One Extra

All of the immortals, human or beasts, let out gasps of surprise as Ji Tiangu fell. Chen Wentian's betrayal came too sudden. The attack was too powerful. And lastly, the Spirit Lords of the Lion Lord and the Eagle Lord had gotten too arrogant and careless.

"Brother!!" Gu Lan's pain-filled howl swept over the battlefield.

It roused the remaining human immortals to action and they all chased after the fleeing figures of the fat sword immortal, Mei Qiaofeng, and Tie Buqun.

The beasts were not idle either and chased after the humans, eager to score another kill. With three fleeing and one dead, there were only five left to stand up to their eight and they liked those odds.

"Are you alright?" Tie Buqun asked Chen Wentian, "How's your spiritual energy?"

"I'm fine." He said with a cough, pretending to be weakened. "Let's go back to the city, take the teleportation array, and get the hell out of here!"

"Right!"

Mei Qiaofeng and Tie Buqun were responsible people and did not leave Chen Wentian behind. They both grabbed onto to help him and the three of them zoomed off as quickly as possible.

The fastest on the human side was Immortal Thousand Owl. His bird transformation art gave him white wings instead of arms. With an innate flying ability, he caught up and immediately started attacking.

"I should have killed you before. Now die!" He squawked.

A flurry of sharp feathers shot forward like a snowstorm. It grew in number until thousands of feathers were flying around in the air. They all converged on the fleeing trio and stabbed at them from all angles.

"Fuck, that queer is annoying." Tie Buqun said.

He protected Chen Wentian and took half of the attack with his scorpion carapace. Mei Qiaofeng took the other half with her thick snake body which was now bleeding profusely. They did not stop to retaliate because that would let the others catch up.

"He's too weak to do anything to us. Keep going!" Mei Qiaofeng said through gritted teeth.

"You two…"

Chen Wentian could have fled on his own just fine but he appreciated these two. The Snake Lord certainly raised good subordinates. Being raised around a divine beast like Jasmine probably also an effect. These two were good allies and he wanted to do something else for them.

Killing one enemy Spirit Lord was not enough to satisfy his appetite. He had already captured Ji Tiangu's soul but he wanted more. Jasmine's cultivation would continue to progress at a rapid pace now that she had access to her divine beast arts. He had to stay in front or else how could he rightfully be her master?

"Listen to me. Just keep up the defense until we get to the city." Chen Wentian said, "Once there, the beast will start attacking parts of the city. Our pursuers will have to make a decision, come after us or defend their people. In their confusion, I will kill the owl man."

"Okay! We will follow you!"

The chase and the mid-air battle continued. The owl immortal buzzed around the trio like a giant gnat but he was not strong enough to take them down by himself. The others were not fast enough to catch up and they were also being harassed by the mantis beasts that were innately great flyers.

The massive solitary mountain of Beast God City eventually came into view but there was another surprise waiting for them there.

Two new human Spirit Lords flew up to meet them. Chen Wentian even recognized one of them, Immortal Galant Lotus Duan Yuzhu. The other female was unknown but wore a golden armor.

They were subordinates of Huang Wuji and Gong Liyun. They had arrived after their masters and helped eradicate the insect horde. The entire city was now quiet and there was no sign of fighting anywhere. The vast host that sieged the city were nothing given the strength of two immortals. They were all wiped out in short order.

"What's going on?" The woman's voice drifted over.

Chen Wentian had to admit her face, as well as her voice, was quite attractive but he quickly focused on the matter at hand.

"There's was an accident and Ji Tiangu died." He replied, "These ungrateful lion and eagle bastards think we killed him!"

"You lie!" The owl man screeched, "Immortal Argent Duchess, he lies! He killed Ji Tiangu!"

Chen Wentian rolled his eyes, "Of course, hfe would say that. The lion and eagle bastards conspired together and killed the Snake Lord. They crushed his faction and want to kill anyone who belong to the snake faction. Even after these two risked their lives and cast aside their enmity to save the city, those bastards still won't let them go!"

The owl man looked like he was about to blow up from anger. Chen Wentian's words came too fast and sharp and he could not react. He could not find anything to refute because what was said was the truth!

