Chapter 20: Direct Confrontation
Behind him was the buzzing of the swarm of demonic insects. They were not yet close but the scent of blood filled the air. The local tyrant Chu Yu"s eyebrows drew together. He did not hesitate and hurled a fire talisman in their direction. The demonic worms that had evolved into insects instinctively feared fire so their flying speed was slow as they pursued him.
Chu Yu was a little relieved and sped up Xun Sheng. He turned his head then ran into a pure, white jade-like beautiful face.
WTF!
Chu Yu almost jumped from the shock. He clenched his teeth to push down a feeling of horror and turned the horror into surging anger: "Why did you not go back to the city?!"
Xie Xi came flying up on his immortal sword, with his white robes flying, messy hair, and slightly pursed lips. He said, in a tone as though he was wronged: "Da s.h.i.+xiong said he would never leave me."
When did I say that?
Chu Yu recalled how he would coax the protagonist in the past but he still did not remember when he said that. The demonic insects were buzzing nearby so Chu Yu had to withdraw and throw out another fire talisman. "Xie Xi! You won’t listen to your s.h.i.+xiong?! Go back to the city and I’ll come back to you!"
Formerly the original Chu Yu would only call Xie Xi "trash" and later Chu Yu called him "s.h.i.+di" or "Xi-er." This is the first time that Chu Yu called him by his full name. Xie Xi"s face turned pale but he didn"t back down: "Da s.h.i.+xiong, I can help you! I won’t let you face the danger alone!"
Three years ago in Qinghe town, Xie Xie knew he was too weak to help suppress the water demons. For three years he has been working hard to catch up to Chu Yu, to surpa.s.s him and to protect him. Now he"s really in danger.
Chu Yu did not want Xie Xi to wade into these dangerous waters – he should not have been in Fang Ye City at all. At this time Xie Xi should be in Yuan Chen Peak, cultivating in a spirit cave, safe and sound, not desperately fighting for his life here!
Chu Yu was angry: "Do you want to be punished?!"
Xie Xi"s face was pale: "I follow s.h.i.+xiong’s teachings."
Chu Yu was extremely angry. He saw that they were getting close to the river and sighed: "Stay close to me."
Before they reached the banks of the river, the demonic insects became agitated. The water of the river is torrential and immeasurably deep. The demonic insects instinctively dread fire and water. Fire and water are their nemesis but the demonic insects were only restless for a moment before they settled down.
Chu Yu, on his flying sword, stopped over the river, placing himself in front of Xie Xi"s body: "Stay behind me; do not move. s.h.i.+xiong will protect you."
His protective stance was similar to that of an adult who needs to protect a three-year-old child.. Xie Xi was startled and murmured: "s.h.i.+xiong."
Chu Yu must focus his attention to the main task at hand; there was no time to attend to other things. He stared at the hundreds of black demonic insects and quickly made a series of hand seals. His hands released an enormous ray of blue light that filled the sky with its power and made the waters of the river below surge. There was a shock of thunder, like an angry dragon.
When he finished the hand seals, three enormous, long, and slender water dragons hovered over the river, majestic-looking and with exquisitely beautiful scales. They roared loudly in a high-pitched tone then charged towards the demonic insects.
This technique was the result of Chu Yu"s three years of practice.
Blue rays of light cl.u.s.ter together densely. The hem of Chu Yu"s robes fluttered. From behind, his figure was straight and relaxed, truly as if he was an immortal who descended into the mortal realm. Xie Xi extended his hand almost unconsciously and when he touched Chu Yu"s back, Chu Yu’s body unexpectedly went limp and fell down.
"s.h.i.+xiong!"
Xie Xi hurriedly embraced Chu Yu. Lifting up Chu Yu, he kicked Xun Sheng and took control of it, hurriedly saying: "s.h.i.+xiong, what happened to you?!"
Chu Yu, pale and weak, shook his head: "The spiritual energy consumption of that technique was a little too much. I"m just exhausted, that"s all …"
The three water dragons cast water arrows from their mouths and used their claws and tails to attack the demonic insects. The two forces fought each other with equal ruthlessness. Neither one had any intention of giving way to the other. This Qi technique was quite powerful. The water Qi can only change into that form after the cultivator has reached the Core Formation stage. Chu Yu was skilled at using this technique after three years but even so, his Qi energy was still depleted by its use.
In addition, he also spent a lot of his spiritual power to flee to this place. Otherwise, he wouldn"t have almost collapsed just now.
Xie Xi frowned. He lifted Chu Yu closer to his chest, held on tightly to his waist with one hand, and used the other hand to insert spiritual energy into his body.
The demonic insects shouldn"t be an urgent threat right now. Xie Xi looked at Chu Yu"s pale face. Xie Xi"s lips tightened; he wanted to take Chu Yu to a safe place immediately so Chu Yu can recuperate.
Xun Sheng suddenly leapt out of its sheath and lit up as it was activated. There was a clanging sound as the immortal sword blocked an attack from behind.
Xie Xi"s face was expressionless as he looked behind him where there were people dressed in the black, hooded robes of a cultivator. They looked murderous and their spiritual auras were black.
So obvious! They were too lazy to even disguise their spiritual power.
Xie Xi"s eyes darkened: "Demonic cultivators."
The dazed Chu Yu was suddenly jolted to alertness. He tilted his head and looked behind his back. He couldn"t help but tremble – Xie Xi was focused on the wrong thing.
WTF! Young man, can’t you see the hundreds of blood-red demonic insects behind those men?
If you kill this group then another group will appear, and so on, generation after generation, endlessly!1
A few of the demonic cultivators opposite them hissed. They didn"t seem to want to respond to Xie Xi’s statement.
The expression on Xie Xie"s face remained unchanged. He calmly looked at the demonic insects and said: "Yu Shou Sect."
Three years ago, in the small town of Qinghe, the ones who stirred up the water demons were the people from Yu Shou Sect. At that time Chu Yu was still puzzled about the reason why the demonic cultivators came all the way to Jiao Xiu. Now that he saw them here, he realized that it was probably because of these demonic insects.
The eggs of these demonic insects grow in spirit veins.