Chapter 210: Encirclement and Annihilation

Tang He's secretly left traces, Yu Zhangsheng did not bother with them, and before long the group set off grandly toward Honghu Mountain.

Honghu Mountain, as its name suggests, is most famous for a broad lake within the mountain; because the mountainside is covered year-round with red maple trees, the lake water appears dyed red, hence the name.

Its mountain mass is enormous, bordering the Cangyang Mountain Range on the inside, rich in resources, with spirit beasts emerging endlessly; the appearance of Qingluo Beast traces here is not surprising.

Yu Zhangsheng's party this time appeared far thinner; together with Yu Zhangao, the two of them before this vast Honghu Mountain seemed somewhat insignificant, like fishing a needle in the sea.

"This Honghu Mountain is so huge, when will we ever find the Qingluo Beast searching like this?"

Yu Zhangao sighed, his expression showing a touch of worry and gloom.

"Just search slowly."

Yu Zhangsheng smiled faintly, not feeling the least bit dejected; he kept his divine sense spread outward, and along the way, though he found no trace of the Qingluo Beast, he did discover quite a few spirit herbs and similar treasures, so it was not boring.

"Searching slowly, in the end there are still too few people; by the time we find it, who knows, the Qingluo Beast might already have been captured by the Three Great Families' people."

"That's not necessarily so; I already have a method, no need for excessive worry."

Yu Zhangsheng shook his head, and as he spoke his eyes casually glanced behind him, then observed the surrounding terrain once more, his tone shifting as he said lightly:

"However, before that, there are still some matters to handle. I say, several Dao Friends, you've followed me this long — shouldn't you show yourselves?"

As his words fell, the surroundings fell utterly silent, while Yu Zhangao's expression stirred and he instantly returned to vigilance, leaning against Yu Zhangsheng as he scanned the surroundings and said in a low voice:

"Who is it? Are there still other people around here?"

With his cultivation base he naturally would not detect any anomaly, but Yu Zhangsheng would not speak such words for no reason.

A moment later the woods were still utterly silent, not a trace of abnormality, only Yu Zhangsheng's voice echoing.

Just as Yu Zhangao let out a breath of relief, Yu Zhangsheng's brows furrowed slightly, his tone turning a few degrees colder, and he abruptly looked toward a direction, coldly laughing: "Truly cautious."

As he spoke, his hand rapidly formed a hand seal, and instantly a fireball the size of a human head swiftly emerged, carrying a thread of Void Fire's might; at its appearance the air stirred up a qi wave, turning scorching.

"Go!"

Yu Zhangsheng gave a low call, and the next instant this fireball swiftly flew toward the dense forest he had been looking at.

"Boom—!"

The fireball crashed down, countless birds startled into flight; amid a blaze of heat, that space slowly twisted, and a black-clothed figure slowly appeared — precisely the person who had watched Yu Zhangsheng last night.

At this moment his complexion was slightly iron-green, his originally black clothes also stained with a thread of flame, his gaze ice-cold.

"I underestimated you. When did you discover me?"

"You guess."

Yu Zhangsheng smiled faintly, his hand forming a seal again, and two more fireballs swiftly condensed, emitting astonishing high temperature; with a wave of his hand they shot rapidly toward his east and west sides, smashing down somewhere.

"How much longer do you intend to hide?"

Yu Zhangsheng's brow and eyes concentrated, and as the fireballs flew past, with another wave of his hand three spirit pets emerged, surrounding Yu Zhangsheng and Yu Zhangao.

"Boom!"

Two more huge sounds rang out; as the fireballs fell the earth cracked, giant rocks collapsed, and another two figures could no longer stay hidden, dodging in succession.

Three figures in total, all uniformly black-robed, black face masks covering their faces, but from their builds it could be judged all three were male. Among the three, aside from the Tang Family person, the remaining two — one held a sword in one hand, the other gripped a saber in one hand. "Is this the Qi Refining brat you spoke of?"

At this moment the three gathered, exchanged a glance, and the sword-wielding cultivator couldn't help asking, his voice hoarse, deliberately suppressing his throat.

"An unexpected situation arose; I already said this brat is not simple, but it's fine — once we kill him, the original reward doubles."

The Tang Family person coldly hummed; at this moment he could no longer care about anything else, and could only make such a promise.

"Brat, I underestimated you; it seems you were aware last night, but so what — three Foundation Establishment cultivators jointly acting against you, you can consider yourself dying with understanding."

The Tang Family black-clothed cultivator coldly laughed; though surprised by Yu Zhangsheng's alertness, he did not panic, instead holding the winning ticket.

The three of them attacked simultaneously, all Foundation Establishment powerhouses; even if Yu Zhangsheng were not Qi Refining, what of it? He had full confidence he could keep Yu Zhangsheng here.

"Is that so?"

Yu Zhangsheng asked lightly, and amid the talk he moved first, his whole body's qi and blood surging, blasting toward the sword-wielding figure on the far left.

In midair, a layer of earth-yellow armor spread, wrapping around Yu Zhangsheng's body and forming protection, while also adding several degrees of strength to his hand.

"Thousand Mountain Armor!"

Yu Zhangsheng gave a low call, and as his mind moved the Red Snake also moved; its thick snake tail lashed violently against the ground, its figure leaping up as flames spread over its whole body, entwining toward the Tang Family person in the middle.

"Chirp!!"

The Golden-Winged Great Eagle howled, its voice piercing gold and cracking stone; after circling once in the air, boundless black wind blades attacked toward the other saber-wielding figure.

As for Cai Xing Deer, it merely circled around Yu Zhangao, protecting his safety, and did not act rashly.

Its deer antlers glowed, boundless trees coiled and entwined into a cage, wrapping Yu Zhangao layer upon layer, also a layer of guardianship.

All this, from the moment Yu Zhangsheng made a sound, took only a single breath's time; in the sky, the Golden-Winged Great Eagle's Black Wind Hundred Slashes turned into a storm sweeping across.

On the ground, the Red Tempered Snake came fiercely with a coiling, agile attack.

As for Yu Zhangsheng, even more so — his fleshly power erupted, Thousand Mountain Armor augmenting him, his single fist's might shook heaven and moved earth.

Moreover with Cai Xing Deer pressing the formation from the side, eyeing covetously, amid the surging qi mechanism they formed the front three levels of the Spirit Beast Four Extremes Array, their might even greater.

"Something's wrong, this brat has a problem!"

The Tang Family cultivator gritted his teeth; Yu Zhangsheng's movements could not be called slow — even he froze for a moment, and the next second the Red Tempered Snake attacked.

As for Yu Zhangao, at this moment he had been stunned dumb by this sudden change, staring blankly at the three, expression shocked, body trembling slightly, complexion deathly pale.

"Three... Foundation Establishment?"

Yu Zhangao trembled slightly, his body lightly shaking, his speech also becoming somewhat halting, a thread of despair rising in his eyes.

It was in this instant that Yu Zhangsheng first met the sword-wielding cultivator; that cultivator's pupils violently contracted, and as his figure retreated his long sword rose vertically to meet Yu Zhangsheng's fist.

"Crack crack..."

The next second, the crisp sound of a sword shattering rang out, and then in that cultivator's unbelieving eyes, with a crack the sword thoroughly snapped into several pieces.

(Chapter End)