Chapter 66: Wave After Wave
Seeing this, his companions quickly helped him up, but they did not dare to say anything.
Lin Bai frowned and said, “Aren’t the elders a little too overbearing? You can’t find the culprit so you take it out on us?”
The third elder stared coldly at Lin Bai and recognized him as the person who had ruined his plans earlier. “Is it not enough that you caused trouble earlier, and now you want to be a hero again?”
Lin Bai was not afraid at all. He openly met the third elder’s gaze and said, “We must pay attention to the word ‘reason’ in everything. Otherwise, we won’t be able to convince the ma.s.ses. Although we’re very grateful that we have the opportunity to exchange at the capital this time, we can’t be blamed for nothing, right?”
A few courageous students from the other academies saw that Lin Bai had opened his mouth and echoed him from behind.
“That’s right. If that’s the case, then why are we still going? If the elders have any objections against us, just say it. There’s no need to beat around the bush and look for trouble.”
Although the members of the Shao family were powerful, they did not have that many people. Seeing that they were about to be surrounded by the students of the other academies, the third elder was instantly enraged. These insects were going to rebel against the heavens.
“What? Are you guys going to rebel? Don’t tell me you want to make a move?”
If it were not for the fact that they could not make a move against this group of people for the time being, the third elder would have definitely dealt with all of them. When Lin Bai saw the killing intent that flashed across the third elder’s eyes, he became even more vigilant in his heart.
When he saw that the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger from both sides,
the leader of the group also had an embarra.s.sed look on his face. He tried to mediate the situation by saying, “One has to pay attention to evidence when speaking and doing things. Third elder, look at this. There might be some misunderstanding.”
“Misunderstanding?”
Third elder’s gaze was gloomy as he looked around the group of people. However, he did not have any evidence on hand. He could not convict them just based on a few words, even though he felt that this matter definitely had something to do with this group of people.
He gritted his teeth and said, “Let’s go!”
The Shao family disciples beside him were obviously unwilling to accept this. “Third elder, we’ve suffered such a great loss. How could we just leave like this?”
Third elder did not forget what Shao Feng had told him. Now that so many things had happened before the murderer was found, he could only suppress the anger in his heart.
“We’ll talk about everything when we reach the capital. By then, can these people eescape?”
Upon hearing these words, no matter how indignant they were, they could only endure it. They would settle the score when they reached the Shao family’s territory. After all, it was easy to leak information here. Moreover, it was extremely unsafe.
“Speaking of which, this time is really too strange. It’s not like we haven’t crossed the Demonic Beast Forest in the past. At the beginning, we encountered the flaming bird. After that, it was the Scarlet Eyed Mad Bees. It’s simply too strange.”
The Shao family disciples could not help but complain. A thoughtful look flashed across the third elder’s eyes. In the end, it could only be attributed to bad luck. After all, these demonic beasts had no reason to focus on them and attack.
After the incident just now, the atmosphere on both sides was somewhat stiff. The Shao family members walked at the front and could not be bothered to care about the people from the other academies. Lin Bai and the others walked at the back. The two sides did not meddle with each others’ affiars.
“Where did you go just now?”
A low male voice came from beside him. Lin Bai turned his head and looked. Bai He had unknowingly arrived beside him.
He said casually, “Where else can I go? Of course, I was running for my life.”
Bai He did not believe him. He stared at him with a burning gaze, as if he wanted to see a hole in his face. “But why didn’t I see you just now?”
“Everyone was being chased by the Scarlet Eye Mad Bees. You definitely didn’t notice me in your panic.”
Lin Bai wasn’t worried that Bai He would discover his ident.i.ty. Even if he did, based on his personality, he definitely wouldn’t tell the others. As expected, Bai He didn’t say anything and turned around to return to his own team.
Although Lin Bai refused to admit it, Bai He felt that the culprit was probably him.
After pa.s.sing through the flaming bird and the Scarlet Eye Mad Bees, everyone’s nerves were a little tense. Their faces were full of lingering fatigue. They prayed silently in their hearts that no more demonic beasts would come. Otherwise, it would really be difficult to deal with them.
It was a pity that the heavens did not seem to hear their prayers.
Just as the group was walking, they suddenly heard a scream, “What’s wrong now!”
“I think I saw a black thing just now. It looked like a hook…”
The group immediately became alert and looked around, but they didn’t find anything.
“Maybe you’re too tired and your vision is blurry, so you’re a little jittery and scared of everything.”
The third elder and the others felt that the demonic beast forest was a little strange, so they just wanted to leave as soon as possible. Therefore, they had been rus.h.i.+ng and didn’t take a break.
The cold wind whistled over. Fortunately, Lin Bai was already prepared. With a flash, he rolled to the side. A huge tail fell from the sky and smashed onto the ground. The hook was covered with barbs and was flickering with a dark green light. It was obvious that it was highly poisonous.
“Boom!”
Everyone hurriedly dodged to the side. When the dust dispersed, what appeared in front of them was an incomparably huge scorpion. Two incomparably huge pincers made cracking sounds and easily cut the towering ancient tree in half. It made people shudder at the sight of it.
Not to mention the hook at its tail. It fell in mid-air like a knife hanging over everyone’s heads. Who knew when it would fall down? They couldn’t even react in time.
“Red-spotted poison eye scorpion!”
It had red spots on its body. From afar, they looked like a human eyes, hence its name. Moreover, such a large red-spotted poison eye scorpion was really rare. Its cultivation level was extremely high.
A faint red fog erupted from its body. At the same time, the air was filled with an indescribable strange smell. Third elder and the others happened to be downwind. That scorpion actually swept past the people from the other schools and directly rushed towards them.
Seeing the menacing red fog, the people from the Shao family were really tired.
This time, it had nothing to do with Lin Bai. He clearly saw that the red fog was clearly heading towards him. Even the disciple who was the first to discover the red-spotted poison-eyed scorpion was not attacked. Instead, he was the one who was attacked. This was enough to prove everything.
Unfortunately, third elder and the others were too unlucky.
It just so happened that the direction of the wind would change. When the breeze blew, the red mist would also s.h.i.+ft.
“Everyone, hurry up and take the antidote pill!”
They had only walked halfway when the red-spotted poison eye scorpion jumped out again. Who knew what the heck would be behind them? Third elder did not want to waste any more time. He faked a move and threw out a few spells. Then, he took out a magical artifact. The rest of the Shao family members did the same.
Lin Bai also followed behind and ran away. However, the scorpion’s tail could stretch out, so it gave him a surprise attack. It was really annoying, so he took the opportunity to sneak in while the Shao family members ran forward.
It made the third elder and the others miserable.