Chapter 56: Fighting the Bat Swarm Alone

"Changqing, why do you have no reaction?"

Qi Hao also noticed this point and hurriedly asked Su Changqing.

"It is merely enduring it by force."

Su Changqing turned his head to answer him.

Hearing this, the others could not help but admire Su Changqing a little more.

Su Changqing, however, looked solemnly at the sky full of bats, knowing that continuing like this was not a solution, and silently took out his 'Qingfeng' sword, seemingly having made up his mind.

Caution was Su Changqing's nature, but sitting and waiting for death was not.

"You all wait here for a moment; I will go and deal with these demon bats first."

Following Su Changqing's words, before the others could react, Su Changqing had already flown out of the range of the Liuhe Realm, directly slashing out with a Gale Sword Technique.

Suddenly, a howling wind arose between heaven and earth, rushing fiercely toward the bat swarm; the sword Qi was like bursts of biting sharp blades, and countless bats were sliced into two or four pieces, losing their vitality and falling densely from the high sky, dropping onto the ground to form a small mountain of bat corpses, while black-red blood turned into a river on this hillside, flowing down toward the foot of the mountain, looking extremely bloody.

With just a single sword strike, he had carved a passage through the sky-filling bat swarm.

"You all wait here; I will lead these bats away!"

After Su Changqing's instruction, he flew off through the passage he had carved out.

"Junior Brother Changqing!"

The group let out a cry of surprise, watching in a daze as Su Changqing's figure flew away rapidly.

This countless swarm of bats was something even a high-stage Golden Core cultivator would likely be unable to withstand, eventually being exhausted and drained by wave after wave of bats, yet at this moment, Su Changqing had gone out to fight alone for their sake, wanting to lead the bat swarm away—what great courage this was.

Seeing this, Lu Xueqi could no longer care about the fear and disgust in her heart; she gritted her teeth and was about to fly off to follow Su Changqing.

"Junior Sister Lu, no!"

Qi Hao hurriedly grabbed Lu Xueqi, not letting her follow him.

Lu Xueqi immediately felt anger in her heart; Su Changqing was facing these demon bats alone, so how could she, as his senior sister, be at ease? At this moment, she wanted to fight alongside Su Changqing, yet she was stopped by Qi Hao; how could she not be angry?

But she saw Qi Hao shake his head earnestly and say to Lu Xueqi seriously: "Junior Sister Lu, Junior Brother Changqing is not someone who acts recklessly. Since he is confident in leading these bats away, it means he already has a way to preserve himself and will definitely return safely."

"If we follow closely, I am not afraid that we won't be able to help Junior Brother Changqing, but I am afraid we will hold him back. It is better to listen to his words, wait here for his news, and we will seek him out after the bat swarm leaves."

Qi Hao spoke with reason and evidence, and it made everyone think of the profound divine abilities Su Changqing displayed on ordinary days, silently giving them a bit of confidence in him.

Lu Xueqi calmed down from her anger, and only then did she no longer have the intention to fly off and follow Su Changqing, but she watched the direction Su Changqing had left in with worry that could not be hidden in her eyes.

In fact, even with Qi Hao saying this, Zhang Xiaofan and the others could not help but feel worried for Su Changqing, including Qi Hao himself.

But the situation now was that they could only wait for news within the Liuhe Realm, silently praying that Su Changqing must not meet with any mishap.

Looking at the other side, Su Changqing was waving his sword technique while passing through the encirclement of the heavy bat swarm via the passage he had cut.

The number truly left even Su Changqing shocked.

Three layers inside and three layers outside, nearly millions of bats had surrounded him.

However, Su Changqing, having now broken out of the bat encirclement, breathed a sigh of relief; as long as he could use the Heavenly Wandering Dragon, he was confident these bats could not do anything to him. "This should be able to relieve the siege for them; I can just use this to hide my own tracks."

Su Changqing muttered to himself.

In fact, from the very beginning, Su Changqing had the idea of traveling alone; the people of the Demonic Cult were tracking his movements, and if they knew he was staying with Lu Xueqi and her group, it might invite quite a bit of trouble.

Not to mention that he had encountered Bi Yao and her group in Heyang City some days ago; although he did not know what they had come for, he vaguely felt it was related to him.

Furthermore, Su Changqing had his own matters to attend to and it was inconvenient to act together with them.

It was just right to take advantage of this bat attack to slip away without a sound.

Sure enough, just as he had anticipated, these bats, upon seeing Su Changqing emerge, all turned their gazes onto him.

"These beasts."

Su Changqing cursed inwardly.

He flew off into the distance, and fearing that this group of bats could not keep up with his speed, he simply slowed down, just enough to let these bats chase him closely.

"Eeyaya!"

The bat swarm let out bursts of shrieking, and then pairs of scarlet eyes shot toward Su Changqing; perhaps knowing they could not break through that light barrier, they simply changed their target to Su Changqing, who had broken out alone.

They followed Su Changqing densely as he flew away.

Seeing these bats leave, the four people also slowly breathed a sigh of relief, but they did not act rashly.

When Su Changqing arrived at an open area, his figure slowly stopped, and he turned his head back to look at the bat swarm that had followed him.

"Alright, the cat-and-mouse game has been played enough; now it is my turn to exert my strength."

A confident smile appeared on the corner of Su Changqing's mouth.

These bats could not understand Su Changqing's words, but they knew the person before them would likely not flee anymore, so they scattered and gathered in all directions around Su Changqing, trapping him in an encirclement.

Scarlet eyes, blood-red mouths, and sharp fangs looked as if they were waiting for an opportunity to rush forward and tear Su Changqing to pieces, turning him into food for their kind.

"Eeyaya!"

Following a sharp shriek from within the bat swarm, these bats rushed toward Su Changqing densely like a torrential downpour.

Su Changqing stood on the mountaintop, facing the pitch-black bat swarm, a flash of determination in his eyes. He took a deep breath, flew into the air, pinched a magic seal, and chanted words in his mouth.

"Thunder Brahma!"

Following his incantation, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and lightning flashed and thunder rumbled.

Immediately, a purple electric hue rose in the dark night sky, as if a black hole had appeared in the darkness, from which rays of purple lightning extended and were channeled onto Su Changqing's body, appearing exceptionally profound in this eerie, silent night sky.

Opening his eyes again, Su Changqing's pupils were filled with flashing thunder, and bursts of lightning riots surged over his entire body, as if he were a Thunder Emperor summoning heavenly thunder.

Those bats, although demon beasts, possessed a sliver of intelligence; seeing Su Changqing's divine ability, they hurriedly stopped their charge, and some even wanted to retreat, but the bats behind them were arriving one after another—where was there any path of retreat for them?

"Release!"

(End of chapter)