Chapter 528: Not What We Intended to Hunt

"You! Scoundrels! —"

When the petals of Zhu Zhuqing's Lovesick Heartbroken Red began to glow, Qin Jian, who had been circling with that Three-Ten-Thousand-Year Man-Faced Demon Spider, instantly fused with Na'er and kicked it several kilometers away with one blow.

"Rip!"

With his Silver White Dragon Wings flapping, he arrived from beyond the sky like a bolt of light, tearing through the vast expanse, accompanied by a sharp whistling sound, stirring up a sky full of wild winds.

At the first glance upon arriving, Qin Jian saw the Two-Pole Static Domain, and his heart and mind were instantly shaken; blood surged upward, his head spun, and he nearly fell from the sky.

But the next moment, he saw Xiao Wu locked onto Hu Liena's neck in a strange posture, and his trembling heart calmed slightly.

Scanning the entire scene again, he saw Zhu Zhuqing, Aunt Da Wu, as well as the Taitan Giant Ape and Tianqing Niumang, all unharmed, and finally let out a light sigh of relief.

Subsequently, intense fury swept through his heart like a Flame, and together with the anger from Xiao Wu previously being hunted and himself being schemed against, it all transformed into a sky-piercing rage at this moment!

"Boom!"

The next moment, Sword Light erupted from the long spear, accompanied by a trace of Spirit power, piercing into the Two-Pole Static Domain and shattering it directly.

"Roar! —"

Tianqing Niumang and the Taitan Giant Ape roared toward the sky, the bindings around their bodies shattering like glass spheres, and the next moment, they completely exploded.

"Qin Jian... you have already been fused with me for one minute..."

Na'er's voice sounded in the depths of his heart.

But Qin Jian paid no heed, smashing his spear fiercely onto Yue Guan.

"You! Do you even! Regard me as the Spirit Hall Chief Judge!"

Seeing that the situation was unfavorable, Gui Mei went directly into his Spirit Avatar, Hundred Ghosts Night Parade, transforming into streaks of ghost shadows.

"Rip!"

But Qin Jian swept his spear horizontally, the icy light seemingly piercing through the void, suddenly enveloping the hundred-zhang area in front of him, freezing all the ghost shadows with a crackling sound.

"Do you know..."

He shot into the sky, the Silver Dragon Spear transforming into a raging, scorching light flame, bombarding all of Gui Mei's ghost shadows, blotting out the sky and sun.

"Xiao Wu... she is the little sister I have protected for one hundred thousand years! —"

Qin Jian's roar echoed rumblingly between heaven and earth; at this moment, he was like a god of war, treating Gui Mei and Yue Guan like punching bags.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

The continuous sound of mountain rocks shattering spread out, making the others tremble with fear.

"Pope! We didn't intend to hunt that Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Beast!"

Yue Guan was beaten dizzy by this wave of Qin Jian's outburst, his whole body in explosive pain; the injuries from being hammered so many times by Tianqing Niumang and the Taitan Giant Ape just now could not compare to the severity of these two blows.

"Didn't intend to hunt? Then tell me... did you come here for a vacation?!"

The voice was rumbling, shaking the entire lake into rolling waves; even Tianqing Niumang and the Taitan Giant Ape quietly shrank their heads, as they had never seen Qin Jian in such a state of rage.

On the lake shore, Xiao Wu, still locked onto Hu Liena's neck, had a soft expression, her eyes shimmering; the deep attachment in her eyes as she looked at Qin Jian seemed about to overflow.

That man, filled with killing intent, was raging to the heavens for her sake!

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Qin Jian once again smashed Yue Guan onto the mountain rock, and at the same time, smashed Gui Mei into it as well.

"Aren't you two inseparable? I will let you be, in! sep! ar! able!"

With every word he spoke, he smashed a giant boulder into the cave where the two were, sound after sound, almost burying them into the mountain body.

"No! Pope, listen to me—"

Yue Guan's head poked out from the mountain again, but the next moment it was smashed back in by Qin Jian.

"I'll let you speak! I'll let you speak!"

Streaks of spear light bombarded without stopping.

"Speak! Go on and speak!"

As Yue Guan and Gui Mei rolled into a ball inside the mountain, entangled together, they didn't even know where they had kissed each other...

"Pope! We were just following orders—"

Finally, Gui Mei managed to say a complete sentence.

Qin Jian flew in mid-air, his Silver White Dragon Wings flapping slowly, the rage in his eyes not fading in the slightest: "Following orders? Following whose orders?"

"Could it be..."

He gritted his teeth: "Is it Bibi Dong again?! Does she really think I won't break with her?!"

Having gone through the previous Divine Power imprisonment, he was already suspicious of the God Trial, and now that this had happened, he truly wished he could stab everyone related to this matter to death to vent his anger!

"No, no, no! It's not the Pope! It's Nana! The Pope told us to listen to Nana!"

Yue Guan's head poked out from the mountain body again, saying repeatedly: "This time it's because Nana needs a Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Ring, that's why we came!"

It was the first time he had spoken so quickly, even his feminine tone was gone.

Better a dead friend than a dead self; you two lovebirds solve your own problems, don't torment this old bone of mine, even a Title Douluo can't withstand a few beatings like this...

Over there, Hu Liena, who was still being locked by Xiao Wu and standing in a strange posture, instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"Nana..."

Qin Jian's gaze was like a sword, mixed with ice and disbelief as it fell upon Hu Liena: "Is it you who wanted to hunt Xiao Wu?"

As soon as Hu Liena made contact with his gaze, her whole body trembled violently.

She had never seen such a disappointed and cold look from Qin Jian.

She turned her head away, refusing to meet his eyes.

"No, Nana wouldn't scheme like this... using the Star Luo Empire's encirclement to reap the benefits..."

Qin Jian looked again at the two heads of Yue Guan and Gui Mei poking out from the mountain, his long spear pointing straight at them, his eyes icy: "Speak! Was it Bibi Dong who plotted all of this behind the scenes?!"

"No, it wasn't."

Yue Guan said incoherently, "The Pope explained all the implications to Nana, and it was Nana who made the choice. While we two are ostensibly under Nana's command, in reality..."

He paused, glanced at Hu Liena with some embarrassment, and then continued, "In reality, our mission was not to hunt this Soft Bone Rabbit, but to protect her."

"Protect her?"

Qin Jian was slightly taken aback.

Hu Liena looked over in disbelief.

"Yes, Old Ghost said it was surveillance, but in fact, we were protecting her the whole way, never letting her fall into a truly fatal situation until you, Empress Consort, arrived," Yue Guan said hurriedly.

"These were all the Pope's instructions," Gui Mei added.

Hu Liena's expression was almost impossible to describe, a despair mixed with resentment and sorrow: "You, and Teacher, you, you all conspired against me?!"

"No, we did not conspire against you."

Gui Mei suddenly turned his head and said, "The Pope said that all the circumstances had already been explained to you, including that this Soft Bone Rabbit is the Empress Consort's sister, and the Empress Consort's lover... Since the situation had already been told to you, the one who made the decision was yourself."

"As for us secretly protecting her, that was the Pope's own decision. She did not want the Empress Consort to hold a grudge against us, nor did she wish for him to break ties with the Spirit Hall, so this Soft Bone Rabbit could not be allowed to die."

Just as his voice fell, Xiao Wu's cold yet somewhat sweet voice rang out: "So the black shadow that appeared from time to time before was you."

Gui Mei nodded.

(End of this chapter)