Chapter 922: Ulterior Motives All Around

Chapter 922: Ulterior Motives All Around

An intense corpse energy spewed out of the just-opened passageway, along with two figures.

Feng Lintao’s eyes flashed, and he stopped in place, but didn’t fall back.

Lan Yao quickly performed an incantation gesture to activate a defensive barrier. Next, a boom rang out as Lan Yao retreated in the face of two puppets that resembled corpses. Both figures had two heads, bloodthirsty eyes, and mouths full of sharp teeth. They also emanated terrifying pressure.

Just as Lan Yao launched an attack, one of the puppets changed directions and shot toward Xu Qing. Fighting broke out instantly, and Xu Qing’s heart sank a bit. This puppet had seemingly inexhaustible strength and a very tough body. It also seemed resistant to divine abilities. It was obviously an extraordinary puppet.

However, as they fought, Xu Qing looked at the passageway and then sent a thought out to the centipedes. He didn’t do so by means of divine will, but rather, through the violet crystal, which made it impossible for anyone else to detect. The ghost-face centipedes converged around Xu Qing and met the puppet head-on. Clearly, they weren’t worried about dying, and some of them even self-detonated.

Lan Yao’s heart pounded as she struggled to deal with the puppet attacking her.

In the briefest of moments, both Xu Qing and Lan Yao found themselves in difficult situations.

As for Feng Lintao, the two puppets seemingly ignored him. That caused Lan Yao’s expression to darken. Then her eight-colored peacock appeared and lunged toward Feng Lintao.

“What’s the meaning of this, Feng Lintao? Before I set out, I made sure my husband knew where I was going and what I was doing!”

Feng Lintao’s eyes glittered. He was almost convinced to leave Lan Yao behind, but after some consideration, he offered an explanation.

“Don’t misunderstand, Fellow Daoist Lan. I’m now a full-blooded Fardark. And my ancestor set all of this up! It’s a given that the traps don’t pose a threat to me now. Whether you believe it or not, Fellow Daoist Lan, I had no idea these two corpse puppets were here. It seems to me they were created by my ancestor using members of our own species. They’re the guards here.

“If members of other species hadn’t come today, they wouldn’t have done anything. But I was careless. Calm down, Fellow Daoist Lan. I’ll just go in and get the holy fardark nectar. Once I’m out, I’ll give you your fair share.”

With that, Feng Lintao rushed into the open passageway.

Xu Qing had dealt with enough gods that he could make such a determination at a glance.

Meanwhile, Feng Lintao scowled as he performed an incantation gesture and said, “Are you just going to stand around, Fellow Daoist Firedark? This godly rat got into the area with the holy fardark nectar from a different direction. It’s obviously been holed up in there for a while. It was asleep.

“I ran into it and it started chasing me. If we don’t kill it or at least trap it, then we have no chance of getting the holy fardark nectar! Although I didn’t lay eyes on the holy fardark nectar earlier, I could smell it. It’s definitely still in there! We have to go all out if we’re going to have a chance. Also, I have a secret magic I can try to use to control that puppet a bit!”

Through all of this, Feng Lintao hadn’t forgotten to keep the Captain at his side to use as a threat. The truth was that he was feeling very down. Though he had been the first into the passageway, he hadn’t even reached the Fardark Cistern when he unexpectedly ran into the golden rat.

The rat hadn’t been put there by his ancestor, and it wasn’t something he had planned to deal with. Now, though, he had no choice other than to deal with it. Gritting his teeth, he spat some blood out of his mouth and activated a secret magic. The puppet engaged in combat with Xu Qing shivered, backed away, and then shot toward the golden rat.

Lan Yao saw all of this happening and realized there was no time to continue trying to one-up Feng Lintao. Backing up, she continued fighting and simultaneously said, “He’s telling the truth, Fellow Daoist Firedark!”

A look of hesitation appeared on Xu Qing’s face, although he already knew that Feng Lintao was telling the truth....

Finally, he said, “I want thirty percent of the holy fardark nectar!”

Feng Lintao gritted his teeth. “Fine!”

Lan Yao knew this wasn’t a time to quibble, so she nodded.

Xu Qing was inclined to say something further. But knowing there wasn’t time, he quickly pulled out the Spirit-Devouring Dagger and leaped forward to help Feng Lintao, Lan Yao, and the puppet to fight against the golden rat.

At the same time, he glanced at the passageway and sent a secret message to Little Shadow.

“Don’t take all of it. Leave some behind!”