Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1290 - 1290 0739 Having Fun by Making Holes_2

Chapter 1290: Chapter 0739: Having Fun by Making Holes_2 Chapter 1290: Chapter 0739: Having Fun by Making Holes_2 Playing to your strengths and avoiding your weaknesses is the most correct course of action.

Manager Chen made a swift decision and began to adjust his strategy in time. He did not want to continue tangling with the Transporting Whirlwind and the Glazed Sand. With a clever move, he used the force pressing against the Glazed Sand and slid to the side. Subsequently, Manager Chen took advantage of this motion to quickly extricate himself from the embarrassing situation of being squeezed between the Glazed Sand and the Transporting Whirlwind.

Once freed, Manager Chen didn’t waste a moment before he swiftly unfolded his body technique, creating distance between him and Qi Tian in an extremely short time.

The Glazed Sand was extremely vexed. The opportunity had been a rare one, and it had been prepared to join forces with the Transporting Whirlwind to inflict a major loss on Manager Chen. It had not expected that before their plan could be implemented, Manager Chen had already slipped away, truly a loss of face for a Second Level of the Nascent Soul Stage cultivator.

The Glazed Sand was not willing to accept failure; it turned its head to chase after Manager Chen. It wanted to collaborate with the Transporting Whirlwind once more to see if they could find a fitting victory, to once again launch a combined attack on Manager Chen. This time, they had to make a swift and decisive battle, aiming to eliminate Manager Chen within the shortest time possible.

Yet before the Glazed Sand could act, Qi Tian promptly stopped it. Manager Chen had already suffered a setback, and trying to inflict a similar one was nearly impossible. He also did not want to waste the Glazed Sand’s energy. In that collision just now, it seemed as though the Glazed Sand had blocked most of Manager Chen’s power; but in reality, the Glazed Sand had paid a significant price for that block. This meant that the Glazed Sand’s strength had once again declined, and significantly so. Under these circumstances, for the Glazed Sand to think about joining forces with the Transporting Whirlwind and making Manager Chen suffer another setback was simply impossible; the Glazed Sand no longer had the strength for that.

Qi Tian did not have time to soak the Glazed Sand in Spirit Liquid to recover its strength. He could only have it stay on his shoulder as before, partly managing the dense fog inside the Inner Underground Palace, and partly providing him with some essential protection work.

The current situation was quite unfavorable for Qi Tian. Manager Chen had taken successive actions, and although he had not achieved his objectives each time, objectively speaking, each move by Manager Chen had caused significant losses to Qi Tian. Both the Glazed Sand and the nine ghostly faces had significantly weakened due to Manager Chen, and could no longer provide vigorous support to Qi Tian. Their effects now were nothing more than bluffs.

Manager Chen did not know this, but he had his own judgments and deliberations. He was certain that Qi Tian was now at the end of his tether. If he could get close enough to Qi Tian, narrowing the distance between them to a certain degree, then Manager Chen was confident he could deliver a fatal blow to Qi Tian, giving him no chance at all.

However, even though such a plan was excellent, an unexpected problem arose for Manager Chen – he suddenly couldn’t track Qi Tian’s whereabouts. Even the underground arrays could not tell Manager Chen where Qi Tian was hiding.

Manager Chen was a bit stunned; everything had been fine just a moment ago, so how could Qi Tian suddenly disappear? Could Qi Tian fly? Or had he mastered the legendary instant transmission technique?

Manager Chen was at a loss but found no clues. He immediately heightened his vigilance, guarding against Qi Tian’s sudden appearance, which could harm him.

As it turned out, Manager Chen’s concerns were not groundless; his worries exactly matched what Qi Tian was currently doing. Relying on the Heavenly Dao Engine’s ability to sense Spirit Qi, Qi Tian could precisely discern the underground arrays. Thus, he used his flying sword to destroy these arrays, especially those around him, subjecting them to his ruthless hands.

At this moment, the entire Inner Underground Palace was shrouded in thick fog released by the colored glaze sand. Manager Chen, wishing to grasp the situation within the Inner Underground Palace, could only rely on the Arrays laid underground. However, now that Qi Tian had caused such destruction, Manager Chen immediately lost track of Qi Tian’s whereabouts, unable to see or find him.

Qi Tian let out a cold laugh and quickly employed a technique to restrain his breath, controlling the aura emanating from his body as much as possible. Then, very slowly, he shifted toward the location of Manager Chen, moving at a deliberate pace and doing everything in his power to ensure his movements didn’t make a sound.

Manager Chen, worried that something might go wrong, was unable to detect Qi Tian’s trace, but he knew that staying still would make him an easy target and likely lead to danger, so he learned his lesson and kept on moving.

Even so, Qi Tian continued to close the distance between him and Manager Chen. If it weren’t for the need to avoid making noise, Qi Tian would have already rushed to Manager Chen’s side and struck.

As Qi Tian approached Manager Chen’s side, Manager Chen still hadn’t noticed and continued to move throughout the Inner Underground Palace, trying to use this method to throw off Qi Tian’s sight.

Qi Tian reached Manager Chen’s side, and his flying sword quietly extended out, thrusting toward Manager Chen’s body.

Just as the flying sword was about to pierce Manager Chen, the danger perception that Manager Chen had accumulated over countless years kicked in. Almost instinctively, Manager Chen dodged, and Qi Tian’s flying sword did not hit the vital spot on Manager Chen’s body but instead, pierced into the area below his right rib.

If Manager Chen had still been a normal person, Qi Tian’s action would have caused him severe injury, but Manager Chen was no longer human; he had become a living dead, and the organs in his body, except for the heart and head, were no longer of use to him.

What might be a critical injury to others, leaving them lying on the ground, unable to move, was more like a superficial wound to Manager Chen, posing no serious problem.

But this didn’t mean Manager Chen wasn’t scared. Just moments ago, he had taken the advantage by activating the traps and Arrays first, but how much time had passed since? Qi Tian had found the most suitable combat style for the situation at hand. Now, with just one strike, he had made a hole in Manager Chen’s body. Qi Tian would certainly use this advantage to approach him time and again, creating holes with his flying sword.

He might dodge once or twice, but there was no way he could successfully evade every single one of Qi Tian’s hundreds of strikes. If he failed to dodge even once, it would be his end.

Manager Chen was seething with rage. He clearly had an absolute advantage in terms of cultivation level and strength, yet he failed to capitalize on his strengths. Instead, it was he, with all the advantages, who was being toyed with by Qi Tian. If the situation continued like this, he would surely fall to Qi Tian’s hands.

How could Manager Chen willingly allow such a turn of events? Realizing that he must break free from this disadvantageous situation, Manager Chen rushed without hesitation toward the tomb entrance of the Inner Underground Palace. He aimed to burst out of the Inner Underground Palace, to a place not enveloped by the dense fog. There, he would let Qi Tian know what it felt like to be repeatedly stabbed and made holey.