novelraw Chapter 1224 621: Naïveté
Chapter 1224 621: Naïveté
Saw it!
In the moment when the jet-black pupil reflected in the Flame Light appeared, the wolf's fur stood on end with disbelief.
Did he see me?
Boom!
Unable to even react, with a sudden loud noise and a violent gust of wind.
Within the accelerated realm of Chun Jun's Transcendent Vision, the rebirth form appeared, Zanlu went rampant, electric light urged and crushed the body's performance, pushing it to the limit, and reacted.
The red-hot steel hand had already grasped the wrist that had transformed into a claw.
Got it!
Amidst countless afterimages, he easily discerned the true position of the Blood Slaughter Claw, even pre-emptively intercepting all possible trajectories at the moment of attack.
It was just a single, effortless grasp.
It looked as if Ji Jue opened his five fingers and the wolf voluntarily offered its claw. In that instant collision, before there was even time to retract, it had already been gently grasped.
Then, the world spun!
His vision went black.
His view uncontrollably shifted, the world spun abruptly, the ground leaped up and smashed into his face, and by the time he reacted, he was embedded into the slate, creating a huge dent.
Immediately, Ji Jue lifted his foot and stomped toward that stupefied face!
A simple strike, yet it brought an instinctive chill.
Terror manifested as the wolf's form erupted, darting away tens of meters in fear and evasion.
Then, looking back at the massive depression left behind, the slate and earth, all shattered into the finest dust, rose in the violent wind.
All shattered!
But unfortunately, the wolf was no longer there.
And more tragically, he realized Ji Jue wasn't there either…
In that instant, the wolf's eyes widened, almost forgetting to breathe.
For until that moment, he hadn't noticed the hand that had somehow pressed against the back of his neck...
Between the five fingers, the residual heat of friction still lingered, but what he felt was the chilling cold as though plunged into an icy abyss.
Because he finally realized it.
It wasn't that he had avoided the craftsman's trick, but in dodging, he had proactively delivered his weakness under the opponent's outstretched hand.
No need for pursuit, no painstaking suppression or temptation.
In the moment of the stomp, Ji Jue had already initiated Chun Jun's Spiritual Flash, appearing at the wolf's predetermined position, extending his hand, awaiting him to walk into the trap.
Naturally, as it should be.
"Wolf?"
Ji Jue slowly shook his head: "I've never seen such a weak wolf..."
Within the grasp of five fingers, he could sense the tense fur and muscles, the explosive force and futile struggle, and even the determination akin to a lizard sacrificing its tail — even if the spine is shattered, escape must be pursued.
Too late.
Before that, Dissociation Technique·Jing Zhen!
Pan Ying, Chun Jun, Zanlu, the scarlet, pure white, and purplish-black colors erupted in that instant of contact, forcefully penetrating the wolf's body and soul, spreading like a bomb.
Withering, destroying everything!
Soul, blood, Matrix, and blessing, all shattered.
"Ahhhhh——" The hysterical screams and wails echoed, the stiff wolf instantly exploded into a bloodied figure, sharp blood blades pierced through from the flesh, countless invisible Spiritual Swords fragmented the soul, and thick black flames spewed from the mouth and nose, purple lightning burst from charred eye sockets.
Severe injury!
"You better know a bit more, a little bit more."
Ji Jue lifted his foot, stepping on that twisted, charred face, grinding it into powder bit by bit: "At least then you might have some value to cling onto life—"
The crisp sound of bone breaking continued to echo incessantly, mixed with incoherent screaming and whimpering.
"Now, you can answer the first question."
Ji Jue looked down coldly:
"Where are your accomplices?"
Under the craftsman's foot, the wolf wriggled, struggling arduously, its hand reaching out in vain, capturing nothing, letting out sharp cries.
No one responded.
Yet Ji Jue couldn't help but laugh.
"Is there really one?"
"Come out!"
An Ning's eyebrow raised as if perceiving something.
A flick of the finger, Flying Light.
Amidst the burning camp, a charred corpse suddenly shattered, a bizarre shadow darted out, revealing a pale face, grayish eyes filled with gloom. When glanced at the crippled wolf under Ji Jue's foot, his fury was uncontrollable.
Damn it, useless!
That's why these catalysts are useless even if they retain their wits!
"Are you thinking that your teammate is truly useless, unable to be of any help?"
A gentle voice with a regretful sigh echoed in the wind: "Unfortunately, so are you... Such a slight feint and you lost your nerve?"
Under Ji Jue's foot, there was a slight exertion, a cracking sound, snapping the wolf's neck, then unable to suppress laughter:
"Really, so naive."
Kuateri's expression grew increasingly grim.
He opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to say something, but in that instant, his expression froze in place—more precisely, there was only a residual shadow left.
