Chapter 1022: Backstab
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The light seemed to be abnormally somber in the forest filled with death-gas. The dusky death-gas hindered one’s ability to scout via eyes and spiritual energy.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Occasional beast cries rang out in the forest. Suddenly, there was an air-rending sound, and a few light figures were seen quickly passing by. These people were agile. Using only their toes to push lightly off of a tree trunk, they had already propelled themselves forward before the leaves could even shake.
These figures were, of course, Mu Chen and the rest, who had infiltrated the forest.
As they moved forward through the forest, their eyes were fixated vigilantly on the places where the death-gas lingered. Although the death-gas had blocked the perception of spiritual energy, they could still sense the large amount of beast spirits hiding in the forest.
Han Shan said to Mu Chen and the rest via telepathy, “We came in from the southwest. From the distribution previously, there should be around six Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits emerging at our side. As for other beast spirits, there are quite a number of them. I would say over 100.”
As Mu Chen and Nine Nether heard his words, their expressions turned slightly solemn. The lineup of six Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits with over 100 slightly weaker beast spirits was enough to make anyone feel dread. Fortunately, those beast spirits did not have any intellect. Otherwise, Mu Chen and the rest would never approach them.
“When the fight begins, the four of us will confront the six Grade Seven beast spirits. In the meantime, Ink Ring and the others will have to hold off the other beast spirits. We have to end our battles quickly or else they will be overwhelmed.”
Mu Chen, Nine Nether, and Ink Blade all nodded. Although the Demonic Rhino Clan also had three Grade Seven Sovereigns, facing a large amount of beast spirits would still be a difficult task for them.
After explaining the plan, Han Shan called out to them in a low voice, “Be ready. We are about to enter the area where the beast spirits are entrenched.”
Mu Chen and the rest instantly tensed as they felt the surrounding death-gas become thicker. In the somber forest, gray-white silhouettes were seen drifting around like ghosts.
As soon as they appeared in the area, those gray-white silhouettes instantly turned their hollow eyes towards them. In that instant, deadly howls echoed in the forest.
Bang! Bang!
Ghostly silhouettes carrying cold death-gas drifted out of the darkness incessantly and gushed towards Mu Chen and the rest.
Han Shan, Nine Nether, Mu Chen, and Ink Blade were the first to confront the enemies. Majestic energy instantly engulfed the front line of the squad, and terrifying light rainbows whizzed out.
Dong! Dong!
Sharp light rainbows pierced through over a dozen of the fastest beasts gushing towards the squad. They instantly exploded upon contact. The whole squad aggressively pushed their way forward against the beast spirits’ heavy assault, heading towards the deep area of the forest.
Rumble!
Violent spiritual energy relentlessly lashed out in the death-gas-filled forest, sending the beast spirits who were in their way flying. Nonetheless, there were still beast spirits gushing towards them incessantly.
However, Mu Chen and the rest did not care about this and headed right towards the deep area. They understood that the biggest threat was still those Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits. As soon as they finished them off, their hands would be freed up to help eliminate the large number of beast spirits.
“Han Tong, you guys bring up the rear!” Noticing that the death-gas was getting thicker, Han Shan squinted, as he could feel that they had entered the forest’s deep area. Furthermore, he also felt some dangerous death-gas fluctuations in the distance.
That must have been where the Grade Seven beast spirits were.
“Alright!” The Demonic Rhino Clan’s four powerful people nodded as soon as they heard his order and quickly separated themselves from the squad. With a sweep of their majestic spiritual energies, an enormous Demonic Rhino silhouette appeared and instantly attracted the large number of beast spirits.
“Ink Ring, go help them, but take care,” Ink Blade called out.
“Roger that!” Ink Ring replied and quickly fell back. Scourging red flame ascended from her petite body, instantly raising the temperature of the area as if the air itself were burning.
With Ink Ring and the others bringing up the rear, the road for Mu Chen and the other three was cleared in an instant. Thus, they accelerated and sprinted towards the concentrated death-gas.
After the death-gas, there was a rough land surrounded by gray-white tree shades. Numerous silhouettes covered the ground, and each of the silhouettes had a hollow, ice-cold stare fixated right on Mu Chen and the rest. In a sudden move, the silhouettes appeared in front of the group.
There were six black silhouettes. Their bodies were fine, black iron and seemed to be abnormally hard. This was because after their bodies had withered, they were quenched by the death-gas until they were extremely hard. The death-gas encircling them was also much stronger than that of normal beast spirits.
“So there really are six Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits, huh…” Mu Chen muttered to himself after eyeing the black beast spirits. However, a moment later, his eyes suddenly narrowed. “No, that’s not right!”
Bang!
The moment Mu Chen had noticed, the ground behind them suddenly exploded. Two black figures slowly crawled out from under the ground. Judging from the amount of death-gas around them, they were apparently another two Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits.
