Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 553 - 444 A Lifetime Misunderstanding Upon Seeing Xuan_1

Chapter 553: Chapter 444 A Lifetime Misunderstanding Upon Seeing Xuan_1

"Thunder-Winged Peng?"

Li Xuan’s pupils contracted slightly, through the vision and divine sense of the Azure Phoenix Niulang, he sensed the grand aura of this giant bird.

This was a Thunder-Winged Peng with at least seventy percent bloodline of the divine bird ’Golden-Winged Peng’ and its cultivation reached the Twelfth Layer Stage!

Without much thought, Li Xuan relayed the intention to retreat to Niulang. The response from the Divine Blood Azure Phoenix was exceptionally prompt, its body swiftly turned into a mass of thunder and lightning, vanishing under the swipe of the ’Thunder-Winged Peng’.

But in the next instant, a mass of lightning formed on Li Xuan’s shoulder, reshaping into the form of the Divine Blood Azure Phoenix.

— This was its newly awakened core divine skill called ’Unsettling Divine Thunder’, which helped it escape that almost fatal strike.

As the saying goes, a Spirit Pet resembles its master. The Divine Blood Azure Phoenix’s bloodline could make Li Xuan’s cultivation of Thunder Style, Wind Style, and Sound Style twice as effective. At the same time, Li Xuan’s ’Unsettling Divine Thunder’ technique can also be beneficial to the Divine Blood Azure Phoenix’s bloodline Divine Skills.

However, after manifesting on Li Xuan’s shoulder, Niulang’s form was slightly weakened, its aura and vitality in deficit. It was clear that it hadn’t fully escaped the attack of the Thunder-Winged Peng and had paid quite a price.

At this moment, the Thunder-Winged Peng circled in the sky, its incredibly sharp gaze fixed on Li Xuan for a moment, before it abruptly rose, its body flashing like lightning as it flew to a height of 40,000 zhang, disappearing into the clouds.

— 40,000 zhang, which is more than 240 li from the ground.

Li Xuan placed his hand on the ’Bixue Leique Sword’, his brows furrowed as he watched above.

The speed of this Thunder-Winged Peng was no less than that of the ’Nine Heavens Ten Earths Pimo Divine Shuttle’, and it could even turn into lightning, making it impossible for him to track its aura.

"That should be Khan Yexian of the Wala Department’s guardian Spirit Pet." Luo Yan came to Li Xuan’s side and looked up: "According to rumors, it is a Thunder-Winged Peng of sub-heavenly level, possessing an unparalleled style technique, and mastering both Thunder and Light. It can travel thousands of miles in a day and know everything on the battlefield for Yexian."

Li Xuan looked at her hopefully: "Can you lure this beast down?"

Luo Yan shook her head slightly: "The Spirit Eye of the Golden-Winged Peng is unprecedented in the world. It can overlook the Nine Heavens, penetrate Hell, and spy on things miles away. Although this ’Thunder-Winged Peng’ only has seventy percent of the bloodline of the Golden-Winged Peng, its illusion-breaking ability can easily see through my illusion."

Li Xuan then looked at Leng Yurou, and Leng Yurou understood his meaning, but shook her head: "I only have a fourth-rank Great Five Elements Yin-Yang Miejue Needle, it’s too wasteful to use it on it, and it might only injure it without killing it. I do have a few of the third rank, but I doubt they could hurt it."

Li Xuan was helpless, he sensed this beast of sub-heavenly level lurking in the clouds, but it was always watching him.

Being under surveillance felt very unpleasant, especially when the master of this beast was one of the most absolute figures in the world.

Yexian, as the elder of the Mengwu, and the Khan of the Waci Department, his strength was extraordinarily formidable. Especially when he commanded an army, his strength was comparable to the Great Heavenly Position.

The arrival of this Thunder-Winged Peng made Li Xuan feel uneasy. The Divine Blood Azure Phoenix could not ascend, leaving him unable to perceive and control his surroundings within a hundred li.

Li Xuan had a premonition that danger was silently creeping in outside of his perception.

At this time, he didn’t notice that the Jade Qilin, which had been lying flat on the ground lackadaisically, suddenly stood up. Its gaze was sharp and slightly cautious as it looked in the distance.

Meng Qingfan thought the ambush against Li Xuan mentioned by her elder brother was coming at this moment?

According to her elder brother, Li Xuan’s death would occur between the 27th and the 30th, and today was already the 27th.

Thinking of this, Meng Qingfan couldn’t help but want to transform into her human form.

Her human form was her most powerful state, especially since her recent strengthening of her beast body had led to a breakthrough in her "Lingyi Huashou Secret".

But Meng Qingfan was vaguely afraid of the consequences of transforming herself.

That would undoubtedly be a betrayal of her Master and Senior, and, if she transformed at this time, how would she live in the future?

Let the world know that Meng Qingfan of Jinque Palace became Li Xuan’s mount? Let Li Xuan know that she took the initiative to approach him that night, and they spent a night of pleasure together?

Thinking about this, Meng Qingfan was utterly ashamed and angry.

But if she wanted to stop her Master and others, only her Heavenly power could do that. Only in her human form could she kill that Thunder-Winged Peng.

This filled Meng Qingfan’s heart with distress.

Li Xuan didn’t notice Meng Qingfan’s expression. He first ordered his subordinates and the warrior monks to speed up the purification of the battlefield. He openly commanded them to ’spare no cost’; in other words, using talismans and elixirs as they pleased, without being stingy.

But even so, it would take at least a day to complete the purification of the battlefield.

At this time, even the fourth gate, such as Master Yuanmiao and Master Lingjie, dared not enter, just chanting sutras and liberating souls around the perimeter.

