Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 121 - 0131 Acquaintance Trying to Kill
Chapter 121: Chapter 0131: Acquaintance Trying to Kill
Chapter 121 -0131: Acquaintance Trying to Kill
A minute seems like a long time, but in reality, it is very short. One slight lapse in attention could cause them to exceed the time limit. When that happens, the native cultivators waiting outside may come in together and cause trouble for Qi Tian and his companions.
Everyone was well aware of the urgency of time. The injured ones hastily took out healing potions for themselves, and those without injuries also took out elixirs to accelerate the recovery of their True Essence, and swallowed them down. Only Huang Liuyan was somewhat idle, but she did not collect the spoils of war. On one hand, she disdained the items carried by the native cultivators of the Qi Cultivation Period. On the other hand, she had a bit of an obsession with cleanliness and was reluctant to touch other people’s things, especially those belonging to the dead, unless it was absolutely necessary.
At this point, Hu Niu stepped in. Having spent a long time with Qi Tian, she knew what he liked best. She quickly gathered the storage bags of the native cultivators that Qi Tian and his companions had killed and held them in her mouth. She ran over to Qi Tian and dropped the bags onto his hand, then crouched down in front of him, waiting for his praise.
Qi Tian simply smiled and stroke Hu Niu’s large head, then handed all the storage bags to Zhao Qian for safe keeping.
In just a short time, forty seconds had passed, outside the area, those native cultivators were rubbing their hands together, ready to join in at any moment.
“Let’s go,” said Zhao Qian.
For their next move, Zhao Qian and her group had two choices. To the east, there were fewer people but their cultivation realms were higher. To the west, there were as many as twelve people, but their cultivation realms appeared to be lower.
Zhao Qian sought to strike quickly, leading her group towards the western area. Riding her red-eyed demon wolf, she took the lead, with her Wind-chasing Soul Piercing Spear pointing forward, thrusting towards one of the native cultivators.
Just as the spear tip was about to hit the native cultivator, a protective shield suddenly rose in the western area, covering ninety percent of the region. The shield was a silvery color of flame and had dozens of runes flowing on it like fish. This was a top-grade level one Protective Array. Even a cultivator at the peak of the Ninth Level of Qi Cultivation would have to spend a considerable amount of time to break this defensive array if they were unfamiliar with the array mechanism.
Inside the area, twelve native cultivators all sat cross-legged on the ground. They held their right wrists in their left hands, and their right index fingers were pointed at the protective shield. True Essence continuously flowed from their fingertips and shot towards the protective shield, reinforcing and replenishing it.
Zhao Qian’s complexion changed as she instantly understood what these native cultivators were up to. They were taking advantage of the loopholes in the agreement between the Imperial Master Mansion and the Lianying Realm. They set up such a powerful Protective Array with the intention of blocking them from entering the area, forcing them to stay in the previous area for more than a minute so that more native cultivators could keep coming in.
By then, since the strengths and weaknesses of Qi Tian’s group had been exposed, the native cultivators who entered next could specifically assign personnel to target their characteristics and strengths. In this way, they could easily suppress Qi Tian’s group or even wipe them out entirely.
Huang Liuyan’s beautiful eyes sank as she stepped forward and said, “Princess, step back. Let me do it.”
Zhao Qian knew that with her strength, even ten thrusts of her spear wouldn’t be able to break this top-grade level one Protective Array. If she insisted on doing it herself, it would not be courageous but foolish. However, if Huang Liuyan was to make a move and potentially use a force beyond the Qi Cultivation Period, the consequences would be dire, not only for her but also for the King Zhangbei Manor.
At this moment, Qi Tian had already charged forward and directly punched the Protective Array with the Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist.
This time, in order to ensure that he could shatter this top-grade level one Protective Array with one punch, Qi Tian didn’t use his mastered Ninth Move: White Tiger Kneeling, but instead used the very familiar Second Move: Young Tiger Wind. This was a speed-focused Move, most importantly, it could produce three punches in a row.
Moves like Raging Tiger Crossing River and White Tiger Kneeling had a relatively greater power, but could only deliver one punch at a time; thus, they were weaker against the protective shield.
Even though the power of Young Tiger Wind was weaker, with Qi Tian’s fourteen meridians fully opened and the thousand pounds of force granted by the Jifeng Boxing Glove, especially under the double power mode of the Heavenly Dao Engine, he could easily punch out more than ten thousand pounds of force.
Boom! Boom! Boom!…
Three consecutive punches, like raindrops, fell on the Protective Array. Several of the native cultivators, who were injecting True Essence into the Array, couldn’t withstand the backlash of ten thousand pounds of force, vomited blood, appeared listless, and promptly, collapsed to the ground. With their collapse, the level of the Protective Array dropped significantly, and its defensive power decreased drastically.
