Free Web NovelA deathly silence hung over the natural open-air plaza in Devil City.
Although Clan Leader Tuo’eli Le’s statement, coupled with Fang Ji’s stance, had some persuasive power, the other three representatives from the three major clans had yet to express their positions.
Relying on the strength of their clans, they had been lording it over the Gobi Desert for a long time, especially in recent decades, where members of other clans didn't even dare to speak loudly in front of them.
It was one thing for Fang Ji to be from the Miracle Order, but now the Tuowolile Tribe suddenly wanted to ride roughshod over them. How could they tolerate that?
This feeling was like, in a game, being able to accept being killed by an enemy hero, but finding it hard to accept being killed by a minion.
Putting everything else aside, they simply couldn't get past the psychological barrier.
Fang Ji observed quietly from the side, and seeing the stalemate, he suddenly smiled, stepped forward, and said, “Since it’s difficult for everyone to make a decision, why don’t we vote to elect a leader? That way, it should be more convincing, right?”
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu'er Alasi Lan raised a hand and said with a forced smile, “Then I’ll cast my vote for myself!”
Clan Leader Wu Ta You, who was beside him, exchanged glances with Gu'er Alasi Lan, and also raised his hand, “I’ll also cast my vote for Brother Gu'er.”
Seeing this, the messenger of the Bo Ci Clan looked at the three people present, hesitated several times as if wanting to speak, and finally sighed deeply, stammering, “I, I abstain.”
“Heh!” Gu'er Alasi Lan sneered, “Two votes for me, one abstention. Even if Tuoeli Le votes for himself, he only has one vote, so the result is obvious...”
“Wait!” Fang Ji suddenly interrupted, “Clan Leader Arslan, isn’t that right? There are so many clan leaders and messengers here, and everyone hasn’t voted yet, so how can the result be obvious?”
Saying that, he turned around and addressed the Half-Guitan on the periphery, “I presume everyone is very clear about the Arslan Tribe’s style of doing things, right?”
“I can guarantee that if Clan Leader Tuo’eli Le becomes the leader, he will definitely give you more benefits, and this is also one of the conditions for our Miracle Order to cooperate with him.”
“I’ll just say this much. Now, those who wish to vote for Clan Leader Tuo’eli Le can raise their hands!”
As his words fell, after a moment of waiting, when one Half-Guitan from a clan that had long been oppressed by the Arslan Tribe raised his hand, other Half-Guitan also successively raised their hands.
Seeing this, a satisfied smile appeared on Fang Ji’s face.
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Under the scorching sun, Lu Yibei’s petite figure ran wildly, chasing, like a hummingbird flying low to the ground.
Although hummingbirds are not the fastest birds, they are one of the most agile and nimble, and in a complex terrain like the Gobi Desert, agility is often more important than speed.
In the Gobi Desert, apart from the flat desert, there are mostly undulating mounds.
Between these mounds, dozens of meters deep ravines can appear at any time, and sometimes, the width of these ravines is less than one meter.
Blindly pursuing speed and charging recklessly, one might accidentally step into thin air and fall into the abyss if not careful.
And beneath those abysses, there might be hidden quicksand, underground rivers, salt flats, and other even more complex terrains, and perhaps even urban legend lurking within.
Combined, it’s simply malice from nature, a pure, natural, and unadulterated backstab.
If possible, Lu Yibei, who always believed in safety first, absolutely did not want to delve into these mounds, but her target did not think so...
Dai Lin and his companion, realizing that the Disaster could not fly and their movements would be restricted by the terrain, intentionally moved towards the mounds when fleeing, trying to use the terrain to shake off the jinx behind them.
The more complex the terrain, the more they had to go there!
After all, with the help of his Spirit Mark ability, complex terrain hardly affected him at all.
Although the hands he created with his Spirit Mark authority merely floated around him, they had a subtle connection with his body, like an extension of his body, capable of leveraging force over long distances.
In practical use, it was like the grappling hooks often used by master thieves and ace agents in movies and TV shows, always hitting their mark and without quantity limits.
