Chapter 396 - Ambush at Lantern Festival (1/2)
Translator: StarReader
Editor: Elitecoder
On the night of the Lantern Festival, you couldn’t swing a dead cat without hitting someone. With their emperor’s birthday fast approaching, the buildings were decorated with lanterns turning the capital into a breathtaking scene.
Many romantics and couples took full advantage of this rare occasion to get together and whisper sweet nothings to their better half.
Then again, an exception was almost guaranteed to exist. Sticking out like a sore thumb was a guy with white hair, surrounded by three belles and at the admiration of the crowd.
[Buddy, you’re one daring trailblazer on the righteous path of love. We, poor fellows, only date one on the night of Lantern Festival, while you’ve come out with three. I tip my hat to you sir!]
The eerie looks came everywhere he went. Zhuo Fan’s face was twitching looking at the girls with a sigh.
Yongning wanted to come with Yun Shuang, but since Luo Yunchang overheard them, she just had to join. She even shot down anyone else who wanted to join them, lest they became a third wheel.
[Sister please, isn’t it already a crowd with three girls in tow?]
Zhuo Fan rolled his eyes, hearing the bubbly girls giggle and chatter. All this time he was sighing and sighing.
At some point, a sharp and heavy sound came followed by a mighty pressure clearly focused on Zhuo Fan.
“Dodge!”
Zhuo Fan waved at the girls, sweeping them off their feet and sending them a hundred meters away.
Yongning ended up sputtering dust from the maltreatment. She slapped the ground, getting to her feet and told him off, “Zhuo Fan, what the hell is wrong with you?”
She was royally pissed. Here she was taking the guy on a night out and earning some brownie points, and the twit had sent her flying.
[That’s no way to treat a friend, especially a princess!]
But noticing that Zhuo Fan was staring at the sky, she did as well and gasped.
The other girls paled as well, filled with worry for Zhuo Fan.
A bludgeon easily ten meters in diameter came smashing on Zhuo Fan’s head. On the other end of the mace was Zha Lahan, with bloodshot eyes and a malignant face.
He wanted to flatten Zhuo Fan in one strike.
[He-he-he, you pompous cretin, weren’t you godlike? Try this on for size!]
Zha Lahan cackled inside. The average people participating in the lovely festival shivered all over and scurried for their lives.
[Where did that meteor come from? It’ll ruin the celebration…]
The ever cold Zhuo Fan flicked his Qilin arm, now shining red.
Bam!
Zhuo Fan smacked the bludgeon into the pavement, sending an earthquake that flattened anything in its path, destroying the lanterns.
The girls flew again from the shock wave, with blood coming from their mouths.
Finally recovering their wits after the fall, they found a dozens of meter wide crater at the epicenter. The golden bludgeon stood there majestic and Zhuo Fan was buried under it.
“Zhuo Fan!”
The girls’ cries went unanswered.
Zha Lahan floated above, pleased as punch, holding the mace, “Ha-ha-ha, I knew you weren’t up to snuff. One smash and I’ve plastered you. I should’ve just used a third of my power instead!”
“Zha Lahan!”
A figure flashed above the mace, Touba Lian’er, “Look what you’ve done? Didn’t we say we’re only teaching him a lesson? Why kill him? And there’s not even a corpse left. How will we explain this to the others?”
Shrugging, Zha Lahan chuckled, “It’s not my fault that the brat was weak and was posing around with that cocky attitude. What taking two peak Radiant Stage experts’ attacks? That was clearly a lie! If I had known he was a wimp, an average Profound Heaven cultivator, I’d have used only 1%. Humph, he had it coming.”
“That’s besides the point. It was us who acted first. With such a ruckus, our plan…” Touba Lian’er facepalmed.
Her rant came to a halt when a casual voice said, “What ‘is’ your plan?”
The two watched the massive bludgeon rocking, unleashing heavy tremors.
“Y-young miss, that power…”