novelraw Chapter 924 785: Countering Ambush with Ambush
Chapter 924 785: Countering Ambush with Ambush
Hearing the genuine redirect, Qilin A San was somewhat disappointed. It only reminded its master to show its duty, but it actually wished its master would kill everything in its path, whether human or demon.
Why hide if you're stronger than others?
The so-called Qilin clan's refrain from involvement in disputes is just talk. Do you really think it dominated the 'Jade Marrow Fruit Tree' in the Demon Altar World through friendly means?
During its growth, this Qilin didn't receive the proper upbringing of the Qilin clan; it has significant deficiencies in clan education.
To it, despite being a mount, it still wants to be a glorious mount.
However, since the master said so, it had to comply and began to deviate.
Shi Chun reminded again, "They're using Illusion Technique, don't steer too obviously, act like you didn't notice."
"Understood." Qilin A San briskly complied with the order.
Mulan Qingqing was eyeing wide open to watch carefully, as she indeed couldn't pretend not to see, she truly didn't see.
She was also curious about where Shi Chun got this mount from, as she'd never heard about him having a mount before, and she wondered what this mount was.
She immediately tried asking, "What's your mount?"
Shi Chun casually replied, "Ao Long. 'Ao' as in unruly."
"Ao Long…" Mulan Qingqing racked her brain thinking, but found herself lacking knowledge, as she'd never heard of such a beast.
The direction of the two sharing a ride slightly changed, and the large Mirage Demon standing on the Demon Rider keeping ambush let out a strange cry, "Ei ei ei ei ei, why did they veer off?"
The small eyes widened quite a bit, watching helplessly as Shi Chun's group missed them.
Someone immediately reminded, "Did they already discover us?"
The Mirage Demon adamantly replied, "Impossible, within fifty miles, everything is under my Illusion Skill's cover. Besides, this doesn't seem like they were scared off, they didn't change direction, only a deviation occurred."
Someone immediately chimed in, "The Great Saint is right, flying in the air, occasional deviation is quite normal, who could guarantee flying in a straight line without adjustment?"
Another asked, "What should we do, should we pursue them?"
"Naturally." The Mirage Demon snorted arrogantly, waved his sleeve, the cloud gas surged, and the Demon Rider under his command shook its head and tail, swiftly chasing through the air.
As they moved, Qilin A San, frequently observing all around, detected immediately and reminded again, "Master, they're chasing us, seems like they don't intend to let us go."
Implied meaning was, they didn't want the peaceful way, wanting the hard way.
Feigning to occasionally observe all around, Shi Chun's right eye superpower also saw it, but the normal sight in his left eye showed no change in the mountain peak within the cloud fog.
In other words, those demon cultivators were approaching invisibly.
Not knowing the depth of those demon cultivators, coupled with carrying the burden of Mulan Qingqing, Shi Chun didn't want to act hastily, he urged softly, "A San, increase your speed, shake them off."
Qilin A San didn't understand why the master was being so low-key, but nonetheless, it increased its speed.
Without direct comparison in the air, it's hard for others to perceive exactly how fast A San was, and when the Demon Rider began chasing, the group of demons realized something and someone clicked their tongue, "That mount is quite fast, surprisingly hard to close in."
The Mirage Demon stomped his foot urging the Demon Rider, "Full speed chase, once they outrun my preset mana range, they might easily see through my Illusion Technique."
The Demon Rider paused in mid-air and accelerated its head-shaking tail-wagging speed, those standing on its back, a group of demon cultivators, swayed slightly.
At full speed, they indeed rapidly closed the distance with their target.
Feigning vigilance all around, Shi Chun also saw this situation and immediately questioned A San, "About to catch up, still not going full speed?"
Qilin A San immediately complained, "Master, this is my fastest speed, it's not that I can't do it, it's that the beast behind us is flying too fast."
Shi Chun immediately compared the speed at which the cloud fog below receded and realized A San indeed exerted more speed than the Earth Immortal Great Success flying speed, looking again at the rapidly approaching beast, he couldn't help but curse, "Aren't you a noble, how can your speed not even compare to a beast?"
Qilin A San continued to complain, "Master, I'm running, it's flying."
It was reminding Shi Chun it hadn't practiced and was relying purely on foot strength; it wasn't appropriate to reveal this in front of Mulan Qingqing.
Shi Chun understood too, feeling puzzled. He dared to come out for Mulan Jin's task relying on A San's speed, which indeed appeared adept, but unexpectedly, some demon riders were faster than A San.
He realized this trouble as their speed was inferior, naturally unable to escape.
Soon, the frame containing the Demon Rider and a group of demon cultivators appeared in the mirror image of the Heavenly Mirror of the five battle squads.
To be precise, because this group of demon cultivators rapidly approached Shi Chun's group, they finally shared the same frame in the mirror image.
The Mirage Demon's Illusion Skill didn't affect the Heavenly Mirror, revealing the group of demons visibly chasing Shi Chun's group in the mirror image.
"Zoom in." The Heavenly Court Commander Manxi urgently ordered.
Without needing a name, the operator of the Heavenly Mirror got the hint, understanding who to look at, swiftly adjusted the mirror image to focus on the group on the Demon Rider.
Once they saw the distinct appearance of the leader, Manxi said solemnly, "It's the Mirage Demon, skilled in illusion, the grandson of the Water Mansion Granny, the Water Mansion Granny is his genuine grandmother."
Mulan Jin hadn't seen this person but had heard of their name, she asked, "Is it the Mirage Demon known for eating people?"
