Chapter 292: Ambush

The Dark World Gathering lasted for a full week before it ended. During this time, Lingyun had also collected all the materials he needed. Of course, Lingyun had placed all these materials into the Cloud Realm.

Seeing this scene, Chen Jing felt a bit envious in her heart. Because she had never seen the Cloud Realm, she assumed Lingyun had placed the items into a Storage Magic Treasure. Moreover, many techniques for refining Storage Magic Treasures had been lost, and now only some powerful Hidden Sects possessed such methods. Furthermore, the Storage Magic Treasures they refined were definitely not as large as the one Lingyun used; after all, Lingyun had packed the contents of an entire small house into it.

At the same time, Chen Jing carefully warned Lingyun never to let others know about this matter, as killing to seize treasures was still very common in the Dark World. To this, Lingyun only gave a faint smile; relying solely on those people from the Hidden Sects to try and rob him could only be called asking for trouble.

The bus drove along the mountain road. The road was somewhat bumpy, making the vehicle sway. Lingyun leaned his body against the seat, an indistinct light flashing in his eyes.

On this bus, there were not only Lingyun and Chen Jing's group, but also Liu Xuan from the Lingxu Sect, two Elders of the Lingxu Sect, and some accompanying personnel. These two Elders were both Innate Experts, and both were existences with no weak strength among Innate Experts.

"Master, there are people ambushing us all around!" Suddenly, Luo Yexi's voice rang in Lingyun's ear. "If I am not mistaken, they should be people from Medicine King Valley!"

Because she used Voice Transmission, the people around did not notice, but looking at Esdeath's gaze, it was clear she had also discovered the unusual situation in the surroundings.

Lingyun nodded slightly without speaking. At the same time, his gaze fell upon the two Lingxu Sect Elders. At this moment, the two Elders also had their brows slightly furrowed, as if they had sensed something.

"Be careful, I fear there is an ambush around us!" one Elder warned loudly.

The moment that Elder warned loudly, several large, emerald-green palm imprints emerged from the Void, drifting and swaying like floating clouds as they lightly slapped down toward the direction of the bus.

"Biyun Palm? These are people from Medicine King Valley, everyone be careful!" Seeing the palm imprints slapping down from the sky, one Elder's expression changed slightly.

The man driving the bus stepped on the brakes rapidly. Before the vehicle had even come to a steady stop, the two Lingxu Sect Elders leaped out through the bus windows. Facing the palm imprints falling from the sky, the two looked at each other, let out a simultaneous shout, and struck their fists toward the sky.

Solid fist imprints slammed toward the palm imprints in the sky. Between the collision of fists and palms, a violent booming sound erupted. The palm imprints in the sky were all shattered, and the two Lingxu Sect Elders also retreated several steps, each step leaving a deep footprint on the ground.

"As expected of the two Elders Xuanfeng and Xuanlei of the Lingxu Sect, to actually be able to take on our joint attack of five!" A leisurely voice came from the dense forest to the side, and five figures emerged from the forest.

"People of Medicine King Valley, you actually dare to ambush our Lingxu Sect people here. Have you forgotten that if our ancestor had not spoken up to plead for you, your Medicine King Valley would have ceased to exist long ago!" Elder Xuanfeng looked at the five and said coldly.

"Pah, a bunch of hypocritical things. Your ancestor was one of those who besieged our ancestor back then, yet you still want to put on airs of righteousness in front of us; it truly disgusts me." The leader of the Medicine King Valley sneered. "Even if we cannot retaliate against the Lingxu Sect now, we must let you know that our Medicine King Valley is not to be trifled with! Come out, and properly entertain our guests from the Lingxu Sect!"

Following the man's cold shout, a group of men dressed in green martial attire emerged from the woods. These men each held a dark, heavy iron crossbow, and the bolts loaded on the crossbows had emerald-green light flickering on their tips, clearly quenched with deadly poison.

"Bintie Crossbows?" The two Elders' expressions changed drastically, clearly very wary of this type of crossbow.

"Brother, it seems this time, we have to risk our lives!" Xuanfeng slowly drew the long sword from behind his back.

"Risking our lives it is, I have never feared anyone." Xuanlei also gripped the long sword in his hand. "Xiaoxuan, we two will hold off this pack of beasts; you take the chance to leave quickly. After returning, report this matter to the Sect Master! As for the others, I am sorry, this old man has limited ability and I fear I cannot protect you all. Whether you can escape with your lives depends on your own fortune!"

Liu Xuan looked deeply at the two Elders, her eyes already filled with resolve. At this time, saying anything about staying to live and die together would only be a burden to the two Elders. She quietly gripped a bottle of Pill in her hand; this type of Pill could stimulate the potential within her body in a short time. In this situation, it would not take long for her to rush back to the Dark World Market. By then, as long as she reported it to the Golden Core Stage seniors there, perhaps there would still be time to save the people.

Seeing that Elders Xuanfeng and Xuanlei were about to risk their lives, Chen Jing reached out and tugged at Lingyun's sleeve. Lingyun gave her a slight smile, then signaled to Luo Yexi and the other.

"Today, not one of you will escape! Fire!" The leader of the Medicine King Valley Elders waved his hand.

The green-clad men holding the iron crossbows fired Bintie Arrows at the direction of the bus in unison. True Qi surged on the bodies of Elders Xuanfeng and Xuanlei, forming a layer of invisible Protective Qi Shield around them. Judging by their appearance, they intended to resist the Bintie Arrows head-on with their Protective Qi Shields.

Suddenly, an Ice Wall rose abruptly in front of the two Elders. The Bintie Arrows struck heavily against the Ice Wall, only able to penetrate a third of the way before losing their force. Countless cracks appeared on the Ice Wall, which then turned into a pile of shattered ice.

"Who is it?" Looking at the shattered Ice Wall, the people of Medicine King Valley all felt a bad omen rise in their hearts.

"The one who will kill you!" Esdeath walked down from the bus, a Long sword already appearing in her hand.

"You are an SSS-rank Ice-type Esper?" That Medicine King Valley Elder's expression looked somewhat unpleasant.

An SSS-rank Esper, although equivalent to an Innate Martial Artist, was in some respects even harder to deal with than an Innate Expert. Just like the Bintie Arrows from before, an Innate Martial Artist could only dodge or resist head-on, while Esdeath blocked them all using just one Ice Wall.

"Kill!" An Innate Expert from Medicine King Valley instantly surged up, killing toward Esdeath's direction. If she released a large-scale attack, this Bintie Crossbow army would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

"There is still me!" Luo Yexi suddenly appeared in front of that Elder, Nine Yang Power condensed in her palm, and she struck out with a palm.

That Elder could not dodge in time and could only forcefully raise his True Qi, clashing head-on with Luo Yexi's palm. Upon contact, the Elder felt an extremely terrifying True Qi coming from the opponent's palm, instantly shattering his True Qi, and then taking advantage of the momentum to drill into his body and begin wanton destruction. The Elder could not help but let out a muffled groan and retreated one step.

Just as Luo Yexi intercepted that Elder, Esdeath slammed her right foot onto the ground, and countless Ice Spears instantly pierced out from under the feet of the Bintie Crossbow army. Although some people were agile enough to avoid the Ice Spears, many were directly pierced through by them.

"You, damn you!" Seeing the Bintie Crossbow army suffer heavy losses under the opponent's single move, the Medicine King Valley Elders rushed toward Esdeath's direction one after another.

Facing the siege of the various Elders, Esdeath instead revealed a trace of a smile, and carrying her Long sword, she met them head-on.