277 The Premeditated Plo (1/2)

Chen Mu's come-on was clever. The chair went straight toward the hole in the center of the glowing rings, looking as though it would penetrate them. With a light zing, the chair instantly flew apart into countless shards.

The more frightening thing was that the shards were each only the size of a fingertip. However, the luster of the glowing rings seemed to dim a little.

With so much commotion in the meeting room, no other card artisan could have reacted. But how could they match the elite of the Central Repository of the Classics?

Suddenly, the energy fluctuations of dozens more card artisans appeared, approaching rapidly. If they didn't leave now, they wouldn't be able to.

With no hesitation, Chen Mu shrank back down toward the drainpipe opening and jumped into it. He was like a genuine mudfish with his big mudfish card, as slippery as could be.

Just as he entered the pipe, there was a blast from above. Chen Mu surged rapidly ahead to get away. Then, there was a light pop as Wei-ah slightly flexed his legs and settled beneath the floor.

The two of them bolted madly ahead. Since they were familiar with the topology in front of them, Chen Mu opened up his jet stream card to the max. Wei-ah followed closely behind, the two of them plunging madly ahead along the drainpipe.

Hong, hong, hong!

Behind them, several stout, glowing beams exploded down from above, turning the drainpipes a bright white. Chen Mu looked like he was being propelled forward, and the gravel blown up by the shock waves stung when it hit his back.

Chen Mu flew in alarm across those short several dozen meters as gravel kept falling from the top of the pipe. The pipe behind him had already completely collapsed. The pipe ahead of them looked like it could collapse at any time, and if it did, they would have a hard time escaping the fate of being buried alive.

To be buried alive beneath ten meters of ground, they couldn't even think of surviving, no matter how awesome they were.

Their speed had been taken to the max, though of course that was only for Chen Mu. Chen Mu had never witnessed how fast Wei-ah could actually go.

When they arrived at the small storehouse, Chen Mu finally breathed a sigh of relief. As he thought about that extremely risky scene, he felt some faint excitement. He had just done something really great without the least sense of fear. It looks like I am becoming a better and better fighter, Chen Mu thought.

He took a stealthy look outside the window. Card artisans filled the sky, scanning furiously for Chen Mu and Wei-ah. They never thought the two of them had escaped to the little storehouse. Those who hadn't seen the plot plan had no idea the small drainpipe under the meeting room was connected to the storehouse.

Without needing to say anything, Chen Mu and Wei-ah looked at one another and charged through the hole they had opened earlier.

Sticking to the base of the wall, Chen Mu opened his speed all out. He didn't dare to lift his head for fear that paying the least bit of attention could decrease his speed by some infinitesimal amount. If they were to slow in the least at that crucial time, things would turn utterly miserable. Facing such enraged card artisans required a lot of strength and courage. Chen Mu certainly wasn't going to play any games with his life.

Even though Chen Mu's moves were already rather stealthy, he was still discovered by the card artisans in the air.

”There they are!” someone shouted. Several wavy blades then quickly shot toward Chen Mu.

None of them hit him, but they did indicate their objective to all the card artisans floating in midair. Like a burning keg of gunpowder, countless energy bodies abruptly intertwined like raindrops, smashing toward Chen Mu and Wei-ah.

Since when had Chen Mu enjoyed such treatment? His heart raced as the big mudfish card meshed with his pace. It increased his speed until he was like a wisp of smoke, too fast to follow.

The card artisans in the sky were a little freaked out; their adversaries only flew so fast, but they kept changing direction erratically, which meant their energy bodies would just miss. The two assassins were sticking close to the ground in their flight, taking advantage of the cover of buildings. No one could guess in which direction they would run next.

Someone then shouted when they saw that the two of them would escape everyone's field of vision. ”Go in pursuit!”

The command immediately alerted everyone, and dozens of card artisans went chasing after them.

Since when had those card artisans been so humiliated? The adversaries had mounted a stealth attack right under the noses of the two great men, Qiao Yuan and Mi Xiaqing. That was too detestable! The Central Repository of the Classics card artisans opened up their jet stream cards to the fullest, itching to chase after those damned guys and blow them to smithereens.

Qiao Yuan had a cold expression as he said to Mi Xiaqing, ”Young disciple, you lead those back here for a bit while I take a look around.”