Lu Yibei was not a local, had not scouted the surrounding terrain beforehand, and did not possess Dai Lin's strange ability. Even though her speed was slightly superior to Dai Lin and his companion, and she had precognitive abilities to assist «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» her, she could only stay right on their heels, slowly closing the distance.
She suddenly felt that the teachers who designed those pursuit problems weren't psychologically twisted individuals with a vendetta against Xiaoming, because similar things really do happen in reality.
She roughly estimated her speed of approaching Dai Lin and found that at the current pace, it would take at least two or three hours to catch up with Dai Lin, and that was assuming no accidents occurred along the way.
What was even more critical was that during these two or three hours, members of the Eclipse Society supporting Dai Lin could appear at any time, and if they wanted to leave then, it would be even harder to stop them.
This won't do!
Lu Yibei thought with a heavy heart, and after a brief moment of contemplation, she took a deep breath and shouted out loud.
“I say, don’t run yet, how about we talk?”
“Actually, I was ambushed there not to attack you, but to go after those Half-Guitan of the Gu Na Tribe. They attacked the Night Watch’s blockade zone last night, and as a Night Watch operative, I have a duty to apprehend them.”
Realizing that relying solely on speed would make it difficult to catch up, Lu Yibei decided to start talking to Dai Lin.
Dai Lin, “...”
I'd be damned if I believed you!
Although the appearance of the Disaster was different from the intelligence, Left Envoy Fang said that the person here must be the Disaster. Could it be false?
Thinking of this, Dai Lin not only did not slow down but instead activated his Spiritual Energy fluctuations to their utmost.
At this moment, Lu Yibei’s voice, carrying a power to bewitch people’s minds, came again.
“You guys can’t possibly think you can escape, can you? If I wanted to, I could catch up to you at any time, but I just want to understand the situation regarding the Half-Guitan of the Gu Na Tribe from you, and I hope you can cooperate, which is why I haven’t done that.”
“I guarantee, on the Night Watch’s credibility, that I will absolutely not harm you! You should know that the Night Watch has always treated its cooperating witnesses very well!”
Anyway, if the Night Watch’s credibility is ruined, it’s ruined. What does it have to do with me, the Disaster? Lu Yibei thought to herself.
As her words fell, the two figures in front still ran wildly, showing no intention of stopping.
It seems useless? Lu Yibei thought, shifting her gaze from Dai Lin to his companion, and after a moment of contemplation, decided to change her approach.
If a person is determined to do something, it is indeed difficult to stop them.
But if there are two people, it's different.
Even with the highest level of understanding, different people will have disagreements. As long as you create conflict for them and cause them to have disagreements, it might make them stop.
“Oh, by the way, Miss, your face is very unfamiliar! Your relationship with Dai Lin doesn’t seem that intimate, not to the point where you have to risk your life for him, right?”
“It’s true that he’s taking you to escape now, but if he realizes later that he can run faster by abandoning you... do you think he’ll abandon you and run off by himself? He’s a gambling addict, he has no integrity to speak of...”
After speaking, seeing the woman accompanying Dai Lin turn to look at her, Lu Yibei’s eyes lit up slightly.
Excellent, as long as she's listening, it's possible to sway her. Once she wavers, it's possible to bewitch her and make her do something for me!
Simply put, there's a chance!
“Think about it carefully, I actually have no grievances with you, and it seems I have no reason to act against you. How about this, you knock out your companion now, and I’ll let you leave?”
“If you want, you can even take all his things: Spiritual Energy items, Alchemy materials, or anything else valuable. A high-level Psychic should have many valuable things on him. If you’re worried about being discovered afterwards, I can even help you do it...”
“Without anyone knowing, as long as you don’t let it slip, no third party will know. Of course, if you’re really not interested in his belongings, I can still try my best to help you fulfill your wish. If you still don’t trust me, I can even sign a contract with you.”
“...”
Listening to Lu Yibei’s incessant chatter behind him, Dai Lin’s expression gradually became grim.
Not to mention his companion, even he himself felt a subtle wavering.
