Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 309 - 309 0245 Its Too Late to Say Anything_2

Chapter 309: Chapter 0245: It’s Too Late to Say Anything_2 Chapter 309: Chapter 0245: It’s Too Late to Say Anything_2 A gleam flashed in Qi Tian’s eyes. If the enemy was hiding and unwilling to show themselves, he would force them into the open. Qi Tian reached into his Storage Bag and glanced at the Chi Di cultivator, who was controlling the Soul Banner on the ground. He then threw out the Explosive Thunder Talisman in his hand.

With a loud blast, a frightening thunderbolt exploded in the sky, dispersing brilliant silver lightnings all around. The lightning aimed directly at the Chi Di cultivator who was out in the open.

The Chi Di cultivator was taken aback. As a Soul cultivator, he was naturally weak against the overwhelmingly yang force of the thunderbolt. Under normal circumstances, he would have fled from this kind of situation. But now, as he was still controlling the Soul Banner, fleeing would disrupt its control and not only erase his hard-earned advantage but possibly even provide Xu Honglei and Wang Peng with an opportunity to turn defeat into victory.

This was something the Chi Di cultivator absolutely could not accept. So, he yelled out, “What are you all standing there for? If you don’t come out, I’m ditching this!”

Before his words fell, two locations on the ground began to fluctuate with Spirit Force. Instantly, one of the two individuals burst into the sky, heading straight for Qi Tian, while the other, light flashing in front of him, launched another shining sword flying straight at Qi Tian.

What the hell, there were indeed two of them in ambush.

Qi Tian turned around and fled. It was already a bit risky for him to fight a flying sword alone earlier, let alone a two-against-one now. If he didn’t run now, when would he?

Qi Tian quickly realized that his decision to escape was absolutely correct. The speed of the second flying sword was substantially slower compared to the first one. The Chi Di cultivator on the ground seemed noticeably more strained and had difficulty maneuvering the sword, resulting in a significant disparity in the sword’s speed and flight orientation. The other Chi Di cultivator, who had taken to the sky and was swooping in towards Qi Tian, was around the same speed as him. The enemy was standing on a flying bowl and holding a Spirit Sword, obviously planning a close-quarters fight with him.

Qi Tian soon made another discovery that worked in his favor. As he put more and more distance between himself and the ground, the chasing flying sword noticeably began to slow down. It was clearly running out of steam and would sooner or later begin to plummet downwards.

Qi Tian breathed a sigh of relief. This was much more realistic. After all, there was always a certain range limit to a cultivator’s control of a flying sword. Even in the legendary feat of beheading an enemy from a thousand miles away, there was still a thousand-mile limit. The Chi Di cultivator on the ground was at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and for a cultivator at this level to be able to fight within a hundred-meter radius wielding a flying sword was already an amazing achievement. This cultivator clearly hadn’t reached the ability to battle within a hundred meters using a flying sword. His control faded as the sword ventured over sixty meters away from him.

A cold smirk spread across Qi Tian’s face. The use of the Explosive Thunder Talisman earlier was truly worth it. It had exposed the enemy’s weaknesses and flaws. Now, he could use these weaknesses and flaws to launch a counterattack.

Qi Tian glanced at the undeterred Chi Di cultivator who was chasing him in the sky. He stopped and floated in mid-air, holding his Red Hoop Stick tensioningly and gazing at his enemy with cold eyes. The enemy, realizing what was happening, didn’t foolishly fly upwards right beneath Qi Tian. Instead, he began to adjust his flight direction as soon as he saw Qi Tian stop, aiming to equalize the height difference between them in the shortest time possible.

Qi Tian saw through his plan at a glance. He wasn’t going to give his opponent a “fair fight.” Instead, he activated his Soaring Cloud Talisman, boosting his speed and swooping towards his enemy.

Seeing that things were going south, the Chi Di cultivator quickly turned and fled. He was hoping to fully exploit his own advantages, not to engage in a head-on confrontation with Qi Tian’s strengths.

