Monarch of Evernight - Chapter 977

Chapter 977: 977

This scene was simply too embarrassing . For a moment, Qianye couldn’t decide if he should pretend not to hear .

Seeing Qianye immobile, Li Kuanglan added, “I can’t make this movement . ”

Her calm voice gave Qianye a modicum of relief . He understood Li Kuanglan’s injuries more than anyone else—that movement was likely to affect several fractured bones, not to mention the pain . Qianye might even have to reconnect some bones, at that point, and that would be even more awkward .

As such, Qianye reached out . . .

After Qianye had finished helping her, the two of them sat down face to face . “Where’s my sword?”

“I haven’t seen it, perhaps it fell somewhere else . ”

Li Kuanglan frowned ever so slightly . “That sword is fairly special, it’ll be best if we can find it . Are we close to where I landed?”

Qianye shook his head . “We’d best not, at least not now . I can sense a certain danger near that place, that’s why I moved you here . ”

Li Kuanglan nodded . “If even you feel threatened, I might not be able to handle it even after I’m healed, that is unless we cooperate . ”

“Let’s discuss that after you’re better . ”

Li Kuanglan nodded . “Tell me about this place, it feels extremely strange . There’s nothing to explain this kind of gravity . ”

Qianye narrated some of his findings and the experiences from the night . Naturally, he skipped over the treatment process, but he had to summarize how they had gotten through the cold night as it was of great importance .

Li Kuanglan said after some thought, “That means if we can’t find anything to hunt today, we might not get through the night?”

Qianye nodded honestly .

Li Kuanglan said, “Give me an hour . ”

“Okay, I’ll watch over you . ”

Li Kuanglan closed her eyes and concentrated on channeling a mysterious art . Within moments, a wisp of lingering sword energy emerged above her head . Threads of cold aura then emerged from her body, condensing into needles of ice that stretched out from her body surface . Her aura began to climb at an abnormally swift rate, proving just how strong her secret art was .

But all of a sudden, her face became flushed and her body trembled . She let out a soft groan as her aura fell into chaos . Qianye arrived behind her in one step, prepared to help at a moment’s notice .

Li Kuanglan pointed upward and fired a stream of cold energy from her fingertips which then poured back down on her like icy rain . She trembled from the chill, but the blush on her face had receded somewhat . She glared back at Qianye and said through clenched teeth, “It’s all your fault!”

Qianye was puzzled . He had no idea how her lack of concentration was related to him, and it would seem she had no intention of explaining things to him, either . Due to this minor setback, it took a bit longer before she finally finished her cultivation .

She let out a whistle as she retracted the cold energy around her and stood up . “I’m fine now, let’s go hunting! Uh…”

For a moment, she had forgotten about the holes in the armor . Her body was in a tense state as she had to stay upright against the strong gravity . In the end, the wide movement caused her chest to pop out again .

Li Kuanglan’s blushed red as she pushed the annoyance back inside . She then glared fiercely at Qianye, saying, “Don’t you have any clothes for me?”

“Ah, yes I do!” Only then did he come to, quickly removing the armor on his body and passing it to Li Kuanglan . Fortunately, the two of them weren’t too different in body structure . Qianye’s armor was a bit big on Li Kuanglan, but it wouldn’t affect her movements .

Li Kuanglan glanced at Qianye, who was now clad in internal armor, and respired heavily for a moment .

“No,” Qianye replied honestly .

Li Kuanglan was helpless . She actually knew how precious spatial equipment was and that no one would fill it with multiple armor sets . There was probably no space even if they wanted to .

All she could do was take a step back and ask, “Do you have a sword? Give me one . ”

Qianye produced East Peak out of habit, but after some thought, he put it back and passed Li Kuanglan a half-meter-long vampiric blade .

The latter rolled her eyes, saying unceremoniously, “Why won’t you give me that sword from just now? Are you implying I don’t know how to wield a sword by giving me this lousy little thing?”

Qianye explained patiently, “This dagger’s level is quite high, just use it in the meanwhile . That sword just now is my usual weapon, it really isn’t suitable for you . ”

“Not suited for me? Ha! Now that’s funny . This young master has been practicing the sword for many years, this is the first time I’ve heard of a sword I can’t wield . Give it to me!” Seeing Qianye unmoved, she simply reached out to grab Qianye’s necklace .

Andruil’s Mysterious Realm was something Qianye valued the most . He attached even greater importance to it than East Peak . Now that Li Kuanglan was reaching for it, Qianye blocked her hand instinctively and moved to grab her neck from behind .

Li Kuanglan hadn’t imagined she would lose in just one move . After a momentary daze, she said through clenched teeth, “I’m just asking for your sword, why so stingy?”

