Chapter 57: The Advantage of Striking Firs (1/2)
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Translator: Soldier
But Long Qingxie gave a mysterious smile, and then his figure suddenly moved forward.
”Boh!”
Yun Wu felt something flashed past her eyes. He gave her a kiss, his soft thin lips quickly touching her red ones. When she blinked again, Long Qingxie's figure had turned into a white blur and shot far away.
”Tiny, don't get lost! Catch up with me!” the man raised his voice and yelled, clearly in a delighted mood.
Yun Wu stood transfixed for a couple of seconds. After she collected herself, she discovered that her heart was fluttering.
'This goddamn Yōkai!'
Glaring at the man in the distance, Yun Wu clenched her teeth, but then she started pursuing him without hesitation.
...
In the depths of the Magic Beasts Forest.
As they approached this area, they found that all the magic beasts here seemed to have disappeared. Even if occasionally one or two showed up, they seemed pretty listless. It was weirdly quiet.
This was the depths of the forest, and there should be a lot of lively magic beasts running around here.
But surprisingly, they hadn't met a single magic beast for a day and a night, and neither had there been any so-called crises. Things were going unusually smoothly.
However!
When Yun Wu found another withered Vigor Grasses, she frowned tightly, ”Another withered one. What happened here? We've searched high and low in this area, but all we've found are scorched ones.”
Since they entered the depths of this forest, they had been searching for a day and a night only to find that all Vigor Grasses here had withered.
It seemed as if something had sucked them dry.
All those Vigor Grasses were among thick weeds, yet they were the only ones that had withered, which was the strangest thing.
Long Qingxie glanced around, puzzled, ”Let's keep moving!”
Yun Wu nodded.
They immediately started walking towards the mountain in the middle of the forest. However, they had just walked a little further when the sounds of fighting were heard.
”Roar – ”
And there were also roars of ferocious beasts.
”There seems to be something worth watching. Should we go and check it out? Or should we take a detour?” Long Qingxie's eyes flashed in the direction of Yun Wu, asking in a deep voice.
Lifting her eyebrows, Yun Wu glanced at the man who had a languid half smile on his face. She knew that the fighting ahead must have aroused this man's interest.
Actually, she wasn't really interested, but they had been traveling in this area for a day and a night yet had barely seen any magic beasts. And now, judging by those roars, there seemed to be plenty of magic beasts fighting with humans.
She couldn't help feeling curious.
”Let's go and take a look,” after saying this, Yun Wu flashed forward soundlessly. And then she sneaked towards the spot where the fighting was happening. She was so light on her feet that she moved like a breeze, leaving no trace.
Long Qingxie curved the corner of his lips in a smile tinged with wickedness, mumbling, ”You look uninterested, but you made you move even quicker than I.”
After saying this, with a sudden move of his body, he shot forward like a flash of white light in the direction of the woman.
...
”Attack from the left side and breach their defense, whatever the cost!” a female voice was heard among the noises of fighting.
Juding from the voice, the female was Snow Murong whom Yun Wu had met on the periphery of Magic Beasts Forest.
Hearing her yell, three men immediately launched an attack on the targets on their right side.
But clearly, the three men were not powerful enough to break through the encirclement of over ten Tier V magic beasts.
But apart from Snow Murong and her men, there were another group of people who were also besieging those magic beasts.
They were twelve Tier VI guards under the command of a young man.
Dressed in a gray robe, that man was about twenty three or twenty four years old. He had a well-featured face and looked rather elegant.
Like Snow Murong, he was standing by. Those twelve guards of his had been trying to break through those magic beasts and reach the center but all their efforts so far had been in vain.
”Ouyang Ke, I didn't expect that you would also come here. But I'm telling you – this Vigor Grass is mine. I'll do anything to get it,” Snow Murong glanced at that gray-robed man, a cold, sneering look on her face.
Located in two neighboring cities, the Ouyang family and the Murong family were mortal enemies.
Hearing her words, Ouyang Ke gave a faint smile, ”Lady Murong's breath is just as bad as usual. I can smell it from so far away.”
The sarcasm in his voice was neither too heavy nor too light, but Snow Murong's face instantly turned livid with rage, ”You... ”
All of a sudden.
”Roar – ”
Continuous roars of magic beasts interrupted her.
Besieged by so many humans, those magic beasts went furious and they instantly became more ferocious. Soon, scent of blood pervaded the forest.
Originally, Snow Murong and Ouyang Ke had been standing at the side, but seeing this, they could no longer stand by. They whipped out their swords and joined the fight.
It was a scrimmage.
Yun Wu was hiding in a big tree. Seeing the fight, she instantly got excited.
Two groups of people were having an intense fight with a flock of Tier V magic beasts, and what they were fighting for was a plant growing on a rock surrounded by those magic beasts.