Chapter 230 (1/2)
Chapter 230
assassination
Feng Na really had a knack for theatrics, Li Yundong would give her thatShe had picked the perfect scene froood balance between exciting swordplay and melodramatic tear-jerkersIt was a superb blend of action and dra had been to the rehearsals once, so he had a pretty good grasp of the play's sequenceThe play would begin with a scene about Li Xiaoyao and Ling Yueru going on a quest to track down Zhao Ling'er, as kidnapped by Elder shi+ prior to the sceneLi Xiaoyao, Ling Yueru and their search party would run into Gai Luojiao and Elder shi+ during their quest, after which a fight would ensueThe fight sequence would end with Elder shi+ unleashi+ng a powerful move that killed everyone involved in the battle except for Li Xiaoyao and Ling Yueru
Li Yundong's character, theby the area shortly after the fight endedUpon his arrival at the scene, thealone amidst a litter of dead bodies (courtesy of Elder shi+'s suicidal hast at the massacre, the 'er was the one responsible for the deathsHe thought that Zhao Ling'er must've been possessed by an evil spirit to be capable of such a horrendous actIn a fit of rage, the 'er away to properly exterinal scene, both Li Xiaoyao and Ling Yueru were knocked unconscious by Gai Luojiao before theNa hadNa's version, Li Xiaoyao was conscious even after Elder shi+'s suicidal e in a duel with the 'er awayThe play would conclude with an e'er be taken away by the master swordsman
The entire sequence was oddly si had taken Su Chan away froain, he decided not to read tooNa could've known about what transpired the night He Shao died
Froraphed fight between Elder shi+ and the 'er) was kneeling soht unfold with a fearful look in her eyesFor soe audience, Zi Yuan see saht as well do his best since he was already involved in the play
Li Yundong took a deep breath and exhaledHe wouldn't have to make his entrance until the final scene of the play, so he still had a bit of time to pep himself up a little
Screa recognized that to be the cue for Elder shi+'s suicide sceneHe did a final check of his costume and made sure that the sas secure on his backThen, he took another peek fro some kind of weird pose, clearly about to unleash his deadly, suicidalcounted three seconds in his head
At the third count, the stage lights flashed brightly to siuish filled the stage where bodies were flung away froed into darkness, Li Yundong kneas ti stepped out from behind the curtains and hurried towards the center of the stage where he stood with his head boaiting for the stage lights to cohts dazzled hiaze anyway
The entire hall came alive al and chanting his na unsheathed the sword froh above his headAs expected, the blade began to glow brightlySince there was nothing he could do to prevent the sword froured he would use the sword's reaction to his advantage and incorporate it into the play so from the audience diminished the moment the sas outDespite the absence of cheers and claps, the grand hall wasn't silent at allAn ear-piercing, whining noise resonated throughout the hall, drowning out everything else, even the pounding inside Li Yundong's earsThe stage lights diloriously lit by the sword's radiance
ZING!
Li Yundong swung the sword in a doard arc
Zi Yuan, in a feat of dra pointed the tip of the sword at her face; Zhao Ling'er was terrified
So far so good
”Did you slaughter these people?” Li Yundong said in a cold voice”Are you responsible for this massacre?”
Zi Yuan scrambled backwards and shook her head wildly
But thenone of it
”There are corpses strewn all over this place!” Li Yundong said sharply”And you are the only one left standing! How dare you deny your wrongdoings, you devil!”
Li Yundong took a step forwardThat was a cue; they had rehearsed this before
In three, two, one…
Li Xiaoyao rose from the pile of dead bodies and ran forward to shi+eld Zi Yuan behind his back
”Please, sir! Please do not harm her! She didn't kill these people!” Li Xiaoyao yelled”I can attest to her innocence!”
”Out ofshoved Li Xiaoyao aside
Then, as Li Xiaoyao sturab Zi Yuan
”Get away from her!” Li Xiaoyao screa turned his headAs expected, Li Xiaoyao had drawn his sword and was about to attack Li Yundong with it
Just when Li Yundong was about to start trading bloith Li Xiaoyao, so freakish happened
Liuhe's hilt twisted around Li Yundong's fingers and then flew out of his hand with astounding speed
ZING!
The sword swung around in a quick circle, stopping when it was a good twelve feet above the stage
The sword's whining grew louder and louder
At one point, Li Yundong thought his earsso close to the swordHe shot Zi Yuan a worried glanceTo his surprise, Zi Yuan wasn't even paying attention to the sword; she was glancing around desperately as though she was looking for some kind of invisible object in the air
A second later, Zi Yuan gasped
Her eyes were on hiht at him with an expression that could only be construed as that of sheer horror
Alar when Zi Yuan suddenly rabbed his shoulder with one hand and then shoved his head doards with the otherHe grunted when his knees hit the stage's wooden surfaceA split second later, he looked up fro about two feet in front of hi to shi+eld his body fro in front of them, but he didn't knohat it was
”Show yourself!” Zi Yuan yelled, striking the air with her palreen light flew froe
So out, and all of a sudden, nue where Zi Yuan's palm strike had just landed
CLINK! CLINK! CLINK!
The golden needles rose into the air, circling and twirling
Then, they shot doards, every single one of the ducked and did a shoulder rowA few of those needles streaked past his head and circled towards the ceiling oncerose into a half-crouch and hurried towards Zhong Xiuguo, who had couy was down on the floor, treuo away thehissed at the dazedturned away, not caring whether or not Zhong Xiuguo had actually followed his instructions
Whilei at him after that first attackThe needles appeared to be subdued by soht hand
Zi Yuan kept rotating her wrist as she slowly backed away froth, herding the golden needles into a clu her eyes off the needlesThe purple ribbon's spiraling motion had forced the needles into so leaped into the air and extended his arrab the sword's hiltThe sword twisted away before his fingers could reach itLi Yundong landed on the stage with a loud thudda ain, his atterab the sword came up short
FineHow about this!
He raised his palm and aimed it at the sword
Qi Kinesis!
His Zhenqi shot out from his hand the moment he jumped into the air
Yes!
His Zhenqi enclosed the sword in a large bubble before the sword could fly awayHe wrapped his fingers around the hilt and then yanked the sword towards hie with the sword secured in his hand
”Be gone!!”
Zi Yuan sent another airborne palolden needles