Chapter 258 - 254: With Whip and Spur
Chapter 258: Chapter 254: With Whip and Spur
White Cloud was Ye Xing’s stronghold and base of operations, the very foundation of his power. Naturally, Ye Xing had installed surveillance cameras on every street within the city. Not only that, but there were also radar detectors, with various detection waves constantly scanning the skies above White Cloud.
The moment Grey Eagle Cang Hong and Liu Liqun appeared in White Cloud’s airspace, riding a High-tier Flying Demon Beast, Ye Xing detected them. Afterward, when they landed and crept through the streets, they were continuously monitored by the surveillance cameras along their path. It was laughable; the two of them thought no one was around, that no one had discovered their movements. They had no idea that White Cloud was no ordinary city. It was a city that combined technology and Ancient Martial Arts, with a Defense Power even greater than that of Red Sun Main City in Red Sun Province. And this was only White Cloud’s initial form. As time went on, Ye Xing would continue to integrate all sorts of advanced technology into the city, forging it into an impregnable fortress.
Without a doubt, the Flying Demon Beast hidden in the night sky high above was there for their extraction. Whether the assassination attempt by Grey Eagle Cang Hong and Liu Family Head Liu Liqun succeeded or failed, they planned to escape White Cloud on that Flying Demon Beast.
Therefore, Ye Xing blasted the Flying Demon Beast to smithereens with a single shot, cutting off Grey Eagle Cang Hong and Liu Liqun’s escape and trapping them within the city.
The rocket launcher Ye Xing carried on his shoulder was a new model recently developed in America, its power immense, no less than that of an exploding bomb. Any Martial Artist or Demon Beast in the Postnatal Realm, regardless of whether they were at the First Realm or the Ninth Realm, would be blasted to smithereens. Even those with extraordinarily high Defense Power would be grievously wounded. It could even pose a threat to Innate Powerhouses to a certain extent.
A shrill, tragic cry echoed through the night sky, then abruptly fell silent. A rain of blood pattered down, and blood-stained feathers fluttered down. The air was thick with the stench of blood, mixed with the smell of gunpowder from the explosion.
HISS!
Everyone present couldn’t help but suck in a sharp breath, stunned. Even Ye Xing’s own men were dumbfounded by the rocket launcher’s power. After all, the weapons Ye Xing had distributed to the city guards were mostly grenades and guns. This was the first time they had ever seen a new model of rocket launcher with such immense power. ’With such a powerful weapon,’ they thought, ’who below the Innate Realm couldn’t we kill?’
The fiery red light from the torches leaped and danced, illuminating the terrified expressions on everyone’s faces.
The faces of Grey Eagle Cang Hong and Liu Family Head Liu Liqun turned deathly pale. ’Even with our strength,’ they thought, ’if we were hit by a single shot from that rocket launcher, we’d be severely injured, wouldn’t we?’
Of course, it wasn’t a guaranteed death. Although the rocket’s blast radius was large, with their strength and speed, they had a good chance of dodging it. The two fixed their gazes on the rocket launcher in Ye Xing’s hands, ready to dodge the instant he aimed it at them.
However, to their surprise, Ye Xing put the immensely powerful, life-threatening rocket launcher directly away into his Qiankun Bag.
"Heh, you’ve come from afar, you’re my guests. Why so tense?" Ye Xing said with a slight smile.
Liu Family Head Liu Liqun’s gaze was wary. He frowned and said, "What exactly do you mean?"
"I don’t mean anything by it. Since you two have come to my White Cloud, I must naturally invite you to be my guests for a few days," Ye Xing said lightly. "Will you be sensible, or must I personally ’invite’ you?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the expressions of Grey Eagle Cang Hong and Liu Liqun changed. Ye Xing’s meaning was obvious: he intended to imprison them. Although his words held no explicit threat to their lives, once they were imprisoned, wouldn’t their fate be decided by a single word from him?
"Patriarch Liu, split up and run!" the grey-robed elder, Cang Hong, roared. He executed his Lightweight Skill and charged toward the crowd, trying to break through.
’You’re asking for it!’ A cold glint flashed through Ye Xing’s eyes.
SHING!
The Cyan Blade Treasure Sword at his waist was suddenly unsheathed, its ring as clear as a dragon’s cry. The True Qi in his body surged, pouring frantically into the Cyan Blade Treasure Sword in his hand.
A terrifyingly sharp aura suddenly burst forth.
SWOOSH!
A flash of cyan light, and the tip of the sword, glinting with a cold, brilliant light, thrust forward like a bolt of lightning.
The grey-robed elder was in the middle of breaking out when he was suddenly assaulted by a terrifying sense of crisis that sent a chill down his spine—it was the threat of death. He hastily turned, but only had time to move his body halfway before the cyan sword light pierced through the air and reached him.
There was no sound, not a single drop of blood. The cyan Treasure Sword pierced straight through his chest and out his back.
It was so sharp that there was no time for blood to flow, no time for sound to be made. It was like a Sharp Sword: when it strikes a stone or pierces wood, it makes a sound. However, if you were to stab it into tofu, you would hear absolutely nothing.
THUD! Grey Eagle Cang Hong’s body fell to the ground. His face was twisted in agony and terror as crimson blood gushed from the wound, quickly staining the front of his robe red.
Nearby, Liu Family Head Liu Liqun was completely frozen, a look of horror on his face as he glanced from Grey Eagle Cang Hong on the ground to Ye Xing. ’That’s a top expert ranked sixty-sixth on the Wind and Cloud List,’ he thought in disbelief. ’And he was grievously wounded in a single move?’
"What a terrifying Sword Technique! H-How can this kid’s strength be so monstrous?!" Liu Liqun was utterly dumbfounded. The sharp aura from that last attack had inspired a primal, heart-pounding terror from deep within him. Liu Liqun knew that if he had been the one facing that sword, he wouldn’t have been able to dodge it. In fact, it wouldn’t have been just a severe wound—it would have been instant death.
The power of that Sword Technique was completely at the Innate Realm level. In fact, in terms of sheer Attack Power, it surpassed that of many Innate Powerhouses. At the very least, when facing the Innate Powerhouse Ouyang Xu, Liu Liqun figured he could last for ten or so exchanges. But against this Sword Technique... one strike was all it would take.
CLANG! His sword fell to the ground. Liu Liqun had completely lost his will to fight. He had no confidence he could withstand that Sword Technique, not even for a single strike. His life was now in fate’s hands.
...
Dawn bit the lip of night, leaving a smear of blood across the horizon.
The sky gradually began to brighten.
「Outside White Cloud, in a military camp.」
"A night has passed. Grey Eagle and Liu Liqun must have failed. I never thought a tiny place like White Cloud would be so formidable. I’ve lost over a thousand elites and still can’t make a dent. It seems I won’t be able to swallow this juicy prize all by myself." A look of frustration flashed in Ouyang Xu’s eyes. With a fierce blow, he shattered the nearby tea table into dust and roared in a low voice, "Guards!"
A soldier immediately entered from outside the tent, bowed with cupped fists, and said, "Your subordinate is here. What are your orders, Grand General?"
"Ride with haste and deliver this letter to the Lord Governor in Red Sun Main City!" Ouyang Xu took a letter from his robes and tossed it to the soldier.
"Your subordinate obeys!" The soldier took the letter and quickly exited the tent. He then left White Cloud Mountain, riding with all speed toward Red Sun Main City.