When Ji Yiwen heard this news, his face showed surprise, and he said in disbelief, “Are you kidding me? How could anyone come to a godforsaken place like this?”
After he jumped out of the car, he went straight to Liu Ren’s side. When he saw those fresh tire tracks, his eyes narrowed slightly.
Si Lingfei was also checking right away. She touched the mud marks on the ground and said in a low voice, “These two vehicles are following right behind us. Sometimes they’re not even ten zhang away. And they’re both off-road vehicles.”
Ji Yiwen said grimly, “Could they also be here to deal with that kid?”
“That seems unlikely, right? Who would bring so many people just to deal with a middle school student?”
“Maybe the one in charge is some rich young master who’s afraid of dying! So once he left the city, he brought a few awakened bodyguards along!”
“Brother Ji, what do we do now? Do we move forward or fall back?”
Ji Yiwen was also unsure at this point. He had wanted to beat Huang Quan up first and then deliver him to the Lei family, but who would have thought they couldn’t even break out of the white mist.
Just as Ji Yiwen was hesitating, the ground suddenly began to shake!
Everyone’s expressions changed instantly. Ji Yiwen immediately shouted, “Get ready for battle! This is a fight between awakened ones, and it’s right near us!”
Could the other group already be fighting Huang Quan?!
Lei Kunlun wanted him alive. If the kid got killed, how would he explain it?!
“Lingfei, where’s the fight happening? Once we find that little brat, we can get out of this white mist smoothly too. If the other group beats us to him, we might end up starving to death here.” Ji Yiwen’s tone was a little urgent.
Si Lingfei knew this clearly as well. She immediately crouched down and muttered in her heart, “Awakened skill, Tracking!!”
Her companion beast was a beast-type gray wind eagle, which could control the surrounding airflow and whip up wind blades.
Si Lingfei then summoned her companion beast. With a low cry, a massive gray giant eagle appeared behind her, its gaze sharp, with fierce winds swirling around its body.
This was Si Lingfei’s companion beast. It had already reached rank four, and it also consumed a huge amount of her mental energy. Unless absolutely necessary, she would not easily summon it.
“Gray Wind, find them for me!”
However, just as Si Lingfei finished speaking, several figures came charging at them, each radiating the aura of an awakened one!
Si Lingfei was also startled. She had not expected them to be only ten steps away, and yet she had not noticed at all.
The gray wind eagle reacted even faster. It spread its wings and directly shielded Si Lingfei beneath them. The attackers’ pupils also trembled. They had not expected the other side to actually have a beast-taming type companion vessel.
But there was no turning back once the arrow was loosed. They could only grip their companion vessels and force themselves to charge in!
Clang!
With a metallic collision, the gray wind eagle’s wings were even harder than steel. It took the attackers’ full-force strike and was actually completely unharmed.
Having snapped back to her senses, a cold glint flashed through Si Lingfei’s eyes. She directly controlled the gray wind eagle and summoned several wind blades, sending the attackers staggering backward. Some even failed to dodge in time and were left badly wounded.
However, before they could react, a terrifying aura erupted from Ji Yiwen. That scythe radiating green light also emitted a frightening power, pressing down on them until they could barely breathe!
“If you don’t give me a reasonable explanation for launching an attack on me without permission, have you considered the consequences?”
“A green scythe, the Green Reaper, Ji Yiwen!?”
“He’s already a rank-five awakened one. Weren’t we supposed to teach some kid a lesson? How did we end up provoking him?”
“Could he be that kid’s bodyguard?”
…
At that moment, Ming Xuanyuan also stepped down from the off-road vehicle and stared at them with an unfriendly expression. “Ji Yiwen, what do you mean by this?”
“I should be the one asking you. What do you mean by this?”
“Are you trying to protect Huang Quan? How much did he pay you to move so many experts from your Sky Blue Guild!” Ming Xuanyuan’s face was so dark it looked like water could drip from it.
Ji Yiwen also flared up. “Protect my ass. I’m here to deal with him too. You attacked me without even asking questions first. This account needs to be settled properly!”
Hearing this, Ming Xuanyuan’s expression immediately softened. He said with a chuckle, “Captain Ji, this is a misunderstanding. We sensed movement just now and thought Huang Quan was launching an attack on us. It just happened that there was an awakened aura here, so we struck!”
Ji Yiwen’s expression still did not look good. “That’s none of my concern. You laid hands on me and almost hurt my people. How can this be settled without paying some price!”
“Wait a moment. That commotion just now wasn’t caused by you?” At this point, Si Lingfei seemed to sense something was off.
Ming Xuanyuan shook his head. “We’re trapped in this white mist. We haven’t even seen a hair of that bastard Huang Quan. If I’d known, I would have made my move on his way home!”
“If that commotion wasn’t caused by you, and it wasn’t caused by us, then who caused it?” Si Lingfei said in a low voice, a bad feeling rising in her heart.
As her voice fell, the shaking of the ground grew even more intense!!
In an instant, neither group dared to be negligent. They stood on strict alert and looked around.
Then a loud crash sounded, getting closer and closer to them. A figure flew out from the white mist and landed right between the two groups.
“Huang Quan!”
Ming Xuanyuan and Ji Yiwen almost shouted at the same time.
“I didn’t expect you to deliver yourself right to our door, kid!”
Ming Xuanyuan grinned ferociously and waved his hand. “That’s Huang Quan. Kill him for me!”
However, before his men could move, a huge shadow descended from the sky. When its enormous body landed, dust flew everywhere, and the shockwave it raised scattered a large area of the mist.
Everyone also saw what she looked like, and shock and fear instantly appeared on every face.
“A lord-level monster!” Ji Yiwen roared, speaking in disbelief.
A lord-level monster that should only appear in the abyss—how could it appear here?
Could there be some abyssal rift near this white mist?
Before they had time to think further, Gu Na let out a mad laugh. “Date! Date! Date! Date with me!”
What followed was a storm-like barrage of falling blades, every strike sharp and overwhelming!
Ji Yiwen’s squad had entered the abyss year-round. Upon encountering such a monster, they immediately widened the distance without a second thought.
On Ming Xuanyuan’s side, those two rank-four awakened ones reacted extremely quickly as well. They grabbed Ming Xuanyuan and leaped backward, opening up distance.
The others were not so lucky. Those wildly dancing butchering blades were like a meat grinder. In an instant, they chopped the rest of the people and the vehicles alike to pieces!
Everyone could not help but feel a secret shock. What terrifying destructive power.
And at that very moment, a figure shot out like a streak of light and struck the monster right in the face!?
