Chapter 51: Xiao Jiu Is A Girl ?!
The commander of the Dragon Armor Legion had no choice but to do so. He had already advised His Majesty that the legion was enough, but the Emperor still didn’t trust them and sent this madman over. Qi Bei must not die. If he did, this powerful madman would not suffer any consequences, but he, as the commander, would definitely be held responsible, and his family’s lives would be at risk.
Leng Sufeng is an Earth-grade Warrior who cultivates a Holy-grade Battle Qi technique. His Ice Armor battle qi is enough to resist the attacks of the Dragon Armor Legion’s King-grade warriors.
However, Qi Bei’s recent move left Leng Sufeng with a shadow in his heart. Qi Bei was only an Intermediate Warrior, but the energy between his fingers could break through Leng Sufeng’s Ice Armor Battle Qi and almost caused him to fail.
Therefore, when the commander of the Dragon Armor Legion shot his halberd toward him, Leng Sufeng responded with a sword strike. This move of self-defense greatly reduced the power of his attack on Qi Bei and Jin Gang.
Qi Bei rolled with Jin Gang on the spot and narrowly avoided the sword’s edge, but the remaining force of the sword still hit them, causing a layer of frost to form on their bodies.
At this moment, a circle of yellow light suddenly appeared on the ground. Two hands stretched out from it and grabbed Qi Bei and Jin Gang’s feet, pulling them down, and they disappeared into the ground.
“Do you think you can escape?” Leng Sufeng’s icy eyes flickered, and he turned himself and his sword into a stream of ice, easily tearing through the magic web like a torn sack.
Leng Sufeng instantly arrived at the spot where Qi Bei and Jin Gang disappeared, shouted in a low voice, and his Ice Jade Sword sent a burst of cold mist as it pierced into the ground, disappearing from sight.
Underground, Xiao Jiu was dragging Qi Bei and Jin Gang, fleeing at high speed through the earth and stone as if they were nothing. In an instant, a cold wave followed them and spread rapidly, freezing the soil and stones and causing Xiao Jiu’s speed to slow down.
Suddenly, a sword shadow shot out, piercing through Xiao Jiu’s right shoulder. Xiao Jiu groaned, and the yellow light surrounding his body dimmed, but he immediately activated it again. The sword shadow then suddenly turned direction and shot toward Qi Bei. Qi Bei became angry and summoned two golden dragon shadows with his claws, fiercely clawing at the sword shadow.
“Clang!” The sword shadow materialized into Leng Sufeng’s Ice Jade Sword. The conical sword energy condensed on the tip of the sword was trying to break through Qi Bei’s resistance and pierce into his body.
“Get lost!” Qi Bei roared, and the Dragon Seal on his left hand lit up.
On the ground, Leng Sufeng’s body suddenly shook with surprise. His Ice Jade Sword broke through the soil and quivered as it floated in front of him. After a moment, Leng Sufeng silently reached out and grabbed the Ice Jade Sword. He had always behaved like a block of ice, but now he displayed a complex mix of emotions such as loss, astonishment, and confusion.
“Block off the Green Leaf City. Earth mages, intercept from all sides with earth-escape techniques. Dig up to a hundred feet if necessary to find Qi Bei,” The commander of the Dragon Armor Legion ordered loudly. The range of earth-escape techniques was generally not more than five miles, and the depth of escape was limited. However, there were three earth mages in the Dragon Army Legion, so they still had a chance of intercepting Qi Bei.
But a dramatic scene occurred once again. Leng Sufeng’s Ice Jade Sword shot out as he shook it, and the tip of the sword went straight to the throat of the commander of the Dragon Armor Legion.
“Leng Sufeng, what are you doing?” The commander was both shocked and angry. He attacked Leng Sufeng before to prevent him from killing Qi Bei and to protect the lives of his family. Now that Qi Bei had left, he had no courage to attack Leng Sufeng. The two of them were not at the same level.
“After half an hour, you may leave,” Leng Sufeng said coldly.
Half an hour had passed, and Qi Bei had already disappeared into some corner. But when faced with the cold, emotionless gaze of Leng Sufeng, the commander of the Dragon Armor Legion did not dare to say a word. At most, he would be demoted for being unable to pursue Qi Bei, but if he disobeyed Leng Sufeng, he would have a hole in his throat in an instant. The choice was already obvious.
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Under a small hill outside Green Leaf City, a circle of yellow light appeared, and then three figures appeared on the ground.
“Xiao Jiu, Xiao Jiu…” Qi Bei supported the seriously injured Xiao Jiu, calling out to him while using his internal energy to seal the blood vessels around his wound to stop the bleeding. Xiao Jiu’s arm moved, as if he wanted to say something, but he eventually fell into a coma.
Qi Bei tore open the clothes on Xiao Jiu’s shoulder, and he was slightly stunned by the round and plump shoulder that was revealed. Other than the glaring wound in the shoulder socket, the skin elsewhere was surprisingly soft and smooth.
“Xiao Jiu is a girl?” Qi Bei murmured to himself, without further thought, he quickly began to clean the wound. The skin and flesh around the wound have already been frozen by the cold, so it needed to be scraped off bit by bit before being treated with medicine and bandaged. It’s a pity there was no light or water mage around, otherwise it would be much simpler.
After cleaning the wound, Qi Bei couldn’t help but be curious. He slightly lifted the torn clothes and saw that Xiao Jiu’s chest was wrapped in layers of flesh-colored bandages.
“Really a girl. Her chest is so flat because it’s bound. I guess her voice is intentionally disguised too,” Qi Bei thought to himself. He used his internal energy to check Xiao Jiu’s breath, then fed her a pill.
After a while, Xiao Jiu coughed twice and woke up.
As soon as she woke up, she instinctively jumped up and was on guard. She touched the wound on her right shoulder that was bandaged, was silent for a moment, and still used her rough voice to say “Thank you, Master.”
“It’s me who should thank you. If you didn’t risk your life to save us, Jin Gang and I wouldn’t have been able to escape. By the way, where’s Thirteen?” Qi Bei pretended not to know anything and spoke to her in a casual tone.
Xiao Jiu looked around and said, “Thirteen and I arranged to meet in the forest two miles ahead, but because of my injuries, I couldn’t go any further, so I crawled out of the ground ahead of time.”
“Then let’s go,” said Qi Bei. Xiao Jiu disappeared in front of Qi Bei and Jin Gang in a flash.
In the small forest two miles away, Qi Bei saw Thirteen, but Xiao Jiu did not appear again. However, Qi Bei could sense that she was still nearby.
“Let’s go to the Sentry City and meet our brothers there, and then we will find that Goth caravan. I won’t be able to ease my anger until I slaughter them all,” said Qi Bei through gritted teeth.
“We must kill them all,” Jin Gang also roared.
“Master, don’t worry. When you asked Xiao Jiu and me to investigate that caravan, we had already put a Thousand Miles Fragrance in some of their guards and goods, so it will be easy to find them,” said Thirteen.
“Very good.” Qi Bei’s eyes were full of hostility, and his heart was filled with murderous intent.
Sentry City was about eight hundred miles away from Green Leaf City and was within the sphere of influence of the Li family. The Li family had always been under the command of the Nord family, so it was unlikely that Emperor Han Mo would pursue them there. Therefore, when Qi Bei dispersed the more than two hundred Black Armor troops, he ordered them to gather in Sentry City.