Ren Baqian sat on the crow general's back and felt the oncoming wind. From time to time, he would turn his head to look at the green clouds that were getting closer and closer.
Based on their current speed, they would catch up in another 15 minutes.
"How much farther?" Ren Baqian shouted against the wind.
"On the mountain wall in front!" The winged cavalry warrior leading the way was riding a jumping goat. In fact, the ones accompanying the empress here were the earliest winged cavalry warriors, and their mounts were all jumping goats.
Ren Baqian looked ahead and could only see a vague silhouette in the darkness.
He couldn't tell the distance at all.
However, he knew one thing: a horse running from a mountain that's so far away.
This was especially true when they were being chased.
Suddenly, a cry of alarm came from behind. A jumping goat suddenly stepped on a crack in a rock and fell. The winged cavalry warrior spun a few times in the air and tried to adjust his body before landing on the ground.
Another rider on the jumping goat reached out to grab the winged cavalry warrior's wrist and pulled him behind him.
However, with one more rider, the jumping goat immediately slowed down.
Upon seeing this, the winged cavalry warrior who had landed earlier jumped back onto the ground and ran wildly on his two legs.
Even with the strength of a winged cavalry warrior, he didn't fall behind in a short period of time and followed closely behind the group.
"Throw me your baggage!" another person shouted at him.
The winged cavalry warrior threw all the baggage and weapons he was carrying to the other party. This way, he didn't slow down at all.
However, because they were running so fast in the dark and there were so many rocks in the nearby mountains, more than a dozen people quickly fell behind due to injuries or other reasons. Some of them were injured by the cracks in the rocks after being thrown off their mounts or were injured when they fell.
Normally, these minor injuries wouldn't matter, but at this time, the jade-waisted slaves were following closely behind.
"Don't bother about us. Your Majesty, brothers, let us stop them for a while! " More than a dozen people simply stopped running and gathered together. They calmly pulled out their sabers and turned to look at the green clouds in the sky!
The others turned to look behind them and saw more than a dozen figures wielding sabers in the darkness as well as the emerald green clouds that were rushing toward them. The anger in their eyes could practically ignite a flame.
In the blink of an eye, a portion of the green clouds shrouded them, and they let out a roar before vanishing into it.
The empress didn't even turn her head. Her face was ashen. Ever since she ascended the throne, she had never suffered such humiliation.
"Your Majesty, I will avenge them," Ren Baqian shouted worriedly at the empress.
A quarter of an hour later, the green cloud had almost touched the tail of the group. When everyone turned their heads, they could already see the densely packed jade-waisted slaves. Their twisted faces were filled with bloodlust and madness.
The indistinct sound of the flute was like maggots in the bones, entangling everyone.
Everyone finally arrived in front of a mountain wall. There was a cave about seven or eight meters above the ground, and there were some vines hanging from the cave entrance.
"Your Majesty, it's right in front," the winged cavalry leader shouted.
"Leave the mount behind and enter the cave!" the empress shouted.
Even though many of the winged cavalry warriors couldn't bear to do this, they knew that there was no other way. One after another, they jumped down from their mounts, sprinted forward, and jumped seven to eight meters into the cave.
The empress turned her head and saw that the green cloud had already pounced toward the tail of the group. Her face turned green as she pounced toward the green cloud.
"Your Majesty!" Upon seeing this scene, many of the winged cavalry warriors stopped, drew their swords, and were about to turn back.
"All of you, enter the cave!" The empress's voice came at the right time. In the blink of an eye, the empress was surrounded by the green cloud, and a large number of jade-waisted slaves fell like raindrops.
"Give me those two boxes. The rest of you, enter the cave and don't waste time!" Ren Baqian shouted.
When two winged cavalry warriors stopped beside him with the boxes, the three of them opened the boxes and threw the glass bottles filled with liquid out.
From where the empress was standing to where the three of them were, the liquid from the broken glass bottles seemed to have formed a path.
Ren Baqian held a lighter in his hand and finally felt more at ease.
"Your Majesty, use the [Big Fireball Technique], retreat!"
At this time, the empress was completely surrounded by the jade-waisted slaves, and they couldn't even see her figure. The jade-waisted slaves behind were still pressing toward the three of them.
"Scram!" The empress's angry voice came from the layers of jade-waisted slaves.
The empress didn't know how many punches she threw in all directions in an instant.
All the jade-waisted slaves were thrown out, creating an empty space around the empress.
The empress's figure flashed and retreated in the direction of the three of them.
