Chapter 946: Burying a Pit

The central region of the mountain forest.

When Li Luo and the others detected the extremely astonishing heaven and earth energy erupting from this side, Li Li Wuyuan and his group also suddenly changed expression, their faces shocked and furious as they looked toward the not-far-distant place.

There had originally been a lake among the mountains and forests, but at this moment, overwhelming energy continuously whistled out from within it, even the lake water being rolled up into hundred-zhang waves, which finally transformed into floods spreading toward the mountain forest.

These mountain floods were not fearsome to the Dragon Blood Lineage people; what was fearsome was that as the heaven and earth energy there condensed, along with the lake water gushing out, there were also Guardian Spirits of rather considerable scale.

That number, roughly looked over, was fully several dozen.

Moreover, the several among them with the most abundant energy had all reached the level of the Six-Star Tian Zhu Jing, and this, added to the original Guardian Spirits, was a scale sufficient to make the Dragon Blood Lineage side feel tremendous pressure.

Moreover, what made Li Li Wuyuan most shocked and furious was that this eruption of heaven and earth energy had also caused damage to the strange formation their Dragon Blood Lineage had previously arranged here; with this, the attempt to divert the Guardian Spirits had also fallen through.

"Cousin Li Wuyuan, the situation is wrong, this energy eruption is far too suspicious!" Li Li Qingfeng said in a deep, loud voice.

Li Li Wuyuan nodded, his expression dark as he gazed at that lake, and said: "Just now that energy eruption had the fluctuation of a strange formation; someone has planted tricks here."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked and furious; none of them had expected that the "nest" they were hunting had actually been poisoned by someone else.

"Send a signal to notify the other lineages, watch out for outside enemies." Li Li Wuyuan immediately said.

A member of the Dragon Blood Lineage crushed a jade tablet, and a streak of flowing light shot up into the sky, transforming into a clawing and snarling dragon shadow that roared in the high air.

"Cousin Li Wuyuan, at this moment the other lineages are probably still dealing with the Guardian Spirits; if that outside enemy is coming for us, they won't be able to spare any hands right now." Li Li Hongli reminded him, her pretty face shifting between cloudy and clear.

A fierce look surfaced in Li Li Wuyuan's eyes; he stared outside the mountain forest and said: "Exterminate the Guardian Spirits as quickly as possible. That outside enemy will probably appear very soon; let's first see exactly who dares to set their sights on our Li Li Tianwang Lineage!"

Hearing this, everyone also fully erupted their phaseforce, attempting to reduce the number of these Guardian Spirits as quickly as possible.

Even Li Li Wuyuan took out a black crescent blade; on the blade body, two marks like purple eyes were faintly visible, breathing in and out heaven and earth energy.

He directly went to meet the several strongest Guardian Spirits, his phaseforce erupting completely.

While dealing with the Guardian Spirits, Li Li Wuyuan was also watching outside the mountain forest, waiting for the appearance of that group of "fishermen."

And his wait did not last long.

About several minutes later, streaks of flowing light could be seen rising from the distant horizon, then at extreme speed tearing across the long sky, plunging straight into this vast mountain forest.

At this moment, the other four lineages scattered throughout the mountain forest also discovered these intruders.

However, they were currently also held up by Guardian Spirits everywhere, so they could only watch helplessly as they entered the mountain forest, heading straight for the central region.

"Haha, Li Li Wuyuan, how did you end up making yourself so wretched." As those figures appeared above the mountain forest, a burst of laughter rang out.

"Zhao Yan, sure enough it's you Zhao Li Tianwang Lineage people!" Li Li Wuyuan stared coldly at the leading figure, then his gaze swept over the figures beside them whose auras differed from those of the Zhao Li Tianwang Lineage.

"And people from Yanmodian, you're Tian Miao!"

Li Li Wuyuan also recognized the leader of Yanmodian; that youth named Tian Miao could also be considered an outstanding figure among the younger generation of Yanmodian.

"Li Li Wuyuan, you were far too careless, not even knowing the 'Spirit Nest' you were hunting had been tampered with in secret. This time we have to thank our friends from Yanmodian, otherwise we would have missed a good show." Zhao Yan said with a smile.

Seeing Zhao Yan sell them out in one breath, Tian Miao's mouth corner also twitched slightly; he knew that smiling tiger Zhao Yan intended to completely drag them into the water, to deal with Li Li Wuyuan and the others together, but he had expected this, after all, when he sold the information to Zhao Yan, he had already made his choice between the two.

"Tian Miao, very good of you, daring to scheme against our Li Li Tianwang Lineage!" Li Li Wuyuan said with a sinister look.

