Phantom Shadow Demon Trace

Volume 2: Phantom Shadow Demon Trace, Chapter 25: Beat Them Up!

Pei Qing hesitated for a moment, but then revealed a cold sneer. "Then, Junior Brother, let's go."

As one of the five major sects of the Righteous Path Alliance and a top-five sect within the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, the names of these two sects were likely known to every cultivator in the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou, save for those wild, self-taught practitioners who had stumbled onto the path by accident.

Pei Qing raised a hand to stop him. "Ha."

"What should we do?" Pei Qing looked at Zuo Yanfei and Tang Ruowei.

"On the contrary, Miss, one cannot easily trust the words of Yao Mo. Whether there is a problem or not, we should first capture these monsters and take them back to Dingguo before making a final decision."

"Heh, the world is vast; there are always a few people who look alike."

Pei Qing said recklessly, "I have long heard that the Qingming Sword Technique is unrivaled in the world. Today, I, a mere Virtual Core cultivator, would like to experience your sword technique, Miss."

"Pei Dao, don't act recklessly."

Seeing that no one had fallen for the trap, Tang Ruowei curled her lips and let out a very soft, dismissive sound, while Zuo Yanfei cupped her hands toward the other four cultivators and said, "I am Zuo Yanfei, a first-class soldier of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army, and this is Tang Ruowei, a disciple of the Azure Nether Sword Sect. May I ask which sect you four hail from?"

"Then let me use a spell to blast them out." The White Fox was suddenly a bit flustered.

"Everyone, we came here only to investigate the case of the Dingguo Crown Prince."

The other three were startled and scattered in succession. The next moment, the ground exploded, and the figures of Tang Ruowei and Zuo Yanfei appeared on the spot.

He waved his hand, and the other three cultivators surrounded them, eyeing Zuo Yanfei and Tang Ruowei like tigers watching their prey.

"Have a safe journey."

Zuo Yanfei raised an eyebrow, pulled a pair of guns from under her skirt, snapped them together, and braced them against her shoulder with one hand.

"Get ready..."

Behind the stone statue of the late Dingguo Emperor, four cultivators stood, surrounding an earth burrow at the base of the statue.

Zuo Yanfei cupped her hands.

"Your father wouldn't dare say that to my face; you've got more guts than him."

"On the other hand, this brother here looks very similar to the attacker we encountered on the canal that day."

"Two heroines!" Another disciple formed a Magic Incantation, and a faint red light surged from his fingertips.

The White Fox was stunned for a moment.

At this time, another guy who had been silent all along suddenly spoke up: "Careful, something is about to crawl out!"

"This is the stone statue of the late Dingguo Emperor, a symbol of the Dingguo royal family. Our sect has not yet reached the point of ignoring the Dingguo royal family."

The White Fox immediately bowed to Zuo Yanfei and Tang Ruowei: "I leave it to you!"

"So, the two ladies intend to protect those few monsters?"

"There are four people outside: two in the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment, one in the late-stage, and one Virtual Core at the peak of Foundation Establishment. It seems the Golden Core cultivators haven't arrived yet."

Several foxes looked with strange expressions at this little Qi Refining Stage cultivator who had suddenly started acting bossy. The White Fox pointed to her own head and asked, "Is there something wrong with your brain?"

Zuo Yanfei asked coldly. Hearing these two names, the surrounding cultivators were all shocked.

He waved at the foxes and said, "You go inside and hide."

"I'll say this in advance: swords have no eyes. You should have already lost one person on your side. My Master never taught me the skill of holding back; he said that no matter what, even if I kill the enemy, I must first protect myself. Four of you, if a real fight breaks out, I cannot guarantee your safety..."

"It seems we've been discovered." Tang Ruowei let out a long sigh and spread her hands.

"What are you doing?" Bai Qiuran looked at her sideways and said gloomily, "I remember when I was a child, I had no entertainment. The thing I liked doing most was finding ant hills on the mountain, then peeing into them, or lighting a fire at the entrance and fanning the smoke inside to smoke out the ants..."

"We will fulfill our promise."

They were disciples of the Baiyue Temple, having come to surround and suppress these shapeshifted monsters for the sake of several elders in their sect.

"Senior Brother Pei Qing, there is movement underground!"

"Can't we just hide in the cave and not come out?"

Bai Qiuran raised a finger, sword Qi flickering at the tip, and said, "You ran from the Demon Realm to the Ten Lands of Jiuzhou to mix in; did your father not tell you to be careful of the Qi Refining cultivators of the Azure Nether Sword Sect?"

Zuo Yanfei closed her eyes and took a deep breath, then suddenly opened them. Her spear thrust out toward the silent disciple like a swimming dragon.

"Alright then, since it's come to this." Bai Qiuran smiled.

The fire-element cultivator who had ambushed Tang Ruowei and Zuo Yanfei on the canal was also here, asking the man beside him.

"After our inquiry, the monsters inside do not appear to be the culprits who murdered the Crown Prince." Tang Ruowei glanced at Bai Qiuran and said.

"Heh."

"Oh?"

"It seems you don't understand the implications of these words. Since I don't like beating around the bush either, I'll be blunt: the monsters here are fine, and their identities are not simple. I hope you and your companions will know when to retreat."

Pei Qing laughed and said, "We are here for this very case. The monsters that killed the Crown Prince are hiding under this statue. Why don't you two ladies join forces with us to capture and kill these Yao Mo?"

"That's perfect."

"The two ladies are inexperienced and kind-hearted. Traveling out in the world, it is inevitable that you will be deceived by monsters. Don't worry, we won't hurt you. At most, we will capture you and let your sect elders come to collect you."

"Divine Martial Heavenly Army? Azure Nether Sword Sect?"

Bai Qiuran waved his hand with a smile, watching Tang Ruowei and Zuo Yanfei disappear into the earth burrow amidst the spirit light of the spells. Then, the smile on his face faded, replaced by a lazy expression.

"Ruowei, beat them up!"

"Senior Brother Pei Qing, are you sure this is the place?"

Pei Qing took a step forward as he spoke.

Zuo Yanfei glanced at the foxes and said calmly, "Ruowei, you and I will go out and lure them away. With your Earth Escape Technique, running away won't be a problem. Junior Brother Bai, you stay with these foxes. As soon as we lure them away, you all run together."

Zuo Yanfei closed her eyes and used the secret technique of the Divine Martial Heavenly Army to investigate.

"Let's go."

The four disciples of the Baiyue Temple on the opposite side quietly scattered. Pei Yuan and Pei Qing faced Tang Ruowei, while the hot-tempered Pei Dao and the other disciple faced Zuo Yanfei.

"Haha."

Zuo Yanfei looked at Pei Qing for a moment, then sighed as if giving up.

"Seriously, are you guys really not going to reconsider?"

"So, this brother thinks that with the reputation of the Azure Nether Sword Sect and the Divine Martial Heavenly Army, we can't even protect a few innocent monsters?"

The man being questioned held a Bagua-shaped compass in his hand. At this moment, the needle on the compass was pointing motionless toward the direction of the stone statue.

The man looked down at the compass in his hand and replied, "According to the tracking results of the Magic Treasure given to us by our Master, the monster aura disappeared right here."

Tang Ruowei also sighed, twisted her wrists, and stood up straight.

The White Fox asked.

Zuo Yanfei swept a cold glance at Pei Yuan.