Chapter 121 -46 Kill
On the deserted island.
Jiang Ning surfaced, clutching the Blood Lotus he had just climbed onto the rocks with, when he sensed a piercing gaze fixed upon him.
The next moment.
He immediately looked up.
On the cliffs dozens of meters away, a brawny man with a full beard and a rugged face entered his line of sight.
At that moment, the brawny man’s eyes blazed, staring intensely at him, his face showing ecstatic joy.
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Recognizing the man’s face, Jiang Ning also slightly startled.
“Tian Buyi! This man is the wanted Tian Buyi!”
“To capture him would reward a hundred taels of gold, enough to make me rich overnight.”
Thinking this, Jiang Ning felt somewhat tempted.
On the other side.
Tian Buyi, watching Jiang Ning, suddenly felt extremely delighted.
In his view, Jiang Ning was already like a turtle in a jar.
On such an isolated island surrounded by water on all sides, there was no way Jiang Ning could escape his grasp.
It was a dead end with no way to heaven and no door to hell.
The most he could do was enter the water.
But entering the water, he was never afraid.
He was known as the River Dragon.
This nickname was because his swimming skills were exceptionally outstanding.
Meanwhile.
Just as Jiang Ning was contemplating,
Tian Buyi stood on the cliff, with an expression as if everything was under his control.
“Are you Jiang Ning?” he slowly started.
Hearing the voice of Tian Buyi from the cliff, Jiang Ning’s eyes suddenly sharpened.
“How does he know me?”
Following.
Jiang Ning stood on the rocks, slightly looking up.
“Why do you recognize me?”
Upon hearing this, Tian Buyi cracked a smile, “Because someone sent me to kill you!”
As he spoke.
Tian Buyi slightly bent his knees and then leapt into the air, instantly jumping down from the several zhang high cliff.
Sensing the strong murderous intent emanating from Tian Buyi ahead, Jiang Ning’s eyes flickered, and he had already made a decision.
The next moment.
He turned and leapt.
Splash—
The sound of entering the water echoed; he had dived into the water.
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On the other side.
Boom—
Tian Buyi landed on a rock. As he descended from a high place with a powerful impact,
The rocks under his feet also cracked inch by inch.
“Entering the water?”
“That’s my playground!”
Tian Buyi laughed heartily, his body leaping again, instantly covering a distance of two to three zhang.
After a few movements, he arrived at the spot where Jiang Ning had just entered the water.
By then, only two breaths had passed since Jiang Ning jumped into the water.
Immediately.
Splash—
As the sound of water entry echoed, Tian Buyi too plunged headfirst into the water.
At the same time.
Jiang Ning was submerged in the water.
“Somebody wants to kill me?”
“Who could it be that sent Tian Buyi to kill me?”
Jiang Ning inwardly murmured, his gaze flickering slightly.
He had already made a judgment.
“It must be the Cao family!”
“Apart from the Cao family, who else would employ a great river bandit like Tian Buyi to kill me?”
“Tian Buyi is a Martial Arts Eighth Grade expert; if not for a powerful force like the Cao family, who else could have hired such a strong man?”
With these thoughts, Jiang Ning sighed internally.
“Exactly! My previous guess wasn’t wrong! Cao Bin’s visit was just to lull me into complacency!”
“It must have also been to sever any connection between the Cao family and me.”
“With Cao Bin’s visit, even if I were to die unexpectedly later on, the Cao family could claim they were not involved, clearing themselves completely.”
“They did this also perhaps to give an explanation to Shen Congyun.”
“And with Tian Buyi attacking me, who would suspect it was the Cao family’s directive?”
“Perhaps they would only think I was the collateral damage in someone else’s battle!”
Just then.
Seeing the movement ahead, Jiang Ning made up his mind, fears dispelled.
Good! Coming into the water, it remains to be seen who is the prey and who is the hunter.
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After Tian Buyi entered the water, a glance was all it took for him to easily spot Jiang Ning, who had submerged.
Merely a glance at Jiang Ning’s figure, and he revealed a confident expression.
“Only two breaths into the water and he’s created this distance, not bad at all! No wonder he could end up on this uninhabited island.”
“But he’s still a bit away from me!”
The next moment.
Tian Buyi made a move.
His body, like a dragon cruising through the waters, rapidly closed the distance towards Jiang Ning.
“What incredible speed!” Turning his head to see Tian Buyi steadily approaching, Jiang Ning felt somewhat surprised, “Worthy of the name River Dragon, indeed there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names.”
Following.
Jiang Ning dived into deeper waters, his speed also increasing once again.
Behind him, Tian Buyi saw Jiang Ning suddenly burst with speed, a glint appeared in his eyes.
“Good lad, such excellent swimming skills, a real promising talent!”
“Too bad, today he has encountered me, the River Dragon.”
Tian Buyi also hastened to keep up with Jiang Ning’s pace, diving into deeper waters.
The two of them, one chasing and one fleeing, moved further from the deserted island, descending deeper and deeper.
After leaving the diving layer, the light grew dimmer.
Tian Buyi glanced at Jiang Ning, who was just about a zhang away in front of him, and his expression turned somewhat ferocious as he secretly cursed in his heart.
