Free Web NovelChapter 899: Chapter 256: Mastering Divine Skill to Overcome Hardships, Probing the Bandit Stronghold Amid Enigmatic Illusions (Part 5)
He silently assured himself: With this battle, we are bound to win.
Thus, he turned to Xie Wen and said, "The Old Wolf Stronghold has endured on the prairie for hundreds of years, its foundations are deep and solid, surely with resources like money, weapons, horses piled up like mountains. Xie Wen, you and Shi Xiong will scout ahead, and I will follow you to the Old Wolf Stronghold to seize the wealth of those wicked bandits. Our escort vehicle is currently empty, unlike the Old Wolf Stronghold. This time, we will accomplish a significant feat on the prairie, fully supporting the Naiman Tribe, supporting the Great Khan Yili. With wealth, everything becomes easier, and the tribe’s prestige will rise accordingly, we must enable the Naiman Tribe to prosper rapidly. Especially since it was the Old Wolf Stronghold that first provoked us."
Xie Wen and Shi Xiong listened, filled with joy, their eyes sparkling with excitement.
Immediately, they performed the "Feixu Qingyan Technique," their bodies light as willow catkins floating in the wind, soaring into the air, merging into the air and disappearing without a trace.
Soon, Xie Wen took advantage of an unguarded moment, struck like a ghost, capturing a bandit and suspending him in mid-air.
Shi Feiyang looked up at the sky, his mind clear, then leapt from his mount, displaying the Supreme Lightness Technique "Deep Concealment of Body and Name," his body swift as a white flash, closely following Xie Wen and Shi Xiong.
The three soared in the air like eagles surveying the land, guided by the captured bandit in Xie Wen’s hand, reaching a valley.
The mouth of the valley revealed a vast grassland, a boundless bamboo forest to the left, the rustle of bamboo in the breeze; to the right, a stretch of verdant cypress trees, lush and exuding an ancient atmosphere.
In the center, a stone-paved path wound and twisted, its end unknown, adding a mysterious touch to the valley.
Entering the bamboo forest, they saw a stone table, with two stone stools beside it.
Two elders sat here, both with white hair and youthful faces, dressed in blue robes, wearing leather shoes, exuding a celestial demeanor.
However, there was a slight difference in their complexions: The elder on the east had a complexion like pale gold, with eyebrows three inches long, his gaze profound; the elder on the west had a complexion like dusk, with eyebrows two inches long, his face composed.
At this moment, the two elders were engrossed in a chess game, seemingly oblivious to their surroundings.
Shi Feiyang signaled to Xie Wen, "We should offer courtesy before force, you go and greet these wretched roadblocks."
Xie Wen stepped forward as instructed, clasping his fists in salute, earnestly inquiring, "It is quite disrespectful to interrupt your leisure! May I ask the name of this place?"
The elder with the pale gold complexion laughed heartily upon hearing this, and said to the opposite elder, "Old two, you lost!"
The elder with the dusk complexion furrowed his brow slightly, asking, "How do you figure?"
"You charged in alone, moved your cannon first, aiming to attack my old general! Knowing I was prepared, with this move, the board has become a poor horse first; the cart follows, with officials and knights protecting the command, won’t your cannon be swallowed by me?"
The elder with the dusk complexion, hearing this, glanced sideways at Xie Wen, seemingly blaming him for interrupting the game, and then said, "My cannon, won’t it retreat?" The two began an intense argument:
"The cannon that penetrates my formation, thinking of retreat? Impossible!"
"Then I shall retreat to show you!"
The elder with the dusk complexion waved his right hand, and a chess piece flew like an arrow towards the opposite cypress grove, extremely fast, piercing through two one-foot thick cypress trees, finally embedding firmly in the branches of the third cypress tree.
"Don’t think of escaping!" the elder with the pale gold complexion shouted angrily, his left hand trembling continuously, four chess pieces flew out one by one, varying in speed, yet orderly, shooting from their original positions.
Three "pawns" arranged in a triangle, steadily embedding around the previous "cannon" chess piece. The last piece was a "knight," precisely topping the "cannon" chess piece into the tree trunk, and replaced its position, firmly embedded where the "cannon" once was.
"Such skill!" Xie Wen couldn’t help but exclaim, eyes filled with deep astonishment.
"Mere tricks," both elders suddenly spoke in unison, "in front of the Flying Eagle Detective, it’s nothing but showing off!" As soon as their voices fell, the elder with the dusk complexion suddenly attacked, a palm strike towards Xie Wen, the wind from his palm howling, carrying an unstoppable momentum. The deeper meaning hidden in their chess and talk manifested in this fierce palm strike.
The previous implications didn’t deter Shi Feiyang, Xie Wen, Shi Xiong, so it resolved to force to settle the matter.
Fortunately, Shi Feiyang had long seen through these two elders as nothing but vicious roadblocks.
Xie Wen’s "Feixu Qingyan Technique" was unmatched in Martial Arts; facing the sudden attack, his form gracefully flickered, like catkins drifting in the wind, skillfully dodging the strike.
Seeing this, Shi Feiyang immediately deployed the exquisite Supreme Lightness Technique "Deep Concealment of Body and Name," his form ethereal and traceless.
As he flicked his hands, he had already displayed the Divine Dragon Claw Divine Technique, a move "Dragon Roar Nine Heavens," imposing in every way, his hands probing like dragon claws, carrying a crushing force straight towards the two elders.
Simultaneously, an idea sparked in Shi Feiyang’s mind, merging the Hundred Victories Saber Technique into his palm technique, in an instant, sharp saber energy slashed right through.
The two elders had practiced the "Ten Thousand Carve Technique," a branch of the Zombie Technique, extremely malicious.
