Chapter 272 Inventory of Gains (First Update)
With a gentle shake of his long sword, the crimson flame on it completely disappeared. Su Jiu inserted the sword into the scabbard at his back and went to collect the corpse of the black-clothed priest. He picked up the black storage bag from the priest’s waist and explored it with his mental power. He discovered that its space was more than twice as large as his original storage bag, and it was filled with dense ordinary demon monster balls.
This made Su Jiu’s gaze involuntarily turn to the stunned and weaker warrior-class birds, of which there were at least a hundred. Not only the Crimson Flame Sparrows and Coldstream Crows were here, but also some other ice-attributed bird-like demons.
“Remember to pack the corpse of the Ancient God Sect leader, and you can exchange it for some rewards at the Dragon Hunters Alliance in the city later.”
The Senior Du spoke up, her gaze still a bit dazed, as if she hadn’t recovered yet.
“Alright…”
Hearing the words of Senior Du beside him, Su Jiu begrudgingly packed up the corpse of the Ancient God Sect leader, intending to exchange it for some money and merit in the city.
After doing all this, he glanced at the two strange birds still standing in place, chuckled, and asked, “Are you two still going to fight with this young lady?”
Hearing Su Jiu’s laughter, the feathers on the bodies of the two strange birds stood on end. They glanced at each other, as if they had seen something terrifying, and took two steps back. The blue giant bird, wanting to try its luck, asked in a low voice, “Miss, you are not ice-attributed…”
“Bang!” A huge wing-flapping sound echoed in the ravine.
The crimson strange bird disregarded the Crimson Flame Sparrows that were stunned by the combat airflow and flew out first. Even in the sky, it somewhat cowardly shouted, “This king’s feather is the king’s guidance. My Crimson Flame Sparrow flock has no objections!”
The blue giant bird was dumbfounded by the Crimson Flame Sparrow clan leader’s words. It looked up abruptly, its eyes full of doubt about life—you sold me out just like that? The words that were about to be spoken were stuck in its throat and could not be spoken further.
“Not ice-attributed? So…” Su Jiu, with a faint smile on his face, walked step by step towards the blue giant bird. His boots made crisp sounds on the yellow earth floor, like the performance of the god of death.
“So… I hope you can use this king’s feather to awaken your ice attribute.”
In the eyes of the blue giant bird, Su Jiu was not much gentler than a demon. It quickly changed the subject and said with righteous indignation. After speaking, the bird cautiously glanced at Su Jiu, found that the other party still had a faint smile on his face, and then asked in a low voice, “May I take my leave then?”
“Go ahead… I want to give these stunned bird demons a home. It’s time to change places to live after staying in Yunpu City all the time.”
Su Jiu glanced at the blue giant bird, his gaze drifting over the birds lying on the ground. He swallowed slightly, his heart filled with the single word “money, money, money!” If others weren’t present, she might have been foolishly laughing and stuffing the demons into balls one by one.
“Senior Sister, come and help me pack up these birds…”
But it was not much better now. She beckoned to call Senior Du over, poured out the balls from the bag, and first used the white snowball in her hand to pack the bird demons that had already reached the War General level separately. Senior Du beside her was slightly stunned, then nodded and picked up the balls to pack the demons.
“This…”
The blue giant bird twitched its beak upon hearing Su Jiu’s words but dared not say more. It looked at the bird flock on the ground with pity. This time, they would lose a lot of new force, and without the blessing of the king’s feather, their descendants would become more and more mediocre.
With a wry smile and a shake of its head, the blue giant bird did not want to linger any longer. With a “whoosh,” it rushed towards the sky. Next, it was the turn of passers-by to be envious, but they knew these were Su Jiu’s spoils and wisely did nothing foolish. In this ravine, without the obstruction of the Lin family, there were indeed many opportunities…
After about a few minutes, the two of them packed up these demons. Su Jiu casually threw a white snowball to Senior Du, smiling and saying, “This is a Coldstream Crow with relatively high talent, and it’s quite compatible with you. If you raise it, you should be able to sign a contract after reaching the Battle King level…”
“Thank you, Master…”
Senior Du straightened up, gently caught the white snowball, and her eyes first showed a hint of shock. She glanced at the smiling Su Jiu, then quickly lowered her head and bowed to thank her. After all, even she found it difficult to obtain such beast pets with War God level bloodline—and this person gave it to her without hesitation…
After the previous battle and with the Coldstream Crow gifted by Su Jiu, she no longer called Su Jiu “Junior Sister” but directly “Master.”
“Senior Sister, there’s no need to be like this…” Seeing Senior Du’s cautious demeanor, Su Jiu shook her head. Just as she was about to say something, she suddenly felt something and looked up sharply. Her gaze, piercing through the frost, looked directly at the sky, becoming sharp as if to pierce the firmament.
…
The place where Su Jiu and the two of them parted earlier.
