Chapter 99

"Little Brother Shaoyou, this Fog Capital Mountain Range is so dangerous, how dare you come in?" Lan Ling asked Lu Shaoyou, her footsteps crunching on the dry branches.

"At that time, I didn't know it was so dangerous. I wouldn't dare to come again even if you beat me to death," Lu Shaoyou said.

"Still, if it weren't for my junior sister's kindness in bringing you out, would you still be able to come out alive?" Zhao Qing said coldly from the side.

"Yes, yes, I should thank Miss Lan Ling," Lu Shaoyou hurriedly nodded and said.

"No need to thank me, it's just a small effort," Lan Ling smiled lightly.

"It seems that quite a few people have come," Zhao Qing's expression darkened slightly as he looked around, his brows furrowed, sensing a lot of movement behind them.

Lan Ling crouched down and pressed her ear to the ground, listening to the sounds. Her round, firm buttocks, slim waist, and jade shoulders formed a tempting, perfect curve.

"There are dozens of people coming straight here. Could they be after us?" Lan Ling stood up with a serious expression, dusting off the dirt from her hands, and then said, "Everyone, quickly hide in the trees. If they're not looking for us, don't cause trouble."

After saying this, Lan Ling turned to Lu Shaoyou and said, "Little Brother Shaoyou, I'll take you up the tree to hide. Remember not to breathe."

As she spoke, Lan Ling picked up Lu Shaoyou by the waist, stomped her foot, and with a surge of true qi, her figure instantly ascended to a tree over twenty meters high. She leaped from branch to branch, rising higher and higher, and quickly reached a height of about eighteen meters, hiding behind a large branch that could conceal both of them.

At the same time, Zhao Qing and the others also leaped to the ground, their true qi surging as they quickly hid in different trees. Seeing Lu Shaoyou and Lan Ling huddled together, Zhao Qing's expression toward Lu Shaoyou became even darker.

Seeing Zhao Qing's expression, Lu Shaoyou could only smile bitterly. As the saying goes, beautiful women bring disaster. At this moment, half of Lu Shaoyou's body was pressed against Lan Ling's, who exuded a faint, delicate fragrance. A soft, supple object pressed against his shoulder, and Lu Shaoyou knew without thinking that it was one of Lan Ling's firm breasts.

At this moment, Lan Ling seemed to truly treat Lu Shaoyou as a younger brother, feeling no discomfort. She reined in her aura and watched below.

"They should be nearby. Search carefully," about fifty figures appeared in the forest below. Seeing these people, Lu Shaoyou's expression changed drastically. They were all from the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group, including the large man with the yellow axe he had encountered not long ago, and the lean man he had seen hiding in the tree after killing two members of the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group, who seemed to be a leader.

Among these people, a giant man also caught Lu Shaoyou's attention. From his aura, he was much stronger than Lan Ling and Zhao Qing.

"Brother, I feel that someone was here just now. Those people ran really fast," the large man with the axe said.

"Search carefully. They should be nearby, maybe hiding," the giant fat man said, "Release the scent rats to find those people."

A yellow-clad, muscular man quickly took out a ten-centimeter-long earth-colored rat. The earth-colored rat sniffed the surroundings at the man's signal and then quickly searched the ground.

Seeing the earth-colored rat, Lan Ling's expression changed slightly. Although the scent rat was a first-stage beast with low attack power, it was a natural hunting expert that could detect any scent.

"Chirp chirp..."

The scent rat chirped a few times and then climbed up a tree where Zhao Qing was hiding.

"Hidden in the tree, come down," the large man with the axe laughed and said.

"Discovered, let's go down," Lan Ling said softly. With a surge of true qi, she pulled Lu Shaoyou and lightly landed from the air.

Her graceful and delicate figure was revealed, and many of the men below stared at Lan Ling. Such a woman was not something you could find just anywhere.

"Hiss hiss..." Zhao Qing and the others also had their faces darken, then leaped down from the trees, watching the people around them warily.

"Everyone, we have no grudges with your Savage Wolf Mercenary Group. What do you want?" Zhao Qing stepped forward and said. If this were within the territory of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, a small group like the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group would be nothing to him, but this was the Fog Capital Mountain Range, a chaotic place on the edge. The Ten Thousand Beast Sect had some influence here, but no one would easily comply. Here, strength was the only hard truth.

"You are from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect?" The giant man looked at the five of them and then asked, his gaze not as lecherous as the others, who were all staring at Lan Ling's firm chest and buttocks.

"Yes, we are from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. Your Savage Wolf Mercenary Group can't afford to provoke us," Zhao Qing said.

