Chapter 494: Stupid Fox, I’ve Found My Chance Now
As soon as he stepped into the spatial vortex, Xia Feng felt his feet empty, and a heart-palpitating sense of weightlessness impacted his mind. There was no light around him, just pitch darkness, as if he were falling into an endless abyss.
But in the next instant, a soft but firm pressure came from his back. The woman put her right arm around his waist and flipped open a pocket watch emitting a pale golden glow with her other hand.
The watch had only one slender hand, pointing in the direction behind them.
Seeing this, Jiang Qiue hugged Xia Feng and turned to rapidly retreat backward.
At the same time, ten beams of light lit up one after another in the darkness. The pocket watch illuminated the faces of these people. Without any communication, they each determined a direction and scattered.
“Wait, don’t run away!” Xia Feng’s eyelids twitched slightly. He felt helpless. “If you’re going to run, at least wait until I finish copying your Spirit Artifacts!”
However, his range was only fifty meters. Even in the outside world, he couldn’t cover everyone, let alone here.
This was difficult.
Xia Feng looked up at the woman’s face and blinked, asking in a childish voice, “Queen Bee, where are we going?”
The woman in the green dress frowned slightly. These past few days, hearing this title always felt awkward. She thought for a moment and said softly, “You can call me Mother, or Saintess.”
“???”
What a thick-skinned person, Xia Feng thought to himself, then said expressionlessly, “Saintess, where are you planning to search for the Nine-Tails’ God Relic?”
“Bei Qiu Abyss is divided into the Blood Cave, Thunder Cave, Sorrow Cave, and the Black Abyss. Among them, the Black Abyss is the most dangerous, thus it’s listed as a forbidden area by the Empire, not to be entered. According to the information obtained by the major powers, information regarding the Saint’s remains is hidden in the Blood Cave, so all those geniuses should be heading to the Blood Cave now.”
“So, which cave are we going to?”
“We’re going to the Black Abyss.”
“…”
After understanding Jiang Qiue’s thoughts, Xia Feng felt it was time. He would betray this woman and just quit! Who wanted to go to the Black Abyss with her to find some damned relic? He wanted to go to the Blood Cave and find treasures with everyone else!
Firstly, Miss Mu was likely among the main group. Secondly, the main group was full of fat sheep. Not copying the Spirit Artifacts of these fat sheep would be an insult to the outstanding talents of these geniuses. Lastly, why should ordinary people’s Spirit Artifacts have a chance to be copied by him, while these geniuses’ Spirit Artifacts wouldn’t? This was unjust. Therefore, Xia Feng decided to treat everyone equally, without discrimination, and copy every Spirit Artifact he encountered fairly.
So, for fairness and justice, he had to find an opportunity to escape Jiang Qiue’s clutches.
*Whoosh–*
At that moment, a whistling sound alerted Xia Feng and the woman. Jiang Qiue, holding Xia Feng, quickly retreated. Ahead, a humanoid black shadow seemed to be rapidly approaching them. Xia Feng soon sensed the opponent’s aura: it was that scheming fellow from Golden Sparrow Flower with his underdeveloped manhood, Jin Jili.
Jiang Qiue held a yellow paper in her fingers. The cold, azure flame ignited at her fingertips burned the paper rapidly. A pale golden character 【遁】 appeared on the paper. At the same time, Jiang Qiue and Xia Feng in her arms dissolved into azure flames and fled.
However, after teleporting less than a hundred meters, they hit a transparent barrier, forcing them to re-materialize.
“Saintess Qiue, where are you trying to run?” The effeminate man emerged from the darkness, a string of Buddhist beads in his hand glowing with dense, flowing rune lines.
Jiang Qiue’s delicate eyebrows furrowed. Her calm gaze held a hint of confusion. “You want to kill me?”
“Kill you? No, no, no— Your Excellency is the Black Moon Saintess, how could I possibly kill you?” Jin Jili’s effeminate face was serene. Under the glow of the Buddhist beads, he even exuded a solemn aura. “But Your Excellency, shouldn’t you offer me an apology for what happened earlier?”
“What happened earlier?” Xia Feng and Jiang Qiue were both startled, but then they understood. It must have been Jiang Qiue’s mocking gaze that provoked Jin Jili, making him angry now. Xia Feng guessed that Jin Jili, who was lacking in that crucial area, likely had some psychological issues.
