Chapter 382 Rakshasa Sorcerer
Another cloud-based flying dragon was speeding along, yet it appeared more stable than theirs. It braked suddenly using the invisible sky rails, while Gu Gan abruptly accelerated and swerved, attempting to intercept Wen Yangxiu's vehicle.
The two cloud-carrying dragons inevitably collided, producing a sharp tearing sound.
Seeing this, Xun Zhiya, who was hanging outside the car door by Mei Liangyu, trembled and became even more frightened. If that cloud-cart flying dragon came closer, she would suffer the same fate as Qian Ying, being smashed to pieces and her blood splattered on the sea.
At this critical moment between life and death, Xun Zhiya heard the boy's angry shout: "Zhiya!"
The spinning dragon-shaped cloud train accelerated and approached the doors. At the door of an unknown number of carriages, Gu Gan gripped the door frame with one hand, staring intently at the girl hanging outside, his eyes turning into dazzling golden pupils.
When Xun Zhiya saw Gu Gan catching up on a cloud chariot and flying dragon, her heart was filled with turmoil. She opened her eyes wide in disbelief, and the tears that were carried away by the hurricane were hard to tell whether they were from emotion or fear.
"Meimei! Come back!" Wen Yangxiu shouted from behind.
As Gu Gan approached, Mei Liangyu unleashed the power of the Five Elements, slowing Gu Gan down. At the same time, she stomped hard on the car door, pulling Xun Zhiya back by the spider silk.
Gu Gan leaped forward, his hands clasped in black finger guards, and a terrifying burst of lightning flashed as he lunged at Mei Liangyu, who lightly tapped the door frame with her fingers.
Gu Gan, who had originally lunged towards the entrance of the first carriage, ended up grabbing the rear door instead. The door-sealing talisman on the door remained firmly pressed against the carriage body, motionless.
Upon seeing this, Commander Chen, inside the flying dragon chariot, immediately ordered, "Send a small team to the other side to help Young Master Gu!"
"It only lasted a moment before it stopped!"
"Maintain stability! Slow down!"
Under the direction of Commander Chen and the coachman, a small team of Rakshasa sorcerers from the Nangong Second Division successfully reached the top of the cloud chariot carrying Mei Liangyu and the others.
Gu Gan gripped the car door with one hand, his burning golden eyes flashing with rage. He smashed the door-closing talisman with a punch, and rolled inside as soon as the door opened.
He stood in the passageway, took a deep breath, looked towards the direction of the flying dragon's head, and gave a soft shout while forming a hand seal to gather his energy.
The Divine Strategist had his dark eyes swallowed by golden Five Elements Qi. People have always believed that the Divine Strategist Technique can be triggered and cast without the assistance of Five Elements Qi, but the Divine Strategist Technique with the assistance of Five Elements Qi and the Divine Strategist Technique without Five Elements Qi are worlds apart.
The pure Yang energy merged into the boy's protective energy, materializing into a long golden fish that circled around him. The fish's eyes, guided by his Five Elements energy, looked towards the dragon's head on the cloud chariot.
Gu Gan exhaled in a deep voice: "The Nine Schools, be eliminated!"
Countless golden fish patterns spread and extended along the carriages, erasing all the nine-tiered techniques that had been bestowed upon the Cloud Chariot Flying Dragon.
Mei Liangyu, who was standing in front of the control room door, had just thrown Xun Zhiya inside when he sensed something and suddenly turned around to meet a pair of crimson-gold fish eyes.
The golden yang fish gazed down at the youth below from its high perch. In the blink of an eye, the yang energy exploded, and a series of loud bangs followed. Every carriage with the sealing talisman was shattered by the explosion. The raging fire burned the five elements energy within the cloud chariot and flying dragon, forcing the people inside into a state of suffocation.
"Get out of the way!"
Commander Chen was caught off guard when the Cloud Chariot Flying Dragon, which they had surrounded, suddenly exploded, the force of the explosion from front to back. Commander Chen's side was also impacted; the doors and windows shattered from the shockwave, and the door-sealing talisman burst into flames.
The cloud-chariot flying dragon that had originally surrounded Wen Yangxiu immediately distanced itself from it and rode alongside it, watching it descend rapidly while billowing black smoke.
Under the protection of Commander Jiang of the Nangong Three Departments, Sheng Fei, who was waiting in the latter half of the cloud carriage, heard the loud explosion and the shaking of the doors and windows. He leaned on the long table in front of him with one hand and turned around to ask, "What happened?"
Commander Jiang, clad in a silver robe and sporting the black and gold lion mask—the emblem of the Nangong Three Departments—at his waist, revealed a young and unruly face. He held one hand in a peacock gesture to his eyes, gazing dramatically out the window.
"Third Young Master, I think we almost crashed! Young Master Gu just rushed over and completely destroyed the target cloud vehicle!"
