Chapter 495: Crisis
Translator: Panda_Penn Editor: Chrissy
“What is it, Lu Li?”
Jiang Qiling was startled. She saw how awful Lu Li was and asked him about the situation.
Without any hesitation, Lu Li dragged her out while shouting, “Gather up, enemies coming!”
Lu Li’s loud shout alarmed everyone in the camp area. Warriors rushed out from their tents, looking at Lu Li in confusion.
Samsara Palace and the Pavilion of Blossoms had been arranging warriors to patrol on the outside. How come those warriors didn’t find anything? Also, why was Lu Li being so nervous about some incoming enemies? They could easily defeat a few hundreds of alien races.
Lu Li was stressed out. Ye Luo had come to give him a warning all of a sudden and Jiang Hu broke the jade talisman. It indicated that something big was going to happen. Lu Li almost wanted to run away with Jiang Qiling alone.
Ji Mengtian and Die Feiyu walked out from their tents. Their clothes were untidy as they were napping.
Die Feiyu looked at Lu Li in a daze and asked, “Young Master Lu, you sensed there were enemies coming? How many are there? Which race?”
Ji Mengtian tidied up her clothes quietly before she said casually, “Young Master Lu, don’t be alarmed. We can deal with a few hundred alien races easily.”
Being stared at by so many warriors, Lu Li didn’t know how to respond. After all, he hadn’t seen enemies by himself. He thought about it and asked, “Young Ladies, if you don’t think it matters that much, how about I go with Lady Qi to have a look?”
Lu Li’s reply was quite impolite. He was stating openly that he wanted to part ways and flee. Jiang Qiling was a bit embarrassed. But given that she had always been trusting Lu Li, she didn’t say anything otherwise.
Ji Mengtian smiled gently. She answered after a short pause, “Young Master Lu, since you are worried, it’s better you go and have a look.”
“Move!”
Lu Li waved his hand, bringing warriors of the Pavilion of Delicacy and rushed to Jiang Hu’s location. Warriors of the Samsara Palace and the Pavilion of Blossoms stayed put.
When Lu Li disappeared into the distance, Ji Mengtian’s smile faded. She murmured, “He is so vigilant. Never mind, I’ll leave the rest up to fate. Feiyu, let’s go. Ji Yuan, build the Teleportation Formation!”
“Ha, ha!” Die Feiyu smiled as a reply.
At Ji Mengtian’s order, Ji Yuan and others sprang to work. They took out many stones and materials from their Interspatial Rings to build the formation.
The Teleportation Formation they were constructing was simple and the work was completed fast. In the time for only two incense sticks to burn, it was finished.
Ji Mengtian gazed into the direction where Lu Li and others vanished into and mumbled with a grin, “Young Master Lu, Young Lady Jiang, good luck!”
“Buzzing~”
The dozens warriors went into the Teleportation Formation. After a ray of light, they vanished. In a few moments, the Teleportation Formation suddenly exploded and crumbled.
“Eh?”
Lu Li and others were only 30 miles away from the camp area when he detected some shockwaves in space. He stared at the ray of light for a bit. Suddenly, he understood.
While flying with Jiiang Qiling, he asked, “Is it possible to build a temporary short-distance Teleportation Formation? Disposable ones?”
“Yes!”
Jiang Qiling also saw the ray of light. After some thoughts, she continued, “But materials used for this kind of Teleportation Formation are expensive. They can cost tens of billions of Xuan Crystals and you can only use it once. Ji Mengtian…is generous.”
“Whoosh~”
From ahead of them came a sound of a man rushing over. It was Jiang Hu.
He yelled from the distance, “Lady Qi, Young Master Lu, run. There are many alien races coming. Feather Race, Asmodians and Barbarian Race all there. There are nearly 1000 of them!”
Jiang Qiling was stressed out. How could they defeat nearly 1000 of the Feather Race, Asmodians and Barbarian Race? Lu Li calmed down at this moment, though. He waved his hand and said, “Let’s go back to the camp area!”
They all hurried back. By the time they arrived at the former camp area, all they saw was the crumbled Teleportation Formation. Ji Mengtian, Die Feiyu and others were nowhere to be seen.
