novelraw Chapter 600 - 390: The Painful Decision to Cut Losses
Chapter 600 - 390: The Painful Decision to Cut Losses
Chapter 390
Hou was infuriated, "You’re the ugly one, your whole family is ugly!"
But upon seeing that similar face, it grew even more aggrieved and in a flash, hid behind Bai Xi’s rear.
This woman was not Sui Yi at all, she was too violent, brutal, and terrifying!
Where was the gentleness of a goddess... Okay, although the goddess had also beaten it before..
Coward!
Wu Jue snorted coldly and turned to leave.
Generally speaking, with her personality and style, she would have probably killed these beasts over and over again, but she didn’t.
Even though she sent a drop of blood, she also wanted to shoot that drop of blood right through your face..
Why the hell can’t you just tell me to open my mouth?!!!
So, we can only surmise that Lord Wu actually has a twisted personality, capricious and unpredictable.
A true pervert.
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The tomb was flooded and collapsed, but not completely, in fact, it was much better than the ancient tombs Sui Yi and others had encountered before, at least there weren’t various ruins...
The handsome blond man, who was noticed by Sui Yi at the beginning but disappeared for the rest of the time, was now leisurely scanning a cracked piece of stone on the ground with a special device...
Reserved, elegant, composed, more meticulous than an archaeologist.
The text and bas-reliefs on it were completely scanned into the device, thus creating a digital impression.
Too bad, it was a broken piece of stone, one that fell from the main tomb above...
The rest of the broken stones were nowhere to be found.
Just as he thought this, his gaze suddenly fixed, and he picked up a square stone slab.
The size of two hands.
Made of pure black material, its exact substance unknown.
Narrowing his eyes, he scraped off a layer of the stone’s surface with his fingernail!
Flicking his finger, he wiped the stone with a snow-white silk handkerchief, while observing the true face of the exposed stone slab.
It was an Array Plate from an ancient tomb, foundational to the tomb’s feng shui, except this plate was heavy with Yin energy, so heavy that the air seemed to turn cold around it.
The man, deep in thought, swept over the text and Runes on it with his beautiful blue eyes as if they were sophisticated instruments, seeming to make out many arms faintly bursting forth... almost like the Thousand Buddha Hands from Chinese Buddhism...
After a moment, he softly recited, "Soul-Suppressing Disk, Thousand Buddha Hands, Xu..."
Meanwhile, elsewhere, such as by the Ghost Cup Tree, there were many bodies on the ground, and Feng Sha looked coldly at the dais that faintly oozed water, casting cold eyes toward the large group of rebels.
"Gong Yi, you really are a traitor."
Gong Yi smiled: "Feng Sha, you’ve become dumb from being a loyal dog, tell me, whom do you obey, Gong Jiu or the Palace Family? Naturally Gong Jiu! The same reasoning applies, I don’t serve the Palace Family, but another person..."
Feng Sha’s face was expressionless: "Gong Nie."
Gong Yi was surprised: "Heh~ So you knew~ it seems Second Master Gong was right about those two women being quite capable, I didn’t expect you’d be on guard from the start, but no matter, in the end, it’s us who have won."
"Are you sure? The exit is sealed now, and below is flooded, where do you get the confidence that Gong Nie will succeed?"
Gong Yi held a handgun in one hand and stroked his chin with the other, his originally handsome and indifferent face now carrying an extra bit of wickedness: "You seem to be under a misconception, the one I serve is not the lunatic Gong Nie... although outwardly it seems that way~~"
Therefore, there was another party involved, and this party’s strength was definitely formidable, enough to overpower Sui Yi and the others!
Feng Sha’s complexion changed, but unfortunately, he was powerless and alone, not a match for this Gong Yi.
Perhaps Sui Yi hadn’t expected that Gong Yi would possess Hundred-Year Inner Strength, also covered up by a special Secret Technique...
And he had only been cultivating for fifteen years!
The gap was too large.
He had been counterattacked as soon as he made a move.
Defeated by a single strike!
"Do you feel powerless, full of hatred?" Gong Yi’s smile was radiant, "Even though my Talent for cultivation is much better than Gong Jiu’s, it’s still not me who’s inheriting the Palace Family, watching her getting everything, you can’t understand this helplessness... But no matter, I will soon send you to meet that dear sister Jiu..."
"No need, I’ll come find you myself."
That chilly voice, with its touch of someone’s proud aura, came from nearby...
Gong Yi was alert, sweeping his gun...
A dark shadow had already burst from the bushes! Leaping, holding a gun, Bang!
The bullet was fired...
Crack!
The bullet entered the gun barrel!
Boom!
Gong Yi’s handgun exploded from a bullet!
His hand trembled! His body tilted...
The shadow had already landed, springing forward like a coil, and swung a leg!
A fierce leg whip!
Gong Yi crossed his hands to block...
Bang!
He was blasted a dozen meters away...
Crash, he continued to back up several steps after landing.
Stabilizing his body, Gong Yi looked up to see that face he hated and envied the most, and also saw that his subordinates had been quickly dealt with by Yhan Qingwu and her people.
Now, he was alone.
He laughed, "Little sister Jiu, really didn’t expect you to turn misfortune into a blessing, greatly advancing in strength..."
Thinking of the Dragon Leading Plate, his eyes still held jealousy and dissatisfaction, but he wore a smile.
Gong Jiu also smiled, "Who’s to say otherwise, it’s all thanks to you and Gong Nie meticulously plotting, otherwise how would I have such fortune~"
"You should thank the old man’s favoritism, giving you the Dragon Leading Plate," he said.
