#781 - Reminder from Chu Xianping
Myriad heavenly winds raged, black smoke engulfing the wilderness.
The glint of sabers and swords, the flash of white-feathered arrows bloomed across the battlefield, and the earth shook with tremendous explosions.
Even after the Golden Roc had flown a distance away, the chaotic sounds were still clear and deafening, their thunderous roar making one feel as if they were amidst thunderclouds.
Looking at the large black tent below, Wei Changtian narrowed his eyes, then leapt from the roc's back, plummeting straight down from a height of several dozen zhang.
As a Second-Rank martial artist, the idea of "falling to his death" was already impossible.
But as the sharp wind swept past his body, and the scenery before him grew larger at an extremely rapid pace, he still felt a primal sense of danger.
No wonder so many people in my past life liked to go bungee jumping; it really is thrilling...
Wait!
His eyes widened suddenly, and Wei Changtian's mind trembled for a moment.
Then, in the next second, accompanied by a loud "shrieking" sound, the black tent beneath him suddenly exploded, followed by several streams of turbulent true qi soaring into the sky, directly attacking him!
Damn it!
So the sense of danger he had just felt came from here!
"Boom!"
Like a flood unleashed, the inner force within his dantian surged into his sixty-four meridians, then transformed into layers of silver sword light beneath Wei Changtian.
He was falling from above, and these streams of true qi were surging from below.
The distance between the two was not far to begin with, and with them moving "relatively", Wei Changtian could not do much at this moment, and could only defend hastily.
Qin Zhengqiu, a few zhang away, was the same; at this moment, he only had time to raise a cloud of black mist around himself, and didn't even have time to draw his sword.
It wasn't that he disdained to draw his sword, but that he didn't have time...
His figure stopped abruptly, his robes fluttering wildly.
"Boom!!!"
"Boom boom boom!!!!!"
Accompanied by several flashes of intense light, the deafening sound rumbled across the night sky, and the shockwave even blew away hundreds of military tents around them, causing dust and black sand to fly everywhere, its ferocity far exceeding expectations.
It was like thunder rolling down from the sky, shaking mountains and collapsing the earth, or like a million heavenly drums roaring at the same time.
If the scene created by the Tiangou Army just now was like the "carpet bombing" of his past life, then this moment was like an atomic bomb exploding.
Of course, this was undoubtedly far from a real atomic bomb.
But even so, such a scene still stunned everyone for a moment.
Including the Tiangou Army, who had already penetrated deep into the enemy camp, all the soldiers turned their heads to look at this side.
They stared blankly as the figures of Wei Changtian and Qin Zhengqiu were engulfed by the intense light, their swords and sabers faltering, and a trace of panic gradually rising in their eyes.
"Husband!!"
A trembling voice suddenly rang out, and Yang Liushi, who was in the rear of the army, instantly transformed into a long shadow, sweeping across the battlefield, her black dress fluttering wildly in the still-raging waves of air.
Even though she knew that Wei Changtian and Qin Zhengqiu both had life-saving treasures and definitely wouldn't die, a sense of despair subconsciously rose in her heart.
The last time was at Bailing Mountain, when Wei Changtian was trapped in the "Three Thousand Crossroads" illusion formation, she had also felt this sense of despair.
And this time...
"Cough! Cough cough cough!"
Suddenly, a slight cough broke the silence that shouldn't have appeared on the battlefield.
Even before Yang Liushi could arrive, two figures had gradually emerged from the fading intense light.
Slowly landing from mid-air, both of them looked a little disheveled, and their expressions were equally grim.
They didn't even look at the battlefield, which had been put on pause not far away, but stared intently at a small area shrouded in thick smoke in front of them, and slowly drew the long swords from their waists.
"Clang, clang"
The two sounds of drawing swords were not loud, but they seemed to contain a chilling sense of suppression.
Obviously, Wei Changtian and Qin Zhengqiu were not seriously injured in the sneak attack just now, and even now they were going to settle the score with Zhuang Zhiming and the others.
However, just as Qin Zhengqiu waved his sleeve, instantly dispersing the thick smoke in front of him, the tips of both swords, which were filled with a chilling intent, drooped slightly again.
The two looked at each other, their eyes filled with doubt.
Because the front was empty, without a single person.
Qin Zhengqiu, recognized as a quasi-First Rank master.
Wei Changtian, who had just completed the feat of "1v15" a few days ago.
It was difficult to say who was stronger between the two, but if there was a "Combat Power Ranking" or something like that in the world, then they could at least rank in the top ten, or even the top five.
Even ranking first or second was not impossible.
In other words, regardless of the reason, their strength had far exceeded the scope of ordinary Second Rank, and it was no exaggeration to say "Invincible below First Rank."
But even these two people had now suffered such a silent loss in "broad daylight."
In the final analysis, the main reason was that they were too careless.
Whether it was Qin Zhengqiu or Wei Changtian, they were obviously very confident in their own strength, and therefore did not expect that Zhuang Zhiming and the others would actually launch a sneak attack.
To put it bluntly, they were both a little arrogant, thinking that Zhuang Zhiming and the others would be too late to escape when facing them, so how could they dare to take the initiative to attack?
This mentality was undoubtedly undesirable, especially on the battlefield, where underestimating the opponent often came at a heavy price.
What's more, Zhuang Zhiming and the others were all people of Kuilong, and their methods must be much stronger than ordinary Upper Third Rank, and they were not much weaker than the two of them in the first place.
Combining the above two points, it could be said that Wei Changtian and Qin Zhengqiu's loss was not unjust at all.
Even strictly speaking, they had not suffered any substantial losses, except for looking a little disheveled.
Although the several streams of true qi looked very intimidating, their power was not as exaggerated as their aura suggested.
Wei Changtian knew very well that this was not because his defense was so strong, but simply because they were indeed a bit "strong on the outside but weak on the inside."
Then this was a bit strange.
Under normal circumstances, the smaller the momentum, the better, and the greater the power, the better, for a sneak attack.
But Zhuang Zhiming and the others had completely reversed it, making a great show of momentum, but with very ordinary power.
It was impossible for Zhuang Zhiming not to know that this kind of move could not threaten him and Qin Zhengqiu at all.
Then, was he doing it on purpose?
But why would he do this?
Was it just to simply intimidate him?
Or was there another purpose?
Glancing again at the ruins in front of him, Wei Changtian frowned and thought for a while, but did not search for the whereabouts of Zhuang Zhiming and the others.
And at this moment, Yang Liushi had already landed beside him.
"Husband, are you alright?"
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"I'm fine."
Wei Changtian shook his head and said with some self-deprecation: "I was careless this time."
"Fortunately, Zhuang Zhiming and the others didn't go all out for some reason, otherwise..."
Suddenly, Wei Changtian's voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes widened slightly.
Because just a moment ago, he seemed to understand what Zhuang Zhiming, or rather, Chu Xianping, wanted to do.
Rather than saying that everything just now was "intimidation", it was more like a "reminder."
It was a reminder to himself not to be too confident, and not to think that he was invincible just because he had broken through to the Second Rank.
As for why Chu Xianping wanted to remind himself of this...
"Huff!"
Heavily exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Wei Changtian turned his head and looked at the distant battlefield that had become chaotic again.
It seemed that Lu Hongji's backup plan was far beyond his imagination.
