182: Both in coma

Kong Qingshu’s defensive circle, formed by her long whip, was continuously shrinking.

A bat broke through the layers of whip shadows and instantly pounced onto her back.

Suddenly, a shield appeared next to Kong Qingshu, knocking the bat away.

Wind Sweeps Fallen Leaves!

A hurricane, following the movements of her long whip, rapidly swept towards the surrounding bats.

The surrounding bats were all swept into the hurricane, where they were shredded into pieces by the tiny wind blades inside.

“Roar!”

The Bat King’s roar sounded again, and the rest of the bats simultaneously opened their mouths, preparing to unleash another ultrasonic attack.

“What are you yelling about? Go to hell!”

An Qian shouted, gathering her remaining strength to stand up and charge out again.

Floating Light Shadow! Phoenix Wings!

An Qian activated her battle technique in the direction of the sound, instantly closing in on the Bat King.

While still in mid-air, she once again unleashed the ultimate skill of Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix on the Bat King.

In its terror, the Bat King frantically turned, attempting to flee into the distance.

However, before it could even escape three meters, it was instantly engulfed by the ultimate skill.

The Bat King only managed to let out a mournful shriek before falling to the ground, completely engulfed in flames.

After killing the Bat King with one move, An Qian immediately fainted, plummeting straight to the ground.

At this moment, she was a full eighty to ninety meters above the ground.

If she were to truly fall from that height, she would likely be instantly smashed into a pulp.

Originally, she dared to use a battle technique to reach mid-air only because she believed she could use a battle technique to safely return to the ground again, or use the hovering enchantment on her shoes to safely land.

Alternatively, summoning the already half-grown Xiaoqing would also allow her to land safely.

However, her current strength was simply insufficient to allow her to continuously use the Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix ultimate skill twice.

Even though she had absorbed two third-order crystals in between, it still caused her entire body’s energy to be excessively drained by the ultimate skill, leading her to fall into a coma.

Watching An Qian fall straight down, Kong Qingshu rushed beneath her and once again unleashed her battle technique, Wind Sweeps Fallen Leaves, supporting her as she slowly descended to her side.

After An Qian’s two ultimate skills, less than a tenth of this bat group remained, which was only around three to four thousand.

After the Bat King died, some more fled into the distance.

The remaining ones furiously attacked An Qian, who had killed their king.

Kong Qingshu embraced An Qian and retreated while fighting, quickly falling back to the side of a building wall.

With her back against the wall, she finally found a moment to pull out two scrolls and apply two shields to both of them.

Individual bats were not very strong, probably only Black Iron Six to Nine Stars, with a small number of Bronze One Stars.

However, their numbers were simply too great, and their speed was incredibly fast.

In less than five minutes, Kong Qingshu found herself in precarious situations.

With a pained expression, she once again tore open a red-grade summoning scroll, calling forth a water elemental over three meters tall to help with defense.

To make matters worse, a bat leader at this moment led the remaining thousand-plus bats to once again open their mouths and emit ultrasonic attacks.

“Ah!”

Kong Qingshu’s vision went black, and she spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, then stiffly collapsed onto An Qian on the ground.

Fortunately, the ultrasonic attack caused minimal damage to the water elemental, so it dutifully continued to guard the two women.

Occasionally, bats would break through the water elemental’s defense, but they would be blocked by the shields on the two women.

Five seconds later, Kong Qingshu regained consciousness, spitting out another mouthful of fresh blood.

“An Qian, if you don’t wake up soon, I won’t be able to hold on much longer.”

Kong Qingshu endured the waves of severe pain in her mind, struggled to stand up again, and brandished her long whip, sweeping it towards the surrounding bats.

Various types of scrolls from her spatial ring were continuously taken out, torn open, and thrown forward.

Bats were killed one by one, falling to the ground.

However, Kong Qingshu’s face grew increasingly grim.

