Chapter 977: Chapter 738: Sorry for the Uninvited Arrival
Ai Lin’s water control magic was incredibly strong, not only did she absorb the falling rainwater, but even the moisture in the clouds above was drawn to her. In the blink of an eye, she condensed it into a giant ice sphere a hundred meters in diameter, leaving not a single cloud in the sky!
The ice sphere was filled with deadly toxic rainwater, which Long Yi and Ai Lin left untouched, allowing it to remain there.
At that moment, at the mountain’s highest peak, the elder mages of the family were in a state of extreme panic. They had even deployed strategic spells, yet they were still unable to stop the advance of Long Yi and Ai Lin!
"How is it! Hasn’t Teacher Dao been contacted yet?" an old man asked, looking to be the highest-ranking person there based on his position.
"Yes, for some reason, there’s been no response from the ones sent to the Imperial Palace to operate the array powered by the stars’ divine force."
"Damn it! That idiot Emperor has betrayed us!"
"We must annihilate this Emperor! How dare he betray us!"
"Wipe out his family!"
"I’ve said it before, we should have been the Emperors ourselves. Why keep thinking about electing a puppet Emperor?"
"Enough! Shut your mouths! You bunch of fools!"
The highest-ranking elder roared, silencing everyone instantly.
"What do we do now! Who can stop them!?"
Again, there was silence.
"Speak up! Usually each of you is tougher than the next, why are you all silent now?" the old man continued shouting.
"Well... Long Yi said that as long as we stand with our hands behind our backs, we won’t die..."
"Nonsense! Do you know what Long Yi is here for? He is here to inquire about the location of Teacher Dao’s planet!"
"But we don’t know that."
"I do!"
"You can choose not to tell him!"
"He has a Female Demon!"
"..."
"Once Teacher Dao finds out that I’ve leaked his secret, my family is doomed! So get moving and block Long Yi and Ai Lin for me!"
The old man was so tense he was almost insane.
"No..." Suddenly, someone spoke up, "Actually, I have another way that doesn’t involve dying to protect our family."
"What way?" the elder asked eagerly.
"I can only tell you alone!"
"Alright! Come here quickly!"
The person approached and whispered in the elder’s ear.
Suddenly, a dagger was thrust under the chin into the brain!
"My method is that, if you die, nobody can leak the information!"
The man pulled out the dagger, which still bore the faint glow of magic. Clearly, a mere dagger could not kill an old mage, but the magic attached to it could.
After completing the act, the person gasped for breath, looking around at all the shocked faces.
"What’s the matter! I’ve saved you all! You should be thanking me!" the person shouted.
Another equally aged mage sighed, "Ah! If only you had read a little, you wouldn’t be ignorant of this. It’s a pity that you’ve always been unlearned and we didn’t mind, which led you to make a huge mistake."
"A huge mistake? Me? Old man, have you lost your mind? What’s my big mistake? With him dead, who will Long Yi question? Without a leak, the ancient powerhouses cannot blame us either, so what are you afraid of?" the person yelled.
"Ah... you will know soon enough."
The crowd shook their heads helplessly.
Then there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
An old man called out.
Then, Long Yi, Ai Lin, and Little Zi entered together. Outside, a group of guards stood with their hands behind their backs, none daring to make any rash moves.
"I apologize for intruding uninvited, please don’t mind us too much. Actually, we just have a few questions we want to ask..." Long Yi said, looking forward, at the elder whose jaw was still bleeding profusely.
"Huh? So cooperative? You know that if he wouldn’t tell the truth, we’d definitely have to kill him first then interrogate his soul."
Little Zi walked over, slightly grasping with one hand, and the old man’s soul was immediately yanked out of his body, the semi-transparent form still carrying terror. But when he saw the person who had killed him, he immediately began struggling in anger.
"Come, let’s ask first, and you two can resolve your issues later," Long Yi said.
Little Zi promptly cast a spell, and as a Female Demon, extracting information from a soul was almost too easy. They quickly got the information they needed.
"We have obtained the location of an ancient powerhouse named Delas," Little Zi said.
"Delas?" Long Yi looked at Ai Lin, and Ai Lin nodded, "I do know of such an ancient powerhouse. His strength isn’t great, he’s miserly, but he’s very good at hoarding wealth."
"Excellent, let’s go then," Long Yi said.
Only now did the man who had suddenly killed the elder begin to wail. He thought by killing the elder, all would be settled, never having imagined that a Female Demon could control not only the living but also the souls!
However, at this moment, the group that had been in the room stood up, surrounding Long Yi and the others in the center.
"If we let you leave just like this, our family will surely face a great disaster. So, no matter what, we cannot let you leave!" the leading elder said.
"A great disaster? Like what? The wrath of the ancient powerhouse we’re about to kill?" Long Yi asked with a smile.
