Eternal Life as False Emperor

Chapter 470: Chapter 376: Who Is the Mantis, Who Is the Oriole (Part 2)

As soon as they were ready, Su Yao used her delicate hand to grip the hairpin and gently shook it twice towards the ground.

With a swish, the hairpin pulled the three underground.

Before they disappeared, a white lotus floated out from Bai Zhirui and sailed straight in another direction, carrying the scent of the three.

A few breaths later, seven or eight Nether Spirit Race cultivators landed where Bai Zhirui and the others had just been.

One of the Nether Spirit Race cultivators sniffed like a tracking dog, quickly locking onto the direction the white lotus had flown: "Over there, hurry and chase!"

The others either used divine powers or magical artifacts, swiftly pursuing the white lotus.

Then another four or five Nether Spirit Race cultivators arrived.

"Let’s hurry and catch up, we can’t let them get ahead." One of them began chasing anxiously as soon as he landed.

Before he could act, another blocked him.

"Wait!"

"What do you mean? They’re already ahead of us, if we don’t chase now, are we just going to watch those treasures fall into their hands?"

The other cultivators looked at the blocker with displeased expressions.

If their relationship wasn’t decent, they might have already started fighting.

The blocking Nether Spirit Race cultivator sneered, "Fools, you’ve been deceived without realizing it. They weren’t chasing the escaped Human Race cultivators; it’s just a decoy."

"If you want to pursue, go ahead."

"What?" The Nether Spirits investigated carefully.

A fake is, after all, a fake and cannot withstand scrutiny.

They quickly discovered the real escape direction of Bai Zhirui and the others.

"These Human Race kids are quite cunning; we nearly fell for it."

Just as they were about to pursue, the same blocker stopped them again.

"What are you doing? Haven’t we found their real escape direction, why stop us?"

"Fool! If we can find them, others naturally can too. Don’t you want to reduce some competition?"

Though repeatedly derided, those present quickly realized.

They exchanged glances and began to lay traps at the scene.

In a blink, dozens of indistinguishable escape traces appeared here.

After completing everything, they began the chase urgently.

Hundreds of meters below ground, Bai Zhirui and the others were advancing rapidly.

As if non-existent entities, they moved freely through the earth under Kunyi Hairpin’s guidance.

Not only was Bai Zhirui amazed, even Zheng Yi felt incredibly novel.

He could distinctly feel the sensation of rocks passing through his body.

Initially, it was fine, but as time passed, an unbearable feeling spread all over.

As if suddenly standing after squatting for long, experiencing intense tingling in the legs.

Now, their entire body felt this sensation.

Even Zheng Yi on the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror’s other end couldn’t escape it.

The trembling of spirit almost made him lose control of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.

Even with Zheng Yi suffering intensely, Bai Zhirui and Lin Feng felt worse.

After gritting their teeth for almost half an hour, just as they were about to collapse, a white light suddenly appeared before them.

They emerged from the earth.

The fresh air at their noses made Bai Zhirui feel reborn.

Barely catching a breath, an urge to vomit surged; it took great effort to suppress it.

Lin Feng beside her, however, was less restrained, vomiting immediately upon resurfacing.

"This magical artifact... ugh, is truly weird."

As the artifact’s user, Su Yao’s state was comparatively better.

Yet, she staggered and looked pale.

Seemingly, even as the user, she couldn’t completely avoid the artifact’s side effects.

Luckily, this side effect only caused discomfort with no other harm.

Even Lin Feng in the worst case soon fully recovered.

"Running like this won’t work; always fleeing will eventually lead to capture." Zheng Yi reminded his apprentice from the other end of the Yin Yang Treasure Mirror.

"But master, the enemy not only has stronger power, but also outnumbers us several times over."

"Even if we fought desperately, there’s little chance of winning."

"Not necessarily." Zheng Yi smiled confidently, as if everything was within his grasp.

Bai Zhirui was skeptical, "Master, this seems impossible, doesn’t it?"

"Just facing a Huiyue Demon Venerable, we stand no chance. Not to mention, he’s accompanied by many Nether Spirit Race cultivators."

"Even without Huiyue Demon Venerable, the ordinary Nether Spirit Race cultivators alone aren’t ones we can fend off."

Though not disbelieving her master, Zheng Yi’s words seemed far-fetched.

Though Bai Zhirui didn’t know the exact number of pursuers, surely they outnumbered them plenty.

Among them were many with cultivation much stronger.

If they were in peak condition, there might be a chance to fight.

But they were greatly depleted now; even risking their lives wouldn’t suffice.

"I said we can fight, and we definitely will."

Through divine thought exchange, Bai Zhirui quickly grasped Zheng Yi’s plan.

"Master is truly wily," Bai Zhirui inadvertently thought.

But she forgot they were still in divine thought exchange, and her thoughts were detected by Zheng Yi.

A slight pain in her divine sense felt like a gentle needle prick.

"Ouch! Master, why?"

"What wily? This is called planning every way. Dare to talk back, see how I deal with you."

Bai Zhirui asked a few more questions, growing increasingly confident in her master’s plan.

She shared the plan with Lin Feng and Su Yao.

"Reverse ambush them? Sister Bai, I have some medical skills, should I check your pulse?" Su Yao thought Bai Zhirui might be mad.

Lin Feng rolled his eyes: "Want to fight, why not seek an opportunity instead, and stop running? Isn’t this pointless?"

"Of course not." Seeing their aghast looks, Bai Zhirui felt invigorated, like eating Ginseng Fruit.

These two had no clue of her master’s unpredictable powers.

Zheng Yi was speechless, her proud demeanor seemed to erase her earlier doubt.

"I have no interest in mutual destruction with the Nether Spirits, with Huiyue Demon Venerable around, our survival chances are slim." Bai Zhirui spoke seriously.

"But dealing with ordinary Nether Spirit cultivators is no issue; if we move fast, eliminating all but Huiyue Demon Venerable isn’t impossible."

Knowing the two wouldn’t easily believe her, Bai Zhirui didn’t use cryptic methods.

She revealed her master’s entire plan to them.

For them, openness was crucial; being mysterious would only create gaps in their somewhat loose relationship.

Though she acquired the full plan from Zheng Yi in a breath, explaining it took significant time, even summarizing used a quarter of an hour.

For other details, there was no time for thorough explanation, they could only adapt as they proceed.

After summarizing the plan, Bai Zhirui stared at them: "Interested in showing those annoying guys a thing or two?"