Chapter 500: Thorns Protrude (1/2)
Chapter 500: Thorns Protrude
Nine Poison Sect disciples marched by the foot of the trees that were hundreds of meters tall, with Zhang Jiu at their head.
Countless tiny bugs of various colors filled the area around them like floating raindrops.
They used them to detect signs of life, hoping to track down Pei Qiqi and Nie Tian with them.
They also unleashed their psychic awarenesses and used them to scan their surroundings.
It wasn’t long before they discovered a dead body. It turned out to be He Xu, who had been pierced through by multiple blades of spatial energy and died.
“Just as I expected, He Xu was killed,” Zhang Jiu said with furrowed eyebrows. Without paying much attention to the corpse, they kept marching forward.
After some time, the multicolored spirit vermin flying in the front suddenly let out ear-piercing shrieks.
The nine of them dashed forward at full speed.
Moments later, they came to discover that Pei Qiqi was cornered by their swarming spirit vermin.
Behind her lay Wu Cui and Luo Ting’s corpses.
“Junior Martial Sister Wu! Junior Martial Sister Luo!” The seven newcomer Poison Sect disciples burst into fury after seeing Wu Cui and Luo Ting’s corpses.
The late Greater Heaven stage Jin Lin seemed especially furious.
Jin Lin had had an eye for Luo Ting, and everyone knew about his years of affection for her. When he saw Luo Ting’s cold body lying in a pool of blood, his eyes seemed to be instantly painted red with blood.
Eyes extremely wide, he thundered, “Bitch!”
Then, he immediately commanded his spirit vermin to swoop towards Pei Qiqi.
Standing in place, Pei Qiqi was still expressionless, her four Ethereal Swords hovering around her. The tips of the swords shone with dazzling light, which seemed to be inducing changes to the space around her.
Meanwhile, numerous blades of spatial energy loomed behind the hovering Ethereal Swords, as if they were traveling back and forth between different spaces.
As Jin Lin’s spirit vermin swarmed towards her with ear-piercing shrieks, a mysterious, glowing light started to interweave within her pupils.
BZZZ! BZZZ! BZZZ!
Electric arcs rapidly rose and connected the glowing blades of spatial energy, forming a tight, glowing net around her, which sealed her off from the outside world.
As soon as Jin Lin’s spirit vermin made contact with the tight, glowing net, they split into pieces and fell to the ground.
“Pei Qiqi, is it?” Zhang Jiu asked, wearing a warm smile. “Didn’t think we’d return so quickly, did you? Where’s the guy that was with you? Why don’t you tell him to show himself.”
Pei Qiqi stood unwavering, her expression not changing a bit. “I already told him to leave while I keep you occupied.”
“He left?!” Surprised, Zhang Jiu scanned the vicinity with his psychic awareness. As Pei Qiqi said, he indeed couldn’t find any other signs of life in the vicinity.
“No way!” Sha Cheng shouted.
Earlier, Nie Tian had chased him to the edge of the floating continent, but upon seeing Sun Xuan, he had immediately retreated to the heart of the forest.
Later, more powerful experts from the Poison Sect had rushed over and surrounded this floating continent.
Not a single one of them had ever noticed anyone leaving.
That meant Nie Tian was still on this mysterious continent.
“Forget about that guy. Let’s kill this bitch first, and then we can take our time looking for him.” With a cold snort, Jin Lin unleashed his life-spirit vermin.
It was a large, cyan gecko that was about half a meter long.
Its skin gave off a misty, cyan aura as it shot directly towards Pei Qiqi, baring its teeth.
Upon seeing the cyan gecko, the other spirit vermin seemed to see their leader. They spread out and started squeezing their way into the spaces between the interwoven spatial blades.
At that moment, Pei Qiqi gestured with her index and middle fingers, forming a sword and making a slashing motion in the air.
As she did, the spatial blades hovering around her suddenly unwove and united into one sizable blade that exuded frosty spatial energy.
As it shot straight ahead with great force, ripples of spatial energy spread out from within it.
FIZZ! FIZZ!
It was as if the space before Pei Qiqi was even ripped open temporarily.
Seeing the large, glowing spatial blade shooting towards it, Jin Lin’s life-spirit vermin trembled slightly and moved about to dodge it, as if it felt the horrifying might of the blade.