“Leave now and we won’t hurt you!”
“We’re the one that should be saying this!”
The disciples of the Wandering Cloud Sect and the Burning Sky Sect had already been staring at each other for over half an hour now. During all of this, not a single person had made a move against the other side since they knew that they wouldn’t be able to win.
So all they could do was threaten the other side and hope that it would scare them away.
But neither side backed down in the end.
They were feeling the pressure getting stronger since there was only a limited amount of time and they hadn’t found many herbs yet.
This one White Jade Lotus was worth many points, but it wasn’t worth all the time that they were spending on it. If they had used this time to find other herbs, they would have earned at least half of what the White Jade Lotus was worth.
So they couldn’t waste any more time here.
“Ksh, ksh.”
There was a sound that came from around them that suddenly attracted the attention of both groups.
They had ignored it at first, but eventually it got so loud that they weren’t able to ignore it anymore.
It was the sound of the bushes around them shaking.
Neither of the groups was able to understand why the bushes around them were shaking like this until…
“Roar!”
There was a beast head that suddenly poked out of the bush before the rest of the spirit beast came out. This was a lynx that had suddenly jumped out of the bush and was running at them.
They were caught off guard by the sudden appearance of this lynx, but they were even more taken aback when they saw the other spirit beasts coming out of the bushes.
There were a few at first, but then they reached the tens and then even the hundreds.
In no time at all, the two groups were completely surrounded by spirit beasts of all kinds.
These spirit beasts kept charging at them, as if they were planning to attack them.
Even though they had their differences, the two groups recognized that they needed to work together if they wanted to survive this. They knew that there were just too many spirit beasts around them for them to take on alone.
So the two leaders of the two groups looked at each other and nodded at each other before saying, “Form a circle!”
When they heard this, the disciples of the two groups quickly turned their backs to each other.
Even if they didn’t go back to back, at the very least, it seemed like they were trusting the other group with watching their backs for now.
This wasn’t a sign of trust, but rather a sign of desperation.
Both groups knew that it was impossible for them to make it out of this place unless they did something like this. Only if they worked together would they have a chance to escape this place.
So they had to work together.
Since they were watching each other’s back, it allowed them to focus on the spirit beasts that were coming at them. Like this, they were able to keep the spirit beasts that charged at them at bay for now.
But slowly, they were being pushed back.
There were just too many spirit beasts that had appeared all of sudden and it was impossible for them to keep fighting all of these spirit beasts.
Even if they cut down the ones that they faced, there would be two more that took the place of the ones that they cut down.
It was clear that there would be no end to this unless they figured out a way to deal with these spirit beasts. Or unless they found a way to escape the blockade of the spirit beasts that appeared around them.
The spirit beasts clearly weren’t just there to fight them, they clearly were here for something.
It was just that they were in the way of the spirit beasts getting what they wanted, which was why the spirit beasts attacked them in the first place.
After thinking about it, the only thing that they could come up with was…
The White Jade Lotus.
That was the only thing that seemed like the likely thing that the spirit beasts wanted.
But there was an unwilling feeling that filled them as they realized this.
They had worked so hard to find this White Jade Lotus and had done all this for the chance to obtain it, would they really have to give it up to these spirit beasts?
Would they really have to go back empty handed?
Yes, that was the answer to that question.
The two groups could see that there were more and more spirit beasts that were gathering around them.
It was only a matter of time before they were completely enveloped by these spirit beasts and then killed.
So they had no choice but to escape.
The straw that broke the camel’s back was the opening that they saw in the formation of the spirit beasts.
For some reason, there was one spot where there weren’t any spirit beasts at all, which gave them a gap to escape from.
They had no idea why there weren’t any spirit beasts here, but they didn’t have time to think about it. The only thing that mattered now was escaping from this place with their lives.
It was just that…
This was a trap as they had expected.
“You, why are you doing this?”
The leader of the two groups said at the same time when they saw the ones that were attacking them.
It was Xiao Ming and Mo Sha who had suddenly appeared.
Neither of them replied as they released their next attack at these two groups.
They tried their best to block these attacks, but they were just too exhausted from fighting these spirit beasts to block them properly. Their guards shattered when these attacks hit them and they were pushed back with internal injuries.
It was only then that Xiao Ming and Mo Sha stopped.
Xiao Ming said like a bandit, “Hand over everything that you have and we’ll let you live.”
The members of the Wandering Cloud Sect and the Burning Sky Sect revealed bitter smiles when they heard this.
Then one of the leaders said, “Why are you doing this? Don’t you know that if you waste too much time here, the spirit beasts will come for you as well?”
However, Xiao Ming and Mo Sha didn’t seem worried at all as they stood there in front of these two groups.
As if to prove a point, there were several spirit beasts that suddenly came towards them. It was as if they wanted to take them down while they were still engaging in this staring match.
But the spirit beasts didn’t reach them in the end.
Members of both the Love Sect and the Demon Palm Sect suddenly threw out things that were covered in handkerchiefs.
As soon as these things were thrown out, the spirit beasts immediately changed directions to follow these things that were thrown out. When they reached them, there were even fights that broke out between the spirit beasts over these things.
The leaders of the Wandering Cloud Sect and the Burning Sky Sect weren’t fools, so they could figure out something from this.
“You, you demons! You’re the ones that led these spirit beasts to us!”
Both Xiao Ming and Mo Sha revealed smiles that could be considered evil when they heard this, but they didn’t say anything or give any form of response to this..
Still, the smile was enough for the Wandering Cloud Sect and the Burning Sky Sect groups to figure out what was happening.
There was no way out for them…
Their only choice was to follow the orders that had been given to them so they could have a chance to survive.
While gritting their teeth, they gathered all of the herbs that they had gathered and tossed them out in front of them for Xiao Ming and Mo Sha.
After throwing these out, the leaders of the Wandering Cloud Sect and the Burning Sky Sect tried to bring their people away. However, they were stopped by Xiao Ming and Mo Sha.
They narrowed their eyes, but they didn’t get a chance to say anything as Xiao Ming said, “Who said that we just wanted this? I said to give us everything that you have!”
Ugly looks appeared on the faces of the group from the Wandering Cloud Sect and the Burning Sky Sect. They quickly realized what Xiao Ming meant by this…she wanted everything that they owned and not just the herbs that they had.
They wanted to complain, but they saw the Love Sect and Demon Palm Sect members raising the things wrapped in handkerchiefs that they threw out before. If they were to throw these things out again…it would only be a matter of time before they were surrounded by the spirit beasts.
So they had no choice but to drop everything that they had in front of them.
The two leaders were about to ask if they could leave again, but Xiao Ming and Mo Sha attacked all of a sudden.
“You’re not keeping your words! You demons!”
Xiao Ming just calmly said, “You can leave alive, but you need to be seriously injured first so you won’t be able to do anything towards us.”
“This is worse than killing us!” They wanted to say, but their mouths were stuffed with fists.
So they had no choice but to suffer silently.