Chapter 943: Chapter 191: Vertical Palm Blocking the Boat
Fu Yanqing picked over the items for a long time, yet actually didn’t take much away. They were all things that helped to restore vitality and heal injuries. It seemed that after the great battle, Ding Wei’s Floating Island was indeed in a dire situation regarding medical supplies, an inevitability after such a conflict.
Jiang Wang collected the Storage Box and followed behind Fu Yanqing, no longer speaking.
Chu Mi had sacrificed his life to become a bridge, and before his death, he said nothing, leaving no one to know what he might have been thinking at that moment.
He and the broken rules surging through the Boundary River dissipated together, leaving nothing behind.
Yet for those who walked over his lifeless body, there always remained some burdens of the heart that they couldn’t quite let go of.
After returning to Linzi, Jiang Wang would naturally go to the Imperial City Inspection Mansion to look through Chu Mi’s case records. Whether Chu Mi lacked concern for it or was no longer capable of caring... the living should always carry on with some things.
The dead are gone, and the living follow in succession.
"We’ve arrived,"
Fu Yanqing led the way to a high platform, where a streamlined, dazzlingly red Blazing Sun Flying Boat was currently docked.
This place should have been very conspicuous, but due to the Array, it was instead hidden so well that it was nearly impossible for it to be seen easily.
Fu Yanqing went up for a look, then came back and said to Jiang Wang, "Let’s wait for the next one."
The Blazing Sun Flying Boat was packed full of the injured, and Jiang Wang, no matter how urgent he felt, could not compete with them for a spot.
A flash of red, and the Blazing Sun Flying Boat soared straight into the sky in an instant.
"The Lost World is a world riddled with holes, with gaps in its rules everywhere. The routes out of the world have never been clogged, but unless one has a Golden Frame and Jade Marrow, it is impossible to cross bodily. Our Blazing Sun Flying Boats prioritize speed, to pass through the gaps in the rules as quickly as possible, reducing the pressure on the boat. The Thorn Boats of Jueming Island focus more on defense, to endure longer in the gaps in the rules. The Fishing Dragon Boats of the Diao Hai Building strike a balance between the two, fitting somewhere in between,"
Fu Yanqing explained evenly.
Jiang Wang, on the other hand, was silently assessing the price of a Blazing Sun Flying Boat, feeling greater pressure the more he calculated.
After all, I am considered a genius, so why is it that the days go by and I grow poorer?
"Let’s go, this is the last one for today."
Fu Yanqing led Jiang Wang to another newly landed Blazing Sun Flying Boat.
From a distance, it looked as if flames flowed above the Blazing Sun Flying Boat. Up close, one could see that it was merely light.
Inside the flying boat sat about thirty Cultivators, most of them sleeping, with only a few able to open their eyes to look at Jiang Wang.
Jiang Wang walked past them silently. As Ding Jingshan said, Ding Wei’s Floating Island had resolved to confront this war for the sake of the Human Race, based on the stance of the entire race.
However, Jiang Wang could not forget that these people were injured, and others had died, because they refused to hand him over.
He would never forget the Lost World.
And he would surely return.
Fu Yanqing was busy, taking Jiang Wang onto the flying boat, then disappearing silently again. If not to "collect a debt," he probably wouldn’t have personally come to escort Jiang Wang.
Crowded among the injured in the flying boat, the surge of red light enveloped the cabin, and the flying boat ascended abruptly.
Jiang Wang’s seat was close to the bow, so he was able to see how the Prime Stones were being rapidly depleted on several energy Arrays near the front.
The Monks of Yang Valley controlling the flying boat said nothing, displaying a strong military bearing.
And the Blazing Sun Flying Boat, with astonishing speed, continued to soar toward the "sky" of the Floating Island.
Such speed surpassed Jiang Wang’s own Walk in the Sky and was nearly enough to catch up to Yu Siqing’s speed.
Although expensive, Blazing Sun Flying Boats could be produced in volume, how many Yu Siqings could there be after all?
Of course, it wasn’t entirely fair to compare the peak speeds of the Immortal Technique Walk in the Sky with the Blazing Sun Flying Boat. Walk in the Sky was already very fast, and its greatest advantage wasn’t its ultimate speed but the freedom of its movement, akin to walking on air as if on solid ground, more suited for combat.
This journey had finally come to an end. As Jiang Wang watched the unique emptiness of the Lost World zip by, he thought.
Bang!
Before the thought had even settled, the Sun Scorched Flying Boat abruptly came to a halt.
Jiang Wang suppressed the inertia that would have sent him lurching forward and reached out to steady a wounded comrade who nearly fell, his face betraying shock as he looked outside.
There, directly in front of the Sun Scorched Flying Boat, stood a figure neither tall nor short.
The figure stretched out a hand, directly facing the flying boat.
The hand seemed quite normal, neither rough nor delicate, with fingers pressed together, simply standing upright.
It conveyed a firm meaning of "rejection".
The Sun Scorched Flying Boat was not overly cumbersome, yet compared to a single hand, it could still be considered huge.
Yet, it truly stopped before an upright palm, and that too while being forced to a stop at a terrifying speed!
The red glow surging across the entire flying boat also began to diminish in turn.
This scene was even more composed and natural than when the White Elephant King had shattered the Sun Scorched Flying Boat with a single punch outside the Floating Island; there was not the slightest trace of smoke or fire.
It was so simple, like swatting away a fly with the wave of a hand.
Jiang Wang leaped out from the flying boat and, with Longsword in hand, confronted the figure: "Who blocks the way?"
He was, of course, aware that he was no match for this sudden powerful adversary, but among all the injured on board, only he could stand forth.
The figure blocking the Sun Scorched Flying Boat slightly lifted their head, allowing Jiang Wang to see the blood-colored pupils. The figure’s face was somewhat pointed and lacked eyebrows.
Blood King!
Jiang Wang already had a terrifying answer in his mind.
After all, that dignified appearance bore a striking resemblance to the Blood King’s son who had died by his hand.
As Jiang Wang discerned the identity of the newcomer, his own appearance was naturally reflected in those bloodshot eyes. The powerful figure slightly curled his lips, revealing chillingly white, sharp teeth: "It seems the Blood King has not arrived too late."
The esteemed Blood King himself had actually come to attack the Ding Wei region! And with such a noble status, he targeted a mere God’s Inner Mansion cultivator.
Jiang Wang felt a chill in his heart, but still, he kicked the Sun Scorched Flying Boat backward with his heels and said, "The killing karma was created by me alone; I alone will bear it."
The Blood King watched him appreciatively, as if very impressed by his bravery, and spoke in a voice that could even be considered gentle, "The Blood King will not kill you directly... because killing you is not enough."
His voice was so calm, yet the cruelty within was so vivid.
"We have plenty of time, and in the days to come, I will slowly teach you—the more you wish to protect something, the more you will lose it."
With that, in front of Jiang Wang, he extended his left index finger and lightly traced a line.
Clang!
However, what followed was not the anticipated disintegration of the entire Sun Scorched Flying Boat.
Instead, another index finger appeared out of thin air, blocking in front of the Blood King’s finger.
It was a sturdy, rough, steel-like finger. It appeared abruptly but seemed as firmly embedded as a nail.
Despite the two fingers clearly not touching, they emitted a clashing sound like that of swords colliding!
Only then did a huge impact spread, and the entire Sun Scorched Flying Boat was blasted back dozens of yards.
Jiang Wang gripped the Longsword tightly, his body filled with Path Origin, and he too retreated more than a dozen steps!
