This scene surprised Qin Shilei even more.
It seemed this Tyler had quite a few good things on him.
No wonder the other party dared to plot an ambush against him, the number one person on Blue Star.
Through the phantom’s senses, Qin Shilei could clearly tell that the phantom had indeed been frozen, unable to move at all.
Since ten seconds had passed since the phantom killed the first person, the cooldown for the paralyzing ability should have ended, but it had no effect on Tyler. Instead, it was reflected or transferred to the phantom itself through some mysterious means.
“Where are the spoils of war?” Payne looked around, but found no treasure chests or anything else left by the fallen phantom.
Tyler’s expression immediately turned grim. “That illusion just now was likely summoned by some kind of item. I wasted a precious scroll for nothing.”
“And we captured two of them?” Payne asked in surprise.
Upon hearing this, Tyler immediately looked at Qin Shilei with displeasure.
Qin Shilei said innocently, “You told us to surround and attack that illusion just now, so I put them on the ground over there. I didn’t notice where they went?”
The others immediately ran back to where they were to search, but there wasn’t a trace to be found.
“It must have been King Qin An who rescued them.”
Payne looked around like a startled bird.
The remaining people’s expressions also changed drastically, and they became alert as if facing a great enemy.
“City Lord, if King Qin An were to appear now, would you still be able to take him down?” Qin Shilei feigned a look of fear.
“If he dares to appear, I will surely make him vanish into thin air like that illusion just now.”
Tyler said through gritted teeth.
“City Lord, that illusion just now might have been summoned by King Qin An. Do you think he can summon another illusion?”
Payne suddenly asked in a leisurely manner.
Hearing this, Tyler and the others were stunned.
Another one?
Before coming, Tyler was full of confidence in capturing King Qin An.
They had captured his subordinates, and would force him to come alone.
As long as King Qin An came alone, they could use the numerous items bestowed by Shiva to completely restrain him.
Then they could easily capture him and complete the mission assigned by Lord Shiva.
They hadn’t even seen Qin An’s face yet, and they had already lost two of their top generals and used a precious item.
If another illusion appeared, would they have to use another one or several precious items?
And then what?
Wait for King Qin An to reap the rewards?
At the thought of this terrifying consequence, Tyler and the others began to have thoughts of retreating.
Only by reporting all of this to Shiva and having Lord Shiva bestow even more powerful items could they eliminate King Qin An in one fell swoop.
Or, they could find out King Qin An’s whereabouts and ambush him directly.
“King Qin An has been absent for a long time. To prevent him from harming my one hundred thousand elite troops, how about we temporarily retreat for now?”
Tyler presented his cowardice in a grand manner.
“What the City Lord says is reasonable!”
Payne and the others agreed one after another.
The group quickly returned to the county town where they had first met Shen Feixue.
The county town was deserted. Judging by the signs in the town, it was highly likely that they had already marched towards Aya City.
“Payne, issue my order. Tell Jamie and the others to temporarily retreat. We will make plans after we ascertain King Qin An’s whereabouts.”
Tyler’s expression became stern as he gave the order.
Payne, not daring to go alone to deliver the order, quickly thought of an excuse.
“City Lord, perhaps King Qin An is lurking around us. It’s not advisable for us to split up now, or we might be picked off one by one. If King Qin An is held here by us, perhaps Jamie can easily capture Aya City. I think we should return to Budolong immediately.”
Tyler understood Payne’s worries and also wasn't very willing to let Payne leave.
He nodded in agreement, “You’re right, then let’s return to Budolong first.”
This made Qin Shilei, who was disguised as the Indian man Gaode, chuckle inwardly.
“A bunch of cowards. You’d never guess that the King Qin An you fear so much is right beside you, wouldn’t you?”
They had come with high spirits, but now they were like stray dogs, constantly on guard against King Qin An, who might appear at any moment.
The group flew towards Budolong at full speed in silence.
They were only a little over a hundred kilometers away from Budolong. At full speed, less than ten minutes later, Budolong appeared before their eyes.
Seeing that they had returned to their base camp, everyone breathed a collective sigh of relief.
Tyler turned and said, “Gaode, you will accompany me to the temple now to report the situation of this trip to Lord Shiva. And have Lord Shiva leave a mark on you, so that you can borrow some of Lord Shiva’s power.”
“A mark? Isn’t that a method of control?” Qin Shilei cursed inwardly upon hearing this, “Damn it, does this guy want to use Shiva’s power to subdue his subordinates?”
His mind raced, trying to find a suitable reason to avoid going to the temple.
He was a false believer, and would likely be recognized as soon as he entered the temple.
And whether the temple had a clone of Shiva, and how much power it could exert, he knew nothing about.
Therefore, now was not a good time to confront Shiva directly.
“Alright, City Lord.”
Qin Shilei readily agreed. But just as he took a couple of steps, he suddenly clutched his stomach and said, “Oh dear, City Lord, please allow me to use the restroom first before I go to pay my respects to Lord Shiva.”
The excuse of having an urgent need was indeed a very good one.
Although Tyler looked at Qin Shilei with some suspicion, he quickly waved his hand and said, “Go quickly, we will wait for you here for three minutes.”
Qin Shilei turned and flew into the building below.
As soon as he entered the restroom, he immediately resumed his original appearance.
With a blink, he appeared on the rooftop of a tall building, looking at Tyler and the others from afar.
He took out the Dragon Piercing Bow, drew it, and shot.
A silver dragon, as thick as an arm, shot out like lightning towards a person next to Tyler.
Boom!
Caught off guard, the person was blown back over ten meters with a single blow.
A life-saving item was also shattered at the same time.
Before he could react, several more arrows flew towards him.
He could only watch in despair as his life-saving items were shattered one after another, and then he was shot through the head.
“City Lord, over there!”
Payne pointed to where Qin Shilei was and shouted.
But by the time Tyler turned to look, Qin Shilei had already disappeared.
Then, several more arrows were shot from another direction towards another person next to Tyler.
Witnessing his companion’s head being shot off by several arrows, this person, as soon as he was targeted, panicked and flew into a nearby building, trying to escape the calamity.
Boom boom boom!
The colorful shields shattered one after another. His last life-saving item was also shattered at the same time, and he finally escaped into the building.
Just as he was about to disappear from the archer’s line of sight, he felt a sharp pain in his chest.
He looked down and saw a fist-sized hole in his left chest.
*Crack!*
He fell to the ground powerlessly.
“Teleportation, he must be King Qin An. City Lord, quickly, use the item!” Payne shouted in panic.
But just as Tyler took out a scroll, he lost track of Qin Shilei again.
“Let’s go to the temple!” Tyler decided decisively.