Chapter 489: Chapter 55: Genius Mercenary
"It’s right ahead, Aunt Feng, cover me and watch how I take down that kid," Luo Yun, with the help of Feng Yan, pursued relentlessly, only to see the white figure ahead moving at an astonishing speed.
The three of them chased and raced, running deep into the Spring Path.
The Spring Path, still blooming with flowers, filled with the chirping of birds everywhere.
Finally, the white figure in the front stopped.
"This is," Luo Yun took a closer look, it wasn’t that cunning and troublesome Mixed Army little mercenary at all.
Gleaming golden hair fluttering in the wind, a beautiful face breathtaking enough, it was a lolita doll with snake hair.
From the aura she emitted, Luo Yun felt a chill in his heart, a very bad premonition.
He seemed to have fallen into a trap.
Snake-haired Little Gore, her beautiful eyes tightening, this smelly human, her master had ordered to tear him apart.
Her golden hair transformed into thousands of little snakes, like numerous Poison Arrows, shooting straight toward the astonished Luo Yun.
"Young Master Yun, be careful," a snake-haired creature, unseen before on the Mystical Beast Continent.
Suddenly appearing in the Ancient Heroic Tomb, the experienced Feng Yan became instantly alert.
Behind, a rustling noise, two hundred-year-old locust trees burst forth from the ground.
Transforming into towering locust wood warriors, they waved their vines and launched a pincer attack from front and back, encircling Feng Yan.
Even the naive Luo Yun realized he had walked into an ambush; his Ice Snow Storm Axe spun an airtight circle, smashing the poisonous snakes into pulp.
"Ah---" Behind him, Feng Yan let out a scream, her solo combat ability quite average, without Li Ran’s help, she couldn’t fend off the two locust wood warriors simultaneously.
Under the pincer attack of the locust wood warriors, she was strangled instantly.
Seeing this, Luo Yun’s heart shattered, the Blizzard Crystal Axe in his ceaselessly swinging hand paused, and the Golden-haired Gore lunged at him with a shriek, a flash of icy blue in her eyes.
Luo Yun felt his entire body go numb, as if struck by lightning, and became petrified, unable to move.
Seeing the Snake-haired Little Gore’s two poisonous fangs bite towards Luo Yun’s neck, "Heaven wants me dead," Luo Yun trembled with fear, his Crystal Axe falling to the ground listlessly.
In the wind, an unusual sound of wind was heard.
Snake-haired Little Gore’s tail snapped at an attack from behind.
Suddenly, a Spirit Spear shot out like a Jiao Long leaping out from the sea, a swift stabbing like a sudden downpour.
Seeing that Spirit Spear, Luo Yun hurriedly shouted, "Xi Ya, brother Xi Ya, come save me!"
At one end of the Spring Path, several mercenaries appeared, notably including Luo Lin from the Five Saints Branch.
In the shaded forest, the Snake-haired Little Gore, with nimble movements, tangled with a blue-robed young mercenary.
The blue-robed young man was seven feet tall, with light brown short hair, and his spear technique was impeccable. His Spirit Spear seemed alive in his hands, forcing the Golden-haired Gore to retreat step by step.
Seeing that he could not kill Luo Yun, a look of reluctance flashed in the eyes of Little Gore, "Hiss--"
It angrily swung its snake tail and fled to the other side of the Spring Path.
The blue-robed young man wanted to chase after it, but two locust wood warriors appeared like shadows and blocked his way.
"Lord Xiya," Luo Lin quickly signaled to a few mercenaries behind her to temporarily block the locust wood warriors.
The blue-robed young man helped Luo Yun up and after finding out the ins and outs, he looked thoughtfully in the direction where Snake-haired Little Gore had fled.
Viewed from the side, the profile of the blue-robed young man was sixty percent similar to that of Qin Dongting, but unlike Qin Dongting’s indifference, the blue-robed young man’s expression was more amiable, like a warm sun, always with a smile floating on his lips.
His adept spear technique, modest and polite demeanor, coupled with his elite equipment and the respectful attitude of Luo Lin and others, made his identity obvious.
The continent’s top Mercenary King, one of the Ten Saints, Bo Xiyu, the "only son" of Mercenary King Bo Sai, who was already a Five-star Mercenary at only twenty years old.
It turns out that for this adventure to the Ancient Hero Treasure, upon learning that the Divine Court had deployed elite forces, the Five Saints Branch, too, became restless and even sent a distress letter to the Geyue Mercenary General Union.
By chance, Bo Xiyu was in Geyue Town delivering an extremely important item on behalf of his father Bo Sai when he heard about the incident in Five Saints Town and immediately expressed his willingness to go there.
On one hand, he was intrigued by the mysterious Ancient Heroic Tomb and on the other, he had heard that a "genius mercenary" participating in the Xuyang Trial was selected from Five Saints Town.
Before formally confronting, he wanted to meet with that genius mercenary.
After arriving at Five Saints Town and witnessing the splendor of the Sky Dragon Palace, and also learning that the "genius mercenary," Yue Jinghua, had entered the Sky Dragon Palace, he rushed there with Luo Lin and others.
Upon reaching the Four Seasons Path, they were about to enter the marked Fiery Fire Path, when at that moment, Xiya keenly sensed an unusual energy fluctuation from the Spring Path and hurried over.
"Brother Xiya, it’s good that you’re here," Luo Yun was still unsettled, "Those people ambushed me; they killed Aunt Feng and also wanted to kill me while at it."
Feng Yan had already stopped breathing, and Luo Yun didn’t know yet, but Li Ran was also dead. Being so-called the son of a Mercenary Strongman, without the protection of trusted aides, his timorous demeanor made Luo Lin and others show a contemptuous attitude.
It was because of people like him that there were various misunderstandings about the Second Generation Soldier on the continent, Xiya sighed.
In terms of age, Xiya was a few years younger than Luo Yun yet far surpassed him in cultivation and demeanor.
"Older brother Luo Yun, my uncle has already written to me saying that you’ve also reached Five Saints Town, and asked me to take good care of you enroute. I heard that this trip to the Ancient Heroic Tomb is to seek a Holy Artifact, and if older brother doesn’t mind, I would like to lend you a hand," knowing his own son’s bad conduct, Luo Ri had explicitly instructed Xiya in the letter, hoping he could assist Luo Yun if possible.
Xiya, a young hero, had travelled all over with his father Bo Sai from a young age. The spear in his hand was a lower-tier Holy Artifact. In his view, though the Dragon Slayer Holy Armor was elite, it couldn’t compare to the spirituality of the spear in his hand.
To Xiya, the Dragon Slayer Holy Armor simply wasn’t significant.
Luo Yun calmed himself down and with a cunning gleam in his eyes, he said, "Thank you, brother Xiya, those who ambushed me are in the Dragon Court. That Mixed Army called Yue Jinghua and Lord Bo Sai’s illegitimate son, Qin Dongting, they stole my Holy Armor."
"Qin Dongting," Xiya frowned slightly, it was him.
Yue Jinghua. Luo Lin and others also let out a wry smile. It seems, even before the Xuyang Trial began, Yue Jinghua had already made enemies for himself.