However, at this moment, a gap suddenly appeared in the jade-waisted slaves behind the empress, and a long whip wrapped around her leg.
With this sudden change, Ren Baqian didn't even have time to shout, "Your Majesty, be careful!" The empress snorted and said, "You're courting death!"
In an instant, her face was covered with purplish-red veins. She twisted her body and bent over to grab the whip. With a tug, a 12 or 13-year-old child was pulled out from the jade-waisted slaves.
The whip was the child's left hand.
The child had a ferocious look on his face as his other hand turned into an awl and stabbed toward the empress.
The empress twisted her body slightly and slapped the child with her palm.
Thump!
Blood rained down from the sky.
The entire upper body of the child-like creature turned into a rain of blood, and the only thing left in the empress's hand was the whip.
Seeing this, Ren Baqian was finally relieved.
Boom!
As the flame in Ren Baqian's hand was ignited, the sky in front of him suddenly turned into a sea of fire.
The jade-waisted slaves that were chasing after the empress were immediately turned into charcoal.
When the flames dissipated, Ren Baqian and the empress entered the cave.
The cave was about three meters wide and four meters high, and everyone crowded here to wait for the empress.
"Your Majesty!" Everyone bowed.
They then made way for the empress.
The empress turned her head to look at the jade-waisted slaves that were pouncing toward her. She slapped her palm and immediately set off a gust of wind. The approaching jade-waisted slaves were immediately thrown off balance by the wind.
"Retreat six meters. Form groups of five and two groups. Everyone will take turns to block the enemy." The empress walked into the cave without looking back.
The two women from Mount Gongmu in the crowd saw the empress's imposing manner, and their eyes were almost sparkling.
Ten of the winged cavalry immediately blocked the entrance of the cave. Three of them were in front, and the rest were at the back. They took turns to block the enemy and slowly retreated ten meters before regaining their footing.
The rest of the winged cavalry took over in batches, and most of them followed the empress into the cave.
Ren Baqian got someone to open one of the remaining two boxes, which contained bottles of pesticide. A few bottles were smashed in the cave, and the smell of bitter almonds immediately rushed into everyone's nostrils.
The jade-waisted slaves that flew in were slowed down in no time. They swayed in the air and were chopped down by the winged cavalry in front.
Ren Baqian left one box 15 meters behind the defensive line and informed the other winged cavalry warriors to throw a few more if the efficacy of the pesticide in the air weakened. This was to maintain a certain concentration of pesticide in the air at the entrance of the cave.
After giving his instructions, he looked up at the entrance of the cave. At this moment, the cave had turned completely dark green. Countless jade-waisted slaves filled the entrance, and more than ten of them rushed into the cave every second.
Under such intensity, this line of defense would be broken in an instant if there was no pesticide.
With the pesticide, every three winged cavalry warriors could only hold on for two minutes at most before they had to retreat and exchange places with the people behind them.
Ren Baqian made sure that the defensive line was temporarily stable before walking into the cave.
After walking for more than 20 meters, he saw a spacious cave that could accommodate more than 1,000 people.
The inside of the cave was filled with moss and fungi that emitted a faint blue light, allowing people to have an unobstructed field of vision in the cave.
There was a spring in the middle of the cave, and the cold air above the spring turned into a visible mist.
Other than the winged cavalry warriors, the only mounts in the cave were Qi Shui, the crow general, and the two multicolored eagles. The rest of the jumping goats had been left outside the cave and had probably turned into blood by now.
"Go and guard the entrance!" Ren Baqian patted the crow general's head and pointed to the entrance of the cave.
There were also experts among the enemy. For example, that creature that looked like a child just now seemed weak, but actually had the strength of a Cardinal Heaven expert. If the empress hadn't unleashed her full strength in an instant, it would have taken a lot of effort for someone else to take it down.
Ren Baqian looked around and asked the winged cavalry warriors to confirm that there were no other entrances or exits before walking to the side of the empress, who was standing beside the spring in deep thought.
"Your Majesty, these people are blocking the way outside. We can only think of a solution during the day," Ren Baqian said.
"The winged cavalry warriors have already abandoned their mounts. Even if they retreat during the day, we won't be able to escape from their pursuit. If we are caught in the wilderness, we might as well stay here since we still have the advantage of the terrain, "the empress said faintly.
Ren Baqian smiled. The current situation made it seem like he and the others were like turtles in a jar.
"Aren't you nervous?" The empress seemed to have noticed the smile on his face and turned her head to ask.
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