Chapter 344: Night Attack On Karakorum (1/2)
Chapter 344 - Night Attack On Karakorum
The darkness of night engulfed the earth. On this dark night, the moonlight was barely visible.
Hua Kui glanced at the tightly-shut door of the courtyard. This action was rather eye-catching.
A lofty-looking guy that wore a golden mask on his face sneered at Hua Kui. ”It appears that our little friend has no intention of coming out. Hua Kui, I heard that you’re his guide? Your foresight doesn’t seem too good.”
Before Hua Kui could reply, a guy who was seated beside him and drinking alcohol alone chuckled. ”Prince has rather good foresight. I heard that the young fellow you brought in had attracted some enemies, causing you to flee for 4,000 miles? Both of you are evenly matched, so the two of you can have a good talk with each other.”
Hua Kui fiddled with a piece of a leaf from the potted plant beside his feet and replied, ”Cabinet, we are still better than you. Until now, you haven’t even brought in a single person. If you don’t bring in fresh blood within the next five years, you will be expelled from the Grass Hall.”
The guy who was drinking was called Jiu Gui [1]. Those who were familiar with him called him Cabinet.
Prince felt a sense of schadenfreude and chirped in, ”I didn’t expect the cabinet to still be empty. No wonder you’re jealous of us. You can’t even have a good conversation with us about this topic.”
Jiu Gui downed his drink in one gulp and changed the topic. ”What do you think the relationship is between Karakorum and the Grass Hall?”
A solemn look immediately appeared on Hua Kui’s face. ”Cabinet, just keep on drinking your alcohol and don’t ask any questions that we are not supposed to ask.”
”Hua Kui, you’re being too prudent. There’s no harm in talking about it. Even though the Grass Hall provides a lot of rewards, we are still doing a job. This time around, the situation is rather dire, and the enemies we are expecting will not be ordinary individuals.”
The leaf that Hua Kui was fiddling with trembled. Annoyed, he replied, ”Prince, you and your inauspicious mouth.”
Jiu Gui chirped in as well, ”Sigh, if you have told me earlier that Prince was coming, I definitely would not have come. You’re truly deserving of the name ‘Inauspicious Prince.’ Anyway, how’re the preparations going on Xiao Shuren’s side?”
”The preparations have been made.” Hua Kui nodded his head.
Upon hearing these words, the other two immediately felt relieved. Hua Kui might look imposing, powerful, and reliable, but in reality, he could be rather careless at times.
”I can’t wait for our little friend to take action.” Jiu Gui shook his head and shot a seemingly drunken look at a distant part of the sky.
Hua Kui and Prince stood up at the same time.
A few shadows flew across the sky above Little Night Town, overlooking the brightly-lit town beneath them.
”How is it possible that a mere Chu Zhaoyang can frighten them to such a state? A bunch of bums.”
The person who had just spoken was standing atop a Fiery Floating Cloud. His face was of two completely contrasting complexion. The charred and dry left side of his face appeared to have previously been burned by fire. His blazing, flickering eyes looked exceptionally bright in the dark night. Beside him, there was a half-a-meter tall, three-legged cauldron with a crow design engraved on it. Dark-red lava slowly churned within the cauldron.
This person was called Fire Crow. No one knew what his real name was. He was infamous and guilty of monstrous crimes. His hands were covered in the blood of numerous lives. Even though he had countless enemies, he still led a carefree life.
Beside him, there was a person that was fully covered by a cloak. He remained silent and flew through the sky like a ghost.
Ye Shuang did not try to conceal his disdain and hatred toward Fire Crow at all. If they were in another place, he would have slaughtered this troublesome fellow. The moment he returned this favor, he would be a free man and owed nothing to nobody.
His weapons were very unique. In each of his hands, he held a golden wheel. In the center of each golden wheel, there was nothing but a handle. The edge of each golden wheel was filled with sharp densely-packed teeth. The dark-red color of the teeth made the golden wheels look as if they feasted on fresh blood.
Fire Crow knew Ye Shuang disliked him, but he did not care at all. He grinned at Ye Shuang. However, when a grin appeared upon that face of his, he looked exceptionally terrifying.
A delicate newbie like Ye Shuang would not survive very long on the battlefield.
There were three people in total, and they were not familiar with each other. They did not have the intention of coordinating with each other either. Fire Crow directly made his stance clear. ”Each person takes on one opponent. We will fight them individually.”
After finishing his sentence, Fire Crow flew directly downward without even waiting for the other two to reply.
The other two also had no intention of coordinating their offense. They flew toward the Karakorum Sword League separately.
A blazing streak shot down from the sky and flew toward the Karakorum Sword League like a burning meteor.
At that moment, the half-drunk Jiu Gui let out a hiccup and heaved a mouthful of white mist. Like an inflated balloon, the white mist expanded as the wind blew and transformed into a house-sized white cloud in the blink of an eye.
The fast flying blaze shot into the white cloud in a flash. Afterward, the white cloud burst into flames with a loud bang, disintegrating into ashes along with the blaze.
In the sky, Fire Crow’s eyes froze. From the attack of his opponent, Fire Crow could immediately tell whether he was an expert or not. The other party was no pushover.
Fire Crow licked his lips as a tinge of excitement appeared upon his face. He was never scared of his opponents being too powerful. He only feared that they were too weak and posed no challenge to him.
Smacking the cauldron beside him, raging flames surged out of it and shot skyward. The raging flames were dazzling and splendid, illuminating all of Little Night Town and making it look as if it was daytime. The flames also caused Fire Crow’s sinister-looking half-charred face to appear even more terrifying. A grin appeared upon his face.
Three fiery birds flew out of the raging flames in the cauldron. Apparently, they were three crows conjured from fire. Their bodies intertwined as they dived toward the ground.
Mournful screeches engulfed the sky above the Karakorum Sword League in an instant.
Jiu Gui broke into a hearty laugh. ”A grape wine so fine that a cup gleams at night. To drink on I’d love, but for the summons to fight!”
Intoxicated, he picked up the wine cup from the table and spilled its contents into the air.
The sparkling and translucent beads of wine rolled in the air. Suddenly, concentrated water elemental energy erupted from Jiu Gui and vaporized the beads of wine into a cloud of mist. Crackling chords of a lute played from the mist. Subsequently, a neigh from a steed rang out, and a mist-formed rider abruptly surged out of the fog.
The horseman raised his sword and charged forward with lightning speed. Eventually, it transformed into a shadowy streak.
Meanwhile, the three screeching flaming crows in the sky suddenly exploded into countless flaming sparks.
A cold glint flashed across Fire Crow’s eyes. He spread open his right palm, and a flaming protective screen appeared before him.
A shadowy streak blurred through the air. The charging horseman hacked his longsword heavily against the blazing fire screen. The anticipated boom from the clash was not produced. The fire screen collapsed swiftly like a piece of soft paper and engulfed the misty horseman.
The horseman only managed to struggle briefly before vanishing into thin air with a pop.
Grave expressions appeared on the faces of Jiu Gui and Fire Crow.
On the other side.
The ghost-like cloaked man had encountered trouble as well.