Chapter 173

Jin Tong, faster than Su Mo, rushed toward Jiang Wu!

Obviously he too was heading for that reverse feather; A Ci beside Jiang Wu reacted swiftly, immediately gathering troops to escort, drew his side sword and confronted him!

After Jiang Wu shifted into her true form, she could not immediately return to human form; yet even in that state her combat power was not to be underestimated.

With every wingbeat, it was as if the sun exploded, golden light bursting from the feathers like myriad golden needles stabbing the eyes; lower-ranked beastmen instantly felt their souls shaken and the world spin.

In Su Mo's dazed instant, Jiang Wu suddenly flapped her wings and flew straight toward her.

Like a golden hook, the sharp claws came straight toward her.

Su Mo snapped to, flicked her long whip; Jiang Wu's body shuddered and she quickly dodged.

But she attacked again; in the back-and-forth, Su Mo could never precisely strike her reverse feather, and her body grew ever more affected by the drug.

Among the affected beast husbands, Mo Xiao ranked highest, so he was the first to sense Su Mo's stamina change and swiftly flew to her side.

Instinctively, Fei Yan also flew over.

Su Mo frowned: 'Attack her reverse feather—that must be her weak point!'

Mo Xiao and Fei Yan exchanged a glance, then quickly grappled with Jiang Wu's true form.

Jin Tong remained entangled with A Ci; he did not wish to keep reincarnating with someone like Jiang Wu, nor did he want any further ties to her.

His eyes surged with boundless hatred; this time, even if his soul and spirit scatter, he will personally understand this karmic bond—no longer will he be a puppet of fate!

After Jin Tong defeated those beside A Ci, he struck her back with a sword.

Then he rushed straight toward Jiang Wu.

Jiang Wu's pupils glowed with an eerie light in the night; she never expected Jin Tong to actually dare betray her.

Did he assume that once she revealed her true form, Su Mo would defeat her?

That is far too naïve!

If so, then let him die together with Su Mo!

Jiang Wu dove, her crimson pupils emitting an eerie bloodthirsty glow; wherever her massive wings passed, everyone felt their five viscera burning.

She drew out that strand of Jin Tong's soul and clenched it tightly in her palm; Jin Tong felt waves of suffocating pain in his chest.

In the next instant he uncontrollably shifted into his true form—a white large cat that suddenly fell at Su Mo's feet.

Su Mo lowered her gaze to meet Jin Tong's deep blue eyes and instantly understood.

Suppressing the discomfort rising in her chest, she flicked the dagger from her fingertip and threw it out!

The dagger grazed Jiang Wu's wing; she winced in pain, and Su Mo scattered some medicine powder on the cat on the ground, causing Jin Tong to instantly reshape!

He darted out like lightning, caught the dagger that had pierced Jiang Wu's wing, then with a reverse hand using inner force threw Su Mo's dagger back at Jiang Wu!

At the same time, Su Mo flung out another dagger.

Behind them, Long Yan also drew his bow and shot his arrow at the same moment!

Jiang Wu had to dodge both Su Mo's attacks and Jin Tong's assaults, already somewhat strained; she managed to evade those two's attacks but could not dodge Long Yan's arrow!

She was shot in the abdomen!

The arrow was poisonous; the feathers around the wound visibly darkened.

City Lord!

Not far away, A Ci anxiously flew over and quickly fed her a Detox Pill.

Su Mo seized the moment to fire another dagger; this arrow was aided by Mo Xiao's inner force, wrapped with the power of Su Mo's totem, and shot straight toward Jiang Wu!

When Jiang Wu reacted, the lethal arrow was already upon her; her bewitching red pupils suddenly contracted.

At the critical moment, she instinctively reached to grab A Ci beside her to shield herself!

Jin Tong secretly exerted force, pushing with a palm to shove A Ci in front of her away!

City Lord!

Amid A Ci's panicked screams, Jiang Wu had nowhere to avoid.

Although she used inner force to repel the arrow, its impact was still considerable; after being struck, her true form uncontrollably plummeted!

Wife Master!

A Ci dodged Jin Tong's entanglement, flew over and caught the person!

Su Mo lowered her eyes and said: 'Release the arrows! Attack her reverse feather!'

Su Mo now resembled a hellish Asura, her whole body emanating a chilling killing intent.

Behind her, Mo Xiao, Fei Yan, Yue Ying, Cang Lan, Ye Yuan, Xuan Qing, and Long Yan—seven people—had icy gazes and bore the aura of slaying gods and Buddhas!

The arrows at their fingertips unconsciously aimed at Jiang Wu not far away!

Jin Tong also held a dagger at his fingertip, ready to toss it at Jiang Wu!

A Ci clutched the person in her arms, panicked scream: 'Ru Xu, quickly come escort the Wife Master away!'

Su Mo made a gesture; instantly a volley of arrows was released!

Each poisoned arrow—whether it struck Jiang Wu or A Ci—would leave their lives hanging by a thread!

Jin Tong likewise mercilessly flung the dagger from his fingertip; this time, will he finally watch her die before him?

