Chapter 1423: Our Trump Card

Zhu Xiuer, having regained its freedom, advanced toward Qi Yunsheng while braving the hail of arrows and divine abilities, casually finishing off two more people. He himself had profound cultivation, but he had never been on a battlefield and didn't know how to command troops. If Xue Zongwu were here and saw Zhu Xiuer covered in hard shells, he would never have ordered them to fire arrows, but would have ordered everyone to get to Wild Boar Den as quickly as possible while "Drawing a Circle as a Prison" was in effect, occupying the open terrain to defend against the strong enemy.

Unfortunately, there were no "ifs."

In an instant, three or four more people were pounced on by small spider demons. This terrain was difficult for humans to walk on, but for the spider demons, it was like a leisurely stroll; they wouldn't fall even if they walked with their eyes closed—

If they could close their eyes.

Fortunately, Qi Yunsheng's divine ability had also finished brewing, and he finally launched an attack on Zhu Xiuer.

Fu Wending rushed up to support his master, but he had only taken two steps when the forest to the side rustled, and a giant rock flew toward him.

He didn't dare catch it and dodged to the side.

Who would have thought that a behemoth would immediately charge out of the jungle, snapping a tree that required two people to embrace, sending wood chips flying.

To Fu Wending, it looked like the broken wood was about to smash into his face. He had excellent lightness skills and leaped over the broken wood in one bound.

At first glance, he thought the attacker was a giant wearing bronze armor. Up close, he saw the opponent was covered in thick hair, and although it wore a helmet, its face had bulging eyes, a protruding snout, and sunken cheeks, with a mouth that stretched to the earlobes, revealing four fangs—

This wasn't a human, but a giant ape! He had just jumped over the giant ape and was about to fire a sleeve arrow at its nape when a pair of palms suddenly extended from the giant ape's rear shoulders, grabbing his shoulders fiercely!

Wha...

Unreasonable, how many hands does this monkey have! Fu Wending was shocked, but in the next breath, he immediately used a body-shrinking technique, his body as slippery as a loach, and he drilled out from between the giant ape's fingers.

The tighter the giant ape grabbed, the faster he slipped away.

The Ghost Ape roared in anger. Again? Why were all the opponents encountered recently proficient in escape techniques? None of them let it experience the joy of tearing enemies apart by hand.

However, Fu Wending hadn't run two steps after landing when his back suddenly went cold, followed by piercing pain.

It was truly piercing the heart; a living thing was burrowing around in his chest cavity, gnawing on his heart!

He screamed in pain and bent over.

When the Ghost Ape behind saw this, it took a step forward and grabbed him, still in the same posture as before, and then split its hands, tearing the living human into two halves! It was like a rain of blood in the air. The Ghost Ape opened its mouth to lick a few times and laughed heartily.

"Roar!" Happy! The nearby soldiers were shocked and fired arrows at it one after another. The Ghost Ape waved the two pieces of the corpse to block the arrows, jumping and chasing people among the towering mountains and rocks.

Chase one, tear one.

In just a few breaths, both of Qi Yunsheng's disciples were killed in battle.

Seeing their side collapsing, several soldiers fled in all directions. They were not far from Little Peach Shanzhuang now. If these monsters didn't chase them, there was still a good chance of escaping back to the villa.

There were trees everywhere here.

They ran out dozens of steps, only to crash into soft yet tough nets one after another—

Just like moths crashing into a spiderweb.

They anxiously took out weapons to cut them, but there were several layers of spiderwebs inside and out. Even with Yuan power, it was difficult to cut through them in a short time.

Earlier, when Dong Rui and He Lingchuan arrived on the Snail Toad, Zhu Xiuer had already calmly and leisurely laid out a net of heaven and earth. Qi Yunsheng's daring to lead the team to take a shortcut back to the villa was walking right into a trap, sending himself and these dozens of people into Zhu Xiuer's death trap.

No matter who the prey was, once they fell into the trap carefully laid by this ancient giant demon, their future was bleak.

