CHAPTER 296: CHAPTER 16: CONTRACT, BLOOD MOSQUITO KING

Yun Luo took out the steel needle, and it was as if she had become a different person. Her expression turned serious, and her previously unruly attitude vanished without a trace. She gripped the needle tightly in her hand, murmuring an incantation.

"Plant Pattern, by my command, strengthen its attack, break through the enemy’s defense," the steel needle, which looked no different from an ordinary embroidery needle, suddenly left Yun Luo’s hand on its own.

The body of the needle, charged with a stream of spring-clear strength, instantaneously transformed from its iron color, emitting a soft light akin to pearls, and danced nimbly over the withering flower vine.

New and exquisite wave-like patterns appeared on the flower vine, the patterns branding deep into it, and the Spiritual Energy drained by the Blood-sucking Giant Winged Mosquitoes ceased, stopping the vine from withering.

Ye Zi, who controlled the flower vine, felt as though all the pores in her body were swiftly opened, as fresh Spiritual Power poured into her Spiritual Wood Core.

Merely with a single needle, to be able to reactivate the Spiritual Power of the flower vine in an icy and snowy environment for a second time, such an act was akin to stars shining in broad daylight, absolutely a defiance of the heavens.

What is this? Ye Zi looked in disbelief at Yun Luo, who was focused and holding her breath beside her. Could it be that Yun Luo also cultivated some remarkable Miracle Technique? The Canglong Continent truly hid dragons and crouching tigers, one Yue Jinghua, one Yun Luo, both were but teenage girls, yet they both possessed extraordinary Miracle Techniques.

Without pausing to ponder, Ye Zi noticed that the outside swarm of mosquitoes was also disoriented by the sudden surge of Spiritual Power, slowing their attack considerably for a moment.

Now was the time, Ye Zi channeled the Spiritual Power within her body, "Boom," the flower vine whipped around like numerous powerful whips, snapping several times and suddenly expanding.

The insects were shaken off by the flower vine, and Ye Zi took the opportunity to scoop up Yun Luo and escape back the way they came.

"Pfft,"

The frozen soil beneath their feet exploded, and from within emerged a group of overwintering Blood-sucking Giant Winged Mosquitoes, but this time the leading blood mosquito was three times the size of the others.

Its wings were covered in variegated patterns, and its needle-like proboscis gleamed like a sword, glittering with icy light - it was the Blood Mosquito King.

"What kind of wretched place is this," Ye Zi finally realized that they had stumbled into a deadly patch of frozen soil. To escape from here seemed as impossible as scaling the heavens; could it be that today, both of them were doomed to die in this place?

Just at that moment, a fat-bellied spider burrowed out from the ground, spitting out a mass of sticky spider silk from its mouth.

"Buzz--" The Blood Mosquito King flapped its patterned wings, swiftly retreating with the swarm of mosquitoes behind it. Seizing this opportunity, Ye Zi and Yun Luo caught their breath, just about to flee when ahead in the snow, two figures emerged.

One wore a mask, revealing a half face of incomparable handsomeness and a mocking smirk on his lips. The other had four vividly colored spiders hovering around him. Standing side by side, they looked especially striking against the snowscape.

In contrast, Ye Zi and Yun Luo appeared haggard, with disheveled hair and pale faces, one supporting the other, painting a pitiable scene.

Yue Jinghua chuckled with a hee-hee, flashing her white teeth, "Shalman, you lose, they really survived until now. Hand over those ten Fourth-level Dark Pills."

Shalman pursed her lips, muttering, "Like scooping money out of a beggar’s bowl, and you call yourself a boss. It’s also true, really don’t know what kind of dumb luck you two ran into, encountering the blood mosquitoes and yet not suffering a single injury," she complained while reluctantly taking out ten Fourth-level Dark Pills and tossed them to Yue Jinghua.

Ye Zi and Yun Luo, who initially had a glimmer of gratitude for Yue Jinghua and her companions braving the snow to find them, immediately had their faces fall. These two women actually had the nerve to wager on their lives, and they were only worth ten Fourth-level Dark Pills!

"What are you still standing there for? Come and save us," Ye Zi knew that Yue Jinghua had several formidable Summoned Beasts. Even if they couldn’t kill the Blood-sucking Giant Winged Mosquitoes behind them, as long as they could entangle the Blood Mosquito King, leading a few people to retreat unscathed was more than possible.

"Oh, the way you put it, I have no kinship with you, and we’ve known each other for barely half a month. In such a short time, I could only fry a half-cooked poached egg. I only came out to find you because I was considering my mother and Teng Wu’s feelings. It’s one thing to track you down, but whether I am willing to risk my life to save you is entirely up to my mood," Yue Jinghua immediately noticed the patch of permafrost that looked very unusual.

The blue-colored snow that the mercenaries carelessly exposed? What is that? A name faintly flashed in Yue Jinghua’s mind.

"You’re extorting us!" Ye Zi cursed furiously, wishing she could pounce on and strangle that heartless woman to death with her flower vines.

"Shalman, call back your Earth Escape Spider. Don’t injure it over some irrelevant people. It has been fed with a large number of Dark Pills, very precious," Yue Jinghua rolled her eyes. She wasn’t running a charity. Besides, these two maidens were particularly disobedient. Saving them once inevitably led to a second and third time.

Rather than that, it was better to teach them a harsh lesson to make them learn and behave.

Feeling the chilling wind from the flapping wings of the blood mosquitoes approaching from behind, Yun Luo thought of the Blood Mosquito King’s mouth and the chilling needle, and exclaimed in a shrill voice, "I agree, I agree, the debt of the Outer Court doesn’t need to be paid, just save me quickly."

"What about you?" Yue Jinghua turned to Ye Zi with a slight smile.

"I," Ye Zi stomped her feet, "I’ll listen to you from now on and won’t run around anymore. Isn’t that enough?"

"Deal," Yue Jinghua’s casual gaze suddenly changed, and her figure disappeared into the snowstorm.

Shalman formed fingerprints, and the four colorful spiders beside him attacked the swarm of mosquitoes.

Boom, the Fire Spider spewed out a wall of fire, which shot up several meters high as soon as it touched the exposed Blue Snow,

The other three colorful spiders ejected a large amount of sticky fluid from their mouths, which glued the mosquito wings together upon contact.

The mosquito swarm had trouble flying and dodging even more, and once their wings touched the wall of fire, dozens more mosquitoes burned and plopped into the flames.

The Blood Mosquito King realized that the two people in front of it were troublesome and thought about retreating. It tried to dive into the permafrost.

Yet before it could react, its bulging mosquito eyes darkened as a figure had already attacked, it was Yue Jinghua who had used Instantaneous Movement.

Yue Jinghua chuckled twice at the Blood Mosquito King, and the malicious gaze scared the Blood Mosquito King, which lacked human Spiritual Sense, to the point it nearly forgot to flap its wings.

A Six-star Array rose from beneath the Mosquito King, completely enveloping it within the Six-star Array.

Yue Jinghua chanted, and soon a Star Light Mark appeared on the wings and body of the Mosquito King.

Subsequently, the memories related to the Blood Mosquito King also appeared in Yue Jinghua’s mind, including the Dark Beasts that lived in this area, as well as the vast area hidden at the periphery of the Xuan Beast Ridge that spanned hundreds of miles--the Blue Snow Field.