298 Dragon of the Gale, Flash of a Bolt! (1/2)
It was merely a quarter of an hour before the earth was covered in silvery-white. About an hour later, the hills and mountains that stretched around one’s sight were painted white as well!
”The girl’s quite smart, using the weather to her advantage…”
The black-clothed elder smiled in praise as he said, ”She has actually hidden somewhere and changed them both into white clothing.”
The man smiled in curiosity and said, ”Just as the snow covers the earth and the environment is changing, she’s able to adapt. The thought of changing into white clothes to use the snow as camouflage in hopes of escaping… it looks like this girl’s determination is impressive indeed. I’m afraid she can still persevere for more than a month!”
The black-robed elder smiled. ”This is good news. The longer she can persevere, the bigger the gain for the young lord later!”
The man’s eyes squinted; beaming, he said, ”Naturally it’s better the longer she perseveres. If she can hold out for a year… I suppose the Pure Yin of Chaos obtained later can triumph over the world and is superior to the universe.”
The old man in black chortled, obviously agreeing heartily with the man’s words.
The man chuckling halted as he lifted his head abruptly to gaze far away and said, frowning, ”Why is there such a strong wind suddenly?”
The men around him raised their heads to look as well, trying to figure it out.
The sound of the wind had indeed grown louder, the snow falling harder; as the wind greeted one’s face, it was like tiny knives cutting through skin.
The snow piled on the ground was fluttering into the air, stirred up by the wind.
After a while, the fluttering snow, which was unprecedentedly heavy, obscured the group’s vision.
”This is bad!” The middle-aged man's frown was locked into place. ”Wearing white clothes is an advantage in such weather. Don’t let the two girls escape. Quickly go after them…”
Before the man could finish his words, the gale grew stronger once again!
Suddenly, it was like hundreds of thousands of people growling at the same time as their surroundings seemed to whizz about like an incoming tsunami. All the trees in the forest bent in unison. The accumulated snow all around the mountains went dancing in the air simultaneously.
It was not just obscured vision now. Even if one were to be possessed of greater eyesight, they would not be able to see anything past their own fingers.
”Sh*t!”
The man growled. His body went against the wind in a flash, like a sharp blade that went against a current as it forcefully cut the northern wind open.
…
A moment ago, Yun Yang, who had traveled from afar, arrived and overlooked the forest from the sky.
At one glance, he could already spot Ji Lingxi who was fleeing pitifully carrying Yue Rulan. He was enraged at once. The bloodstains on the girls, their pale faces and their struggle to survive pierced Yun Yang’s heart like a blade.
Before he made a move though, he was surprised to sense a strong aura being exuded from the forest faintly.
Yun Yang was infuriated, but he tried his best to remain levelheaded. ”All the more I can’t be raging at this time. The ability of the opponent is unknown as of now; things will not get done if I go through it with temporal bravado. It's alright if I'm the only one who dies, but I have an eighth sister-in-law and Lingxi’s lives in my hand!”
Clever as the Thousand Illusion Monkey might be, it was only a young baby. Its spiritual sense was not awakened yet. Despite being able to give a warning and direct the way, it could not tell Yun Yang what had happened in full. Now that Yun Yang thought of it, Ji Lingxi and Yue Rulan might have been in a critical state but their opponent might not be any better off.
After all, Ji Lingxi’s cultivation base was only at the fifth peak when they had separated then. It had not been long; even if Ji Lingxi had breakthroughs, her advance would have been limited. If there was still room for her to escape, then their opponent must not be someone with a formidable force!
It was such a calculation and assumption that Yun Yang had not thought of; what could he do if the opponent of Ji Lingxi was someone so powerful that even Yun Yang could not handle him?
Lo and behold, not only was Yun Yang shocked to realize that the other party’s ability had far exceeded his expectations, it was so high that he could not even begin to fathom it!
Yun Yang took a deep breath and hovered around, pretending to be the northern wind…
”The cultivator’s aura isn’t ordinary and any one of their auras are much stronger than mine… What’s more, two of them seems to… be parallel to Ling Xiaozui? Compared to Ling Xiaozui’s aura the other day, it’s only a strand of hair’s difference… Who are they? How could they be so formidable?”
Upon identifying the combat power of the other party, Yun Yang was stunned at his own judgment!
How could there be such terrifying aura at this time and place? An expert of such amazing levels?
What was more puzzling was that they were hunting for Ji Lingxi!
Since there was the existence of such frightening experts, why had they not seized Ji Lingxi and Yue Rulan long ago? There was definitely a conspiracy at work here!
How many experts on this earth could there be of these people’s level?
With what Yun Yang knew, there was only a total of four to five people who had achieved such levels.
Ling Xiaozui was one, Dugu Chou who was a legend was, of course, one as well. Mr. Nian, who was Four Seasons Tower’s mastermind, must naturally be one too while the other was someone whom he only knew of by name – Jun Moyan…