Mutated Tao

Chapter 198: Move

Chapter 198: Move

As it charged toward Li Huowang, the massive horse crushed the corpses of the civilians under its feet.

At the last moment, Li Huowang rolled out of the way and raised his sword, but Peng Longteng’s halberd was already being swung toward his face, the wind from the downward slash blowing his hair backward.

Li Huowang dared not use his sword to block such a powerful attack head-on; even if the sword did not break, his bones definitely would.

However, even as Li Huowang dodged, she easily redirected her halberd and stabbed it straight toward him.

At that moment, a massive man suddenly charged in from the side—it was none other than Gao Zhijian!

As soon as he charged in, he swung his mace against the halberd.

Dang!

Gao Zhijian managed to knock the halberd slightly off course.

However, immediately after, she managed to easily hook the halberd back, causing Gao Zhijian to be sent flying away.

Ding ding ding~!

At that moment, the Wandering Gods appeared and charged toward Peng Longteng. But just as they were about to touch her, the Wandering Gods’ bodies twisted and missed her completely!

The Wandering Gods dared not touch Peng Longteng who was cloaked in dense killing intent!

As Li Huowang scanned his surroundings, he saw that Gao Zhijian’s right arm had been wounded quite badly, to the point that even his bones were showing and he was bleeding profusely.

“I will hold her off, so all of you run now! She only wants me!” shouted Li Huowang.

However, not one of them followed this instruction, choosing to firmly stand right behind him.

At that moment, the sound of horse hooves rang out once again and Peng Longteng stood still. She observed everything that was happening and smiled sadistically. “Brat, looks like they are all very important to you. How about fighting me one-on-one? If you win against me, then I will let all of you go. How about it?”

Without even waiting for his reply, the general pulled on the reins as she once again charged forward.

Seeing Peng Longteng charge toward him, Li Huowang rolled toward the left.

I need to get her down the horse!

As he thought up to this point, he narrowly avoided the halberd and swung his sword toward the horse’s hind leg.

However at that moment, he felt a strange gaze coming from the horse’s body.

Almost as if the horse had already expected his actions, it dodged his attack and delivered a powerful kick, sending Li Huowang flying and crashing into a small house.

As she saw Li Huowang crawl out of the debris, Peng Longteng chuckled. “Not bad for a spy from Si Qi. Looks like you are able to take on some of my attacks.”

Li Huowang just spat out a few mouthfuls of blood as he glared at her.

This general was too strong. If he wanted to survive, then he was going to need to pull out all the stops.

As soon as he made up his mind, Li Huowang unfurled the Profound Records and placed his left arm on it. Then, he took out a dagger and immediately cut his wrist.

As she saw what was happening, Peng Longteng slightly raised her chin.

At that moment, a dark shadow shot toward Li Huowang's face.

He dodged it, but he realized too late that the shadow was nothing more than a distraction.

Splat!

A massive black spear pierced through Li Huowang’s palm, nailing it to the ground.

Meanwhile, Peng Longteng slowly approached him while dragging her halberd against the ground. Then, she picked up the Profound Records and threw it onto the roof of a nearby house.

“To think that spies from Si Qi are now colluding with the crazy bastards from the Ao Jing Sect,” muttered Peng Longteng.

On the other hand, Li Huowang snarled at Peng Longteng, questioning her, “Was this what you meant when you proposed fighting one-on-one?”

“Hehe~ You actually believed it? Don’t you know that the first rule of battle is to use any and all means to obtain victory? Any and all methods to achieve victory are welcomed here. Just like what we will be doing now. Guys, go kill those performers! But! Kill them slowly; I want them to continue wailing in pain for as long as possible so that this brat can’t focus on the battle,” ordered Peng Longteng.

As soon as he heard those words, Li Huowang was enraged. “You damned—”

However, he couldn’t finish his sentence when he saw Peng Longteng swing her halberd down toward him.

No, I can’t die here! Who knows how they will treat Bai Lingmiao and the rest of them once I am dead!

Li Huowang wanted to dodge but he had been pinned to the ground by the spear. He could only watch as the halberd came closer and closer to him.

“Move! MOVE NOW!”

