Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1269 - 1269 0730 It Will Be The Death of Her

Chapter 1269: Chapter 0730: It Will Be The Death of Her Chapter 1269: Chapter 0730: It Will Be The Death of Her Chapter 0730: It’ll be the death of her

After Wang Fengna burst out of the Saint’s Tomb, she didn’t slow down. With her hands fluttering rapidly, she sent out over a dozen objects in a very short time.

Once these objects left Wang Fengna’s palms, they sped off in different directions. Most of them surrounded her immediately, while two others shot up into the sky like birds freed from a cage, their speed so fast that they would soon be out of sight.

Qi Tian wasn’t too worried about the objects that fell near Wang Fengna, but he had to guard against the two that soared into the sky. He had come to trouble Manager Chen in a private action, to settle accounts, not to bring disaster upon himself or attract unnecessary trouble.

Both Manager Chen and Wang Fengna had extraordinary identities. If they were killed silently, nothing much would happen. But if they managed to send out even a slight signal before dying, it could potentially expose Qi Tian’s whereabouts with severe consequences.

Decisive in her actions, Wang Fengna took the initiative to send out a message as soon as she sensed something amiss. The two objects that flew skyward were Rescue Jade Talismans. While unable to break through the barrier separating the Imperial Family Secret Territory from the outside world, they could transmit messages from the core area of the Imperial Family Secret Territory to the Wanjie Commerce’s store in Eastern Capital City, where staff remained. Upon receiving the message, they could take many actions, such as dispatching more people to the core area to find and protect Manager Chen and Wang Fengna. They could also contact the outside world and Wanjie Commerce, requesting backup. Even if the worst happened and they died, Wanjie Commerce could retaliate by hunting down the murderer.

The last thing Qi Tian wanted was for this to happen. He couldn’t let Wang Fengna’s message get out and, without a moment to lose, he quickly took action.

Neither of his hands remained idle. His right hand flipped, fingers now glistening with several Wolf Teeth Knives. With a flick of his wrist, the magical artifacts soared up against the Rescue Jade Talismans. At the same time, his left hand opened, and the dark vortex in his palm activated, releasing all the Transporting Whirlwinds in full force, racing at top speed after the rescue signals.

Both the Wolf Teeth Knives and the Transporting Whirlwinds were exceedingly swift. Normally, using one of them should have been enough to intercept the Rescue Jade Talismans, but these talismans, regardless of their quality or grade, shared one trait: their incredible speed, which was extraordinary.

While the Wolf Teeth Knives could chase down cultivators, leaving them with neither escape to heaven nor entrance to earth, that was because the speeds of cultivators were generally limited and couldn’t match the knives. Rescue Jade Talismans, however, channeled most of their energy into speed and distance. Despite a similar design ethos, the knives focused on killing specific targets and might not actually be faster than a small Rescue Jade Talisman.

Comparatively, the Transporting Whirlwinds were fast enough and numerous. But they had a lethal weakness: they existed in dependence on the Heavenly Dao Engine. The range the Heavenly Dao Engine could sense was also the limit of the whirlwinds’ operational area. Beyond this range, the whirlwinds risked going out of control — a risk Qi Tian wouldn’t take as the whirlwinds were limited, and losing control meant potential loss.

Qi Tian employed both the Wolf Teeth Knives and the Transporting Whirlwinds, opting for a double safeguard. If they still failed to intercept the Rescue Jade Talismans, he’d have to accept his bad luck and start preparing for the inevitable troubles that would follow.

Qi Tian constantly used the Heavenly Dao Engine’s sensing ability to firmly lock on to his surroundings, paying special attention to the two Rescue Jade Talismans Wang Fengna had shot out.

As the deputy leader of the Eight Pill Alliance, Wang Fengna’s status, position, and personal strength were not to be underestimated. Moreover, her affiliation with Wanjie City meant that the Rescue Jade Talismans she used were extraordinary in quality, implying that both their speed and reach were far superior to other talismans of the same type.

Complicating matters was the distance between Wang Fengna and Qi Tian. She had seized the initiative while Qi Tian was distracted, giving her a significant head start. For Qi Tian to catch up with the Rescue Jade Talismans, he’d need to achieve the seemingly impossible feat of acting later but arriving first, which was the only way to intercept them.

Most people wouldn’t dare guarantee success under these circumstances, and neither could Qi Tian. All he could do now was his best. Whatever the outcome, it wasn’t something within his control; he could only do his humanly best and leave the rest to fate.

This time, the usually dependable Transporting Whirlwinds didn’t achieve the effect Qi Tian had hoped for. Not because they weren’t fast enough, but because they had set off too late. Just as they were about to catch the Rescue Jade Talismans, the talismans already flew beyond the sensing range of the Heavenly Dao Engine. All Qi Tian could do was command the whirlwinds to cease their pursuit.