Chapter 836 Counterattack
Betrayals were something that one did not easily forget and remained deep-rooted in one’s memory.
Only betrayals by relatives and friends could make people feel desperate, upset, and angry.
Li Mu rubbed his eyes and sat by the waterfall for a while. His spiritual force spread out like a tide. Finally, he confirmed that Bi Yan had left.
There were no signs of fighting in the surrounding area.
Neither were there signs that showed that there had been visitors present.
He was certain that the reason why Bi Yan left was not due to the pursuit by the people of the major Divine Clans.
She left on her own accord.
Moreover, she took the key fragment of the bra.s.s vessel which was on him when she left.
Li Mu smiled wryly.
“It seems that she doesn’t want to return to the Ziwei Star Zone.
“She wants to stay on Earth.
“Is she after the divine treasures hidden in the immortal palace?
“She probably is.”
Sitting by the waterfall, Li Mu suddenly felt a little cold when the wind blew on his face, but he didn’t feel sad.
As a friend, he had to respect Bi Yan’s choice.
He just felt a little confused and lost.
Everyone had his or her own goals.
Bi Yan and w.a.n.g s.h.i.+yu also had their own goals.
What about Li Mu?
He didn’t seem to have a goal.
He was like an office worker who worked overtime late into the night every day and was suddenly fired by his employer. Now he felt lost and did not know what to do.
He had this feeling since he experienced the fight in the world behind the Gate of the Ancestors.
Earth no longer needed his help.
“What should I do next?”
He thought carefully about that for a moment and then lay down to get some sleep.
He slept very soundly.
When he sat up again, he thought of something.
“Will Bi Yan encounter danger?
“The major Divine Clans have set many traps in Qinling to hunt down Bi Yan and me. She is alone now. She could get into trouble if she encounters the people of the major Divine Clans. Given her strength, she can only deal with those who are at the same level as Cloud Light Saintess. If she were to be encircled by more powerful masters, she would surely die.”
At the thought of that, Li Mu immediately jumped up.
He soon realized that there seemed to be something wrong.
His intuition told him that he had slept for at least three days and three nights behind the waterfall.
“It’s very strange.
“This place is not well-hidden, but it’s quite strange that the people of the major Divine Clans haven’t found the waterfall during these three days. Going by what happened every time we were trying to escape, no matter how well we hid ourselves, it would take at most one day for Cloud Light Saintess to find us.
“This time, I have slept here for three days and three nights, but nothing happened. How could it be?
“Moreover, Bi Yan had already departed from this place for a long time. If she were really in danger, wouldn’t it be too late for me to save her?”
Suddenly, Li Mu felt a surge of pain in his spine.
The pain was caused by the eight cracks in his spine.
His eyebrows furrowed.
Every time he felt the pain in his spine, something would happen.
He had a feeling that the people of the Cloud Clan would soon arrive to catch and kill him.
Standing by the waterfall, he thought for a while and then smiled.
The stone dining table was still there, so were the stone bowls and chopsticks. Before Bi Yan left, she cleaned the stone bowls and chopsticks thoroughly and placed them neatly on the table. She made those utensils with polished white jade taken from the rock ma.s.s. Those stone bowls and chopsticks looked quite nice, and there were even simple patterns on them. They had the typical style of the tableware used on White Earth.
Li Mu put away the stone bowls and chopsticks.
Then, he used one of his fingers as a pen and wrote a line of words on the stone table—
“You stupid b*tch! Follow me and kiss my a.s.s.”
After he was done, he turned around, walked toward the underground river behind the waterfall, and gradually disappeared into the darkness in the depths of the cave.
Fifteen minutes pa.s.sed in a flash.
Numerous beams of light streaked through the sky.
Then, tens of figures came from the sky and found the s.p.a.ce behind the waterfall.
They were the people of the Cloud Clan who were trying to hunt Li Mu and Bi Yan down.
Cloud Light Saintess was greatly annoyed by the words written on the stone table.
Bang!
She smashed the stone table into pieces.
“Search for them!” she said grimly.
Tens of masters from the Cloud Clan who were most adept at tracking and pursuing began to search busily for clues.