“Damn it! Keep running, and when I catch you, I’ll skin you alive!”
He chased after him some more, only to realize he still couldn’t close the distance.
He then pressed against his chest in the water.
He had already had internal chest injuries, and the prolonged breath-holding had caused him a dull pain.
His complexion also turned somewhat unsightly.
Then, the thought he had just suppressed resurfaced in his mind.
“Damn it! Could this kid be toying with me on purpose?”
“I speed up, he speeds up! I slow down, he slows down! He’s always keeping me just one step behind.”
“But why?”
“Why can this kid hold his breath longer than me?”
“And why is his swimming better than mine?”
On the other hand,
Jiang Ning sensed that Tian Buyi had stopped behind him, and he too came to a halt.
Turning around, he saw Tian Buyi glaring at him with eyes wide and round.
Their gazes met in the water.
“This kid, he really is toying with me!”
At this moment, seeing Jiang Ning also stop and turn to look at him, Tian Buyi was thoroughly convinced of it.
He cursed inwardly.
“Damn it! I’ve run into a freak! To meet someone with better swimming skills than me, and just a young punk at that!”
“No way! My chest is starting to hurt, and my breath is getting choppy, I need to get back to the surface fast!”
“As for this kid, I’ll have to give up for now!”
“I’ll find where he lives another day, go there under the cover of night, and just chop him up!”
The next moment,
Tian Buyi moved his figure and swiftly floated towards the lake’s surface.
“Trying to leave?” Jiang Ning watched coldly with a smirk.
He had been leading Tian Buyi on just for this moment, waiting for Tian Buyi to run low on oxygen and to want to surface.
This was the best opportunity to make his move.
Tian Buyi was wanted, and capturing him would yield a bounty of a hundred taels gold.
This bounty greatly appealed to Jiang Ning.
Coupled with his continuous strength enhancement recently, he felt confident enough to give it a try.
Not to mention that they were still underwater.
With his current swimming skills and underwater breathing ability.
Even if he couldn’t defeat Tian Buyi, he still had full confidence he could escape unharmed.
But to be sure, Jiang Ning deliberately lured the enemy deeper.
He led Tian Buyi to chase him into the lake that surrounded the originally deserted island, and into the deep water area.
Here, not to mention getting back to land, even reaching the surface would take at least ten breaths.
Those ten breaths were the exact moment for him to truly strike.
Following that,
Jiang Ning moved and his speed suddenly surged.
This is impossible!!
Seeing Jiang Ning approaching like a swift arrow, Tian Buyi’s eyes widened instantly, and a very bad feeling arose in his heart.
“This kid, he doesn’t plan to leave me here, does he?” Tian Buyi thought to himself.
Simultaneously,
Jiang Ning’s speed doubled compared to before.
The distance of one zhang, less than five meters.
Under the full burst of speed from Jiang Ning, it took barely a breath’s time for Jiang Ning to reach directly above Tian Buyi.
“How daring!” Tian Buyi, seeing Jiang Ning appear on the inevitable path towards the surface, grasped the long knife in his hand tightly as his veins bulged, and he inwardly roared.
His face suddenly turned furious.
He had roamed Dongling County for over a decade, and his reputation had been established for years.
His hands had taken countless lives.
Such an incident, being ambushed by what he considered a young punk, was unprecedented in his view.
Especially since Jiang Ning had previously been an easy catch in his eyes, his prey was now turning the tables, which felt like a humiliation to him.
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On the other hand.
Jiang Ning, from a higher position, looked down at Tian Buyi, who was looking up at him.
“Today, let’s see how much I’ve improved recently?”
“And let me see what strength an Eighth Grade Martial Artist truly holds!”
After that, Jiang Ning’s thoughts shifted, and he instantly unlocked the constraints of his body.
Thud—
His heart gave a fierce pound, like a hammer striking a drum, sending a vibration through his chest.
Then.
Thud—
Thud—
Thud—
With each beat faster and more intense than the last.
In an instant,
The beating of his heart was like an incessantly beating drum.
The surging blood flowed throughout his body, making Jiang Ning feel a great surge of power.
At this time, his skin also began turning a bit red, his pupils dilated, and his body entered an excited state.
Under these circumstances, various negative emotions in his mind, such as nervousness and slight fear, were also swiftly wiped clean.
He clenched the knife in his right hand, as power circulated through his arm.
“Quad-layered Power is added, releasing my body’s constraints.”
“Let’s see if an Eighth Grade Martial Artist can withstand this strike.”
Jiang Ning looked below at Tian Buyi, thinking to himself.
That’s right!
This time, he hadn’t opted to use his trump card
—the explosive force of Five-layered Power.
He chose only the Quad-layered Power.
Because the Five-layered Power was something Jiang Ning didn’t dare to try lightly.
As for Triple-layered Power, facing a strong opponent like Tian Buyi, Jiang Ning wouldn’t presume too much.
Therefore, he chose to unleash the Quad-layered Power.
Having tested Triple-layered Power on his body before, he understood that his physique could definitely withstand the explosive force of Quad-layered Power.