Chapter 859 Eliminating Wang Chen (1/2)

Zhou Yuan stood in the air as he gazed at the fire-gathering stage at the group’s center. The burning golden flame within had grown bigger and hotter. The total number of golden fire lotuses gathered had already gone beyond ten thousand.

With regards to this collection speed, Zhou Yuan nodded in satisfaction.

However, he soon directed his gaze behind him where Wang Chen, not daring to come too close, was closely following them with a group of about one thousand Spirits from the Fire Pavilion.

Iciness flitted across Zhou Yuan’s eyes. He knew that Wang Chen was watching their every movement. He did not know why but he had a faint feeling that something was wrong.

Zhou Yuan suddenly asked, “Qiushui, how long has it been since we entered the Heaven Flame Cauldron?”

Yi Qiushui immediately replied, “It’s been nearly a day.”

Zhou Yuan lightly tapped his fingers in the air as he slowly said, “By this time, even if they have many members, the Fire Pavilion should be fully equipped with scarlet copper umbrellas, right?”

Yi Qiushui nodded. “Should be.”

“Then why have we yet to see any signs of the Fire Pavilion’s main force?” Zhou Yuan’s eyes flashed in thought.

Yi Qiushui was taken aback as a look of unease flitted across her eyes. Indeed, shouldn’t the Fire Pavilion come to wipe them out the moment they were fully equipped? Why had there been no activity even till now besides sending a thousand members to observe them?

What was Lu Xiao planning?

Zhou Yuan’s eyes flickered in thought. Moments later, he decisively said, “No matter what Lu Xiao’s plans are, we’ll first devour Wang Chen’s group!”

This group kept buzzing about before his eyes—it would be a shame if he did not devour them.

Yi Qiushui raised her eyebrows. “But Wang Chen is being very cautious and has been maintaining a certain distance from us. Once we show any signs of attacking, he will immediately withdraw before returning to follow us once we stop.”

Zhou Yuan softly chuckled. “Then we’ll cut off their retreat and give them no opportunity to run.”

“How?” Yi Qiushui’s long eyelashes blinked.

Zhou Yuan grinned. “Have you realized that some members are missing from our group?”

Yi Qiushui was startled by these words. She looked over, and sure enough, she discovered that several hundred Spirits had vanished from the main group. Her heart shook as she said, “You intentionally spent more time than usual on the mountains along the way to hide some of our members?”

Joy emerged in Yi Qiushui’s eyes as she pursed her lips into a smile. “Pavilion master is so cunning.”

Once they cut off the escape routes of Wang Chen’s group, a thousand plus members would easily be devoured by the Wind Pavilion. This would cut some of the Fire Pavilion’s power.

Zhou Yuan chuckled. Soon after, he waved his hand, and the several thousand advancing Spirits came to a stop. He turned around and shot towards Wang Chen’s group, Spirit power whizzing out and rippling the space around him.

Several thousand Spirits quickly followed, creating an alarmingly imposing sight.

Wang Chen’s side immediately sensed their movement.

“Humph, fools, do you really believe I’ll send myself to your doorstep?”

Wang Chen chuckled icily as he commanded without hesitation, “Retreat!”

Over a thousand Spirits instantly began backing away, clearly not intending to fight the Wind Pavilion. Their mission was to keep an eye on the Wind Pavilion and not engage in a fight.

One party advanced while the other retreated, but a certain distance was ultimately maintained. The former found it very difficult to approach.

Wang Chen could not help but laugh as he mockingly looked towards Zhou Yuan chasing them. He felt the exhilaration of a cat toying with a mouse. Zhou Yuan’s reputation had been rapidly rising among the four pavilions recently, and he was already no less influential than the other three pavilion masters. But so what? All Zhou Yuan can do now is eat my dust.

Bzz!

While he was laughing, however, Spirit power suddenly exploded in front of him. Layers of invisible barriers formed, obstructing their path.

Wang Chen’s laughing came to an abrupt halt as he stared in horror at the several hundred figures rising before him. “How can this be? When did they arrive behind us?

“Quick! Blast apart the Spirit barriers!” he roared.

Over a thousand Spirits attacked at the same time, and blasts of Spirit power bombarded the Spirit barriers. The barriers rippled violently but ultimately refused to be broken for a brief moment.