Chapter 86 - Wolves and Hyenas (1/2)

Ey? Bei Shisong and his monster packs are just standing right beside the zither string, none of them are standing on top of it.

Zhong Yue was surprised, he slowly moved the zither string in the underground towards the beasts; but as the zither string moved, the beasts, seemingly cognizant of the strings, moved a few steps unintentionally, away from the strike zone of the zither string.

Did he notice it?

Zhong Yue furrowed his brows, Bei Shisong was not like the other monster Qi Practitioners that came directly after Jun Sixie, instead, he stood there and showed his unction concerns; he was clearly not someone who could be easily dealt with!

Bei Shisong saw him hesitating, he quickly put up a sincere smile and said, "Junior martial brother, rest assured, although Jun Sixie is valuable, I am a well-known Qi Practitioner of Gu Xia City with a reputation to maintain, I will definitely not snatch over your trophy. Jun Sixie had slain our dear friends and families, even our two island lords nearly died in her hands. She poses a great threat to the monsters, my sole intention is to secure the future of the monsters. Hence, I'm offering my help with the fullest sincerity, I only intend to escort junior martial brother back to Gu Xia City so that I can have the privilege of witnessing this flagitious young lady receiving her judgment before my eyes!"

Zhong Yue kept mum for seconds, all of a sudden, he smiled and responded, "I'm grateful for Senior Martial Brother Bei's well intentions, but…."

Bei Shisong's eyes flared with rays, he said, "Does junior martial brother have no trust in me? My loyalty to the monster race shan't be doubted! I'm not like the other avaricious Qi Practitioners that had assaulted you. With me by your side, not a single Qi Practitioner will dare to show their ill-intents!"

Zhong Yue gently smiled and asked, "So Senior Martial Brother Bei is aware of the Qi Practitioners that assaulted me?"

The smile on Bei Shisong's face intensified as Zhong Yue continued on, "That said, has Senior Martial Brother Bei seen their corpses? I wonder if it's the ox's or the wolf's you saw?"

Bei Shisong smirked, "Their hearts were engulfed with greed, they were deserving of their fate; it was completely normal for junior martial brother to kill them. But I've no such ill intent, my loyalty to the monster ra…."

Chui!

String-like sword, it emerged from the ground and slashed horizontally towards the monsters; but it was too late, the monstrous clouds billowed in the air, the hyenas and wolves formed a pair of wings on their backs, their psyche wings winged them up into mid-air, dodging the zither string's assault by the narrowest of margins.

Bei Shisong stood on top of the alpha wolf's head, his short stature made him almost the same size as the wolf's head, he guffawed out loud and asked, "Hei-hei, you've noticed, little brat, being so dubious will get you killed easily! How did you realize it?"

"My movements are in a backward motion, I ride on the Jiao Dragon without touching the ground, I left no traces of scent behind; but one moment of inattentiveness and I've left behind a flaw."

Zhong Yue stood on the twin dragons, the zither string flew back to him, it shrunk down, flitting and looming around him, he said, "I should've eradicated the corpses, but there so many hyenas and wolves with Senior Martial Brother Bei, with their strong sense of smell, even if I'd buried the corpses deep beneath the earth, they would still be able to dig it out. You must have found the bodies and realized that I'm not heading towards Gu Xia City, but rather, the Great Wilderness, to the humans. It was hence clear to you, that I was a human Qi Practitioner."

"So that's how you've seen through me."

The hyenas and wolves retracted their wings and alighted onto the ground, leaving Bei Shisong alone, smiling in the air, "I'd heard that a dragon had arrived at Gu Xia City, when the news reached me, I was just thinking that it is the time for the rise of the monster, with even the dragons coming to our aid. But when I met with you, my heart sank, it turned cold and forlorn; just exactly how did you turn yourself into a dragon ... so genuine even the seneschal can't see through your disguise?"

Zhong Yue opted to ignore the question and deflected, "You've seen through my identity, with the intention of bringing me back to Gu Xia City, you've decided to turn my tricks against myself. To be honest, you don't even have to wait until you lure me back to Gu Xia City to capture me as you could expose my true identity to any monster Qi Practitioners we encounter later and work with them to capture me."

Bei Shisong sighed heavily, he said, "I had planned to keep my hands clean and be credited for discovering your true identity and taking you down. But it seems like you are not a naive idiot that knows nothing, you've left me with no choice."

Zhong Yue nodded and said, "You've discovered my true identity, surely I wouldn't let you live. If my identity were to be exposed, the tens of thousands of humans in my territory will be sacrificed because of me. But I'm really curious, how did you notice the zither string?"

Bei Shisong laughed loudly as he stood in mid-air, gazing at Zhong Yue from above, "I've inspected the corpses, examined the wounds and surmised it all out, your soul weapons, your Sword Qis, your skills, I've prepared myself so if a battle is unavoidable, I will not be caught by surprise. When you killed the ox, a sword silk unburrowed from the ground, it should be Jun Sixie's zither string; when I saw you, the zither on your Jiao Dragon had no strings, thereby proving my conjecture. Since I've known of its existence, how could I be ambushed by it easily? The zither string is thin and small, but is still noticeable if you reach out your senses meticulously."

Zheng-zheng-zheng!

The sounds of metal creaking could be heard as the hyenas and wolves reached out their claws to their backs and groped for their monster weapons, they were all sabers with long broad blades of at least dozens of feet long.

The monster hyenas and monster wolves had a pair of psyche-formed wings, they were all brawny and sinewy. With the long sabers in their hands, their imposing manner could rock the weaker souls to tremble in terror!

"You ambushed the monster wolf with a beast type Sword Qi that possessed a draconic aura and there were traces of a god's fang on the ground. You'd handed over the god's fang, but had concealed a strand of Sword Qi in it. When he grabbed on the god's fang, your Sword Qi surged outwards and killed him."

Bei Shisong continued on, "You have another Sword Qi, swift underneath the soils, most probably a Wooden Sword Qi. It came out from the soils and lacerated the monster dhole into bits. There was a small sapling on the ground where you fought with the ox you must've also used it against the monster ox. Oh and let's not forget the fact that you've slain Sun Xiao and had become a territory lord under Gu Xia City. Sun Xiao's soul weapon, the Coral Tree is also in your hands."

Zhong Yue's face darkened, the Xiang Dragon Sword Qi and Wooden Sword Qi flitted out and hovered in the air, he flipped his palm around and the Coral Tree slipped out from his sleeves into his hand.