Chapter 508

Chapter 508: Poked the Hornet’s Nest
Any force that can occupy an entire street in the underground black market to trade living creatures is obviously not ordinary.

As soon as that shout fell, countless cultivators poured out from all directions and surged toward Yu Zhao and the others, surrounding them with fierce killing intent.

All kinds of Dao intent burst forth at once. Space shook violently, and even the ground above the underground black market trembled along with it.

Senior Ling Long showed not a trace of fear. Instead, a faint flush rose on her cheeks, and her eyes shone with a startling light.

She shouted: “Stay close to me!”

Her Battle Will suddenly soared, and the shadow of her long whip grew several times larger.

Wherever the whip shadow passed, people were thrown into the air. Miserable screams rang out one after another.

Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist followed close on her left and right, guarding the two flanks of the group. Any stragglers that managed to rush in were all forced back by them.

Senior Xiu Yu stayed close to Yu Zhao while carefully watching the surroundings, ready to strike at any time.

Thankfully, the other people and beasts that had been captured also helped share the pressure. Fighting and killing their way forward, they finally drew near the exit of the underground black market.

However, the exit was already blocked by dozens of cultivators. At their head were the same black robed and white robed cultivators who had guarded the Warden’s gate earlier.

Senior Ling Long shouted angrily: “Get lost!”

Waves of sound rippled out. Everyone only felt a buzzing in their ears, their blood and qi surging, and an uncontrollable fear rising in their hearts.

The black robed cultivator forced himself to stay calm as he said: “You think you can run after causing trouble? It will not be that easy!”

He made a hand gesture, and the others immediately pressed forward.

Senior Ling Long snorted coldly. Her long whip lashed out, twisting like a venomous snake straight toward his neck.

The black robed man put his hands together, then suddenly spread them apart and raised a huge Spirit Power shield.

There was a loud bang.

The Spirit Power shield shattered into pieces, and the fragments shot straight toward Senior Ling Long.

She sneered: “Heh!”

Light flashed. The long whip in Senior Ling Long’s hand suddenly split into several clones with no warning.

She swung the whip forward. The clones shot out like several spirit snakes, lashing toward the cultivators who were charging at them.

For a time, only the crack of the whip and the miserable screams of cultivators could be heard.

She shouted: “Old Black Daoist, break the gate!”

Old Black Daoist’s expression tightened. He wildly poured his Spirit Power into Madam Flying Sword.

The dark sword blade seemed to be coated with a layer of gold, shining with a blinding, icy light.

At the same time, his aura surged crazily. His hair flew about, and his wide Daoist robe snapped loudly in the wind.

He gripped the sword with both hands and slashed down with a roar: “Slash!”

The golden light on the sword left the blade in an instant and chopped straight toward the underground black market’s stone gate.

At the same time, Madam returned to her original appearance once more.

Boom!

The heavy stone gate shattered on impact, stone chips flying everywhere.

“Go!” Senior Ling Long ordered.

Everyone rushed into the passage. The shouts and killing cries from behind them slowly faded away.

None of them dared to stop. They went straight up to the Market District, then quickly slipped away into the alleyway that led into the underground black market.

They stopped in a lively area and, ignoring the curious looks around them, tried to steady their rough breathing.

After a long while, there was still no movement around them. Only then did they dare to confirm that the pursuers from the underground black market had not come after them. Clearly the other side also had scruples and did not dare act too openly.

Even so, their hearts did not relax at all.

After all, they had stirred up a huge mess today. It was very likely they had already been marked down for revenge.

Ancestor Sui Bian sighed, a hint of guilt in his eyes: “We really poked a hornet’s nest this time and dragged you down with us.”

By “you,” he naturally meant Ling Long and Xiu Yu.

If Ling Long had not taken the lead, Ancestor Sui Bian and Old Black Daoist would never have been able to bring Hong Wei out of the underground black market safe and sound.

Originally, the two of them did not need to get involved in this at all.

Ling Long ignored his slightly melodramatic words and said coldly: “Let us leave here first and find a safe place to talk.”

There were small courtyards in the Market District that were rented out for people to rest in.

They quickly rented a remote courtyard.

As soon as they entered, Ancestor Sui Bian activated the Defensive Array inside the courtyard, cutting off all Divine Sense from outside.

Only then did everyone finally breathe a little easier.

At this time, Hong Wei gently slipped out of Yu Zhao’s arms. She bowed slightly and thanked them solemnly: “Thank you all for risking your lives to save me. Hong Wei is endlessly grateful.”

Ancestor Sui Bian said: “There is no need for thanks between us. If you must thank someone, thank Ling Long and Xiu Yu. If they were not beautiful and kind enough to step in, we would have died with you in that underground black market.”

Even now, Ancestor Sui Bian still did not forget to flatter Ling Long and Xiu Yu.

Hong Wei immediately bowed again to Ling Long and Xiu Yu.

Ling Long said: “You can thank us later. For now, tell us how you fell into their hands.”

Hong Wei gave a bitter smile, anger flashing in her eyes: “Those people are repeat offenders. Bookworm and I were planning to come to the Myriad Worlds Treasure Fair to try our luck, but on the way we walked right into their ambush.

“They had clearly prepared this long ago. They not only had many people, they had also set up a Trapping Array. Bookworm and I were careless and fell into their trap.”

She paused and lowered her head to glance at her broken tail, her tone heavy: “To escape, I had no choice but to cut off one of my tails and use a secret art to force a breakthrough.

“Unfortunately, they were too well prepared. In the end I still failed. Bookworm actually had a chance to get away, but when he saw me captured, he turned back to save me and ended up falling into their hands as well.”

Old Black Daoist frowned and asked: “What happened after that? You were not locked up together?”

Hong Wei shook her head: “No. After we were captured, they separated us. I never saw him again. So I do not know if what that old man said is true or not.”

Ancestor Sui Bian scratched his hair, looking annoyed: “So we cannot even be sure where Bookworm is. How are we supposed to find him?”

Senior Xiu Yu said gently: “I can try, but I need something related to Bookworm as a medium.”

Ancestor Sui Bian’s eyes lit up. He instinctively patted his body.

But his expression quickly dimmed again.

It was true that he was close to Bookworm, but he did not have anything on him that belonged to Bookworm.

As for Old Black Daoist, that was even more impossible.

He could only turn to Hong Wei: “Hong Wei, do you have anything on you that is related to Bookworm?”

Hong Wei thought for a moment, then shook her head with an apologetic look.

Just as everyone was feeling disappointed, Yu Zhao stretched out her small hand and pointed at Senior Hong Wei.

“Before Senior Bookworm was captured, he was always together with Senior Hong Wei. Can we try using Senior Hong Wei instead?”

Ancestor Sui Bian froze, then thought it over carefully. He felt that what Yu Zhao said made a lot of sense.

He could not help looking at Senior Xiu Yu.

Senior Xiu Yu nodded slightly: “We can try.”

When he heard that, Ancestor Sui Bian immediately picked Hong Wei up, eager and restless: “How do we do it? What do we do?”

Hong Wei felt a bit uncomfortable, but she did not struggle. She looked at Xiu Yu with expectation.

Xiu Yu took a bronze mirror out from her Storage Space. Then she plucked a small tuft of fur from Hong Wei and placed it on the mirror surface. She formed a hand seal with one hand and chanted under her breath.

A moment later, ripples spread across the mirror surface, and a blurry image began to appear.