The young man before them was different from Commander Chen of the Second Division, who was calm and composed. Instead, he seemed somewhat frivolous. However, both the Second and Third Divisions were Rakshasa sorcerers raised by the Nangong family. Compared to the steady and reliable Second Division, the Third Division had become more active and powerful in recent years.
The leader of the three Nangong departments is named Jiang Chi. He originally followed Nangong Ming and came to Taiyi for a while because of some business. He never expected to encounter such an exciting thing.
Sheng Fei walked to the window and asked, "Where are the people in the cloud carriage?"
Jiang Chi smiled and said, "I haven't seen them fall yet."
Sheng Fei: "I'm going to go take a look."
“Third Young Master, I don’t think now is the right time.” Jiang Chi turned to look at Sheng Fei, his narrow eyebrows slightly raised, his handsome face smiling with a hint of roguishness: “You are more suited to watching from the sidelines right now.”
After pausing for a moment, she turned to look at the person standing beside her: "Jing, is that how it's said?"
The person standing next to Jiang Chi wore a black and gold lion mask and had a tall and slender figure. Although his face could not be seen, just standing there made people feel calm and gentle.
Ah Jing gently opened her mouth and uttered a calm female voice: "Young Master, your injuries have not yet healed, which is not conducive to going over at the beginning of the battle. Please wait until you have completely controlled the enemy's cloud chariot before taking action."
Sheng Fei said expressionlessly, "You want me to follow your orders?"
A-Jing lowered her head: "This subordinate dares not."
Jiang Chi tilted his head. Ah, he really felt sorry for Taiyi. He had to serve these innocent young masters and princesses every day. He might as well go and follow the mute young master and the bad-tempered young lady.
The instant Sheng Fei opened his mouth, Jiang Chi suddenly drew the long sword from his waist. The crisp sound of the blade interrupted Sheng Fei's movements. He saw Jiang Chi raise a finger to his lips:
"Third Young Master, it seems we should catch the lost rats nearby before we go over."
As Jiang Chi finished speaking, the remaining four sorcerers from the three departments, who had been standing quietly to the side, stepped forward to protect Sheng Fei behind them, while Jiang Chi walked towards a carriage at the back.
Sheng Fei was oblivious to everything, his furrowed brows showing a hint of displeasure.
He believed that Jiang Chi deliberately said there were people behind him to interrupt him. It seemed that the people from Qingyang had forgotten about him, the Third Young Master of Nangong, since he hadn't returned to Qingyang for several years.
Sheng Fei pondered for a moment, his expression turning slightly cold.
He looked in the direction Jiang Chi was looking, wanting to see what kind of rat the other party could catch.
Hearing the sound from behind the car door, Nian Qiuyan felt a little helpless. She reached out and gently scratched her nose, then lowered her eyes in thought.
Jiang Chi's keen perception was terrifying to anyone. Despite his young age, he was already a master of the thirteenth realm of military strategy.
Three years ago, on the very day he broke through to the thirteenth realm, he was promoted by Nangong Ming to be the leader of the three departments. He is one of Nangong Ming's trusted and capable subordinates over the years.
Nian Qiuyan had collaborated with him several times, and Jiang Chi recognized him. However, Sheng Fei was also present at the time. If Jiang Chi recognized him, Sheng Fei would discover his other identity.
He didn't really want to do that.
Nian Qiuyan followed secretly because she knew that Gu Gan had used the Nangong family's influence and was worried about him, so she rashly followed along.
Jiang Chi held the long sword upside down in one hand, blade facing backward, humming a cheerful tune as he strolled down the aisle. He appeared to be handling the situation with ease, but his sharp gaze swept over the black car doors on both sides.
"It would be too boring if I found you that easily." Jiang Chi slowed his pace and stopped outside Nian Qiuyan's door.
"Should I count to five and give you a little more time to escape?"
Jiang Chi's tone was harsh, but his peripheral vision swept towards the two car doors behind him.
Is it in front or behind?
Behind the car door, Nian Qiuyan frowned in thought and slowly raised her hand.
Jiang Chi sighed, "It's not very interesting to catch you like this. I'll count to five again, one, two, three."
Just as Nian Qiuyan's fingers touched the door panel, he heard a loud bang from the other side. His eyelids twitched, and he looked out the door in surprise.
Excitement flashed in Jiang Chi's eyes. He quickly turned around and slashed upwards with his sword, splitting the person pushed out from behind the door in two.
In the instant blood splattered, he finally saw the dark figure hiding behind the already dead corpse. Under the hood of that person was wearing a platinum tiger mask from the Nangong Second Division, looking imposing and exuding murderous intent.
Yu Sui swung his black longsword downwards, striking the sharp blade of Jiang Chi's upward-slashing sword. A sharp, piercing blade aura burst forth, scattering outwards and leaving several sword marks on the aisle doors and ceiling, sending debris flying everywhere.
"It was in the back."
