Qi Long had instinctively used his domain concept to protect his body so when Han Jijyun, who had just reached pseudo domain stage, slapped him, his hand got injured from the slap.
“Boss is so strong. How could anything happen to him? He will definitely come back. We have to believe in him,” said Han Jijyun. “Rather than wasting time regretting your past decisions, you should be standing firm and be thinking of ways to help Boss protect the Lingtian Independent Army. Despite Uncle Qi agreeing to ask the Third Marshal for help, it doesn"t mean it will work. Don"t forget there"s still the First Marshal and Second Marshal.”
After hearing all that, Qi Long instantly laughed in a pained tone and said, “What can I do? Tell me, what else can I do?”
Han Jijyun"s mouth opened, but he didn"t know what else to say.
“See, even you don"t know what to do…” Qi Long"s eyes suddenly reddened. “We"re all useless trash. Without Boss, we can"t do anything right.”
Qi Long"s right arm laid on top of his eyes. His voice was hoa.r.s.e with a hint of sniffling. “When Boss was here, I didn"t realize how helpless we are without him . Now I understand, we-we-we are too pampered by Boss…”
“Boss has always been protecting us from traps and plots against us. He gave us a peaceful s.p.a.ce to grow. What bloodshed have we gone through for us to grow into such young and promising general and major rank officers? Boss is the only person who actually went through bloodshed, while we just hide behind him and reap the benefits.” Even though Qi Long used his arm to cover his face, he still couldn"t hide the tears trickling down his face. “Jijyun, I"m sad not only because Boss isn"t here with us. What"s more saddening is that I realize and understand everything Boss has done for us in the past. In the end, the strict rules and terrifying training were only for us to stay alive longer.”
“The most depressing fact is that him leaving us here wasn"t because we are a so-called trump card. Instead, it was because he believed that our wings had fully grown and that it was our time to fly on our own.” Qi Long was actually quite smart. It was just there was Ling Lan and Han Jijyun beside him, so he hid the intelligent part of him behind his honest looking face. He wanted to be an honest person that everyone trusted.
Each one of them were trying to find the place they belonged to. They all molded their strength for the team and more or less hid the similar talents they shared and only improved their most unique talent. It was because of this that each one of them were all unique in their own ways, becoming one of a kind members within the team.
“Boss knew from the very beginning that he was facing an impossible situation, but I was so blind to see it.” What Qi Long regretted the most was at the fact that he had ignored the warning his intuition had given him. He ignored it time and time again. If he had placed more importance on it and if he didn"t leave Boss"s side, he might have been able to help Boss.
Everyone believed that if they were alongside Ling Lan, the result would be different. However, in reality, when faced against a G.o.d-cla.s.s operator, no matter how many people were there, they would still become cannon fodder, and ultimately useless in the end.
Of course, Qi Long and the others didn"t know these details, that was why they were thinking that way. However, even if they knew, they would still make the same decision as Li Lanfeng, Luo Lang and Xie Yi. Even if they were to die, they would want to die together with Boss.
Sometimes, death wasn"t a painful thing. Usually, it was the people who were alive who felt more pain than those who died.
“Even if that"s the case, do you think you"re honoring Boss by acting like a slob?” Han Jijyun"s eyes also reddened as he asked Qi Long.
“I know. I also want to regain my composure, but I can"t do that right now. I think I can only sober up from this mess if Boss ruthlessly beats me up.” Qi Long laughed with tears in his eyes. He was a m.a.s.o.c.h.i.s.t to Boss. Getting beaten up by Boss would give his life some meaning.
At that moment, fog began appearing in the air. The fog slowly became thicker. Han Jijyun felt Qi Long"s silhouette was becoming more and more difficult to see. In the end, the two of them were split apart by the fog.
“Domain active.” The ‘u0026" symbol appeared on Han Jijyun"s forehead. The fog that surrounded him was suddenly dissipated, but Qi Long, who was just a hands reach to him, was nowhere to be seen.
Han Jijyun"s expression changed instantly and shouted, “Enemy attack!”
However, their comrades, who were hidden in the shadows, weren"t reacting to his shout. Han Jijyun"s expression changed once again, but he quickly calmed down. He carefully looked around his surroundings.
There were two possibilities why his comrades didn"t move. One possibility was that they were all knocked out. However, Han Jijyun didn"t believe that. In the entire barrack, just their Lingtian Independent Army, there were already a number of domain realm masters and Qi Long. These domain realm masters couldn"t have been silently taken out. Even Boss wouldn"t have been able to do something like that.
Then it was the second possibility, which was that he had been taken into the opponent"s domain. That was why his voice couldn"t be heard by the people who were not in the domain. Perhaps all of his movements in this area were not real. Perhaps on the outside, he might be just standing there without making any noise.
“Who are you?” asked Han Jijyun.
It was silent all around him. Other than the thick fog, he couldn"t see anything else.
Was it Boss? Han Jijyun remembered Ling Lan"s domain concept. It could change between three different states of water. However, the humid feeling from the air was different from their Boss"s ice cold domain. Even if their Boss changed into thick fog, it would still have an icy presence. The liquid state was also bone-chilling, not to mention the ice element. It was a real ice-age cold.
Right as Han Jijyun was still thinking about all that, he suddenly jumped upwards. The spot he was just standing on had a glowing chinese character shield appear.
A dark spear ruthlessly stabbed into the shield, cracking it into pieces. The shield then dissipated into countless characters and flew into Han Jijyun"s forehead, while that dark spear also completely disintegrated before turning back to fog. It then quickly melded with the fog around them.
Han Jijyun cautiously looked at the fog around him. There was doubt that the enemy was hidden within the fog and could attack him at any time.
Whoosh! Whoosh Whoosh! Countless fog arrows suddenly shot out from the surrounding fog. They were coming at Han Jijyun from all directions.
Han Jijyun"s expression changed instantly and shouted, “Jin!”
A large character ‘Jin" began to expand from his body and covered his entire body within it.
The fog arrows all hit the ‘Jin" character. The golden color of the ‘Jin" character began to slowly turn dim as fog arrows. .h.i.t it continuously. After blocking the last fog arrow, the ‘Jin" character completely shattered.
Han Jijyun spat out a mouthful of blood. The extra damage dealt to the ‘Jin" character was transferred to him. The shattered character instantly flew into Han Jijyun"s forehead, healing Han Jijyun"s spiritual power in the process.