"Ignorant boy, do you think this is the Ten Thousand Beast Sect? This is the Fog Capital Mountain Range," the giant man glanced at Zhao Qing and then scanned the five of them, saying, "A few days ago, two of our Savage Wolf Mercenary Group members were killed by you. Hand over your spatial bags, and I will spare your lives."

"What are you talking about? We don't understand. We didn't kill any of your people," Lan Ling's expression darkened as she looked at the giant man.

"They are looking for me," Lu Shaoyou realized that the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group was making a big effort to find him, and they seemed to be looking for something.

Lu Shaoyou suddenly remembered that when he was hiding in the tree, the lean leader had been searching the spatial bag of the person killed by Xiaolong. Could there be something important in that spatial bag? After obtaining the spatial bag, Lu Shaoyou hadn't had time to check it, and it wasn't convenient to do so with Lan Ling and the others around.

"Don't pretend. You can control beasts, which you can't hide from me. Hand over all your spatial bags, or die," the large man with the axe said. He was the second leader of the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group.

"You're going too far. We're not easy to provoke. If you provoke the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, you should know the consequences," Lan Ling's expression darkened, and she said with a light shout.

"Hmph, what a bold girl. I'll see if you're as bold in bed," the lean leader's eyes gleamed as he coldly shouted, and two short knives, about half a meter long, appeared in his hands, gleaming with a cold light. With a surge of true qi, he attacked Lan Ling with a whistling sound.

"Is he also a First Rank Martial Artist?" Lu Shaoyou looked at the lean man. From his aura, he was on par with Lan Ling and Zhao Qing, all at the First Rank Martial Artist level.

"Little Brother Shaoyou, you're on your own. I can't protect you anymore," Lan Ling said to Lu Shaoyou, then her true qi surged, and she held a blue long sword. A hot red aura enveloped the sword, and the sword shadow swept toward the lean man.

"Hmph, take my axe," at this moment, the second leader shouted, his true qi surging, and his axe enveloped in true qi. The axe blade cut through the air and fiercely chopped toward Zhao Qing. His cultivation was much stronger than the third leader, reaching the Third Rank Martial Artist level.

Feeling the strength of the axe-wielding man, Lu Shaoyou frowned. The four people from the Ten Thousand Beast Sect were no match for the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group. The other side had about fifty people, and the three leaders were all very strong. The axe-wielding man's strength alone was enough to overwhelm Lan Ling and Zhao Qing.

The axe-wielding man's cultivation was even stronger than Lu Wushuang, reaching the Third Rank Martial Artist level. Although Zhao Qing was also a First Rank Martial Artist, the gap between each rank was huge. Without any special techniques, Zhao Qing couldn't stand a chance.

There was also the giant man, whose strength was even more terrifying, judging by his aura. In short, he was in trouble.

Facing the second leader of the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group, Zhao Qing's expression turned panicked. A blue light enveloped his body, and a water attribute aura spread. True qi surged in his silver-white long sword, and he countered the attack.

"Clang"

The axe and the sword clashed, and the air pressure scattered. Zhao Qing's body staggered backward, the second leader's strength was terrifying.

"Everyone, attack. Kill them all, not one left," the giant man shouted. His fat body moved surprisingly fast, leaving a shadow-like trail as he appeared in front of Liu Peng, an Eighth Rank Warrior.

Liu Peng's expression changed in surprise, and he quickly took out a hook weapon. A light blade cut through the air and instantly hooked toward the giant man.

"Your strength is not enough," the giant man said coldly, forming a hand seal with his somewhat fat hands, and a red flame enveloped Liu Peng's hook weapon.

The light blade of the hook weapon, upon contact with the giant man's condensed flame, turned red in an instant. The heat transmitted through the weapon to the handle, and Liu Peng, shocked, quickly let go and retreated.

At this moment, the giant man's condensed flame roared and expanded, instantly engulfing Liu Peng. Liu Peng's true qi barrier was visibly melting away, turning into black smoke.

"Chirp chirp"

Liu Peng's face changed drastically in panic. He quickly formed hand seals, his strength not too bad as a disciple of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect. True qi surged in his body, and an earth attribute aura enveloped him, forming an invisible wave of energy.

"Bang bang..."

After a muffled sound, Liu Peng's body staggered back, his face pale, having consumed a lot of energy.

"Somewhat skilled, but now it's time to die," the giant man shouted, his body rushing forward. His hand curled into a claw, with a hint of flame, and fiercely grabbed at Liu Peng's chest.

Seeing the flame claw coming, Liu Peng's face turned pale. He tried to retreat, but his speed was no match for the other side. The claw pierced through his defenses and landed on his chest.

Five sharp forces pierced down, and Liu Peng's pupils contracted. Five finger marks pierced through his chest, blood gushing out, and his body fell heavily to the ground, lifeless.

