Chapter 492 - 295: What Gives You the Confidence to Kill Me?
Chapter 492: Chapter 295: What Gives You the Confidence to Kill Me?
Asutai came to his senses, his eyes flying open as he stared at the figure carrying Lv Jiunan, as if trying to burn the man’s appearance into his memory.
As if sensing his reaction, Yuan Jingxuan asked in the barbarian tongue without turning his head, "Do you know him?"
"It has to be him."
"Him?"
"He’s the one who delivered me to Liu Hong."
Yuan Jingxuan stopped in his tracks. "He’s also the one who abducted you?"
Asutai hesitated before nodding. He then said, "Grandfather, he’s one of the Xiao Family. I want to deal with him myself in the future. May I?"
It wasn’t that he was afraid Yuan Jingxuan would kill the man, but the impression the man had left on him during their previous encounters was too profound.
Especially his eyes—wise and sharp, as if they could pierce right through to his soul.
For some reason, he was inexplicably certain that the man would not die at the hands of Du Cang.
Yuan Jingxuan, unaware of these thoughts, just laughed at his words. "The little cub of the Black Bear Tribe has grown up."
"Excellent."
"Grandfather gives you his word. Once your training is complete, you will be the one to kill him."
After speaking, Yuan Jingxuan glanced back, a savage grin spreading across his rugged face. "I’m just afraid he won’t live that long!"
Asutai grunted in agreement, not bothering to explain the strange feeling in his heart. He just silently watched the figure land before Puyin Temple.
’If he dies, then I’ll just have to kill Liu Hong myself!’
Chen Yi seemed to sense something. He glanced to the side at the two tall figures running off into the distance, and understanding dawned on him.
’Asutai has been taken away by his people from the Barbarian Race.’
But knowing that was one thing. Right now, he had more important things to do.
Chen Yi then dragged Lv Jiunan into the Buddhist Hall. His eyes swept over the scene, finally landing on Xiao Wan’er.
Seeing that she was unharmed, a great weight was lifted from Chen Yi’s heart.
But Xiao Wan’er’s expression was complicated as she looked at him. She sized him up carefully, a bitter feeling rising in her heart.
His figure, his appearance, his eyes—they were all so different from her brother-in-law’s.
’Is a person like this really my brother-in-law?’
Chen Yi, of course, was unaware of this. Following his earlier plan, he bowed to Xiao Wan’er.
"Eldest Miss, please wait a moment. This subordinate will take you back to the manor shortly."
Without waiting for Xiao Wan’er to respond, he turned to Du Cang, a grave expression on his handsome face.
"I’ve brought you the man you wanted. Let’s make the exchange."
Du Cang glanced at him. "So this is your real face, is it? You look deceptively human."
After the jab, he turned to look at Lv Jiunan. He sized him up for a moment, and his expression instantly darkened.
"You crippled his Martial Arts Cultivation?"
Before the words had even left his mouth, Uncle Gui and the young Swordsman behind him flickered into motion, landing behind Chen Yi.
They formed a triangle, trapping Chen Yi in the center.
Chen Yi remained unfazed. His gaze remained fixed on Xiao Wan’er out of the corner of his eye. Seeing her looking heartbroken and confused, he had a vague inkling of what was wrong.
’It seems I was too late...’
’In that case, there’s no need to play along with Du Cang any longer!’
"It was a necessary precaution. If General Du and King Landu are so inclined, they can always find a Medical Master to heal him."
Du Cang stared at him with a sinister expression, then, after a long moment, he suddenly broke into a laugh.
"In that case, I suppose I’ll leave a little ’parting gift’ on this sickly little thing myself..."
But before he could even finish his sentence, Chen Yi was already in motion!
Even with Du Cang blocking his path, he shot forward like a phantom, his speed so great he was little more than a black blur.
Du Cang flew into a rage, roaring, "You dare attack in my very presence?"
He had managed to grievously wound Chen Yi with a Puppet before, so naturally, he didn’t consider him a threat.
Now, seeing Chen Yi charge at him, he didn’t hold back either.
A flash of crimson light flared from his chest. The surrounding Heaven and Earth’s Spiritual Mechanism instantly roiled, forming two pillars of crimson light that connected him to Uncle Gui and the Swordsman.
A majestic pressure smashed down like a mountain—
A small world, just like the one in Spring Lotus Garden earlier that day, unfurled before Chen Yi.
Only this time, the sinister, icy aura was even heavier and more real.
The air filled with black, feather-shaped snowflakes that spiraled and danced, their whistling creating sharp, cutting winds.
Countless colossal trees shot up from the ground, surrounding Chen Yi from all sides.
The ground roiled and trembled as thorny vines erupted from the cracked earth.
Chen Yi took in the scene before him, but his eyes were fixed on the figure in its very depths—Xiao Wan’er, who was now tied to the top of a giant tree.
"There’s actually one thing I don’t understand..."
He spoke softly, his forward momentum unbroken.
While using the Wandering Dragon and Phoenix Body Technique to evade the deadly attacks of the Black Magic Secret Skill, the aura around him underwent a subtle change.
A majestic aura, utterly different from the sharp, killing intent of Martial Arts, abruptly descended upon the small world.
In the blink of an eye, it transformed into a vast, boundless chessboard that descended as if to crush the entire small world beneath it.
Then, under Du Cang’s stunned and disbelieving gaze, the giant trees, snowflakes, and thorns of the small world all became pieces on the chessboard.
Or rather, black stones.
And the only white stone was held in Chen Yi’s hand.
He paid Du Cang no mind, instead smiling at Xiao Wan’er, who was shouting something in the distance.
He raised his hand and pressed down.
CLACK.
The white stone landed squarely in the center of the board.
With a single stone, he established a dominant position, forming a five-clawed white dragon—so lifelike that its individual scales shimmered with astonishing might.
It raised its head and let out a resounding dragon’s roar.
It then charged forward, devouring the black stones.
Wherever it passed, the black stones were swallowed into its maw.
And Chen Yi stood atop the long white dragon, riding it through the layers of obstructing black stones into the depths of this small world.
He arrived at Xiao Wan’er’s side.
Only then did Chen Yi say mockingly:
"I don’t understand. Where did you get the confidence to think you could kill me?"