amaotonovel Chapter 626 So bright a future that it's keeping you up at night!
Chapter 626 So bright a future that it's keeping you up at night!
Jiang He ran ahead, while the Lingyun Sect cultivators chased after her; at first glance, the scene was quite strange.
The Lingyun Sect cultivators maintained a certain distance from the person riding the sword in front of them, neither too far nor too short.
After chasing for several minutes without catching up with Jiang He, the cultivators of Lingyun Sect suddenly began to doubt themselves.
"The cultivators from the River Basin Sect ahead are at most about the same level as us, so why are they chasing us so hard?"
"I thought so too. I thought I had caught up with her when we first caught up, but then she got even faster."
"She must have used some special means."
"The cultivators of the River Basin Sect are skilled in using mechanical arts, so everyone be careful."
Jiang He led a lot of people away. Seeing that the plan had succeeded, He Yonghuai hurriedly rushed out. He did not expect Jiang He to be so effective. Several minutes had passed and he was still holding them back.
He Yonghuai led the cultivators of the River Basin Sect to charge forward.
Qiongmo's team knew that the cultivators sent by the other side were bait, but they thought that the Liuyu Sect was empty-handed, and that the bait would only be sent into the tiger's mouth. They just sent a few cultivators to chase after Jiang He and eliminate her.
But Qiongmo waited and waited, and no one came.
"Senior sister, the senior brother who went to pursue someone got eliminated."
The female cultivator beside Qiongmo exclaimed in surprise. After they gathered together, they used secret threads to connect with each other, and each cultivator's thread was displayed on a disc.
Lines (cultivators) can communicate with each other, but if someone is eliminated or dies, the line on the disc disappears.
It was obvious that the female cultivator standing next to Qiongmo was holding a disc. There were originally 32 people on the disc, but now there were only 24. The 8 missing coins corresponded exactly to the 8 cultivators who were chasing the Liuyu Sect!
"Impossible. The River Basin Sect is not even among the four major sects. No one could easily kill eight Nascent Soul stage cultivators."
One of the cultivators from the Lingyun Sect analyzed the situation.
He Yonghuai, who had just arrived, was unaware of what had happened at Jiang He's place. All he saw in front of him were about twenty Lingyun Sect cultivators.
He Yonghuai suddenly launched an attack.
The Lingyun Sect cultivators, where Qiongmo was located, immediately went on high alert.
"Damn it, these River Basin Sect members dared to launch a sneak attack. We don't need to pay attention to those who have been eliminated."
Qiongmo was annoyed. He thought he could take down these forty-odd people directly, but he was instead surrounded. These cultivators really didn't know their own position at all.
With a ruthless heart, Qiongmo led a team of Lingyun Sect cultivators to launch a fierce defense.
Initially, He Yonghuai had the upper hand because the Lingyun Sect cultivators were caught off guard. However, as the gap in cultivation levels between the two groups of cultivators with the highest cultivation levels increased, He Yonghuai began to feel somewhat exhausted.
Just as he was hesitating, Jiang He returned.
"Junior Sister Firefly!"
Jiang He nodded to He Yonghuai and rushed into the crowd.
He Yonghuai wanted to ask Jiang He where the Lingyun Sect cultivators she had led away had gone, and why, although she had returned, the Lingyun Sect cultivators were nowhere to be found.
Before He Yonghuai could even ponder this, he immediately noticed that the battle situation had improved again.
"Don't you guys feel that the Lingyun Sect is much weaker this year? It's much easier for me to stab people now."
"It seems it wasn't just my imagination; the cultivators of Lingyun Sect aren't as strong as I imagined."
The cultivators from the River Basin Sect who were fighting were fighting extremely fiercely.
The Lingyun Sect cultivators, who were initially in a dominant position, were bewildered, as the situation had clearly not been like this before.
Suddenly we couldn't beat them anymore, it's ridiculous.