Cloud Light Saintess had been burning with rage these days, which had almost worn her out.
In the battle in the six major channels of the Gate of the Ancestors, she was the only one who failed to get a key to the immortal palace. That could be considered the greatest shame that she had suffered since she attained the Great Taoist Way. She almost became a laughing stock in this small area. Moreover, the members of the Cloud Clan had a lot of complaints about her. She had been desperately trying to hunt down Li Mu and Bi Yan, but her efforts were almost in vain.
In the past three days, she could not find any trace of them at all, which almost drove her crazy.
Finally, she found some clues, but it was already too late.
She was p.i.s.sed off by the mocking words written by Li Mu on the stone table.
“Your Highness, we didn’t find them.”
“Your Highness, there are very few traces of them. We have to take things slow.”
“Your Highness, Li Mu didn’t run in this direction...”
“Your Highness...”
The masters of the Cloud Clan reported the results of their search.
“Your Highness, I have found something. That b.a.s.t.a.r.d has escaped through the underground river behind the waterfall...” An old man with long gray hair and a nose that was much longer than that of a normal person reported in a respectful manner. He gave off a strong demonic aura. Obviously, he was a dog demon who was very good at tracking.
“Lead the way. Chase after him!”
Cloud Light Saintess was in a great hurry.
The pursuers moved fast along the underground river to chase after Li Mu.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they entered the depths of the underground river where there was no sunlight, the stonewall on one side of the river channel suddenly exploded. A beam of broadsword light shot out and streaked through the air like a meteor. The wind produced by it instantly blew the first several masters of the Cloud Clan into pieces. It was aimed at Cloud Light Saintess, who was walking in the middle of the pursuers.
The sudden attack left the divine generals and masters of the Cloud Clan with no time to react.
Cloud Light Saintess suddenly felt a chill run down her spine. The beam of broadsword light darted toward her glabella. Then, she suddenly felt a burst of stabbing pain at her glabella. The beam of broadsword light was inexplicably sharp. She felt the threat of death.
Caught off guard, she had no time to draw her sword. She placed her palms together like a child wors.h.i.+ping the Buddha and directly caught the beam of dazzling broadsword light with her palms.
Bang!
She felt a tremendous force.
“d.a.m.n it! The attacker is a master!”
Cloud Light Saintess was hurled backward by the strong force. Amid the sounds of explosions, several divine generals of the Cloud Clan who stood behind her failed to dodge the attack in time and were smashed into mists of blood. Her back hit the stonewall by the side of the underground river with a loud bang, and her body penetrated the underground rock layer that was several thousand meters thick. She crashed through the rocks about a kilometer long and fell to the ground.
The s.h.i.+ning blade of a broadsword lit up Li Mu’s handsome face.
Naturally, the person who launched the attack was Li Mu.
He had not left the place. Instead, he was hiding in the dark and waiting for an opportunity to launch a counterattack.
He had to vent the frustration that had built up within him during these days.
He exerted strength through his Four-Blade G.o.d Killing Broadsword which was pointed at Cloud Light Saintess’s glabella.
Cloud Light Saintess held the blade of the Four-Blade G.o.d Killing Broadsword between her palms. Cut by the blade, her palms bled. However, the blade slowly squeezed through the thin gap between her palms toward her glabella.
“You lowly mortal! How dare you!”
Her eyes blazed with anger. Her beautiful face which was as smooth and fair as jade, was contorted with rage.
“You ignorant b*tch! Why are you still so arrogant in the face of death? Today is the day you die.”
Li Mu held the Four-Blade G.o.d Killing Broadsword with both hands, exerted his physical strength on the handle, and thrust the broadsword forward.
The tip of the broadsword blade approached Cloud Light Saintess’s glabella, inch by inch.
“Enough.”
The rage and killing intent in her eyes were almost tangible.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Her hands suddenly exploded and turned into numerous white petals.
The power of the broadsword was unleashed as Li Mu moved like a flash of light. A beam of broadsword light cut Cloud Light Saintess’s body into pieces, which turned into countless nameless white petals that looked like auspicious clouds drifting in the void. Then, the white petals were reduced to powder by the broadsword light and wind!
