Chapter 149: Substitute Technique
At this moment, divided by positions, Xuan Xia and her two companions were on the left and right flanks with Ren Tongli, while Cui Cheng Zhi and the other one whose name was unknown were in the upper position.
Thus, after the old man’s gaze left Ren Tongli, it immediately locked onto those two from Cui Cheng Zhi, and after roaring hoarsely with his mouth open, his figure flew straight toward the two like an arrow.
Those two each shouted “Holy shit,” but this time, unlike when dealing with Ren Tongli, they had no intention of separating; instead, they decided to join forces and act.
In an instant, the scene became both chaotic and spectacular.
However, the idea that it was spectacular applied only to Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan.
Those two from Cui Cheng Zhi finally had some real skills, though not as good as Ren Tongli fighting alone; they didn’t fall too quickly while holding off the old man.
Ren Tongjin didn’t want to remain a bystander any longer, left the words “Be careful,” and proactively joined the battle.
Xuan Xia didn’t even have time to stop him and could only let him go.
Qu Xingxuan watched the battle, his mood complex; he both hoped that Cui Cheng Zhi and the others could take down the old man and didn’t hope they would win.
“Do you think they can do it?” Unable to decide which side he was really on, Qu Xingxuan could only ask Xuan Xia’s opinion.
“Probably not very likely.”
“Ah?” Qu Xingxuan’s tone was one of disappointment.
Xuan Xia seemed thoughtful, then changed it to, “Maybe they can.”
Qu Xingxuan: “…”
So, can they or not?
But Xuan Xia’s attention right now was entirely on Ren Tongjin and those few; she couldn’t spare even one more glance for Qu Xingxuan.
She seemed to have noticed something off, but couldn’t fully confirm it yet and needed to conduct an experiment.
Just thinking about how to do this experiment, Cui Cheng Zhi, stealing a moment amid the busyness, spotted Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan watching from the sidelines, which immediately made him curse inwardly nonstop.
While they were here entangled with the old man, with several colorful banners down, some people were actually hiding on the side, wanting to reap the benefits? Especially since Qu Xingxuan, who had brought him into the Mirage Fiend, was among them.
Upon spotting Qu Xingxuan, Cui Cheng Zhi ground his molars with a creak. It was all this brat’s fault for not submitting obediently!
If he had been honest, there wouldn’t be all this trouble!
Thinking of this, Cui Cheng Zhi snorted coldly and shouted to his companion, “Chengjin!”
The companion called Chengjin looked toward Cui Cheng Zhi; they were of the same generation and had grown up together, and with one look, what they wanted to say had already been conveyed.
The next second, both of them ran straight toward Xuan Xia’s direction, clearly intending to drag Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan into the battle together.
“Ah!! You beasts—” Seeing them charging toward him, Qu Xingxuan’s pupils shook as he already started yelling.
Xuan Xia inwardly cursed as well and immediately grabbed Qu Xingxuan to run.
Seeing the two still daring to run, Cui Cheng Zhi, at the cost of being scratched by the old man, stubbornly chased after them relentlessly, even treating the two of them as attack targets as well.
Qu Xingxuan had no time to shout on the surface, but inwardly he cursed Cui Cheng Zhi along with the ancestors of the Cui Family one by one.
“We can’t run like this.” Qu Xingxuan shouted toward Xuan Xia.
Xuan Xia didn’t look back, “Hold on a bit, we’re almost there!”
There? Where to?
Just as the question mark popped into Qu Xingxuan’s mind, Xuan Xia pulled him and turned abruptly, ending up behind Ren Tongli.
“???”
After Ren Tongli was scratched on the shoulder by the old man, he had been in a state of being ignored by everyone, and he was happy to be forgotten.
He originally thought he could just hunker down until the end, but he didn’t expect Xuan Xia and Qu Xingxuan to run to his side.
Ren Tongli immediately bared his teeth, “What the hell are you two doing over here?!”
