Thus, once Xiao Lingyu opened his mouth, his words immediately received a favorable response from the people around him.
"Master Xiao, let's ignore them, let them continue standing here in their daydreams. If anything appears later, they will know to whom they should kneel and beg for help!"
As the sound of their laughter grew louder, it caused the entire forest to vibrate with the echo of it all.
Zhuge Yun clenched his fists as his face reddened with fury. This bunch of people is really too much!
However, Helian Wei Wei's expression did not change in the slightest. She remained as indifferent as ever.
After Xiao Lingyu finished speaking, he led his people ahead triumphantly.
In an attempt to strive for vindication, Zhuge Yun immediately wanted to go after them, but Baili Jia Jue stopped him. "Don't go there."
Chapter 741 - A Second Slap In The Face
His tone was very light, and he sounded unusually graceful and deep.
At first, Zhuge Yun did not understand why this man had stopped him from walking forward. He was just about to ask when bone-chilling screams began to come from where the team had disappeared.
"Ah!"
Immediately after, the air was filled with a sudden overwhelming stench of blood, causing people to retch as the smell ran through their noses.
Zhuge Yun widened his eyes, his instinctive reaction was to retrieve the mahogany sword he carried.
Yet, at this moment, the sounds seemed to have died down.
In a quiet atmosphere, one could feel a dense atmosphere permeating.
It sounded vague like someone was ringing a bell.
With each ring of the bell, the skies darkened.
The gradual spreading of darkness seemed to hide numerous chilly ghosts and goblins.
In the depths of the forest, something seemed to be moving, deterring people from going near it.
In no time at all, Zhuge Yun's forehead was beaded with sweat. He turned his head around and was just about to say, "Stand back, let me protect you both."
The man who stopped him stepped forward, his green robe fluttered in the wind and his narrow long eyes squinted slightly. He still held his languid yet devilish look, but there was not a flicker of warmth in his eyes. His lips curved into a smile as he said with a stately sense of refined elegance, "Now we can go forward."
Just then, Zhuge Yun seemed to have understood something. His eyes flickered uncontrollably, "You, you knew all along that there was something lurking out there?!"
Baili Jia Jue kept quiet but he remained standing with an expression resembling a smile on his face.
Zhuge Yun had no way of expressing the shock in his heart.
On the other hand, Helian Wei Wei was extremely ********, holding His Highness' hand, she said with a smile, "You used them as bait on purpose?"
"How would I?" Baili Jia Jue stretched his hand out to pull her toward him, as elegantly as a gentleman could. "I just wanted to see how powerful they are to make us beg for mercy. Hah."
That final chuckle was filled with murderous intent.
Helian Wei Wei silently grieved for the people there, but she did not feel anything for them.
On the contrary, Zhuge Yun was left stunned momentarily.
When they finally entered, there were only three teams left, striving. It was unclear what the rest had encountered, but all that was left of their bodies were shriveled dry husks that had turned completely black.
"What happened?" Zhuge Yun grabbed one of the exorcists by the collar and asked, "Why did so many of them die?"
The exorcist had obviously been too shocked, hence he could not really react. "This, this route is problematic! I want to go back, who cares about the graveyard. I want to go back!"
"Keep quiet!" The person who spoke was Xiao Lingyu. He was still holding a Chinese talisman in his hand, his fingertips were slightly trembling. "It was just a few tiny flying things, why are you kicking up such a big fuss!"
"Master Xiao, those were not just some tiny things, you have seen for yourself how great in number they were. With one single wave, they ate more than 10 of our men! There is obviously something wrong with this route, it is filled with evilness! Why don't we return and pick another route?"
Someone carefully suggested this.
Xiao Lingyu did not even spare him a glance. What a joke! I have confirmed earlier that this was the shortest route to the graveyard. Even though the danger level would be higher, there is a possibility we may reach earlier with this route.
Even if everyone from the other teams died, for the glory and honor of the Xiao Family, I must still go forward!
This was what Xiao Lingyu thought to himself, but his expression remained unmoved. "There's nothing much to it, bring out all the Chinese talismans you have and light them, those things are afraid of fire!"
Upon hearing Xiao Lingyu's order, every exorcist began retrieving their Chinese talismans.
Helian Wei Wei and Baili Jia Jue still stayed in their original position.
Zhuge Yun also took one Chinese talisman out.
However, Helian Wei Wei stopped him. "If there are too many of them, the Chinese talismans will only last momentarily. They are not very effective in stopping these things. It would be more strategic to stay quiet now."
"Then what should we do?" Hearing this, the other exorcists began to panic among themselves.
Seeing that his only chance of escaping was ruined, Xiao Lingyu became instantly annoyed. "Are you going to listen to the words of an outsider or mine? Did you not see that those things stayed away just because I lit a Chinese talisman?"
"You are right!" The exorcists who were keen on relying on Xiao Lingyu to escape, immediately agreed saying, "Some people don't know anything, they cannot even save themselves, yet they want to pretend to be knowledgeable here. What's worse is that you all are actually dumb enough to believe them. Hurry up and light up your Chinese talismans by reciting the mantra, those things will be coming back soon!"