Jiang Chi was astonished by his opponent's precise control over the five elements and his skill in concealing his aura. He was just like a seasoned veteran, a ruthless Rakshasa sorcerer.
He glanced at the second-class sorcerer who had been cleaved in two and was lying on the ground. It seemed that the cause of death was his own slash. He had been held back behind the door and unable to move until now. If it weren't for this Rakshasa sorcerer, he might not have even noticed that there was someone behind him.
Jiang Chi's mind raced, and he had thought of many things in a short time. The moment Yu Sui retreated after the sword fight, he did not pursue her, but looked back and called out, "A Jing!"
Before he could finish speaking, a dark figure appeared behind Sheng Fei, ignoring the three sorcerers protecting him, grabbed the young man by the neck, and threw him against the wall against the window.
The falling crimson crystal flowers sizzled as they burned. The sudden increase in temperature did not stop the remaining Rakshasa sorcerers from their actions; on the contrary, they reacted very quickly and cooperated perfectly.
Caught off guard, Sheng Fei was grabbed by the neck by the sword spirit Yan Yan and slammed against the wall until he was dizzy. Just as his right hand in his sleeve made a hand seal, the words "Spirit" appeared in his eyes, and at the same time, A Jing behind the sword spirit was also reflected.
The woman's slender fingers deftly moved the black wooden divination sticks, causing golden runes to illuminate the sticks and awaken the divination array that had already been set up beside the Third Young Master.
Heavenly Secrets Shattered.
Countless golden ghost claws appeared in the void and grabbed at the sword spirit Yanyan, tearing her to pieces in an instant.
Yu Sui gently raised her eyes and glanced at Sheng Fei, but a sharp blade of energy suddenly lashed out at her, accompanied by the man's light mockery: "I'm really sorry, but I'm best at catching rats in the military."
In Jiang Chi's view, what should have been a fatal blow was nimbly dodged by Yu Sui.
Jiang Chi's attacks were relentless, each step a deadly move with overwhelming force, but Yu Sui always managed to dodge in time.
Her effortless demeanor made it seem as if she were the cunning big cat toying with the mouse.
Seeing that Yu Sui had once again anticipated his move and dodged it, Jiang Chi raised an eyebrow and said, "Interesting."
Yu Sui heard from Blackbeard that a group of newcomers from the second and third divisions of the Nangong family had come to operate in Taiyi. These people were all Nangong Ming's confidants who had followed him on his travels over the years. So, besides Mei Liangyu, they also wanted to test the strength of the Nangong family's Rakshasa sorcerers.
The Rakshasa sorcerers of the third division seem to be much stronger than those of the second division.
"You dare to make advances on the Third Young Master right in front of me?"
Jiang Chi, who had been closely chasing Yu Sui, suddenly stepped back to create some distance. He stood guard in front of the car door where Sheng Fei was, and looked at Yu Sui with a smile, saying, "How many more times can your sword spirit be killed?"
Yu Sui stood in the middle of the long aisle of the carriage, letting Yan Yan, who had been spotted by Jiang Chi, retreat behind her.
Nian Qiuyan, standing behind the car, hesitated even more now.
Could the person fighting with Jiang Chi outside right now be Nangong Sui?
"Are you a mute rat whose tongue has been pulled out?" Jiang Chi was dissatisfied and bored with Yu Sui's silence. He took a step forward, but saw the other party stretch out a hand from under the wide robe and gently press the slender index finger against the platinum tiger's face.
Instantly, Jiang Chi felt a chill run down his spine. His extraordinary sensitivity alerted him to the impending crisis. The frivolous young man's expression changed instantly, and a flash of golden light caught his eye.
Jiang Chi's shout was drowned out by the tremendous sound of the Five Elements Qi exploding.
Countless elemental light cores had already adhered to the cloud chariot dragon, which was hundreds of meters long, waiting for the right moment to ignite. In the instant of flashing golden light, the explosive flames engulfed the elemental energy inside the cloud chariot, transforming into a boiling fire dragon that rushed straight to the control room at the front.
Commander Chen and the others were still discussing how to get back to Gu Gan. The coachmen and others, who were busy in the control room, had just successfully turned the vehicle sideways and surrounded the falling cloud dragon again. Before they could even rejoice, a sudden burst of air from behind blasted open the door of the control room.
Before people could even see what was happening, they were overwhelmed by the explosive blast wave.
Jiang Chi burned his protective aura in front of Sheng Fei, and under the protection of the sword spirit transformed into a huge bone cage and a divination array, he barely managed to open one eye amidst the shockwave.
The figure standing in the eye of the firestorm was reflected in the man's dark eyes. Compared to their disheveled state, the woman, looking in his direction, merely raised her chin slightly, signifying her overwhelming victory.
Just as Jiang Chi was about to make a move, another Five Elements Light Core exploded, and the engulfing flames completely consumed his vision.
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