Chapter 263 - Scare You to Death! (1/2)
Great Emperor Mingwu heard Zuoqiu Gongye’s words but remained expressionless. He merely sat down quietly like a peaceful Buddha. His attack earlier had already consumed too much Celestial Chi and he finally understood Zuoqiu Gongye’s plan. Zuoqiu Gongye wanted to provoke them into acting and after they had consumed their Celestial Chi to a certain extent, he would come after them. Only by preserving their strength would they not be powerless to fight back when the battle occurred.
However, the Celestial Chi in Great Emperor Mingwu’s body continued to flow away. He could only delay this process but could not reverse it.
The Eclipsing Firebird had transformed back into the form of an old man. Hearing Zuoqiu Gongye calling him a birdbrain, his beard shook in anger. He was about to attack again.
“Great Ancestor, calm down. Zuoqiu Gongye is trying to provoke us into acting and consuming our Celestial Chi faster. We can only wait for now.” Nie Qingyun hurriedly persuaded.
“I understand.” The old man transformed from the Eclipsing Firebird snorted and closed his eyes.
When Zuoqiu Gongye saw that his provocation did not work, he scoffed coldly and began to follow Tuoba Yan’s example. He felt the chi movement in the array and slightly clenched his fist. In the middle of the array, a huge stone with the weight of a thousand kilogram shifted.
“I see, so Tuoba Yan used this method to move such a large rock!” Zuoqiu Gongye burst out in laughter. ‘Old Mingwu, let’s see how I deal with you later. Do you think that sitting there doing nothing will save your strength?’
After a few hours, Zuoqiu Gongye finally mastered some essentials of controlling the Binding Array.
Great Emperor Mingwu was sitting with his eye closed when he suddenly felt that something was wrong. He quickly opened his eyes and saw a huge stone flying toward him not far away.
“Oh no!” Great Emperor Mingwu was shocked and immediately jumped away. He gathered the Celestial Chi in his body and hit the thousand-kilogram boulder with one palm.
With a loud “boom”, Great Emperor Mingwu was pushed back. A crack spread on the boulder and it paused in the air for a moment before falling to the ground with a rumble.
A trace of blood overflowed from the corner of Great Emperor Mingwu’s mouth. If a peak Heavenly Venerable One faced such a situation, the boulder would be crushed with just one punch. However, Great Emperor Mingwu had already consumed a large amount of Celestial Chi, which was why this happened.
Moreover, the boulders inside this array seemed to have become extremely tough after being enforced with Celestial Chi.
Zuoqiu Gongye did not expect that Mingwu would end up so miserable. He was overjoyed. “It turns out that you’re only acting tough now. Watch how I deal with you!”
Zuoqiu Gongye’s right fist clenched and another boulder flew up again, crashing toward Great Emperor Mingwu and the others.
“Die, Mingwu!” Zuoqiu Gongye laughed maniacally.
When the boulder flew over, Nie Qingyun’s fat body suddenly jumped and his right palm chopped down at the boulder. With a “bang”, Nie Qingyun slapped the boulder into a two-meter deep pit.
“Many thanks,” Great Emperor Mingwu said. He secretly took out a Purple-gold Divine Pill and swallowed it down. Although his Celestial Chi had been completely consumed, he still had a trick up his sleeve. He had not eaten any medicinal pills yet. For a pill like the Purple-gold Divine Pill, only one was needed for him to recover seventy to eighty percent of his Celestial Chi. It seemed that Zuoqiu Gongye would be making his move soon.
“Conceal your strength,” Great Emperor Mingwu whispered to Nie Qingyun and the others.
Nie Qingyun and the old man transformed from the Eclipsing Firebird immediately understood the meaning of Great Emperor Mingwu’s words. If they hid their strength and appeared weak and vulnerable, they might be able to lure Zuoqiu Gongye out!
Seeing Nie Qingyun slapping the huge boulder into the ground, Zuoqiu Gongye snorted coldly. “Let’s see how long you can hold on!”
Zuoqiu Gongye focused and started to move the chi inside the array. Six large boulders flew up and suspended in the air.
“Die!” With a huge roar from Zuoqiu Gongye, the six boulders shot toward Great Emperor Mingwu and the others.
Boom boom boom!
Great Emperor Mingwu, Nie Qingyun, and the old man transformed from the Eclipsing Firebird quickly took out their respective weapons and chopped the boulders. The Golden Sun Condor cawed and waved its claws, catching the boulders.
Shockwaves spread everywhere and Celestial Chi surged as the fierce battle began in the array.
Outside the array was a group of Earthly Venerable Ones. They could only stand outside and worry. They knew that there was a fierce fight occurring inside the array. Some continued to attack the array from the outside but they still were not able to break it.
Great Emperor Mingwu and the others originally wanted to hide their strength but they gradually discovered that the array was too powerful. If they did not use more than eighty percent of their strength, they would not be able to protect themselves.
Zuoqiu Gongye smirked at seeing Great Emperor Mingwu and the others’ miserable situation. He could tell that they were not as vulnerable as he imagined. It seemed that it would take another day or two before they completely ran out of energy!
‘Just watch how I deal with you in two days!’ Zuoqiu Gongye thought coldly. Seeing Great Emperor Mingwu, Nie Qingyun, and the others trapped in the array and unable to move, Zuoqiu Gongye felt like he was a cat toying with mice.
“Mingwu, it seems like we can’t break through this array.,” Nie Qingyun said gloomily. He had consumed a lot of Celestial Chi after such a fierce battle.
Great Emperor Mingwu was also silent. They were powerless against this array. In another two days, their Celestial Chi would be completely spent. They would have no strength to fight against Zuoqiu Gongye. Were they going to die here? The Xiwu Empire was still in the midst of a storm. At this thought, Great Emperor Mingwu felt deeply helpless.