Chapter Seventeen: Out of the Ordinary

  Standing in the darkness, I suddenly realized how helpless I was. I furrowed my brow and instinctively stretched out my foot to try to feel if I could move forward.

  When I set foot on solid ground, I felt much more at ease.

  Is this all there is to Zhao Kuo's abilities?

  I held the meteorite in one hand, and with the other hand I was ready to activate the Nine-Character True Words at any time. In front of me, except for a piece of darkness, there was nothing else. But I could feel my emotions getting more and more excited!

  I always feel like there's something calling me, just like... it feels like I've returned to a home that belongs to me.

  "This child does not belong to you." Zhao Kuang's icy voice rang out, and I instinctively charged towards the source of the sound. But when I turned around, there was nothing.

  I furrowed my brow and pulled the meteorite back to my side, still on high alert.

  "It's not possible that the great general of Zhao doesn't even want to show his face? Are you afraid of something or avoiding something. You let me come back to life, this is your dereliction of duty. So what do you plan to do to make up for it?" I sneered, and suddenly understood why Zhao Kuo had such a big grudge against me.

  To put it in Mu Ying's words, Zhao Kuo is the kind of person who guards his reputation. However, when Qin State attacked Zhao State back then, its significance lay in this reputation. Zhao Kuo losing was already a dereliction of duty. Now, someone must have taken the reputation from here to save me. This undoubtedly slapped Zhao Kuo's face again. Since that's the case, Zhao Kuo will definitely vent all his anger on me.

  "Don't think that just because you're hiding in the dark, I won't be able to see you." I let out a soft laugh, my ghostly eyes scanning the darkness as if searching for something.

  At this moment, my vision suddenly recovered, I frowned, and didn't know what kind of trick Zhao Kuo was playing.

  I looked ahead, and Kong Yi's Buddha image was still fighting against Zhao Kuo, but Kong Yi's Buddha image had become somewhat unstable. It seemed that we had been here for so long, our physical strength couldn't keep up. Mu Rong Xing and Zhao Fei Yu had already set up the formation around me, and when Zhao Fei Yu walked to my side, he touched me with his hand and asked in a low voice: What were you thinking about just now?

  Was I just spacing out?

  I casually found an interface to get through, Zhao Feiyu didn't ask much, and continued to set up the formation. Huang Shibo held his copper coin in place, fiddling with it as if thinking about something. Dong Qinger still looked tense, gazing around as if something was constantly appearing.

  I knew that dragging it out like this wasn't going to work, so I walked up to Huang Shi Bo and said to him: Back in the third layer, I knew that the person who made me fight was you. That Mirror Technique is a lost array method that's been lost for ages. Using it on me would be a waste, wouldn't it? Kong Yi won't be able to hold out much longer. If you can do it, use the Mirror Technique on Zhao Kuo. I'll give you another portion of the antidote; otherwise, we'll both end up dying here.

  Huang Shi-bo looked at me, smiled lightly and didn't say a word.

  "Zhao Kuang's abilities are not just this much." After a long time, Huang Shi Bo slowly spoke. "The Jianghe has already sent people here more than once, but the outcome is always the same. Except for being able to take away some of the vanguard troops, nothing else can be done. It seems that Mu Rong Xing still hides many things from you. Since that's the case, I'll help you this time."

  Huang Shi-bo always spoke briefly and to the point. I smiled casually and followed Huang Shi-bo upstairs.

  "Baldy, bring him over here a bit." Huang Shi-bo's fingertips were still fiddling with the copper coin, looking very relaxed.

  Kong Yi naturally knew the meaning of Huang Shi Pu, and deliberately pulled the battle towards our location. Zhao Kuo is not a fool, he naturally knows that we have a plan.

  I see it's about time, so I snap my fingers and whisper: It's done!

  Zhao Kuang's originally agile movements suddenly became abnormally slow. His spiritual strength was really powerful, I could control him, and it already took all the effort of my past life. I dragged Zhao Kuang step by step towards Huang Shi Bo's direction, in a little while, I was already drenched in sweat.

  Kong Yi has safely retreated and entered the formation of Mu Rong's line. Huang Shi Bo, however, kept muttering "not enough distance" beside me.

  I just felt like my brain was going to explode, but I still forcibly dragged Zhao Kuo's soul forward.

  Zhao Kuai seemed like he couldn't hold it in anymore! He let out a loud shout, and suddenly, my spiritual awareness was telling me that there were countless dark spirits attacking me from all sides!

  "Soldier!" Under helplessness, I had no choice but to give up control over Zhao Kuo and focus all my attention on the dark soul beside me.

  Countless sharp swords appeared around me, stabbing at the dark souls. Wherever the swords went, the dark souls dissipated. Huang Shibo continued to play with his copper coins, smiling lightly and saying: Still a bit of skill.

  Zhao Kuai has already distanced himself from me, and if he wants to come forward again, it's already difficult. I'll leave the iron sword scabbard on one side, and walk alone with big strides towards the front.

