Chapter 51: Chance Encounters Revised Edition
I don't know what's going on with the chapter I posted yesterday, and it's messed up between paragraphs...... I just found out today, and this was corrected and reissued. I'm sorry everyone.
In the dimly lit conference room, there was a faint smell of burning tobacco. The shimmer of early morning shone through the curtain that had been lifted open, casting an irregular spot of light on the end of the long conference table.
"Ladies and gentlemen, that's pretty much the way it is going to be this time around. According to rough estimates, more than a million beasts participated in this damp attack, and one percent of them were demonic beasts, which was the largest in thousands of years. Now the city lords of the seven cities of Beiyuan, Shangyi, Lanfang, Suzhong, Baiyan, Qingyang, and Xiangqu have all sent letters asking for our rescue. Now, it is planned to dispatch five elders of the Council of Elders and ten captains of the guards of Tianluo Wei to rescue the cities as quickly as possible. What are your thoughts on this action?"
"Is it that serious for the people who dispatched the Council of Elders? Could it be that there are still fifth-order demonic beasts in the beast tide?"
"There are no fifth-order demonic beasts, but it is said that there are fourth-order top-level demonic beasts. You know, with the strength of the fourth-order top-notch demonic beasts, those city lords are difficult to contend with. In the Sky Realm, only the strength of the Heavenly Luo Guard Captain can be opposed. Also, this time the situation is critical, and I also want to send a rescue force as quickly as possible, so I used the Council of Elders. ”
The man sitting at the long table glanced around the crowd and saw that there were no more doubts, so he looked to the first place, where a man sitting in the shadows was silently smoking a cigarette, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
"Commander, is there any will on the sect's side?" the man's tone was unusually respectful.
The man slowly took the cigarette from his mouth, and let out a long puff of smoke, and then a deep voice came out: "The elder-level meeting in the sect has just ended. This beast tide is extremely strange, and the sect believes that it is very likely that someone behind the scenes is manipulating. And ......," the man paused before he said, "it's very likely that a supreme-level powerhouse is involved." ”
"What?" everyone was shocked when this remark came out.
"But don't worry. Since he made such a big move, he must have a purpose. And he didn't dare to act openly, which shows that he is still afraid of us. Therefore, he or they will not show up easily until the critical moment. Don't worry, do it, we'll keep an eye on those places. When necessary, Tianluotang can also be dispatched. ”
"Tianluo Tang ......" Hearing this term, everyone shuddered fiercely. Because they know that the characters who come out of there are all existences that must not be provoked.
"Alright, let's disperse. Just do what you said before. These monsters are also tired of being alive. Hmph, since they are looking for death, then my Tianluo Sect doesn't mind a big purge. City Lord, let those who go not leave their hands behind. It's not a problem on the Nanban side. ”
"Yes. ”
The high-level officials of Tianluo City, who quickly exited the conference room one by one, frowned at the people in the shadows: "Could it be that their purpose is really that thing?"
"Huh-" Xue Yi swept past a bush, flew up, jumped onto a thick branch, and carefully observed the situation nearby.
It's close to the little mountain village where my grandfather was. There was such a big beast tide, and grandpa lived here again, of course he didn't worry about coming to see it.
A day and a half has passed since bidding farewell to Mofeng Town to here. This is half the time I went to Mofeng Town in the first place. This journey is indeed dangerous and abnormal, and he has encountered the tide of beasts that are advancing more than once. Although most of his own avoidances were avoided, he had still experienced more than a dozen battles of all sizes along the way, and there were two second-order demonic beasts that died in his hands.
But luckily I got here.
It's the middle of the night, and if the beast tide has spread here, then there's a good chance that there's a fight going on. But there was no movement of the battle in the distance, but silence, which had to worry him.
"Is there any movement?" Xue Yi's eyes suddenly froze, and he immediately hid his figure in a large leaf, secretly observing the situation not far away.
"Whoosh-" After a while, more than a dozen black shadows came quickly from a distance. Only then did Xue Yi put his mind at ease, because the person who came was a dozen humans.
More than a dozen people walked through several dense bushes and stood still not far from Xue Yi, one of them said: "Captain, I have patrolled within a radius of ten miles around here, and I haven't found any traces of the beast tide, they should really retreat, right?"
"Don't be careless. Let's go back first. Every two hours, we still have to patrol and be on guard, and we must not allow the beast tide to gather again. The first one replied.
Hearing this voice, Xue Yi almost didn't fall off the tree. Because this voice is too familiar to him, the voice that is full of anger but still immature is Zhou Shang!
Zhou Shang was dressed in light armor, with a short blade hanging from his waist, holding a short stick more than one meter long, although his face was still green, he was also heroic with this outfit. After giving orders to his subordinates, Zhou Shanggang wanted to turn around and lead the team away, but suddenly raised his head suddenly, looked at the black shadow that flashed in mid-air, and immediately rose up and smashed at the black shadow with a stick: "There is a situation!"
"Poof-" A stick smashed it, but Zhou Shang was stunned, obviously seeing that he had hit the target, but the fact was in the air.
"Huh-" A cold wind hit behind him, Zhou Shang didn't think about it, pulled out the short blade on his waist with his left hand, and struck it out with his backhand. I only heard a "ding" in the dark, and then the other party disappeared again.
"Bang-" Zhou Shang landed heavily with sharp eyes. At this time, a group of his subordinates also reacted, drew their knives one after another, formed a circle, pointed the blades outward, and looked around vigilantly.
"Be careful, this guy is extremely fast, he must not be a weak person!" Zhou Shang's voice was solemn.
"Huh-" Another black shadow shot at him in the air, Zhou Shang's eyes flickered, and he had a choice to meet it, but his body moved and jumped backwards.
"Huh-" Seeing Zhou Shang retreating, the black shadow pursued without stopping, pointing directly at Zhou Shang.
"Hmph-" Zhou Shang snorted coldly, his right arm shook, and a large net suddenly flew out, enveloping the black shadow that rushed towards him.
"Whoosh-" The black shadow was obviously startled, and a strange change of direction in mid-air was about to open a large net, but it was still entangled in the corner of the net, and fell diagonally to the ground.
"Look where you're running now!" Zhou Shang threw out the short stick in his hand, and at the same time, the short blade in his left hand also stabbed from below.
"Ding-" The bright light blocked Zhou Shang's short stick, and at the same time illuminated the thing that was caught in the net, and the familiar and much more mature face was suddenly reflected in Zhou Shang's eyes, making the short blade in his hand immediately stop in mid-air.
"Xue Yi!" Zhou Shang was dumbfounded.
"Hey, I said your trick is too damaging, right?" Xue Yi said with a bitter look on his ass.
"Why are you?" Zhou Shang hurriedly pulled down the big net covering Xue Yi's body. "And why is your strength so strong? Aren't you unable to cultivate?"
This is a group of people around who also came around, and when they saw this scene, all the two monks were puzzled, and looked at the two of them blankly.
"It's okay, it's okay, it's a misunderstanding. Let me introduce to you, this is my good brother, Xue Yi. ”
"Well, good evening, everyone......" Xue Yi awkwardly brushed the fallen leaves and dust off his head, waving his hand like a crowd.
"Hey, what's the matter with you, you have to explain, right?" Zhou Shangyi poked Xue Yi beside him.
"Actually, I just wanted to test it and surprise you...... It's so strong if you have strength...... Please, can't we go back and find a place to sit down and catch up? Is it really okay to chat in the middle of the night in the deep mountains and old forests?"