622 Fallen Mountain and Chaotic Waterfall, Ruined Embankment and Overflowing River (1/2)
Chapter 622: Fallen Mountain and Chaotic Waterfall, Ruined Embankment and Overflowing River
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Luo Kedi asked without any expression, ”What's the point of us standing here in this manner? Are we waiting for Ning Que to come out or waiting for him to leave? If we can only watch him, why did I have to come all the way to Yuelun Kingdom to see him? If we are here for a fight, then why don't we attack? Why are we waiting here?”
Master Qi Mei said calmly, ”Though Buddha is merciful, it has its moments of anger too. Judging from the situation, naturally, we are not here to see them leave, but to witness the death of the Daughter of Yama. As for the wait...The entire human realm has been waiting for more than a year. What's waiting a little while longer?”
Luo Kedi asked, ”Who are we waiting for?”
Qi Mei said, ”Waiting for Chief Preaching Monk to enter the city. Based on the distance, he should be almost here.”
Luo Kedi's expression turned slightly cold. He thought, 'just yesterday you mentioned that Chief Preaching Monk would not attack, then why are you now saying that the chief monk is entering the city?' He could not help but say with his somewhat cold voice, ”It is impossible for Ning Que to leave Chaoyang City with us around.”
Qi Mei raised his head and looked into Luo Kedi's eyes. He smiled faintly and asked, ”Have you realized that we have been communicating more with each other – at the White Tower Temple – ever since we found out that Ning Que was hiding in this small courtyard?”
Luo Kedi raised his eyebrows and replied with a deep voice, ”So what?”
Qi Mei sighed and said, ”This means we are feeling nervous.”
Luo Kedi retorted, ”You're the chief monk of Xuankong Temple's Hall of Respect. I'm the commander of West-Hill Divine Palace's divine guard. Be it strength or state – we are superior to Ning Que. Moreover, Hierarch Lord and Chief Preaching Monk have picked me and you to slaughter the Daughter of Yama. We both understand the logic behind this: even if he is one of Headmaster's core disciples, how could Ning Que ever escape alive?”
”The more you explain, the more it shows how nervous you are. I am willing to admit to it, because I don't think of it as embarrassing. Calculating based on time of the human realm, Ning Que entered Knowing Destiny State less than half a year ago. Logically, he can't beat us. But you should know: from how he defeated Prince Long Qing and entered the Second floor of the Academy, to the many incidents that happened after that – you should be aware of how difficult it is to find any logic in this young man.”
Master Qi Mei said casually, ”The key is – though Daughter of Yama is gravely ill, frail and has yet to recover – how certain are you that, at the very last moment, she will not release that light which she had released back at Chang'an Snow Lake?”
Luo Kedi kept silent. He felt that he was somewhat annoyed, so he took a deep breath. This breath was extremely demanding, causing his originally flat chest to rise up like a mountain.
Just then, his expression changed drastically. The small courtyard remained quiet. He did not see any one, nor did he see any movement, but he could feel an extremely intense sense of danger!
Luo Kedi gave a loud, sharp roar. He stomped his right foot with a thud, cracking the ground into a broken web. With the huge seismic wave, he flew backwards without a shred of hesitation.
As he flew backwards, he once again roared – just as loudly and sharply as before. This was not only to warn the people around him, but it was also because his chest had been filled with numerous gases when he took the deep breath. Had he not released these gases within the shortest time, he would not be able to act at his fastest speed, and this would mean that he might get badly injured if these gases were to be released while he was being hit by an unexpected attack!
Just as Luo Kedi let out the second roar, in the distant small courtyard, an extremely round hole suddenly appeared in the wooden door. The hole was less than 3 fingers wide and there weren't even any flying splinters – its silent appearance was oddly mysterious!
A dark and sharp iron arrow rapidly flew across the hundreds of feet in front of Luo Kedi. Ning Que knew that Luo Kedi was going to take a deep breath, so he shot his arrow at that exact moment, preventing him from having any chance of dodging it.
The dark iron arrow hit Luo Kedi's left shoulder!
Though it was just an arrow, the impact it resulted in was like a gigantic hammer falling from the sky, crashing into a tall, magnificent mountain, creating a thunderous blast!
Suddenly, an extremely strong talisman appeared from the armor beneath Luo Kedi's coat. Incredibly thin golden threads on the surface of the armor twinkled as they tried to shield against this iron arrow's stab!
His body was covered with a set of handmade Divine Talisman armor, jointly created by the Divine Talisman Master of West-Hill Divine Palace and workers from South Jin Kingdom. Even in the entire West-Hill Divine Palace, there were only 3 suits of armor of this rank and were only slightly weaker than the armor worn by Xia Hou in the past. If not for Hierarch Lord's favor, he would not be qualified to wear this armor.
The reason why Luo Kedi looked down on Ning Que was because he believed that Ning Que's strongest weapon – Primordial Thirteen Arrows – were unable to threaten him at all.
Yet, just before that tiny arrow hole mysteriously appeared in the small courtyard's door, he had sensed the dangerous atmosphere and knew – he was wrong.
Ning Que was only at the peak of Seethrough Realm during the winter when he was by the lake. At that time, iron arrows in his hands could already throw Xia Hou into a miserable state. Later, he continuously shot his arrows at Long Qing, which resulted in the latter being heavily injured in front of the Red Lotus Temple. Now that he had already entered Knowing Destiny State, fighters like Qi Nian and Ye Su were cautious of his presence. Could Luo Kedi compare?