Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 392 - 392 0287 Just Refusing to Explode

Chapter 392: Chapter 0287: Just Refusing to Explode Chapter 392: Chapter 0287: Just Refusing to Explode Chapter 0287: Refusing to Explode

The Half-step Golden Core saw things were going badly, had no intention of sticking around, and immediately chose to flee, without a shred of hesitation. His decision was swift.

Upon seeing this, the royal cultivators hurriedly chased after him. This attack on the Six Demons of the Soul Snatching Sect was not only ordered by the emperor and the crown prince, it was also orchestrated by the barefoot cultivator. Even if the royal cultivators dared to defy the orders of the emperor and the crown prince, they did not dare to resist the command of the barefoot cultivator. Regardless of whether it was merely a Half-step Golden Core demonic cultivator or a genuine Gold Core Stage master, they had to bravely charge forward.

Cultivators are generally fast, and most of them have flying swords or other means of acceleration. In the blink of an eye, this small courtyard, surrounded by cultivators, was abandoned, and the place immediately became desolate, as if it was deserted.

Qi Tian had been waiting for such an opportunity. His strength was comparable to a Half-step Golden Core, and he’d just clashed palms with a Half-step Golden Core cultivator. He seemed to spit out blood, but in reality, he was unharmed. In his view, those summoned by Prince Chi Di were neither relatives nor friends, and he’d never even met them before. If something were to happen to him, surely no one would care about his life or death, and they would abandon him without regard for his fate.

As events unfolded, Qi Tian’s guess proved completely correct. Nobody cared about his wellbeing when he was knocked away. Everyone raced to chase and block the Half-step Golden Core, without a single person checking on him. This played right into Qi Tian’s hands. Right when he was about to leave, he had a bad feeling. He quickly used the Heavenly Dao Engine to sense his surroundings and found a presence imbued with powerful Spirit Qi swiftly heading his way.

This creature was clearly the creature accompanying them that resembled a wolf – the Zombie Demonic Beast. It opened its wide bloody mouth, exposing its black tongue, and bit towards Qi Tian.

Generally speaking, these Zombie Demonic Beasts could not eat living humans, but for recently dead, or nearly-dead cultivators like Qi Tian, they had no such scruples.

Qi Tian was alarmed; he had not expected such a situation. Even so, his reaction was swift. After multiple life-or-death experiences, he could make the best decision in the shortest time when faced with life and death moments. A black hole appeared in his palm, and the Innate Spiritual Treasure, a mine shovel stored in the Heavenly Dao Engine’s storage room, appeared in his grasp. As the Zombie Demonic Beast was about to pounce on him, Qi Tian’s eyes widened, and he swung the mine shovel in his hand, ruthlessly slashing the beast’s neck.

This Innate Spirit Treasure level mine shovel, designed to mine in extremely harsh conditions, was a coveted item even among the large forces in Wanjie City, including the Wanjie Commerce and several Nascent Soul masters. Its resilience and sharpness were self-evident.

The Zombie Demonic Beast did not react in time and was beheaded by Qi Tian’s shovel, whose neck was immediately severed, and its head and body separated.

Before the beast’s head hit the ground, a Transporting Whirlwind flew out of the black hole in Qi Tian’s palm, gathering the Zombie Demonic Beast’s head, body, and the blood it sprayed and delivering them to the Heavenly Dao Engine’s storage room.

Qi Tian knew that killing this Zombie Demonic Beast would only bring momentary joy and he would definitely face the relentless pursuit of the barefoot cultivator. He remembered very well why he was hunted down by the barefoot cultivator last time. He didn’t dare to waste any time, brought out his Crane Bronze Statue, placed a top-grade spirit stone on it, and jumped on the back of the Crane Bronze Statue to start his escape.

This was still the Chi Di Capital. If needed, a Defensive Array could emerge from the city walls. Even if he controlled the Crane Bronze Statue, he wouldn’t be able to break through the array in a short time. Therefore, Qi Tian didn’t head for the city’s outskirts. Instead, he flew the Crane Bronze Statue as low as possible, sweeping over the top of the city’s buildings. After flying less than a minute and covering a dozen miles, Qi Tian collected the Crane Bronze Statue and fell to the ground. He then entered a dyeing workshop.

This dyeing workshop had to handle a large amount of wastewater every day, and so a massive drainage ditch was built to send the waste water out into the river. This river water mingled with the moat water and eventually flowed into a large river downstream.

During Qi Tian’s stay in the inn, he had thought about leaving the Chi Di Capital using this method but had not yet put it into practice when Prince Kang Ke found him. Now, having killed another Zombie Demonic Beast, even if he didn’t want to leave, he had no choice.

Qi Tian jumped into the drainage ditch and floated away with the wastewater into the river. He then swam along the stream towards the direction of the moat.

At this time, the barefoot cultivator flew to the place where Qi Tian had killed the Zombie Demonic Beast. He could not find the murderer or the beast and flew into a rage. He floated in the air, raised his hand, and slammed it downwards.

A giant handprint, covering several hundred meters, appeared out of thin air and struck the ground with a thunderous crash.

In an instant, there was a great upheaval. In a moment, countless buildings were reduced to rubble due to the cultivator’s strike. Amid the debris, occasional bursts of fresh blood could be seen amid the shards of brick and rubble.

“Damn you, don’t let me catch you, or I’ll grind you to dust!”