Miao Yi raised his hand and looked at the white centipede wriggling on the spearhead. This was the one that had attacked him when he had just leapt up. At this moment, he could feel the strength it exerted as it struggled on the spearhead. Its body was ferocious and slightly translucent.
A smile appeared on Cheng Yingwu's face as she looked at the dragon steed that had been killed. The three of them smiled as well. Their goal was to get rid of Miao Yi's steed so that he wouldn't be able to escape even if he wanted to.
"Sixth Boss!" One of the attendants called out.
Cheng Yingwu waved her hand, and the two men on her left and right immediately charged forward.
Miao Yi held the spear in his hand and prepared to fight. However, he felt an abnormal wriggling movement under his feet. He immediately guessed that there might be another centipede hidden under his feet.
A dragon's roar rang out as the Qilin Spear danced under the moonlight before plunging it into the sand dune beneath his feet.
A raging flame instantly rushed into the ground from the tip of the spear, and the group of centipedes that were about to drill out of the ground to launch an attack immediately turned into ashes.
Other than Miao Yi, no one else knew what was happening below. All they could see was the sand dune beneath Miao Yi's feet spreading out in all directions at a visible rate, as though it was melting.
As soon as the two of them got closer, they immediately sensed that something was wrong. They felt an abnormally terrifying heat.
"Harrumph …" The mount beneath him wanted to escape uncontrollably, but it was already too late. Starting from the four hooves, with a buzzing sound, raging flames rose, directly enveloping the two mounts and burning them.
The two men on their mounts hurriedly leaped up in fright. Initially, they thought that since Miao Yi didn't have the help of his mount, and with the centipede ambushing him from below, taking Miao Yi's head would be a piece of cake. Who would've thought that their mounts would be the ones in trouble instead? They could only watch helplessly as their mounts fell to the ground beneath them, engulfed in raging flames. The high temperature from below caused the two men to be at a loss as to what to do, and they didn't dare to land on the ground.
The two of them brandished their swords and spears at the same time in the air, preparing to borrow each other's strength to bounce off to the left and right.
On the other side of the sand dune, Cheng Yingwu widened her eyes and shouted, "Watch out!"
At the same time, he swung his arms, and two curved blades flew out of his hands.
Miao Yi, who was standing with his hand on the spear, had already drawn his spear and shot out like an arrow released from a bow. He raised his spear and charged towards the two of them.
This action immediately forced the two people in the sky to quickly change their strategy and attack Miao Yi at the same time.
Amidst the roars of dragons, two beams of cold light shot out from under the moonlight, and two streaks of hot blood sprayed in the air.
The spear pierced the man's chest. He pulled out his spear and swung it, beheading one of them. The speed of the spear was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, the person who had killed two people flipped over in the air and struck with his spear. After smashing away the two incoming scimitars, only then did he fall to the ground. It was Miao Yi.
As soon as he landed on the ground, Miao Yi didn't stop moving. His feet tapped against the ground, and he dragged his spear behind him as he dashed towards Cheng Yingwu.
Behind him, the two silhouettes that had fallen to the ground immediately ignited two balls of flames on the glass-like sand, showing how high the temperature of the ground was.
Cheng Yingwu was shocked. Her opponent's spear was incredibly fast. It was so fast that she couldn't even see what was going on, and her two subordinates had already fallen. Was this the speed of a Blue Lotus cultivator? He immediately understood that he had encountered a powerful enemy. Almost instantly, he donned his armor and a long spear appeared in his hand.
With his other hand, he made a grabbing motion in the air. The two flying blades that had been knocked away immediately spun around and slashed towards Miao Yi once more.
As he charged towards her, Miao Yi extended his hand towards her as well. However, this time, there was a mirror in his hand. With the Mystic Yin Mirror in hand, a powerful Yin aura instantly gushed out.
Cheng Yingwu widened her eyes in fear, but it was already too late for her to turn her mount around and escape. She quickly leaped into the air, but she still couldn't escape the Mystic Yin Mirror's attack.
Her mount froze on the spot, while Cheng Yingwu, clad in a layer of white frost, crashed onto the sand.
Miao Yi sheathed the Mystic Yin Mirror and twisted his spear. Clang! Clang! The two incoming scimitars were immediately knocked away. However, Miao Yi spread his fingers and pulled the two unmanned scimitars back to him.
With a flick of his sleeves, he instantly kept the two scimitars into his pouch. Then, he turned around and flew back. He picked up a few spoils of war from the ashes of the two corpses, then flew back to where Cheng Yingwu was.
Miao Yi struck the frozen dragon steed with his palm and dispelled the Yin aura within its body. Before the dragon steed could react, Miao Yi had already stored it away in his beast sack.
After that, Miao Yi crouched down beside Cheng Yingwu and began to rip off her clothes. To be more precise, he was stripping off her armor. Then, he ran his hands all over her body, even touching places that he shouldn't touch. He completely stripped her of everything. As expected of a bandit. There were quite a lot of miscellaneous items on her. She was probably quite wealthy even in the region of Flowing Clouds Dune Sea.
