LoserQueen

Chapter 94 Fighting with the Birds

When the head of the birds died, all the birds that were enjoying the feast went into chaos. They began flapping and chirping with their mouths wide open, ignoring the food in front of them.

Suddenly, they heard a screech slightly different from the noise let out by other birds. A strong preying bird flew to them and it was one of the two preying birds Dugu Muyou had paid special attention to.

Under its guidance, the crowd of birds aimed at Dugu Muyou and her companions with violence in their eyes.

Dugu Muyou and others immediately rushed to the new head of birds. They had aimed for a long time, so they were very fast and moved in front of the bird in a trice.

The head of the preying birds suddenly fluttered its wings, covering the sky and casting its shadow on the ground. It screeched again and flapped its wings, forming a gust of wind around its wings.

Dugu Muyou and her companions suddenly felt the resistance of the air. Although the preying bird was in front of them, they could hardly move to reach it.

"The wind that it formed has resisting effects!" Dugu Muyou said calmly, "Ziteng, follow me. Others, please be aware of other birds. They are flying toward us."

The light of gold and silver suddenly rose around Dugu Muyou, with which she felt much less resistance. Spiritual qi shone and a ring with extremely sharp edges appeared on her hands. Dugu Muyou moved her fingers and the ring was flung out vertically towards the left wing of the head of the birds. Dugu Muyou deftly dodged the cyclones within the gust of wind and approached the head of the birds.

A silver light shone on Dugu Ziteng and he disappeared from where he stood. Others were trying to keep themselves upright against the wind and covering each other to fight against the cloud of preying birds.

The head of the birds kept on screeching and flapping its wings with countless feathers shooting out of the wind like weapons, which made it harder for Dugu Muyou to move forward. The ring was spinning to the left and to the right to dodge the feathers or to hit them off. Like a living creature, the ring flew to the left wing of the head of the birds non-stop.

Dugu Ziteng kept on appearing and vanishing in the wind, gradually approaching the head of the birds. He was cut by the feathers and the wounds were bleeding. However, he didn't have time to deal with that and kept on using the transport trick over and over again.

Quick as lightning, the ring cut the left wing of the bird, while Dugu Ziteng show up in front of the right wing and cut it off with a silver light.

The bird opened its beak and shot two air arrows to the ring and Dugu Ziteng to stop them.

Dugu Muyou moved very fast and showed up in front of the bird. She slashed the bird with a three-colored thread and the bird's eyes broke into four parts. After that, its head broke from the middle with all sorts of stinking water flowing out to its feathers.

Dugu Ziteng cut the extremely hard air arrow apart with all his strength, while the ring disappeared with the arrow when they met.

The wings of the bird flapped again after it died. Then it lost all its strength and fell from the sky.

Dugu Ying and others were surrounded by the ferocious preying birds and besieged. They set up a bastion of bronze with spiritual qi, which became increasingly broken under the attack of countless air arrows.

Dugu Muyou succeeded in killing the bird and turned back to her companions. She shot out millions of threads at once towards the crowd of preying birds and hit dozens of the birds immediately, which all bled.

The crowd of preying birds let out a furious screech and some of them pounced on Dugu Muyou, who kept on shooting out the threads and hurt a lot of the birds. The birds were scared and dared not approach her.

Meanwhile, a giant silver tree came out of nowhere, reaching out its strong branches to the preying birds besieging Dugu Ying and others, and slapped a few preying birds down from the sky.

After a while, the fight with the preying birds finally came to an end. The preying birds that survived fled from the blood-scented place under the leadership of another strong bird.

"How are you?"

Dugu Muyou was worried, so she looked at Dugu Ziteng and asked. He looked a little pale because the spell he used were very qi-consuming.

"I'm fine." Dugu Ziteng answered gently and swallowed three pills.

Others took pills as well to recover from the fight. All those pills were extremely precious. Normally they would not take those pills but under such circumstances, they had to take the pills.

Dugu Muyou glanced at the surroundings. The sky was still blue, but the ground was flowing with blood, which seeped through the soil and made the grass red. The whole place seemed like hell with meat scattering over the grass.

"We have to leave as fast as we can. This place is too dangerous and we do not know what we are expecting." Dugu Muyou said.

Others nodded.

They had killed countless spiritual animals on this day and swallowed innumerable pills. At night, they were all exhausted but a little bit excited.

They had become more adept at the skills of fighting and better at cooperating with each other when the day ended. Moreover, they also knew more about the Land of Illusion.

Dugu Muyou and her companions found a comparatively safe place to sleep. They lit a bonfire with a particular kind of grass from the Land of Illusion, which spiritual animals there disliked. Therefore, although there were some spiritual animals lingering around, none of them wanted to come close.

