Chapter 1063 - 148: Just You Few? (5 Updates)

Chapter 1063: Chapter 148: Just You Few? (5 Updates)

"Who are these people?" Li Chao stood up in the carriage, his expression ugly as he looked at the assassins chasing after them.

These people were all dressed in Night Clothes, and with the sky already dark, it was even harder to see what their origins were. One could only sense that each of them was brimming with killing intent, their faces twisted with viciousness.

"Are they targeting us? Or did they get the wrong people!" Yao Xinghai also stood up, looking at the assassins pursuing from behind.

The Long-bearded Beast was so terrified it was running for its life, the carriage strapped to its back constantly shaking. But precisely because it was frightened, it unleashed unprecedented potential; for a time, it actually left those people far behind, so they couldn’t catch up for the moment. Only then did Mu Qingge and the others have time to discuss inside the carriage.

"Could it be that these people really made a mistake?" Yao Xinghai spoke again.

After all, they hadn’t even clearly seen who was on their side; how could they just charge out to kill?

And the first one to discover the ambush had actually been the Long-bearded Beast!

"Could it be that the people this Long-bearded Beast carried before just happened to be their enemies? And the Long-bearded Beast has seen them and is familiar with their aura, so the moment it sensed them it immediately bolted?" Qian Shui analyzed.

"If that’s really the case, then we’re truly suffering a calamity for no reason." Zhuang Shan said.

"If they’ve mistaken us for someone else, we can just go out and explain." Xuan Qiang, having regained her composure, also spoke. However, as she spoke, her gaze intentionally or unintentionally swept over Mu Qingge.

Yet Mu Qingge, who was currently pondering the origin of these assassins, did not notice at all.

Even if she had noticed, she wouldn’t have thought much of it.

’Did they really get the wrong people?’ Mu Qingge asked herself in her heart.

Just then, that voice which had spoken those vicious words earlier sounded again: "Mu Qingge, you still want to run? Today I’m settling our old scores with you!"

Mu Qingge’s brows lifted slightly.

The others’ expressions also shifted, and the atmosphere in the carriage instantly grew tense.

They had just been wondering if the other side had mistaken their target. But now, with her name already called out, there was no chance of a mistaken identity.

The more fiercely the people behind shouted, the more the timid Long-bearded Beast ran for its life.

Its mind was still unopened; it acted purely on instinct and had no idea who Mu Qingge was. It only knew there were people behind chasing it, filled with killing intent. It didn’t want to die, so it could only flee desperately.

At once, a faint yellow halo burst around its body, and its speed increased again by a few degrees.

The people in the carriage were once more shaken around by it, but not as miserably as before. With the Long-bearded Beast’s renewed burst of power, the distance between them and the assassins widened again.

After sweeping a glance at the assassins tailing behind, Li Chao looked at Mu Qingge, whose brows were slightly furrowed, and asked, "Who would want to kill you? By rights, you’ve already shifted that thing onto the Purple Light God Emperor, and those people from the West Divine Land have already turned their attention away. Unless..." Suddenly, Li Chao’s eyes lit up. "Could it be that people from the Mu Clan have chased you from the West Divine Land to the East Divine Land?"

People from the Mu Clan?

’Impossible.’ Mu Qingge denied inwardly. The show had gone on long enough; pushing it further would be overdoing it. Xu Xiu wouldn’t be that foolish as to keep sending people to the East Divine Land to kill her.

She slowly shook her head and said to Li Chao and the others, "It can’t be people from the Mu Clan. They’re already in dire straits in the West Divine Land; how could they be one step ahead of us and lay an ambush in the East Divine Land?"

"If it’s not the Mu Clan, then who is it?" Zhuang Shan asked in surprise.

Mu Qingge’s eyes narrowed slightly, then her lips suddenly curled into a cold smile. Her gaze swept over Li Chao, Zhuang Shan, and Xuan Qiang’s faces as she asked, "Have you forgotten who else I offended in the East Divine Land?"

The three of them froze, each thinking over the question Mu Qingge had raised.

Who else had she offended in the East Divine Land?

Suddenly—!

Their eyes all shrank slightly, and Zhuang Shan exclaimed, "It’s the Zhuoyu Domain!"

Back on the East Divine Land’s Four Divine Domains’ debate, Mu Qingge had killed the Hall Master of the Zhuoyu Domain.

Li Chao’s expression turned somewhat unpleasant. What worried him was not the people behind, but the Zhuoyu Domain itself. He looked at Mu Qingge and said, "Although at the time, for some reason, the elders of the Zhuoyu Domain didn’t pursue the matter deeply, when we returned to the Huan Yue Domain, I once heard the Divine Emperor’s conversation in the Divine Emperor Palace. It sounded like the Zhuoyu Divine Emperor blew up in a rage and demanded the Divine Emperor hand over Qingge. The Divine Emperor simply ignored him."

Mu Qingge did not speak.

The Zhuoyu Domain would not easily erase that matter; she had long since prepared herself for that. It was just that the Huan Yue God Emperor’s protection of her was a bit beyond her expectations.

The Long-bearded Beast was running harder and harder, but it was an endurance-type mount, not a speed-type. This sudden burst of speed was already rare.

Now, after running at high speed for a long time, its stamina was starting to falter. At the edges of its somewhat ferocious-looking large mouth, white foam had begun to appear.

Its panting was loud enough for everyone in the carriage to hear.

The Long-bearded Beast was gradually reaching its limit, while those people behind who were suspected to be from the Zhuoyu Domain were still doggedly in pursuit.

Zhuang Shan had been watching the movements of the pursuers all along. He turned his head to Mu Qingge and said, "This isn’t going to work."

Qian Shui nodded and added, "I’m afraid if this Long-bearded Beast runs another hundred li, it’ll die from exhaustion."

Mu Qingge listened to the two of them and slowly lifted her gaze.

At this moment in the carriage, Li Chao’s brows were tightly knitted, as if he were deep in thought. Xuan Qiang’s features were as frosty as ice, without any expression. Yin Chen naturally awaited orders. Yao Xinghai and Xi Qianxue, being the weakest of the group, looked slightly nervous.

After sweeping her gaze around, Mu Qingge’s lips lifted faintly as she slowly spoke: "Since we can’t avoid them, then let’s fight."

Since we can’t avoid them, then let’s fight?

Those few words were spoken so casually and freely, forming a stark contrast with the Long-bearded Beast’s desperate, wretched flight for its life.

Hearing her words, the others couldn’t help feeling their shoulders jolt. Even Yao Xinghai and Xi Qianxue felt all their earlier worry vanish completely.

Mu Qingge then looked at Li Chao and said to him, "Have the Long-bearded Beast stop."

Li Chao nodded and issued a landing order to the Long-bearded Beast. At first, the Long-bearded Beast was unwilling to stop, but when it heard Li Chao state that those people weren’t after it, it immediately dove toward the ground. In its long cry, there was a sense of grievance, as if complaining that they had dragged it into this, almost getting it killed.

The Long-bearded Beast finally landed steadily on the ground. This was a stretch of wasteland, with sparse grasses scattered about, like a mangy scalp, not beautiful at all.

However, this was no time to admire the scenery, so no one paid it any mind.

As soon as it set them down, the Long-bearded Beast used the last of its strength to scamper away. No sooner had it left than the assassins chasing them descended one after another in front of Mu Qingge and the others.

"Hmph, why aren’t you running anymore?" the leader sneered mockingly.

Mu Qingge’s smile turned playful. "With just you few, you think we need to run?"