Chapter 442: Best Efforts
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
The Stellar Mountain was quite spacious and steep. There were 12 other mountains surrounding it nearby, as if they were 12 generals protecting their supreme lord.
Almost all of the Stellar Race lived on the Stellar Mountain and the 12 mountains surrounding it. There was a large city built on the peak of the stellar mountain. The other 12 mountains each had a city of its own as well.
Stellar Race, the uncrowned king of the Deserted World, could reproduce quickly. Currently, their population in the 13 cities reached at least hundreds of thousands. The number of those that could teleport was at least 1000. If it were not for the fact that they only had one Human Sovereign Realm warrior and that God of Meng could exert certain deterrent force on the Stellar Race, the Race would have unified the Deserted World long ago.
Two days later at night, Lu Li and Ye Cha finally set foot on the territory of the Stellar Race. Lu Li took out a map to figure out the directions and then started to wander around in detours.
They were not invited guests of the Stellar Race. There must be many scouts of the Stellar Race wandering around right now. If Lu Li and Ye Cha went in rashly, the Clan Leader might tear them apart immediately.
They flew towards the left and found a mountain to hide in a cave and wait quietly.
They had done all they should and made due arrangements. What was going to happen next would be up to luck. If Song Qi didn’t come to the Stellar Race or figured out their plan, the only ending for Lu Li would be death.
Time moved on. Lu Li and Ye Cha were becoming more nervous. Song Qi’s speed was faster than Ye Cha’s. He should have caught up with them now. But it had been two hours and Song Qi was nowhere to be seen.
Lu Li and Ye Cha were worried that their arrangements would be in vain if Song Qi wouldn’t come.
Another two hours passed by and they could hardly sit still. Ye Cha thought about it and said, “Young Master, let me go and have a look.”
Lu Li replied with a nod, “Be careful.”
Ye Cha moved. Lu Li hid in the cave by himself. He didn’t have psychic power yet so he could only close his eyes to try to sense the fluctuation in the air.
“Squeak, squeak~”
An hour later, a noise came from inside his sleeve. He opened his eyes at once and looked into his sleeve in happy surprise. A small head sneaked out and then it jumped onto Lu Li’s shoulder, licking his face passionately.
“Ha, ha, Little White, you woke up!’
Lu Li was overjoyed. Little White had been sleeping for such a long time that he missed it very much. Little White was happy to see Lu Li as well. It jumped around on Lu Li and scratched him with its little paws fondly.
“Whoosh~”
Not long afterwards, there came a piercing noise. Lu Li asked Little White to go back to his sleeve promptly and threw it several Soul Crystals for it to eat.
A black shadow emerged in front of Lu Li. It was Ye Cha. With a happy expression, he said, “They are fighting now. Song Qi is fighting against the Stellar Race. I saw several bodies. Song Qi and some powerful ones from the Stellar Race were engaged in battle so I didn’t go near them.”
“Good!”
Lu Li felt uplifted. This fight was critical to his own life and to the lives of Ye Cha, Bai Qiuxue, Ming Yu and, the others. One wrong move could send everyone into eternal doom.
“Song Qi is really good!”
Ye Cha continued with a frown, “He is at the initial stage of the Human Sovereign Realm. Even though the Clan Leader of the Stellar Race is also at the same realm, I don’t think he can beat Song Qi.”
“How come?”
Lu Li didn’t understand. They were both at the initial stage of the Human Sovereign Realm and Stellar Race knew how to teleport. How come the Clan Leader couldn’t be a match for Song Qi?
“Can it be—”
Lu Li remembered something and said, “Can it be the Wood Origin Bloodline? I once fought against the Song Family. They have this Wood Origin Bloodline that enables them to release purple vines to trap their enemies.”
“That is right!”
Ye Cha nodded and said, “I observed from the distance and I saw so many purple vines. Many Stellar Race people are trapped and they can no longer teleport. I think the vines can contain space or have some effects on Xuan Energy. Otherwise, the Stellar Race would be able to teleport. I examined dozens of bodies of the Stellar Race. They are all dried up, like their lives were drained…”
“Yes!”
Lu Li thought about it and said, “Song Family’s Bloodline Skill can sap the energy of life from a warrior. Yu Huashen was almost turned into a jerky.”
Stellar Race’s teleportation was impressive, which made Lu Li think that the Clan Leader of Stellar Race could kill Song Qi easily or at least both of them would suffer. But things were happening towards a direction unexpected by Lu Li and Ye Cha. Wood Origin Bloodline could stop teleportation?
If the Clan Leader of the Stellar Race was killed by Song Qi, then this plan was meaningless. Lu Li thought for the time for half an incense stick to burn before he said, “Clan Leader Ye, go back to the Hag Race and take Bai Qiuxue with you and leave. If… my jade talisman of life is broken, destroy the tunnel immediately!”
“Eh?”
Ye Cha paused for a moment. Then he said at once, “Saint Lord, we must go together. Let us destroy the tunnel and no matter who wins, we will be safe.”
“No!”
Lu Li shook his head and said, “There must be other tunnels connecting the Deserted World with the outside. How can there only be one tunnel for such a large world. If we only destroy the one we know and Song Qi survived, he will find his way back to the Northern Deserted sooner or later.”
Actually, Lu Li had thought about destroying the tunnel and Madam Yan proposed it as well. But Lu Li gave it up. Clearly, it was his life that Song Qi wanted. If Song Qi survived this time, then nobody at the Deserted World would be able to stop him. One of the days after, he was going to find a way out to the Northern Deserted and would a killing spree. Next time around, Lu Li might not be so lucky.
On the other hand, if he was killed by Song Qi and the tunnel was destroyed, Song Qi would not go back to the Northern Desert. After all, he had gotten his revenge and the long trip to the Northern Desert would cost his own life. Furthermore, he might be killed by powerful warriors of Pavilion of Delicacy that he thought was coming.
Lu Li wanted the Clan Leader of Stellar Race and Song Qi dead. Lu Li was trying to leverage the strength of the Clan Leader of Stellar Race as well as Song Qi.
Therefore, Lu Li wanted to find a chance. When the two sides have worn each other out, Lu Li could try to kill them both at the right time.
If so, not only would Lu Li survive this crisis, the Deserted World would also be at his fingertips!
Of course, the returns were enticing, which meant the risk was grave. One wrong move would seal the end of his life.
“No!”
Ye Cha shook his head determinedly and said, “We must be together. Saint Lord, you have no psychic power. Song Qi will find you before you get to him. You cannot make it alone.”
Lu Li was convinced, but he still wanted to do this. He shook his head and said, “Then what about Bai Qiuxue? What if we lose? If Song Qi goes back to the Northern Desert from the tunnel, the Northern Desert would be drenched in a rain of blood.”
“No~”
Ye Cha shook his head and said, “Song Qi has stepped into our trap. He is afraid of potential Human Sovereign Realm warriors from the Pavilion of Delicacy. If we died, he would leave right away and run back to the Central Plains. You are his target. He will not waste time to kill others. Let’s take the risk, Saint Lord. Maybe we can win.”
“Okay!”
A glint of coldness rose in Lu Li’s eyes. He had made up his mind.
“Let’s go~”
Carrying Lu Li with one hand, Ye Cha flew out and they sneaked to the Stellar Mountain as fast as they could.