If their roles were reversed, he might have already started considering harming his companion.
Thinking of this, he glanced at his companion out of the corner of his eye and said in a deep voice, “Don’t listen to her. Rumor has it that the Disaster is best at bewitching people’s minds. If you believe her...”
Before Dai Lin could finish his sentence, the woman reached out and pushed his slightly turned head back. "Look at the road ahead."
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She paused, then added, "I know Disaster can't be trusted and I won't believe anything she says, so you just need to focus on escaping and not getting caught."
Hearing this, Dai Lin gritted his teeth, looked straight ahead, and activated his Spirit Mark ability.
Amidst a surge of Spiritual Energy, a pair of pale hands shot out like cannonballs towards a towering earthen mound ahead. With a muffled thud, they plunged into the wind-eroded rock, then clenched, firmly gripping the rock.
The next moment, Dai Lin and his companion on his back were pulled forward by an invisible force, soaring over ten meters, crossing a gully, and landing steadily.
As soon as he landed, the sound of a Spell chant echoed in his ears.
"Golden emblem, ancient and distant sealed secret tome, sword, arrow, iron hooves that conquer the rebellious..."
"A clock with broken hands, flowers blooming on a book, a shattered and dying sky, desolation, deathly silence, engulfing..."
"Roaring firmament..."
Different Spells, chanted more than ten times simultaneously, overlapped and converged into a chaotic buzzing in his ears. Only when the chanting was complete did the ending words of the Spell sound, echoing for a long time as if there were reverberations.
"...miracle crossbow, follow my command, judge!"
"...Desolation, deathly silence, engulfing, silent kingdom!"
"..."
The fragrant scent of the miracle flower drifted over, and Dai Lin's heart jolted. He widened his eyes and turned his head to look behind him.
For high-level Psychic, multiple chants are not that difficult. High-level Psychic who are slightly proficient in Spells can complete triple or even quadruple or quintuple chants.
However, it is rare to see someone like the woman who can complete more than a dozen different Spell chants at once and at an extremely fast speed.
An absolute miracle!
But clearly, now was not the time for the miracle flower to bloom.
Using such an extremely complex chanting method to simultaneously cast more than a dozen precision-level Spells would inevitably lead to a drastic consumption of Spiritual Energy. Once the Spiritual Energy was exhausted, the woman would become a burden.
At that time, as Disaster said... he would have to abandon her, right?
For a moment, Dai Lin's thoughts churned.
Perhaps influenced by the hidden charm ability in Lu Yibei's words, he even suspected for a moment that the target of the woman's Spell was not Disaster but him.
However, when he saw the woman cast more than a dozen Spells in one breath, her expression remained normal, and she didn't even gasp for air, as if her Spiritual Energy had not been consumed at all, he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.
Who exactly is this helper Left Envoy Fang arranged for me?
After chanting the Spell, the woman withdrew her gaze from Lu Yibei and then noticed Dai Lin secretly observing her.
Tsk, what an unsophisticated look! She sighed silently, shook her head, and explained, "Some Spirit Mark authorities can provide special buffs to Spell casting. You should know that, right?"
"My Spirit Mark authority is that type. Although the power of the Spell will be weakened as a result, the frequency of casting, compared to ordinary Psychic, well..."
The woman thought for a moment, gesticulating with her hands as she spoke, "It's like switching from a lever-action repeating shotgun to an Uzi submachine gun, understand?"
Dai Lin frowned and nodded.
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Lu Yibei had always felt that with the enhancement of her charm ability, her talk therapy skills were quite good.
At least most of the time it was useful...
She thought this time she could, as usual, successfully talk-therapize Dai Lin or his companion, but she didn't expect that not only did the other party not show a trace of wavering, but instead threw a series of Spells at her.
Accompanied by bursts of rushing air, fierce wind, high temperature, and dazzling strong light almost simultaneously arrived before her.
Dense Spells shot forth, blooming into "beautiful scenes" of fiery trees and silver flowers in mid-air, giving a momentary illusion of having crossed into a bullet hell game.
