Chapter 276 Attack
The journey back would take about three days. Despite all the precautions, on the third day of the voyage, just half a day before we were about to reach the shore, we were still attacked by a group of mercenaries.
It turns out that one of Bai Yujie's husbands leaked the information to his own family. His family was a very small family, and for the sake of the family's development, he directly leaked the information to his affiliated family.
Was that husband killed by Fan Chao with a single arrow through the throat? She originally had three husbands, and only three bodyguards with her.
These were the three husbands, each accompanied by a guard.
Now that two have gone, the remaining husband and his entourage, although they have an A-level talent, are not suited for naval warfare due to their spiritual bodies.
Therefore, Fan Chao could not leave her, but he was also afraid that if they did not contribute much in the battle, they would be resented or even feared by Zhu Jian and the others.
So when he saw Lou Xiaoyu put Gu Qing into the bubble, he gritted his teeth and pushed Bai Yujie over, "Clan Chief Lou, Purifier Gu, Yujie may need your help to take care of her from now on."
"After this matter is completed, I will personally thank you. This is the sea that I unfortunately perished in." He said this, and then looked deeply at Bai Yujie.
Then she continued, "Then let Yujie become an appendage of your Gu family, and you will decide who her husband will be."
Bai Yujie's face was covered in tears, but she bit her lip and endured it without making a sound.
She knew that Fan Chao wanted to prove his innocence through his actions, and that she was a burden at this point and absolutely could not hold him back.
But after being together for so long, everything today is so upside down: one husband's betrayal, and another husband's impending death.
It tore her heart to pieces. And if you think about it carefully, she and Gu Qing are the same age, both having just turned 18 a year ago.
Gu Qing glanced at them, and the two nodded gently. Lou Xiaoyu wanted to offer some advice, but after opening her mouth, she ultimately said nothing.
Instead, she manipulated the bubbles and trapped Bai Yujie inside as well.
This was the first time Gu Qing had ever faced a battle between fighters.
The tearing and biting between spiritual entities, the slashing of weapons between people, and the collision and explosion between supernatural abilities were accompanied by a rapid shower of blood mist from the sky.
This was the first time Gu Qing had ever witnessed such a brutal scene, and this was all while everyone was adhering to the principle of not using energy as much as possible on this undeveloped planet.
Otherwise, if firearms were used, very few people here would survive in less than a round.
Even so, their ships gradually fell into disrepair, and in this vast, polluted, deep blue sea, these defenseless people were still teetering on the brink of collapse.
Fan Chao, on the other hand, held a spear and stood on the peacock, fighting his way in and out of the mercenary group three times, completely desperate, his body already covered in his own and others' blood mist.
Her other husband and two attendants, though unable to release their spiritual forms, still controlled their supernatural abilities, desperately protecting Fan Chao behind them.
Driven by profit, the mercenary group came prepared and attacked without mercy. They even tried several times to break through the defenses and target a few of them.
The Lou family members were guarded in three layers, one inside and one outside, on either side of Bubble. Sun Mo's family was the same, but Sun Mo was sitting on a shoebill stork.
Meng Yan's family wasn't stupid either. Seeing that the two families were strong in combat, they moved closer together and formed a triangular formation, making it easier for the three families to defend themselves.
Bamboo Slip stood on the back of the vulture, not far from them, directing the legion to launch a counterattack.
Although the legion members coordinated well, these mercenaries fought with a style that relied on killing, so it was inevitable that members of the legion would be injured or killed.
Zhu Jian wasn't unhurried, but he couldn't afford to lose his composure. He was waiting for reinforcements from the temporary camp, but given the combatants' capabilities, they hadn't arrived yet.
It seems there was an unexpected incident over there, and things got bogged down.
At this moment, a beam of light shot from afar. They were extremely fast and invisible from a distance, only becoming slightly visible when the light refracted up close.
The bamboo slip first bent down to dodge, then used an earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a technique used in Chinese magic) to block it. The light beam pierced through the earth-遁 very quickly and shot towards Gu Qing and the others.
The Third Elder made his move; his spiritual body, the sea turtle, directly blocked the beam of light. A sound of impact was heard, but not a single mark was left.
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