Qi Tian didn’t even bother to check if anyone had fallen. After he threw out his first punch, he didn’t stop. While those people were still spewing blood, he swiftly followed it up with a second punch.
This time, again, it was a move from the Young Tiger Wind series, executing three punches in one move.
With a “boom”, the protective shield conjured by the native cultivators shattered, like glass being broken. Fragments of the shield and runes flew into the air, sparkling like stars, leaving behind a fleeting radiance before disappearing.
But it wasn’t over yet. Qi Tian’s punch activated Fire Fist. More than half of the power crashed through the shield, and the remaining power congealed into three swirling flaming fists. They landed on the group below, hitting three native cultivators directly and caving their chests in, killing them instantly.
These events might seem slow to describe, but in reality, they occurred in a very short space of time. Twenty seconds hadn’t even fully passed yet.
Zhao Qian swung her Wind-chasing Soul Piercing Spear and, with the aid of a red-eyed demon wolf, charged forward the instant the shield broke. In her hands, the spear was like a poisonous dragon emerging from the sea. Each thrust of the spear caused the death of a native cultivator.
“Go.” Qi Tian shouted and took a step forward into the next group. Huang Liuyan and Hu Niu closely followed him. Wang Haiyan and the others were a bit slower to react, but they just barely stepped into the next group as twenty seconds were nearing its end.
At this time, there were twelve native cultivators. Excluding the three killed by Qi Tian, only five killed by Zhao Qian and two killed by Hu Niu were left. Hu Niu crushed two others with her claws and whipped another to death with her tail. Of the remaining two, Zhao Qian killed one more, and Wang Haiyan killed the last one.
These twelve native cultivators had their protective array broken by Qi Tian, causing a severe backlash. They had no power to resist, otherwise, they could have put up a struggle for a few minutes and wouldn’t have been wiped out immediately.
This time, except for Qi Tian, everyone else including Zhao Qian and Wang Haiyan, didn’t exert much effort. Zhao Qian had someone gather the spoils of war while she gazed towards Qi Tian with a worried expression. She had realized by now that Qi Tian’s contribution to their array formation challenge far surpassed hers. If anything happened to him, the later stages of the challenge would become difficult.
“Don’t worry, Princess, I’m fine.” Qi Tian said with a comforting smile.
He knew better than anyone whether he was fine or not. After breaching two areas in succession, his consumption was immense. He had taken a big gulp of Hundred Fruits Wine earlier, but he found that the wine’s replenishing effect was barely managing to offset his consumption. He had no choice but to consume one of the Grand Rejuvenation Pills given by Huang Liuyan. As expected, his True Essence recovery speed increased a lot.
The time they could spend in the second group could not exceed one minute. Worried that something might go wrong, Zhao Qian didn’t stay in the second group for the full forty seconds. After just thirty seconds, she led the charge towards the third group, even before they had had the chance to snatch all the storage bags from the twelve native cultivators.
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In the third group, there was originally a Demon Beast Rider who, in a stroke of bad luck, was killed by one of Qi Tian’s thrusts. They had originally devised numerous strategies around the Demon Beast Rider. Now, they had no other choice but to fight hard.
This time, Qi Tian still played the leading role. He killed two native cultivators with the Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist. One of the remaining native cultivators was killed, and the rest, seeing no chance of winning, all fled.
Then, it was the fourth group. In this group, Qi Tian saw two familiar faces. Previously, in Guchuan City, when he decoded the Rune Gate left by the Mount Store’s owner Wu Jin Xiu, City Lord Zhuang Yanran, on the advice of the rune master Huang Zhong, had allowed a pair of twin brothers to try. This time, the familiar faces that Qi Tian ran into were these two brothers.
When Yang Leiping and Yang Leijing saw Qi Tian, they were both stunned. At that time, Qi Tian was standing beside City Lord Zhuang Yanran, so they thought he was simply a bodyguard or something, and didn’t remember him clearly. Now, as Qi Tian infiltrated the group they were guarding, they finally recognized him as that man who stood beside the City Lord that day.
Upon realization, they exclaimed angrily, “Boy, so you’re the foreign intruder who dared to deceive the City Lord and manipulate his trust. This time, we will kill you and present you to the City Lord, revealing your true face.”
The twin brothers were embittered by their previous failure to impress the City Lord Zhuang Yanran. Now, heaven had surprisingly provided them another opportunity. They naturally hoped they could seize this chance and merit from their mistakes, hoping that they might impress City Lord Zhuang Yanran and get assigned to his city lord’s mansion. That would be an ultimate win for them.
