Chapter 237 - For the Snake Lord (1/2)

The battle between seven Spirit Kings moved rapidly across the sky. The three beast kings retreated while the humans gave chase. In a few moments, they left the city and entered the eastern wilderness.

To an observer on the ground, it seemed like the heavens were collapsing from massive shockwaves and tumultuous clashes. Gorgeous crimson fireballs exploded, washing everything below in warm light. Green clouds swept into pink ones, mixing together into a myriad of colors. Giant incarnations of heavenly beasts and human gods flashed here and there as they fought an immortal battle!

Both Gong Liyun and Queen Sundew's abilities were focused on special effects rather than brawn. The lotus woman sent forth a pink aura that improved her allies' reaction speed and mental ability while dragging down her enemies. Queen Sundew's power was a little more straightforward. Its aura of life directly healed allies and sucked the life force from enemies.

This mysterious ability was why the human immortals of the Immortal Association targeted Queen Sundew with a sneak attack. The martial monkey and the flame toad were strong but they were rather boring and ordinary in terms of their abilities. The mantis queen was the only one that was special. Its ability was rare and precious and extremely overpowered.

Almost any wound, as long as it was not fatal, could be healed by the queen given enough time and spiritual energy. This meant that while the three beasts could not win against the four humans, there was little chance for the human side to quickly kill the beasts.

The attack was a gamble, one that was the least likely to succeed because of this ability. For Beast God Sanctum, it would have been happy if any of the beast kings died. He Zicheng and Qu Shen would have preferred an ambush on either of the other two as it would have been more likely to succeed. Gong Liyun and Huang Wuji thought differently. Their only desire was the mantis queen. If they were unable to obtain it, they would rather not help Beast God Sanctum at all.

Thus, after the ambush failed, those two already lost most of their desire to fight. Four against three was not enough to easily kill a Spirit King. They also had no desire to go all-out deep in the wilderness that was ruled by beasts.

He Zicheng and Qu Shen, on the other hand, fought with full strength. They wanted payback for the attack and to vent their frustrations. They were frustrated because they understood the intentions of the Immortal Association but there was nothing they could do. The association had already shown enough face in showing up, there was nothing else that could be requested of them without additional cost.

While this battle was already mostly decided, the massive chaotic brawl between seventeen Spirit Lords was still going on.

This battle was more chaotic as Spirit Lords fought high in the sky and low to the ground. They all fought one on one or two on two. The combatants did not stray too far from the main group out of fear of being ganged up. There was still a sense of protection while close to allies that could help watch each other's backs and flanks.

”Watch out!”

”Die, beast!”

”Come here, human sc.u.m!”

A chorus of yells blended in with the noise of battle and any mortal would have a hard time telling what was even going on. It was even difficult for the Spirit Lords to keep track in the midst of a life-threatening battle.

Chen Wentian casually flew around the outskirts, being the only one not really participating or doing anything. Whenever a stray beast came his way, he kicked it away in the direction of a human immortal. When a human came his way for assistance, he simply flew away even faster.

It was also due to his interference that human to beast matchups switched constantly. He would fly into the middle of a duel to distract the fighters. The beast might retreat or be angered enough to chase him. He would then simply fly into another duel and lose the pursuer in the ensuing chaos.

The whole battle was like a dance performance and he was the lead performer. He did what he wanted and the others had to react to him.

He conducted the battle skillfully with this power. After many switches, interruptions, and angry curses from everyone, he finally set up the battlefield in the exact way he desired.

Ji Tiangu was currently facing off against General Jiao, the camouflaging sasquatch. The sasquatch was a rare and powerful beast and its strength was not weaker than the giant mantis. Ji Tiangu was being pushed back constantly and having a hard time finding an opening to counterattack because of General Jiao's ability to turn invisible for split seconds.

Mei Qiaofeng was dueling General Kong and it was an even match. Chen Wentian slid in and took over from her, allowing her to take a rare bit of rest as the odd one out. Since General Kong was his secret agent among the beasts, they were merely play fighting. They both put on a flashy show with silvery steel clashing against purple sword energy but it was simply for show. Both hardly exerted any energy and steadily moved closer and closer to the duel between Ji Tiangu and General Jiao. Once they were close enough… the final trap would be sprung!

”General Jiao, it's me!” The gorilla spoke through spiritual voice.

”Kong, what is it? Do you need help?”

”Yes! This fat human is strange. He has been hiding his powers and biding his time. He is building up to a powerful attack and I may not be able to stop him!”

”Come to me, we can fight together!”

”Okay!”

The pair of apes joined forces and so did Ji Tiangu and Chen Wentian. Ji Tiangu was surprised by this and glanced at his helper suspiciously.

”You finally decided to fight? You bastard… took you long enough!” He snorted in frustration.

”Quiet… I sword Dao requires a long time to prepare a single powerful attack. However, once it is ready, few immortals can stop it. It is almost done and I intend to take down this sasquatch.” Chen Wentian said.

”You can kill it but its body is mine!”

”Quiet… you won't be able to kill it without me. I get half and you all can have the rest but I must get half.”

”Half is too much! The others will also want a share!”