Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 890

Chapter 8-890: Volume 8 - Chapter 890: Determination

Through the rising dust cloud in the distance, one could vaguely see a massive trade caravan snaking over slowly . A motorcade of this scale was simply beyond imagination and clearly one that had been formed from a combination of many caravans .

From the perspective of a robber, this was an extremely big fish .

Qianye narrowed his eyes, contemplating what this giant motorcade meant . It was then that he noticed a wisp of icy blue energy through the corner of his eyes .

He turned slightly toward the side . “How come you’re here?”

Li Kuanglan appeared behind Qianye . “As expected, I can’t hide from you . I’m now really curious about your hidden aces . ”

“Let’s get to the point . ”

Li Kuanglan passed him a letter . “I have a letter for you . ”

Qianye inquired as he received the missive, “From whom?”

“Reportedly, it’s from the city lord of Tidehark, Luo Bingfeng . The messenger, Luo Yun, claims to be the steward of the city lord manor . I think he’s telling the truth . ”

Qianye didn’t open the letter just yet . Instead, he pointed at the approaching motorcade . “What do you make of that?”

Li Kuanglan shot a glance in the pointed direction and then looked back at Qianye . “You used Heartgrave?”

“Yes, I just killed a champion dressed up as a common soldier . ”

Li Kuanglan sneered . “Planning a disguised ambush against you is just courting death . ”

“How do you see this situation?” Qianye repeated his question .

Li Kuanglan said calmly, “Simple, you’ve delivered a fierce message and used your killing move . They sent out this caravan knowing that you won’t be able to attack again in a short while . This is a message to you and to the people of Tidehark, a slap to the face if you will . ”

The two were chatting amidst the rocky terrain, yet the hunter on the nearby hilltop never noticed . Every time his gaze moved in their direction, he would divert it away subconsciously—it felt like something terrible would happen if he were to look a while longer . He felt inexplicably nervous, but he simply couldn’t figure out his problem . He had even sent two signals to his colleagues that everything was fine .

Meanwhile, Qianye and Li Kuanglan were gazing at the rolling caravan with their hands behind their backs . The lead vehicle had already rushed out of the dust cloud and driven onto the main road at the foot of the mountains . The numerous sentries on its roof were glancing about with their binoculars, but they couldn’t sense anything when their line of sight swept past Qianye and Li Kuanglan .

In their origin-empowered vision, the two of them were just unassuming rocks .

Holding the letter behind his back, Qianye’s fingers tapped on the envelope with increasing frequency .

He said all of a sudden, “How should I tell them that I’m not joking?”

Li Kuanglan was startled as she had never thought about this . “No idea . ”

Qianye’s tapping finger came to an abrupt stop . “It’s actually quite simple, I just need to plunder this caravan . Now!”

With a bang, that envelope turned into a cloud of shredded paper . Qianye never even opened it from the beginning, up until the end .

Qianye’s figure vanished!

Li Kuanglan subconsciously reached out to grasp Cold Moon’s embrace . She hadn’t even drawn her blade when she felt a prick on her face, which developed into a red spot, and then to a drop of seeping blood .

This was a wisp of origin power that Qianye had left behind, and even Li Kuanglan had no idea when he had released it . The meaning, however, was clear—he didn’t want Li Kuanglan to interfere .

The first car of the motorcade rose up all of a sudden and was flipped away to the side . It rolled several times before falling into a ditch by the road . Things happened so fast that the soldiers in the truck had no time to react or get off . Most of them tumbled about and lost consciousness inside the compartment .

Qianye walked on through the cars like he was taking a stroll . Every time there was a car driving toward him, he would send it off the road with a light flick of his sword . Be it soldiers or workers, all the passengers were tossed about in great disarray . In the blink of an eye, the dozen or so cars at the van of the motorcade had been flipped over . The vehicles also descended into chaos as they braked hurriedly .

The soldiers started to react soon afterward, aiming their weapons at Qianye . A number of nervous greenhorns began firing before the officer had issued the order . The frontline officer’s “hold your fire” was still echoing in the air when gunshots rang out, and a hail of bullets rained down on Qianye!

The latter’s expression turned cold as his silhouette flickered and reappeared near an armored vehicle, East Peak cutting into its engine like a hot knife through butter .

Following a loud rumble and a cloud of steam, the engine erupted in a spray of flaming engine parts and deformed steel plates . The vehicle was blasted apart and the goods began burning fiercely . The soldiers standing atop the car were sent flying and died as they crashed back onto the ground .

Qianye’s figure flashed constantly as he advanced against the flow, turning one car after the other in his wake into balls of fire . In a flash, the merchant companies who had taken part in this operation had suffered great losses .

