Chapter 401: What Do You Want? (1/2)

Chapter 401: What Do You Want?

Dong Li didn’t reply.

Instead, she smiled at Nie Tian as she once again lifted her wrist and whispered into her bracelet, “Time to pull in the net.”

Nie Tian was stunned.

However, he learned the meaning of Dong Li’s words in the next moment.

Numerous people started moving about quickly in the dense bushes around Black Water Lake, revealing a very large blockade that sealed this entire area.

At that moment, the people from the Realm of Black Marsh saw the reality of things.

They realized that their plan to snatch spirit plants from the Dong Clan was no long viable.

They couldn’t even finish off the three groups of explorers, much less the experts that were closing in on them.

“Retreat!” The man with the hawkish nose cried out.

Upon hearing his cry, the Qi warriors from the Realm of Black Marsh immediately left their opponents and scattered away in a hubbub.

By the time the three groups of explorers realized what was going on, their opponents had already broken up and disappeared into the tall bushes.

Dong Li seemed as composed as ever, but the look in her eyes turned colder and colder.

Via the seven Heaven Eyes Nie Tian had spread out to cover the area, Nie Tian could see with great clarity that powerful experts from the Dong Clan were shrinking their blockade.

Their strength and cultivation bases were far superior to the explorers’.

As the people from the Realm of Black Marsh attempted to break through their blockade in different locations, every one of them was met with strong resistance.

Sounds of battle, desperate wails, and agonized shrieks that snapped prematurely filled the air.

Nie Tian could see through his Heaven Eyes that the black-robed Qi warriors were being slaughtered by powerful experts from the Dong Clan.

Even their leader, the late Greater Heaven stage man with a hawkish nose, was surrounded by several powerful experts from the Dong Clan. From their stance, it seemed that they wanted to capture him alive.

Nie Tian immediately realized why Dong Li hadn’t been eager to summon her own people, but rather had them stay put at the perimeter.

On the one hand, she wanted the three groups of explorers to tire the thieves from the Realm of Black Marsh out. On the other hand, she wanted her own people to form a watertight blockade while the explorers kept the thieves busy.

Once the blockade was fully formed, it would be harvest time.

Dong Li knew that if she scared those thieves off with her clansmen, it would be very hard to capture or kill them all in the dense foliage, which was why she had made such a deployment.

She intended to get them all in one go.

“What?!” A shudder suddenly ran through Nie Tian’s body as he examined the actions of the Dong Clan members via his Heaven Eyes.

Via one of his Heaven Eyes, he caught sight of the group of people from the Cloudsoaring Sect.

He discovered that his grandfather Nie Donghai, Nie Qian, Jiang Lingzhu, Ye Gumo, and the others were by the foot of a small mountain peak, and they were marching in his direction at full speed.

He could even see the urgency on Nie Donghai’s face.

WHOOSH!

Han Mu, who was waiting for people from the Realm of Black Marsh to run into their net, suddenly sensed something, and dashed off towards Nie Donghai and his team.

It wasn’t long before Han Mu appeared in Nie Donghai and Zhan Yuan’s sight.

Seeing Han Mu appearing in front of his grandfather, Nie Tian was deeply worried, yet there was nothing he could do.

He knew that everything was going perfectly according to Dong Li’s plan.

Han Mu, who had tangled with Nie Tian for months in the Realm of Split Void, stopped his dashing momentum in front of Nie Donghai and Zhan Yuan. “Greetings, I’m a member of the Dong Clan.”

After learning that Han Mu was from the Dong Clan, Zhan Yuan let out a sigh of relief, and said without any hesitation, “We’re from the Cloudsoaring Sect. Thank god! We’ve been hoping to meet people from your clan! A group of unknown Qi warriors recently appeared in Black Water Lake’s vicinity. They disregarded the rules set up by your clan and madly assaulted fellow explorers. We...”

Zhan Yuan detailedly explained everything that had happened recently to Han Mu.

Han Mu started smiling the moment he learned about their identity. With a very polite tone, he said, “Our clan has already learned about the situation you just mentioned. Don’t worry. Miss Dong has made deployments accordingly, and we’re already dealing with those rats from the Realm of Black Marsh. I believe there will be a clear result soon.”

Upon hearing these words, Zhan Yuan and everyone else, who had felt quite insecure and uneasy recently due to the existence of those killers, put their minds at ease.

Of course they didn’t have a clue regarding the entanglement between Nie Tian and Dong Li. They just felt relieved that the problem that had been hanging over their heads was finally gone.

Jiang Lingzhu tapped her chest and said with a relaxed and admiring tone, “Hahaha, now that Miss Dong has come and dealt with it personally, there’s no reason for us to worry anymore. I’ve heard some stories of Miss Dong. She’s such a capable woman! With her being here, there’s no way that those people from the Realm of Black Marsh will escape!”