Only Zhuge Yun ceased his movements without going through his belongings. He could not explain why; even though she did not have an ounce of spiritual aura, the words she said were somehow convincing.
All the exorcists were now in a panicky mess. All the people from each of the teams stood back-to-back. They were in a different formation from before, instead, they all faced various directions. As they moved, they cursed lowly, "Holy sh*t! It is the middle of the day now, where do these things come from!"
Zhuge Yun still had no idea what they were talking about.
However, Helian Wei Wei and Baili Jia Jue obviously knew, they glanced at each other meaningfully with familiar traces of laughter.
Xiao Lingyu did not care what others thought. Coincidentally he was facing the direction of the tomb entrance. If that group of things flew back again, these people could buy him some time as his human shields.
"They're coming!" Suddenly, an exorcist behind him began to shout. "They are coming back again!"
Shocked, Zhuge Yun turned his head around to look. A black gust of wind buzzed over from the edge of the skies with an indescribable sound. Upon a closer look, he realized that it was not the wind, but numerous vampire bats flapping their wings. They were extremely small in size, and they dived toward the leftmost team with lightning-quick speed!
Those people shrieked as they began to light their Chinese talismans.
However, there was no effect whatsoever!
The more they moved, the crazier the vampire bats became. A sizzling sound could be heard as they devoured someone's body whole.
Seeing this, the rest of them turned to run away. Fear was like those ominous bats, they were impossible to get rid of!
"Master Xiao, help…" Before the word 'me' was uttered, three more died in the blink of an eye!
Xiao Lingyu was left utterly stupefied. He had overestimated the result. He thought the remaining team members and their Chinese talismans would somehow be able to buy him s
ome time, but he did not expect the overwhelming number of bats to appear, causing everything to spiral out of control...
Chapter 742 - The Third Multi-Slap In The Face
"It is useless! Using the Chinese talisman did not work at all." Apart from distress, the exorcists also felt regret. Even though they were not among those who had died, that tiny mistake could have caused them to become food for those vampire bats. Furthermore, these vampire bats could not be shaken off at all. They seemed to be toying with them by not killing them all at once but attacking them again and again in waves. It was as if the bats were savoring the exorcists' fear due to their imminent death.
"What should we do?" Someone began to tug at Xiao Lingyu's arm. "Master Xiao, we were following your instructions, that was why we used up all our Chinese talismans. Now we do not have a single one left, and we have no way of dealing with those bats. What should we do, what will become of us?"
Xiao Lingyu pushed the person away in one go, the purple jade bell in his hand fell to the ground as he did so. With a reddened face he said, "How would I know what to do? Those bats clearly did not bite me, if you want to blame someone you might as well blame yourselves. You should reflect on yourselves and see if you lit the Chinese talismans the wrong way." This had to be it, all he needed was one more chance for him to escape!
Yet, what he did not expect was a languid mocking comment reverberated in his ear. "Don't be too anxious, this time those vampire bats will come for you."
Hearing this, Xiao Lingyu turned abruptly to look at Helian Wei Wei. As he did not have time to recalibrate, his face was pale as he responded, "What do you mean by that?"
"The bell." Helian Wei Wei's voice was very calm, even her expression seemed nonchalant. "The purple jade bell you were wearing has fallen. If I am not wrong, that bell was previously consecrated in a temple. The bell was the only reason those vampire bats did not suck your blood just now. It was not because you were holding a Chinese talisman. Furthermore, vampire bats determine the direction of their movement by sound, yet there you were chanting mantra loudly. Hehe, Master Xiao. It looks like your family's exorcists are not that competent after all, they do not even know such a mere piece of general knowledge."
From the moment she began to mention how his bell was consecrated, Xiao Lingyu's eyes had begun to twitch. He instinctively looked at the purple jade bell by his feet. It was so shattered until the original appearance of the bell could no longer be seen. This also meant that the bell could no longer be used.
Never had Xiao Lingyu regretted his decisions so much. His fingers clung to the shattered pieces and his eyes reddened. Just like everyone else, he was fearful of the next wave of vampire bats!
These people might not have trusted Helian Wei Wei at first, but now they began to realize that she was not an ignorant fool but a true expert.
The exorcists walked toward Helian Wei Wei as if they saw a hope to survive.
Those exorcists who were full of contempt earlier were now filled with modesty. Even the way they spoke became a lot more careful.
Even Xiao Lingyu seemed fl.u.s.tered as he rose to his feet from the ground and looked directly at Helian Wei Wei. "So tell us, what should we do to get rid of those vampire bats?"
The current Xiao Lingyu had lost his previous arrogance, even his voice was urgent, showing his perplexity. He was still unwilling to accept this, after all, he had never bowed down to others. However, this was a matter of life and death, so he had to do this!
Helian Wei Wei glanced at him, her voice was slow. "Why on earth do I have to tell you? Master Xiao, don't forget you wanted to have us kneel and beg before you just now."
"I…" Xiao Lingyu noticed the looks he was getting from the others, and he felt his face burn up with embarrassment. But, at this point in time, he had to lower his head in defeat. "That was just a slip of the tongue, I didn't mean to say such things."