He actually wondered whether, after Jiang Wu's death, the world would truly be destroyed as she claimed!

Even if that were true, today he also wanted to watch her die before his eyes!

A Ci clutched Jiang Wu's true form in her arms; amidst the suffocating killing intent, Jiang Wu saw the faintly glowing Binding Contract pattern on his shoulder.

In all those reincarnations, this is the first time someone has truly succeeded in forming a Binding Contract with her.

She heard him speak as if he had made up his mind: 'City Lord, in this abyss of ten thousand calamities, I am with you.'

Jiang Wu's gaze dimmed; some emotion flickered in her heart.

……

Brainless fool, even to go to death you are so willing!

Jin Tong narrowed his eyes and cursed, then another dagger flew out!

That dagger was blocked by A Ci! It stabbed him in the back near the chest!

At the critical moment, Jiang Wu flapped her wings and violently shoved the person before her aside!

Then her whole body was enveloped in a blinding red light; she endured the pain and pulled out that reverse feather from her wing, and that most dazzling feather quickly turned into a red mist at her fingertips!

Jiang Wu gritted her teeth, enduring the heart-wrenching pain, and with her inner force pushed the thick mist outward; immediately coughing erupted around her, everyone felt dizzy and light-headed, as if their inner force had vanished!

Su Mo swayed and almost fell, but Mo Xiao timely steadied her.

Mo Xiao tried to lift his bow with inner force, but couldn't!

Jiang Wu stood in the red mist, pulled out an arrow from her body, and backhandedly threw it toward Su Mo.

Mo Xiao frowned fiercely, instinctively wanting to block that arrow for Su Mo.

Su Mo gritted her teeth and forcibly activated the last bit of the totem's energy, lunging with Mo Xiao elsewhere.

The arrow flew through her disheveled hair, slid past her slender neck, and finally landed elsewhere!

Xuan Qing flashed over like lightning, but was ultimately a step too late; raising his hand, he could only just catch a strand of her black hair severed by a sharp weapon.

That arrow had exhausted Jiang Wu's strength; she hardly had any energy left to continue.

She grabbed A Ci from the ground and swiftly flew away: "Retreat! Everyone retreat!"

"Su Mo, the next time we meet will be our battle to the death! Don't even think about escaping alive from my hands again!"

Su Mo clung to her last vestiges of consciousness and sneered: "A defeated subordinate has no right to give me a challenge; even if there is a next time, you will surely die at my hands!"

Jiang Wu said in a chilling tone: "Want to kill me? You might not be up to it! In the endless cycle of reincarnation, as long as I am the immortal one, beings like you who don't belong to this world will ultimately be sent back by me; you are merely a passerby in this world, you have no right to change anything!"

After Jiang Wu withdrew, the surroundings suddenly fell silent.

Before returning to the Dragon Tribe, Su Mo frowned at Jin Tong in the distance and tossed him a packet of medicine: "You can't die just yet!"

As she turned, she heard Jin Tong say softly: "It seems Jiang Wu's weakness is not that reverse feather."

Su Mo paused her steps, but did not answer his words.

"She's not blind, she certainly knows! Not only is it not her weakness, it seems to be one of her weapons."

"But even if Jiang Wu's weakness isn't that reverse feather, it must still be related to her true form; otherwise she wouldn't resist revealing her true form so strongly."

After returning to the Dragon Tribe, Su Mo did not fall into unconsciousness as before; she first instructed everyone on how to use the medicine.

After that battle, Xuan Wei and Xuan Shuang also came to meet with the Dragon Clan.

Xuan Wei was currently busy directing personnel to treat the wounded soldiers.

Fei Yan took the medicine and prepared to treat Su Mo's wound; the others also followed suit and rushed in.

At the door stood Long Yan and Xuan Qing.

Su Mo sat to the side, looking at the people in the room, weakly asking: "How come you all have to watch even when applying medicine?"

Yue Ying frowned at her shoulder wound and said: "Wife Master, we're just worried about you! I'll stay in your room tonight to take care of you."

Su Mo closed her eyes: "Are you sure you want to take care of me, not to make me die faster?"

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Yue Ying furrowed her brows and said: "I'm just here to take care of you today, I swear!"

Su Mo rubbed her throbbing temples: "Your oath is less sincere than the wooden fish in the temple..."

The people in the room suddenly let out a light laugh.

Yue Ying stomped her foot in anger: "Is she talking about just me? What a joke! Wife Master, you're pointing at all of you—get a clue! You bunch of blockheads!"

Su Mo closed her eyes, helpless: "Hurry up and shut your mouth!"

Yue Ying pursed her lips, saying nothing if she wasn't going to speak.

Su Mo frowned and handed Mo Xiao a piece of paper: "See if you can trace the aura on it and help me find the person who wrote this."

Mo Xiao opened the paper and saw only two words written on it: Jiang Wu's true form.

He and Fei Yan exchanged a glance, quickly realizing what it meant.