This was due to both the lingering effects of fighting while severely injured and the despair that arose from facing the bat swarm.

“An Qian, I was the one who called you here. Before I die, I will not let a single bat harm you.”

Kong Qingshu’s disposable scrolls in her ring were all used up, and her elemental energy was about to be depleted, yet there were still hundreds of bats.

She was at the end of her rope; it was likely that just a few more charges from the bats would lead to her death on the spot.

“Again?”

In Kong Qingshu’s terrified eyes, the remaining bats once again simultaneously opened their mouths and unleashed ultrasonic attacks.

Like a heavy hammer striking her head, Kong Qingshu instantly fell into an endless coma.

The bats shrieked and swooped down, as if they were about to bite the two women to death in the next moment.

“Whoosh!”

Just then, a volley of sharp arrows shot over rapidly.

Following closely, a tower-like figure sprinted from the street, arriving beside An Qian and her just as their shields disappeared.

Under the full attack of Zhang Qiang, Xie Haimei, and more than ten subordinates, the remaining bats were quickly cut down.

However, the two women remained unconscious, and Kong Qingshu’s breath was as faint as a gossamer thread, as if she could stop breathing at any moment.

This scared Zhang Qiang and the others into rushing back to Hope City to find a doctor for treatment.

..........

Qin Shilei lifted a corner of the curtain and found that the group of long-beaked birds had left.

He turned to Zhang Xiaoli and said, “Let’s head back. I have a bad feeling that something unpleasant is about to happen.”

Zhang Xiaoli nodded in response, “Okay.”

From the addresses on the town’s signs, the two learned that they were currently in Pingxiang Town, over three hundred kilometers from Hope City.

“Qin Ge, the insects on this road are too dense. How about we take a detour?”

Zhang Xiaoli looked at the map, pointing to another road as she suggested.

“To save time, let’s stick to the direct route. With the Ghost Chariot, there shouldn’t be much of a problem.”

The unease in Qin Shilei’s heart made him want to return to Hope City as soon as possible.

Zhang Xiaoli also sensed Qin Shilei’s urgency and nodded, saying, “Okay, I’ll follow your lead.”

After tying the bucket filled with cornstalks to the back of the chariot, the two rode the Ghost Chariot towards Hope City, facing the setting sun.

When passing through areas with dense insects, they startled them several times, attracting their encirclement.

Qin Shilei and his group either quickly killed the opponents or used teleportation to escape the encirclement, then rode the chariot to continue their journey back.

When darkness fully fell, Qin Shilei and his group finally passed through the insect-infested area, now less than two hundred kilometers from Hope City.

At this time, the Huanglong Sect members also arrived at the walls of Jingcui Garden again.

“Sect Master, our people haven’t found Qin Shilei returning. He’s very likely trapped by insects,” Liu Ying speculated.

From Hope City to that cornfield was only a mere two hundred-plus kilometers; if all went smoothly, a round trip would only take four or five hours.

Now, nearly ten hours had passed, but the other party had not returned, indicating that an accident must have occurred.

Furthermore, it was already night, and most people would not choose to travel at night, so they guessed that Qin Shilei would not return at least tonight.

“Good, we must obtain the item that generates the city wall tonight.” As more and more information was gathered, Hou Chengzhu’s desire to leave Hope City grew stronger.

He had never been one to be subservient to others.

The top three on the leaderboard were all in Hope City.

What could he achieve if he continued to stay in Hope City?

Only by moving away from Hope City could he develop better and become a true overlord.

But before leaving, he had to steal the most valuable city wall of Hope City.

Not long ago, he once again captured a squad leader from the Panshi Battle Group, learning from him that An Qian, the top expert left in the city by the Panshi Battle Group, was severely injured and was currently searching the entire city for a divine doctor to treat her.

This was truly a heaven-sent opportunity.

Hou Chengzhu decided that if he couldn't steal it, he would forcefully seize it.