Chapter 270: Chapter 277: This artifact is called a brick! (Fourth update)
Translator: 549690339
“To escort someone?”
Lin Tianli was stunned, intriguedly glanced at Hua Youyue, asking, “Who?”
Hua Youyue lightly raised her plain hand, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, turned her eyes to show a faint smile, and spoke slowly, “A very interesting fellow, who said he’d bring me here to kill you!”
Glancing at Lin Tianli, whose expression was ever-changing, Hua Youyue sighed, and then continued, “Lin Tianli, you once hurt my Spirit Root, and I harbored resentment. But now, I have something more important to do. Before leaving, I just want to give that guy a gift. I have no intention of fighting with you for the Spirit Peak, are you really going to persist in your wrong belief?” Hearing Hua Youyue’s words, Lin Tianli looked surprised and doubtful. He blushed, obviously swallowing the counter-current blood that he was about to spit out. He laughed uproariously and stared at Hua Youyue with a gloomy face, “It’s your business that you have no intention of fighting with me for the Spirit Peak. As for me…the power within you is what I am most interested in. No need for more words, let’s see who wins in front of the Golden Crow!”
Hua Youyue’s expression turned serious, and she stared at Lin Tianli for a while. Her face returned to its usual calm, and she laughed softly, “In my current state, I am no match for you. But knowing about this power doesn’t do you much good either. However… if you dare touch the Golden Crow, I’ll make you live a life of regret!”
Lin Tianli looked surprised and doubtful, suddenly burst out laughing, seeming to feel endless pleasure. He was suddenly shrouded in a desperate aura and declared, “Then I’ll be waiting for you!”
“You!” Hua Youyue’s expression changed, she snorted coldly and slowly drew her long sword, pointing it at Lin Tianli.
Lin Tianli revealed a playful smirk at the corner of his mouth and stared at Hua Youyue, “We can’t use True Essence here. Does the Flower Spirit Girl want to compete with me in swordsmanship?”
“So what if I do?” Hua Youyue’s face slightly darkened.
Just as the two were about to start their fight, Yang Zhen anxiously said, “Wait, don’t fight yet!”
“Yang Zhen?”
“Yang Zhen!”
Seeing Yang Zhen, Hua Youyue looked surprised. A radiant smile gradually spread across her face as she sheathed her sword, and cutely stared at Yang Zhen, saying, “You’rehere!”
Yang Zhen glared at Hua Youyue and said, “I’ll deal with you later!”
When Lin Tianli saw Yang Zhen, he gave an angry roar, and suddenly ran down towards him, his face full of hatred, just as if Yang Zhen had given him a giant green hat to wear.
Yang Zhen stared in astonishment, and hurriedly ran up, “Damn it, if your surname is Lin, aren’t you going to enjoy this fun place? Why are you coming down? If you have the guts, why don’t you fight with me, Sao Saint, on these steps?”
Seeing Yang Zhen’s reaction, the people who had just caught up were all startled.
In front of them, the staircase clearly had a huge prohibition, not only was the divine might rolling, but it was also impossible to use True Essence. How could such a place be called fun?
Sure enough, it’s very Yang Zhen!
All of them were dumbfounded as they watched Yang Zhen and Lin Tianli, one running up and the other running down. They were all somewhat dumbfounded and didn’t understand what Yang Zhen wanted to do.
Watching Yang Zhen really run up the stone steps, after running a few steps, he staggered, and his face began to show discomfort. Lin Tianli abruptly stopped, his anger turned to schadenfreude as he looked at Yang Zhen and asked, “Are you sure about this place?”
“Absolutely, definitely and certain!” Yang Zhen laughed heartily, flexed his fists and feet, and said with a relaxed face, “This place is good, I like this place!”
Lin Tianli scoffed with a self-righteous look on his face, “Then let this place be your grave. You can stay here forever!”
The Hongluan Spiritual Girl was greatly alarmed. She called out to Yang Zhen with a low voice, “Yang Zhen, Lin Tianli’s sword tactics are unmatched among his peers. Don’t act recklessly!”
Unmatched swordsmanship?
Yang Zhen paused for a moment and looked at Lin Tianli with great interest.
It was this guy who almost took Hua Youyue’s life and damaged her Spirit Root five years ago, making her silent for five years, and also buried this grievance in her heart for five years.
