Chapter 458 Who is the Mantis? (3k)
“Mr. Luton…”
Hearing the scar-faced man’s voice, the students’ faces couldn’t help but change slightly. They then turned to look at old Luton and found that his slightly wrinkled face showed a thoughtful expression, and their hearts immediately sank to the bottom.
Facing the intermediate Battle King scar-faced man, if old Luton left first, they, these students, would have no power to resist.
Su Jiu made no other moves, but turned around and looked into the depths of the distant forest, her eyes rather deep.
“Ice Cicada…”
With a soft cry, white light flashed, and scales like stardust slowly emerged on her face, shining with silver-white light, followed by specks of golden dust rising to her cheeks.
Sensing Su Jiu’s actions, several students became more nervous, tightening their grip on their weapons. Qiu Hui held the butterfly fan, and sparks emerged. She bowed slightly and whispered, “Everyone be alert, and we will break out separately. Once we reach the town, we will exchange for adventurer support at any cost.”
“Heh heh, with just you people who haven’t even reached Battle King, you still want to resist?”
As if seeing Su Jiu’s actions, the scar-faced man’s eyes showed a hint of disdain, then his gaze fell on the hesitant old Luton. Without any emotion, he reminded him, “Master Adventurer, my patience is running thin. Please make your decision quickly.”
Hearing the scar-faced man’s voice, the surrounding cloaked figures let out bursts of strange laughter as if mocking Luton for hesitating in such a situation, calling him lacking in intelligence.
“My friend, I hope you can give me, Luton, some face and let us leave—after all, there are really Frost Ghosts nearby.”
After pondering for a long time, Luton’s gaze finally swept over the ring on Su Jiu’s hand, and he made his decision. He slowly looked up and said with a wry smile.
He had thought about this choice for a long time and decided to obey morality and reason. Luton remembered asking a top Adventurer King how much it would cost to get her storage ring. The latter looked at him like an idiot and replied after a long time—”Not for money, but for a lot of magic crystals, and it’s a symbol of strength…”
What kind of strength does she possess?
Only now did he realize that his previous guesses about the girl’s strength were all from his own imagination, simply because she had killed a half-king level monster in a cold current.
If she were an Initial Stage Battle King, they might be able to join forces to fight.
“You mean you’ve decided to stay and help them?”
The scar-faced man’s face suddenly darkened, and a chilling killing intent appeared in his eyes. He asked with a cold laugh, “It seems you’d rather have money than your life.”
Luton ignored the threat and took a swig from his wine bag, wiping his mouth with a smile. His voice was somewhat hearty:
“This is my job. I’ve received the payment, so I naturally have to do what I should do.”
Seeing old Luton’s sudden change in attitude, Su Jiu and Qiu Hui were also stunned. The latter’s face then showed joy, and she immediately promised, “When we get out, we are willing to increase the bounty to three million Long Guo Currency and commend your bravery to the Adventurer’s Association.”
“Let’s talk about these later. Let’s break out now.”
Luton waved his hand, holding his curved saber backward in his right hand, then turned to look at Su Jiu. Without much hesitation, he said in a deep voice, “Miss, please don’t hold back anymore. Fight against that intermediate Battle King with me.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu also came back to her senses, her gaze still fixed on the distance. She shook her head slightly and said, “They are not the problem. Something more troublesome has arrived.”
Hearing Su Jiu’s words, it was old Luton’s turn to be slightly stunned. He also looked into the depths of the snow forest, only seeing the figures of big-tailed squirrels flashing by. At first, he was confused, then his pupils changed to hawk eyes.
“There’s nothing… This is!?”
Just as he was about to speak in confusion, in the next moment, his pupils trembled, and he saw a creature with horse-like legs appearing in the light, stepping with iron hooves. The iron hooves were rusty, and black frost mist swirled around them.
Swallowing his saliva, old Luton seemed to think of something. He turned to Su Jiu and said in a panicked voice, “That’s some kind of mount. If it’s really a Frost Ghost… it will be at least a lord-level. Their level consciousness is much stricter than humans’…”
“I don’t know. He… he has alchemical items to conceal his divine sense. I can only faintly sense his aura, and his level is not low.”
Su Jiu shook her head slightly. Her eyes closed and opened again. She reached into her ring, and an iron sword hung in the air beside her. Her entire aura was like a drawn bowstring.
Without speaking, she picked up the long sword, coated her two fingers with a faint green frost energy, and wiped it from the hilt to the tip, as if accumulating power.
“You’re not going to say that other monsters have arrived, are you? Gentlemen, would anyone really believe such a childish excuse?”
Seeing Su Jiu’s actions, the scar-faced man sneered. As if to prove his point, he ordered two half-king level subordinates to block the exit, and then swaggered to the dark cave entrance.
“…But since you’re all people who are about to die, I’ll indulge you.”
With that, he put his hands on his waist and pretended to peek inside. When he saw two fat squirrels staring at him quietly on the snow, he was amused. Pointing at the squirrels, he turned to Su Jiu and teased, “Are you saying it’s these squirrels?”
