185 Make a Move When It’s Time
Only after talking did they find out that Lin Qing was from the vicinity of Changping. Their sect also had a small spirit stone mine, but it was suddenly attacked. Most of the disciples were separated, and they ran out to ask for help, but only a few survived.
Ye Xuan and the others looked at each other. He said, “Even the surrounding areas are affected.”
Lin Qing saw that they were dressed differently and their accent didn’t sound like they were from here. Thus, he couldn’t help but ask, “May I ask where are you from, Sirs?”
“We’re the Sword Sect. We’ve received a message asking for help from Changping, so we’ve come from the Jingdu.”
Lin Qing revealed a look of understanding. He said, “No wonder.” From Ye Xuan, Shen Changling, and their company’s appearance, it was enough to see that this group of people had extraordinary identities.
“By the way, do you guys know what happened in Changping?”
Originally, he wanted to get some information from Lin Wing and the others, but he didn’t expect them to shake their heads, and Lin Qing revealed a look of defeat.
“We don’t know either. The mine is rather remote and is some distance away from Changping. Recently, we discovered that there were suddenly more demonic beasts. At first, we didn’t take it to heart and didn’t think that they would launch an attack.”
There were many mountains nearby, and many demonic beasts lived there. Often, demonic beasts would accidentally run out and hurt people, so no one was surprised. However, they didn’t expect that because of this oversight, Lin Qing and the others were almost completely annihilated.
“Not long ago, our people in Changping suddenly lost contact with each other. Now that I’ve heard you say this, I know that something has happened in Changping as well.”
As they were talking, the boat suddenly shook violently, causing many people to lose their balance and almost fall to the ground.
It turned out that those strange birds did not leave. In addition, the actions of Ye Xuan and the others had completely angered them, so they gathered more and more birds, covering the boat in layers and stacking them together, making it impossible to count them.
These strange birds knew that they couldn’t break through the spiritual boat’s defense for the time being and couldn’t do anything to Ye Xuan, so they formed a black circle and surrounded the spiritual boat. From a distance, it looked like a huge black cocoon.
Everyone had a bad feeling. One of them asked, “What are they trying to do?”
For a moment, the spiritual boat’s movements became slower and slower. Then, it halted and awkwardly stopped in midair.
Everyone’s expression changed drastically. Someone commented in dismay, “Oh no, there are too many of these strange birds. The spiritual boat can’t advance at all.”
The airflow created by the flapping of the strange bird’s wings formed a force that could not be underestimated. Although it was blocked by the protective shield, it still made the boat shake. Ye Xuan and the others were a little unlucky.
“These beasts are trying to stop us from advancing.”
Soon, Ye Xuan understood their intentions. The spiritual boat was a little unstable and fell to the ground, but the strange birds clung to the boat like tarsal bones.
“These animals must have turned into demons, they actually want to kill us,” someone could not help but curse.
Ye Xuan wasn’t afraid of these strange birds. After all, the defensive power of the spiritual boat was extremely strong. If it really couldn’t be helped, he could ask the Penglai Immortal Beasts for help, which should be more than enough to deal with these.
The disciples of the Sword Sect were thrown off their feet by the air current. Even Shen Changling could not control the turmoil in his stomach and almost vomited.
“We might as well fight it out with these strange birds. It’s better than being so passive now.”
Shen Changling did not agree with this kind of recklessness. After all, there were too many strange birds in front of them. One person could deal with a few, but it was too risky to deal with dozens of them.
Furthermore, they had not even reached Changping yet, and half of their strength had already been consumed. They still did not know what the situation was like there, so they should conserve their strength.
Now that they were trapped by the strange birds, even though their lives were currently not in danger, they could not continue like this.
“What do you think, Elder Ye?”
Shen Changling looked at Ye Xuan and subconsciously felt that Ye Xuan had some countermeasures. Otherwise, he wouldn’t be so calm now.
In fact, Ye Xuan was indeed not in a hurry.
He looked at the dim light of the emerald on the boat, and a huge spiritual power burst out of his palm. It was like a surging river and sea, pouring into the gem.
In an instant, a huge green light once again enveloped the entire ship, and the gems that were filled with energy once again displayed a magical color.
“Sit tight…”
Before they could react to what he meant, a few transparent wings as thin as a cicada’s wings grew out of the boat in the green light, making it look ethereal.
What’s the use of that?
Lin Qing couldn’t help but wonder if these little wings could carry such a huge spiritual boat.
“Swish!”
The cicada-like wings flapped gently, but the air current it created was extremely terrifying. In an instant, the dozens of birds at the back were washed away.
It might have been an illusion, but everyone felt as if the entire spiritual boat had been lightened. It was almost unbelievably light as if those strange birds didn’t exist.
The spiritual boat shot out like an arrow from a bow, breaking out of the black encirclement. The strange birds were caught off guard and fell into the air. Their black feathers fluttered messily and they were still cawing non-stop.
Lin Qing and his company thought that Ye Xuan and the others would not be able to fight back, but they did not expect this boat to be so fast. Lin Qing and the others were instantly stunned, and their jaws dropped.
It took them a long time to regain their senses. They looked at the strange birds that had been shaken off behind them. Only a small number of them had caught up, but they were not as densely packed as before. It was almost suffocating because the spiritual boat was simply too fast.
Because the spiritual boat had been activated and the protective shield had been added, the energy inside the gem had been depleted by more than half. If it hadn’t been for Ye Xuan, the gem wouldn’t have been able to be replenished at all. It was no different from an ordinary stone, the only difference was that it looked good.
Everyone sighed, “Elder Ye still has to be the one who makes a move at this critical moment.”