Chapter 49: 046: Shocking Change!
An Ambush That Was Overestimated!
_1 Chapter 49: 046: Shocking Change!
An Ambush That Was Overestimated!
_1 After six days, Chen Dengming could perceive a stark change in the atmosphere of the gathering place when he stepped outside.
The streets, previously teeming with life, were now utterly deserted and cold.
Approaching high noon, frost started to form all around.
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The few people he saw were all ordinary folks that, with their ghastly faces and ragged clothes, seemed to be out to scavenge for firewood or food.
All the cultivators appeared to have disappeared; he only saw a handful of them, traveling warily and in a rush.
When he passed by Zanhua Building, he spared it a glance.
The business was open, but customer turnout was dismal.
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There were none of the refined guests usually seen, only some muffled, feeble music playing inside.
His heart sunk.
It seemed that the state of the gathering place had indeed deteriorated.
Even Zanhua Building business was waning, much like the grass and trees by the road.
“What happened recently?”
He posed the question to Wu Chen.
Nodding gravely, Wu Chen looked around before explaining, “The Iron Forest Hall had a conflict with Hutong Street yesterday.
One of Qian Yuan’s bases was raided.
Remember those counterfeit Gu-making workshops you asked me about?
Surprisingly, Qian Yuan owned them.
When Iron Forest Hall stormed his workshop and raided it, they took all of his resources.”
“Iron Forest Hall is being so reckless?”
Chen Dengming was taken aback.
This was essentially declaring war against Hutong Street, could Qian Yuan just swallow his anger?
Moreover, this seemed to be a further provocation from the Zhu Family against the Luo Family.
After all, such an incident had occurred between the Loose Cultivators’ forces supported by them.
Wu Chen spoke solemnly, “Today, there’s a chance that Hutong Street may go head-to-head with Iron Forest Hall.
But I don’t hold out much hope, the Huayu Sect might get involved too.”
Upon hearing about Huayu Sect, Chen Dengming understood and asked, “Did Qian Yuan go to the Workshop Master?”
Wu Chen shook his head, “How could that be?
Even if he had, the Workshop Master wouldn’t…”
He shook his head again, adding, “The Workshop Master reminded us to lay low and stay out of it.”
At hearing this, Chen Dengming grew a headache.
At such times, where it was evident that one’s fate was tied to the neighboring party, he was still squabbling among themselves.
Yet, considering if Gold Word Workshop were truly planning to align with Hutong Street to confront Iron Forest Hall and Huayu Building, he wouldn’t remain unaffected.
If it came to a real fight…
“Even if there won’t be a fight, if Hutong Street falls, it would soon be Gold Word Workshop’s turn, isn’t Xu Ning worried?”
Chen Dengming felt that even if Xu Ning wasn’t concerned, he himself was, and his determination to leave grew stronger, he even felt like turning back now to grab his luggage and flee.
All this time, he had been prepared to flee at any moment, his luggage having been packed long ago, even split into several parts, hidden at different locations.
As he was thinking about it, they had already left the gathering place and reached the smaller roads outside.
Taking a shortcut along these small roads, they could quickly arrive at the Gu Refining Place nearby.
…
The trees and leaves lining both sides of the way were now bare, completely black like charred branches, restlessly surveying their surroundings in the bleak cold.
Despite there being no wind, an intense chill permeated through.
Chen Dengming felt something was off out of nowhere.
Inside the Array Plate he carried feature on his waist, the Mini Array Spirit seemed a bit agitated.
He was about to discuss it with Wu Chen, when he suddenly perceived danger.
Instantaneously, he dodged out of the way.
“Whizz——”
A golden spear, swift as lighting, pierced through Wu Chen’s chest, splattering flesh and blood.
A few drops of warm blood, specked with bits of torn flesh, splashed onto the back of Chen Dengming’s neck.
The warm, sticky sensation reminded him of a perverse old demon licking his neck, which raised goosebumps on his neck and made him aware of the imminent danger…
“Enemies!!!”
The sudden change happened too quickly.
The other two cultivators, their faces smeared with blood, only reacted in the following moment.
One shrieked running backward, while the other prepared to counterattack with his Talisman and Charms.
But in the next moment, the temperature of the air skyrocketed as multiple fireballs and golden spears stormed towards them.
The two cultivators were knocked down before their counterattack formed, the violent explosion resounded like a gasoline tank explosion, stunning the eardrum.
Chen Dengming’s movement technique was swift, he had already dodged it.
Turning his head to look, he saw six Iron Forest Hall cultivators clad in black swiftly advancing from the mountainside.
The leader emanated a powerful Spiritual Might.
He was at least a Qi Cultivation Stage Four, one of the high-ranking members of Iron Forest Hall, Lin Jun, and pointed directly at him.
“Capture him!
Bring him back!”
“Dammit!”
Chen Dengming immediately activated his Godspeed Skill to escape.
His face was extremely grim.
He had just thought that Iron Forest Hall was merely at war with Hutong Street and hadn’t officially started a war with Gold Word Workshop.
