348: Chapter 348 Taking Action

After Ye Qing and the others had walked a bit further away, the Pope and his group also began to take action.

On this side, John was also riding an exotic beast with Sophia, weaving frantically through the mountain forest.

The journey back was still somewhat dangerous. Although John's strength was decent, this time he was taking his sister across such a long stretch of jungle, so John was keeping his guard up with full focus.

He was walking quickly when, the next moment, the sound of something breaking through the air reached him.

John's heart jolted violently, and his eyes widened; he simply couldn't believe what he was seeing!

A black, sharp arrow was heading toward him.

That sharp arrow was incredibly fast!

As it tore through the air, the surrounding space began to distort.

It was even accompanied by sonic booms and the sound of piercing through the air!

"Not good, it's an ambush!"

Thinking this, John immediately swept his arm around Sophia behind him, tapped his feet, and leaped off the back of the exotic beast, just as the long arrow shot into a nearby tree.

Whoosh!

The long arrow entered the tree without the expected explosion; instead, it pierced straight through, as if passing through tofu, without the slightest hesitation. It passed through who knows how many giant trees before finally stabbing into the ground.

"Not good!"

Seeing this, John inwardly cursed.

The opponent had laid an ambush early on; they were waiting for him.

"Are these people from Huaxia?"

But he didn't seem to have any enemies in Huaxia!

Beside him, Sophia had also noticed the danger just now. After landing, she looked at John. "Brother, are you alright? What's going on? Is someone trying to intercept and kill us?"

Sophia instantly understood the situation and spoke up immediately.

"Let's head back to the Modu Barrier now and seek help from Ye Qing and the others!"

Sophia said.

However, John's silence was her only response.

John's brows were tightly furrowed, his heart rate had accelerated to the extreme, and his mind was racing.

Given the current situation, judging by the speed and power of that black arrow, the opponent was at least at the Marquis-level, or perhaps even at the King-level.

No matter what, he wouldn't be able to stall the opponent to let Sophia go get help.

Therefore, there was only one path left: relying on others wouldn't work, he had to fight to the death himself.

He would see if he could kill or injure the opponent, giving Sophia a glimmer of hope for survival.

In an instant, John's eyes were filled with determination.

On the other side, Ye Qing was bringing Zhou Lingxue and the others close to the city gate.

Here, Zhou Lingxue and the others were still reluctant to part with Sister Sophia, saying, "Sister Sophia is in such a rush, why is she in such a hurry to go back?"

"Is it because she felt she didn't sleep well at night?"

Liu Lianmeng then looked at Zhou Lingxue, "Sister Ling Xue, this matter is mainly your fault. You were the one who took Sister Sophia to pick out her room earlier."

Zhou Lingxue: "..." Good grief, can it really be calculated like that?

"That can't be blamed on me. After all, Sister Sophia picked that room herself. When she was choosing it, I already reminded her that this room was close to Husband's room, but Sister Sophia didn't take the meaning of my words to heart at all."

"In my opinion, it should still be blamed on Husband! It's because that room is relatively close to his room that Sister Sophia didn't sleep well."

"What do you think!"

With Zhou Lingxue's words, everyone's eyes turned to Ye Qing, and then they nodded. If this matter really had to be blamed on someone, it was all Husband's fault.

Ye Qing: "..."

"If you're going to put it that way, I didn't make any noise. All those sounds last night were Zhu Yin's!"

Ye Qing looked at Zhu Yin.

Zhu Yin: "..."

Ahhh! In an instant, Zhu Yin felt like she was going crazy. Could it be that in the end, it was going to be blamed on her?

However, she thought about it again, that definitely couldn't be it. She immediately held her head high and looked at Ye Qing, as if she were in the right.

Seeing this, Ye Qing waved his hand, "Alright, alright, let's head back first. After all, Sophia said she was going back because she had things to do, so you all shouldn't guess blindly."

With that said, everyone dropped the subject.

On the city wall, the group of the Guard Army also looked at Ye Qing and the others beside him.

"According to rumors, Lord Ye has many powerful Artifact Spirits, and these girls beside him are them."

At this moment, the guards looked at Zhou Lingxue and the others, already ignoring their appearance and instead regarding them as unparalleled divine weapons.

"Isn't that because of Lord Ye? I heard that these girls were previously Wasted Artifact Spirits, and it was only after they formed a Contract with Lord Ye that they became powerful Artifact Spirits."

"Alright, alright, stop discussing it. Let's just do our duty well. Lord Ye's affairs are not something we can discuss. Be careful, or if the captain hears you later, you'll be punished."

Mentioning the captain, they shut their mouths.

Ye Qing had one foot inside the Barrier gate when, the next moment, he suddenly froze.

"Something's wrong!"

Subsequently, he stamped his foot, and his God-Level Detection Skill was activated.

Then, Ye Qing looked sharply into the distance.

In an instant, Killing Intent surged within his eyes.

On this side, Zhou Lingxue and the others were originally playing around and joking.

But then, they felt Ye Qing's Aura change!

What a terrifying Aura, what a sharp feeling!

"Husband..."

Zhou Lingxue was about to ask, but before she could finish her sentence, Ye Qing directly pressed his hand onto her collarbone.

The next moment! Clang! A sword hum instantly rang out!

Subsequently, Zhou Lingxue's body began to turn ethereal, and then, a long sword seemed to descend from the nine heavens, falling into Ye Qing's hand.

The moment the long sword was in his hand, the Sword Qi on the blade erupted violently!

Whoosh! This attracted the attention of quite a few people nearby.

They looked toward Ye Qing, and upon seeing the sharp sword in his hand, they were suddenly struck by an illusion.

It was as if this sharp sword shouldn't have appeared here, but rather in the very center of the Heavenly Palace, suppressing everything in the world!

Subsequently, they felt the Sword Qi; that Sword Qi, falling upon them, felt as if it were slicing their flesh and scraping their bones!

It made them all grimace in pain!

This is too terrifying!

However, they knew that Ye Qing was currently restraining the sharpness of this divine sword. If Ye Qing were holding the long sword and facing them right now, they would likely have already been sliced into who knows how many pieces by the Sword Qi.

How could they still be standing here?

On the city wall, those who were originally on duty also saw this situation.

What is going on? Why? They were laughing and joking just a moment ago!

Why is it like this now?