Chapter 575: Traces of Mountainseas (2)
Forced to stop, the old sky horse shouted, "Old Fox, come back!"
Damn it!
The old fox had left with the old mountain antelope. Thus, only he and the barbaric bull race Mountainsea were left here. The cloud tiger Mountainsea was scouting the way somewhere further away from them. This was the location of the main group, so he couldn't afford to leave. Right at that moment, a clump of fire appeared behind Great Mountain.
"Watch out!"
The old sky horse warned and sent a ranged attack over. But by the time his attack reached the clump of fire, it had been weakened enough that it couldn't do much. As a result, Great Mountain's body was ignited.
At this moment, the cloud tiger and the old fox finally returned. That was the fire of the devileye expert. After successfully landing an attack, both One-eye and Bloodmoon retreated.
"Do not pursue a cornered enemy!" Su Yu shouted again, "Stop chasing. They are trying to split us up. Stop moving away."
After saying that, he looked at Great Mountain. At this moment, Great Mountain arrived in front of him and shrunk to a smaller size. A clump of fire was still burning on Great Mountain's body. His face was pale from the injury.
"I was hit by the Devileye Fire..." Great Mountain grumbled, "This is somewhat troublesome. Unless the enemy is willing to remove the fire, I'll be spending some time to deal with it. My combat strength will drop further if I don't deal with it."
At this point, the other Mountainseas had also arrived. They all frowned when they saw the fire burning on Great Mountain's body.
The old fox had an apologetic look as he said, "Brother Great Mountain, I'm sorry. We..."
He had led a few people away to snatch the Celestial Fox Saliva, but the trap was not even aimed at him. Instead, Great Mountain was the one who had fallen victim. Things were going to get troublesome. With the Devileye Fire burning him, Great Mountain's combat strength would drop sharply.
Of course, the fox didn't really care that much. In fact, he was inwardly pleased to see this. But he still needed to keep the act, right?
Su Yu frowned and asked, "Senior Great Mountain, with this injury, do you still have the combat strength of a Mountainsea?"
"Yes, but the fire will slowly seep into my body. My combat strength will keep dropping."
"How long do you need to deal with the fire?"
"This is the Devileye Fire. And the attacker is stronger than me. I need to spend three days and three nights suppressing it with my full strength. And it won't even be easy."
Su Yu frowned and said, "We can't afford to wait that long. More and more enemies will gather around us as news about us spreads. Since we're going to lose a Mountainsea..."
He clenched his teeth and said, "Retreat. We must retreat! Our enemies are trying to weaken us. We can't give them the chance to do more. Senior Great Mountain's injury is too heavy..."
Great Mountain said nothing. The old sky horse was also indifferent about retreating. But those from the fox, barbaric bull, and cloud tiger races couldn't agree to this. If Su Yu ended up retreating right now, the single character faction would not spare them.
The cloud tiger elder hurriedly said, "The Devileye Fire is troublesome, but if we join hands, we can still suppress it."
Great Mountain said, "No. That will exhaust your strength. And this is probably their goal. It's not easy for Mountainseas to recover their energy. With the low source qi density here, recovery will be even harder."
The cloud tiger elder smiled and promised, "It's fine. With all of us working together, the exhaustion won't be too bad. Don't worry about it, Brother Great Mountain. We'll help you!"
At this point, they had to start trying harder. If Great Mountain's injury was allowed to worsen, Su Yu might really retreat out of fear. Thus, the cloud tiger elder had no choice but to offer help even if he really wanted to kill Great Mountain. It was still too early for that. They hadn't even reached the ruin.
Great Mountain looked at Su Yu for his opinion. With a frown, Su Yu asked, "Seniors, will it be exhausting for you to help with the fire?"
"It won't be too bad."
The cloud tiger elder smiled and explained, "We will be able to fully recover within a day."
"In that case...I'll have to trouble you, Seniors."
They smiled and said nothing. Just as they were about to start, Su Yu suggested, "I think one or two Mountainseas should maintain their full strength. Senior Sky Horse and Senior Cloud Tiger are in charge of scouting ahead and covering our rear. The two of them need to maintain more strength. I'll have to trouble the other seniors instead."
The old sky horse wanted to say something, but he ultimately decided against it. He should stick with covering the rear.
As for the cloud tiger elder, he looked at Su Yu and the fox elder. When the fox elder saw the cloud tiger elder's expression, he realized that the cloud tiger elder agreed with Su Yu's suggestion. Thus, he smiled in agreement. This would do as well.
Su Yu probably still trusted them. He wouldn't have suggested something like this otherwise.
"That's acceptable."
The elders from the fox, barbaric bull, and mountain antelope races did not object. They started helping Great Mountain with the Devileye Fire. Everything proceeded smoothly as they slowly suppressed the fire.
One-eye might be strong, but including Great Mountain, four Mountainseas were working together. Thus, the fire couldn't pose them much issue. While the fire was slowly weakening, their expressions started turning pale. But they persisted since they were on the verge of success. Right at this moment, the fire erupted in intensity.
Boom!
Out of nowhere, the fire grew stronger.
The weakest of the elders, the barbaric bull elder, was instantly set aflame. The other elders were alarmed and hurriedly helped suppress the newly erupted fire.
After a while, the fire died down. Great Mountain was deathly pale. He cursed and said, "That bastard is still hiding nearby. He set my acupoints aflame earlier..."