"I’m not grateful," Gong Jiu teased with a quirk of her eyebrow, "not everyone can gain the Dragon Leading Plate’s approval, and not everyone can control it... You got hold of it too, but unfortunately, you weren’t cut out for it!"
Isn’t that infuriating?
Gong Yi responded, "Little sister Jiu is still as sharp-tongued as ever, but you seem pretty sure that I’ve lost."
He had just finished speaking when a rustling sound came from the nearby grass.
Soon, a large number of people appeared.
Men in black.
Foreigners.
"Oh wow, quite the lively scene here~~" Mr. Fei said with a chuckle, winking at Gong Jiu, "Miss Gong, it seems we came out empty-handed this time."
"So?"
"So if we could get the Dragon Leading Plate you’re carrying, that would be quite excellent."
The perfectly awakened Dragon Leading Plate may be even more valuable than that treasure box of unknown content.
After all, it’s the BT (superpower) thing that could amplify Gong Jiu’s strength by dozens of times in just a minute.
The more Mr. Fei thought about it, the more amiable his smile became.
"I must ask Miss Gong to begrudgingly part with it."
Part with your sister!
Uncultured foreigner!
Gong Jiu sneered.
So the Palace Family’s backer was them...
This ancient tomb expedition had really turned out interesting. Everyone had their own schemes; each one harbored betrayal.
Second Master Gong sent so many traitors into Sui Yi’s team but did he ever consider that his dear nephew, his loyal right-hand man, belonged to someone else?
Yhan Qingwu found this amusing yet felt the chill of human hearts, thankful... Her gaze swept over Han Gao and the others, thinking they were lucky these people had stayed supportive, no wonder Sui Yi valued them so much, going through so much trouble to rescue them...
But her heart sank when she saw Yi opposite them, knowing this battle would be tough.
"Unfortunately, I’ve always been quite fond of every piece of flesh on my body," she said.
"Then I have no choice but to be forceful..." Mr. Fei’s friendly smile widened as he signalled his subordinates...
Shhh Shhh!
Guns pointed!
Yhan Qingwu saw Third Lady Yin.
"So, you were one of them." She had thought that the woman was with Wei Feng’s side...
Third Lady Yin gave a slight smile.
Meanwhile, Yi frowned slightly before suddenly saying, "Fei, Sherlock hasn’t appeared yet."
Sherlock? Gong Jiu blanked for a moment, "The Sherlock from Alibaba and the Forty Thieves?"
Flower Demon rolled her eyes, "The Sherlock in Aladdin’s lamp, of course."
"Really?"
"Fake!"
Brother Ma and the others collectively smiled. They were all too familiar with such a high level of ignorance... Why not say it’s the ghost from ’A Chinese Ghost Story’!
Mr. Fei wasn’t concerned with their self-entertainment amidst danger. He was more interested in where that man was. Could it be...
"Quite the party here, hope you don’t mind us joining in," Wei Feng and his group’s appearance wasn’t surprising as they had headed straight here from the ancient tomb, while Gong Jiu, because of the Dragon Leading Plate, obviously became a human-shaped treasure, being pursued by those foreigners, with Wei Feng’s group naturally in pursuit, and Rui Ziling’s gang wouldn’t let Wei Feng and his group escape either.
So they all arrived one after another in quick succession.
Seeing the situation, Flower Demon cleverly suggested, "Idiot, look, so many people have come, it seems we are outnumbered. Why don’t we just hand you over?"
You don’t need to ask me about such matters...
Gong Jiu chuckled, then suddenly addressed the crowd, "If you touch us, once Sui Yi returns, each and every one of you will be slapped to death and turned into fertilizer~ Don’t say I didn’t warn you..."
"Even if you were all tied together, you wouldn’t be enough to stop her from killing you all with a single stroke of her sword!"
It was a classic case of "my XX is an XX" – trying to intimidate by invoking someone else’s power~
But it clearly had a good effect.
Mr. Fei immediately remembered how Sui Yi had easily dominated the scene before and sank into the water with that terrifying beast under her feet...
Completely inhuman!
Yi glanced at Mr. Fei, who was indecisive...
While Gong Jiu was formidable, they had Yi who could counter her. But that Sui Yi...
She was too much of a hassle, and they didn’t currently have enough manpower to take her on.
Things might be different if Sherlock were here...
However, Mr. Fei felt that even with Sherlock, who was also a BT (superpower being), the odds were not great.
Before he could make a decision...
Suddenly, Yi flung a Long Dagger his way... Its cold gleam flashed!
A chill crossed Mr. Fei’s face... The Long Dagger cut past his cheek and behind him~
Clang!!
The sound of metal striking followed by Yi launching herself forward in a darting sprint...
Ghostly afterimages.
And yet, behind him was another ghostly figure!
A hand had swiftly grasped his throat.
Cool to the touch, with slender fingers and soft skin... this was a woman’s hand!
Shhh Shhh, a barrage of attacks aimed right at the person behind Mr. Fei.
Pop!
Yi had already caught the rebounding Long Dagger.
With a gesture, the impending attacks were halted.
She only looked at the woman behind Mr. Fei.
Her gaze lingered for a moment before asking, "Did you come here for her?"
Se looked towards Third Lady Yin.
The woman with long hair did not respond directly, instead saying calmly, "Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire. You took my sister’s child as a hostage, so don’t blame me for capturing one of your own to negotiate terms..." (To be continued. If you like this novel, you are welcome to vote for it at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)