Everyone could tell that something was off. Even the other three young ladies on the team tasted conspiracy.
Lu Li’s facial expression became cold. If he could not figure out what this was about, he would be a fool.
He couldn’t understand why Ji Mengtian wanted to join his team and now he could.
Ji Mengtian’s goal was not to seek his cooperation, or to charm him to conquer him, but to trap and kill him and Jiang Qiling.
It was evident!
Ji Mengtian and Die Feiyu alone could not have laid down such an elaborate scheme. Lu Suan, Lu Ni and Yang Xuan must be in on it as well.
The motive was simple. Ji Mengtian didn’t want Jiang Qiling to develop or the Jiang Family to have a chosen warrior. Lu Suan…didn’t want Lu Li alive.
It was an overt scheme. Lu Li couldn’t do anything even he saw the truth now. If he could get out of this, there was nothing he could do to Lu Suan and Ji Mengtian.
He had no proof that this was a trap. Lu Suan, Lu Ni and Yang Xuan never came to Lu Li. This time, the third party was the instrument to kill Lu Li. The four alien races were the third party.
If Lu Li and Jiang Qiling hadn’t left the camp area, Ji Mengtian would probably have her people build a Teleportation Formation inside a tent secretly and teleport away.
It was within reason for people to part ways to run for their own lives when faced with crisis.
Ji Mengtian did nothing wrong to run away when alien races were coming. Not even Jiang Tianshun could blame her.
Ji Mengtain brought everyone here and left them to the four alien races while she and her people teleported away. Lu Li and Jiang Qiling would be torn apart by alien races.
This was a clever ruse!
What confused Lu Li was—how could the people behind this scheme mobilize armies from the four alien races? How could they listen to orders from humans when the two sides had blood feud?
The alien races were organized. Otherwise, it was impossible for so many of them to gather together. Lu Li didn’t have to check to know that there would be at least two or three thousand alien races all around them.
Could they fight?
How can their team of a few warriors fight against thousands of alien races?
Lu Li was not so arrogant as to think that he could beat thousands of enemies by himself, not to mention that the four alien races all had different skills. Toxins of the Voodoo race were horrifying. One would die instantly when in contact with such toxins.
Should they run away?
Lu Li and Jiang Qiling might have a slight chance to get out of encirclement but Jiang Hu and others would not make it. Maybe Lu Li and Jiang Qiling would be buried here as well.
Jiang Qiling was in a panic. The others had turned pale. After a while, Jiang Hu made up his mind and said, “Young Master Lu, run with Lady Qi. We will risk our lives to get you out.”
In times of crisis, Lu Li stayed calm. He looked at Jiang Qiling and said, “Qiling, it’s time to use the piece of treasure your father and your grandpa gave to you to save your life.”
“How did you know?”
Jiang Qiling was surprised but not Lu Li. He knew that the Jiang Family would value the future chosen warrior. She must have something to protect her.
“Buzzing!”
She took out a small tower and said bitterly, “This is the Tower of Delicacy given by my grandpa. It is quite strong in defense. But…if there are people attacking it constantly, it will not hold out long. If there are 100 warriors at the peak of the Noble Lord Realm attacking it nonstop, it will break after 10 days.”
“Get inside!”
Lu Li saw a glimpse of hope. Jiang Qiling poured her Xuan Energy in and the small tower enlarged till it was more than 100 feet tall and dozens of feet wide.
“Buzzing!”
The attractive force in the tower sucked them into a hall. It was a simple and crude tower with only one hall and one room, nothing else.
As soon as they were in, Lu Li and Jiang Qiling used their psychic power to monitor the situation outside.
Not long afterwards, there came some noises from the east. Hundreds from the Feather Race were leading the way. Then more sounds came from the north. It was the Feather Race as well. They had surrounded the Tower of Delicacy.
“Bang, bang, bang~”
Muffled sounds rang up. The tower was trembling. Clearly, there were quite a number of barbarians coming. Jiang Hu and others were getting more nervous. They were about to face more than two or three thousand warriors of the alien races…
“Ten days?”
Jiang Qiling was pale. There must be quite a number of powerful warriors among the four alien races. If one of them was at the Human Sovereign Realm, the tower would be breached after half a day…
