The Journey of Immortal Cultivation-Chapter 866 - 477: The Counterattack Begins
Because the enemy at Mingshui Sect had made preparations, the ambush in front of the cave had to be flawless. As Meat Ball launched his attack, she also swooped down from the darkness above the cave, targeting the moving guard.
The man was facing the cave and still three meters away from her, possessing considerable demonic power, far superior in cultivation to the two gate guards. This was Qing Ji’s usual patrol method to prevent prisoners from attacking guards from behind and taking them all out in one fell swoop.
His eyesight and training were equally good. Upon seeing Meat Ball’s sudden assault on the gate guard, his expression instantly changed. His first reaction was not to rescue, but to crush the warning device at his waist. However, for him, though this action required only a flick of a finger, he never had the chance. He only felt a slight chill on his neck, as if a breeze had passed by, and then his perspective suddenly changed, seeing the tall silhouette of a person—wearing familiar clothes, seemingly his own.
Ning Xiaoxian gathered divine power at her feet, launching faster than a spring. As she rotated in the air like a high-speed spinning spindle, her bounce was astonishing. If a fourth person were present, they’d see her body stretched into a taut line, the tail still in the darkness above the cave, while the head had already brushed past the moving guard’s side.
This was a residual image caused by her speed. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
When she landed on all fours like a leopard, the moving guard was still frozen. Ignoring him, she turned to see Meat Ball’s unsightly eating manner, frowning in annoyance: "Be more refined and clean! Remember, you have to return to my body later."
Meat Ball hurriedly finished. As it released the vines contentedly, it looked radiant, while the two unlucky demons it absorbed turned into withered husks. Ning Xiaoxian flicked her sleeve, and it obediently returned inside.
As the people inside the cave came out, they saw the last guard’s head slowly fall from his neck onto the ground. That previous strike, her speed was too fast, and Tusk was extremely sharp. The demon’s hard spine under her hand was not much tougher than tofu. It’s not that she enjoyed using such extreme methods to kill, but demons were often resilient in life force; if she hadn’t severed the head, he might have triggered the alarm.
The robbers supporting the injured were perceptive enough, realizing the upcoming matter didn’t concern them, so they slowly retreated into the darkness with the sick ones. Ning Xiaoxian and Qi Zai led the remaining towards the cliff. They were very cautious, as further ahead were sentries, and the moonlight was too bright tonight, making stealth difficult.
But after a short walk, doubt crept in; how could the defense be so lax? They had almost charged straight from the prisoner cave to the cliff, 700 meters ahead, without encountering any sentry or guard? Typically, sentries operated in pairs, known as light and dark sentries, one in the light and one in hiding, supporting each other. If the light sentry was bait, the dark sentry would deal with the enemy taking the bait and alert allies.
Some of the experienced robbers were ready for bloodshed, yet after this long walk, there was no sign of an enemy? As they pondered, a white shadow slowly "grew" out of the snow, startling everyone. Someone almost attacked it with a magic artifact, only to be stopped by Ning Xiaoxian via transmission: "Friendly!"
Everyone focused and realized it was indeed an ally—Ning Xiaoxian’s right-hand man, Ice Face, Tu Jin. He had released his soul avatar, burying himself in the snow with the bone-breaking skill. Now that Ning Xiaoxian had arrived, he "pulled" himself out. The technique appeared bizarre, thus scaring everyone. It was then Ning Xiaoxian noticed a small bird, not bigger than a palm, perched on his shoulder. In the snow, it was all white, but its feathers changed to match the color of tree bark upon nearing the pine.
"Jiu Mo?" she tentatively called, and the bird rolled its eyes: "It’s me!"
It was her first time seeing Jiu Mo in bird form, assuming it wasn’t its true body, similar to Qi Zai’s transformation. The color-changing innate ability was truly intriguing. Yet the most puzzling thing was why Jiu Mo was with Tu Jin? Weren’t they notoriously at odds with each other? Ning Xiaoxian felt a strong sense of discord from within her.
