Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 613 - 613 0402 The Barefoot Male Cultivator Wants to

Chapter 613: Chapter 0402: The Barefoot Male Cultivator Wants to Escape_2 Chapter 613: Chapter 0402: The Barefoot Male Cultivator Wants to Escape_2 The barefoot cultivator realized that he must eliminate the Locust Thief Bees as quickly as possible. He could not allow them to gather and deplete his Corpse Qi, as he would not be able to withstand such a considerable loss.

He made an immediate decision to momentarily ignore Qi Tian’s attacks to deal with the two groups of Locust Thief Bees that Qi Tian had released. Given his strength, he believed he could eliminate all of the Locust Thief Bees in mere seconds. He also reasoned that enduring Qi Tian’s attacks in the meantime would not pose too great a challenge, since his own strength exceeded Qi Tian’s, and he was a Corpse Cultivator, possessing not only protective Corpse Qi but also a powerful physique. Qi Tian would find it very difficult to break his defenses in such a short amount of time.

Having made his decision, the barefoot cultivator withdrew the fist he had originally prepared to strike Qi Tian with, and changed it into an open palm, slapping it towards the Locust Thief Bees filled with his Corpse Qi.

To his surprise, the Locust Thief Bees seemed to perceive the danger and scattered before his hand reached them. His attack, which he expected would kill at least fifty or sixty of the insects, ended up killing only a dozen or so. Those that fled didn’t go far and resumed flying around him, ready to launch a new attack.

The barefoot cultivator was stunned. Killing only a dozen or so with one palm strike implied he would need at least twenty such strikes to eliminate all the bees – tasks not so easily accomplished in the few seconds he imagined. Furthermore, if the bees became more cautious and only two or three could be killed with each strike, the number of strikes needed would increase immensely.

Before he could decide on a new course of action, Qi Tian’s attack arrived. Qi Tian used his Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist again, landing a punch on the barefoot cultivator.

During their previous exchange, the barefoot cultivator barely moved, relying on his brute strength to resist Qi Tian’s attacks. However, this time, he focused his attention on the Locust Thief Bees, thereby deflecting his attention and momentarily forgetting to defend against Qi Tian.

As a result, Qi Tian’s punch was shockingly effective, sending the barefoot cultivator flying. Consistent with the barefoot cultivator’s prediction, his robust Defensive Corpse Qi played a significant role. Aside from being blown away, he was not injured. Instead, his Defensive Corpse Qi, as if suddenly gaining sight, detached itself from its protective barrier and wound around Qi Tian like a rope.

The barefoot cultivator had specially cultivated this Corpse Qi, which would automatically retaliate if attacked by a vigorous cultivator like Qi Tian. This was one of his surprising winning methods, as very few people could evade it.

As he was flung backward, the barefoot cultivator sneered at the sight of his Defensive Corpse Qi entangling Qi Tian. These Defensive Corpse Qi might not affect Qi Tian instantaneously, but they were like toxins penetrating his body, inevitably impairing him eventually.

When faced with the Defensive Corpse Qi, Qi Tian opened his palm and caught it, instantly absorbing it all into the black hole in his palm and sending it to fuel the Heavenly Dao Engine. Without any hesitation, he pursued the barefoot cultivator on his Crane Bronze Statue.

At the same time, all the Locust Thief Bees followed like mad, chasing the barefoot cultivator. His energy was the most potent here, so they perceived him as the most appetizing food. As for Qi Tian, they had already been taught a painful lesson, and dare not provoke him again.

The barefoot cultivator momentarily considered fleeing. These Locust Thief Bees were proving too troublesome. Yet when he thought about facing such vast numbers of Locust Thief Bees again next time, he discarded this idea.

Feeling desperate, the barefoot cultivator opened his mouth and spat out all of his black teeth. In the blink of an eye, these teeth transformed into powerful Blood Bats, each possessing the strength equivalent to the Foundation Establishment Peak. They were far more formidable than the Blood Bats conjured from his robe and represented one of his final life-saving measures. He wouldn’t use them lightly unless at a life or death juncture because cultivating each one of these Blood Bats was no easy feat.

There were about thirty or forty of these Blood Bats in total, and they immediately attacked the Locust Thief Bees that were chasing the barefoot man. Very soon, the Blood Bats and the Locust Thief Bees were engaged in a fierce battle with casualties appearing almost in the blink of an eye, with both sides suffering losses.

But what the barefoot man didn’t expect before he could even catch his breath was that another swarm of Locust Thief Bees was heading in their direction as soon as the first lot was entangled.

The barefoot man saw that all the Zombie Demonic Beasts he had summoned as reinforcements had all died in such a short period of time, regardless of whether they could fly or not. The Locust Thief Bees were like a swarm of locusts that left nothing behind, draining all the Corpse Qi and energy from within them. The Zombie Demonic Beasts were all sustained by Corpse Qi, and without it, they all died, not a single one remained.

The Locust Thief Bees were extremely greedy for Spirit Qi and energy. Since the Zombie Demonic Beasts had died, they naturally abandoned them and instead aimed their attack at the barefoot man.

The barefoot man was almost in despair. How could this happen?

Once again, the barefoot man considered leaving. The combination of Qi Tian and the Locust Thief Bees was an unsolvable problem for him. If he stayed, the chances of defeating Qi Tian and turning him into a Zombie Slave were too slim. He had to weigh the pros and cons again, even if he had to leave directly, the loss he would suffer was too great. But compared to the potential loss of his life, it seemed not too significant.

Once he understood the key, the barefoot man quickly figured out his direction, avoiding Qi Tian and the Locust Thief Bees, and began to run. “Qi Tian, if you have the ability, come chase me.”

Qi Tian’s eyes flashed with a hint of brilliance. This time, he had also paid a heavy price. If he couldn’t keep the barefoot man here, it would be like overlooking a huge security risk. Sooner or later, this security risk would explode like a time bomb, and the consequences were unpredictable.

How could Qi Tian allow such a situation to happen? Without hesitation, he slapped a fragment of the top-grade spirit stone he had prepared onto the Spirit Stone slot of the Crane Statue. The pure and powerful energy of the top-grade spirit stone was extracted by the array within the Crane Statue and the power immediately surged.

Qi Tian directly boosted the speed of the Crane Statue to its limit whilst controlling it to pursue the fleeing barefoot man. At the same time, he quickly recalled all the Locust Thief Bees he had released. These were his unique means to suppress the barefoot man. How could he lose them?

With the top-grade spirit stone as its power source, the speed of the Crane Statue surpassed everyone’s expectations. Not only was the barefoot man surprised, but even Qi Tian, the master of the Crane Statue, had not expected it. In just a few blinks of an eye, Qi Tian had managed to close the distance between him and the barefoot man to the point where he could attack.

“Hey, I’ve caught up, pretty impressive huh?” Qi Tian called out to the barefoot man in the distance.

Upon hearing Qi Tian’s voice from nearby, the barefoot man was shocked. How could he fly so fast? Was it because of that featherless Crane Statue beneath Qi Tian’s feet?