Zhao Hai’s expression was ugly to look at. He was sure that someone had used a freezing talisman on them. Otherwise, it would be impossible for the other party to release such a huge-scale technique. Only a talisman could create this effect.
Ma Long and Liu Cai gathered beside Zhao Hai. Their expressions also weren’t attractive. They didn’t expect the other party’s attack to come this quickly.
The people from the Blood Knife Gang suffered losses accounting to more than half of their total manpower. Although the leader of the Blood Knife Gang wasn’t injured, his expression was very ugly. He glanced around and shouted, “Rats! I dare you to come out and fight!”
“Hahaha. Jiang Lei, aren’t you supposedly fierce? Why do you seem anxious? Why would I come out? I can wait until I kill you.” A voice was heard from the surroundings, making it impossible to track. Moreover, the voice sounded processed, so its owner couldn’t be recognized.
As soon as Jiang Lei heard this voice, his expression couldn’t help but change. Then he answered, “So you know about me. Why don’t you dare come out and face me?’
“Hahaha. I don’t want to meet you. I just want you to die.” Along with this response, a rain of fire appeared from the sky, heading straight towards Zhao Hai and the others.
They had just been subjected to a piercing cold, and now they were going to be burned by fire. The feeling of ice and fire was extremely uncomfortable. However, Zhao Hai didn’t move. He just stared straight ahead. Then all of a sudden, he turned left and shouted, “Rats, come out!” As he shouted, he swung his claw towards an area.
Ma Long and Liu Cai also responded. They flanked both sides of Zhao Hai and proceeded to charge with him. Their charge caused the voice from earlier to be startled. Then it said, “I didn’t expect that there’s another person in the Blood Knife Gang who could see me. Unfortunately for you, you can’t catch me.” The voice once more came from every direction, making it impossible to locate.
Zhao Hai also stopped and no longer attacked. This was because he knew that the other party already escaped. Zhao Hai just didn’t expect that the other party would run so fast.
At this time, Jiang Lei also responded. He looked around and turned towards the cultivator beside him and said, “Request for reinforcements from the gang. Send our location and tell them that we need support as soon as possible.” The cultivator nodded and took out a jade slip. After putting the message in, the cultivator took out a transmission formation and sent the jade slip over.
But to the cultivator’s surprise, although he activated the transmission formation, there was no response. The jade slip was still there.
As soon as he saw this, Jiang Lei’s expression couldn’t help but change, “A spatial confinement formation? Who is the other party? Why would they do such a thing?”
“Hahaha. Jiang Lei, you want to ask for reinforcements? Stop dreaming. You will die today. Understand? Hahaha.”
Zhao Hai also frowned. He didn’t expect the other party’s preparations to be this thorough. He even prepared a spatial confinement formation. Like a fixed transmission formation, this formation couldn’t be brought over. It seems like the other party had known their whereabouts a long time ago.
Zhao Hai looked at Ma Long and Liu Cai and said, “Follow me closely. We’ll find a way to escape. As long as we get away from the encirclement, our chances of survival will increase. I’m sure that the other party isn’t going after us, but they wouldn’t just let us go. They will be afraid that we would ask the Blood Knife Gang for help. It will be a tough battle if we want to break through. We need to be careful.”
The two nodded at the same time. They couldn’t help but tighten their hold on their weapons. Zhao Hai also moved and took out two hidden weapons which happen to be claws.
What Zhao Hai threw wasn’t an ordinary item. The spheres he threw were the thunderfire spheres that were famous in the underground world. Thunderfire spheres of the underground world were different to those aboveground. The thunderfire spheres of the underground world took after the properties of the earthfire pillars. Moreover, its power was as good as the thunderfire spheres of the True Spirit Realm.
Thunderfire spheres were treasures of the underground world. After Wei Tiande gave a few spheres to him, Zhao Hai immediately had the Space analyze it and create a large number of spheres.
Because of this, Zhao Hai dared to throw thunderfire spheres by the dozens. If Wei Tiande knew of this, he would be shocked.
A loud rumbling explosion was immediately heard after the thunderfire spheres got in contact with the pursuers. Ma Long and Liu Cai naturally knew what Zhao Hai threw out. They were surprised as well as felt envious towards Zhao Hai. They didn’t expect Zhao Hai to use thunderfire spheres.
The pursuers were ignorant of the thunderfire spheres, so they were all immediately blown up in one go. They immediately forgot to pursue Zhao Hai, which allowed them a smooth escape.
Seeing that they were safe, Zhao Hai immediately took out a transmission formation and then took out a jade slip. After inscribing the message, Zhao Hai sent the jade slip through the transmission formation.
Ma Long and Liu Cai looked at Zhao Hai in confusion. They saw that what Zhao Hai took out was a rough looking transmission formation. No matter how they looked at it, it looked like the one Liu Zhen gave Zhao Hai. Did Zhao Hai send word to Liu Zhen?
Zhao Hai looked at the two and said, “I’m sending a report to Liu Zhen. The caravan of the Blood Knife Gang that we’re in has been attacked. If we don’t do anything, the Blood Knife Gang will place this matter on our heads. So, I sent a report to Liu Zhen about what happened to avoid suspicion. If the gang hated us for what happened, they would most likely send someone to Demonheart City. We wouldn’t want that to happen.”
Hearing the explanation, Ma Long and Liu Cai nodded. They knew that if the Blood Knife Gang blames them for what happened, their future wouldn’t be great. The Blood Knife Gang was a local snake in the Forbidden Path Sect’s territory. Although Demonheart City wasn’t inside their sphere of influence, the gang would still have plenty of means to deal with Zhao Hai’s group.
If Zhao Hai and the others were ordinary cultivators, the matter might not be as serious. However, they were sent by the underground world. If their presence was discovered, they would suffer fates worse than death.
Ma Long and Liu Cai had nothing to say about Zhao Hai’s actions. Zhao Hai looked at the two and said, “Now that Liu Zhen has received the report, it wouldn’t take long before they arrive. Continue to be alert.” The two nodded. They understood what Zhao Hai was saying. Zhao Hai wanted them to stop talking once they saw Liu Zhen.
Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, a flash of white light appeared. Then a group appeared. Liu Zhen was in front along with at least 50 people.
When Liu Zhen appeared, he immediately looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Brother, can you tell me what happened?”
Zhao Hai replied, “We’ve been attacked. We don’t know who. However, we know that the other party is very prepared. They not only have a spatial confinement formation, they also have a large number of talismans with formidable spells. I managed to find an opportunity to break out of the encirclement. Team Leader Jiang Lei is still being attacked. We don’t know how many attackers there are, but there should be at least 150.”
Liu Zhen listened intently to each word coming out of Zhao Hai’s mouth. After Zhao Hai was finished talking, he nodded and said, “Alright. Thank you, Brother. If it weren’t for you, our Blood Knife Gang would have suffered a huge loss.”
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, “Brother Liu is too polite. You looked after me, so it’s only fitting that I do the same to your people. Brother, you should head over there as soon as possible. I suspect that there’s an Earth Monarch with the attackers.”