Helian Wei Wei laughed. "Master Xiao, are you begging us right now?"
"Yes." Xiao Lingyu's hands tightened imperceptibly, the smile on his face had frozen. He felt that he had already done everything he had to do.
Yet, the man standing opposite him merely drawled. "We don't accept it."
Xiao Lingyu lifted his head abruptly toward the direction of Baili Jia Jue. He still had that evil smirk and he looked exactly the same as he was at the starting point. With his thin lips slightly curved, he was like a devil who emerged from the night.
All this gave Xiao Lingyu a feeling as if these events were all part of the retribution for the words he had said!
Before they set out, he had said he was going to make these two people cry and beg before him.
There was nothing more humiliating than this!
At the time, the others had even taken his side, yet now everything was different.
Thinking of this made Xiao Lingyu want to dig a hole and bury himself!
He finally had a taste of his own medicine.
Nevertheless, the fear deep within his heart made him care less about all these. He could only focus on escaping the next wave of vampire bats.
Xiao Lingyu shed his nature of egoism and grabbed Zhuge Yun's sleeve, even his voice was trembling as he said, "Brother Yun, we were playmates who grew up together. When we were young, remember how we promised to never turn a blind eye if the other was in need? I beg you to disregard all the times I was ignorant and made you fodder for entertainment. I will not do that anymore, please ask them to save me, Brother Yun!"
Zhuge Yun knew it was simply impossible for the old Xiao Lingyu to kneel and beg someone.
After all, this person was used to be as arrogant as Ni Hu.
However, he was also slightly different from Ni Hu. Even though he would tease and mock him, he never outrightly bullied the Zhuge Family.
Since he had not done anything overly outrageous, he could not just stand by and watch him die.
Zhuge Yun turned his head around and saluted Helian Wei Wei and Baili Jia Jue with his hands folded. "Benefactors, if you have a way, please tell them."
There was no way they could explain His Highness' plan. All he had to do was stand there and emanate a whiff of his aura, and all the vampire bats would stay miles away from him.
The bigger fetus in Helian Wei Wei's stomach agreed readily upon hearing the noises outside. Arrogantly, he pouted as it claimed, "These humans are really too useless, they are even terrified by bats."
"They are vampiric and they have killed more than a few people just now. Humans aren't like us, they are scared of such things." The smaller fetus tried to explain weakly.
The bigger fetus' blood-like eyes were filled with disdain. "'What a weak species!"
The smaller fetus felt that he had an obligation to remind him. "Elder brother, our mother is also a human."
"Mother is different," The bigger fetus immediately replied. "You and mother, you are both different from them."
The smaller fetus murmured in agreement, "Mother will have a solution."
"That's right, unlike our father who only knows how to use force to suppress people." The bigger fetus seemed full of contempt as he said that.
The smaller fetus silently moved its transparent hand as he thought to himself. Your main purpose of opening your mouth is just to mock our father right...
Chapter 743 - Continuation Of Humiliation And The D.e.s.i.r.e To Throw Money At Wei Wei
It was as if he sensed something.
Baili Jia Jue's statuesque figure stood unmoving as he lowered his gaze unhurriedly onto Helian Wei Wei's belly.
Zhuge Yun knew that he would not be able to find a way through him, so he looked at Helian Wei Wei instead. "Brother Wei."
Either way, Helian Wei Wei had to give him face even though she was never a nice person. "Bats rely on sound localization. We can escape from here by utilizing noises to disrupt their sense of location."
"Noise disruption?" Everyone exchanged glances with each other in confusion.
Helian Wei Wei ext
ended a hand to grab hold of the bell hanging by Zhuge Yun's back, "Just use this. Since all of you have one, you should tie them together and hang them on the branches of these trees. The wind is blowing strongly toward the West and we are facing the East."
Bells were a must-have belonging for every exorcist, they were mainly used for evocation and exorcism. These bells could be paired together with Chinese talismans to restrict the movements of tribes of corpses if they came across any.
They had come up with the idea of using bells against those corpses, but it had never crossed their minds to use these bells to defend themselves against bats.
"Wait a minute, what if this plan doesn't work?" Some people were still doubting the effectiveness of the plan.
Helian Wei Wei scoffed coldly, "Well, you don't have to try it."
"No, I'll do it!" They could not afford to spare more time thinking about it at this point, saving one's life was way more important!
The exorcists took their bells and hung them up on the branches of the nearby trees by using the Red Demon Restricting Rope.
"We have to walk in the opposite direction." Helian Wei Wei's voice was extremely calm even in the midst of chaos. "One of us must hold the red rope and we have to ring the bells if we catch sight of the bats."
"Hmm, alright! Alright!" Xiao Lingyu said as he nodded his head. He seemed to be having his full faith in Helian Wei Wei and trusted everything she said at that moment. The only thing that he had not done yet was acknowledging her as his boss.
Helian Wei Wei took another glance behind her, "We should go right after all of you have done preparing."
At her command, all the exorcists began to make their way toward the mouth of the tomb with Zhuge Yun being the one in charge of holding onto the rope. With great concentration, the youngster kept looking back as he walked, waiting only for those bats to reappear so he could ring those bells.
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