The robust man with mental attributes staggered, with some bloodstains on his body, clearly injured. The girl beside him wearing frameless glasses looked a bit better. Sun Wukong Boy and his girlfriend shielded the girl, allowing her time to use formations and release signal flares.
“A bunch of idiots, hurry up and attack! They are about to activate their shields and release signal flares for help!”
The shadow stood on a snow pine, looking down at the embarrassed crowd, and shouted at the cultists with a frown.
Soon, a signal flare ignited in the sky, and a silver-white light illuminated everyone’s faces. The previously nervous shadow looked at them with a strange expression. After twirling his dagger, he suddenly laughed loudly, “Hahaha, I know you students who haven’t left school are very stupid, but I didn’t expect you to be so stupid in such a place. You actually released our Ancient God Sect’s signal flare—when Elder is discovered, he will definitely rush over immediately!”
Looking at the giant silver-white fireworks blooming in the sky, the frameless glasses girl’s delicate and moving little face suddenly showed an expression of disbelief, muttering to herself, “This is the Ancient God Sect’s signal flare? How is that possible—isn’t that person a Night Watcher?”
Upon seeing the shape of the silver-white fireworks in the sky, the four people instantly turned pale. The robust man gritted his teeth even harder and grumbled viciously, “What Night Watcher!? This is clearly an inside informant of the Ancient God Sect!”
The surrounding black-clothed cultists were also stunned, then looked at the silver-white cross light in the sky, all of them smiling strangely.
“What should we do now? That black-clothed woman was brought by the two of you, right? If I survive, I will definitely report your collusion with the Ancient God Sect to the Disciplinary Office!”
As if still very displeased after scolding, the robust man’s face flushed red. His movements to attack the shadow were also swift, with several colorless rings of light igniting on his hands, covering it with a “whoosh.”
The Sun Wukong Boy and the blue butterfly-sided girl were slightly stunned and wanted to explain something, but couldn’t explain at all. They could only stare blankly at the silver-white light in the sky.
“We should unite now. Xiao Feng and the others definitely didn’t do it on purpose… Let’s get through this first.” Beside them, the frameless girl stared intently at the black shadow, gritting her teeth.
However, something unexpected happened. As soon as her voice fell, a detonation sound occurred in the sky, accompanied by a black shadow.
“Auras approaching Battle King level! This is an Ancient God Sect Priest…”
Just looking at the black shadow, the frameless girl’s heart sank to the bottom, her eyes filled with despair.
The surrounding black-clothed cultists suddenly stopped in their tracks. Even the black shadow slowly looked up, squinting at the sky, where a black figure could be vaguely seen floating in mid-air.
He thought it was his priest and, with a slight smile, turned his head to say to the frameless girl whose face was filled with despair, “Little girl… it’s not too late to surrender now. Our Ancient God Sect Priest has arrived, and all your actions are just futile resistance!”
Just as the black shadow wanted to see submission and fear in the eyes of those Dragon Hunters, to his disappointment, he could only see confusion in their eyes, and then the confusion turned into surprise…
Why such an expression?
“Whoosh!”
The wind roared, and a red sword shadow flashed across the sky like lightning, like a boomerang, instantly cutting apart the black-clothed cultists. Finally, with a “chi!” sound, it was inserted into the yellow, frosty ground. The blood flowed down the sword and onto the frost, instantly dyeing the white frost red.
Frost and snow spread out from the landing point. The sudden change left everyone dumbfounded, and everyone stared at the crimson long sword that appeared before them in astonishment.
“This is not some priest…”
The figure in the sky also slowly approached. The Dragon Hunters finally saw the person’s appearance clearly. Sun Wukong Boy’s face lit up with joy, and he pulled his girlfriend’s hand, as if they could see surprise in each other’s eyes.
“It’s that black-skirt girl…”
The robust man looked at the cultists around him being cut like vegetables and melons with doubt. The shadow turned its head to look at the sky, its eyes becoming completely gloomy.
“Friend, please don’t meddle in other people’s business. I am Yuan Ying of the Ancient God Sect. My Ancient God Sect Priest is arriving soon. He is a mid-level Battle King expert!”
The black-clothed shadow slightly raised its green dagger and said in a gloomy voice, clearly mistaking Su Jiu for a meddling passerby and wanting to scare her away with the name of the Ancient God Sect and the prestige of its priest.
“Your priest? See if this is him. If not… I’ll wait here a while longer.” The black-skirt girl in the sky said with a faint smile. The crow feathers on her shoulders kept falling, and the token at her waist was red enough to make people tremble.
“Bang!”
As soon as her voice fell, a rather charred corpse was thrown down from the sky. The black-clothed shadow first looked at it in confusion. After a brief examination of the bloody, charred corpse, he suddenly noticed the silver necklace on its neck. Then he looked at the face, and his gloomy eyes trembled slightly.
“Priest…”