He looked terrible even though the fire was no longer burning on his body. Beside him, the unlucky barbaric bull elder was also in a bad condition. The barbaric bull elder was furious, but he had no venue to vent his anger.
Holy shit!
His injury was quite heavy, and it was all Great Mountain's fault. The Devileye Fire had greatly increased in might after setting Great Mountain's acupoints aflame. Without the help of the other Mountainseas, he would have suffered even more.
And because of this, the fox and mountain antelope elders were greatly exhausted from dealing with the fire. Of course, there was nothing they could say since Great Mountain was still the one who had suffered the most. He had lost even a few of his acupoints to the fire. He would probably need to spend a long time recovering from that.
Great Mountain gloomily said, "I'm still somewhat fine. A few of my acupoints are lost, but without the fire on me, I can still unleash the combat strength of a Mountainsea. I will fully recover after a period of rest. Thank you for your help, friends."
After saying his thanks, Great Mountain vanished yet again.
Su Yu hurriedly suggested, "Senior Great Mountain, I think we should let Senior Sky Horse take on the role of scouting around us. In your condition, our enemy might decide to launch more sneak attacks on you. You should stay with the elders who have exhausted themselves suppressing the fire. Don't give our enemies a chance to take advantage of your condition."
Hearing that, Great Mountain reappeared. The old sky horse said, "I'll go. You should stay here to avoid further ambushes."
"Fine...Be careful, friend."
Great Mountain sounded helpless as he looked at the other Mountainseas and said, "I'll have to be troubling you for now."
"Not at all. It was our fault for being careless in the first place."
The fox elder readily accepted Great Mountain into the fold since Great Mountain's injury was indeed heavy. He was fine with this since the old sky horse was not involved in their plan anyway.
The barbaric bull elder asked, "Did you manage to get the Celestial Fox Saliva? The enemies have deliberately lured you out to launch that attack. It would be a great loss if you didn't manage to at least get the saliva."
"I did. That Cloudbreach dropped the saliva before fleeing."
The fox elder smiled happily. He considered himself quite lucky as he had not suffered any injury. He had only used up some source qi for the Celestial Fox Saliva. In his opinion, this trade was absolutely worth it.
Meanwhile, Great Mountain and the barbaric bull elder were quite unlucky, but there was nothing he could do about it. Who would have guessed that their enemies would be brazen enough to launch an attack on Great Mountain instead? Great Mountain could only blame himself for being too stupid and not grouping up with the others the moment there was a disturbance. He would have been fine with multiple Mountainseas around him.
The fox elder was in a great mood as he was practically the biggest winner from that little episode.
The group resumed their journey. Meanwhile, Su Yu had an odd look in his eyes. He realized that none of the three beast Mountainseas on his side was a pushover. Some of the things the three had done so far were his ideas, but some weren't.
For example, this sneak attack on Great Mountain was something they had thought up on the spot.
He was only aware that the entire attack was an act because he was in cahoots with them. Nobody else could guess the truth. With this little ploy of theirs, they had been able to seriously injure the barbaric bull elder.
More importantly, this ploy had also allowed Great Mountain to join the main Mountainsea group. Prior to this, he had stayed away because the other Mountainseas didn't know him and he didn't have a good reason to stay with them.
But now, he was able to join the group without inviting any suspicion.
In fact, he was able to earn the empathy of the barbaric bull elder since both of them had suffered from the Devileye Fire. As for the fox elder, he would feel like he owed the others a favor as this all had happened because of him. Even if he didn't really feel that way, he had to pretend that it was the case.
Su Yu smiled. So be it. Since Great Mountain had done all this to join the group, he would allow Great Mountain the freedom to improvise. This was not necessarily a bad thing. With Great Mountain's injury, the other Mountainseas would be less wary of him.
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At the same time.
Atop a certain mountain.
One-eye was staring at Xue'e, who had just returned to him. With a fawning smile, Xue'e said, "Lord, your plan worked perfectly. We managed to injure one of their Mountainseas. Your wisdom is truly worthy of my admiration..."
One-eye didn't even deign to give a reply. After a short wait, Bloodmoon arrived. Xue'e's expression changed, but he did not dare to say anything. A short while later, three individuals arrived together. It was Blood Rakshasha and his allies.
"Bloodmoon, Devileye...you..."
Blood Rakshasha was furious. These two were too brazen. They had launched yet another attack against Su Yu's group.
At this time, his gaze landed on the third person there. He coldly asked, "Xue'e?"
Xue'e was alarmed. Damn it! This was Blood Rakshasha!
He hurriedly said, "Sect Master, I'm now the sect master of the Devileye Sect."
Blood Rakshasha frowned as he muttered, "Devileye Sect..."
One-eye indifferently said, "That was something I started. This person is still useful for me. My name is One-eye. Are you the so-called Blood Rakshasha? What a piece of trash."
With a cold tone, he said, "If you guys were willing to help, we would have been able to kill one or two Mountainseas earlier and capture Su Yu directly. That would put an end to all these troubles.
"Why do we still need to waste our time working with the single character faction? What a joke. You wish to profit yet you don't want to work for it. If the single character faction is actually working with the Xia Family, your so-called blackmail material on them would be rendered completely useless. What a joke. The Blood Fire Sect is indeed filled with fools."
"You—"