Just like that, their number had increased to eight.
Seeing this, Han Shan looked aghast. It seemed like there were far more beast spirits gathered at this place than he had imagined.
“Now this is troublesome.” Han Shan gave a wry smile. Even for them, fighting against eight Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits required some time. After all, these beasts were on par with supreme talents like Lu Sui in terms of battle prowess.
Mu Chen frowned and said, “Each of us shall handle two of them and try to end this quickly.”
“Alright!”
Han Shan and the other two nodded and propelled themselves forward. Each of their majestic spiritual energies had surrounded two of the Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits.
Mu Chen did the same. His target was the two Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits that were crawling behind them.
Roar!
As the two Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits roared, their encircling death-gas vibrated. They swiped at Mu Chen’s chest at lightning speed with their sharp bone-claw encircled with death-gas. Their sharp swipe even left gash lines in the space.
Dang!
Mu Chen used his arm to forcibly block the attack, and sparks flew out of his arm. However, the bone-claw with the death-gas only left lines of white claw marks scratched on his arm.
Bang!
With golden light glowing on his fist, Mu Chen landed a heavy punch on that Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirit’s chest. A low noise was heard, and the beast spirit was sent flying with its chest sunk into its body.
However, this Grade Seven Sovereign Beast’s tenacity was far greater than Mu Chen had expected. As soon as its body touched the ground, it immediately bounced back up and pounced towards Mu Chen again, not concerned about its sunken chest.
“What a hard body.” Seeing this, Mu Chen looked surprised. That punch had been enough to make an ordinary Grade Seven Sovereign spit blood, but this beast spirit was still lively after receiving that attack.
Bang! Bang!
The two Grade Seven Sovereigns charged at Mu Chen madly with relentless attacks. Under the scouring of the death-gas, Mu Chen was forced to retreat a few steps, but he managed to recover quickly. As soon as he activated his Dragon-Phoenix body with a burst of dazzling golden light, Mu Chen let out a relentless fury of punches as heavy as a mountain, beating the two Grade Seven Sovereigns backwards. Parts of their bodies were crushed in from the punches. They would have been heavily wounded if not for the fact that they were already dead.
At this rate, it was just a matter of time before Mu Chen completely shattered the two Sovereigns.
As Mu Chen’s battle was looking better, Han Shan, Nine Nether, and Ink Blade also gradually adjusted to the mad attacks of the two Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits, and they started to take the initiative in their battles.
Further back, Ink Ring and the others were also holding off the large amount of beast spirits with all their strength. Although it was hard to handle attacks from both the front and back, these beast spirits did not have intellect, and hence the group was able to handle the beast spirits for the moment.
Apparently, the situation was just as Han Shan had anticipated. As long as they were keeping this up, they should be able to get rid of their troubles completely.
Bang!
In the rough land, a huge rock exploded below Mu Chen’s feet. With a golden flash in his eyes, Mu Chen grasped one of the Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits. With a clench of his palm, the Golden-Winged Sword appeared in his hands. In a flash of golden light, that Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirit’s head was cut off.
Bam!
By cutting down a Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirit with a slash, Mu Chen was relieved of a lot of pressure. Mu Chen suddenly launched aggressive attacks on the remaining Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirit, suppressing it.
Noticing Mu Chen’s progression, Nine Nether and the others also pumped up their efforts. As long as Mu Chen quickly got rid of his foe, this battle situation could be ended swiftly with his help.
At this rate, it seemed there was nothing to be afraid of.
However, as soon as Han Shan and the others were silently relieved, they suddenly felt the land start to shake, as if there were thousands of beasts stampeding. This abnormal charge also shocked Mu Chen. After he quickly raised his head to look left and right in the forest, his expression changed dramatically.
This was because he could sense that in those two directions, there was a lot of death-gas sweeping towards them. There was also a large amount of beast spirits, and among them there were some ink-black marks, the Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirits!
At the rear, the Demonic Rhino Clan powerful people called out nervously as their expressions drastically changed. “There are a lot of beast spirits incoming!”
Bam!
With a surge of golden light, Mu Chen blasted away the head of the Grade Seven Sovereign beast spirit in front of him with a punch. Looking left and right, his facial expression became a little heavy.
Han Shan’s face was completely pale. With gritted teeth he said, “That is where the Golden Lion Clan and Sirius Clan are. What are those fools doing?”
Nine Nether gave a wry smile and said, “What else are they doing? They are turning their enemies against us.”
Han Shan’s eyes were completely frozen. The Sirius Clan had broken their promise and joined hands with the Golden Lion Clan. Judging from the situation, the scum had certainly plotted to eliminate them completely by driving these beast spirits to them.
This time, he was being backstabbed by the Sirius Clan!