At this moment, the generals under the vice-commander were still quite a distance away . They were startled when the commotion broke out, uncertain who would dare assault a caravan of such scale . According to reason, Qianye should be lying low after firing that shot . The vice-commander wasn’t expecting to actually draw Qianye out when he had ordered the caravan to move out . Experienced hunters would never be so rash as to fall into such an obvious trap .

In just a short while, the front end of this vehicular dragon had turned into a burning serpent of flames . Very soon, a fourth of the trucks had been destroyed! From the speed with which the fires were spreading, one could easily tell that Qianye hadn’t held back at all .

The vice-commander flew up and roared furiously, “How dare you!”

The other generals of the city guard naturally followed suit . A couple more of them appeared from hidden locations and cut off Qianye’s paths of retreat .

They weren’t wrong in trying to surround him, but that further delayed their arrival, during which Qianye had wrecked eight more cars . The entire motorcade had come to a complete stop at this point, and there were people fleeing to either side of this tortuous metallic dragon . Qianye made no effort to kill the people, but the exploding trucks knew neither friend nor foe . Whoever was near the blast would be at risk of losing their lives .

Stopping Qianye wasn’t the responsibility of ordinary soldiers . This business was best left to those high-ranking officers and generals .

Seeing that someone had taken the lead to flee, all the others started swarming over from behind . Thousands of workers and soldiers were soon scattering to the side like ants, much to the ire of the vice-commander .

He spared no expense to further increase his speed . The man soon arrived in front of Qianye like a falling star, hoping to intercept him . Suddenly, the vice-commander felt his body tremble and his flight trajectory deviated obviously to the side . A graceful young noble had just appeared in his sight . This person’s aura was majestic and the aqua blue sword in his hand was mysteriously blue and dazzling .

Li Kuanglan never left her position . It was just that she had unsheathed her sword and was no longer hiding her existence .

The vice-commander was a decisive and ruthless character . He pointed at Li Kuanglan from afar and shouted, “You lot keep an eye on him, the rest come with me . Whoever kills Qianye will score the highest contribution!”

The soldiers on the trucks had already fled at this point, leaving the empty vehicles parked on the main road . Qianye ignored the officers barring his path entirely . He pushed ahead through steel and fire, turning one vehicle after another into blazing spheres .

A fierce general finally lost his calm and pounced at Qianye with a loud roar . The latter, on the other hand, took a step forward and rammed into the incoming enemy! A loud thud echoed as the general was sent flying backward, but East Peak had already stabbed into his chest during that short exchange .

Another general flew over weightlessly and brushed right past Qianye .

The latter experienced a short pause before continuing onward . It was just that a blood wound had appeared below his ribs . That general left swiftly, covering over a hundred meters in the blink of an eye . He collapsed all of a sudden as he was running away, a pool of blood seeping out from under his body .

One after the other, the city guard officers charged at Qianye like fierce beasts and were duly cut down . The burning trucks formed a natural barrier that prevented a joint assault, but the surviving officers were hell-bent on fighting Qianye to the death, enraged by the death of their comrades .

Qianye kept moving forward, leaving corpses, steel, and raging flames in his wake . The wounds on his body increased in number and his aura was also dwindling—only his eyes were as bright and lustrous as before .

The battle at this point had become a contest of perseverance and killing intent, a race to see who would collapse first .

A general had been roaming the periphery of the battlefield, the crosshairs on his large-caliber sniper rifle never leaving Qianye . Finally, just as Qianye’s step faltered, he took advantage of the opening to fire at the target’s back .

The vice-commander who hadn’t yet taken action all this time also found the opportunity he was waiting for . He appeared in front of Qianye in the blink of an eye, thrusting his twin blades at Qianye’s heart .

But at this moment, the vice-commander suddenly noticed his figure being reflected in Qianye’s eyes . Overcome by a wave of dizziness, his dagger drifted downward and stabbed deep into Qianye’s abdomen .

The vice-commander didn’t look delighted at all after having dealt a heavy blow to Qianye . He looked down in astonishment and saw that East Peak had pierced diagonally through his abdomen . Only at this point did he realize that Qianye had been waiting for him all along, waiting to trade blows with him .

Whoever made a move at this point would deal great damage to both parties . The vice-commander didn’t dare to move, but Qianye reached out and grabbed the vice-commander toward him . Their faces were almost touching at this point!

This action injured both components, lacerating their wounds at the same time . During this cruel contest, the desire to live finally suppressed the vice-commander’s will to fight . He released his blades and raised his hands, gesturing that he would surrender .

Qianye stared into those terror-filled eyes and uttered word by word, “Go back and tell them, I won’t leave until they release Song Zining!”

Qianye whipped East Peak out and left, not sparing the grounded vice-commander a second glance .

Blood dripped down from his sword, leaving a long trail of scarlet on the ground .

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