Because the task He Lingchuan gave Zhu Xiuer was not to let a single prey escape.

To catch them all in one net, leaving none behind! Qi Yunsheng certainly had some means, but after he and Zhu Xiuer had traded only a few blows, he looked around to see soldiers exclaiming, wailing, fighting, and fleeing—the scene was extremely chaotic.

In such a narrow and rugged place, don't even think about any formation.

The Great Emperor Jiuyou hadn't even appeared yet, and the situation was already beyond saving.

He gritted his teeth and shouted, "You and I have no grudges, why do you want to ambush me!"

Zhu Xiuer laughed, "I was here cooling off perfectly fine, and you insisted on drilling into my web. Why wouldn't I want fresh meat delivered to my door?"

Qi Yunsheng also knew it was spouting nonsense. "What conditions did the Great Emperor Jiuyou promise you? I'll offer triple!"

At this time, the Ghost Ape had already beaten several soldiers to death, then turned its steps and charged directly at Qi Yunsheng.

Just dealing with Zhu Xiuer alone had left Qi Yunsheng in precarious situations multiple times, and he was almost biting through his back molars. Where on earth did this giant spider pop out from? How had he never heard of such a fierce demon in central Flash Gold or within the borders of the Yao Nation? Seeing the Ghost Ape also charging over, intending to make it two-on-one, Qi Yunsheng knew he had no chance of winning. The only way now was to escape back to the villa as quickly as possible!

He couldn't care about the Xue family soldiers on the monkey path anymore. He patted the head of the flea-cricket cloth puppet and shouted, "Rise!"

The flea-cricket's hind legs had amazing jumping ability. With a forceful push on the ground, it was like being shot out of a slingshot, leaping directly over five zhang high!

Fast and far.

However, Zhu Xiuer's speed was not slow either. It raised its spinneret, and a handful of pale red spider silk shot out, accurately hitting the flea-cricket's left hind leg!

This ancient giant demon's dynamic vision was much better than a frog's; it had calculated the flea-cricket's landing point perfectly.

After the spider silk stuck to the flea-cricket, Zhu Xiuer pulled backward, wanting to drag it back onto the cliff.

Who would have thought the flea-cricket's stuck hind leg would suddenly detach, being dragged back by Zhu Xiuer, but its main body, still carrying Qi Yunsheng, landed at the end of "Wild Boar Den."

The flea-cricket relied entirely on its hind legs for jumping; its wings were too short to fly, only serving for short-term gliding. It had one leg pulled off, so it couldn't jump anymore, so Qi Yunsheng jumped off before it landed, preparing to unfold his movement techniques and climb with his bare hands.

His forward speed was no slower than the Ghost Ape.

However, just as he landed and stood firm, he saw a person in black armor leaning against the base of an old tree directly ahead, wearing a dragon-head mask.

The person didn't make a sound, just waiting for him quietly.

"Great Emperor Jiuyou!" Qi Yunsheng's scalp exploded, and his back felt cold.

The real person had finally appeared!

But the person he least wanted to see right now was the Great Emperor Jiuyou.

"There is a path to heaven, but you don't take it." He Lingchuan looked at him and sighed. "There is no gate to Jiuyou, but you insist on coming!"

Qi Yunsheng's guts were green with regret now. He said hoarsely, "If you let me go, I will surely reward you handsomely! I was never your target to begin with. The Great Emperor Jiuyou only kills great villains, right?"

He Lingchuan did not answer.

His target had indeed originally only been Xue Zongwu. Although Qi Yunsheng wasn't a good person either, he wasn't worth the Great Emperor Jiuyou making a move.

However, who let Qi Yunsheng have a way to track him?

The "Great Emperor Jiuyou" could not reveal his true form. To eliminate future trouble, He Lingchuan had no choice but to invite this master and disciple to reunite beneath Jiuyou.

