Free Web NovelChapter 350: Chapter 350: A Choice of 1 out of 2, Who Will She Choose?
"HISS!"
His snake-like pupils turned completely blood-red, and his body swelled in size.
Sunxiao twisted his head, opened his maw, and swallowed a member of the Wing Clan whole.
This sudden turn of events made Kunqi’s expression incredibly grim. He beat his wings faster and faster, and the wind grew so strong that even the other members of the Wing Clan struggled to stay airborne.
Seeing that Kunqi was still unable to take down Sunxiao, Huang Ying lost her patience. She was afraid Huang Yue would come looking for her as soon as he discovered the Crystal Stone was gone. ’I don’t have this much time to waste.’
"Fenglin, in a moment, do exactly as I say."
Fenglin looked at Huang Ying in confusion. "Mistress, what do you want me to do?"
Huang Ying turned and gave him a heavy look. "When I take out the Crystal Stone, you will use all of your beast soul’s power to unleash the stone’s full energy."
"What?"
Fenglin’s eyes widened in disbelief.
Huang Ying seemed displeased with his reaction. "What, are you unwilling? This is a golden opportunity to capture them. Are you going to let it slip by?"
Fenglin was stunned. "But Mistress, my beast soul’s star-rank isn’t high enough... Even if I release all of my beast soul’s power, I won’t be able to unleash all of the Crystal Stone’s energy."
"You’ll have me to assist you. Now, go."
Not giving him a chance to hesitate, Huang Ying leaped onto his back and had him fly toward the center of the gale.
The tension in Fenglin’s brow slowly eased. "Mistress, if I die, will you be sad for me?"
"Why would you die? You’re just releasing your beast soul’s energy. I’ll just use Crystal Stones to restore it for you later. Hurry up."
"We’re here. Now!"
Huang Ying pulled the Crystal Stone from within her robes.
As the Crystal Stone appeared, all the beastmen present felt a dark power suppressing their own energy.
"Fenglin, now!" Huang Ying leaped from his back, shifting into her beast form.
Fenglin gave her one last, deep look, then gathered all of his beast soul’s energy above his head. When the power reached its zenith, he crashed headfirst into the Crystal Stone.
The instant they collided, the Crystal Stone burst forth with immense power, and the entire mountainside was engulfed by a dense, dark force.
Still in mid-air, Kunqi instantly felt his beast soul being drained away and nearly plummeted from the sky.
Sunxiao had just swallowed a member of the Wing Clan when he felt himself seized by an invisible force. He tried to attack again, but the crimson in his eyes gradually faded. His body swayed, and he crashed into a large tree at his side.
Seeing her plan had succeeded, Huang Ying cried out in delight, "Kunqi, quick! Capture him now!"
Kunqi staggered toward Huang Ying, his expression baffled. "Young City Lord, what are you doing here?"
"I’m here to save Yaya. I know the two mates of the Black Panther Tribe’s Clan Leader are formidable, and I was worried you’d be at a disadvantage, so I came ahead. Hurry and capture him. Take them to the Black Panther Tribe; we must rescue Yaya."
The look of astonishment on Kunqi’s face did not fade.
"But... but just to capture them... You actually used the Crystal Stone that suppresses beast soul energy?!"
Her expression unchanging, Huang Ying said, "Kunqi, are you questioning me? Don’t you realize the one we need to save is Yaya, the future hope of Wing Beast City! Or do you think Yaya isn’t worth it?"
Kunqi frowned. The reason sounded plausible, but he still felt it was too... reckless for the Young City Lord to use the Crystal Stone for this.
But the Crystal Stone’s energy had already been unleashed, and now it had to be used.
Kunqi took the Crystal Stone from Huang Ying’s hand and approached Sunxiao.
As the Crystal Stone drew nearer, Sunxiao felt increasingly powerless. Even Kunlin could no longer stand steady.
But he braced himself and tied the Crystal Stone to Sunxiao, who was so weak he had reverted to his human form.
Sunxiao’s snake-like pupils were chilling as he stared coldly at Kunqi.
The Crystal Stone’s energy was now focused entirely on Sunxiao. Once he was a short distance away from it, Kunqi began to recover some of his strength.
"What about the other one?"
"He’s at the summit. I’ve sent some others to bring him here so they can be tied up together."
"Who did you say you were going to tie up?"
A dark figure materialized silently behind them. Kunqi started, but before he could even react, a leopard’s claw slashed toward him.
Unable to dodge in time, Kunqi took the full force of Sangze’s claw to his chest.
"Ah!"
Sangze glanced over at Sunxiao. "Big Snake, you’re not looking so good."
Sangze had sensed something was wrong as he approached, but he wasn’t about to stand by and watch these bird-people just carry Sunxiao away.
Even if he was going to get caught, he would take a few more of the Wing Clan down with him.
"Capture him!"
Sangze was all too familiar with the Crystal Stone’s beast-soul-suppressing energy. Compared to Sunxiao’s helplessness, his own resistance was a bit stronger.
But in the end, he was no match for it and was tied up together with Sunxiao.
Several members of the Wing Clan found some vines, trussed the two of them up with the Crystal Stone, and then flew off into the sky, carrying their captives.
However, affected by the Crystal Stone’s energy, their speed was much slower than before, even at full strength.
After watching Sunxiao and his companion being carried away, Kunqi turned to look at Fenglin, who had collapsed on the ground and was continuously coughing up blood.
"Fenglin, are you alright?"
Fenglin opened his mouth to speak, but another spurt of fresh blood came out instead.
Seeing him in such a state, Kunqi stepped forward, unable to bear the sight. "You... why did you have to do this? With your beast soul’s star-rank, there was no way you could withstand the backlash from unleashing the Crystal Stone’s energy."
Fenglin’s face was deathly pale. He looked up at Huang Ying’s retreating figure in the sky and gave a tragic smile. "Kunqi, I told you... I’m willing to give everything for my Mistress..."
Kunqi frowned. With the Crystal Stone’s suppression gone, much of his strength had returned. He shifted into his beast form and looked at Fenglin.
"Get on. I’ll carry you."
Fenglin didn’t move. "I’m a cripple now..."
"Get on. Do you really want to die here?"
Fenglin lowered his gaze and climbed onto his back. "Thank you."
Kunqi said nothing, just beat his wings and soared into the sky.
"You knew about the suppression, and you still came?" Sunxiao shot Sangze a cold glance. ’He could have easily escaped and reported back to the tribe, the idiot.’
Sangze swung his body with great effort, but just as he was about to bump into Sunxiao, Sunxiao gritted his teeth and shifted to avoid the impact.
"Stop messing around."
"Oh, but I just want to be close to my dear Big Snake."
Sunxiao’s brow twitched.
"Tsk. This Crystal Stone is the ultimate treasure of the Wing Clan. For them to be willing to use it against us... If I didn’t come out, I’d be disrespecting these bird-people."
"Don’t you know why they captured us?"
Sangze leaned his head back, glanced at Huang Ying flying behind them, and chuckled.
"Of course I know. She’s going to use us to threaten our little female, make her choose between the two of us. Who do you think our little female will choose?"
Sunxiao: "..."
Sunxiao: "Shut up."
"What’s that? You think she’ll choose me? Smart man!"