Even as he continued to scream, the halberd stabbed into Li Huowang’s skull.

Then, Peng Longteng pulled out the halberd and swung it down once more.

But Li Huowang was unharmed. In fact, there were no wounds on his head. At the same time, Li Huowang suddenly realized that he could move once more. He didn’t know what had happened, but there was no time to think. He quickly picked up his sword and climbed up the horse before stabbing his sword at Peng Longteng’s helmet.

Peng Longteng kept attacking Li Huowang, but for some reason all of her attacks were landing just a few inches to his left side.

Jiang!

As he stabbed at Peng Longteng’s helmet, Li Huowang was surprised to find that he couldn’t stab through the helmet despite how sharp the You’s family sword was!

Realizing that stabbing wouldn’t work, Li Huowang took out the Fiery Scripture and placed it on the helmet. Then, he looked at Peng Longteng pitifully and started chanting.

Soon, the wax on the book melted and slipped into the helmet through the hole as it tried to find a wound to cauterize.

At that moment, the sound of sizzling flesh was heard as Peng Longteng shouted, “Shit! It’s in my eyes!”

As she shouted, she pulled up the front guard and quickly tried to remove whatever had entered her helmet.

But in that moment, her hand wasn’t the only thing clawing at her face.

Seeing the opening, Li Huowang also stabbed his sword.

In that split second as soon as she sensed the danger, she twisted her head and managed to avoid a fatal blow. At the same time, she raised her halberd to counterattack, but her blow once more landed beside Li Huowang.

Li Huowang did not fail to seize such a big opening. He immediately stepped on the horse’s head and stabbed his sword again, this time with even more strength.

Splurt!

Peng Longteng’s body stiffened up and fell down from the horse.

“General! The General!” The soldiers shouted and quickly ran toward her.

On the other hand, Li Huowang leapt up from the horse, grabbed the Profound Records before running toward the horse carriage.

“RUN! RUN WHILE THEY ARE STILL CONFUSED! HER SKULL WAS TOO THICK AND I COULDN’T STAB DEEP ENOUGH!” shouted Li Huowang.

Hearing this, Chun Xiaoman rang the bronze bell as hard as she could.

In response, numerous Wandering Gods flew out and slaughtered the soldiers blocking them. The soldiers' morale was quite low after they saw their General falling off her horse, causing them to no longer be able to put up a good fight.

Soon, with the help of the Wandering Gods, Li Huowang and the rest managed to escape.

But they did not stop. They were afraid that the soldiers would catch up to them.

They ran until they reached a fork in the road. At this point they quickly grabbed whatever was necessary before running down the smaller path. At the same time, they directed the horse carriage to run down the main path instead, hoping to use the marks left behind by the horses and the carriage wheels to confuse the soldiers.

They continued to run until some of them could run no more. It was only then that Li Huowang allowed them rest near the base of a mountain.

There were several large boulders at the base of the mountain that were suitable for them to hide themselves.

Only after calming down did Li Huowang realize just how much of a miracle it was for them to have been able to escape.

What just happened? Why did the general only attack the left side of my body? Is there something on my left?

Li Huowang turned to his left but didn’t see anything besides a boulder.

“Senior Li, where are you?” asked Bai Lingmiao.

When he saw that she couldn’t find him, Li Huowang panicked a bit.

Are her eyes alright? How can she not see me here?

He stood up and walked toward her.

Just as he was walking toward her, everyone shouted in shock and took a few steps back.

He looked at what all of them were staring at and once again turned to his left.

This time, he finally saw it. He saw a figure in a red Daoist robe, and half a head.

The man was split in half, one part stuck inside the boulder while the other was outside.

Li Huowang instinctively grabbed his sword and slowly retreated.

However, the figure did the same thing as Li Huowang as well. As soon as Li Huowang took three steps back, the man did the same and exited from the boulder.

At that moment, Li Huowang finally realized who it was after looking at the robes and the bag of torture tools.

It was himself!

After a moment, Li Huowang looked down and saw that his body was invisible. There was nothing there.

It was as if he had turned into a floating camera!

Li Huowang raised his head and stared at his ‘body double’. The ‘body double’ mimicked what he did.

“Good Heavens, it’s moving…”