At this moment, the mountain forest rustled, and Zhu Xiuer and the Ghost Ape also caught up, surrounding Qi Yunsheng in a triangular formation.

This person, these thirty-some people, had to die!

Zhu Xiuer's twelve pitch-black, shiny eyes each reflected Qi Yunsheng's desperate expression.

He shouldn't have taken the shortcut!...

Over a hundred Xue family soldiers took the long way around from the west slope and finally arrived at Little Peach Shanzhuang, but they didn't hear that the Village Master had returned.

Along with those thirty-some elites, they had all vanished without a trace.

Knowing something was wrong, the group rushed toward the North Mountain.

Passing the great hall where the Great Emperor Jiuyou had beheaded Xue Zongwu earlier, and continuing up the mountain road, the sky was almost bright.

At the top of the cliff, which was where He Lingchuan and the Weng brothers had glided off from earlier, stood a thick tree branch.

A human head was tied to the branch, its hair and beard slightly white.

The group gasped in shock, instantly recognizing that this was none other than the missing Village Master Qi, Elder Qi! Village Master Qi had led people to chase the Great Emperor Jiuyou; who would have thought that in the end, it would be his own head that the opponent sent back.

A piece of silk was also tied to the branch, likely torn from Qi Yunsheng's clothing, with the four dark red blood characters "Death is well-deserved" written on it.

The group was shocked beyond words.

Little Peach Shanzhuang had been in chaos for the whole night. It wasn't until after dawn that they managed to organize manpower to descend to the bottom of the cliff.

Gusts of mountain wind blew into Wild Boar Den, but they couldn't blow away the thick smell of blood.

The soldiers and villa servants who came down were stunned:

This place was literally a slaughterhouse. Everyone who had wanted to take the shortcut back to the villa last night had died here, with not one survivor!

The mountain wind was still whistling, making everyone feel insecure, as if the murderer was still hiding nearby, preparing to strike at any moment.

They hurriedly went back to call for more people.

Little Peach Shanzhuang spent a great deal of effort before they managed to move all the corpses back to Little Peach Shanzhuang.

The absurdity and horror of the past night spread rapidly over the next few days as those who experienced it added their own embellishments.

After killing Qi Yunsheng, the group of murderers boarded the Snail Toad and sailed toward Apricot Lake in the west.

They had been delayed for too long; Mang Continent might already be under lockdown, and the Snail Toad might not be able to escape through the city gates.

But He Lingchuan had considered this situation beforehand and had already planned a second retreat route, which was to take the waterway.

One of the reasons he chose to act in Mang Continent was that there were lakes and rivers here, making it difficult for the authorities to blockade it in all directions. The Yao Nation had been at peace for a long time, and Mang Continent hadn't encountered war for decades, so there were no river barriers set up at all.

Apricot Lake also connected to river water. As long as this group of murderers figured out the waterway beforehand, it wouldn't be difficult to escape.

By the time they surfaced again, they were already outside Mang Continent.

The long grass on the shore was taller than a person. He Lingchuan stood in the water that reached his ankles, looking up at the spider demon beside him: "Mother, you are still the most reliable!"

When Mother makes a move, there are no survivors.

Logically, he should give Mother a hug, but he didn't dare.

Zhu Xiuer hummed, "Thanks to me coming, right?"

After lurking for so long on the journey, it finally got a chance to have some fun.

"Thanks to you coming." He Lingchuan laughed, "You are our trump card, rarely brought out."

The trip to the Yao Nation was fraught with danger, and there was also the biggest variable, Qingyang. He Lingchuan had to be fully prepared. Therefore, when he decided to keep the appointment with the King of Yao, he blew the whistle on Zhu Xiuer's eye socket.

This ancient giant demon, Zhu Xiuer, had stayed honestly on Yangshan Pan-Silk Island for over a year, spending every day either watching its sister go fishing or arguing with the refined King. It had long been bored to the point of itching all over. Once it received the summons, it happily boarded the Yangshan flight and rushed to the Flash Gold Plain.

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