Jin Jili looked at the woman in the green dress, a cold glint flashing in his eyes. He had to admit, this woman was indeed like a fairy from ancient texts, possessing an ethereal, elegant, and untainted sacredness. This made Jin Jili increasingly want to destroy her.
Jiang Qiue raised her eyes, her clear and melodious voice indifferent. “An apology?”
“That’s right, an apology.” The effeminate man smiled at the distant woman in the green dress. His smile, beneath that solemn aura, held a hint of mockery. “Your Excellency Saintess, as long as you prostrate yourself at my feet and shout an apology three times, I will forgive you. How about it?”
Jiang Qiue was stunned. She really hadn’t expected the genius from Golden Sparrow Flower to be so childish. He was already a Venerable, yet he still sought dignity and pleasure from humiliating others.
Jin Jili noticed a hint of surprise flash in the woman’s ethereal beautiful eyes. He then returned to his indifferent expression, casting a casual glance at her as if a god were observing ignorant ants. Although there was no emotion, Jin Jili felt an unprecedented sense of contempt!
“!” Jin Jili’s forehead veins bulged, and a resentful fire of karma boiled in his heart. “You’re seeking death!!”
Jiang Qiue ignored Jin Jili’s anger, but sensing something, she turned to look behind her. Not far behind them, another figure appeared, enveloped in a golden light, like a golden deity in the abyss, with Ye Li Kong’s face. It seemed to be a clone Ye Li Kong had left here.
Ye Li Kong’s golden double pupils were indifferent, his gaze filled with haughty disdain. “Jiang Qiue, hand over the Half-dragon. You still have a choice. Do you want to be my friend or my enemy?”
!
Clearly, he meant that if Jiang Qiue was willing to be friends, he wouldn’t mind giving her a hand.
“Ye Li Kong, what do you mean?” Jin Jili’s gaze deepened. “Are you representing the Ye Li Clan to oppose my Golden Sparrow Flower?”
Ye Li Kong glanced at Jin Jili and asked, puzzled, “Are you worthy?”
“!!!” Jin Jili’s face turned completely red. However, seeing that Jiang Qiue had no intention of bowing to Ye Li Kong, he chuckled strangely and his figure, like a ghost, distorted and instantly appeared before the woman in the green dress.
Jiang Qiue ignited another 【遁】 talisman, but Jin Jili followed closely like a shadow. Around them, a circle of Buddhist beads formed a confinement formation, limiting the escape range.
One chasing, one escaping.
Xia Feng realized that this woman had no intention of fighting back directly and couldn’t help but worry. *Stinky fox, just break off your tail and deal with them! Show the ferocity you used when chasing me!*
“Bitch, let’s see where you can run!” Unpleasant cold laughter and insults did not slow Jiang Qiue’s escape speed. She casually glanced back at the scheming jester and shook her head, deciding to forcefully escape instead. Although forcefully using an escape technique in this place with chaotic spatial laws was very likely to cause injury or even unconsciousness, it was the best method for now. She didn’t want to waste precious time on someone like Jin Jili.
With this thought, Jiang Qiue hesitated no longer. Two talismans at her fingertips burned with azure flames, displaying the flowing characters 【远遁】 (Distant Escape) and 【加强】 (Strengthen) respectively.
Jiang Qiue and Xia Feng instantly dissolved into azure flames. This time, the spatial barrier could not stop the green light. The two directly turned into meteors and fled, disappearing into the darkness.
Jin Jili watched this scene, somewhat astonished and gnashing his teeth. The veins on the back of his right hand, which was holding the Buddhist beads, bulged. “Damn it!”
“They actually managed to escape?” Ye Li Kong also looked at the spot where Jiang Qiue had disappeared with some confusion, a look of interest on his face.
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At the same time, Xia Feng came to his senses from his dizziness and opened his eyes, confused. The surroundings were dark. The ground beneath his feet was no longer empty space but rugged terrain. He didn’t know which corner they had ended up in.
He seemed to sense something and looked behind him. He saw a beautiful woman in a green dress lying flat on the ground, her slender, elegant eyelashes lowered, appearing to be in a coma.
“…” Xia Feng blinked and stood there silently, staring at the woman in the green dress. A full ten seconds passed without her waking up. This made the corner of Xia Feng’s lips curve evilly. *Aha, the tables have turned, stupid green-haired fox, I’ve found my chance now~*
