236 Everyone Is Here III (2/2)
”Yes, my lord!”
”Yes, lion lord!”
The eight beast lieutenants had gotten far. They were also trying to escape towards the east and stayed roughly together. Going as a pack was much safer than heading off in a direction alone. Eight Spirit Lords would barely be able to hold off a stray Spirit King that dared to look in their direction for a little while.
The nine human lieutenants gave chase, with Ji Tiangu and Gu Lan in the lead. Those two were the most energetic and their prior fatigue and desire to flee was completely gone. It was now their chance for payback and with a numerical advantage, anything was possible.
The beasts were smart but not smart enough. In their eagerness, they ran straight into the numbing domain left by Gong Liyun that dulled their minds and dimmed their souls. Although it was no longer active, the residual energy still was strong enough to affect them. It was just enough for the humans to catch up.
”Come here, you're a big one! Moooooooo!” Ji Tiangu roared and transformed into a humanoid ox ten meters tall.
”Come here, fatty meat bag!” The giant green mantis screeched and charged.
”Haha, brother, I'll show you my recent improvements in strength!” Gu Lan yelled and transformed into a three-meter-tall monkey with blue fur and muscular limbs.
”Come here you ape!” He yelled and tackled General Kong, the steel-furred gorilla.
One by one, the other human and beast immortals paired off and found their opponents. In the blink of an eye, Chen Wentian was the only one without anything to do.
He rolled his eyes and had a quick word with Mei Qiaofeng and Tie Buqun. He reminded them of their true goals. They were not here to kill beasts but to kill certain humans. They understood quickly and the three of them began to plan as they fought.
Now was the perfect opportunity to enact their revenge. The Spirit Kings were far away. Here in this chaotic battle with seventeen spiritual energies and seventeen immortal Daos, it was easy for accidents to occur!
Mei Qiaofeng and Tie Buqun didn't really care who died as long as someone died. The main enemies were still He Zicheng and Qu Shen and those two were still too strong and untouchable. They also could not go for He Xinghan as it was that would cause more trouble than the man was worth.
Chen Wentian finally chose for them and settled on Ji Tiangu as the target. The man was obnoxious and a serious problem for his counterpart, He Xingping. Mei Qiaofeng and Tie Buqun agreed as they also disliked the ox man. They were never friends to begin with.
”Alright, I can do it by myself but I need you to hold some people back when I make my move.” Chen Wentian said, ”I need one of you to interfere with that ugly ape Gu Lan no matter what and I also need one of you to watch for anybody else that might want to jump in and save Ji Tiangu.”
”I'll take Gu Lan.” Tie Buqun said.
”And I'll take the others.” Mei Qiaofeng said.
”Good. Remember, be subtle. I don't need much. Five seconds of interference should be the most I need.” Chen Wentian said. ”When he dies, we immediately run.”
”Agreed!”
”Let's do it!”