Chapter 56: The Forgotten Trap

Chapter 56: The Forgotten Trap

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--- Chapter 55 ---

"17th Layered Array Formation."

"Activate..."

Ling Ke's voice echoed on the battlefield.

As the attack unleashed by General Ji was about to reach her, an invisible barrier stopped and dispersed it into fireworks.

Hexagonal patterns appeared all over the sky, surrounding Silver Lake City and the one-mile radius around it.

"Let's see..." Ling Ke's eyes turned red, giving off a devilish feeling.

"1st Layer, Profound Vibration."

DING!

The surrounding area suddenly vibrated.

The profound strength in the atmosphere experienced the same thing, causing everyone not to be able to use their hard-accumulated energy.

Of course, Ling Ke and everyone on Yu Long's side could still use their profound strength.

General Ji's eyes widened as he fell from the sky.

"T-The Profound Floating Technique!"

BOOM!

General Ji crashed to the ground with a boom and released a painful groan as his body became weaker than it should have been.

He crawled from the crater and stared at Ling Ke, "What have you done to me?!"

"What do you mean?" Ling Ke curved her lips, smiling at the foolish general.

"I've never touched you before."

"Remember, you guys are the ones who come to my city."

"I didn't invite you guys here. You bring yourself!"

"You bitch, what kind of witchcraft is this?" General Ji brought out a bow and arrows, aiming it at Ling Ke.

He shot the arrow, but it crashed into the invisible barrier around Ling Ke's body.

Ling Ke looked down at General Ji, "I have to say, you're a brainless general."

"The first rule you must do when attacking your enemy is to know them."

"Their power and weakness."

"However, it seems your crybaby spoiled prince is so important that he lowered everyone's IQ in the Sunflower Dew Empire."

"Aww, little brat cries and complains at his parents. It's always the most irresponsible ones who never taught their kids common sense." Ling Ke mocked without holding back.

"Sending an army just because some trash was crippled. You should thank me for cleaning this world instead."

"How dare you mock the Emperor and Empress!" General Ji becomes angrier as he pulls out a jade bottle and eats some pills.

Yu Long raised his eyebrow because he sensed General Ji's sensitivity to profound strength increased by a leap. It allowed the green-armored fellow to regain his strength.

"Interesting."

BAM!

General Ji kicked the ground and soared to Ling Ke. His armor released a clanging noise.

'Die!" He pulled his fist and punched Ling Ke with everything he had.

"Elephant Galloping Fist."

A faint image of an elephant appeared and galloped toward Ling Ke's barrier, but she didn't react strangely.

"2nd Layer, Kinetic Energy and Shock Absorption."

BOOOOOOOOOM!!

The hexagonal barrier wobbled a few times yet didn't break.

Ling Ke casually placed her hand on General Ji's stomach and emotionlessly said, "Redirection."

Crack!

Everyone heard a bone-cracking noise.

"ARGH!" General Ji spewed a mouthful of blood and crashed to the ground again.

The soldiers were baffled.

What happened?

Shouldn't this woman be the one who crashed to the ground and cried miserably?

Why did their general fall instead? Something doesn't add up.

Of course, the person who's shocked most was General Ji himself.

"My ultimate attack..."

"No one in the Tyrant Profound Realm should be able to counter it unless..."

"M-Monarch." General Ji spewed another mouthful of blood and shivered like a drenched dog.

He kneeled on the ground, becoming a wrinkled mummy.

"G-General!" The soldiers were hysterical.

Their general was 'unexpectedly' reduced to such a state.

The two Sky Profound Realm Experts moved quickly and arrived on General Ji's side, checking his condition.

"This is bad..."

"He's losing too much vitality."

"Don't tell me he ate Life-Ending Pills..."

One of the experts carried the general on his back.

Meanwhile, the other stared at Ling Ke in the sky and shouted at the cavalry, "Retreat!"

"Everyone, Retreat!"

The battle ended in mere minutes.

The Sunflower Dew Empire's cavalry army lost and decided to retreat.

Too bad they can't simply run away.

Their horses crashed into an invisible barrier.

"What is this?"

"Barrier?"

"Hehehe~!" Ling Ke's playful laughter brushed their ears.

"Do you think you can run that easily after marching to my city?"

"Tsk, tsk. Come back here, little lambs. Let me hear your cries a little."

A nightmare had just begun.

...

Silver Lake City's wall.

"Well, that was anticlimactic." Yu Long commented while munching his popcorn.

Everyone stared at him and then at the cavalry army far away.

Sure, buddy. Let's forget the crazy shit that happened a few moments ago.

Maybe for Yu Long, it was nothing special, but for Cang Yue and Lan Shirou especially, they would never forget this moment.

He smiled and clapped his hand, "Well, I hope you guys were enjoying the little show."

"..." Yu Long's parents and grandparents sighed.

What show?

Everything ended too quickly.

Ignoring the look of disbelief on their face, Yu Long used sound transmission on Ling Ke and told her to proceed with the next step of their plan.

"Let's go back."

"Okay."

As they returned to the Silver Moon Hotel, Yu Long stopped on the stairs and frowned slightly.

"I felt like I was forgetting something." He murmured while rubbing his forehead.

"Ack, the scarlet dragon."

...

Hundred thousand miles away.

Scarlet Dragon Mountain Range.

Scarlet Dragon finally awakened from his deep slumber a week ago and noticed the unpleasant smell in his cave. At first, the profound beast didn't think much about it but soon realized his 'treasure' was fake.

The small pebble stopped releasing fiery energy and crumbled into dust.

ROAR!!

"MY TREASURE!"

"WHO STOLE MY TREASURE!" An angry roar shook the cave and the entire mountain range.

The scarlet dragon raged, "THIS SMELL, IT MUST HAVE SOMETHING TO DO WITH THIS SMELL!"

"JUST WAIT YOU THIEF! I WILL KILL YOU AND TAKE BACK MY TREASURE!"