Chapter 151: Master and Servant Switching Positions? No Man’s Land!

Chapter 151: Master and Servant Switching Positions? No Man’s Land!

Despite Zhao Changhe’s Conan-level analytical skills, he could only watch Sisi in a daze as she pulled out a small compass-like gadget and meticulously surveyed the surroundings.

Getting a pocket-sized luopan[1] was probably not easy. Perhaps she even stole it from Thief Saint Ye Wuzong...

Zhao Changhe was completely clueless when it came to geomancy, tomb-robbing, and such matters. At the moment, he regretted reading too much of Lu Xiaofeng[2] rather than Ghost Blows Out the Light.

Even if he tried to emulate Lu Xiaofeng, he could not do so. After all, Lu Xiaofeng had excellent movement arts and nimble fingers far superior to even Taka Kato’s[3]. As for himself, he was built like a tank. He needed to rely on the help of others when investigating cases, and even if he did have nimble fingers, he had no place to use them. Fịndd new updates at novelhall.com

It was quite embarrassing.

All he could do was follow Sisi cautiously as she paced around. “What are you surveying?”

While surveying, Sisi said, “What means do they have to make the vicious qi surge into the sword pond? If they had such means, they would have been able to control this place long ago... I can deduce that their plan must involve triggering an outbreak of the main tomb’s defensive measures, destroying everything around it completely. Only then would it be possible to break through this space and cause turmoil at Tiger Hill above, while at the same time causing the collapse of the sword pond. As for the old man who is responsible for triggering this series of events, they don’t really care whether he lives or dies. He only has about a month left to live anyway.”

“So, my guess about the ants was right... Are you trying to figure out where the main tomb is located?”

“Obviously. Do you think I’ve just been trying to measure to size of your Dragon Bird?”

She really seems to have a bone to pick with that term...

Sisi suddenly stowed away the luopan and darted out. “I’ve got a general idea of where it is now. Let’s go!”

Zhao Changhe followed after her and asked curiously, “Why do you seem to be more anxious than me?”

“If we fail to stop this and the tomb collapses, we will definitely die. Why in the world would I not be anxious?!” Sisi said angrily. “I was just fine being a little maid, but now I’ve been dragged into this crazy death trap by my crazy master! Zhao Changhe, let me tell you, if I die here, I’ll come back to bite you even as a ghost!”

“It would be much better if you bite me and come, then you can become a ghost.”

Sisi: “?”

Swish, swish, swish!

Streams of sword qi began shooting all around them once again, seemingly even more ferocious than before.

“That old man must be close to the main tomb. Hurry!” Sisi had no time to argue with him. She fully unleashed her true abilities and sped forward.

In Zhao Changhe’s eyes, she moved like a goddess dancing across the waves, gliding through the air gracefully, evading thousands of blades that failed to even touch a sliver of her skin.

She was both beautiful and swift, reaching the opposite end of the passage in just the blink of an eye.

What was most amazing was her movement art that combined the Thief Saint’s movement art and the Celestial Maiden Scattering Flowers Art of the Maitreya Cult. It could surprisingly arouse desires within those who saw it even without the use of spiritual illusions. She was a genius, successfully merging the things that she had secretly learned and creating her own unique version of it. Behind her beauty lay a deadly undercurrent of murderous intent.

“Come on!” Sisi spun around at the end of the passage, her eyes blazing with fury.

Zhao Changhe could not be bothered to respond. He had been cut all over by the sword qi when he rushed over, and he did not have much energy to spare for pointless conversation.

He rushed ahead of Sisi and turned at the next intersection, only to be met with the sight of a massive stone door. The old man from the Lu Clan was frantically bombarding it, laughing maniacally as he did so. “Feel the anger! Charge! Break through this damned space! Show me what happens when the vicious qi that has been tormenting our Lu Clan redirects its wrath on the Tang Clan!”

What a mess...

Zhao Changhe did not have the time to complain. He leaped several zhang through the air and directly used Scattering the Gods and Buddhas, aiming his strike at the old man’s head.

The nearby vicious qi grew denser and more frenzied, condensing into a solid form. Even the surrounding sword qi came to have a crimson, bloodthirsty aura. The area right before the entrance to the main tomb became a crimson hell, with a bloody vortex seemingly trying to surge upwards.

To make matters worse, the entire space felt like it was trembling, causing Zhao Changhe’s heart to pound with fear. He felt as though the terrifying ancient Sword Emperor was rising up from behind the heavy gate in front of him.

This strike had nearly exhausted all of his strength. Every wound on his body burst open, blood gushing out from them like a fountain. His blood-soaked figure eerily fit perfectly in this scene that resembled a crimson hell.

“Did you seriously think that I wouldn’t be able to deal with you brats at the fourth and fifth layer of the Profound Gate just because I’ve been exhausting myself?” The old man laughed maniacally and suddenly thrust his sword at Zhao Changhe’s Danzhong acupoint.

This was the most obvious flaw in the Scattering the Gods and Buddhas. Zhao Changhe’s acupoint-shifting skill could not be used in this situation. His only option was to retract his saber and sweep it horizontally to try to deflect the attack. However, by doing so, he would be completely canceling out the Scattering the Gods and Buddhas. Furthermore, the most serious problem was whether he would even be able to deflect the strike of someone at the ninth layer when he was only at the fifth layer himself. With such a huge difference in their power, exposing one’s flaws like this was simply courting death!

As expected, Zhao Changhe retracted his sword and swept it horizontally, striking the side of the old man’s sword

To the old man’s astonishment, his sword was actually deflected. He even felt as if his strength was inferior to Zhao Changhe’s!

He took a step back in surprise, intending to reorganize his offensive, but was even more shocked to find that Zhao Changhe’s eyes had turned completely blood-red. His face was contorted and filled with madness, just like when his grandson had pretended to have gone mad from the vicious blood qi.

At this moment, Zhao Changhe could no longer recognize him, nor could he even recognize himself.

No Man’s Land!

This was the second time that he used this forbidden move of the Vicious Blood Art.

After having absorbed so much vicious qi along the way, the amount of vicious qi in his blood and qi had already exceeded the limit. Even if he did not actively use this ultimate technique, he would probably start to lose his mind and go mad soon enough. By voluntarily gathering the vicious qi and using it, he not only gained some initiative, but also exceeded his original level of power due to absorbing so much vicious qi.

Sisi, who had intended to help him, gulped and quietly stepped back.

This guy’s combat instincts and willpower are really terrifying. I didn’t even think that the reason why he has been allowing himself to get cut countless times by the sword qi was that he wanted to unleash all of the vicious qi he absorbed once we got here...

Sisi had felt like she had been standing up a few moments before, but now she felt like she was kneeling down once again...

1. A luopan is a geomantic compass used in Feng Shui. Fans of Necropolis Immortal might recognize it. ☜

2. Reference to The Legend of Lu Xiaofeng. ☜

3. Legendary Japanese AV actor. ☜

4. The words used here were 神州, which likely refer to the empire. ☜