  Soon, Zhao Feiyu also caught up with me. He walked to my side and said in a pretended angry tone: Hey! How can you show off without calling me!

  I gave Zhao Feiyu a white eye, just wanting him to retreat, but Zhao Feiyu had already taken the duster in his hand.

  "You just deal with Zhao Kuang, the rest is up to me. I'm sure you've noticed that this guy has a lot of troops around him, but these are all his own grievances. In other words, the more dark spirits appear around you, the weaker this guy's abilities will be. What to do next, no need for me to say more?" Zhao Feiyu had an air of being a superior master, which made me very displeased.

  "You can see it or there really is a ghost." I'm too lazy to say so much to Zhao Feiyu, and I've already made preparations to go forward.

  Zhao Feiyu shrugged indifferently and hung the duster on his arm, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

  Zhao Kuo saw that I was approaching alone and his anger reached its peak. He dismounted, drew his sword, and prepared to engage in close combat with me.

  But I absolutely don't believe a ghost with such a strong resentment would have no other skills at all.

  "Please enlighten me." I bowed to Zhao Kuo, which was already an extreme courtesy.

  Zhao Kuo returned a courtesy to me as well, although he was an opponent, but ancient people attached great importance to etiquette.

  After the bowing was finished, I saw Zhao Kuai rushing towards me at an extremely fast speed. I could only vaguely judge where his landing point would be, with a try-it-out attitude, I held up the meteorite iron in front of me!

  "With a clang", Zhao Kuo's sword had already landed on my shoulder. Although I used the fallen iron to block part of the attack, I couldn't withstand the force of Zhao Kuo's attack!

  I laboriously lifted his sword off my shoulder and looked at the wound on my shoulder, but I was even more eager to fight.

  I sneered coldly and rushed forward, determined to die. I clashed with Zhao Kuo in close combat, although I couldn't hurt him, but what I wanted to do was provoke him into using his avatar. With one hand wielding the meteorite iron, my other hand also chanted incantations and formed seals.

  Zhao Kuai sprang up from the ground, wanting to borrow strength to give me a blow from the sky! I saw the opportunity, on the one hand avoiding Zhao Kuai's attack, and on the other hand also preparing for an attack!

  "Ah!"

  I once again used the nine-character mantra! When countless sharp swords attacked Zhao Kuo, I could feel that many dark spirits appeared around me again!

  I took a step back, just in time to collide with Zhao Feiyu. Without any hesitation, he picked up the duster and started hitting the surrounding evil spirits.

  Zhaofei Yu's use of the dust-raising technique was indeed effortless, and with one sweep of his arm, he dispersed most of the dark spirits. I refocused my attention on Zhao Kuang, only to see that his body had shrunk in size and dodged the sharp sword.

  "That's it, provoke him." Zhao Feiyu saw that the attack was effective and encouraged me to continue.

  I looked towards Mu Rong and didn't know what formation he had used, but at this moment, he was sitting in the center of the formation. I didn't know what he wanted to do.

  "It's not enough distance." Huang Shi-bo said slowly as usual.

  He dares to stand so close to the battlefield, it can be said that he has enough information to escape from the battlefield when danger comes. I really don't understand, is he here to help or just to watch the excitement.

  Kong Yizi rested for a while on the side, and then hurriedly joined me and Zhao Feiyu. Zhao Feiyu looked at his already injured body and asked worriedly: Are you okay?

  Kong Yizi smiled and said: It's just a minor injury, it's nothing.

  Huang Shibo seems unwilling to take action, Mu Rong Xing is well-planned. I really don't think it's worth figuring out how to subdue this Zhao Gou.

  I charged forward again, but this time I was trying my luck! When I fought Zhao Kuo at close range again, I could feel that the resentment on his body had decreased a lot, but his attack was still swift and fierce. I couldn't quite defend myself.

  "Wake up... and you'll forget everything. You must remember your hatred, you hate Mu Rong Xue..."

  While I was fighting with Zhao Kuo, this sentence suddenly popped up in my mind. It scared me! This clearly is Mu Rong's voice!

  By the time I came to, Zhao Kuang's long sword was already falling towards my head! I rolled to the right in a sorry state, and it was at this moment that Zhao Fei Yu and Kong Yi also supported me!

  Zhao Feiyu's duster was tied to Zhao Kuo's long sword, and the empty Buddha statue appeared again, and it was also printed on Zhao Kuo's body.

  I narrowly escaped again. But the voice just now was really Mu Rong's!

  I suddenly feel very sad, as if I've always been shrouded in secrets. But I don't know what they are, and I can only silently be led by them.

  "What's with you spacing out all the time!" Zhao Feiyu's rebuking tone made me not want to respond. I glanced at Mu Rongxuan with my peripheral vision again, and I felt like he was hiding a lot of things from me...

  Zhao Kuai was also annoyed by my harassment these few times. After resting for a while, he charged forward!

  The three of us were ready for battle, but Zhao Kuai had already passed through the three of us!

  "Die!" After this word came out of Zhao Kuo's throat, I finally saw his target!

  Mù róng xíng!