— This was what made Li Xuan uneasy. That Thunder-Winged Peng appeared here and attacked his Azure Phoenix for no reason.

This area was a remote wilderness with no defensible positions, and below was a battlefield where the deaths exceeded ten thousand. It was a source of concern.

The longer they stayed here, the greater the risk they faced.

Li Xuan called on Fumo Xiaowei Wang Chang and Qianhu of Chang’an Office, Su Dingan, again.

"I ask you, aside from Saman’s Blood Ignition and the Soul of Poor Qi, was there anything unusual on the battlefield at that time?"

The two exchanged glances, and Qianhu Su Dingan was the first to speak, "If you speak of anomaly, I recall Zongbing Zhu suspected that those who used Blood Ignition were likely Meng Wu’s condemned prisoners."

Li Xuan asked in confusion, "Condemned prisoners? What is that?"

"They were all death row prisoners of the Meng Wu tribe," Su Dingan explained, "They often used them as the vanguard during major battles, similar to our Dare to Die Camp.

These condemned prisoners forcefully charged into our army, but we had a solid line of ten layers of heavy armored pikemen in front, so Zongbing Zhu even suspected these prisoners were purposefully sent to die. The people who used Saman’s Blood Ignition weren’t in their right minds."

Li Xuan’s mind was focused, "Is there anything else?"

There is," answering was Fumo Xiaowei Wang Chang, "At that time, I saw them burying something under the battlefield, right in the center of the battlefield."

He pointed three miles to the left, "Also, it’s the place where the Blood Evil is the most intense. Before you arrived sir, I checked it out and took a risk to dig three feet down there, but found nothing."

Li Xuan immediately used his Tao-protecting Eyes to look at the place Wang Chang pointed to. Then he saw a thick, blood-like force flowing nearby, vaguely taking the shape of a vortex.

Li Xuan’s face turned pale, "Qianzong Su, are there any places nearby where troops could be hiding? Or, is there a possibility that a large scale of the Meng Wu’s troops could bypass our army and launch a surprise attack on us?"

Upon hearing this, Su Dingan shook his head slightly, "It’s impossible to hide troops. Zongbing Zhu is cautious in his military use. The scouts are always covering the surrounding hundred miles. Especially those terrains that can hide troops are the top priority for scout investigation.

However, if the Meng Wu people wanted to send a branch of their army here, they could do it. After all, the prairie is vast. Even with so many scouts, we can’t cover every area. But the number won’t be too large, at most a few hundred, or one or two thousand cavalry troops. If there are more, it is impossible not to expose their tracks."

Only then did Li Xuan relax slightly. However, just in case, he solemnly instructed Su Dingan, "Could I ask Qianzong Su, could you deploy troops on the hillside to the south? It’s best if we could speed up to build some forts."

This slope was seven miles to the south and also part of the battlefield. This slope was not tall, only 27 meters high, and the terrain was not steep. But it was the only place nearby that could restrain the cavalry.

Without further ado, Su Dingan took his subordinates with grave expressions and headed in the direction of the hillside.

Li Xuan’s question made him speculate, so he was very concerned.

If the speculations of Fumo Zhonglangjiang turned out to be true, then it might be an extremely dangerous battle.

Li Xuan also knew that the seven hundred soldiers under Su Dingan’s command were not reliable, otherwise, they would not have been left behind by Zhu Guoneng to clean up the battlefield.

In terms of combat effectiveness compared with the Jingying and border troops of the Jin Dynasty, the troops of the Weisuo Institute were vastly inferior. They could just about hold a city defense, but they were fragile in field battles.

So Li Xuan ordered Yue Qianqian to lead several tens of spellcasters to set up an array on the hillside.

This would have advantages and disadvantages. The advantage was that if anything changed, they would have a strong position to hold; the disadvantage was that they had too few spellcasters to begin with. After allocating these people to set up the array, the speed of purifying the battlefield would significantly decrease.

Then Li Xuan released a sword talisman and it flew northward.

This was a talisman letter asking Zongbing Zhu Guoneng in Xuanfu for reinforcement. This man, with over a hundred thousand infantry and cavalry under his command, would be able to send over one or two thousand men even while defending against Bater.

But the talisman letter had only flown three miles away when a golden thunderbolt arrow from the high sky fell and shattered the sword talisman.

Li Xuan looked up and glanced at the forty thousand feet high sky again. He vaguely saw the figure of the Thunder-winged Peng disappearing back into the clouds.

"This damn beast!" Luo Yan’s face was iron-green, "Are these Meng Wu people really planning to make a move against you here?"

A questioning look appeared in her eyes, she was wondering if Li Xuan’s reputation had reached such a point that even the Mongol Taishi Yexian, in spite of his current battle with Yu Jie’s army, had unleashed his most trustworthy Spirit Pet to target Li Xuan.

Li Xuan had already anticipated this, his gaze had already turned to the center of the battlefield: "Yan, let’s go check it out."

He had to figure out what kind of ’gift’ the other side had left him on the battlefield!

Fumo Xiaowei Wang Chang heard this and his face slightly changed, "Sir, I’m afraid this is inappropriate. The gloom there has begun to thicken, and the Blood Evil is building up, and as the night falls, it will only grow stronger."

He had gone to look earlier when Zongbing Zhu’s army hadn’t retreated yet. With the majesty of the army and the Yang-based blood of tens of thousands of elite border soldiers to suppress them, the battlefield had not changed.

But now, the center of the battlefield was filled with roiling blood mist. Wang Chang only glanced at a distance and felt a chill in his heart.