Dugu Xiaotong checked the status of himself and said with surprise, "I have made quite a lot of progress. Although I am exhausted today, I have gained a lot as well. Not only have I improved, but I have also found some precious herbs and Magical Essence."

Others experienced similar changes and Dugu Muyou had even up graded to the five-color stage.

Dugu Qi, who was more attentive, said, "Had it not been for the treatment from Boss, we could never have been able to fight the way we want."

"Right," Dugu Xiuping replied, "We wouldn't have dared to risk it all without Boss."

Dugu Muyou treated them several times when they were seriously injured, and only then could they have their narrow escape from death. Without her, they would have died from the attacks from the enemy and the injuries.

Dugu Muyou smiled and said, "I will keep a vigil tonight. Please take a rest."

Others had made a simple bed on the ground and been ready to rest.

"You must be very tired today as well. Let's do it in turn." Suggested Dugu Deyuan.

Blood Fox licked its paw and said proudly, "You all, go to rest. I'll keep vigil tonight for you."

Dugu Muyou was surprised and replied, "Then we'll count on you."

Without saying anything more, she took out a blanket and spread it out on the ground.

However, Dugu Deyuan and others felt worried about letting Blood Fox keep vigil for them. They hesitated for a while and said, "Can it do it?"

Blood Fox became angry and jumped up. It shouted, "How dare you question me? Keep a vigil yourself. I quit!"

"It's alright. Leave it to Blood Fox. It has very sharp senses," Dugu Muyou stroked its head and said calmly.

Others were still somewhat worried even after what Dugu Muyou had said. But after all, they were very tired, so they all went to sleep. Despite the abundant spiritual qi she had, she contributed most to the fighting that day as the leader of attacks and doctor. She was really exhausted, so she fell into sleep immediately as well.

All those people who have been fighting all day fell into slumber. Blood Fox lied on a small mat asked from Dugu Muyou and closed its eyes. However, it was listening to the sound of the surroundings all the time.

The night in the Land of Illusion was tranquil. The full moon in the sky and the chirps of insects once in a while were no different from those on the outside except that the Land of Illusion was quieter. However, Blood Fox was still vigilant, for it knew from what they had experienced in the daytime that beneath the tranquility were perils.

The fluffy ears of Blood Fox suddenly moved in the dark. It raised its head quickly and stared at the east, the posture of which remained for quite a while until it moved its body again.

Blood Fox turned around and looked at Dugu Muyou who was deep asleep. It crept to Dugu Muyou and tickled her face. Dugu Muyou didn't wake up probably because she was too familiar with Blood Fox. Though Blood Fox tickled her again several times, she still didn't wake up. Blood Fox was really annoyed, so it patted on Dugu Muyou, who suddenly opened her eyes and fixed Blood Fox with a sharp gaze.

Her eyes looked extremely cold, which Blood Fox had never seen before. It even forgot to retrieve its paw. When Dugu Muyou saw that it was Blood Fox who was in front of her, her eyes softened.

"What happened?" Dugu Muyou asked in a low voice.

Blood Fox didn't answer her. Instead, it asked, "What happened to you?"

Dugu Muyou was confused, so she replied, "I just had a dream. Did you spot anything?"

"I think I found the trace of Lord."

"Where?"

Blood Fox turned to the east and said, "I found it in that direction. But it only lasted a moment and now it's gone."

Dugu Muyou pondered and said, "Let's go in that direction tomorrow. It's too dangerous out there at night and they all need to sleep."

Blood Fox rubbed its face with its paw and said, "As you please."

"Is there anything wrong with Lord?"

"No. But he must have been busy. Otherwise, he wouldn't break his words."

After talking with Blood Fox, Dugu Muyou returned to her previous seat and continued to sleep. However, she dreamed again of the past and the two people who betrayed her. It had been the first time that she dreamed of them since she came to the world. Her mood soured.

Dugu Muyou gripped the blanket around her and closed her eyes.

Early next morning, they all had a good sleep and ate breakfast. So Dugu Muyou told them what she wanted to do.

"I had an appointment with a person to meet here in the Land of Illusion, but somehow he didn't show up. Now we are here because of the black fog and we even cannot find the exit. However, Blood Fox felt the place he was last night which was in the east. I mean to set out in that direction. You can decide for yourself where you will go."

"Of cause, we'll follow you," Xiaotong replied without thinking.

Dugu Muyou shook her head. "You may not know the situation. To be honest, that friend of mine is very powerful and few things in the world can baffle him. However, I don't know why he couldn't make it here. What I am sure about is that it must be dangerous in that direction, for us at least. You don't have to take the risk with me."