Qi Tian was just on the verge of taking out another Explosive Thunder Talisman, which would have sent his adversary plummeting from his flying bowl. However, he didn’t have many Explosive Thunder Talismans left, so he didn’t want to waste another one. An idea popped into his mind. He wondered if the Heavenly Dao Engine could boost the speed of his Soaring Cloud Talisman. Without further thought, he immediately activated the speed-increasing function of the Heavenly Dao Engine.

With a swoosh, the Heavenly Dao Engine did not disappoint Qi Tian. His speed doubled immediately and he still seemed to have plenty of energy left.

Doubling the speed will be enough,’ Qi Tian thought, his eyes sparkling with determination as he lunged at the Chi Di cultivator, hovering in his flying vessel. “He-he, foul villain, prepare to meet your end.”

The Chi Di cultivator was taken aback by the sudden surge in Qi Tian’s speed. He realized that if Qi Tian continued to pursue him at this speed, he wouldn’t even have a chance to dodge. He quickly changed his course of action, planning to halt his vessel and take Qi Tian head on. But planning and execution are two different things.

His flying vessel was not of the most responsive kind, meaning it was sluggish to start and stop. Regardless of his commands, the vessel needed a good one to two seconds to respond.

Under normal circumstances, one or two seconds didn’t matter. But now, Qi Tian was twice as fast as him. The distance between the two wasn’t far to begin with, and by the time a couple of seconds had passed, Qi Tian had already closed in. He swung the Red Hoop Stick with the momentum of Mount Tai and smashed down heavily.

The Chi Di cultivator had no time to evade or counter. In his haste, he could only raise his spirit sword in an attempt to block, but how could he withstand Qi Tian’s force?

There was a ‘crack’ sound as the Spirit Sword was knocked downwards by Qi Tian, slashing the Chi Di cultivator’s head off.

Qi Tian waved his hand, releasing the Transporting Whirlwind, and sucked in the unfortunate Chi Di cultivator. He took his Spirit Sword, flying vessel, Storage Bag, and so forth; his corpse was tossed into the Heavenly Dao Engine as fuel.

Then, without any pause, Qi Tian charged at the Chi Di cultivator controlling the flying sword on the ground. If the enemy was hiding in the shadows, Qi Tian would not have dared to act so recklessly, but since the enemy was out in the open, his threat level was greatly reduced, and there was no need to fear him now.

The Chi Di cultivator turned pale in horror as he witnessed Qi Tian effortlessly slay his companion. He hurriedly controlled his flying sword, aiming it towards Qi Tian.

The speed of the flying sword was far too slow. Even without the acceleration from the Heavenly Dao Engine, the sword couldn’t reach Qi Tian. Especially now, when Qi Tian had increased his speed with the Heavenly Dao Engine, the sword could only follow behind Qi Tian, eating his dust.

Qi Tian reached the Chi Di cultivator controlling the flying sword in no time, and swung the Red Hoop Stick again. The Chi Di cultivator’s power was in the flying sword alone. Without it, his cultivation skills were worthless. When Qi Tian’s stick descended, he scrambled to invoke the flying sword in a futile attempt to block. But it was too late.

With a ‘thump’, the Chi Di cultivator was killed by Qi Tian’s single blow.

Just like the previous Chi Di cultivator, Qi Tian quickly disposed of the second one’s corpse. Then ominously, he turned his attention to the third one controlling the Soul Banner.

This Chi Di cultivator witnessed his two comrades fall victim to Qi Tian’s ruthless blows and was anxious but helpless. His only option was to spit out his Essence Blood to forcibly boost the power of his spectral horse and hasten their attack on Xu Honglei and Wang Peng.

Instantly, Xu Honglei and Wang Peng found themselves in a tough fight. They were barely holding their ground as it was, but now with the enhanced speed of the spectral horse, they were unable to defend.