Chapter 263
Chapter 263: The Unintentional Hinder
Translator: StackThatCoin Editor: Hitesh
While watching the battle off in the distance, the sudden appearance of Wu Qi had given Yan Dan and many of his ministers a fright . It was especially true when they saw his bizarre entrance . He was shooting straight towards Bai Qi like a cannonball, and behind him was a group of several tens of figures, seemingly chasing him and viciously thrusting their swords at him . Every now and then, a few of them would self-explode . The most shocking thing was that all of these self-exploded pursuers were Human Immortals with cultivation base of Gold Core realm!
"With the cultivation base of Gold Core, they . . . they actually self-exploded!" Yan Dan cried out shockingly, "Who is having such a great enmity and deep hostility with Wu Qi? Who in our Great Yan Dynasty bore such murderous hatred that made him willing to use the men of sacrifice with cultivation base of Gold Core realm to assassinate Wu Qi?"
All the ministers around Yan Dan looked at each other, but no one was talking . It was a fact that Wu Qi had offended many people in Great Yan Dynasty . However, among all the people he offended, no one would be so extravagant as to using the self-explosion of Human Immortals to kill or hurt him . Even Yue Yi, whose youngest son was killed by Wu Qi, would never send so many Gold Core cultivators and attempt to assassinate Wu Qi with the method of self-explosion .
After a brief moment of silence, Yan Dan, Mo Di, Xun Kuang, and all the civilian and military officials turned their glances over to Lu Buwei at the same time, who stood silently and motionlessly right behind Yan Dan . He looked like a spirit and did not even seem to be breathing . The wealthy-looking Lu Buwei gave everyone a cool smile, opened his eyes slightly and said, "Yes, I'm the one who did that . Does anyone of you have any complaints?"
There was a cold gleam that shone from Lu Buwei's eyes, and it made him look very threatening . Apart from a few people, most of Great Yan Dynasty's civilian and military officials could not refrain themselves from bowing their heads, daring not to have their eyes meet with Lu Buwei's glance . "It is because of a personal grudge that I want to kill Wu Qi, and not an official business . " said Lu Buwei with a cold laugh while raising his head up proudly as he continued, "Can anyone tell me, which of the Great Yan Dynasty's national law prohibits any of the clans to raise their own assassins, using them to assassinate their own enemies?"
Yan Dan did not say anything . Indeed, Great Yan Dynasty did not have any national law that would restrict the usage of assassins . Regardless it was Jing Ke, Tian Guang, or even Qin Wuyang, all of them were once assassins . Thus, unknowingly and unconsciously influenced by them and their stories, the trend of raising own murderous devices - the men of sacrifice or assassins, was born in Great Yan Dynasty . When there was a conflict that broke out between two clans, using assassins to do the talking was usually the most direct and efficient method .
It was Lu Buwei who sent the assassins to kill Wu Qi . He had admitted that openly, and no one could pick any problem out from him . One might say that since Lu Buwei was the Left Prime Minister of Great Yan, he should not kill any Great Yan's ministers . However, if one still remembered, Wu Qi had killed his granddaughter . So, how was the score going to be settled between them?
It was a messy situation, thus, Yan Dan simply did not want to interfere, and acted like he knew nothing . Even Mo Di and Xun Kuang had nothing to say .
While letting out a long angry cry, Wu Qi shot through the sky and flew straight towards Bai Qi's back, who was in the middle of a violent battle with Fan Yuqi . The continuous explosion of tens of Human Immortals behind him had generated a very strong shockwave that pushed him, causing him to fly with an even greater speed . In a flash, Wu Qi had traveled through a distance of one hundred miles and approached less than one thousand feet from Bai Qi . Wu Qi sighed helplessly . Over his shoulder, he looked at the tens of vague figures that were chasing very closely behind, then waved his left hand and shot out several hundred dragon-scale-shaped golden beams, which combined and turned into a stream of white light and thrust straight towards Bai Qi's back .
