Blue Phoenix Chapter 74 - Playing Catch Up

Hearing the words from their older martial brother, the other experts instantly felt better. They did believe that if all of them fought seriously, then they would surely defeat the team in front of them. After all, they had an Emperor in their midst, and although this Emperor clearly had some skilled attacks, he was still not a Saint. Killing him and stealing his storage stones would be easy.

Further down the hallway, a faint smile was visible on Hui Yue’s lips as his eyes hardened when the words of the oldest martial brother were said behind him. His ears, which seemed human, had the same senses as though he was in his wolf shape and hearing their low words was in no way a difficult task for him. If they truly were to try something they would be greatly surprised to see how Hui Yue and his group took care of them.

Although Hui Yue was indeed an Emperor, no one in his group believed that this was his actual level of strength. They were all certain that he used a cultivation technique which made it seem as though it was lower than his actual level. But even taking this into account they did not fully understand him nor his strength. Even without raising his cultivation level to the Saint rank, he was still able to get rid of those stone beasts as though they were made from porcelain and not marble. They shattered as soon as he so much as looked at them. This was something they could not do even with their Saint strength.

“I assume that we are in the actual inner-part of the grave now,” Hui Yue said with a low voice alongside his light steps. He was not willing to fight against any more traps unless it was absolutely necessary, and he was constantly observing what was happening in front and behind them.

Hearing his words, none of the Saints replied, but all of them nodded their heads. They were too cautious even to speak. “We cannot be the first ones to arrive here,” he continued as he looked around them. “We need to catch up to the ones in front of us, or we will not be getting any treasures,” he stated as a matter

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