However, Miao Yi wasn't interested in her wealth. Instead, he was looking through her belongings to see if there were any letters that could prove who was trying to kill him. In the end, he found a bunch of items that belonged to a woman, but he couldn't find any concrete information about the person trying to kill him. He only found a portrait of himself in a jade archive. That was probably the only piece of information that could be considered relevant to him.
Then, he pressed his palm against Cheng Yingwu's chest and dispelled the Yin aura within her body. Before she could even wake up, he had already tied her up with a chain.
When Cheng Yingwu slowly regained consciousness, she realized that she was already tightly bound. She struggled with all her might, but she couldn't move at all. Turning around, she saw Miao Yi standing with his back facing her with his spear. She immediately shouted, "Niu Er! You better let me go. Otherwise, you'll definitely die a horrible death!"
"Let you go? I don't expect you to let me live a better life! "Miao Yi calmly replied. He then turned around and raised his spear, pressing the sharp tip of the spear against her chest." Speak! Who paid you to kill me? "
Cheng Yingwu scoffed, "I don't know anything!"
"Stubborn? Don't worry. I won't kill you. I'll strip you naked and bring you back to Flowing Clouds Dune Sea. You're only the Sixth Young Lady. I'm sure there are still quite a few people in the Hive Gang. I'll show them what the Sixth Young Lady looks like naked later! "Miao Yi was a man of his word. He bent down and grabbed her skirt, intending to rip it off.
Cheng Yingwu immediately cried out in fear, "Stop! I really don't know anything. We're just being paid to do this job. The client wouldn't possibly reveal any information about himself to us. They usually send out the target through a middleman. We'll pay a down payment first, and then pay the rest after the job is done. We won't expose ourselves! "
Miao Yi thought that was a possibility. He then asked, "How do I find out who's trying to kill me?"
Cheng Yingwu gritted her teeth and said, "Unless you can force the middleman to spill the beans."
"Who's the middleman?"
"I don't know! The Second Young Lady is in charge of contacting the middleman. Aside from the First Young Lady and the Second Young Lady, no one else knows who the middleman is. "
"Just the three of you are here to kill me?"
Cheng Yingwu gritted her teeth and said, "That's right! There's no need to mobilize so many people just to kill a cultivator below the Red Lotus realm. "
Miao Yi didn't know whether she was telling the truth or not, but he didn't say anything else. He lifted her up, then took out a Second Grade Spear and threaded it through the chain on her shoulders. He quickly tied her up into a cross shape, then spread her arms wide open. Only now did he look like the 'Eagle Dance' with her arms outstretched.
Miao Yi then took out a bunch of items from his storage ring and placed a metal frame on her shoulders. He then propped a chair over her shoulders.
Cheng Yingwu's scalp went numb with fear as she asked, "What are you trying to do?"
Miao Yi loosened the bindings on her legs, then jumped up and sat on the chair behind her. He then placed his feet on her shoulders and bent down to grab a handful of her braids. Then, he tugged at her scalp and said, "You killed my mount. Now, I have no choice but to use you as my mount. Let's go to Flowing Clouds Dune Sea. Let's go!"
With a grown man on her shoulders, Cheng Yingwu bellowed, "Are you even a man?"
"I don't see you as a woman. Run!"
"I'm not running! Just kill me! "
"Do you want me to strip you naked before running away?"
"Shameless!" Cheng Yingwu shrieked.
Hiss! Miao Yi flicked the tip of his spear downwards, and a huge chunk of Cheng Yingwu's skirt was immediately torn off. Fortunately, she was still wearing pants underneath her skirt.
"Stop! I'll run! "Cheng Yingwu cried out in grief. She immediately began running with Miao Yi on her shoulders.
Miao Yi, who was slowly rocking on her shoulders, tugged on her braids and calmly said, "Run faster! At this speed, how long do you think you'll take to reach Flowing Clouds Dune Sea? "
Cheng Yingwu's expression was indescribably sorrowful. She immediately invoked her arts and ran as fast as she could. This was also a way to vent her anger. In her heart, she was telling Miao Yi to just wait. She would definitely make him beg for death when she got back.
It was a strange scene under the moonlight. A woman was carrying a chair with her arms wide open, and a man was sitting on the chair. She was running as fast as she could while carrying the man on her shoulders.
Sitting comfortably on her shoulders, Miao Yi took out a jade archive and wrote a letter. Then, he took out a spirit eagle from his beast sack, stored the letter in it, and released it into the sky.
The letter was sent back to Traversing Water Palace, informing them that they had been ambushed by the Hive Gang not long after entering the desert. Out of ten of them, he was the only one left. Miao Yi said that it would be very difficult for him to complete the mission now that he was alone. Furthermore, he was in a very dangerous situation, so he requested to be allowed to return!
He didn't mention that he had captured Cheng Yingwu alive, nor did he mention that someone had hired the Hive Gang to kill him. How could the bandits of Flowing Clouds Dune Sea know about such a secret operation by the officials? What a joke. Other than the officials, Miao Yi couldn't think of anyone else who could have leaked this information. Even he himself didn't know the route they were taking or when they would be entering Flowing Clouds Dune Sea. His enemies at Suppressing Tenth Hall couldn't possibly know about this.
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