Chapter 590: The Chess Player Arrives (3k)
“Hoo… you shouldn’t have come. The pursuers are far more than this, and there’s a ferryman as well.”
Panting heavily, Mr. Ziwei Li looked at the blood-stained world, gritted his teeth, and tightly gripped the wrist of the woman before him, speaking in a low voice.
His heart was a mix of surprise and regret.
He was surprised that someone would come to save him.
He regretted that someone would come to save him.
“What nonsense are you spouting? The mission was assigned to us by Miss Su. If I let you throw your life away, what kind of person would I be?”
Hearing this, Lin Mei gnashed her teeth and scolded him. Then, she released rings of spider silk from her fingers, binding the two of them together. She then covered the person behind her with her external qi and whispered,
“Close your eyes, I don’t want you to see things you shouldn’t.”
Sighing, Mr. Ziwei Li nodded and slowly closed his eyes. He had a rough idea of what she intended to do.
His strength wasn’t weak, and they had lived together day and night, so how could she not know his secrets?
What does it matter if they are monsters, or what does it matter if they are humans? He was not someone who cared about such things.
After sensing that Mr. Ziwei Li had closed his eyes, several eyes appeared on Lin Mei’s face, and then her entire body transformed into a beam of white light, turning into the form of a spider-woman, with a human upper body and a spider’s lower body.
Each leg of the spider’s lower body was a purple blade, emitting a faint glow under the light. Her overall aura was infinitely close to the peak of the Battle King Level, which was extremely terrifying.
“We will definitely get out of here. Just close your eyes and wait.”
As a light voice sounded, the figure suddenly lunged forward, charging ahead. Her movements were as fast as lightning, making the ordinary members of the Ancient God Sect only see a shadow rushing at them.
“I didn’t expect there to be a monster of this level. Attack together!”
Seeing Lin Mei attack with her true form, the two black-clad bishops sneered and shouted in a deep voice.
As the shouts fell, the members of the Ancient God Sect leaped up, holding their beast soldiers, and swarmed towards Lin Mei.
“Die, all of you!”
As she approached the first Ancient God Sect figure, a cold glint erupted in Lin Mei’s eyes. The blades on her spider legs slashed out several cold rays, which shot out like crescent arcs, directly slicing three early-stage Battle King Ancient God Sect members in half.
Hot blood splattered everywhere, but it did not slow down the offensive of the Ancient God Sect members. Figures dashed forward, quickly surrounding Lin Mei.
As the two black-clad bishops stirred their black blades, two black beams pressed forward simultaneously, aiming directly at Lin Mei’s head.
“Clang, clang!!”
Lin Mei’s eyes slanted, and a bloodthirsty ferocity flashed. She raised her two middle limbs to block, and purple poisonous rays shot out from the blades, forcing the two black-clad bishops to retreat several meters in a hurry.
After dodging the poisonous rays, the two figures flashed forward again and attacked Lin Mei from different directions in a combined effort.
The latter also met them with several legs. Amidst the clash of blades and swords, Lin Mei’s blades occasionally released poison, disrupting the offensive rhythm of the attackers.
For a time, the purple poisonous gas completely corroded and melted the surrounding cement ground, leaving behind several white bone corpses.
At this point in the battle, only five strong individuals above the Intermediate Battle King level of the Ancient God Sect could participate. They all stared at the opponent with cautious expressions, not daring to underestimate her.
“Clang!”
The sound of metal striking metal echoed with sparks, and then an energy ripple surged out, knocking Lin Mei and the two black-clad bishops dozens of meters away.
The former hit a utility pole, a trace of blood appearing at the corner of her mouth, but her aura became even more ferocious.
She knew that she could only fight with all her might at this moment; this was a battle where letting her guard down meant death.
The Ancient God Sect members also looked at Lin Mei with timid expressions. They hadn’t expected to suffer such heavy losses without even killing her.
“It was you who tampered with our Ancient God Sect’s formation, wasn’t it?”
Just as Lin Mei was preparing to break through the encirclement with a final push, a cold male voice sounded from mid-air, with a hint of anger audible.
As the male voice sounded, a terrifying aura surged from the sky, as if with a mere move they could end the battle below.
“Battle… God Level.”
Lin Mei looked up with a slightly pale face and saw two people hovering in the air. One of them wore a straw raincoat and a fisherman’s straw hat, and the terrifying aura emanated from him.
However, to Lin Mei’s surprise, this person was led by the young man, to whom he made a bowing gesture and asked, “Bishop Si Chen, shall we execute them immediately?”
The Ancient God Sect members below took advantage of the respite to form a cordon again, surrounding Lin Mei, as if they would capture her directly if Bishop Si Chen gave the order.
“The [key] to the formation is not on them. If you want to control the formation in a short time, you must find that [key].”