How much psychological pressure would a splendidly talented beauty that they called a once-in-a-lifetime genius and the uncrowned ruler of the Spirit Road have to suffer for five years?
Yang Zhen carefully examined Lin Tianli from top to bottom, then raised his head to look at Hua Youyue.
When entering the Spirit Road, Yang Zhen didn’t manage to catch up with Lin Tianli, which had left him feeling quite frustrated. Now, upon encountering him again, how could he possibly let him off so easily?
As Yang Zhen had indeed said, they couldn’t use True Essence in this place. But for him, it was actually a favorable circumstance.
Hua Youyue, seeing Yang Zhen, revealed a gentle smile and said, “Be careful!”
Yang Zhen hesitated, then asked, “Aren’t you afraid Lin Tianli will use his exceptional sword technique and kill me with a single stroke?”
Hua Youyue smirked and, turning her eyes towards him, asserted, “I believe in you!”
Yang Zhen broke into a grin and said, “I think I’m feeling a bit better now!”
Hearing the exchange between the two of them, the Hongluan Spiritual Girl seemed stunned, a complicated look flashing across her eyes.
Xiu’er pouted, pulling on the Hongluan Spiritual Girl’s sleeve, she said, “Silly sister, do you think this tricky fellow, Yang Zhen, would do something without certainty?”
The Hongluan Spiritual Girl jolted, then shook her head in a bitter smile, looking deeply at Hua Youyue.
Lin Tianli scanned his surroundings and, seeing everyone staring at him and Yang Zhen, burst into laughter. Pointing his sword at Yang Zhen, he said, “Yang Zhen, you must be the one Flower Spirit Girl expects to give the Golden Crow to. I wonder, if I were to make a fool of you, what type of expression would Flower Spirit Girl make?”
“Why don’t you guess?” Yang Zhen blinked at him.
Lin Tianli:”???”
Seeing Lin Tianli’s dumbfounded expression, all those gathered couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
Xiu’er leaned on the Hongluan Spiritual Girl’s shoulder, her laughter associated with the sound of a hen clucking. She said between breaths, “This Yang Zhen… oh boy, I’ll laugh myself to death. Lin Tianli offending him is just too infuriating.”
The Hongluan Spiritual Girl also couldn’t help her laughter, thereafter murmuring to herself, “Lin Tianli didn’t offend Yang Zhen, but the Flower Spirit Girl!”
After Yang Zhen finished speaking, he squatted down to pry a rock loose. Weighing it in his hand, he turned to look at Hua Youyue with anger in his eyes, “Missy, do you know where you went wrong?”
Hua Youyue hesitated to respond, “I should not have left without letting you know.”
Yang Zhen shook his head. “Leaving without a say isn’t a big deal. What do you think you’re doing, ‘giving’ me the Golden Crow? Do you think if I wanted that Golden Crow, I wouldn’t be able to get it myself?”
“But…”
“But nothing! You’re stealing my thunder, do you know that! Remember, in the future, you just need to hail ‘666’ from behind me while I take care of matters!” Hua Youyue laughed and nodded her head, saying, “Alright!”
Yang Zhen laughed aloud, calling out to Lin Tianli, “Come on, let the Sao Saint see how ‘outstanding’ your sword technique is!”
Seeing that Yang Zhen was indeed clasping a slab of stone to face him in combat, Lin Tianli’s face turned ashen. Pointing at Yang Zhen, he said, “You’re courting death like this! You think a piece of stone can break the sword in my hand?”
Yang Zhen suddenly unleashed a surge of power underfoot. With a thud, he charged towards Lin Tianli and shouted, “Who told you it’s just a slab of stone? In my homeland, such a divine weapon is called a brick!”
“A brick?” Lin Tianli’s face went blank, then he burst out laughing. His long sword transformed into countless sword shadows, jabbing at Yang Zhen.
The sword strike ended perfectly, executed so uncannily that it shocked everyone.
Nobody would have expected that Lin Tianli could perform such bewildering swordsmanship with just a long sword, without any use of martial skills.
Seeing Yang Zhen recklessly charging forward, holding nothing but a stone slab, everyone cried out in surprise, looking at him like they were watching a madman.
Among the crowd, only the Sneaky Cat’s eyes glowed, murmuring to itself, “Oh boy, could this be the ‘Brick Beats Martial Arts’? The one which Yang Zhen said that nobody could block?”