Chapter 238 - One Extra (1/2)
All of the immortals, human or beasts, let out gasps of surprise as Ji Tiangu fell. Chen Wentian's betrayal came too sudden. The attack was too powerful. And lastly, the Spirit Lords of the Lion Lord and the Eagle Lord had gotten too arrogant and careless.
”Brother!!” Gu Lan's pain-filled howl swept over the battlefield.
It roused the remaining human immortals to action and they all chased after the fleeing figures of the fat sword immortal, Mei Qiaofeng, and Tie Buqun.
The beasts were not idle either and chased after the humans, eager to score another kill. With three fleeing and one dead, there were only five left to stand up to their eight and they liked those odds.
”Are you alright?” Tie Buqun asked Chen Wentian, ”How's your spiritual energy?”
”I'm fine.” He said with a cough, pretending to be weakened. ”Let's go back to the city, take the teleportation array, and get the hell out of here!”
”Right!”
Mei Qiaofeng and Tie Buqun were responsible people and did not leave Chen Wentian behind. They both grabbed onto to help him and the three of them zoomed off as quickly as possible.
The fastest on the human side was Immortal Thousand Owl. His bird transformation art gave him white wings instead of arms. With an innate flying ability, he caught up and immediately started attacking.
”I should have killed you before. Now die!” He squawked.
A flurry of sharp feathers shot forward like a snowstorm. It grew in number until thousands of feathers were flying around in the air. They all converged on the fleeing trio and stabbed at them from all angles.
”F.u.c.k, that queer is annoying.” Tie Buqun said.
He protected Chen Wentian and took half of the attack with his scorpion carapace. Mei Qiaofeng took the other half with her thick snake body which was now bleeding profusely. They did not stop to retaliate because that would let the others catch up.
”He's too weak to do anything to us. Keep going!” Mei Qiaofeng said through gritted teeth.
”You two…”
Chen Wentian could have fled on his own just fine but he appreciated these two. The Snake Lord certainly raised good subordinates. Being raised around a divine beast like Jasmine probably also an effect. These two were good allies and he wanted to do something else for them.
Killing one enemy Spirit Lord was not enough to satisfy his appetite. He had already captured Ji Tiangu's soul but he wanted more. Jasmine's cultivation would continue to progress at a rapid pace now that she had access to her divine beast arts. He had to stay in front or else how could he rightfully be her master?
”Listen to me. Just keep up the defense until we get to the city.” Chen Wentian said, ”Once there, the beast will start attacking parts of the city. Our pursuers will have to make a decision, come after us or defend their people. In their confusion, I will kill the owl man.”
”Okay! We will follow you!”
The chase and the mid-air battle continued. The owl immortal buzzed around the trio like a giant gnat but he was not strong enough to take them down by himself. The others were not fast enough to catch up and they were also being harassed by the mantis beasts that were innately great flyers.
The massive solitary mountain of Beast God City eventually came into view but there was another surprise waiting for them there.
Two new human Spirit Lords flew up to meet them. Chen Wentian even recognized one of them, Immortal Galant Lotus Duan Yuzhu. The other female was unknown but wore a golden armor.
They were subordinates of Huang Wuji and Gong Liyun. They had arrived after their masters and helped eradicate the insect horde. The entire city was now quiet and there was no sign of fighting anywhere. The vast host that sieged the city were nothing given the strength of two immortals. They were all wiped out in short order.
”What's going on?” The woman's voice drifted over.
Chen Wentian had to admit her face, as well as her voice, was quite attractive but he quickly focused on the matter at hand.
”There's was an accident and Ji Tiangu died.” He replied, ”These ungrateful lion and eagle bastards think we killed him!”
”You lie!” The owl man screeched, ”Immortal Argent Duchess, he lies! He killed Ji Tiangu!”
Chen Wentian rolled his eyes, ”Of course, he would say that. The lion and eagle bastards conspired together and killed the Snake Lord. They crushed his faction and want to kill anyone who belong to the snake faction. Even after these two risked their lives and cast aside their enmity to save the city, those bastards still won't let them go!”
The owl man looked like he was about to blow up from anger. Chen Wentian's words came too fast and sharp and he could not react. He could not find anything to refute because what was said was the truth!
”Hmph, stop fighting amongst yourselves!” The woman said disdainfully, ”We still have beasts to deal with!”
”But…”
Before they could discuss any further, the five trailing humans arrived, bringing the eight beasts with them.
”There's two more! We should retreat!” Little Gray cried out in alarm.
”These crafty humans… peh!”
”No!” General Kong yelled, ”You've seen them, three of them are not with the rest. They will flee and not fight anymore. It's still seven against eight!”