“He… no, they’ve arrived.”
Su Jiu glanced at him, her gaze passing over his bear-like sturdy body. She exhaled a breath of white mist, and the small white flowers in her eyes began to spin. The dark golden evil god mask was completely formed, and frost flowers drifted around her…
“They?” The scar-faced man’s body stiffened slightly, and his face showed an even more arrogant expression, as if he completely disregarded Su Jiu’s words.
“Wuwuwu… I’m so scared~”
The senior students nervously glanced at the girl next to them whose aura was becoming increasingly strange. Then, Qiu Hui maintained her composure, glanced at the exit, and said, “While the leader of this intermediate Battle King is underestimating us, let’s break out directly…”
“It’s too late.”
Gently putting down the sword blade that had been quenched with frost energy, Su Jiu performed a sword flourish and then lowered the sword tip to the snow, drawing a shallow trace.
“What do you mean?”
Su Jiu’s words caused Qiu Hui and the others, who were already somewhat frightened, to stiffen slightly. But before they could ask Su Jiu any further questions, a shocked shout came from the cloaked figures.
“Boss! Behind you… the black monster wearing armor.”
Hearing the voices of his subordinates, the scar-faced man was stunned. The next moment, he felt a chill behind him for no reason, but he couldn’t sense any aura behind him at all…
As the chilling aura approached, the scar-faced man was filled with horror. He suddenly turned his head to look, only to see Frost Ghosts wearing European-style armor. Their faces, with huge fangs, were filled with greed.
The two leading Frost Ghosts rode demonized unicorns as iron cavalry. Their fangs were smaller, and their faces were not as monkey-like, but more human-like. The one on the left was dressed as a shaman, with some wrinkles on his aged face. The one on the right was dressed as a warrior.
At this moment, they were all looking at the scar-faced man playfully.
In front of them was a tall demon, similar to a dark corrosive unicorn. Tied to the saddle of the demon was a girl wearing a blue skirt. The girl’s ears were slightly pointed, and she seemed to be in a coma.
“All High-Rank Battle Generals?! And even an intermediate Battle King and an initial Battle King?!” The scar-faced man’s face suddenly turned grim, and he muttered to himself that it was not good.
“Surround them.”
“Roar!!”
With a strange tone in mid-air, the Frost Ghosts raised their various ice weapons. They moved in an orderly manner to surround everyone, saliva dripping from their fangs.
“Whoosh—”
Just as the fear in the scar-faced man’s heart made him want to retreat, a Blizzard roar sounded. He felt a sharp pain in his heart, and looking down, his pupils suddenly widened. A black ice blade pierced his entire chest.
“High-Rank Battle King?!”
He then turned his head in disbelief, only to see a dark-skinned, long-haired man casually thrusting the bayonet into his chest.
Just as the scar-faced man was about to ask, the long-haired man kicked his body away and looked at Su Jiu and the others. His face remained expressionless. He muttered to the shaman-dressed Frost Ghost, “The offering the old priest wanted should be enough. The victory belongs to us.”
“Kill the rest. Use them to practice.”
With that, he turned and walked towards his mount, waving his hand indifferently as if nothing mattered.
At his command, the cloaked figures who had followed the scar-faced man were immediately filled with terror and fled as if they had grown two extra legs. However, before the two half-king level leaders could run far, dozens of ice arrows shot from their direction.
“Don’t… run.”
On the other side, two Frost Ghosts riding demonized unicorns, along with dozens of ordinary Frost Ghosts, surrounded them. The two Frost Ghosts riding demonized unicorns had several particularly active and plump squirrels on them, hopping around and looking at Qiu Hui with hatred from time to time.
The two half-king level cloaked figures quickly erected energy shields in panic, trying to rush into the sky. With a “bang!”, one of them desperately realized that the sky had been covered by a special alchemical energy shield, and they couldn’t escape for a short time.
The two Frost Ghosts riding mounts did not give them time to think. The two ghosts turned into black frost mist and lunged at them with sinister grins.
“Since we can’t all escape, let’s fight desperately and look for a chance to escape!”
Seeing that they couldn’t escape, the two half-step black-clothed Battle Kings waved their hands at their subordinates and charged forward first. The cloaked figures, their eyes flashing, gritted their teeth and rushed out. Frost and snow, sword light and sword shadows flashed, and half the sky was covered in frost mist.
The two Frost Ghosts were both initial Battle Kings. Fighting two half-step Battle Kings in their own combat environment was completely effortless.
In less than half a minute, two headless corpses fell from the sky. With the fall of the two half-step Battle Kings, the cloaked figures were quickly cleaned up. The scene was filled with bloody frost and frozen corpses…
The two rather human-like Frost Ghosts landed with a “thud!” from the sky, looking at Su Jiu and the others playfully. Wiping the bloodstains from their ice blades, they said with a strange tone and laughter, “Jie jie… it’s your turn. If you kneel and beg us, we can leave you a complete corpse…”
