Chapter 166 The Chase
Du Queying used a magical artifact that could be used to specifically team up with others. When encountering random teleportation, the distance between the team members would be very close.
Many core disciples possess similar magical artifacts to ensure they do not become separated from their companions in case of unforeseen circumstances.
Du Queying could use it without arousing suspicion.
After the random teleportation ended, Du Queying consulted with Suiying and immediately sent a message to his other colleagues to begin the operation.
After dealing with Su Yao, they'll have plenty of time to collect spiritual plants for Sui Ying.
The little ball of light, having calculated the coordinates and caught up, was completely bewildered. It couldn't understand why this person left without even taking a good look at their surroundings, so it hurriedly followed.
Meanwhile, Su Yao, who was at the center of the gradually closing encirclement, also noticed that something was wrong.
She didn't meet anyone else, but everything around her gave her a vague sense of impending danger.
Su Yao trusted her intuition.
So, she moved swiftly, using the sect's speed-up technique while simultaneously attaching talismans to her body, and immediately ran in a chosen direction.
Just as she switched from walking to running, several metal darts flew out from the dense bushes to her side.
Su Yao noticed the cold glint of the weapon in her eyes and dodged it without thinking. But not only darts, but also hidden weapons such as flying needles and arrows came from all directions. Some of them even carried the power of the mid-stage Mahayana stage. There were too many of them. After she knocked down some of them, she still had to roll around in a bit of a mess to dodge the rest.
During the brief moment of rolling, Su Yao's fingertips twitched slightly.
The wind direction is wrong, so the medicine powder can't be delivered.
She is currently at the early stage of Mahayana cultivation. If she wants to kill those who came specifically to besiege her, she will need to delay for a while, giving her time to find an environment she can exploit and discover the weakness of the mid-stage Mahayana cultivator.
But Su Yao is very good at creating opportunities for herself.
So she changed the poison powder she originally intended to use to animal-attracting powder.
After releasing the powder, she found the weakest peak-level combined being in the increasingly tight encirclement, knocked the person away, and immediately ran away.
The group of people who had been hiding quickly exchanged glances. Du Queying waved his hand and whispered, "Chase!"
They were all wearing masks that covered their entire faces.
After all, the few who have just entered are all undercover agents within the three major sects of the Spirit Realm. Even if they don't think the mission will fail, in order to avoid revealing their identities, they all wear masks and carry a lot of remote magical artifacts as a precaution.
It would be best to resolve this without showing your face.
Ranged magical artifacts are also quite effective against Su Yao, who is used to close combat with a sword.
But shortly after they began their pursuit, the faint rumbling sound grew louder and louder, and the ground trembled more and more violently, as if something was approaching.
The person at the back glanced back distractedly.
He cried out in a broken voice.
"Yes, it's a beast tide—!!!"
"Run!!!"
Suddenly, due to the threat to her life, the masked men's pursuit of Su Yao accelerated to a new level.
The group in front sped up in pursuit, while the others behind were responsible for intercepting any spirit beasts that caught up quickly.
Du Queying, panting heavily, ordered one of the masked men: "Send a message to our companions who came in later! The plan has changed; they should go and collect the spiritual plants first!"
There were also people from their faction among the independent cultivators; they were originally meant to be a backup force that would join them if they failed to deal with Su Yao immediately.
But since a beast tide has appeared, those that come in later will not be allowed to die.
After all, once they arrive, they can only follow along.
The masked man in charge of communication ran alongside the group, fiddling with the communication stone for a while before cautiously saying, "Most of them haven't come in yet, so we can't receive the message."
Yes, the Lost Butterfly Secret Realm will block the effect of the communication stone.
Du Queying gritted his teeth and said with a tense face, "Then we'll send the message later. Let's kill Su Yao first. As long as we're fast, it won't delay our escape from the beast tide."
Su Yao ignored the commotion behind her.
She simply ran away after releasing the beast-attracting powder, and sped up along with the masked man as he accelerated his pursuit.
She paid special attention to the direction when she applied the powder, so the spirit beasts she attracted all followed from behind, and no spirit beast would suddenly appear in front of her to attack her.
Of course, this beast-attracting powder was used on herself. Although it was the first time she used it after it was successfully made, it was guaranteed to be all-natural and harmless. It was just to make the spirit beasts think she smelled good.
Let the people and spirit beasts fight it out. She'll assess the situation, probe the masked men's tactics, and finish off any survivors. If the chances of success are high, she'll capture them alive for interrogation.
As she ran, Su Yao's eyes darted quickly past the shadows of trees and people.
Upon encountering familiar disciples from her sect, she kindly shouted as she ran, "Run! Run!"
Someone in the Guanqing Sect said with a sour face, "What does Su Yao mean? Is she lying again?"
Chen Qu, who had entered the Guanqing Sect by chance, was also the senior brother Chen who studied in the same academy as Su Yao in the Central Spirit Realm. He glanced behind Su Yao, swallowed hard, and said, "I think we'd better listen to her."
After several dark figures flashed past them, the rumbling became more pronounced, and the ground trembled.
The person who had just been sulking suddenly changed his expression: "Damn it, I knew running into Su Yao would never end well—"
Before the matter was finished, the last words were fading away, because the senior brother next to him realized the urgency of the situation and hurriedly grabbed the person by the collar and ran to the side.
After running a distance further, Su Yao began exchanging hidden weapons with the masked gang that was still following behind.
In the midst of their rapid pace, Su Yao's running speed suddenly slowed down.
Wait a minute, that person who just passed by looks familiar.
It seems to be her son, Xiaojun.
Wait a minute, this isn't just like it, it is!
Su Yao gasped, braked abruptly, reversed, grabbed You Fujun, and ran.
You Fujun was being dragged along in a daze: "Ah, A Yao?"
She was just looking for her to meet up, where did this person come from?
Amidst the flashing swords, You Fujun glanced back, her voice trembling with fear yet strangely practiced, "Su Yao! What have you done now!?"
"Haha, it's nothing," Su Yao laughed awkwardly, feeling guilty. "It's just that the newly made beast-attracting powder seems to be a little too potent."
You Fujun gasped.
Su Yao dodged a hidden arrow by tilting her head, and casually tossed a handful of poison powder behind her. Then she turned around and reassured everyone optimistically, "It's alright, it's alright. We can wash the powder off once we find water. The assassins behind us can help us fend off the spirit beasts."
You Fujun hadn't put any talismans on her body at first, but after being pulled at high speed and stumbling a few times, she quickly put on various talismans to accelerate: "I passed by a lake over there before, turn left!"
Su Yao: "Okay!"
A long procession sped along with great fanfare, causing any passing sect disciples to retreat in fear.
Has a beast tide broken out in the Luo Die Secret Realm so early?
That's really dangerous.
On the other side, Su Yu had received a message and was preparing to use her identity as the Ghost Lord to save people, but suddenly discovered that Xiao Qi was moving at high speed and received the latest news from Xiao Qi.
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