“Cloud Light Heaven-startling Finger Strike!”
A cold, low shout rang out.
Cloud Light Saintess appeared about one hundred meters behind Li Mu.
Apart from her bleeding palms, she was otherwise unscathed.
The finger strike that she performed was a unique skill of the Cloud Clan.
In an instant, white clouds appeared in the sky, and a giant finger made of auspicious clouds came down from the sky. Dramatic changes took place within a radius of one hundred miles covered by the giant finger. The hills collapsed, the rocks turned into powder, and a giant fingerprint that was a hundred meters wide appeared on the ground.
Li Mu moved swiftly like a flash of lightning. In the blink of an eye, he reached the periphery of the area covered by the fingerprint and dodged the attack. Then, he stopped moving and produced another beam of broadsword light.
He launched another attack!
“Humph! Li Mu, you son of a b*tch! Why are you not hiding anymore? Well, hand over that demonic woman and the key. I’ll let you have a quick death if you can do that!”
Cloud Light Saintess increased the distance between herself and Li Mu. She believed that she had gained the upper hand.
Li Mu felt relieved when he heard what she said.
“At the very least, Bi Yan hasn’t fallen into the hands of the Cloud Clan or any other Divine Clan.”
“You’ve had a good time chasing us these days, haven’t you?”
Li Mu thrust his broadsword fiercely.
“Had it not been for the fact that I needed to recover from my injuries, I wouldn’t have let you chase after me like that these days. I’m going to kill you today.”
A beam of white broadsword light shot out and darted toward Cloud Light Saintess like a jet of water streaming down from a river in the sky.
The divine generals of the Cloud Clan could not help her at all. Even though they rushed forward fearlessly, they were crushed to powder by the broadsword light that was several thousand meters away from them. Even the masters in the King Realm were reduced to ashes in the blink of an eye!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Li Mu gave full play to the Four-Blade G.o.d Killing Broadsword. The broadsword light was all over the sky and a Potential Realm appeared. There seemed to be signs showing that he was about to reach a level even higher than the King Realm.
“How could it be?”
Cloud Light Saintess was greatly surprised to find her Cloud Light Heaven-startling Finger being suppressed and shattered to pieces. She couldn’t believe it.
“If I hadn’t wasted too much strength killing the ancestor of the Heavenly Deity Clan that day, killing you would have been as easy as killing a chicken for me.... You stupid b*tch! Go to h.e.l.l!”
Li Mu’s fighting spirit soared.
On that day, he spent a lot of energy fighting against the ancestor of the Heavenly Deity Clan. Then Cloud Light Saintess, Lei Cang and Fairy Shuiyue joined hands to attack him. That was why he was in a difficult situation at that time. Today, with the Four-Blade G.o.d Killing Broadsword in his hand, he didn’t fear Cloud Light Saintess at all in this one-on-one battle. After he found that she was alone in leading some people to chase him, he set an ambush to kill her.
“Ah...”
Cloud Light Saintess was sent flying, and blood gushed from her wound.
“That’s impossible, you despicable mortal!”
She was furious, terrified, and could not believe what was happening.
Boom!
Li Mu punched her in the face and sent her flying. More than half of her head was blown off.
“Ah-ah-ah, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d! I’m going to kill you.”
Cloud light flashed, and the runes of Taoist Principles flickered.
Cloud Light Saintess’s head rematerialized in an instant.
Her eyes flamed with a terrifying blaze, which made her look like a demonic G.o.d that had come back to life. She unleashed a very strong force, and her aura soared.
However, Li Mu broke down her protection with his broadsword and stamped on her in the air. She fell from the sky and smashed into a rock hundreds of meters below the ground.
“B*tch, do you really think I’m afraid of you?” He felt very happy that he had fought to his heart’s content.
He found that his strength had improved again after he fought the tough battle. He felt like he had attained the Broadsword Way successfully. Holding the Four-Blade G.o.d Killing Broadsword in his hand, he had a feeling that he was invincible in the world.
After Cloud Light Saintess exchanged tens of blows with Li Mu, she finally felt frightened and turned around to escape.