novelraw Chapter 354 - 346: Two Against One
Chapter 354 - 346: Two Against One
Having read many Xianxia novels, Cheng Xiaoxiao instantly understood.
Could that old monster really be this twisted? Is he eyeing Zhou Yanlan’s body for a possession?
No way...!
Cheng Xiaoxiao was startled by her own thought. This isn’t the Cultivation World; how could there be a technique like possession?
Too surreal.
In a moment of distraction, Cheng Xiaoxiao’s arm was slashed by a dagger attacking from the left, blood instantly gushed out.
Hiss...!
The two attendants were both at the Grandmaster Level, with similar combat power to her, but their seamless coordination gave them an advantage over her solo efforts.
It was evident she wasn’t their match. If it weren’t for the way she wielded her engineer shovel fiercely, she would have been at a disadvantage long ago. Even so, she was having a tough and laborious time coping.
Let’s consider it as gaining experience!
However, she miscalculated one thing—their daggers weren’t like the guards’ broadswords; they’d break at contact with her shovel.
Looks like this world still has good stuff; it’s just that poverty limits her imagination.
Facing the assault from both of them, she was inevitably constrained, defending in front, evading behind, dodging left and leaning right. She rolled on the spot, kicking down a shelf to gain a moment of respite, but dared not let her guard down. She immediately got up, leaped forward, seized the moment when they separated to try and take one down.
In an instant, they were in close quarters. This time she used all her strength, and with a clang, a large notch was left on the opponent’s dagger.
She thought, how could there be a weapon as hard as her shovel?
Just as the thought arose, hearing the wind, without turning her head, she flipped, kicking out hard. The opponent seemed not to expect her to counterattack, getting hit right at the waist, his face twisted in pain, yet he didn’t dodge, instead grabbing her calf in a reverse grip, flinging her whole body up.
Her body flexed mid-air, shoveling towards the opponent’s head...No time to check if she hit, as the attack from behind approached.
The returning shovel deflected the attack from behind, but her body fell due to imbalance. The first opponent, evading her attack, released her leg. With her free leg stabilizing, she gathered inner strength for a whirlwind kick, striking between the opponent’s wrists clutching the dagger, causing them both to retreat several meters with a burst of Qi.
No, she must take one down first to have a chance of winning.
They had exchanged over twenty moves, but only a minute or two had passed. Cheng Xiaoxiao adjusted her posture, watched as the wound on her arm grinned more fiercely, blood still flowing, and immediately sprinkled medicine on the wound without time to bandage it.
Watching the two approach again.
System alert: "These two carry Poisonous Insects inside them, although at least twenty or thirty years old, their bodies are like twelve or thirteen-year-old children."
No wonder they seemed of similar height and age as her; they were just tools.
Humph! My many tricks are yet to be unleashed, do you really think I’m afraid of you? Just lacking battle experience, just practicing, not afraid of poison, see how you handle this...!
Flour scattered in the air, a shock of inner strength dispersed it all.
She threw six or seven more handfuls; the entire clearing was filled with dust, instantly blocking vision. Taking the chance, she put on goggles and activated the thermal sensor.
Their movements were in full view.
Targeting one, she rushed forward, swapping her shovel for her old friend along the way, closing in within two meters of the opponent in a blink. At the lightning-fast moment when the opponent attacked, she pulled out a flashlight with her left hand and shone a bright light, seizing the moment when the opponent squinted, flew up, wrapped around his neck, leveraging force to dodge the incoming hand, and slammed him to the ground.
The opponent, neck encircled, fell, glimpsed Cheng Xiaoxiao’s legs, and rotated the dagger, raising an arm to stab her leg holding him. Cheng Xiaoxiao gathered all her Inner Strength into her feet, twisted his neck harshly with a forceful twist—it clicked—and his eyes widened instantly, releasing his grip on the dagger which fell to the ground.
Cheng Xiaoxiao exhaled deeply, not daring to slack off. She looked up to see the dust clearing, revealing the opponent’s horrified face, seemingly unable to believe that in a blink his companion was killed, eyes wide in terror, dying with a grievance.
Immediately, with a vengeful resolve, he lunged forward swiftly as if to kill her.
Cheng Xiaoxiao kicked the corpse on the ground towards the opponent.
Seeing her treating the dead companion so, the man, not having spoken in a long time, spoke with a hoarse, spiteful scream, "Die!"
"I’m in my prime, not ready to die so soon. Why don’t you go first and explore the way."
The opponent’s eyes turned bloodshot with rage, smoke almost coming out of his seven orifices, "Seeking death!"
"Tsk tsk, you can’t even curse while it’s still hot."
With one less opponent, the fight was much more manageable, especially since the opponent was infuriated, exposing many flaws.
Twenty miles away, atop a towering peak, at its summit, the cold wind howled, making the robe flap wildly; Sikong Yinlong was seated cross-legged, eyes gently closed, the Zhanxing Su Long Staff resting across his knees, lying quietly.
His mouth repeatedly recited intricate and obscure spells, over and over.
After days and nights of tireless contemplation, he finally divined the location of the variable person—Dayi Continent.
Sikong Yinlong hurried to Luoyang City at the fastest speed. This city was the main city of the Dayi Continent, with the greatest potential to find the person.
Unfortunately, the entire Luoyang City was vast, and the Divination Dragon Staff would only respond if it and the target were simultaneously within a ten-meter range, making broad search impossible.
For the whole of Tianqi, narrowing the search down to a city was already a massive progress.
But he had gone around various parts of the city several times, and the staff showed no reaction.
He even suspected the person was no longer in Luoyang City.
He decided to try one last time.
Finding a perfect spot, he sat cross-legged at the peak’s highest point, hoping to pinpoint the location through the staff’s guidance, reducing the search range.
This time, he used a drop of his Essence Blood, using it as a guide, tapping into Dao’s power, demonstrating the Great Divination Master’s might.
At the mountain’s peak, winds surged, clouds billowed.
The spell chanted faster, the world transformed, suddenly a bizarre scene unfolded.
Atop the Divination Dragon Staff, the Silver Moist White Pearl embedded within, said to be the relic Dragon Pearl, shone radiantly, and the staff slowly levitated.
Hovering mid-air, it rotated slowly, the soft light emanating from the Dragon Pearl grew brighter.
Has it sensed the child of change?
Sikong Yinlong’s eyes lit up, excitement welled in his heart, and a rare, genuine smile appeared on his wicked face as he hurriedly chanted the guiding spell.
Following the spell’s instructions, Sikong Yinlong quickly locked onto the direction, surprisingly outside Luoyang City, he flew rapidly through the urban area, heading southwest towards the peaks.
At this moment, his aura had strengthened significantly since the day he clashed with Zhou Yanlan, leveling up as he completed the heritage.