Just after cursing, a fireball sorcery from Cui Cheng Zhi smashed right in front of him, and Ren Tongli’s anger shot straight to his hairline.
However, it was just a moment of anger under that rage.
Because that burst of anger affected the wound on his shoulder, and the wound that had already stopped bleeding now oozed blood again.
But what he didn’t expect was…
“Qu Xingxuan, prop him up!” Xuan Xia said as she roughly grabbed his injured arm.
Ren Tongli just wanted to resist when pain surged through his entire body.
What did this woman do…
Xuan Xia hadn’t done much, just afraid he wouldn’t cooperate and hard to control, so she slapped a Lightning Talisman on him and followed with a Landmine Curse.
When the Landmine Curse took effect at the wound, Ren Tongli nearly ascended to heaven on the spot; now he truly couldn’t resist.
Qu Xingxuan moved at her command and hurriedly propped up Ren Tongli’s other arm; the two together, like holding up a scarecrow, hoisted Ren Tongli up and then used him as a shield.
The old man chased Cui Cheng Zhi right up to Ren Tongli; Cui Cheng Zhi thought these two wanted to save Ren Tongli and leave together, so he sneered coldly and mercilessly performed a Substitute Corpse Technique, wanting the old man to take all three out at once.
Cui Cheng Zhi had originally intended to cast the sorcery on Qu Xingxuan, but his hand shook, and the sorcery landed on Ren Tongli.
Though it was off-target, Cui Cheng Zhi felt it wasn’t a big problem. None of these three could escape anyway.
Once the sorcery took effect, the old man did head toward Ren Tongli, but just as he was about to touch him, the old man suddenly hesitated, as if wary, or as if this one wasn’t on his attack list.
Soon, the old man turned his spearhead and charged toward Cui Chengjin, who hadn’t been hit with the Substitute Corpse Technique.
Cui Chengjin immediately shouted “Fuck your mother.”
Cui Cheng Zhi was stunned, something flashed in his mind, but it was too fast, and he couldn’t grasp it in time.
Qu Xingxuan had a head full of question marks; a bit of spiritual light also flashed in his mind in shock, but he wasn’t too sure, so he could only seek confirmation from Xuan Xia.
Xuan Xia inwardly had nine parts certainty.
But for now, she wanted to ask Qu Xingxuan first, “What sorcery did he use? Why isn’t it hitting him anymore?”
This “he” referred to Cui Cheng Zhi.
Qu Xingxuan replied to her: “Substitute Technique, it’s a sorcery that uses someone as your own substitute.”
“I see.”
This Cui Cheng Zhi really wasn’t a thing.
Qu Xingxuan continued explaining: “But this sorcery can’t be used freely; I estimate he can only use it this once.”
Xuan Xia glanced at Cui Cheng Zhi, who was still puzzled not far away, and thought, good then.
“Find a way to break the Illusionary Scenery.” Xuan Xia said to him.
Qu Xingxuan asked: “How to break it?”
That was a good question.
Xuan Xia planned to join the battle and beat the hundred-year-old elder together.
“Use everything you’ve got!”
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Qu Xingxuan had seen movies about heavenly disasters and doomsdays, even the immersive 4D and 5D kind, but movies were still movies; no matter how shocking or immersive, none compared to the personal experience right now.
The sky collapsed, the ground sank, the entire world scoured by torrential flood-like yin fiend black mist.
Five Thunders like sky thunder, landmine, water thunder, etc., rumbled and roared, ravaging and entwining the black mist without letting go.
The momentum was so grand that everyone’s ears felt like they were about to go deaf, but the entire Illusionary Scenery began to crumble, the lightning’s glaring white light flashing in people’s eyes.
Xuan Xia blinked, raised her hand to shield her eyes, and then realized that the glaring white wasn’t the lightning’s light, but a high-wattage searchlight.
Gut inflammation flared up again. Took medicine, but the effect seems slow to kick in; trying to push out the second update.
