Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1291 - 1291 0740 Hooked

Chapter 1291: Chapter 0740: Hooked Chapter 1291: Chapter 0740: Hooked Chapter 0740: Taking the Bait

Seeing Manager Chen running towards the tomb gate of the Inner Underground Palace, Qi Tian hastily commanded the Transporting Whirlwind to move out and obstruct Manager Chen. Just before this, Qi Tian had set up many traps specifically for the Teleportation Array that he had detected; none were intended for the tomb gate of the Inner Underground Palace. After all, he would need to enter and exit through it as well, and if he accidentally exposed himself to the Millennium Corpse Water here, the consequences would be equally unimaginable.

Under Qi Tian’s direction, the Transporting Whirlwind surged forward, grabbing legs and pulling arms, using every means available to block Manager Chen from reaching the tomb gate.

Although Manager Chen couldn’t see the Transporting Whirlwind, he could feel its force acting upon him. He had encountered such power before; it was most certainly Qi Tian’s unique tactic and was incredibly formidable. However, even with such formidable tactics, they still couldn’t completely halt Manager Chen. His proficiency at the Second Level of the Nascent Soul Stage was not in vain, and certainly not something the current level of the Transporting Whirlwind could match.

The more Qi Tian forbade him from approaching the tomb gate of the Inner Underground Palace, the more Manager Chen insisted on getting there. It was not only the easiest and simplest route in and out of the Inner Underground Palace, but also the least likely place for Qi Tian to have tampered with.

How could Qi Tian let Manager Chen have his way? Seeing that the Transporting Whirlwind could not entirely hold back Manager Chen, he realized he had to do something to make Manager Chen understand that leaving through the tomb gate of the Inner Underground Palace would come with a steep price, in order to possibly change his mind.

Qi Tian had already suffered a close-quarters defeat at the hands of Manager Chen once before. He had been lucky to escape with his life that time, and if it happened again, he dared not guarantee that apart from broken bones and torn tendons, he wouldn’t also lose his life. Qi Tian did not, as before, take up the Yonghe Stick to aim for Manager Chen’s head; instead, from a distance, he extracted several Wolf Teeth Knives, all of which he had repaired beforehand. Each knife was of a very high grade, and although none reached the Nascent Soul Level, they were all above half-step Nascent Soul level artifacts, and their power was still quite remarkable.

In the Imperial Family Secret Territory, these Wolf Teeth Knives were extremely precious, but now, in Qi Tian’s hands, they were like no cost at all. One after another, he fired them continuously without interruption from his hand, all aimed at the vital points on Manager Chen’s body without any pause in between.

Manager Chen’s limbs were firmly held by the Transporting Whirlwind, and he clearly heard the screeching sound of the Wolf Teeth Knives ripping through the air. However, as his arms and legs were trapped, he had no way to deal with these knives.

All Manager Chen could do was to summon all his strength, drudgingly drag the Transporting Whirlwind that ensnared him, and with tremendous exertion, twist his body in an attempt to dodge the incoming Wolf Teeth Knives as best as he could.

True to his status as a Master at the Second Level of the Nascent Soul Stage, Manager Chen’s strength was indeed immense. The frequency and density of the Wolf Teeth Knives sent by Qi Tian were incredibly high, something an average person could never dodge, but Manager Chen, relying on his formidable cultivation, nimbly controlled his body, skillfully evading as the knives flew towards him, not allowing them to pierce his flesh.

Logically speaking, even if the Wolf Teeth Knives didn’t hit, they could still turn in mid-air, head back, and continue to target Manager Chen. However, when the knives brushed past him, Manager Chen’s body suddenly emitted a sinister and putrid aura which rapidly spread around him, contaminating the knives one by one.

This aura was the deathly energy released by Manager Chen, which had an extremely strong corrosive quality. Whether it was cultivators or demonic beasts, anything touched by this deathly energy would pay a hefty price if not killed outright. Although the Wolf Teeth Knives did not possess life, their functionality depended on internal magical formations, and this deathly energy happened to have a destructive effect on those formations. Ordinarily, high-grade magical weapons like the Wolf Teeth Knives, even if tainted with some deathly energy, would not react much. But this time, Manager Chen, in order to break free, had intricately manipulated his released deathly energy, enhancing its grade to the point where the knives were ruined upon contact.

Qi Tian narrowed his eyes; he hadn’t expected that Manager Chen, after becoming a living dead, would have such a crafty move. He wondered if this ability was unique to Manager Chen alone, or if other living dead like him, and even his subordinates, had also mastered it. If that was the case, Qi Tian would have to carefully consider how to deal with living dead like Manager Chen.

However, at this very moment, Qi Tian had no time to ponder. Neither he nor Manager Chen could afford to relent as both were bloodthirsty in the heat of battle.

Qi Tian steeled his heart, gritted his teeth, and grabbed another large handful of Wolf Teeth Knives from the storage chamber of the Heavenly Dao Engine. Then, scattering them like a celestial maiden scattering flowers, he flung all the knives at Manager Chen in one fell swoop.

Listening to the thick swarm of Wolf Teeth Knives slicing through the air by his ears, Manager Chen, with a skull devoid of any facial expressions, couldn’t convey any change in emotion. He simply released even more deathly energy in an effort to destroy these knives.