Tian Miao laughed and said: "Brother Li Wuyuan speaks too exaggeratedly; this is just some competition among the younger generation, how can it count as scheming against the Li Li Tianwang Lineage? If I had that kind of ability, wouldn't I already be able to become the great hall master of our Yanmodian."

Zhao Yan said: "Li Li Wuyuan, there's no need for this kind of nonsense; hand over all the 'Spirit Phase Golden Dew' you obtained earlier, otherwise today your Li Li Tianwang Lineage may have to pay a grievous price."

As his words fell, the troops of the Zhao Li Tianwang Lineage behind him immediately locked onto the Dragon Blood Lineage side with predatory stares, streams of majestic phaseforce rising up, standing above the mountains like columns of beacon smoke.

Their side had numerical superiority, directly bringing extremely strong pressure to the Dragon Blood Lineage people; moreover, the Dragon Blood Lineage people still had to deal with the Guardian Spirits' assault.

Under such circumstances, if they were truly caught in a pincer attack by the Zhao Li Tianwang Lineage joining forces with Yanmodian, the Dragon Blood Lineage team would inevitably pay a grievous price.

The Dragon Blood Lineage people were slightly restless, but they were after all considered elites among the younger generation; they did not show fear, merely casting their gazes toward Li Li Wuyuan, awaiting his decision.

And at this moment, on the Zhao Li Tianwang Lineage side, that Zhao Zhao Shenjiang whispered a few words to Zhao Yan; the latter, hearing this, immediately smiled slightly, then said loudly to Li Li Wuyuan: "Li Li Wuyuan, if you want us to let you off this time, it's actually not impossible. If you are willing to hand over that Li Luo of the Dragon Fang Lineage, then today's matter might still have room for negotiation."

He did not conceal these words, and wrapped in phaseforce, they rumbled throughout the entire mountain forest.

Presumably the other four lineages within the mountain forest also heard this voice.

And hearing Zhao Yan's words, the Dragon Blood Lineage people exchanged glances, not having expected the other side to put forward this condition.

Someone looked toward Li Li Wuyuan: "Brother Wu, should we..."

Li Li Wuyuan's brow furrowed; he glanced at that person and said coldly: "Foolish. That dog Zhao Yan is vicious and poisonous. Although we don't like the sight of that Li Luo, no matter what he is still one of our lineage. We can target him, suppress him, but if we really hand him over to the Zhao Li Tianwang Lineage people, then this will become a stain on our Dragon Blood Lineage. When the time comes, whether it's the Twenty Banners or the Five Heavenly Dragon Guards, the other four lineages will all look down on us. This is shaking our very roots!"

"If we truly did such a thing, the Dragon Blood Lineage higher-ups would surely be furious, and when the time comes we would all be cast aside, with no path of advancement from then on."

"Even if we people here suffer considerable losses today because of their scheming, that is only limited to us. But if we truly do as he says, what is lost is the prestige of the Dragon Blood Lineage. Can you not see the gravity of this?"

Regarding Li Li Wuyuan's words, everyone agreed; even that Li Li Hongli, who was most at odds with Li Luo, kept silent, presumably still maintaining some rationality after all.

Internal strife is something that occurs in any force, but if one sells one's own people to the enemy, the nature of it is different.

Li Li Wuyuan raised his head, looked at Zhao Yan and said lightly: "Skip these despicable tricks; do you take Laozi for a fool?"

Seeing this, Zhao Yan could not help feeling a little regretful; this Li Li Wuyuan sometimes did have a brain.

He turned his head, looked at the other members of the Zhao Li Tianwang Lineage, and said: "Split into four teams, head toward the other four directions of the mountain forest. You must, while they are still held up by the Guardian Spirits, inflict heavy damage on them, force them back, and take back the 'Spirit Phase Golden Dew'."

Hearing this, everyone immediately responded, then together with Yanmodian, split into four batches of troops, rapidly charging toward the other directions of the mountain forest.

And when this side made its move, in a certain valley within the mountain forest, the Dragon Fang Lineage people, with Li Luo's assistance, cleared the Guardian Spirits here at the fastest speed.

"This Li Li Wuyuan actually didn't sell me out?" Li Luo laughed; Zhao Yan's voice just now had also spread throughout the mountain forest, and naturally was heard by them as well.

"Although Li Li Wuyuan is annoying, he's not a fool; he wouldn't dare do something this suicidal." Li Li Fuling said.

"There are people from the other side charging toward us, quite a number of them." Li Li Lingjing reminded.

"Should we intercept?" She looked at Li Luo and asked.

Li Luo pondered slightly; he glanced at this valley, especially the place where he had previously planted the fire primer, and a brilliant smile surfaced on his handsome face.

"Let them come in first. Since they're so dirty, let's bury a pit for them too."