Qianye felt a bit bad, so he whipped East Peak out and thrust it into the ground in front of her .

With a harrumph, Li Kuanglan grabbed the hilt and pulled—but East Peak wouldn’t budge at all! Greatly astonished, she channeled her origin power and hoisted the blade with greater power . This time, East Peak moved upward somewhat, but soon fell back down and into the ground .

In this world, East Peak was close to ten tons in weight, not something a wounded Li Kuanglan could move .

Li Kuanglan’s mouth twitched . She wanted to complain, “Why is this damned sword so heavy!?”, but she couldn’t quite bring herself to that level as she had already lost face after two failed attempts . She took a deep breath, preparing to draw the sword with all her might .

Qianye could no longer watch on . He pressed down on her hand, saying, “You haven’t healed yet . I’ll have to treat your bones again if you force it . ”

Li Kuanglan blushed yet again at the mention of her bones . She pulled her hand back in silence and watched as Qianye lifted East Peak, stowing it away in Andruil’s space . The entire process seemed fairly easy, almost as though he were working with an ordinary sword .

At this point, Li Kuanlan sighed . “I finally understand why those people from the military can’t deal with you . If you can even use such a sword, there’s probably no one in the younger generation of the empire who can compare in terms of constitution . I really wanted to fight you to the death back then, but I might be the one dead if I really did . ”

Qianye shook his head . “I won’t kill you . ”

“Humph! Is there anything you won’t do?” Li Kuanglan realized that she had made a mistake after saying those words, but fortunately, Qianye seemed not to have noticed .

Qianye stuffed the vampiric blade into her hand . “Try it out and see if it’s suitable . ”

Li Kuanglan produced a couple of moves . “Not bad, the quality is pretty good . But… it’s a vampiric blade, right?”

Qianye nodded . “It’s an old weapon I used before . Now, I have no use for it, so I left it as a backup . ”

Li Kuanglan glanced at Qianye and then asked seriously, “A vampiric blade as a backup weapon, are you really a vampire?”

“Many people saw my blood core back at Indomitable . Can’t fake it,” Qianye said calmly .

“Let that matter be, let’s go hunting while I’m in a good state . ”

Nodding, Qianye walked out of the cave with Li Kuanglan and began exploring away from the lake .

After crossing over two hills, a large valley appeared before the two . There was a small lake at its center with only a few trees surrounding it . Li Kuanglan’s eyes lit up . “There’s water over there . There might be some beasts or fish nearby . It’s quite odd that we didn’t see a single living creature after walking for so long . ”

“There’s a large lake near where you fell . I suspect there’s an extremely powerful beast in there, and the area nearby is his territory . That’s why we found no animals . A territory is quite probable, but it needs to eat too! What will it consume if there’s nothing left over such a large area?”

Qianye had no answer to this question and Li Kuanglan only made a brief mention of this . In the span of a few words, the two had made combat preparations and retracted their auras as they approached the valley lake .

After descending the valley and reaching the forest borders, a little snow-white creature rushed out from behind the trees . This beast was round, short, and was running like the wind . At this point, three more similar creatures appeared from behind . They were much larger and faster—the strongest one among them quickly caught up to the running white beast, pinning it to the ground .

Just as Qianye was expecting to see the snow-white creature lose its life to a deadly bite, the larger white beast straddled the captive and started mating . Meanwhile, the two snow beasts behind started fighting one another to decide who would go second .

Li Kuanglan said furiously, “How can these things be so shameless!? Slaughter them!”

Qianye laughed wryly, “Perhaps this is how they survive . ”

“Aren’t you going to hunt? Isn’t the prey right in front of you? If you’re not doing it, I will . ”

Qianye shook his head as he moved toward the snowy beasts . His fingers fired three sanguineous threads that pierced through the male creatures, leaving only the female one alive . The threads vanished immediately after the attack, returning to Qianye’s body with some extra essence blood . Qianye felt three balls of fire entering his body . All he heard was a loud boom before his body entered a state of blood boil .

These snowy beasts weren’t very big, and their strength was fairly mediocre . The purity of their blood was quite high, however, and almost surpassed that of a viscount .

Qianye required time to digest all the blood he had absorbed, so he stood motionlessly and put his mind to stowing them away .

The female creature jumped up after seeing that the three males were dead . She sniffed around their bodies to make sure they were really dead, and then ran back to the forest . There, she unleashed a shrill cry that echoed throughout the woods .

Some shadows flickered in the trees as two more male creatures rushed out . The female turned to flee once more but was soon caught and pressed to the ground amidst miserable cries .

Li Kuanglan was speechless . All she could utter was a fierce, “Shameless!”