"Kill..."

The remaining dozens of people from the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group also attacked Yan Baiqing and Lu Shaoyou. Among the nearly fifty people, about fifteen were Warriors, and the rest were Martial Apprentices.

Although they were surrounded by fifty people, only the fifteen Warriors attacked Lu Shaoyou and Yan Baiqing. Each time, they only had to face two or three people, unlike Spirit Practitioners who could attack from a distance. If they were surrounded by dozens of Spirit Practitioners, they would be dead for sure.

Yan Baiqing's face was pale, and a muscular man, seemingly at the Seventh Rank Warrior level, surged forward with true qi, forming a fist seal and striking out.

Yan Baiqing's body retreated, and he clenched his fist, carrying a fierce aura, and quickly clashed with the other side. The fist seals collided.

With a crisp sound, both bodies were pushed back by the fierce aura. Yan Baiqing's punch had the upper hand.

But then a Sixth Rank Warrior and a Fifth Rank Warrior simultaneously attacked, wielding long swords and slashing several sword beams at Yan Baiqing.

Yan Baiqing, being a disciple of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect, his face turned cold, and he shouted, "Get out of my way."

As he spoke, true qi surged from his body, and his figure moved like a ghost, dodging through the sword beams. The two men's sword beams failed to trap him.

"Deal with these small fish first," a voice said in Yan Baiqing's ear, and a flame claw pierced through the air, sweeping across with a powerful aura.

Yan Baiqing's face darkened. The other side was too strong. In panic, he formed a palm seal and clashed with the flame claw.

The two attacks collided, and Yan Baiqing's body was thrown back like a leaf in the wind, the hidden powerful aura in the claw piercing through his palm and slamming into his internal organs, carrying a scorching heat.

"Spit" A mouthful of blood spewed out, and Yan Baiqing's body fell heavily to the ground.

"Hmph, too weak, just asking for death," the scorching aura subsided, and the giant leader appeared in front, his eyes sharply focused on Lu Shaoyou, who was surrounded by the mercenary group.

"Chirp chirp"

Yan Baiqing's body hit the ground and was immediately pounced on by several members of the Savage Wolf Mercenary Group, who snapped his neck.

Yan Baiqing and Liu Peng were killed. This all happened in less than a minute. In just one minute, an Eighth Rank Warrior and a Seventh Rank Warrior were killed, both by the giant leader.

"Junior Brother Baiqing"

Lan Ling's face changed drastically, and she shouted, her blue long sword continuously slashing, the sword beams overwhelming the lean man, making him gasp for breath.

Lu Shaoyou watched all this, surrounded by a semi-circle of about ten people. His expression turned grim, his body constantly retreating, looking for an opportunity to escape. The mercenary group seemed to sense no true qi in Lu Shaoyou and did not immediately attack.

The one Lu Shaoyou feared the most was the giant leader. The leader's strength was likely at the Sixth or Seventh Rank Martial Artist level, far too strong. Even if he used the Vermilion Bird Technique now, he wouldn't be a match.

"Why aren't you attacking?" the giant leader shouted coldly.

"Boy, die," the people surrounding Lu Shaoyou hesitated, and then a Martial Apprentice swung his blade at Lu Shaoyou.

"Ah" Lu Shaoyou deliberately screamed in fear, rolling and crawling to avoid the attack without leaving any traces.

"So he's a coward. I thought the disciples of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect were something," seeing Lu Shaoyou's appearance, the mercenary group, who were initially tense, burst into laughter.

"Finished" Although he was pretending to be a fool, Lu Shaoyou's eyes were always on the giant leader. Seeing the giant leader approaching, he took a deep breath, ready to fight with all his might, or perhaps with Xiaolong's help, he might have a chance to escape.

"Back off"

Just as Lu Shaoyou made his decision, a loud shout came from in front of him, and the giant leader's attention was drawn away.

Lu Shaoyou followed the gaze and saw Lan Ling shout, her chest heaving slightly, her sword pushing back the lean man. She then put away her blue long sword, formed a strange hand seal, and tapped her spatial bag. A beam of light shot out.

"Cluck"

The beam of light rose into the sky and transformed into a one-meter-tall crimson eagle, emitting a powerful aura. The crimson eagle had sharp talons and a beak as sharp as a hook.

"A Third Rank Beast, the Fiery Eagle" Lu Shaoyou was surprised. If he was not mistaken, this was a Third Rank Beast, the Fiery Eagle, a fire-type beast that could spew flames.

At this moment, Lan Ling formed another strange hand seal, spitting out a mouthful of blood, her face turning pale. She then took out a pill, mixed the blood and the pill, and threw it at the Fiery Eagle.