355 Demonic Tone (1/2)
Chapter 355: Demonic Tone
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Old Man Mu was indeed an old man. His exposed skin was covered in layers of wrinkles, yet his forehead was the only part of his skin that was as smooth as a baby's, which made him look all the more stranger.
Gu Shenwei's sword had pierced into He Sancai's corpse which was used by Old Man Mu as a shield.
Draped in a dark yellow cape and hidden in a pile of sand, Maid Lotus used her sword with all her strength as she rose up into the sky.
Expecting an ambush at his feet, Old Man Mu did not hide from it but instead faced the attack with his bare body.
Maid Lotus's long sword pierced into the enemy's chest but it could not enter an inch further into the body even though the blade was already bent into an arc. Even an expert like Old Man Mu would actually wear a tight-fitting armor that protects his body.
Although it was only a brief moment when the three of them were in the air, each of them gathered all of their strength as they striked blows at each other.
Shangguan Ru was late by a step and leaped above the three of them, while her wooden saber struck the enemy's forehead.
She has been practicing the Wayless Qigong for a long time, therefore her attack was also extremely strong despite using a wooden saber.
But her blow was too hesitant.
Old Man Mu was unable to hide from Shangguan Ru's attack as the vital forces of the three people were tense at the moment. But once Shangguan Ru hesitated and thought that a wooden saber could also kill people, Old Man Mu took the chance and finished channeling his first Internal Breath. As he generated his second Internal Breath; borrowing the strength of Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus, he suddenly leaped up into the sky like a stone thrown out by a stone thrower and fell just behind Wildhorse.
”Hahaha, these three babies' kung fu are not bad at all, it will be very enjoyable to kill you all. Get the Dajue Book of Swordcraft ready, we will fight again tonight.”
Wildhorse turned around his horse and disappeared into the dark.
As both Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus were falling down their swords collided with each other. Unfortunately the ”Huan” sword was no match for the Dragon Head Sword and broke into two pieces which was heard with a ”clang” sound.
Shangguan Ru fell to the ground right after and did not react upon seeing this scene. Shangguan Fei, however, did not understand what was going on, ”You, the two of you...”
”It's okay.” Maid Lotus picked up the broken sword, staring blankly at it for a while and put it back into the scabbard, she still had another sword with the character ”Yun” written on it that she could use.
”Something” had almost happened to Gu Shenwei and Maid Lotus back then. Old Man Mu's last leap absorbed most of the strength from the two of them, and a bit of it still remained on the sword itself. The remaining strength had to be drained immediately, otherwise, it could trigger a backfire.
”It's my fault, I acted too late.” Shangguan Ru admitted her mistake, but this was something that she did not have a choice in. No matter how ruthless Old Man Mu was, he still was a real person and she could not possibly kill him.
”It doesn't matter, at least we know more about Old Man Mu now. If we join forces together, the five of us will be able to kill him.” Gu Shenwei could not blame Shangguan Ru for this, no one knew her situation better than him.
”Five of us together?” Shangguan Hong jumped off and asked anxiously, ”But I can't help with anything.”
”Everyone is useful in their own way.” Gu Shenwei finished saying these words and straddled his horse. He actually doubted that Shangguan Hong could survive until the next night.
At dawn, the five people with seven horses continued their journey on the border between the Gobi desert and the Sha Kingdom.
On this day, they did not ride their horses and gallop away, but let them wander forward slowly instead. The horses were already exhausted and the five of them were afraid that the horses would not survive for the next few days if they continued to gallop at full speed.
Shangguan Hong was in the middle of the group, but he was not reassured and kept looking around anxiously. Hence, he was the first to notice someone behind them, ”Look, Wildhorse is still following us.”
There was indeed a little black dot in the distance, keeping at the same speed as them.
”They are waiting for nightfall.” Shangguan Fei said gloomily. Resentment grew inside him since he was now abandoned by his father, had no attendant to serve him, and was followed by strange people who wanted to kill him, ”Whose turn is it tonight?”
Shangguan Hong almost fell off his horse, ”Dragon King said that... the five of us together can win against Old Man Mu.”
”Huh!” Shangguan Fei sneered grimly as if mocking at Shangguan Hong's foolishness.
The group continued to go forward in silence. When the sun was blazing hot at noon, Shangguan Fei's anger finally flared, ”I mean, Old Man Mu's targets are Dragon King and the Dajue Book of Swordcraft. What does it have to do with us?”
”Stop sprouting nonsense.” Shangguan Hong hurriedly tried to please Dragon King and quickly rebutted him, ”If it was not for Dragon King, you would already be dead.”
”It is better to die rather than suffer like this. Do you want your heart to be taken out alive?”
Shangguan Hong wanted to continue and flatter Dragon King, but the muscles on his face were stiff and he was unable to say a word.
Gu Shenwei did not pay attention to Shangguan Fei's complaints.
In the afternoon, the group sped up and managed to ditch Wildhorse out of sight. But walking at the edge of the desert which was as flat as a mat made it impossible to hide their tracks.
Wildhorse soon caught up with them, though he continued to keep a distance.
”What the hell are they doing? Must they only act at night?” Shangguan Hong was constantly turning around. Seeing the sun setting made him even more anxious.
But no one answered his question. Only Shangguan Fei continued to mutter about how unlucky they were.