Even if he had simply turned his head around then, there would be enough time to prepare his valuables and flee.
The attack came abruptly and unexpectedly.
Moreover, surprisingly, it was aimed at him, it seemed they intended to capture him, the Gu refiner, and turn him into a tool.
What a surprise it was, when you think everything is going as planned, reality gives you a loud wake-up call, all things thoughtfully planned out can only be script fantasy.
If not now, when would he run?
Chen Dengming shot forward like an arrow, his speed impressively fast, his body moved over forty yards in an instant, the trees on both sides whizzed past…
However, at this moment, a force like a tangible object with overpowering sharpness attacked from behind, its spiritual might overwhelming.
Chen Dengming was startled, he knew it was a magic artifact, he dared not be negligent, and promptly exerted control device tactic, detecting the direction from the wind.
Swish——
The flying sword given by Short-living Ghost dashed forward, colliding with the magic artifact behind him with a “clang” sound and then the distressed sword cracked and shattered.
A mid-level magic artifact!
At this time, two people burst out from the forest in front, their aura intimidating, and launched a joint attack at him.
One had already powered up his talisman and charms, the other was coldly summoning his magic artifact.
So, there was an ambush from the beginning, Iron Forest Hall’s target was indeed him, and once he was captured, he would likely become a Gu refining tool in the future.
“Get lost!”
Chen Dengming shouted furiously, realizing that he now had nowhere to retreat, he drew his Ice Spirit Sword and ferociously slashed it out with a wild and unrestrained demeanor.
Bang!
——
A terrifyingly fierce broadsword qi surged forward, its momentum like that of a mighty army or a mountain bearing down, filled with a killing intent as chilling as frost, making the two attackers feel as if they were plunged into an ice cellar.
Boom!
There was a loud explosion!
The incoming fireball burst into countless sparks and exploded.
A golden light shield on Chen Dengming’s magic robes swelled to protect his body.
His speed remained unchanged, he charged through the ring of fire, his sword slashed out on an odd trajectory in the air, suddenly accelerated, and harshly struck the oncoming magic artifact.
“Dang!”
The magic artifact was knocked flying.
The cultivator using the magic artifact felt stifled in the chest and had difficulty breathing, he was shocked by Chen Dengming’s aggressive aura.
Almost at the same time, a dark shadow struck.
“Be careful!”
Lin Jun from behind warned loudly.
The cultivator swiftly retreated, his spiritual might erupted, his clothes were rustling, he beckoned with his hand, a mirror-shaped magic artifact shone on the shadow, and actually made the Blood Centipede Gu pause for a moment.
“Another Qi Cultivator at the fourth level!?”
Chen Dengming’s eyes narrowed, sensing the threat from behind, he bellowed and in the moment of kneeling and rushing forward, he used the control device tactic, the Ice Spirit Sword instantly shrunk and turned into a flying sword.
His body followed the sword, the flying sword slipped out of his hand, and the sword momentum suddenly accelerated, causing the carried breeze to become more vigorous.
But in the eyes of the two people in front, it was just a flash of sword light.
Puff——
Blood splashed, and before it even hit the ground, it had turned into ice crystals.
The mirror light shattered, the Blood Centipede Gu howled and whizzed past in a flicker.
Screams accompanied by several shouts of surprise burst out all at once.
Chen Dengming forcibly spurred his qi, took advantage of the still active Godspeed Skill, his body ‘leaned’ forward and rushed out like a gale, and in an instant, he was more than forty yards away.
Lin Jun and the other cultivators only saw the figures crossing each other, Chen Dengming had already broken through the encirclement, and even instantly fired a golden lance at them.
“Clang!——”
Lin Jun immediately drove his magic artifact and shattered the golden lance, he was about to give pursuit when suddenly he stopped and looked at his companions in shock.
One of the cultivators, who had previously been involved in the interception, suddenly had dim eyes, a bloody mark appeared on his forehead where a flying sword had pierced through, and then blood solidified into ice, he fell back.
“Ah!
—— I’m in so much pain!”
On the other side, the Qi Cultivator at the fourth level who held the mirror artifact screamed, quickly commanded his mirror artifact to cut off his left arm.
But at the moment the left arm fell to the ground, greenish-black blood squirted from it, the wound under the camouflage of his clothes was pervaded with weird Gu poison.
“Gu Worm?”
Lin Jun and others were horrified, immediately stood still, took another look at Chen Dengming who had already fled without a trace in the distance, their hearts trembled with fear and they were unconsciously breaking out into cold sweat.
This guy, just how strong is he?
He was able to instantly kill a Qi Cultivator at the second level and severely wound a Qi Cultivator at the fourth level.
And this escape speed, it feels faster than any of them using the Godspeed Skill.
With this thought, the cultivators looked at each other and then looked at the corpse and the severed arm on the ground, their hearts heavy.
They saw through each other’s eyes the extinguished intent to pursue, the tense and solemn atmosphere also inevitably eased.
They were all loose cultivators, grinding out a living just to make ends meet, sweating and bleeding was one thing, but when it came to risking their lives…
well, maybe it’s not worth it…..
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