“My strength is still far from enough!”
Ling Xiao could not help swallowing. On ordinary days he felt nothing special, but seeing a Cave Heaven realm expert fight all out truly scared him.
Boom!
After several moves, yellow sand splashed dozens of metres high, then the figures of Feng Zhan and Xie Li separated again.
At this time, Feng Zhan’s armour had some damage, but Xie Li’s situation was worse.
Xie Li had multiple injuries and was indeed no match for Feng Zhan.
After all, Feng Zhan himself had higher cultivation than Xie Li, and as a warrior honed on the battlefield, his combat power was absolutely stronger than martial artists of the same level.
“I will take my leave first!”
Xie Li, who had withdrawn, did not want to continue fighting Feng Zhan, because if they kept going, she would be defeated sooner or later.
She leaped and darted forward.
“Can you escape?”
Feng Zhan sneered. The long spear in his hand was thrown directly. In mid-air, the spear turned into a long snake and bit towards Xie Li.
“Scorpion secret art: Moulting!”
At the critical moment, Xie Li twisted her body and disappeared into the yellow sand.
What Feng Zhan’s spear pierced was only an empty shell left by the scorpion.
“Damn it!”
Seeing this, Feng Zhan was annoyed. Although he was much stronger than Xie Li, in the desert, killing Xie Li was still extremely difficult.
To let the opponent escape while steadily suppressing her was truly embarrassing.
At this moment, Ling Xiao saw Mu Tu move.
In an instant, Mu Tu extended his hand. A sky-covering palm slapped the yellow sand and grabbed upwards.
Poor Xie Li had exhausted all means to dodge Feng Zhan’s attack, but against Mu Tu, she had no chance at all.
This scene scared Ling Xiao so much that he dared not move.
Timur Mu Tu truly deserved to be a Yin-Yang realm powerhouse. Xie Li had no power to resist under his hand.
“A mere little scorpion thinks she can escape this old man’s methods? Laughable. Feng Zhan, let us go. Xie Li is just a small fry. The key this time is to deal with that Scorpion King. The treasure is also in the Scorpion King’s hands.”
Mu Tu’s eyes shot two beams of refined light. Xie Li instantly became dazed.
Ling Xiao watched even more tensely.
This old thing could actually use soul power. Truly terrifying.
“Your subordinate obeys.”
Feng Zhan had feared Mu Tu would blame him, but Mu Tu did not mention the slip at all.
“You need not blame yourself too much. In the Deadly Poison Desert, scorpion people and lizard people have innate advantages. This time we ally with lizard people against scorpion people out of necessity.”
Timur Mu Tu said indifferently.
“Those lizard people are no easier to deal with than scorpion people, and each is ambitious and greedy.”
Feng Zhan frowned.
“What is there to fear? After dogs bite dogs, how much combat power will they have left? Then we of Order can pick the ready-made gains. Flatten the scorpion tribe and lizard tribe, retrieve the little prince, and Her Majesty the Queen will have nothing to say.”
Timur Mu Tu revealed a ferocious smile.
“This old dog is ruthless enough. Truly a plan to drive the tiger to devour the wolf.”
Ling Xiao heard clearly and felt pity for the scorpion tribe and lizard tribe.
Only after Mu Tu and Feng Zhan had gone far did Ling Xiao finally breathe a sigh of relief.
He was now considering whether to leave like this or ruin Mu Tu’s good plan.
From Mu Tu’s words, the scorpion tribe should have a treasure that could find Jiumo Zhiyan. If true, he would probably have trouble escaping Mu Tu’s pursuit.
So he absolutely could not let Mu Tu get that treasure!
The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!
Ling Xiao decided to be the oriole this time.
To ruin Mu Tu’s plan, of course, but also to protect himself, otherwise he probably could not reach North Desert City alive.
Swallowing a Heaven-Returning Spirit Pill and a Spring-Returning Pill, Ling Xiao chose double protection of Shadow Step and Shadow Armour.
He was not Timur Mu Tu and lacked such formidable strength, so he could only be more concealed and avoid those guys’ tracking as much as possible.
About a quarter of an hour later, the scorpion tribe’s fortress appeared before Ling Xiao’s eyes.
This fortress was unlike a city, rather crude, but built against the mountain with special natural barriers as shields.
To enter, one had to pass through the barriers.
Once discovered, one became a target, with countless arrows shooting towards you.
But Ling Xiao was lucky.
When he reached the fortress, he found it completely destroyed, the entire place in ruins, scorpion corpses scattered across the mountains.
Let alone Ling Xiao now in Shadow Step state, even without it, no one could possibly notice him.
Because all the guards were dead.
“Peerless powerhouses are indeed terrifying. One person can destroy a city. Fortunately, North Desert City had array protection before, otherwise it would not need so many people. Mu Tu alone could destroy it.”
Ling Xiao felt even more awe.
Strength was truly the ultimate goal of martial artists. Countless soldiers, what of them?
In the end, they were just pieces manipulated by the strong.
“Heh heh heh, Xie Li, were you not very arrogant before? Were you not high and mighty? What about now? I said I would get you, and I will. Even the Scorpion King cannot stop me!”
Suddenly, as Ling Xiao walked forward, he heard a sleazy laugh.
He quietly approached.
He saw the earlier Xie Li tightly bound with ropes, her inner force sealed in many places.
Her clothes were somewhat torn, apparently ripped by the scorpion man in front of her.
“Xie Mang! You actually colluded with Timur Mu Tu and the lizard tribe to deal with our scorpion tribe. You traitor! The King will not forgive you!”
Xie Li struggled and roared angrily.
“Tsk tsk, saying that is useless. Now you are my captive. I can play with you however I want. The angrier you are, the happier I am. Hahahaha!”
Xie Mang’s eyes gleamed with malice. He laughed and pinched Xie Li’s chin, his gaze fixed on two points in a line on her body.
“If any of you save me, I, Xie Li, am willing to serve him as master for life!”
Xie Li suddenly said to several lizard tribesmen watching the fun nearby.
“Tsk tsk, that is a good offer. Xie Mang, why not give this woman to us?”
The lizard men were weaker than Xie Mang, but today the lizard tribe invaded the scorpion tribe on a large scale. With Mu Tu’s help and Xie Mang’s inside betrayal, they had basically crippled most scorpion tribe experts.
So the lizard tribe’s status had risen considerably. Though Xie Mang was strong, he dared not offend lizard tribesmen.
