Urban Extraordinary Immortal Doctor
Chapter 977: Escape from Death

Chapter 977: Chapter 977: Escape from Death

Fang Bai, standing on a distant hillside, watched Ouyang Jian being attacked by tens of thousands of giant vampire bats, his lips curling into a mocking smile.

Although Fang Bai and Ouyang Jian had only met for the first time, and there had been no enmity between them before they entered the mountain to train, Ouyang Jian first attempted to seize Fang Bai and others’ cultivation resources, then cruelly harmed his own sect mates to save himself, actions Fang Bai found contemptible.

Therefore, Fang Bai had no psychological burden in getting rid of Ouyang Jian.

Besides, when Fang Bai killed someone, he did not do it with his own hands, but by summoning a large swarm of giant vampire bats to attack with the Beast Taming Scripture, which meant Ouyang Jian’s death would be attributed to an attack by spirit beasts.

Those giant vampire bats frenziedly sucked Ouyang Jian’s fresh blood and flesh, his screams gradually diminishing from loud to soft, from soft to weak, from weak to silence, until finally, there was no sound at all.

And at that time, Fang Bai’s howling also stopped.

The tens of thousands of giant vampire bats surged into the sky, forming a dark cloud that flew off toward the distant horizon and quickly disappeared from sight.

What remained of Ouyang Jian at this moment was nothing more than a pile of bones stained with blood, sending chills down the spine, looking extremely out of place on this flower-covered, utopian-like plain.

After the retreat of the giant vampire bats, many spirit beasts began to appear near the remains of Ouyang Jian.

These spirit beasts, both solitary and in packs, were mostly near five hundred years of age, with attack power not much weaker than that of mid-tier spirit beasts.

If Shen Yulin, Huang Miao, and the others saw those spirit beasts, they would have been terrified, quickly hiding to avoid the attacks of those spirit beasts.

But Fang Bai still stood on the hillside, standing upright like a javelin, seemingly oblivious to those spirit beasts.

Upon sighting Fang Bai, the spirit beasts considered him a delectable prey, charging toward him from all directions, but when they still were a thousand meters away, they suddenly sensed a fatal threat.

The older the spirit beast, the higher its intelligence; they knew that Fang Bai was an extremely dangerous martial artist and abruptly halted their charge, turning tail to flee.

In the blink of an eye, peace and tranquility had once again returned to the plain, and no one would have guessed that just moments ago, there had been tens of thousands of giant vampire bats and many powerful spirit beasts present.

After repulsing the spirit beasts that had rushed toward him, Fang Bai’s figure vanished from the hillside, returning to the banks of the Nether River.

At this time, the team where Shen Yulin was located and the team of Huang Miao and four others were still engaged in a struggle with the spirit beasts in the Nether River, separated by a hundred-meter stretch of the river.

Shen Yulin’s team of ten had already lost four members, and the remaining six were all bloodied and at their limits.

Although Shen Yulin had a chance to break away and reach the opposite bank, she was unwilling to abandon her team members and chose to stay and fight side by side with everyone.

Her valiant shouts were ceaseless as she darted to the left and right, her long sword swept through the air, creating a sky full of sword light, often repelling the spirit beasts at critical moments and protecting her comrades from harm.

If it weren’t for Shen Yulin, her team members might have ended up like Ouyang Jian’s team, all perishing in the Nether River.

Shen Yulin was the strongest, but because she exerted the most effort, she was also the most severely injured. If it were not for the elixirs she carried with her, which continually replenished her Essence Energy and healed her wounds, she would have already been unable to continue.

On the other hand, Huang Miao and her three companions were faring better since Fang Bai had previously driven away some of the more powerful spirit beasts. The ones attacking them were relatively weaker, so the four of them, working together, managed to cope, and although they were injured, it was nothing serious.

"Senior Sister Shen, don’t worry about us anymore, hurry and leave yourself!"

A female member of Shen Yulin’s team was struck into the water by the giant tail of a Black Scaled Python, and immediately a Nether Crocodile lurking in the river bit her lower half. With her last breath, she yelled harshly, urging Shen Yulin to leave.

Shen Yulin had already gone above and beyond for them, so even if she were to leave now, they would have no complaints.

"Senior Sister Shen, we’ll hold off the spirit beasts, go!"

"Senior Sister Shen, when you’re powerful one day, return to the Nether River to slay these spirit beasts and avenge us!"

"Our lives aren’t precious, but you, Senior Sister Shen, have a bright future ahead and there’s no need for meaningless sacrifices!"

"Just go, Senior Sister Shen, we won’t blame you!"

...

The remaining members of Shen Yulin’s team also shouted out loud one after another.

Tears streamed down Shen Yulin’s face in an instant.

Shen Yulin was warm-hearted and deeply valued friendship and loyalty. Although she had not been teamed up with these Martial Academy disciples for long, she had come to think of them as her own brothers and sisters.

And now, she had to helplessly watch as her teammates fell one by one, either dead or injured, and she was overwhelmed with grief and anger.

The urging of the remaining teammates gradually cooled down Shen Yulin’s overheated brain. She also understood that in the current situation, even if she were to give her all, she could not save the remaining few teammates, and she might even lose her own life in the process.

Just as the teammates had said, instead of wasting her life in vain, it was better to keep it and seek a chance to avenge them in the future.

Shen Yulin clenched her teeth, ready to painfully make her way to the opposite shore of the Nether River, when she suddenly discovered that the spirit beasts attacking them had retreated and submerged back into the depths of the river.

"The spirit beasts are retreating, let’s hurry!"

Although Shen Yulin did not understand what had happened or why the spirit beasts would cease their attacks, the opportunity was rare. She immediately called out sharply and led the few remaining team members towards the opposite bank of the Nether River.

At the same time, Huang Miao, Hou Ziping, Liu Qingqing, and Liu Liehu, just like Shen Yulin’s team, had their attacking spirit beasts retreat on their own, providing them with a chance to escape.

"Phew..."

One after another, figures skimmed across the wide river surface. As their feet touched the ground on the opposite bank, Shen Yulin, Huang Miao, and the others all let out a long sigh of relief, feeling as if they had escaped from the clutches of death and survived a great ordeal.

Shen Yulin looked back and saw that of the nine members who had followed her, only four remained; the other five had all fallen in the Nether River. Her heart ached, and her expression was one of sorrow.

Huang Miao also looked back at her teammates and saw that although Hou Ziping, Liu Qingqing, and Liu Liehu were all injured and in a sorry state, they were safe, which made her heart feel a mix of joy and sorrow.

"Where’s Junior Brother Fang? Didn’t he cross the river just now? It seemed like he was sitting on that rock..."

Huang Miao’s gaze swept around, but she did not see Fang Bai anywhere, which made her gasp in surprise.

Upon hearing this, Hou Ziping and the others quickly looked towards the place where Fang Bai had been sitting, only to see it empty, with no sign of Fang Bai.

"Brother Fang, he... he couldn’t be in trouble, could he?"

Liu Qingqing turned her head to look back at the Nether River, the thought of a dreadful possibility suddenly causing panic to arise in her heart, her voice trembling as she