"Perhaps you can kill one or two ancient powerhouses, but when a group of them joins forces, you won’t stand a chance!"
The group cast their magic simultaneously, the floor surface shattered, a secret Array emerged, and Long Yi and everyone in the room vanished in an instant.
This was an unknown planet with immense gravity. Moreover, the entire planet had sparse Mana, which meant casting any Magic required consuming more Mana. Long Yi did not know where he was, but now he was alone, indicating that the Array had the power of forced teleportation, likely sending Ai Lin and Little Zi away as well.
Long Yi sensed around but found no trace of Ai Lin and Little Zi. Then he felt for the power of rocks and found that it was still usable. He summoned rocks from the ground, only to find that they were like metal, not only extraordinarily heavy but also faintly absorbing Mana!
This truly was a perfect place for murder and plunder!
So Long Yi began to run wildly, the gravity was strong here, but with the power of rocks to aid him, he didn’t have to worry about running out of energy. He ran towards the direction of a star, constantly feeling for changes in the covenant.
Suddenly, a large mouth opened from the ground, and Long Yi leapt up sharply, using Magic to rise into the air. The giant maw swallowed rocks and dirt, revealing the monster below.
The creature was a big bug with a mouth split into three parts, its teeth as though a Greatsword had been bent into a circular shape, and the teeth’s surface even carried a sharp edge formed by energy!
Standing on the back of the big bug were three people, who were among the group from the room before.
"Hahaha, let’s see where you can run this time!"
The three of them laughed heartily as they urged the giant bug to charge forward. That enormous creature had astonishing explosive power and, with a single lunge, it had reached Long Yi!
"With just you guys?"
Long Yi drew his Cosmic Stone Greatsword, and his Fighting Aura blade furiously surged out. It struck the giant bug heavily, but the moment the Fighting Aura blade hit the creature, it collapsed instantly, and the Fighting Aura energy was absorbed!
"Haha, this is a trap specially prepared for powerful opponents like you! Using an entire planet as a trap, employing the most dangerous creature on this planet to kill you!" one of them shouted loudly.
This bug truly was dangerous, any energy that touched it would be absorbed. Especially for those accustomed to using energy in battle, it was incredibly deadly. But Long Yi wasn’t the kind that relied solely on energy to fight.
Long Yi smiled and took out a serrated greatsword from his private space. He lifted the greatsword high and then gestured to the three people on the back of the giant bug.
One of them smirked disdainfully, "Do you think changing your sword would allow you to handle our energy-absorbing bug?"
The three of them spurred the bug to charge at Long Yi, and he kept his eyes fixed on the direction of the incoming bug. Then, suddenly, he rushed out!
"Who said anything about dealing with this bug!"
Crack!
The greatsword sliced horizontally at high speed, and the three people were simultaneously chopped in half!
With the people on its back slain, the giant bug just stood there, bewildered. It didn’t move or run, nor did it show any sign of attacking. Could it be that the bug itself had no inclination to attack?
Long Yi patted it, and the giant bug shook its massive body, showing no further response.
So Long Yi simply jumped onto the bug’s back, and astonishingly, the creature started to move on its own, picking up speed as it went!
Meanwhile, in another location, Ai Lin also encountered three individuals riding an energy-absorbing bug. However, before Ai Lin could take action, the Red Demon Scorpion leaped out first. Another great bug daring to show off in its presence?
The two equally gigantic bugs began to fight. The energy-absorbing bug had limited attack power; it could barely dent the Red Demon Scorpion. And the venomous beam of the Red Demon Scorpion had no effect when it struck the energy-absorbing bug. The two large bugs wrestled with each other, and for a time, neither prevailed. However, what finally ended the battle was an accident.
The energy-absorbing bug had clamped onto the Red Demon Scorpion’s claw, rotating its body on the spot in an attempt to twist off the claw. But before it could succeed, the three Mages on its back were overturned and then directly crushed to death beneath it.
Without the Mage’s control, the energy-absorbing bug just curled up and stayed motionless in its spot. Even when the Red Demon Scorpion hit it several times with its pincers, it didn’t react. Of course, the energy-absorbing bug’s body was extremely tough, and even after taking several hits from the Red Demon Scorpion, it was still unharmed. Ai Lin decisively stopped the Red Demon Scorpion from continuing its attack and instead jumped onto the back of the energy-absorbing bug. Immediately, this massive bug started to move forward on its own.
By comparison, Little Zi’s battle was much simpler. When she encountered the energy-absorbing bug, she decisively took control of it. Consequently, the three people on the back of the energy-absorbing bug were almost instantly killed on the spot.
Not long after, three energy-absorbing bugs converged at a certain spot. Long Yi, Ai Lin, and Little Zi were reunited once again.
"This place is truly remarkable, it wouldn’t be an overstatement to call it a graveyard for Mages," Long Yi said. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your recommendation votes and monthly votes. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)