"Hmph, stop fighting amongst yourselves!" The woman said disdainfully, "We still have beasts to deal with!"

"But…"

Before they could discuss any further, the five trailing humans arrived, bringing the eight beasts with them.

"There's two more! We should retreat!" Little Gray cried out in alarm.

"These crafty humans… peh!"

"No!" General Kong yelled, "You've seen them, three of them are not with the rest. They will flee and not fight anymore. It's still seven against eight!"

"I agree, let's go!" General Jiao said and directly launched an attack towards the city.

The humans were caught off guard. They expected the beasts to at least be apprehensive at the sight of ten combined human Spirit Lords. Instead, two hairy apes started trashing the massive walls that had stood firm for hundreds of years.

True to the gorilla's words, Chen Wentian and his two companions continue to flee. They did not even pause to gather together with the other humans.

"Bastard, come back here!" The owl man yelled.

He chased after them again. He was furious at Chen Wentian and did not care about anything else.

The beasts saw this and laughed raucously. There was no more doubt in their minds and they charged toward the city as well.

"Not good! Defend the city!" The golden armored woman cried out.

She took out an emergency talisman and shot it into the air. She called out to her master for help but it was unclear how quickly it would arrive. She gave one last gloomy look towards the fat figure of Chen Wentian before charging at the giant green mantis that was laying waste to the Tiger Fang Gate.

Another chaotic battle erupted in Beast God City. Human immortals chased after beast immortals that were causing wanton death and destruction. Walls were crushed, gates were toppled. The human defenders that thought their ordeal was over was thrown back into a hellish situation, only this time they had no way of fighting back. There was nothing they could do against immortals, only beg and hope that they weren't the unlucky ones.

Chen Wentian's group arrived above the teleportation array that was still covered by the protective array. Mei Qiaofeng went to crush the inscription array while Chen Wentian and Tie Buqun finally turned their attention to the owl man.

"Zhou Tongpu, go die!" Tie Buqun said as he transformed into his scorpion form.

His spiritual energy boiled dangerously as a poisonous cloud surrounded him. After being beat up for so long, he finally had a chance for payback.

"Poison Dust Storm!"

A hazy yellow domain expanded around the scorpion. It spun into miniature cyclones that could bend and twist to his will.

"Thousand Eyes!"

Zhou Tongpu's body blurred as his giant owl eyes grew in size. Soon, the sky was filled not one pair but a thousand pairs of owl eyes and it was unclear which one was the real one.

The Poison Dust Storm domain only had about ten cyclones. They ripped through the eyes in the sky one by one but more eyes simply replaced those that were lost. All the while, the cloud of sharp owl feathers was still pummeling Tie Buqun's defenses, gradually wearing him down.

Chen Wentian stood to the side, pretending to be out of strength. Zhou Tongpu ignored him completely, reasonably believing that he was dangerously low on spiritual energy after using such a powerful sword attack.

Chen Wentian was nowhere close to running out of spiritual energy but he did not do anything to help Tie Buqun. Instead, he was silently studying the Thousand Eyes domain for any weaknesses. This analysis ability was not his own but belonged to the Insightful Swallow. The bird was an extremely intelligent beast with a talent for surviving. It was innately able to sense the weakness in the opponent and take advantage of it.

This task was made much easier since the opponent used bird arts. After a few exchanges, the true body of Zhou Tongpu was found. It simply the source of the feathers. In the massive domain of a thousand eyes, there was always a single source which was his original body.

Once the swallow made the determination, it was the beetle's turn.

Second Movement, Pierce the Heavens!

The awesome sword strike was launched once more. The power this time was no less than the first time.

Zhou Tongpu was too busy fighting Tie Buqun. He saw the attack too late.

The piercing sword energy completely blew away his spiritual aura in one go.

His domain shattered and his main body was revealed to all. He tried to run but the Poison Storm came. He had no way to defend as the yellow scorpion poison seeped into every pore of his body. He fell from the sky limply and was pulled into Mei Qiaofeng's tight and inescapable embrace.

"Keep him alive!"

"Ready?"

"Let's go!"

The teleportation array was clear and the three of them plus one extra disappeared from the city in a flash of light.

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