"Holy crap!?"
Lu Yibei only had time to blurt out an expletive before she immediately stomped her feet on the ground. With a crisp sound of cracking earth and stone, her figure retreated rapidly.
As if suddenly taking flight, her small body arced through the air, flashing several times over the undulating mounds, finally landing in a half-crouch on a sudden wind-eroded rock a hundred meters away.
Before she could steady herself, she heard a deafening roar.
Over a dozen Spells exploded in the same spot, as if hundreds of millions of tons of high explosives had been ignited, instantly vaporizing a small earthen mound. Shattered rocks, carrying sand and gravel, were thrown in all directions by the terrifying air current, like a small, powerful sandstorm.
The earth shook, strong winds pulled at her black long hair, making it sway. Her skirt was lifted like pure white wings, with cloud patterns swirling on it, and her fair thighs were faintly visible.
Broken stones and sand flew in the air, sometimes brushing her cheek, leaving a faint, lingering pain on her face.
After steadying herself, Lu Yibei braved the wind and sand, wide-eyed, looking towards the direction Dai Lin had fled. After a brief search, she barely managed to find two blurred figures amidst the vast yellow sand.
Hmph! So this is your escape route?
Lu Yibei thought, then turned her head to look behind her, frowning slightly.
She knew Nanling Yaohua was following not far behind her, so she hadn't used some of her abilities just now.
But now, after all her efforts at talk therapy, the enemy not only didn't surrender but launched an attack on her side, so she could no longer hold back.
If Dai Lin and his companion escaped, they would most likely immediately move Jiang Li, and this clue would be cut off.
Waiting to find new clues and then tracing Jiang Li's whereabouts would indefinitely prolong the time frame.
From a certain perspective, this kind of thing is similar to human traffickers abducting women and children. When the incident just happens, immediately pursuing the criminals based on clues often results in a high success rate of rescue. However, if the abducted women and children are sold after changing hands several times, it becomes very difficult to rescue them.
Even catching the original human trafficker would be useless; by then, he probably wouldn't even know the whereabouts of the people he abducted.
Thinking of this, Lu Yibei pursed her lips, hesitated for two seconds, then silently summoned Lingtai Pure Karma, letting the armor cover her entire body, and rushed into the lingering small, powerful sandstorm.
With the protection of Lingtai Pure Karma, no matter how complex the terrain or how intense the Spell bombardment, she would just endure it!
The moment she flew into the strong sandstorm, accompanied by a flash of golden light as the God Kingdom Prototype channel opened, hundreds of Paper Cicada Immortal carrying Alchemy Dirty Bomb also appeared around her.
"..."
Disaster cannot fly, but Disaster's Paper Cicada Immortal can fly, and they can even carry a pure white puppy when they fly. If they have the ability, they can continue to run while being bombarded.
This wave, oh, this wave is an air-ground coordinated effort, overall enhancing the pursuit combat capability!
As for Nanling Yaohua... since she's already exposed, why bother pretending in front of her?
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Lu Yibei thought fiercely, and with a thought, the Paper Cicada Immortal swirling around her burst out with a rushing sound and flew towards the direction Dai Lin had fled.
At the same time, she held up the tower shield transformed by Lingtai Pure Karma in front of her with both hands, intercepting all the impact from the accidental explosion of the Paper Cicada Immortal and the flying Spells, without losing any speed.
However, after pursuing for a moment, Lu Yibei gradually noticed something was amiss.
Although the wind and sand stirred up by the Spell explosion were strong, their affected area was not wide. Yet now, she had clearly pursued for two or three kilometers, but still seemed to be within the range of the sandstorm.
Could it be... Dai Lin or his companion has the ability to control wind and sand?
No! When I started chasing Dai Lin just now, Nanling Yaohua seemed to have shouted something at me...
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Lu Yibei thought, looking up at the sky, and her heart sank.
The sky was dim, and dark clouds had gathered at some point. Beneath the dark clouds, strong winds rolled up yellow sand, like several yellow dragons fighting in the air. The roaring wind was their roar...
