222: Chapter 222 Just you few pieces of trash?

Deputy Commander Lin He heard this and finally turned his head to glance at Commander Su Qin. His gaze was like an iron bar pulled from an ice cellar, carrying a thin layer of coldness.

"Snatching credit?"

He repeated these two words, the curve of his mouth slight, as if he had heard something worth laughing at.

"Commander Su Qin, you tell me, do you deserve to take this credit?"

"I'm snatching credit?"

"Isn't this just because of your own incompetence?"

"Negotiating with the Yao Race? What were you thinking? You, a dignified Yuexuan Guard commander, running off to make a deal with a wild crow—if word gets out, where will the Yuexuan Guard's face be?"

"You don't need to worry about this matter anymore. Step back."

Commander Su Qin stood by the water pool, slightly narrowing his eyes, a cold glint flashing through them.

Deputy Commander Lin He did not look at Commander Su Qin again; his gaze fell back onto Wu Li, and the gazes of the six dark figures behind him pressed over as well, like seven needles pointing at a single point simultaneously.

"Although Commander Su Qin is a bit stupid, I still know his strength."

"That you could defeat him proves you are extraordinary, but no matter how powerful you are, facing our siege, how much chance of winning do you have?"

"I advise you now: tell us what you know, and you can avoid physical suffering. Otherwise..."

Deputy Commander Lin He did not finish his sentence, but the string of bone beads stopped at his fingertips, like a taut string.

The auras of the six figures behind him sank a notch, their pressure forcing down on Wu Li.

Wu Li crouched on the stone at the cave entrance, his blood-red pupils sweeping over the seven figures, then over Commander Su Qin, and finally landing back on Deputy Commander Lin He's face.

The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, as if he were smiling, or perhaps as if he felt something wasn't worth smiling about—the muscles of his mouth simply twitched.

"A siege?"

"Hahaha..."

"Just based on you lot of trash?"

Wu Li's disdainful attitude caused Deputy Commander Lin He's expression to darken. His fingers stopped on the bone beads, not moving to the next one.

The six figures behind him simultaneously took half a step forward, the hilts of their short blades gleaming coldly in the night, as if waiting for a command.

"Refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

"Take him."

Deputy Commander Lin He's voice was not loud, but it was cold.

The six figures moved simultaneously.

Their short blades were unsheathed, spiritual light brightening on the edges. It was fast and uniform, like six silver threads cutting through the night, pouncing on Wu Li from six directions.

Wu Li did not move.

His blood-red pupils crossed over the six figures and landed on Commander Su Qin.

Commander Su Qin stood by the water pool, gripping his sword hilt, his knuckles turning white. The moment his gaze met Wu Li's, it was as if a line that had been stretched for too long snapped in that instant.

In an instant.

Commander Su Qin's eyes turned fierce.

He reached out his left palm, and a silver-white flash of lightning exploded in his palm. This was his trump card, and his speed was extremely fast, even a hair faster than Deputy Commander Lin He's six men.

The lightning condensed in his palm into a fine electric net, silently covering the three nearest figures.

"Profound Thunder Shocking Tremor!"

"Rumble!!"

Three muffled sounds rang out almost simultaneously as the lightning exploded.

The silver-white electric arcs clung to, wrapped around, and tightened on those three, like invisible chains tightening, digging into their protective spiritual light. The arcs spread along their limbs, instantly pinning their movements in mid-air.

The other three reacted faster, dodging to the side to avoid the edge of the lightning. Their blade light turned, slashing toward Commander Su Qin.

But just before their short blades were about to touch Commander Su Qin, a crimson-gold light shot out from Wu Li's claws. The great flame fire halberd left his hand, the flame runes on the halberd body brightening simultaneously. Like a red-hot arrow wrapped in scorching airflow, it shot in from the side, cutting horizontally in front of the three and forcing them back.

Deputy Commander Lin He turned his head sharply, his gaze falling on Commander Su Qin, his fingers gripping the bone beads tightening: "Commander Su Qin!"

