219: Chapter 219 Counterattack

"You win," Wei Chengyue said with a miserable smile, wiping the black blood from the corner of his mouth.

Given the current state of Wei Chengyue and Wei Chengxing—one dying, one severely injured—they were likely going to meet their end here today.

"Elder Wei, are there not enough Yao Beasts in Cangjiang Prefecture that you've come all the way to Nanya Commandery to hunt them?" Ye Yisong asked, feigning surprise as if he were just passing by.

"Ye Yisong, stop pretending. Although I don't know how you controlled this Fourth Rank High Grade Blood Fiend Spider, its enraged state must have something to do with you," Wei Chengyue said, stalling for time. He knew he wouldn't survive, but Wei Chengxing still had a chance if he could just stall until Wei Chenghe and the others arrived.

"Boss Ye, do it. Someone's coming," Ye Yisong said. He had wanted to tease them a bit more, but on the 798 Navigation System, three light dots were rapidly approaching.

"Buddhas Fury Fire Lotus!"

Ye Yisong hurled the red lotus, which had long since fused with three green lotuses, toward them. Boss Ye didn't just stand by; he used three Hundred Sword Talismans to seal off all their escape routes while simultaneously following up with a strike of the Green Lotus Sword Arts, aimed straight at Wei Chengxing's forehead.

"Explode!"

With a massive explosion, Wei Chengyue was blown into three pieces, dead beyond any doubt. Wei Chengxing's vitality was tenacious; even poisoned, he put up a desperate fight and struggled to flee northward, hoping to rendezvous with Wei Chenghe and the others.

"Clang!"

Wei Chengxing looked at the longsword piercing his chest in disbelief, stuttering, "How... is it possible? You... Seven-Star Martial Sect..."

"Didn't you have a good time fighting last time?"

Ye Yisong twisted the longsword, cutting off Wei Chengxing's last breath. After looting all his Storage Pouchs, he withdrew the sword and kicked Wei Chengxing down.

"Let's go!"

After dealing with Wei Chengxing, Ye Yisong intentionally added some signs of battle to muddy the waters and interfere with any subsequent pursuers.

With that settled, Boss Ye had finished looting as well. He even had an unexpected harvest: he dug out a Yao Beast core from the forehead of the Blood Fiend Spider.

Boss Ye only cut off the most valuable parts of the Blood Fiend Spider—the poison sac and the seven spider legs—and packed them away. The rest of the body was too severely damaged and highly poisonous to be consumed, so he had to reluctantly discard it.

To be honest, Boss Ye was still in disbelief.

From encountering Wei Chengyue and Wei Chengxing to fleeing and diving into the poison mist, it had only been an hour or two.

How had two Late Stage Martial Ancestor powerhouses suddenly died in the poison mist forest like this!

How did Ye Yisong know there was a Late Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider in the poison mist forest? How did he lead them to avoid the spider, and how did he guide the spider to pinpoint Wei Chengyue and Wei Chengxing in the forest? The control over every detail was just too coincidental; it was terrifying to think about.

"Boss Ye, fly south. Let's find a cave to hide in first," Ye Yisong said, leading the way and perfectly avoiding Wei Chenghe and the others who were rushing to provide support.

"This place will do."

Ye Yisong moved the large rock covering the cave entrance and lit a campfire in the middle. The two sat around the fire, roasting fresh Yao Beast meat and replenishing their consumed Spiritual Qi.

This was the same cave they had stayed in a few days ago. After killing the Third Rank pangolin that had claimed the mountain as its king, they had occupied it as a temporary resting spot and spent the night there.

"Thirteenth Young Master, how did you know there was a Late Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider inside the poison mist forest?" Boss Ye couldn't help but ask the question on his mind.

"Given the size of that poison mist forest, there's no way an Early Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider could hold it. There must have been a higher-rank Yao Beast hidden that we hadn't discovered," Ye Yisong explained far-fetchedly.

"I originally thought it was a Middle Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider and wanted it to entangle Wei Chengyue and Wei Chengxing to buy us time to escape. I didn't expect it to actually be a Late Stage Fourth Rank Yao Beast."

"That actually did us a huge favor. Wei Chengyue and the other delivered themselves to its doorstep, and the Yao Beast probably thought they were the ones who killed its offspring."

"Facing an enraged Blood Fiend Spider, it was just their bad luck."

Ye Yisong's seemingly reasonable explanation was full of holes, but Boss Ye didn't want to get to the bottom of it. Being able to kill two Late Stage Martial Ancestor cultivators from the Wei Family made Boss Ye feel like he was increasingly unable to understand his own nephew.

In reality, all of this was thanks to the 798 Navigation System. Along the way, Ye Yisong had killed no less than a hundred Yao Beasts, ranging from the first to the fourth rank, lighting up a large portion of the map of Linhai Prefecture and Nanya Commandery in his mind.

After killing the Early Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider in the poison mist forest, the map of the poison mist forest in his mind lit up. Through the map, Ye Yisong immediately saw the Late Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider hidden in the shadows. He didn't even have time to collect the loot before dragging Boss Ye away from that area.

Otherwise, their fate wouldn't have been any better than that of the two from the Wei Family.

Wei Chengyue and Wei Chengxing were quite unlucky. If they had encountered Ye Yisong and the other a day earlier, Ye Yisong wouldn't have discovered this perfect place for a counter-kill.

The moment Wei Chengyue and the other appeared at the spot where the Early Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider had fallen, their fate was sealed.

Even sensing the arrival of Wei Chenghe and the others was thanks to the 798 Navigation System.

It seemed that developing the map in his mind needed to be put on the agenda.

This escape gave Ye Yisong a different perspective.

One didn't necessarily have to target the gathering places of human Martial Artists to light up the map; one would inevitably encounter strong enemies.

Yao Beasts that claimed mountains or bodies of water as their own in the wild were also a good choice, and killing them was much simpler than wiping out human strongholds.

Furthermore, it didn't have to be the leader of the Yao Beasts; as long as he killed a Yao Beast that had management or inheritance rights over the territory, it might also light up the map.

This would depend on future attempts. In any case, there were still thousands of miles to go before reaching Luomu Mountain, and there was no fear of running out of Yao Beasts on the way.

...

"Who did this? Uncle Xing, Uncle Yue!" Wei Shulun roared as he looked at the two broken corpses on the ground.

Wei Chengxing could still be identified, but Wei Chengyue had been blown beyond recognition, his body not even intact.

"A Late Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider," Wei Shuting reported after searching the surroundings. "Uncle He, less than five hundred meters to the west, there is also the corpse of an Early Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider."

"Collect the corpses of Uncle Xing and Uncle Yue. Once we slaughter that brat Ye Yisong, we will take them back to the Family together," Wei Chenghe said with a cold expression, gritting his teeth.

Wei Chengxing was less than two hundred years old and had already broken through to the Seven-Star Martial Sect; there was a glimmer of hope for him to break through to the Martial King realm in the future.

Today, he had actually died here during an ordinary ambush mission. How could Wei Chenghe accept this? How could the Wei Family accept this?

One didn't need to look to know that Wei Chengxing and Wei Chengyue must have encountered this Late Stage Fourth Rank Blood Fiend Spider while pursuing Ye Yisong and the other, leading to an accident.

Judging by the scene here, the two from the Ye Family were likely not lightly injured either.

"They are to the south. Pursue!" Wei Chenghe picked up a blood-stained piece of cloth from the ground, ignited a Tracking Talisman in his hand, and led the other two, flying rapidly toward the south.