A nearly invisible black light flew along the ground, speeding away into the distance!
The speed was unbelievably fast.
Even faster than any wolf Ji Jue had ever seen!
As soon as he sensed it, it had already shaken off the market and escaped the range of pursuit—then, abruptly stopped, seething with rage.
Right in front of him, hovering near the line of air, a bizarre outline faintly appeared.
An invisible iron wall had already risen up!
Tong Shan!
The high wall of telekinesis appeared out of thin air in front of him.
No, it should be said, long before he decided to act, he had already laid a net around the market, completely sealing everything.
Now, after he gave up on the Heavenly Calamity in the Circle Realm, the telekinesis forming the Circle Realm became even more stable, locking everything like an iron shell.
Not only pure telekinesis, Kuateri could feel the strange nature hidden within the invisible telekinetic lock, causing the wolf instinct to shudder.
A leaf stirred in the wind, blowing and falling forward.
Right before his eyes, it was cut in two by an invisible blade, invisible flames rose, burning the broken leaf to invisible ash.
"I'll leave the rest to you, Miss An."
Tong Shan said indifferently, "During the maintaining of the lock, I have no ability to resist, I'll trouble you two to protect me."
"Caged beast, I'm told they're tricky..."
An Ning smiled cheerfully, between her ten fingers, eight pieces of Pan Ying Shattered Iron forged by Ji Jue silently appeared, then disappeared, blinking continuously.
Each blink was an unidentifiable projection to the naked eye, each disappearance representing a perfectly executed Flying Light Technique!
In an instant, countless star-like flashes appeared irregularly within the locked domain, even direct lines struggled to keep up with the racing Flying Light Shot, dragging and pulling golden thread-like light trails across the sky.
Dozens, hundreds, thousands—
In the gaps between each Flying Light track, shadows as if invisible changed crazily, narrowly missing the attacking Flying Light repeatedly, a dance in rapid succession.
For a moment, the flashing brilliance converged together, seemingly turning into a scorching sun, stabbing everyone's eyes, then exploded a thousandfold!
Countless Flying Light tracks had already enveloped everything, leaving no escape!
No need to escape anymore.
Kuateri suddenly roared at the sky, wolf pelt spread like a cape, expanded, splitting into countless shadows, ejected towards the four directions, charging, counterattacking.
The sound of collision and rupture was incessant.
The clash of flying lights and shadows screeched like a storm, filling everything, a spray of blood.
As the shadows continued to explode, bodies appeared out of thin air in mid-air, each face distinctly different, age, race, and appearance, not a single one similar!
Bodies shattered like empty shells, emitting dying wails.
Quickly turned to ash.
Remnants!
They were all remains made from souls after devouring prey!
At this moment, countless remnants replaced the wolf, endured the Flying Light's attack, gaining this crucial moment.
Right after the full-force strike of Flying Light.
The shadow of the wolf didn't seize the opportunity to rush towards Tong Shan, instead ignored the seemingly unguarded Tian Yuan, darting towards her!
Are you kidding!
Words from Tian Yuan's mouth, could they be trusted?!
If trusted, even a punctuation mark from him, Kuateri wouldn't have survived till now; does he really think he can't perceive the latent telekinetic traps around Tong Shan?
As for Ji Jue, even more unlikely!
The fool who just completed transformation would believe the craftsman weak in encounters due to the inherent impression of craftsmen being fragile, but after one fool's demise, would Kuateri foolishly rush forward?
Indeed, Ji Jue was the weakest among the three, but instinct told him Ji Jue was the most dangerous one.
Perhaps countering moves, just a trivial gap, he could successfully take Ji Jue, but should he gamble? Gamble a craftsman's trump card?
Is he insane!
Between 'an enemy possibly strong or possibly weak, hard to measure' and 'already revealed utterly troublesome hunter', Kuateri chose the latter!
Hunter?
Hasn't he killed them before!
If the hunter lives, it's constantly a thorn in his side, requiring a huge portion of mind to guard against, if the hunter dies, he has room for subsequent actions.
Thus, relying on countless remnants' cover, Kuateri rushed forward, straight against the countless Flying Lights.
In his hands, slid out from the cuffs of both hands, two curved blade scythes, iron light spilled, sharply slashing every attacking Flying Light.
In the instant An Ning sensed his counterattack at Shang Silicon Valley, the scythes in his hands already flew out.
Moving like a snake in the air, as if alive, weaving through countless Flying Light blocks, with a tricky angle arced and slashed towards An Ning!
Close at hand!
An Ning's pupils contracted, never imagined she'd encounter a wolf employing projection attack in front of Hunter Finger someday?
Moreover, leaving aside skill, merely judging by current speed, already equal to hers…
Equal?
No way!
An Ning silently gritted her teeth.
It's simply a humiliation!