Chapter 1488: Close at Hand! (1/2)
Translated by: Hypersheep325
Edited by: Michyrr
Thwishthwishthwish!
Wang Chong and the Lone Silence Ancestor charged forward, but they were too late. As mud and stones spread through the underground river, the pair were forced to stop.
”How could this happen!?”
The Lone Silence Ancestor nastily scowled.
The battle in the underground palace had actually affected the river, blocking their path. This was something that he had not imagined at the beginning.
”Bastard! We can only force our way through!” the Lone Silence Ancestor said.
He turned his head and looked behind him, his eyes erupting with fighting intent.
Even if they won this battle, it would create many problems for them later on, but there was nothing to be done.
Whoosh!
But just when the Lone Silence Ancestor had resolved himself to fight with the men in black, he heard an enormous splash and felt a vast aura that was equal to the third bamboo hat man.
Sensing two new auras rapidly approaching them caused Wang Chong and the Lone Silence Ancestor to pale.
The Psychic Seal laid down by the Origin Immortal Lord was still present in the underground river.
Although the Lone Silence Ancestor did not have the immense amount of Psychic Energy that Wang Chong had, his Gonggong Divine Art fused him together with the river. In certain aspects, he was even more sensitive to shifts in the river than Wang Chong.
”It's the other two bamboo hat men!”
Wang Chong felt his heart sink.
The eyes couldn't see anything in the darkness of the underground river, but Wang Chong could clearly sense a vast danger approaching.
Even if Wang Chong and the Lone Silence Ancestor couldn't defeat one bamboo hat man, they could at least put up a fight. But with the three bamboo hat men gathered together with all their subordinates in their half–Lu Wu and Black Flame Asura forms, the pair simply didn't have the power.
As the sound of splashing water got closer and closer, Wang Chong and the Lone Silence Ancestor turned grim.
”Young Master Wang, it will be difficult for this incident to turn out well. I'm better in the water, so I'll do my best to hold them down while you try to escape,” the Lone Silence Ancestor sternly said, a certain resolve taking form in his mind.
”Wait!”
Wang Chong suddenly extended a hand and stopped the Lone Silence Ancestor. At the same time, countless thoughts were going through his mind.
The Lone Silence Ancestor stared in shock at Wang Chong.
There was no time to do anything, and those three bamboo hat men were extremely powerful. In such narrow confines, there was no way they could hide from them.
Battle was their only option.
The Lone Silence Ancestor couldn't think of any sort of plan that Wang Chong might have to help the two of them escape this disaster.
The boulder behind them had blocked up the river and could not be taken care of in a short period of time. By the time they did so, the men in black would have already caught up.
Wang Chong said nothing, the expression in his eyes growing graver and graver. All kinds of ideas took form in his mind, but the time available to him was truly limited.
……
Meanwhile, elsewhere in the underground river…
The third bamboo hat man was traveling through the water in the form of a serpent dragon, but when he sensed the two immense energies behind him, he stopped and frowned.
A few moments later, the other two bamboo hat men and their followers arrived.
The third bamboo hat man gazed at his two comrades and asked, ”What's going on? Weren't you supposed to stay up there?”
The bamboo hat leader stopped and sternly said, ”Seizing the Origin Immortal Art is his mission, not ours. What we should be doing is catching that brat. You all know what will happen if we fail this mission!”
The third bamboo hat man instantly understood.
The two of them were moving on their own without obtaining the approval of their lord, but given the situation… this was probably the only thing the three of them could do.
”That's true! We can't bear the price of failure!” the third bamboo hat man said.
”Where's the brat?” the bamboo hat leader asked.
”I haven't found him yet, but there's no need to worry. We'll find him soon. This river is only so large! He can't have gotten far!”
The bamboo hat trio and all the men in black swiftly advanced, a sharp gleam in their eyes.
While advancing, the trio carefully searched their surroundings, leaving no stone unturned. Fifty meters, forty meters, thirty meters… the group was getting closer and closer to the location of Wang Chong and the Lone Silence Ancestor.