Manxi nodded, "That's right, it's him, the one who likes to eat skin and not meat, who ate someone he shouldn't have and caused trouble, almost got killed. It was on account of the Water Mansion grandma that he was spared, sentenced to life imprisonment, and got out during this major amnesty."
As he spoke, he seemed to think of something and had his subordinates adjust the mirror image to check Shi Chun and the others. After looking, he was slightly surprised and said, "Shi Chun and the others don't seem to be reacting much. Could they be caught in this demon's illusion technique? Commander, quickly remind him."
Before he could finish speaking, Mulan Jin had already taken out the Mother-child Talisman to urgently contact Shi Chun.
In the mirror images of other battle teams, a group of demon cultivators framed alongside Shi Chun also gradually checked those demon cultivators.
It was only Commander Niu Qian of West Niu who had a more significant reaction upon seeing the situation, turning his head to ask Huang Xiu beside him, "What's going on? Didn't we say we'd guarantee to stop them? Why has it turned into a chase?"
Huang Xiu also didn't know what was happening and could only send a message to inquire.
Meanwhile, the group of demons over there had already pursued close to Shi Chun's group. Where was there any leisure to play with the Mother-child Talisman? The giant mirage demon coming down above Shi Chun's back showed a grim smile, grabbing the black Treasure Bead, and was about to hurl it at Shi Chun below.
Mulan Jin and others saw this scene and, seeing Shi Chun and the others still unresponsive, were filled with fear, all realizing Shi Chun and his group might indeed be caught in an illusion technique. However, Shi Chun just didn't look at the Mother-child Talisman.
Manxi got anxious, asking, "Why won't he look at the Commander's message?"
And just when Mulan Jin was a bit worried, seeing Shi Chun consistently ignoring the Mother-child Talisman message, instead felt a bit relieved, muttering back, "He must be too busy to look."
"Too busy..." Manxi was stunned for a moment, then realized something.
In the East Victory Command Center, Wei Mo also muttered as he kept an eye on this scene, "Could it be this guy is going to fall here today?"
Everyone in front of the Heavenly Mirror images was closely watching the mirror image, all waiting for the moment of resolution.
On-site, Mulan Qingqing knew danger was approaching, Shi Chun had instructed her to act as if she knew nothing, but she truly was like a blind person, couldn't see anything, instead got anxious after Shi Chun's reminder.
Shi Chun, continuously checking around, couldn't clearly see the specific appearances of that group of demon cultivators, only saw a demon cultivator raised something emanating black light, a spinning black hole, in his Right Eye Superpower view, the Mixed Sea Pearl appeared as a spinning black hole.
He knew they must be using some treasure to attack him, he could clearly dodge now, but he stubbornly stood firm, continuing to pretend to know nothing.
This move made the grin on the Mirage Demon's face ever more sinister, the Treasure Bead in his hand finally hurled down.
He wielded with considerable discretion, not aiming to kill Shi Chun, but to cripple him, targeting his lower half.
Instructions were already given, capture alive.
Commander Niu of West Niu Central showed excited anticipation in his eyes.
Other commanders held their breath at this moment.
In the mirror image, Shi Chun seemed to only then notice the roaring attack, suddenly raised his head, simultaneously swinging out a Black Flag from his hand, the triumphant flag swung over midair, colliding with the descending black Treasure Bead.
There wasn't a loud sound from treasure collision, and the roaring movement of the descending attack suddenly disappeared.
The black Treasure Bead like a stone sinking into the sea, swished into the Black Flag within, this was the Boundless Banner.
This was precisely the moment Shi Chun was waiting for.
Everyone knew he possessed the Boundless Banner, if he displayed that he found out the enemy, how could the enemy dare to hurl treasures to ambush?
Not knowing the depth of the enemy's treasure, if he didn't seize the enemy's treasure, how could he possibly make a bold move?
Yes, he must make a bold move.
No other choice, they were pursuing him, their mounts faster than his, he couldn't escape, only a fight to the death!
The treasure abruptly disappeared, the small-eyed Mirage Demon directly uttered "Ah", then was shocked and angry yelling, "My treasure!"
In the mirror image of the five command centers, that Black Flag suddenly flicked like a ghost, Ming Chaofeng directly exclaimed "Oh dear", in a tone of schadenfreude, seemingly foreseeing what was about to happen.
Beiju Lan She chuckled, the tone of schadenfreude carried a mocking meaning.
East Victory Wei Mo snorted with relief, "That guy is fishing..."
The tone had a hint of self-mockery, feeling his worries were somewhat excessive, having researched that guy for so many years, is he someone to fall easily?
Niu Qian of West Niu exclaimed in surprise, "It's not good, it's the Boundless Banner..."
Manxi's beard twitched, Mulan Jin gently breathed out.
The result was indeed as they expected, they watched the disappearing treasure of the Mirage Demon in the Boundless Banner.
"Villain, give back my treasure!"
The Mirage Demon, drawing out a pair of Jade Blades, got anxious, cursing and jumping down to slash, followed by others diving down, rushing towards Shi Chun below.
The Boundless Banner in Shi Chun's hand had already disappeared, replaced by a bell.
Ding...
As the bell rang, resonating with mana, a group of demon cultivators in the air instinctively swayed for a moment.
And Qilin A San suddenly catapulted into the air, counter-charging the group rushing to kill, Shi Chun wielded a great blade, taking advantage of the demons' daze, swung the blade and charged in.
As he passed the first diving Mirage Demon, he first cleaved it into two halves with a knife, without even bothering with a second strike, continued to charge at other temporarily dazed demon cultivators, the blade slashing like a whirlwind.