I Have Five Senior Brothers - Chapter 23

Chapter 23: Nine Infants

After Gu Qingqing and the others were swallowed by the vortex, they fell into a strange space.

A full moon was suspended in the air. The moonlight shone on the ground, coating the huge lake in front of them with a layer of silver light.

What appeared in front of them was a lake that stretched as far as the eye could see. The surface of the lake was very calm, with only the moonlight shining on it. However, the entire space was too quiet, giving people an unreal feeling.

Gu Qingqing was being protected by Mu Chen and Jun Wu. Zhuo Tingqiu and his guards had already fainted and were lying on the ground, unable to wake up for the time being.

“There’s something wrong here.” Mu Chen looked around and said with a frown.

Jun Wu’s cultivation level was still relatively low, so there was a limit to what he could sense. Hearing Mu Chen’s words, he subconsciously frowned.

Gu Qingqing held onto the sleeves of the two people beside her, her gaze fixed on the surface of the lake. She did not know why, but she felt that there was something under the lake staring at them. As she thought about it, she tugged on the sleeves of Mu Chen and Jun Wu, and when the two of them looked over, she pointed at the surface of the lake.

“Little Qingqing, are you saying that there’s something wrong with the surface of the lake?” Mu Chen followed her finger and looked at the surface of the lake as well, asking softly.

Gu Qingqing nodded lightly and used her hands to tell Mu Chen and Jun Wu her feelings.

The two of them looked at each other and their gazes fell on the surface of the lake, their expressions wary.

At that moment, ripples suddenly appeared on the surface of the lake. Immediately after, the surface of the water in the middle of the lake began to churn, as if something was about to come out of the water.

Jun Wu and Mu Chen hurriedly took Gu Qingqing and retreated while they stared at the surface of the lake vigilantly. The Red Flame Spear was already in Mu Chen’s hands and Jun Wu had also taken out his own weapon, a heavy sword.

“Hua!”

A sound came from the surface of the lake, followed by something breaking out of the water and hanging in mid-air.

Gu Qingqing and the other two raised their heads. When they clearly saw the creature in the air, Gu Qingqing took a deep breath, and Mu Chen and Jun Wu’s expressions became solemn.

What appeared in mid-air was a monster with nine heads and a huge body.

“Nine neonate!”Mu Chen called out the creature’s name with a wooden face.

The nine neonate was a ferocious beast with nine heads. It got its name because its voice sounded like the cry of an infant. In a low-level plane like the Mysterious Sky Continent, the existence of the nine neonate should not have appeared. However, it did. Moreover, they were brought before the nine neonate!

Just as Mu Chen and the other two were having a headache over the appearance of the nine neonate, the nine neonate also discovered their existence. The eyes on the nine heads looked at them with a greedy gaze.

“Keke, after waiting for so many years, I can finally have a good meal.” Its voice was indeed like a baby crying, especially when the nine heads spoke at the same time. It sounded very discomforting.

After saying that, its left head suddenly opened its mouth and spat out a column of water towards Mu Chen and the other two.

Mu Chen had long been on guard against the nine neonate. After its water column was spat out, he immediately took the Red Flame Spear and went forward. With a twist of the spear, a wall formed by spear shadows blocked in front of him. When the water column hit the wall, it was blocked and the wall formed by the spear shadows gradually dissipated.

“Petty tricks!” Seeing that his attack was blocked, the nine neonate was a little surprised. Then, it snorted coldly and opened its right mouth, shooting out a fire pillar.

“Flaming net, rise!”Mu Chen held the flaming spear in his hand. As his voice fell, a net made of flames blocked in front of him.

The fire pillar hit the net, and like the water pillar before, the two gradually canceled each other out and disappeared at the same time.

“Three-stage Scarlet Flame Attack!” This time, Mu Chen did not give the nine neonate a chance to attack and attacked first.

His figure disappeared from midair and reappeared on top of the nine neonate’s head. The Red Flame Spear moved forward, and a spear light flew toward one of the nine neonate’s heads. Before the nine neonate could react, his figure disappeared again and reappeared behind the nine neonate, and the Red Flame Spear stabbed forward again towards the other head. After that, his figure disappeared again and reappeared on the nine neonate’s side. He stabbed once more and disappeared again.

The nine neonate was in a sorry state after being hit by Mu Chen’s triple strike. Its body that was exposed on the surface of the water was still slightly injured. This small injury also made the nine neonate, who was confident of victory just a moment ago, furious.

It roared angrily, and the sound waves created huge waves on the surface of the water. Its body moved a little higher, and its nine heads opened their mouths at the same time. Water and fire burst out, and its body pounced toward Mu Chen.

Although Mu Chen thought that the nine neonate was difficult to deal with, he did not realize that his triple strike did not cause too much damage to the nine neonate. He frowned and turned serious.

However, when he had just appeared behind the nine neonate, he realized that the nine neonate’s body seemed to be bound by something. Its upper body was above the surface of the water, but its lower body was hidden under the surface of the lake. Moreover, there seemed to be some wounds on its lower body.

He was thinking of ways to deal with the nine neonate while dealing with the nine neonate’s attack.

The water pillar and the fire pillar attacked at the same time. In order to not let Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu behind him get hurt, he could only fight head-on!

The Red Flame Spear spun rapidly in his hand, forming a wall of fire in front of him that was even taller than before. After the pillar of water and the pillar of fire collided with the wall of fire, Mu Chen was knocked back. He took two steps back and increased the output of his spiritual power.

The pillar of water and the pillar of fire had just disappeared when the nine neonate pounced in front of him. Its nine heads opened their mouths at the same time, wanting to swallow Mu Chen.

Mu Chen quickly swallowed a pill to replenish the spiritual power that had been lost in his body. At the same time, he used the Red Flame Spear to knock the nine neonate’s heads away. The nine neonate’s reaction was very quick and one needed to use a lot of strength to cut it. The skin on its body was also very thick, and it was difficult to break through its defense. Mu Chen was a little tired at the moment.

Gu Qingqing and Jun Wu held hands and watched as Mu Chen narrowly avoided the nine neonate’s attack. At the same time, they broke into a sweat for Mu Chen.

The rapid loss of spiritual power caused Mu Chen’s speed to slow down slightly. He did not manage to avoid the nine neonate’s head and was hit on his chest. He spat out a mouthful of blood and stuffed a handful of elixirs into his mouth before continuing his battle with the nine neonate.

Fortunately, the nine neonate was as he had guessed. Its lower body was bound by something and it was unable to leave the lake. Otherwise, Mu Chen might really not be able to defeat the nine neonate.

In this small space, Mu Chen no longer suppressed his cultivation. As a ferocious beast, the nine neonate’s cultivation was not weak even though it was suppressed. The battle between the two caused the lake water to splash everywhere. Zhuo Tingqiu and the others who had fainted were also woken up by the lake water. When they saw the nine neonate fighting with Mu Chen, they were extremely shocked.

Of course, what made them even more shocked was that they thought that Mu Chen was powerful enough to defeat the flame leopard at the peak of level five. They did not expect Mu Chen to be able to withstand such a ferocious beast!

“Oh my god, what kind of cultivation does he have to be so powerful?” Looking at the battle in the air, Zhuo Tingqiu felt his blood boil and once again realized that he was too weak.