Chapter 304: We All Underestimated You
Chapter 304: We All Underestimated You
Qiao Xixi climbed onto Sunxiao’s head and steadied herself.
"Xixi?"
Sunxiao didn’t dare move, terrified that Qiao Xixi would fall.
"Sunxiao, hold still. I’m fine."
After the poison was poured, Songyan watched the mermen scatter in every direction and let out a smug, cold laugh. Soon, he spotted Qiao Xixi in the sea.
’Qiao Xixi? What is she doing here?’
Songyan’s expression darkened. ’All the trouble that stirred up in the Black Panther Tribe was because of this female. If I can just capture her, the Black Panther Tribe will remain under the control of Tiger Beast City.’
"All Golden Eagle Beasts, on my command! Seize the female on that giant python!"
His lead Golden Eagle Beast let out a cry, then flapped its wings and dove toward Qiao Xixi.
As Sunxiao watched the Golden Eagle Beasts dive toward them, a murderous aura erupted from him.
"Xixi, go with the mermen! Now!"
"There’s no need. Their timing is perfect."
Qiao Xixi watched the approaching Golden Eagle Beasts, slowly closing her eyes. She extended a hand, and a fluorescent green halo of light began to coalesce over her heart.
"Water... rise."
Myriad threads of light shot out from the fluorescent green halo, lifting the seawater into the air, drop by drop.
Sunxiao stared in astonishment at the seawater hovering in mid-air.
As the Golden Eagle Beasts closed in, Qiao Xixi’s eyes snapped open. "Fire."
The curtain of seawater instantly transformed into a volley of water arrows that shot toward the Golden Eagle Beasts.
At first, the Golden Eagle Beasts paid the water droplets no mind. But when the droplets shot toward them like sharp arrows, the beasts were struck with stinging pain and scrambled to dodge.
But with a sky full of water droplets, there was simply nowhere for them to escape.
Many of the Golden Eagle Beasts were injured and plunged straight into the water.
After swimming out of the poisoned waters, Xijing surfaced just in time to see the Golden Eagle Beasts attacking Qiao Xixi.
He swam frantically in her direction, but when he surfaced again, he saw the Golden Eagle Beasts plummeting one after another into the water.
He and his mermen quickly dragged the fallen Golden Eagle Beasts under the water and finished them off.
With this combined assault, the number of Golden Eagle Beasts in the sky dwindled rapidly.
Songyan was in utter disbelief. ’Qiao Xixi can actually control water!’
"Go! Retreat to the island!"
After a series of evasive maneuvers, his own Golden Eagle Beast flew frantically toward the island, terrified that a moment’s delay would mean death.
"Xixi! Xixi!"
Hearing her name, Qiao Xixi retracted her hand and looked down at Xijing.
"Xijing, I’m fine! Go and kill the Shark Beasts! Eliminate that threat once and for all!"
Xijing gave Qiao Xixi a deep look, then turned and submerged himself in the water.
The Shark Beasts had thought that by luring the mermen here, the Wing Clan and Songyan’s forces would kill them. They never imagined the mermen would escape; not only that, but the Wing Clan had suffered heavy losses.
"Dammit! Run! Let’s get out of here!"
For years, the only reason the Shark Beasts had been able to contend with the mermen was their utter shamelessness. They’d run whenever they couldn’t win, and now that the tables had turned, they wanted to flee again.
This time, however, Xijing would not give them the chance. He was going to wipe out every last one of the Shark Beast males.
The dark seawater was slowly stained red.
Sunxiao quickly carried Qiao Xixi to the island as well.
Qiao Xixi leaped down from Sunxiao’s back and looked up to see Songyan dismounting from his Golden Eagle Beast.
"Female Qiao Xixi, it seems we all underestimated you."
Qiao Xixi sneered. "I, on the other hand, have been thinking about you. I let you get away time and again before. Today, this place will be your grave."
Songyan’s gaze turned venomous. "It’s too early to say who will win or lose. Kill them!"
Beastmen lying in ambush in the forest charged out.
Sunxiao reared up, his reptilian eyes turning cold. With a single sweep of his long tail, he sent the foremost beastmen flying.
Seeing this, Songyan charged forward to engage Sunxiao.
"Sunxiao, don’t worry about me! I can protect myself."
After saying this, Qiao Xixi turned and dashed onto a tall reef.
The charging male beastmen saw that she was alone and grew excited. To them, capturing a lone female should be as easy as breathing.
"Surrender quietly, female."
As they drew near, Qiao Xixi took out a Bubble Fruit and hurled it.
A deafening BOOM erupted, startling the males so much that they no longer dared to approach rashly.
Qiao Xixi watched them with cold eyes and spread her arms wide.
"Water."
Droplets of water from the sea behind her rose rapidly into the air.
"Fire."
A frenzied volley of water arrows shot toward the males.
The males assumed the water would feel like nothing more than rain. But when they saw bloody holes, some small and some large, appearing on their bodies, they were too stunned to speak.
Even though the water arrows couldn’t completely pierce their bodies, the constant barrage was more than enough to make them cry out in pain.
Now, the male beastmen didn’t dare advance recklessly.
But Qiao Xixi had no intention of letting them off so easily.
"Water."
"Fire!"
"AGH! ARGH! It hurts! It hurts so much!"
Seawater struck their still-bleeding wounds, which was undoubtedly like rubbing salt in them. The pain was so intense that many beastmen began writhing on the ground.
Qiao Xixi’s expression was glacial. She once again raised the water arrows, this time positioning them directly over their heads.
’If it hurts, then a full-body experience should be even more thrilling.’
"Fire!"
"ARGH!"
An endless chorus of agonizing screams echoed across the island. Those who could still move quickly scrambled for cover in the forest.
When Songyan glanced over to see what was happening, Sunxiao seized the opportunity and bit down on his arm.
"ARGH!"
Songyan cried out in pain. To prevent himself from being dragged completely into Sunxiao’s maw, he gritted his teeth and severed his own arm.
"Retreat! Everyone, retreat!"
Songyan turned to flee, but Sunxiao wasn’t about to give him another chance to escape.
Sunxiao opened his massive, blood-red maw and snapped the large tree Songyan was using for cover. Unable to dodge in time, Songyan was caught by the legs in Sunxiao’s jaws.
He was already missing an arm. If he severed his own legs too, how would that be any different from death?
Songyan gritted his teeth and yelled to the fleeing beastmen, "Go back! Tell the City Lord immediately! Have them... avenge me—"
Before he could finish, Sunxiao swallowed him whole.
Songyan’s death sent a shockwave through the remaining beastmen. He was a 10-star beast soul expert, yet he had been swallowed just like that!
After swallowing Songyan, the red glow in Sunxiao’s reptilian eyes grew even more intense.
The beastmen were so terrified they ran for their lives without daring to look back.
Qiao Xixi tried to stop them with her water arrows, but the dense trees of the forest provided too much cover, greatly weakening their power.
"Sunxiao, go hunt them down. I’ll wait for you here."
Before, Sunxiao would never have agreed. But he had just witnessed how much Xixi had changed. He realized that if they didn’t completely drive the beastmen from Tiger Beast City out of this area, they would remain a security threat.
"Alright. Keep yourself safe."
"I will."
Sunxiao’s figure quickly vanished into the forest.
Even from a distance, Qiao Xixi could hear agonized screams coming from within the forest.
"The king is missing! This is bad, our king is gone!"
Qiao Xixi’s expression shifted. She turned to see the mermen searching frantically in the water.
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