Chapter 458: Pincer attack

Only then did his mind move, and thirty-six purple rays shot out, rushing directly toward the Ghost-Controlling Sect cultivator.

As soon as he made a move, the other side discovered him; to be precise, they discovered the thirty-six purple rays.

The Ghost-Controlling Sect cultivator sensed it, and was so scared that his scalp was about to explode; he definitely couldn't deal with thirty-six second-stage spirit insects by himself!

So he turned and fled without hesitation, desperately urging his flying sword, but it was a pity that the purple crystal scorpions' flying speed was quite fast.

It took only about ten breaths of time to pull the distance between the two to about two hundred zhang, and then thirty-six purple light rays shot out.

After the Ghost-Controlling Sect cultivator let out a scream that was sharp to the extreme, he died and fell directly.

The five spirit ghosts beside him also let out a wail each, their auras rapidly fading, and soon disappeared, leaving only five black soul crystals in place.

Lin Zhangqing sighed; there was no other way; originally he wasn't prepared to continue taking action, but he didn't expect that after saving someone, he would be the one left to clean up the mess.

And in that situation just now, he could only continue to take action, because he didn't want to leave any future trouble for himself, so taking action again was an inevitable choice.

After coming over to collect his spoils of war, he threw a few fireballs to clean up the scene, and then he adjusted his direction and continued on his way! He took out the Heart-Tethering Pendant again, and after sensing it, he knew that he and Chen Zi Ya were now only about eight hundred li apart.

This made him very excited, and he couldn't help but speed up a little bit, and on this road, no matter whether he encountered cultivators or demonic beasts, he didn't stop at all.

Finally, after rushing for two hours with all his might, he confirmed the distance between them again through the sensing of the Heart-Tethering Pendant, and found that the two were already very close.

Lin Zhangqing was overjoyed and hurriedly put away the light gauze magic treasure on his body; otherwise, if he remained invisible, Chen Zi Ya wouldn't be able to find him.

The remaining distance was covered very quickly, and Lin Zhangqing ordered Chuyi to carefully search for Chen Zi Ya's figure.

Not long after, Chuyi fed Chen Zi Ya's position back to him!

However, when Lin Zhangqing found Chen Zi Ya, she was chasing two cultivators from the Heavenly Star Sword Sect.

And those two fleeing cultivators actually both had late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivation, and one of them seemed to be injured, with an aura that was high and low, which was quite strange.

Lin Zhangqing knew that the sword escape speed of sword cultivators was quite fast, but the uninjured cultivator among them was actually carrying a burden while running away.

So the speed hadn't been fully increased, and just like that, a strange balance was formed.

The two sword cultivators were running in front, followed by more than a dozen purple crystal scorpions, and behind them was Chen Zi Ya, chasing them desperately.

They were two or three li apart; seeing this situation, what else was there to say? Just go for it! Thus, Lin Zhangqing immediately flanked from the side, his mind moved, and eighteen purple rays shot out immediately.

He was the master of the purple crystal scorpions, so he wouldn't be afraid of them leaving his sight, so the eighteen purple crystal scorpions flew toward the two cultivators with full speed.

And when Chen Zi Ya suddenly saw Lin Zhangqing, she almost jumped for joy; fortunately, she also knew that the occasion wasn't right, and forcibly suppressed her excited emotions. Now that Lin Zhangqing had arrived, she had nothing to worry about, so she directly released the restrictions on the sixteen purple crystal scorpions chasing in front.

With Lin Zhangqing here, she didn't have to worry about the purple crystal scorpions leaving his sight too far and running away.

And at this moment, she also knew that the two Heavenly Star Sword Sect cultivators in front shouldn't be able to run away, so she didn't chase them anymore! Instead, she adjusted her direction and flew quickly toward Lin Zhangqing; what Lin Zhangqing was doing at this time was also similar to her.

Anyway, there were already two batches of purple crystal scorpions chasing them, so Lin Zhangqing didn't need to do anything, so rendezvous with Chen Zi Ya as soon as possible was the most correct approach.

However, the development of things was very fast; as soon as the two of them hugged, they heard two sharp screams.

Subsequently, everything returned to calm; at this time, Lin Zhangqing was looking Chen Zi Ya up and down, seeing that her spirit was still very good, and she hadn't suffered any injuries.

Only then did he nod and ask: "Ya'er! What's going on with those two Heavenly Star Sword Sect cultivators? How did they provoke you?"

Chen Zi Ya was also looking at him, and after confirming that he was all well, she said: "They ambushed me in front; at that time, I was using the Heart-Tethering Pendant to sense the distance between us.

Due to a moment of carelessness and distraction, I almost let them succeed; fortunately, I reacted quickly and blocked their surprise attack.

And when I counterattacked, the purple crystal scorpions injured one of them, but they also saw the existence of the purple crystal scorpions; based on the principle of confidentiality, I chased them relentlessly.

I just didn't want them to leak the secret of the purple crystal scorpions; fortunately, you arrived very timely this time, otherwise I don't know how long it would have dragged on!"

Lin Zhangqing only then knew that in just a few days, Chen Zi Ya had encountered such great danger, and couldn't help but shiver; fortunately, everything was over now! Thus, he said to her: "Let's go over and collect the spoils of war! And the sky will soon turn dark; we still need to find a suitable place to camp!"

Chen Zi Ya nodded and agreed, and subsequently, the two arrived at the place where the two Heavenly Star Sword Sect cultivators had fallen.

They saw two corpses that looked like sieves; at this time, Chen Zi Ya saw their faces and couldn't help but let out an "Eh!"

Subsequently, she said: "These two people actually look exactly the same! They wouldn't be twin brothers born of the same mother, would they? No wonder the uninjured one didn't run away alone just now, but instead desperately carried this injured burden; it's really a pity!"

Lin Zhangqing heard her actually feeling sorry for the enemy, and was truly speechless; he didn't know where she got so many sighs, but now wasn't the time to talk about these things.

His mind moved, letting the purple crystal scorpions finish off the two corpses, and then he collected all the spirit objects on them.

Subsequently, the two recalled their purple crystal scorpions, and after dealing with the scene with fireballs, Lin Zhangqing took Chen Zi Ya and left.

The two found a hidden place in the woods with great tacit understanding, and Chen Zi Ya set up the second-stage Return to Origin Breath Absorption Array.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 459 =====