Chapter 123: The Siege
The dark clouds were thick, hanging low in the sky, Ye Lingchen noticed that there seemed to be many spirit beasts active around, and he was puzzled by the sudden commotion of the spirit beasts.
He walked up to the black mantis and said jokingly, "You are pitch black, I will call you Kuroko in the future."
The black mantis did not respond, and it was regarded as acquiescing to Ye Lingchen's title.
Ye Lingchen noticed that Kuroko was lying on the ground, and his injuries seemed to be not light. Although it was not appropriate to leave at this time, he still thought about his other companions, and thought that it was better for everyone to get together.
He frowned and asked Kuroko, "You are very bad for us like this, is there a way to recover quickly?"
Kuroko hesitated for a moment and said, "Actually, my recovery speed is very fast, and it only takes a few days to heal automatically. I've never been injured so badly before, but if I had a spirit core, my recovery would have been quicker."
Ye Lingchen did not hesitate, and took out a bunch of spirit cores from the Yimei ring, these spirit cores were of the Xuan Rank, and there were many ground levels among them, which were of great value.
He handed Kuroko the core and asked, "Is this enough?"
"Enough, enough." Kuroko nodded repeatedly, despite being the top spirit beast in the dark swamp, it had never obtained so many spirit cores at one time, which made it extremely excited.
Kuroko immediately put the spirit core into his mouth, making a crisp chewing sound. Ye Lingchen looked at the sunspot in surprise, he didn't expect it to be able to directly bite the hard spirit core.
Kuroko devoured more than a dozen spirit cores in a short period of time, and his breath gradually recovered. Soon, it regained its former brilliance, its massive body slowly rising to its feet, its limbs stamping on the ground, as if feeling the joy of regaining its strength.
Kuroko swept away the spirit core in front of him, and then looked at Ye Lingchen, his eyes revealing longing, embarrassment, and flattery.
Ye Lingchen smiled helplessly, the thoughts of spirit beasts are always so simple.
He took out a bunch of spirit cores again, handed them to Kuroko, and said, "Here you are, I know you've recovered. Eat slowly, if it's not enough, come back to me."
After speaking, Ye Lingchen turned around and returned the same way, and Heizi nodded happily and followed.
In the previous battle, Ye Lingchen deliberately lured Kuroko far away because he didn't want to reveal his identity as a soul cultivator.
On the way, Ye Lingchen asked, "Heizi, do you know what type of spirit beast you are? I thought you were a swamp black mantis, but Sai Wu said you were a golden-footed mantis."
"I don't know," Kuroko replied shaking her head, "I've never seen my parents, but I remember a vague shadow in my mind, it was somewhat similar to me, but its limbs were sharp and golden."
Ye Lingchen commented, "Your limbs are very sharp, comparable to a ground-level magic weapon, and your hard shell is even more difficult to deal with, I'm afraid it's even trickier than the Golden-footed Mantis."
"Of course, I'm a little overlord in this area." Kuroko raised her head proudly and said with a proud face.
Ye Lingchen smiled slightly, thinking in his heart, although it looked like golden feet, its limbs were not golden, but they were still extremely sharp, and the most terrifying thing was its excellent defensive ability.
While thinking about it, Ye Lingchen had already come to the place where everyone was resting.
Suddenly, the soul card in his body fluctuated, which meant that there were other team members around him, and they were not members of the same team.
Judging by the fluctuations of the soul cards, it seems that there are five breaths, which means that there is another group nearby.
Ye Lingchen was shocked in his heart, and realized that the situation was not good, so he immediately mobilized his spiritual power, and his body moved quickly like the wind, rushing to the scene.
"Kuroko, I'll go over and take a look, they might be in trouble." Ye Lingchen shouted to the sunspot.
Heizi hesitated for a moment, then swung his limbs and followed Ye Lingchen away.
Subsequently, Ye Lingchen arrived at the previous location, which was the place where he had fought with the sunspot, and now there were a few more strangers.
Ye Lingchen looked in the direction where Han Meng was, there were five people there, and they formed a circle, trapping Han Meng and the other four in the middle.
These five people are all cultivators of the Xuanyou Realm, while Hanmeng only has four of them, and they have consumed a lot before.
"Someone came, and the soul card reacted." One of them was a man
Zi whispered to his companion. They wore similar black shirts and black hats, apparently to hide their identities.
The man in the lead threatened, "Hand over the core, or we won't mind adding a few more corpses here."
Ye Lingchen had already seen the situation clearly, these five people were cleverly positioned, completely blocking Han Meng's retreat, and supporting each other, anyone who tried to break through would face the attack of the two.
It was equally difficult to break through from the outside, as the five men were on guard against each other, and if someone approached, they would immediately notice it.
Just as Ye Lingchen was thinking about countermeasures, the tall figure of Kuroko appeared from behind. Ye Lingchen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.
Since you can't sneak attack, then attack head-on. Ye Lingchen jumped up, jumped on the back of the sunspot, and said, "Heizi, borrow your shoulder, let's rush over."
Two figures rushed out quickly, and the five were all surprised. The man in the lead said, "Didn't you say there was only one person? What's going on, that spirit beast's breath is so strong."
"What are you afraid of, there are many of us, and they are injured again, what can we do with one more spirit beast." The other replied coldly.
A hint of fierceness flashed in the eyes of one of their leaders, "Since you're here, don't think about leaving easily." He sneered and pointed to the four in the middle, "Deal with them quickly."
Han Meng and the other three were shocked, they didn't expect the other party to turn their faces so decisively. Despite their injuries, they are ready to give it their all in the face of threats to their lives.
"Gongsun and Aura protect Bartol, I'll lure them away." Han Meng said.
Gongsun nodded, and with a long spear, he was ready to fight.
A sneer crossed Auras' face, and the figure of the purple-eyed ghost shark appeared behind him.
With the leader's order, the four men in black quickly rushed towards Han Meng.
The leader looked in the direction where Ye Lingchen was, and thought, "This person may be the strongest among them, capture the thief and capture the king first."
Hanmeng wields his sword, like a fairy in the ice and snow, and looks particularly bright in the dark swamp.
She released a cold aura, and the white light of the long sword flashed, stabbing a man in black.
Her swordsmanship was extremely fast, and a sword stabbed the man in black in the chest, sending a column of blood gushing. The man in black tried to retreat, but Hanmeng chased after him. Her strength is difficult for even Ye Lingchen to fully see, at this moment, she has shown her true strength, and her aura is so strong that she is already close to the Ming Mansion Realm.
After Han Meng succeeded, he continued to pursue, trying to solve one person first. The other three men in black attacked Gongsun and them, making it difficult for the three of them to parry.
At this moment, the figure of a tall praying mantis in the distance gradually became clear, and a young man holding a big sword stood on it.
Gongsun was surprised and said, "Isn't this the terrifying black mantis?"
Aura also flashed shock in his eyes, they had never seen Ye Lingchen make a move, and he actually subdued the black mantis that he couldn't take down for even a few days, which made them unbelievable.
With a frenzy in his eyes, Bartol gripped his broadsword and struggled to his feet.
Ye Lingchen was relieved when he saw that his grandson could still resist it.
He turned to the man in black in the lead and asked, "Who are you?"