Each of the golden beams was extremely sharp, and as they contained a tiny thread of innate earth element energy essence, they could absorb the earth element energies from the surroundings to replenish their own consumption . It also made each of them weigh over fifty thousand kilograms . The golden beams pierced through the air and generated loud noises which were very unpleasant to the ears, carrying an immense killing intent as they shot straight towards eighteen vital acupoints behind Bai Qi's back . Through the Mystic Eyes of Universe, Wu Qi knew that all these eighteen vital acupoints were the passages which Bai Qi used to absorb the killing aura that was found in the surrounding .
It was an intense and fierce battle between Fan Yuqi and Bai Qi . Relying on his faster speed, Bai Qi kept attacking Fan Yuqi while flying in a circle, breaking his armor and leaving behind several hundred cuts and wounds on his body . Fan Yuqi was bathed in blood . However, as he was cultivating the Earthly Indestructible Body, although he was slower in speed, the defensive strength of his fleshly body was very strong and solid . As a result, no matter how Bai Qi exerted his strength, hacking and chopping at Fan Yuqi's body, he could only hurt Fan Yuqi, but not kill him . Although Fan Yuqi externally seemed to be in a very bad shape, he did not suffer any wounds that could really get him killed .
With each hand holding a tiger-headed short crescent halberd and a bright yellow light bursting from his body, Fan Yuqi had his face twisted and locked Bai Qi in close combat . Bai Qi's speed was roughly fifty percent faster than Fan Yuqi, yet his strength was many times weaker . Furthermore, Bai Qi did not have a fleshly body as strong as Fan Yuqi . Therefore, he fought in guerrilla style, daring not to fight head-to-head with Fan Yuqi .
All of a sudden, Bai Qi noticed there was a ball of very sharp air shooting at him from behind . What made him even shocked was that these sharp streams were aiming right at the passages on his back which he used to absorb the murderous energies in the surrounding with his cultivation technique of 'White-Tiger Slaughtering Script' . If these vital acupoints were attacked, Bai Qi's combative strength would be greatly affected . Driven by the instinct of his body, Bai Qi swung his sword backward and thrust it out immediately .
A series of several hundred clanging sounds echoed out, as the several hundred dragon-scale-shaped golden beams hit right onto Bai Qi's sword and created many white ripples in the air . Bai Qi's arm was violently shaken, as each of these golden beams came with a weight of several tens of thousands of kilograms, and that too at an incredible speed . After withstanding several hundred impacts of such magnitude, Bai Qi could no longer hold his sword tight . A white beam shot out from his hand, as his sword was knocked flying away into a far distance .
Supposedly, Bai Qi would not be so lousy . However, as he had forcibly used the Bugle of Dragon Ying not long ago, that had caused a great damage to his cultivation base . Although he did consume some spirit pills and medicines to heal himself and his cultivation base, as only a few months had passed since that incident, his cultivation base was still pretty far from stepping back into the peak-stage of Nascent Soul realm, and his strength was greatly reduced . On top of that, the Earth Element Dragon Scales Shield was an innate magical item . It contained a very powerful strength, and as Bai Qi was focusing seventy percent of his attention on Fan Yuqi, he was caught unprepared and had his sword knocked flying away by Wu Qi .
When the sword was knocked away from his grip, Bai Qi, the man who had gone through numerous battles of life and death, was struck with a great shock . "How dare you!! How is this even possible??!" cried Bai Qi .
He appeared to be in a trance, but Fan Yuqi was not . Upon noticing that Bai Qi had his body turned stiff after being struck by Wu Qi's surprise attack, Fan Yuqi snorted coldly, as a stream of yellow energy that reached several miles up into the sky came shooting out from the top of his head, while a loud noise that sounded like the steam whistle of a large ship rang out and filled the air . Then, he thrust both short halberds forward and hit viciously on Bai Qi's body . One pierced through his left rib cage, while the other smashed forcefully onto his right shoulder, nearly crushing half of his body to shreds .
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