Chapter 525: The Plot to Kill Guo Ao!

Chapter 525: The Plot to Kill Guo Ao!

When Guo Ao saw Ling Feng retreating, he quickly soared into the air and closely followed behind him.

Guo Zhan and the elders of the Skull Gang also pursued closely, maintaining a distance of about one hundred zhang[1] from Guo Ao.

Ling Feng kept a steady pace, soon approaching the gates of Iron Wolf City. The guards at the gates shouted, "Iron Wolf City is under lockdown! No one is allowed to enter. If you go out, don't return!"

Ling Feng ignored their warnings, flapped his wings of true qi and flew out of the city.

Guo Ao, driven by his desire for the king beast egg, hesitated for not even a moment and chased after him.

Guo Zhan and several Skull Gang elders followed closely behind, but more than a dozen elders hesitated. The city lord's decree was not to be disobeyed. If they left and couldn't return for three months, they might end up dead and devoured by demonic beasts.

Ling Feng glanced back and saw that many pursuers had fallen behind. He smiled as this was exactly what he wanted.

Gulp!

Swallowing the Demon-Transforming Pill, Ling Feng turned and threw the king beast egg towards Guo Ao while shouting, "Leader Guo, catch!"

"What!?"

Guo Ao's heart nearly exploded in fear. He quickly used his movement art to catch the king beast egg, after which he carefully cradled it in his hands, unaware that a purple shadow had infiltrated his body through a wound on his arm.

Swoosh!

In the next moment, Ling Feng flashed right in front of Guo Ao while smiling faintly. He then said, "Thank you, Leader Guo, for catching the king beast egg for me."

"Huh?" Guo Ao's mind went blank for a moment. In this kind of situation, this kid chose to stay instead of running away?

"Hehe, kid, the king beast egg is in my hands. You can die now!"

Guo Ao growled, raising his hand to unleash his elemental qi to kill Ling Feng, but he found that his dantian and Qihai acupoints were completely drained. His strength had vanished in an instant.

"What's going on?"

Guo Ao stared at his hands that were now wrinkled and withered like those of a dying old man.

"Leader Guo, you'll soon be able to reunite with your third brother down there."

Ling Feng's smile turned sinister as he retrieved the king beast egg from Guo Ao's hands. A purple light then shot out of Guo Ao's body and returned to Ling Feng's side.

Guo Ao used all his strength to try and take back the king beast egg, but he found that he couldn't even delay Ling Feng for a second. He could only watch helplessly as Ling Feng's figure disappeared into the sky.

"What... What should we do now?"

The remaining elders of the Skull Gang exchanged looks. The Sky Demon Forest was now filled with those of the demon race and demonic beasts. If they continued deeper, it would definitely be a dead end.

Moreover, they were not related by blood to the Guo brothers, so there was no need to risk their lives for them.

"I’m sure that even if the second-in-command catches up to that kid and kills him, he'll end up as prey to the demonic beasts. With the three leaders dead, won't the Skull Gang be ours to control?"

An elder with a white beard narrowed his eyes and smiled faintly.

"What... What should we do?" Another bald elder rubbed his hands, understanding the meaning behind the white-bearded elder's words.

"Elder Jian, Elder Ying, I think we should head back for now. If we return, we can legally take over everything in the Skull Gang. In the future, we'll split the world three ways. Isn't that wonderful?" The white-bearded elder said with a grin.

"Exactly. The era of the Guo brothers is over. There's no need for us to die needlessly!"

Elder Ying and Elder Jian exchanged glances and smiled broadly.

However, each of them harbored their own schemes.

Three parts of the world? How laughable. How could that be more comfortable than having it all to oneself?

"Not good, Elder Ying! Look over there, it's the demon race!"

The white-bearded elder feigned shock, pointing behind Elder Ying.

"What?" Elder Ying turned his head, but there were no members of the demon race behind him. There wasn’t even a ghostly shadow.

"You... Tang Lie, you dare to trick me?" Elder Ying's pupils shrank as a sharp pain shot through his abdomen. The white-bearded Elder Tang Lie had drawn his dagger and stabbed it through Elder Ying’s abdomen.

"You..." Elder Ying clutched his abdomen and noticed that the blood on his hands was not the normal dark red, but an eerie green!

"You poisoned the dagger?"

Elder Ying bellowed while slapping out with his palm, sending Tang Lie flying.

"Elder Jian, help... help me..."

His voice then cut off abruptly. Tang Lie's dagger was coated with an extremely potent poison. Even though Elder Ying was at the first level of the Spiritual Element Realm, he still died instantly.

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