombs!” Zi Jing yelled.

Ya Lang and the others retrieved a bag from which they began to toss out spiked balls onto the ground. They were just like the ones that the Tide King used, only simpler.

The moment the six lizards stepped on them, they exploded into a fiery blaze, cracking their stone-like skin. But these were adults not unlike the children, it wasn't enough to cripple them but at least, it slowed them down.

Qing Chai screamed as the lizards lashed out in pain, she clung tightly and hissed at them.

”Ignore it! Kill them!” she commanded.

Zi Jing looked back, looking at her until their eyes met. And then he smirked, giving her the finger before sending a paper talisman at her.

Her face contorted in rage as she swatted the talisman away.

”Sniveling little humans, they think they can just treat me like this? They serve only one purpose, to be my meal!”

QIng Chai leaped forward, activating her bloodline in midair.

Her jaws grew even larger expanding like a snake's mouth. The difference being the jagged fangs in her mouth took on a black sheen, growing several more inches in length.

”I'll eat you! I'll eat you all!”

As she dropped down, ready to chase them on foot, a lance of wind flew out and struck her in the stomach, throwing her into the murky swamp waters. Following that lance was Ming Yue, who looked to Ya Lang and mouthed several words to him.

He watched and nodded carefully before running off.

”The Fairy will stall the Vore Demon, we have to take care of the lizards! Once it is done, we come back for her!” He shouted.

The others all looked back, watching the bodies of Ming Yue and Qing Chai soar across the air.

”Are you sure?” One of them asked, looking at both their captain and the commander.

Ya Lang and Zi Jing exchanged looks and nodded.

”If this is what she wants, then let her do it. However, we will finish this promptly and aid her! If she dies, then it will be an irremovable stain on our reputations. It is a dishonor to ourselves! Now let's gut some lizards!”

With his axes in hand, he leaped up at the beasts, landing on the front most one, the strongest one no doubt.

Without the Red Empress, they had no leader and no one to listen to, and so they ran rampant, crushing everything in their path.

With both axes, he summoned forth a great wind, encapsulating his weapons.

”Raghhh!”