Chapter 676: Concern

Chapter 676: Concern

War Tiger’s eyes glinted. N/nêw n0vel chap/ers are published o/n n0v/e/(lb)i(n.)co/m

A flickering red light suddenly shot out of Gao Yang’s eyes, and dense webs of thin red cracks spread across the skin of his face.

Self-Detonate!

It’s Gao Yang’s double. He’s replicated Lithe Snake’s Self-Detonate!

War Tiger didn’t have the time to warn everyone. He whirled around as quickly as he could with Killing Expert and leaped toward the nearby Vermilion Bird with an audible step, grabbing her by the waist to take her away from Gao Yang.

The moment she saw Gao Yang’s eyes flicker, White Rabbit sprang to action, too. She jumped out of the rubble with a powerful stomp.

Azure Dragon didn’t run away. Instead, he grabbed Six Rime and rushed to Goldthread and Chen Ying. Understanding his intention perfectly, Six Rime conjured a one-meter-thick ice wall from under her feet on the side facing Gao Yang, creating a triangular bastion with sharp edges to shield the four of them.

Boom!

Gao Yang’s double blew up. A blinding hemisphere of light instantly swallowed the rubble, the waves of flames and heat spreading and sweeping the plaza through the streets and the alleyways in between the buildings until swallowing the entire Walled City of Ten Dragons.

Heavenly Dog was going to fly away with Liao Liao when the terrible explosion drew his attention. He turned around to see the red firelight filling his vision, a gust of wind messing up his hair.

“Whoa...” Heavenly Dog suddenly felt guilty. While Gao Yang wouldn’t cross the line, he would go very near it.

Whoosh. The Life Rune Circuit flew out of the explosion site, leaving a faint trail of red in the sky.

Heavenly Dog quickly moved to catch it with Liao Liao still in his arms.

Due to the stable nature of the Rune Circuit, it didn’t conduct heat easily. There were other burning substances on the Rune Circuit, however, and Heavenly Dog felt a sharp pain from his fingers.

“Agh...” He reflexively dropped the Rune Circuit.

Liao Liao couldn’t believe it. Dude, that’s the Rune Circuit!

She reached out to grab it, but then she screamed, “Ugh, it’s hot!!” And she threw it back to Heavenly Dog.

Heavenly Dog endured for one second before throwing it to Liao Liao.

“Where are Can and Nainai?” Hong Xiaoxiao asked.

“They’ll be fine.” Gao Yang wasn’t worried about them.

Can could go invisible and ride the wind, while Nainai could shrink small enough to avoid detection. The two were there to cause a distraction, not to openly fight. And the explosion Gao Yang brought about at the end by detonating his double would have created an opening for them to flee.

He glanced at Hong Xiaoxiao. “Give Ke Yo and Lithe Snake each a hairpin.”

“Yeah.” Hong Xiaoxiao immediately took off the two Black Gold hairpins on her hair, giving it to Ke Yo and Lithe Snake.

Hong Xiaoxiao’s level 3 Gamer was limited to making saves for Time Reset for two targets. Usually, the marked hairpins were handed to the weaker members of the team.

Lithe Snake accepted the hairpin, shoving it into his pants pocket.

He was frustrated, but had to admit that he was one of the weakest ones during this operation.

Ke Yo didn’t ask anything before taking the hairpin. She immediately sensed a strange, gentle energy wrapping around her.

“It’s not safe here. Let’s go.” Gao Yang turned to leave. The others followed.

They walked out of the arcade and headed to the end of Huangsong Street along the empty road, where a manhole led to the sewage. From there, they could sneak to the Shanqing District, out of Qilin Guild’s Feiyang District. Then they would be more or less safe.

After that, the six of them would each find a place to hide until night fell. And they would return to their base in the Li River Community.

Soon, they would reach the manhole. Everything was going smoothly—too much so for Gao Yang’s comfort.

He scanned around and observed Ke Yo’s expression and clothing. He hadn’t had the time to spare, so he only noticed now that Ke Yo was wearing a black watch on her right wrist.

Gao Yang didn’t remember the watch from Liu Qingying’s dream.

“Nice watch,” Gao Yang said casually.

“It was a gift from Vermilion Bird for my joining,” Ke Yo explained.

1. A reference to Zhao Yun saving Liu Bei’s infant son. ☜