Chapter 835: Man-devouring Marshland (1/2)

What was happening to Nie Tian soon attracted the others’ attention.

Every one of the forty-nine Fortune Wells was now guarded by cultivators, outsiders, or Ancientbeasts.

Half of them awoke from their cultivation, and looked in Nie Tian’s direction with indifferent expressions.

The other half didn’t even open their eyes, but still concentrated on their cultivation.

Qiu Ji’s explosive roar made the gravitational field around him grow stronger.

With a weak sigh, Chai Longge said, “Qiu Ji, if they’re willing to give up their Fortune Wells, will you give me face and let them go?”

The Earth Spirit Sect had the numbers, and Qiu Ji had just derived important enlightenment and broken through into the late Profound realm.

Chai Longge didn’t think Nie Tian and the girls would have any chance fighting them.

Qiu Ji’s main purpose here must be to obtain fortune from the Fortune Wells.

Therefore, he hoped that he would pressure Qiu Ji a bit with his status in the Martial Spirit Sect, so that he would let Nie Tian and the girls leave after taking over their Fortune Wells.

Qiu Ji’s face grew cold as he said, “I told you to stay out of this, Chai Longge. Unlike Tao Shuwen, neither you nor your sister rank number one among your sect’s chosen ones. If Tao Shuwen were here and asked me to do him a favor, I might actually give him face and let them go.

“But that’s not you.”

Chai Longge’s face dropped.

His younger sister Chai Fengwu let out a cold snort.

Even though the Earth Spirit Sect wasn’t as powerful as the Martial Spirit Sect, Qiu Ji was the official future sectmaster of the Earth Spirit Sect. Chai Longge and his sister’s status didn’t match his.

Other disciples of the Earth Spirit Sect might be apprehensive about him and his sister, but Qiu Ji wouldn’t be.

Just as Chai Fengwe was about to lash out, Chai Longge shook his head at her, signaling her not to act rashly. Then, he fixed Nie Tian and the girls with an apologetic gaze and said, “Sorry, as much as we want to help you, we can’t.”

Seeing that the Earth Spirit Sect was going to make a move against Nie Tian and the girls, some of the onlookers had indifferent expressions, while others looked deeply intrigued.

However, none of them thought Nie Tian and the girls would win. They all believed that they would be overwhelmed by the Earth Spirit Sect instantly.

Only one of the people gathered in this place had a strange look on his face.

That person was Luo Hui from the Heavenly Witchcraft Sect.

Eyes narrowed, he gazed at the domineering Qiu Ji from afar and said inwardly, “Another smug...”

He had personally engaged in battle with Nie Tian’s group. Among the three of them, Nie Tian was the one he knew the least about. However, in his eyes, Mu Biqiong and Yin Yanan were every bit as deadly as flesh-eating monsters.

Even though Qiu Ji was at the late Profound realm, he believed that he would be able to contend against or even defeat him in battle with the help of his golden spider.

However, he was far less confident when it came to Yin Yanan, who had an eighth grade Frost Blood Python at her command, or Mu Biqiong, who could shoot a powerful root out of her palm.

It was also for this reason he sneered inwardly watching Qiu Ji deal with them in such a domineering manner.

“Such time-wasters!” With these words, Yin Yanan rose to her feet by her well and prepared to attack.

However, Mu Biqiong suddenly said, “You accused me of not going all-out last time, so why don’t you let me handle this little problem?”

Upon hearing these words, both Yin Yanan and Nie Tian, who had planned to launch attacks himself, went still.

WHOOSH!

The black demonic plant’s root shot towards the smug Qiu Ji like the pitch-black tentacles of a monster.

The dark-cyan air-transportation spiritual tool Qiu Ji was standing on was about six meters long and three meters wide. It seemed to have been forged from some kind of rare metal.

However, as soon as the enormous black root whipped it, it shattered to pieces, as if it had been made of paper.

After ripping the air-transportation spiritual tool to shreds, the thick root attempted to wrap itself around Qiu Ji.

Standing on different air-transportation spiritual tools, the other Earth Spirit Sect disciples gasped with shock. “Future sectmaster!”

They were well-aware of how dangerous the marshland was.

Seeing that Qiu Ji’s air-transportation spiritual tool had shattered so easily, they were afraid that he would fall from the air and be devoured by the marshland.

One air-transportation spiritual tool after whizzed over in attempts to catch him in midair.

Qiu Ji’s expression flickered as he watched the enormous black root coming after him wherever he went. A strong desire to survive rose in his heart.

He took out a piece of earth-yellow rock and flung it towards the black root with full force. The rock, which seemed to contain rich earth power, altered the strengthened gravitational field around him.

In the next moment, it was as if the gravity around him had completely vanished.

Qiu Ji’s plummeting body started to float lightly in the air like he had become a feather.

Unadapted to the sudden change of gravity, the thick, black root shot uncontrollably skywards right before it touched Qiu Ji.

“Future sectmaster!” A few other Earth Spirit Sect disciples took this opportunity to swoop over on their air-transportation spiritual tools.

Only after they caught Qiu Ji did they let out sighs of relief.