Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1226 - 1226 0708 Subduing the Wolf Teeth Knife_2

Chapter 1226: Chapter 0708: Subduing the Wolf Teeth Knife_2 Chapter 1226: Chapter 0708: Subduing the Wolf Teeth Knife_2 The might contained in this Wolf Teeth Knife was only stronger and not weaker than the one he had encountered just before. Not only was it powerful, but its speed had also reached the summit. If one were to try and follow it with the naked eye, they would only see a flash of white light, then nothing at all could be captured.

The instant that Wolf Teeth Knife appeared, Qi Tian felt his hair stand on end. He had always wondered why he had not encountered a single Wolf Teeth Knife since entering the Saint’s Tomb. He suspected that maybe the owner of the Saint’s Tomb did not favor using Wolf Teeth Knives to protect his burial site. He had never considered that the tomb’s master did not dislike Wolf Teeth Knives, but rather preferred to use them as a hidden lethal strike, taking someone by surprise exactly like Qi Tian.

Whether he wanted to admit it or not, Qi Tian felt that what was hidden within this wall was still Ghost Faces. He had never imagined that it wasn’t Ghost Faces at all but Wolf Teeth Knives, and not just one, either. He was even more surprised that the power of these knives was so immense, stronger than any Wolf Teeth Knife Qi Tian had encountered before. It was no exaggeration to say that all the Wolf Teeth Knives he had faced before, if combined, would not match the strength of just one of the two knives that had just appeared.

Qi Tian could say that he was scared out of his wits, almost failing to react in time. Being targeted by such a Wolf Teeth Knife was truly a threat to his life, no less significant than being hunted by a Nascent Soul Master. It meant he had not the slightest chance of escape, especially since his strength was severely compromised due to Liuli sand. The only power Qi Tian could now muster worthy of Nascent Soul Stage was in his flying sword, but the problem was that Qi Tian lacked the ability to consistently utilize this power of the flying sword. Relying on this sword to withstand the Wolf Teeth Knife was utterly foolish.

Facing an unprecedented crisis, Qi Tian didn’t have time to think. He could only rely on his instincts to make a series of rapid responses. These reactions had to be precise and swift, without the slightest error. Any flaw would allow the Wolf Teeth Knife to take his life.

In the face of the crisis, Qi Tian immediately chose the most trusted and reliable Heavenly Dao Engine to mobilize. Under his mental command, all Transporting Whirlwinds in front of him formed a Protective Array, facing the swiftly incoming Wolf Teeth Knife.

Whenever Qi Tian had faced Wolf Teeth Knives in the past, he had adopted this method, using Transporting Whirlwind to drag the knives, significantly reducing their speed in a short time. Without their key advantage of speed, regardless of how sharp they were, they were no longer a threat to Qi Tian.

This move had been employed by Qi Tian more than once or twice in the past, and each time he had used it, it had never failed. Qi Tian naturally hoped that this time would be no different. But while hopes were high, reality was harsh. The Transporting Whirlwinds formed a tight defensive net in front of him, and instead of trying to evade it, the Wolf Teeth Knife charged directly toward it.

In the past, any Wolf Teeth Knife that dared to do so would surely have been caught up by the Transporting Whirlwind—with no second outcome. This time, however, a different result occurred. The knife simply pierced through the middle of the Transporting Whirlwind, its force too great for the whirlwinds to contend with. Even though Qi Tian had made the Protective Array several layers thick, it still had no decisive effect in reducing the speed of the knife to a level Qi Tian could handle.

This result was not something Qi Tian had anticipated, but he accepted it very quickly. He had prepared many contingency plans beforehand, and while the situation he faced now was not among the most dangerous ones he had anticipated, it was comparable to one of them. From this contingency plan, he could still salvage some useful measures to respond.

The Liuli sand accelerated its release of dense fog, which grew thicker around Qi Tian, the obstruction to Divine Sense becoming ever stronger. Qi Tian hoped to use this method to cause the knife’s trajectory to deviate. As long as it did not hit him, regardless of the knife’s unrelenting speed, it could not harm him.

However, Qi Tian quickly realized this approach was futile. Whether the Wolf Teeth Knife lacked Divine Sense altogether or possessed the power to break through the dense fog’s barrier to Divine Sense, it maintained its unwavering lock on him, determined to pierce a hole through Qi Tian.

Left with no choice, Qi Tian ordered Ghost Face No. 1, Ghost Face No. 2, and Ghost Face No. 3 to mobilize in front of him, trying to use their bodies to block the Wolf Teeth Knife. Even if they couldn’t stop it, they would at least buy him some time.

The three Ghost Faces didn’t hesitate for a moment, lining up in front of Qi Tian like candied haws on a stick. The Wolf Teeth Knife shot over quickly, piercing through the bodies of the Ghost Faces without slowing down or altering its course in the slightest.

Qi Tian used every trick in his arsenal, but to no avail.

As the Wolf Teeth Knife was about to penetrate his body, Qi Tian, in a moment of life-or-death crisis, had a flash of inspiration and waved his hand. A black hole opened in his palm, and a giant stone flew out from within the vortex—the very gate of the inner tomb that Qi Tian had taken.

The gate of the inner tomb was massive. When it emerged from the black hole, it crashed heavily onto the ground, lying between Qi Tian and the Wolf Teeth Knife. The knife, directed at Qi Tian, had no time to evade and ended up impaling the gate of the inner tomb.

The material of the inner tomb gate was identical to that of the walls, and Qi Tian could cut through the walls with the flying sword of the Nascent Soul Master in hand. The quality of the Wolf Teeth Knife was exceptionally high, its power not inferior to that of the Nascent Soul Master’s flying sword. When the knife struck the inner tomb gate, instead of sticking to it, it pierced through it, quickly creating a hole.

Despite its quality, the inner tomb gate was not for naught; when the Wolf Teeth Knife passed through it, its speed had drastically decreased. It no longer moved as swiftly and elusively as before.

As the Wolf Teeth Knife continued its assault on Qi Tian, the Transporting Whirlwind, under Qi Tian’s command, swiftly retreated and pounced on the knife like a pack of frenzied starving wolves, taking control of it.

Qi Tian let out a long sigh of relief and quickly directed the Transporting Whirlwind to drag the powerful Wolf Teeth Knife into the black hole in his palm, sending it to the storage room of the Heavenly Dao Engine, suppressing it temporarily, ready to be studied later.

The recent ordeal had scared Qi Tian half to death; his back was drenched in cold sweat. Now that the danger had passed, he felt cold all over, his heart still pounding erratically, gripped by lingering fear.

If he had reacted even a fraction of a second slower, he would have been finished, and he would have certainly met his end here today. Without him, the entire team would not stand a chance at survival; Emperor Jianwu and the others would have all had to join him in death—none would have survived.

The life and death of Emperor Jianwu and the others were of little concern to Qi Tian, but he could not ignore his own survival. Thankfully, the danger had passed, and he had found a way to counter the Wolf Teeth Knife. Although the method was somewhat clumsy and unsightly, it was effective, and that was all that mattered.

Qi Tian looked up at the wall; the ripples on it had not disappeared and seemed ready to launch more Wolf Teeth Knives at any moment. But now Qi Tian was no longer worried or afraid; he felt a newfound confidence.