Kong Qing Shu's defensive circle formed by her long whip was constantly shrinking.
A bat broke through the heavy whip shadows and lunged onto her back.
Suddenly, a shield appeared beside Kong Qing Shu, swatting the bat away.
Sweep away the clouds!
A hurricane, with the whip's movement, rapidly swirled towards the surrounding bats.
The bats in the vicinity were all drawn into the hurricane, being sliced into pieces by the tiny wind blades within.
"Roar!"
The bat king's roar sounded again. The remaining bats simultaneously opened their mouths, preparing to unleash another ultrasonic attack. Read novels.
"What are you roaring about? Die for me."
An Qian shouted, gathering her remaining strength and standing up, charging out again.
Fleeting light, fleeting shadow!
An Qian followed the direction of the sound and unleashed her combat skill, instantly closing in on the bat king.
While still in mid-air, she unleashed the ultimate skill, Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, on the bat king once more.
The bat king, in its terror, hastily turned to flee into the distance.
However, before it could escape three meters, it was instantly engulfed by the ultimate skill.
The bat king only had time to let out a miserable howl before its entire body caught fire and it fell to the ground.
After killing the bat king in one move, An Qian suddenly fainted and fell directly towards the ground.
She was at least eighty to ninety meters above the ground at this point.
If she were to fall like this, she would likely be instantly crushed into a pulp.
Originally, she dared to use her combat skill in mid-air because she believed she could use another combat skill to safely return to the ground, or use the aerial stall attribute on her shoes to safely land.
Or she could summon Xiao Qing, who was already half-grown, to ensure a safe landing.
However, her current strength was insufficient for her to consecutively unleash the ultimate skill, Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix, twice.
Even though she had absorbed two tier three crystal cores in between, her entire energy had been overdrawn by the ultimate skill, leading to her unconsciousness.
Seeing An Qian plummeting down, Kong Qing Shu rushed to a position below her and unleashed her combat skill, Sweep Away the Clouds, once more, supporting her and slowly landing beside her.
After An Qian's two ultimate skill attacks, less than a tenth of these bats remained, about three to four thousand.
After the bat king's death, some of them fled into the distance.
The remaining ones frenziedly attacked An Qian, who had killed their king.
Kong Qing Shu, holding An Qian, fought and retreated, quickly backing to the wall of a building.
Leaning against the wall, she finally had a moment to take out two scrolls and cast a shield on each of them.
Individual bats were not strong, roughly only at plastic six-star to nine-star level, with a small number of black iron one-star.
However, their numbers were truly too great, and their speed was incredibly fast.
In less than five minutes, Kong Qing Shu was in grave danger.
With a pained expression, she tore open another red-quality summoning scroll and summoned a water elemental, over three meters tall, to help defend.
Adding to the misfortune, a bat leader, leading over a thousand remaining bats, once again opened its mouth to unleash an ultrasonic attack.
"Ah!"
Kong Qing Shu's vision went black, and she spat out a mouthful of blood. Her body stiffened and she collapsed onto An Qian on the ground.
Fortunately, the ultrasonic attack had minimal damage to the water elemental, so it dutifully guarded the two women.
Occasionally, when a bat broke through the water elemental's defense, it would be blocked by the shields on the two women.
Five seconds later, Kong Qing Shu regained consciousness and spat out another mouthful of blood.
"An Qian, if you don't wake up soon, I won't be able to hold on, sister."
Kong Qing Shu, enduring the throbbing pain in her head, forced herself to stand up again and swung her long whip towards the surrounding bats.
Scrolls of various types from her spatial ring were continuously taken out, torn open, and thrown forward.
Bats were killed one by one and fell to the ground.
However, Kong Qing Shu's expression grew increasingly grim.
This was due to the after-effects of fighting while severely injured, as well as the despair rising from facing the swarm of bats.
"An Qian, I was the one who called you here. Before I die, I will not let a single bat harm you."
Kong Qing Shu had used up all the disposable scrolls in her ring, and her vital energy was almost depleted, yet hundreds of bats still remained.
She was utterly exhausted, and perhaps a few more charges from the bats would cost her her life.
"Again?"
In Kong Qing Shu's terrified gaze, the remaining bats simultaneously opened their mouths and unleashed an ultrasonic attack.
It was like a heavy hammer striking her head, and Kong Qing Shu instantly fell into an endless coma.
The bats shrieked and pounced, as if they would tear the two women to death in the next moment.
"Whoosh!"
Just then, a string of sharp arrows flew rapidly.
Following closely, a towering figure sprinted from the street. An Qian and the others' shields had just disappeared when they were timely reached.
Under the full assault of Zhang Qiang, Xie Hai Mei, and over a dozen subordinates, the remaining bats were quickly slaughtered.
However, the two women had not woken up, and Kong Qing Shu was barely breathing, as if she could die at any moment.
This frightened Zhang Qiang and his men, who quickly returned to Hope City to find doctors to treat them.
..........
Qin Shi Lei lifted a corner of the curtain and found that the flock of long-beaked birds had already left.
He turned to Zhang Xiao Li and said, "We should head back. I have a feeling something bad is about to happen."
Zhang Xiao Li nodded in agreement, "Alright."
From the address on the town's sign, they learned that they were currently in Pingxiang Town, over three hundred kilometers from Hope City.
"Brother Qin, the insects on this road are too dense. Shall we take a detour?"
Zhang Xiao Li looked at the map, pointing to another road, suggesting.
"To save time, let's take the direct route. With the Ghost Chariot, it shouldn't be much of a problem."
The unease in his heart made Qin Shi Lei want to return to Hope City as quickly as possible.
Zhang Xiao Li also sensed Qin Shi Lei's urgency and nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
Tying the bucket containing corn stalks to the back of the vehicle, the two mounted the Ghost Chariot and rode towards Hope City under the setting sun.
As they passed through areas dense with insects, they stirred up the insects multiple times, attracting swarms of them.
Qin Shi Lei and the others either swiftly slew them or used teleportation to escape the encirclement before continuing back on their chariots.
When the sky had completely darkened, Qin Shi Lei and the others finally passed through the insect-infested area, with less than two hundred kilometers left to Hope City.
Meanwhile, the people of the Yellow Dragon Sect had also arrived at the wall of Jing Cui Garden again.
"Sect Master, our people have not found Qin Shi Lei returning. He is likely trapped by the insects," Liu Ying speculated.
The distance from Hope City to that cornfield was only a mere two hundred kilometers. If things went smoothly, it would only take four to five hours for a round trip.
Now, nearly ten hours had passed, but they had not returned, indicating that an accident must have occurred.
Furthermore, it was already night, and people generally wouldn't choose to travel at night, so they guessed that Qin Shi Lei wouldn't return at least tonight.
"Good. We must obtain the city wall generation item tonight." As more information was gathered, Hou Cheng Zu's resolve to leave Hope City grew stronger.
He had never been one to be subservient.
The top three on the rankings were all in Hope City.
What could he achieve by continuing to stay in Hope City?
Only by leaving Hope City could he develop better and become a king.
But before leaving, he had to steal the most valuable item from Hope City: its city walls.
Not long ago, he had captured another squadron leader from the Rock Solid Battle Group. From that person, he learned that An Qian, the top expert of the Rock Solid Battle Group remaining in the city, was severely injured and was currently searching the entire city for a divine doctor to treat her.
This was truly a heaven-sent opportunity.
Hou Cheng Zu decided that if he couldn't steal it, he would resort to force.