Commander Su Qin did not answer, lightning surging in his palm as both sides glared at each other.

Wu Li stood up from the cave entrance, his claws moving, and the great flame fire halberd flew back into his palm. He gripped the halberd shaft, his blood-red pupils crossing over Deputy Commander Lin He and landing on the six figures trapped by the electric net behind him, his voice neither high nor low.

"It seems the six people you brought aren't as useful as you said."

The situation instantly became unfavorable.

But Deputy Commander Lin He did not retreat.

"Enough to deal with you!!!"

"Out!!"

Deputy Commander Lin He's expression darkened. He spread the five fingers of his right hand, and twelve bone beads flew out from his waist simultaneously, hovering in mid-air and spinning rapidly.

A layer of dark red blood light brightened in the center of the beads, as if something was surging inside them.

He pushed his palm forward, and the twelve bone beads simultaneously shot out twelve blood threads as thin as hair. They crisscrossed along the ground like a closing spider web, converging simultaneously on three places: Wu Li's ankles, the back of his neck, and under his ribs.

Wherever the blood threads passed, gravel was silently sliced open, the cross-sections smooth as mirrors.

Commander Su Qin saw this and immediately warned.

"Be careful, these bone beads are Deputy Commander Lin He's natal Magical Artifact, the 'Blood Evil Bead'. They specifically devour spiritual power and Qi and blood. If you get entangled, they will attach to your Meridians like leeches; the more you struggle, the harder they suck."

Commander Su Qin's voice was urgent and clear, his sword tip already pointing at three of the bone beads.

"When breaking them, you cannot hit them head-on. You must use spiritual power to shake them away, otherwise, after they break, they will explode into shattered blood beads, which are even harder to deal with!"

Just as he finished speaking, the twelve blood threads had already flown over.

Commander Su Qin pinched a spell with his left hand, and the lightning on his sword blade surged. A silver-white arc of sword light slashed out from the blade, wrapped in fine electric arcs, and struck toward the three bone beads on Deputy Commander Lin He's left.

"Profound Thunder: Severing Flow!"

"Rumble~"

The lightning exploded, and the three bone beads were shaken back several feet, the blood light on their surfaces dimming for an instant.

But the other nine bone beads were not affected. The blood threads bypassed the coverage of the sword light and continued to close in on Wu Li from the side, each blood thread flickering in the night, as if guided by an invisible hand to change direction.

Wu Li sneered at this.

"Hum~"

The great flame fire halberd was held horizontally in front of him, the flame runes on the halberd body brightening simultaneously. Crimson-gold firelight and Colorless Profound Light surged from his palms simultaneously, intertwining on the halberd blade into an arc of dark red and pitch black. He gripped the halberd with both hands, swept the blade horizontally forward, and let out a low shout.

"Break!"

"Boom!!!"

The flame arc cut through the nine incoming blood threads. Wherever it passed, the blood threads snapped, and blood light exploded at the broken ends, like severed blood vessels spraying out a thin layer of blood mist.

But six blood threads were still not completely severed. They bent in the air, as if they had grown eyes, and wrapped around his lower back from the side.

Wu Li took two steps in quick succession, the fire halberd turning back. The flames on the halberd tip condensed into a crimson-gold fire cone, stabbing head-on toward those two blood threads: "Fire Cone Piercing Heart!"

The fire cone collided with the blood threads, both exploding simultaneously. The firelight and blood light intertwined into a mass of dark red halo, blasting a shallow pit into the ground.

"Charge!!!"

At this moment.

The six Xuan Kun Guards had already pressed forward. The burly one leading them had a layer of cyan-gray spiritual light brightening on his short blade. He pinched a sword spell, and the short blade slashed out fiercely. A cyan-gray blade aura a zhang long surged from the blade surface, wrapping in a sharp sound of breaking air as it slashed diagonally toward Commander Su Qin's left side.