After joining the battlefield, Jiang He often used underhanded tactics, but she never killed anyone or forced them to be eliminated. Jiang He would often stab a cultivator in the back and then immediately run away, always managing to retreat from the point of attack in time.
As a result, the cultivators Jiang He had stabbed earlier were subsequently eliminated by the cultivators of the River Basin Sect.
In this way, Jiang He neither has to bear the burden of elimination announcements nor arouse suspicion, achieving multiple benefits at once.
The Qiongmo cultivators fought and retreated, and every time they reached a critical moment and were about to eliminate a cultivator from the River Basin Sect, they were always pushed back by an uncontrollable force.
The River Domain Sect fought a splendid battle, while the Lingyun Sect suffered an extremely frustrating defeat.
"This is too humiliating. When have we ever been suppressed like this? Have those guys from the River Basin Sect gone mad this year, or did they get some cultivation secrets from somewhere? Their strength could never have been this great in previous years."
"Heh, they must have been lucky. Those cultivators died outside, and they were outnumbered, so they had to fight hard. Junior Sister Qiongmo, why don't we retreat and discuss our strategy with them later?"
Qiongmo's heart raced as she stared intently at a cultivator from the Liuyu Sect, ignoring all the advice he offered.
She looked at Jiang He and felt a sense of familiarity.
Jiang He did not turn around to meet the gaze of Qiongmo who was staring at her.
From the moment Qiongmo noticed her, Jiang He knew that the real "fish" had taken the bait.
Jiang He switched weapons, holding a knife in her right hand that held a sword. With a slight push of her wrist forward, the tip of the knife was firmly wedged into the cultivator's abdomen.
He pulled it out again, and a surge of blood erupted from the enemy cultivator who was fighting in the river.
Jiang He was agile and soon arrived at another place.
Various sects sat in the stands outside the arena. The River Basin Sect might not be as famous as the four major sects, but its own name was quite well-known.
The River Basin Sect and the Lingyun Sect are not far apart.
While other sects were focused on the screen displaying the flag, Elder Jiu of the Liuyu Sect watched Jiang He's fight with the Lingyun Sect cultivators for a long time. Intrigued, she turned to Elder Linshan of the Outer Sect, who was sitting below, and asked him about Jiang He:
“Jie Ting, your disciples are quite good, especially this one named Yingchong. Others may not be able to see clearly, but I saw it all. It was only after she joined the battle that our sect’s cultivators gained the upper hand.”
However, there's something I don't understand. I remember you were a cultivator, Jie Ting. When did you learn to wield a knife? This firefly has superb knife skills. If she wanted to, she could kill a cultivator with a single move.
"This child and you, your futures are so bright you can't sleep, right?"
Elder Jiu of the Liuyu Sect laughed heartily, his eyes filled with admiration for Jiang He.
As an outer sect elder of the River Basin Sect, Jie Ting's expression was tense. Everyone around him was discussing the fact that Yingchong was his disciple, but only Jie Ting himself knew the truth.
How deep is the misunderstanding?
He looked up, a hint of regret still in his eyes:
"If only Firefly were really my disciple, but unfortunately there isn't a single cultivator named Firefly in the Linshan area."
Upon hearing this, the other elders were somewhat stunned.
What do you mean that there are no cultivators named Firefly within Linshan?
Jie Ting continued, "Furthermore, I am not a swordsman and cannot teach swordsmanship."
"Wait... what did you say? There's no one named Firefly?"
The Ninth Elder was dumbfounded. She stared at Jiang He for a long time before finally uttering half a sentence:
"If this person isn't from our River Basin Sect, then who is she?"
The Ninth Elder stammered, explaining that he hadn't watched the previous broadcasts and therefore didn't know the whole story.
The cultivator from the River Basin Sect who had just been eliminated picked up the conversation, his tone angry:
"Elder, she is indeed not from our River Domain Sect, but from the Free and Unfettered Sect's Redwood!"