So the Wife Master's single-minded focus today on forcing out Jiang Wu's true form is because of this letter?

Fei Yan furrowed his brows: "Could it be Jin Tong?"

Mo Xiao held the paper to his nose, sniffed, then frowned: "This isn't his aura."

Su Mo shook her head: "Looking at his reaction today, he probably didn't know about this beforehand."

Mo Xiao frowned: "Then it must be one of Jiang Wu's other enemies? But if he knows her weakness, why wouldn't he act himself?"

Yue Ying fell silent for a moment, then analyzed: "From the letter's content, the other party likely only knows Jiang Wu's weakness lies in her true form, but not where it is."

Su Mo remained silent; they had already considered what they were guessing.

But she still had another guess in mind, so she needed to quickly find the letter's writer to confirm whether her speculation was correct.

【According to Jiang Wu's claim that she is immortal, her soul never dissipates; even if I kill her, she would still have a chance to be reborn? So the Beast World's people would be forced to accompany her into reincarnation, endlessly enduring her endless slaughter? How exactly should this situation be broken?】

【Just how is she using me to restrain those few's abilities? Nowadays my chips she practically knows like the back of her hand, but her trump card I still aren't clear on—this really isn't a good thing~】

Su Mo grew more headache the more she thought, waving her hand at the people in the room: "Let's go find someone first."

Mo Xiao nodded, gesturing with his eyes for the others to leave together.

After they all left, Fei Yan helped Su Mo treat her shoulder wound.

After treating her shoulder wound, Su Mo then went to sleep.

Mo Xiao's side had already arranged people to look for the letter's writer; now he and Yue Ying's group were flipping through the book "God's Prophecy".

Xuan Qing leaned against a tree not far away.

Long Yan stood behind him.

Fei Yan walked over and said to Mo Xiao and the others: "Don't bother looking; it's not important. If Jiang Wu really is immortal as she claims, then this book won't contain any relevant information."

After a moment of silence, Ye Yuan frowned: "If she is immortal, Wife Master… would she really return to her original place?"

Mo Xiao's hand gripping the book tightened.

Even Yue Ying, who always wore a carefree smile, found his expression turning grave.

Actually, they had known from the beginning that the Wife Master was not the original her.

It wasn't that they hadn't considered she might leave one day, just as she had appeared without warning; they just… had never thought deeply about this issue.

The air suddenly stagnated; for a moment it seemed as if time and space had frozen, and Mo Xiao's knuckles turned white as he gripped the book.

After a long silence, everyone went their separate ways.

The next day, when Su Mo woke up, the Dragon Clan was busy arranging the Military Advisor's wife's funeral.

The Military Advisor's wife was usually kind and charitable, highly regarded among the Dragon Clan, so many came to see her off.

As the afternoon funeral drew to a close, the Military Advisor and Long Yan were busy seeing off guests, while the two little dragon cubs cried nearby, their eyes red.

Su Mo walked over and patted their heads: "Go ahead and cry; after today you're not allowed to cry anymore~"

Nan Nan clung to her leg, sobbing: "Sis Su Mo, are you going back to the North Wing?"

Su Mo nodded: "Mm."

Now Jiang Wu has been severely wounded and won't make a comeback anytime soon.

And she couldn't stay with the Dragon Clan forever; she had to go home and check things out.

However, this parting is destined to be only temporary; to deal with Jiang Wu, the three tribes still need to join forces.

Dong Dong sobbed: "But I don't want to be separated from you; I want to be with you forever!"

Su Mo sighed and chuckled: "There's no banquet that never ends; meetings and partings always have their time."

Hearing that, the two little dragon cubs cried even harder.

Su Mo lifted her gaze and met Long Yan's dark, bright eyes.

The warmth in his depths remained, as if he had a thousand words to say, yet for a moment he didn't know how to begin.

He had wanted to ask her for a hug, but then thought better of it.

This time he wouldn't hug her; he'd save it for next time they meet—they'll surely see each other again.

Su Mo looked at the person before her, and a number flashed in her mind: Lu Ren Jia's affection level: 95.

Her heart skipped a beat, then she stepped forward and lightly embraced the person before her, smiling: "Take care."

Only after Su Mo's party had completely vanished from sight did Long Yan, urged by the Military Advisor, turn and head back.

As soon as Su Mo's group arrived at the North Wing, someone from the Snake Clan came to say that the person she was looking for had turned up some leads.

He quickly brought Su Mo to meet that person—a small cave on the North Wing border.

Su Mo looked at the furnishings and the food on the table, and couldn't help but frown deeply.

Mo Xiao beside her was the same.

This person's eating habits and cooking style were extremely similar to those of the Wife Master.

The cave was empty.

Su Mo looked around, and as she turned she saw a figure approaching not far away.

That person was holding a bundle of wood; upon seeing Su Mo, he obviously froze for a moment, but quickly regained his composure.

She then set down what she was holding, clapped her hands, and walked toward Su Mo with a smile: "You've come?"

In an instant a strange memory flashed through Su Mo's mind, and she tentatively said: "Mother?"