BXBX NOVEL Chapter 267: Chapter 362: Difficult Task_1
Coming to their senses, everyone halted their attacks and retreated 100 meters away from Jiang Ling, huddling together, no longer daring to maintain their previous encircling formation.
Seeing this, Jiang Ling didn't continue to strike, nor did she kill the Wang Family Head lying on the ground. After all, there was a monster hidden within Tianjiang that was even stronger than her. She hadn't killed Fang Yuanhao earlier, partly because he was Fang Ren's grandfather by blood, and partly because she feared provoking the thing hidden behind Fang Family's mountain.
However, as far as she could see now, the creature behind the Fang Family's mountain didn't seem to have any intention of coming out. Still, Jiang Ling dared not start a massacre here. Who knew what that creature was thinking? What if she began a slaughter and it, in its anger, disregarded hiding its identity and came out? What then?
Buying time was exactly the result she wanted. The current situation couldn't be better.
Floating at the edge of the black barrier, Jiang Ling pointed her long sword at the people opposite her and said, "Leave this place tonight, and I won't kill a single one of you. Of course, if you want to risk your lives, I won't mind slaughtering a few more."
All the Family Heads and the military forces were both hating and resenting. This madwoman had actually killed Fang Ren right in Tianjiang and tried to pin it on the Tiandao Sword Sect, truly laying an excellent trap to instigate infighting among humans.
Fortunately, they had arrived in time. This madwoman also seemed unable to leave because of something important within the black barrier. If not, everyone would have attributed Fang Ren's death to the work of the Tiandao Sword Sect.
However, regarding Fang Ren's death, the people of the Tiandao Sword Sect would not feel indignant. It was all because of Fang Ren's arrogance that he was caught by the Nightfall Organization who wanted to stir up trouble and was killed as a result.
Nobody was planning to retreat, as everyone could see that Jiang Ling staying here and preventing them from approaching the black barrier was because it contained something critical.
Song Mobei looked at the Wang Family Head on the ground and then at Jiang Ling on the other side, saying, "Criminal of Nightfall, you've twice held back from taking lives. There must be some reason you dare not go all out with us. I suggest you either drop whatever's in the black barrier and leave, or surrender now. Otherwise, when the Central Army arrives later, you'll have no chance to escape."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Ling smiled again. Song Mobei still thought her intimidation was insufficient.
Hum—
In an instant, Jiang Ling swung the Black Blade in her hand, and a dark stream of light charged into the crowd, aiming straight for Song Mobei.
"God's Divine Sword!"
Song Mobei's previously calm expression vanished in an instant. He hastily summoned his Spirit Form, and a hundred-meter-long golden sword materialized in front of him.
Boom—
The dark stream of light collided with the golden giant sword, emitting a continuous buzzing sound. The entire body of the golden giant sword trembled, and Song Mobei, hiding behind it, was shaken to the point of spitting out a mouthful of blood.
But it wasn't over yet. After striking, Jiang Ling immediately swung her sword again, slicing past Song Mobei and splitting open the head of a Tiandao disciple behind him.
In an instant, blood spurted out. Song Mobei was stunned as he watched the disciple by his side being killed, completely dumbfounded.
He had just said that Jiang Ling dared not kill anyone, and now the other side had directly slapped his face with his junior brother's life.
Jiang Ling sheathed her sword, and spoke, "Song boy, you always think too much of yourself, not realizing that in front of someone, you are truly the frog at the bottom of the well. You have the audacity, but you've never used it against those weaker than you.
They call your behavior that of a gentleman, but in truth, you're just a fool who likes to step on those stronger than yourself, greedy as a snake trying to swallow an elephant."
Jiang Ling did have reservations about the monster in the backyard of the Fang Family. At this moment, she dared not kill anyone too important from Tianjiang, but that did not mean she was afraid to kill a disciple.
"Jiang Ling!"
A group of people seeing this only dared to be angry, but didn't dare to act. Everyone knew that once they acted, Jiang Ling might be seriously injured, but she would also take down all of them in the process. The loss outweighed the gain!
As the standoff atmosphere became more rigid, Jiang Ling didn't say much more. She would wait for the generals from the reinforcements of the Central Area to arrive. Although she might suffer serious injuries by that time, she had no doubt she would survive.
Her initial thought was to directly take Fang Ren and Mu Huanqing away, but regrettably, the fetus inside Mu Huanqing was too strange. It kept absorbing the black barrier she released. Whenever she relaxed, it seemed as if the black barrier would develop a hole sucked out by the fetus.
So much so that she was afraid that while she was escaping with Mu Huanqing and Fang Ren, the fetus would erode the barrier. At that point, she might survive, but the fates of Mu Huanqing and Fang Ren would be tragic.
Now she stayed here, just in case a hole appeared in the barrier; she could use the ground to cover it up, making it invisible to everyone.
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At this moment, inside the black barrier, Fang Ren was bathed in sweat from anxiety. Mu Huanqing was still struggling to give birth, but the child's condition was not good—it seemed not to want to come out, preferring to stay in its mother's belly to absorb True Qi!
However, fortunately, in a moment of extreme anxiety, Fang Ren finally managed to make contact with Mu Huanqing's soul.
In a world enveloped in whiteness, Mu Huanqing's soul was like a common pregnant woman in a delivery room, struggling hard. Her soul was also white, and she could not hear Fang Ren's voice, nor see his soul.
This was the first time Fang Ren had encountered such a situation. He could only see his child's legs coming out, a classic sign of a difficult birth. What if the child's hands were stuck inside!
"You little rascal! If you don't come out properly, I'll give you a taste of your favorite— a big smack on the mouth!"
Fang Ren was both angry and anxious. He had no experience and only used his soul force to gently pull the child a bit, afraid to exert too much force lest he should harm both the child and Mu Huanqing.
But to his surprise, when his soul force made contact with the child for an instant, he was shocked to find that the little rascal could even absorb his soul force! As a result, his not-so-strong soul force started to waver as he pulled the child along.
After a long time, Fang Ren's soul force was completely absorbed by the little fellow, and he returned from the white expanse back to reality, only to find the child's upper body had already come out.
But the child's hands were indeed stuck inside!
By this time, Mu Huanqing was extremely weak. The True Qi that Fang Ren supplied could not match the fetus's absorption. In utter desperation, Fang Ren suddenly remembered his child's colorful little Spirit Form.