Chapter 1617: Did I Take the Brocade Banner?

Secondly, those spirit beasts have a natural wariness of humans. They won’t move far away because of human provocation, at most staying within a hundred meters of the brocade banner.

Whenever someone tries to approach the banner, the spirit beasts will notice. Therefore, the tactic of luring the tiger away from the mountain is completely ineffective.

Liu Qinglong couldn’t understand how the Huashan Sect managed to capture the banner so quickly. With a gloomy expression, he shouted, “Let’s go intercept those Huashan Sect scum!”

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Huashan Sect’s location.

It’s a rugged mountainous area.

Led by Ji Yue’Er and Su Lingfeng, the Huashan Sect members were moving forward.

Suddenly.

A beam of light disappeared in the distance.

“What!”

People were astonished and alarmed.

“Is the Wuji Sect really that powerful?”

“How did they capture another banner so quickly? Including the one the Poisonous Spider took, they’ve already seized four banners! If they capture one more, won’t we lose?”

A disciple spoke up, and everyone reacted with alarm.

The negative attitude was evident in everyone’s hearts.

Except for Zhan Wuji, all of the Huashan Sect members were here.

Even if Zhan Wuji were extraordinary, he couldn’t possess such immense strength.

Therefore, people believed the Wuji Sect had captured the banner.

“Alas.” Su Lingfeng sighed deeply, his face filled with melancholy.

Ji Yue’Er also looked uniquely pale.

Having gone through this, she realized her shortcomings.

Her individual strength was quite good.

But the problem lay in her lack of leadership skills; she was still somewhat lacking in team command.

“Senior Sister! We can’t give up like this!”

At this moment, a disciple in the group stood up.

Su Lingfeng responded, his face serious, “Senior Sister, although the Wuji Sect has captured four banners, the last one hasn’t been obtained yet. We mustn’t give up easily! Moreover, even if they do get it, so what? As long as we find a chance to intercept them, there’s still an opportunity to turn the tables!”

With these words, the disciples didn’t entirely believe, but at least hope was kindled in their hearts, and their expressions improved significantly.

Ji Yue’Er looked at Su Lingfeng’s face, feeling that her leadership qualities were still not on par with his.

Gradually infected by the atmosphere, she also became somewhat uplifted, saying, “Alright. Now we…”

Before she could finish.

Suddenly, there was movement from a distance.

Everyone turned to look, only to see a figure in the distance. As it approached and magnified, it turned out to be Zhan Wuji!

He appeared extremely frightened, with a rare look of terror, seemingly evading something.

“Zhan Wuji! How is it him?”

“He seems so panicked, is he being pursued by someone?”

Soon, a creature behind Zhan Wuji became visible. It was a terribly menacing purple scorpion, with its tail stinger emitting a chilling gleam!

Instantly, all the prodigies were shocked beyond measure.

“That’s… a purple scorpion? How is it so large!”

“And it has the pressure of the Qi Condensation Realm, could it be a guardian spirit beast?”

“How did Zhan Wuji provoke such a powerful spirit beast? Did he capture the banner?”

Upon hearing this, everyone’s eyes lit up.

“It’s not impossible! Didn’t you notice how the two banners disappeared within half an hour of each other? If the Wuji Sect was responsible, it doesn’t make sense, as they’d need time to rest after killing a spirit beast.”

Analyzing this, many people’s moods brightened considerably.

“Could it be that Senior Brother Zhan Wuji used a clever trick to seize a banner?”

“So that’s why he’s being chased by the purple scorpion?”

“It must be the case!”

With this conversation, everyone became certain that this was the truth.

Even Su Lingfeng and Ji Yue’Er subtly agreed.

“Attack! Help Zhan Wuji kill the Purple Scorpion!”

Ji Yue’Er decisively gave the order, then took action, moving towards Zhan Wuji.

The prodigies present were the sect’s top talents.

They had a clear understanding of what needed to be done at this moment.

Instantly, they all moved in unison, charging towards Zhan Wuji.

Zhan Wuji was initially hopeless. Seeing his fellow members rushing in, he felt delighted and shouted, “Quick, come kill this beast!”

Amidst his shouting, Ji Yue’Er was the first to approach. Her body was surrounded by countless wind blades.

She landed near the Purple Scorpion, her toes touching the ground briefly, her body agilely taking flight.

Clang, clang, clang, clang!

The wind blades on her body slashed at the Purple Scorpion.

The Purple Scorpion’s entire body was marked with numerous white scars.

“Such strong defense!” Ji Yue’Er was slightly surprised, as Su Lingfeng approached, pointing with two fingers.

Crack!

A bolt of lightning struck the Purple Scorpion.

Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!

With electric arcs swirling around, the Purple Scorpion rolled on the ground, in extreme agony.

Meanwhile, all the other disciples approached, casting various spiritual techniques on the Purple Scorpion.

With so many prodigious disciples’ spiritual techniques attacking, even a mountain would be destroyed.

But that Purple Scorpion was, after all, a Qi Condensation Realm spirit beast. It kept rolling and struggling on the ground, screaming, but refused to die.

Just as everyone was somewhat depleted in spiritual qi and couldn’t sustain it, the Purple Scorpion let out a whimper, twisted its body, and its tail fell weakly to the ground, completely lifeless.

“Finally killed this beast!”

With the death of the Purple Scorpion, the disciples relaxed, some panting, some wiping sweat.

“Damn it, the spirit beasts here are all incredibly strong! It took such continuous bombing to kill it—this is just insane!”

“Luckily this scorpion wasn’t as troublesome as the toad. That toad back then could spit poison.”

Amidst the discussions, the lifeless Purple Scorpion turned into spiritual qi and dissipated into the heavens.

Ji Yue’Er wiped the fragrant sweat from her forehead and approached the nearby Zhan Wuji.

With her movement, everyone cast their gaze towards Zhan Wuji, filled with anticipation.

Zhan Wuji felt very strange.

Why is this group of people staring at me?

At this moment, Ji Yue’Er stopped in front of him.

“This woman…” Zhan Wuji felt a little puzzled, suddenly hearing Ji Yue’Er say, “Hand it over.”

“Hand it over?” Zhan Wuji was a bit confused and instinctively asked, “Hand over what?”

“What are you talking about!” Ji Yue’Er frowned and countered, thinking to herself that being aloof in the sect is one thing, but to win here, they must unite. Is he playing dumb just to claim credit?

“Ji Yue’Er, stop playing riddles with me!” Zhan Wuji was displeased. Although they saved him, it’s only natural for sect members to save each other. He didn’t need to be grateful, nor did he have to endure such reprimands.

“Riddles?” Hu Boyong, standing nearby, couldn’t take it anymore and shouted angrily, “Zhan Wuji, even if you seized the banner with clever strategies, you don’t need to be so arrogant! Don’t forget, your success in taking it involves our help! Otherwise, you’d have been killed by the Purple Scorpion long ago!”

“Me? Captured the banner?” Zhan Wuji was dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded.