Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 693 - 693 0442 It Shouldnt Be Like This_2

Chapter 693: Chapter 0442: It Shouldn’t Be Like This_2 Chapter 693: Chapter 0442: It Shouldn’t Be Like This_2 Qi Tian knitted his eyebrows, saying: “Aren’t you here to challenge me? Let my people go, and I will fight you.”

However, the female cultivator sneered coldly, “So you want to run away when you can’t win, isn’t that taking the fight too lightly?” She suddenly changed her move, the dagger that was originally sliding towards Gao Jinmei’s face, changed its direction, instead, it swiped towards his throat.

Scared out of her wits, Gao Jinmei quickly put out her last Defense Talisman, just narrowly shielding herself from the female cultivator’s dagger attack.

A cold smile appeared on the corners of the female cultivator’s mouth. She was waiting for this moment, when using various talismans, a cultivator, unless they are very skilled, might pause for a moment, regardless of the duration, but it was definitely there for sure.

The female cultivator did not take the opportunity to strike Gao Jinmei. Her speed wasn’t quick enough to reach Gao Jinmei and deal a fatal blow before the Defensive Barrier appeared. She created such an opportunity not just to waste Gao Jinmei’s relatively good Defense Talisman, she had another purpose.

The female cultivator fumbled in her Storage Bag and found something. With a throw, the object flew above her and Gao Jinmei’s head, and in an instant, countless rays of light fell from the sky, enveloping both women and forming a curtain of light.

The female cultivator gave Gao Jinmei a cold smile, “Since you want to fight on behalf of your master, I will satisfy your request. After I kill you, I will meet with your master, and then send him down to keep you company.”

Refusing to accept the situation, Gao Jinmei no longer wanted to fight the female cultivator. She turned around and rushed towards the outside of the light curtain, but the light curtain blocked her way, as solid as any actual barrier. Gao Jinmei was like a bird crashing into a transparent glass, her head ached so much that she almost fainted.

Looking at Gao Jinmei’s condition, the female cultivator remained indifferent, “Stop acting pathetic, stand up quickly and continue fighting with me.”

As Gao Jinmei held her forehead and turned to look at the female cultivator, she remembered the scene a few days ago in Chi Di’s Chi Huo City, when Qi Tian was trapped by a Chi Di cultivator using an array. The scene was imprinted in her mind, but she never thought that just a few days later, it now became her turn to experience the same.

Gao Jinmei glanced at Qi Tian outside the light curtain. She remembered clearly that Qi Tian was the one who broke the besieging barrier of the Chi Di cultivator, walking out of the array on his own. She believed that as long as Qi Tian was willing to take action, he could definitely save her. What she needed to do now was to hold on until Qi Tian rescued her. If she were killed by the female cultivator before Qi Tian could open the light curtain, then she could only blame her own misfortune.

Gao Jinmei gritted her teeth and reached out to touch her Storage Bag, a pill appeared in her hand, she directly put it into her mouth and swallowed, This was a pill that could stimulate potential, after taking it, it could enhance the power of its users. However, the side effects are quite significant. Once the effects of the pill wear off, not only did she need to rest for several days, even her lifespan would be affected. It was a move that could hurt the enemy at the cost of hurting oneself.

What Gao Jinmei did not know was that Qi Tian was already prepared to make a move to get her out of the light curtain. But before Qi Tian could act, Gao Jinmei had already stepped ahead and swallowed the pill. Through the sensing function of Heavenly Dao Engine, Qi Tian detected a significant amount of Spirit Force emanating from the pill, rapidly replenishing Gao Jinmei’s meridians.

Qi Tian shook his head. He let Gao Jinmei fight with the female cultivator, intending to let her gain experience. He was just about to interfere as she was nearly losing, but she had boosted her power again. So, he let the fight go on for a bit longer, to not waste her experience and the pill.

Under the stimulation of the pill, Gao Jinmei’s fighting ability briefly returned to its peak, and she once again fought the female cultivator to a standstill. But as the effects of the pill wore off, Gao Jinmei returned to her former state, even more exhausted and slower than before she took the pill. The side effects of the pill were difficult to avoid.

Qi Tian knew he couldn’t let Gao Jinmei continue to fight any longer, otherwise it would really get out of control. He strode directly to the front of the light curtain, first looking up at the object hanging in it.

It was a remarkable treasure – a seemingly ordinary flower parasol. However, it was this seemingly humble parasol that created the light curtain. Qi Tian could hardly believe his own eyes if he hadn’t seen it firsthand.

A faint smile appeared on Qi Tian’s face as he reached out to grab the parasol.

The owner of the parasol had a sarcastic expression. Who did Qi Tian think he was? Just because he wanted to take away her treasure, did he underestimate her, and similarly, underestimate the parasol?

Just as Qi Tian’s hand was about to reach the parasol, runes lit up on its surface. Blue lightning circulated on the surface of the parasol and instantly converged, slashing toward the reaching hand of Qi Tian.

Upon seeing this, the female cultivator showed a hint of cold intent. Her parasol was extraordinary. Besides entrapping people, it was also a weapon that could be used to attack others. Mainly, through the lightning generated on the surface of the parasol.

This lightning had substantial power. Even she, a cultivator at the Gold Core Realm Third Level, had to be extremely careful to avoid it. If one failed to dodge and was hit instead, the consequences would be severe. They could be left numb and lose their ability to move. In a worst-case scenario, they could be killed outright. Then, it would save her a lot of hassle.

But before the cold intent could completely spread across her face, Qi Tian’s hand was already less than half a foot away from the parasol. With a crack, the lightning struck, heading straight for Qi Tian’s open hand.

The lightning struck Qi Tian’s palm directly. The female cultivator expressed both joy and regret upon witnessing this. Initially, she wanted to fight Qi Tian, but hadn’t expected that, instead, her weapon would be the one to defeat him. She felt so regrettable…

What?

How could this be? The female cultivator opened her eyes wide in disbelief. She witnessed the lightning hitting Qi Tian’s palm which, contrary to previous instances, didn’t unleash anger or flaunt its might. Instead, the lightning flickered and then vanished as if it had never existed.

Qi Tian’s movement was not interrupted in the least by the emergence of the lightning. Still maintaining a leisurely speed, he reached out to catch the parasol and in a very short time, his hand gripped the handle of the parasol.

Like stirring a hornet’s nest, Qi Tian’s grasp sparked countless runes on the parasol’s surface. One after another, they formed into lightning bolts, like floodwaters bursting through a dam, thundering towards Qi Tian’s hand gripping the handle that was in close proximity.

This sort of tumult was too much for the female cultivator, never mind if a person at the Gold Core Stage 4th Level appeared. But what shocked her was that Qi Tian seemed to be unscathed. The lightning merely flickered on his hand for a moment before extinguishing itself, tame and gentle, far removed from its original fury—more like a soft and tender thread.

This scene left the female cultivator feeling like she wanted to cough up blood. She racked her brains but couldn’t understand how this was happening. The parasol’s defense was supposed to be formidable; it shouldn’t have acted this way. This wasn’t her parasol.