Shaking his head slightly, Si Chen’s gaze swept over Lin Mei below, finally settling on Mr. Ziwei Li on her back, and said in a deep voice, “And only these two know the whereabouts of the key!”
The key to the formation was like the pocket watch that Su Jiu had snatched before; it could be used to activate or deactivate the formation. Normal people would usually keep it on themselves when activating a formation…
However, Si Chen knew that the two people before him who were determined to die would not do such a thing. They would only hide the [key] in the most secret corner.
Until this disaster was completely over.
As if sensing something, Mr. Ziwei Li slowly opened his eyes. Their gazes met, and as if knowing what Si Chen was thinking, he suddenly smiled.
Squinting his eyes, Si Chen’s handsome face became exceptionally hidden. He slowly landed on the ground, walking on the gravel path in his leather shoes, while coldly snorting, “What are you smiling about? If you tell me where the key is hidden, I’ll let you go.”
Looking at Si Chen approaching, Mr. Ziwei Li lowered his gaze slightly, then suddenly looked up and grinned, “It’s okay to tell you. You have to take me there and let her leave here.”
“Don’t be foolish…”
Hearing the words from behind, Lin Mei was slightly stunned. She seemed to understand his intention, but she had come to save him in the first place, so how could she allow such a thing to happen?
“Listen to me, you shouldn’t stay here.”
Gently patting her smooth back, Mr. Ziwei Li felt his vision increasingly blur. Blood stained everything, and his breathing grew heavier.
His body seemed to be telling him that he had reached his limit. After all, he had suffered too many attacks before, and there were almost no intact parts on his body.
“You’re in this state, and you’re still trying to be a hero.”
Lin Mei whispered. She knew his condition and felt his breathing becoming weaker. She quickly used a minor healing spell to maintain his life force.
Si Chen glanced at the two of them who were whispering and asked playfully, “I’m not falling for that. Tell me the location, and I’ll spare her life and make her my beast pet.”
These words were like an adrenaline shot, reviving Mr. Ziwei Li, whose senses were somewhat scattered. He looked up at Si Chen, his eyes filled with a hint of coldness.
Lin Mei coldly replied, “Even if I die, I will never surrender to a bastard who reeks of corpse stench.”
Sensing the coldness from the two, Si Chen smiled. He knew where he had found the weakness of this undercover agent. Then, he smiled and asked Mr. Ziwei Li again, “When a chess player plots to interfere with the matters of the Ancient God Sect, not only will they die, but their close friends will also become playthings for others…”
He paused, as if a chess player on the verge of victory, revealing his white teeth, and again, with pity, presented the choice: “Choose. Will she become a plaything, or will you tell me where the key is?”
Looking at each other again, Mr. Ziwei Li, like a chess player about to be checkmated, struggled to watch as the pawn beside him was devoured by the opponent…
Is it really over here?
But I am not the chess player, but a chess piece. The other party has guessed wrong…
“Boom! Boom! Boom!!!”
Just as he was growing more drowsy, a huge sound echoed from the sky. A series of yellow meteors smashed into the blood mist. With a “crackling” sound, the formation shield formed by the blood mist shattered like glass fragments in just a moment.
“What’s going on?! The city defense formation is broken?”
Si Chen looked up at the sky abruptly, only to see the meteors passing through the energy shield and smashing into the sparsely populated suburbs, as if they were only meant to break through the sky above the city.
He had no time to consider it further. He gritted his teeth and looked at Mr. Ziwei Li and Lin Mei. With a hardened heart, he pointed at them and ordered the black-clad ferryman, “Kill them!”
“Yes!”
The ferryman nodded, and a black blade, like a cleaver, appeared in his hand. With a flourish of the blade, he swung it directly at the two.
A black law halo appeared during the slash, directly increasing its power by an unknown amount.
Looking at the blade light, Lin Mei wanted to move but found that the blade seemed to lock onto her body, making it impossible to break free.
The black blade kept enlarging in her multiple pupils. As if making a decision in an instant, she quickly used her sharp blade to cut the spider silk around her waist. She exerted force at her waist and flung the person behind her out.
“No…”
Flung into mid-air, Mr. Ziwei Li’s pupils suddenly contracted. Looking at the blade slashing towards Lin Mei, all he could do was reach out…
“Roar!”
From Mr. Ziwei Li’s perspective, the blade was getting closer and closer to Lin Mei. Everything seemed to be playing out in slow motion, but a roaring dragon’s cry suddenly sounded from the sky!
Following this dragon’s cry, a dragon-shaped white shadow was thrown down from the sky, slamming heavily onto the blade in the ferryman’s hand.
“Bang!”
With the sound of the collision, the dragon-shaped white shadow pierced the ground, and the ferryman’s palm twitched, the knife falling to the ground. His face showed a look of shock.
Who is it?
Soon, the snowy mist dissipated, slowly revealing the true appearance of the white shadow. It was the branches and leaves of some tree, covered in cold frost.
