Dragon's Origin

Chapter 232: The Oriole Behind (Part 1)

Having just killed the six traitors, everyone from Flying Fox downwards was filled with lingering fear and immense relief. If they hadn't jumped out at this moment, but instead had attacked when the experts were pushing the stone door with all their might, they might have succeeded.

Just as they were feeling complacent, a series of continuous screams suddenly erupted from the group. Three ghostly figures flashed out from behind the stone pillars that had been obscuring them, pillars that no one had paid attention to, and plunged into the group, beginning a frenzied slaughter.

In just a few exchanges, the group of only about twenty people was halved. The remaining ones were basically the expert guards led by Flying Fox.

The attackers were very purposeful, killing the weakest forces in the shortest amount of time, and then turning around to deal with those with higher cultivation.

By this point, Flying Fox and the others had clearly seen the three figures. Unfortunately, all three were wearing bamboo hats and veils, making it impossible to see their true faces through the veils.

"Baoqing Remaining Hall is handling matters, please give way, the three of you. Our master will definitely reward you handsomely!" Flying Fox led the remaining ten experts and confronted the three. Facing such powerful enemies, Flying Fox was unwilling to fight to the death here, and shouted out his backing in an attempt to ease the situation.

While shouting, Flying Fox was pondering whether this was a hidden move by the female owner, making everyone relax their guard before launching a surprise attack. She was even willing to use the lives of a few companions as bait to make them psychologically lax, truly terrifying.

In Flying Fox's mind, these three people could only be the female owner's subordinates. Along the way, besides the female owner and the hidden traitors being able to leave secret marks for these experts to slowly track, who else could do this? Could it be Wang Sheng?

Wang Sheng is impossible! Flying Fox immediately ruled out Wang Sheng. If Wang Sheng wanted to plot in secret, as long as his super-strong bodyguard hid in the dark, everyone here would die silently. Baoqing Remaining Hall also has intelligence networks. That super-strong bodyguard is actually a legendary red-brand killer from decades ago. If such an expert really made a move, how could they survive?

Therefore, these three people could only be the female owner's subordinates. The other party's cultivation was extremely high. Flying Fox had exchanged blows with one of them, and the two were evenly matched. And that person seemed to be the weakest of the three, but Flying Fox was the strongest of Baoqing Remaining Hall's experts.

"Enough nonsense, leave the Divine Pill and the pill formula, and we'll let you live." The three experts who jumped out at this time were of course the Song family's experts. The ninth-level commander didn't want to waste any time and directly stated his purpose.

Several hours ago, the three had followed the stone staircase into the underground space. However, at that time, Flying Fox and the others were working hard to break the formation of the stone cave. With the three of them having such high cultivation, they could easily find a few stone pillars to hide behind, enough to make these people unable to detect them. In the several miles wide underground space, hiding three ninth-level and eighth-level experts was very simple.

They had been watching the show all along. Although they didn't catch the most exciting part of Wang Sheng running wildly across the magma lake, they saw Flying Fox and the others studying the process of breaking the formation without missing a single detail.

None of the three disturbed Flying Fox and the others. Since there was such good free labor to help them open the door, why bother to waste their own effort?

They waited until Flying Fox rushed in to take the Divine Pill and the pill formula, and then the three saw a show of traitors making their move. Although it wasn't that exciting, it was enough for the three to fully prepare and occupy the best attacking position. When Flying Fox and the others killed the traitors and relaxed, they launched an attack in one fell swoop, killing half of them.

Hearing that the other party also wanted the Divine Pill and the pill formula, Flying Fox knew that there was no way to resolve this peacefully. He had previously hoped that the deaths of a few unimportant guards wouldn't matter, and there would be fewer people to share the rewards. Now it seemed that they had to fight desperately. He didn't expect the female owner to recruit such experts silently.

The remaining people also knew that they had to fight desperately, otherwise everyone would die here. With Flying Fox's command, everyone rushed towards the three, three against one, four against one, trying to separate the three and then kill them separately, even if it meant being injured themselves. After all, they had the advantage of numbers.

Flying Fox's side had three eighth-level experts, each corresponding to one enemy, plus two to three sixth-level guards to help. They couldn't say they were sure of winning, but there was no problem in persisting for a while. As long as any group dealt with their enemy, they could free up their hands to help. After all, they had the advantage in numbers.

However, when Flying Fox directly faced the ninth-level commander, he immediately realized his mistake.

In just one head-on attack, the short stick in Flying Fox's hand was knocked away by the commander, and the terrifying spiritual power backlash even numbed his entire arm. Before his arm could recover, one of his subordinates had already flown out with a bang. A sixth-level expert couldn't even withstand one move from the opponent. While the person was still flying in the air, he had already lost consciousness.

When Flying Fox saw that terrifying opponent grab the fist of another one of his subordinates with one hand and swing the person around, he realized that they were probably going to fail this time. The opponent was very likely a legendary ninth-level expert. Even with a hundred subordinates, they wouldn't be a match for the opponent.

Thinking of this, Flying Fox instantly made a decision. He continued to shout loudly, seemingly about to rush up again, but he used all his strength to run wildly towards the magma lake. Perhaps he could use Wang Sheng's method to block these three terrifying experts on this side of the magma lake, and he could also hold the female owner hostage to buy himself a chance of survival.

Even if he couldn't escape in the end, the large magma lake would be enough for him to throw the storage ring containing the pill formula and the Divine Pill into it and destroy them. If he couldn't get it, he wouldn't let anyone else get it either.

However, he had only rushed out a few steps when a sharp sound of air being torn apart came from behind him. Without thinking, Flying Fox hurriedly dodged to the side, and a long sword brushed past his body and shot forward. Looking at the style of the long sword, it was the weapon of the last subordinate who had been besieging the commander with him.

The figure twisted, and the speed naturally decreased slightly. Before Flying Fox could speed up again, the owner of the long sword had already flown towards him. It wasn't that the subordinate jumped up, but that he was thrown over.

Barely dodging the subordinate's body, the terrifying enemy had already appeared behind Flying Fox, and a heavy punch slammed into his back.

Pfft, Flying Fox spat out a mouthful of blood, along with some internal organs that had been shattered into more than a dozen pieces.