Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 753 - 753 0472 The Price to be Paid_2

Chapter 753: Chapter 0472: The Price to be Paid_2 Chapter 753: Chapter 0472: The Price to be Paid_2 Whether it was Qi Tian or Meng Jianhao, neither of them was lacking in speed. In the blink of an eye, the two of them collided.

Qi Tian was not a man of good temper. Seeing Meng Jianhao charging towards him and deliberately reaching out to grasp the strand of Heavenly Earth Qi, his eyes flashed coldly. “Scram.”

With a swing of his hand, Qi Tian threw a punch at Meng Jianhao with Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist. Instantly, countless shadows of the fist surged out, like a herd of charging horses rushing towards Meng Jianhao.

Meng Jianhao and Qi Tian were relatively close at this moment. He had heard about Qi Tian’s prowess from Wu Shenglian beforehand. He was somewhat skeptical and thought that Wu Shenglian had exaggerated. He had never heard of a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Peak defeating someone at the 4th Level of the Gold Core Stage. After arriving here, he had sneered and mocked Wu Shenglian several times. Now, when he was directly facing Qi Tian, he realized that Wu Shenglian’s account was not exaggerated, Qi Tian’s fists were hard and powerful.

Without any hesitation, Meng Jianhao stretched out his hand to grab the incoming fist shadows. At this moment, he didn’t have time to draw out his weapon and was forced to resort to more primitive means to deal with Qi Tian.

In an instant, the fist shadows collided with Meng Jianhao’s large hand. Meng Jianhao barely managed to withstand the force, feeling like a leaf caught in a gust of wind, rootless under his feet and sent flying directly backward.

Qi Tian knocked Meng Jianhao away with a single punch without any surprise. That was the intended outcome. Not knocking him away would have been strange. He deliberately knocked Meng Jianhao away, acting on this advantageous opportunity to hasten his rush towards Prince Zhao. His plan was to capitalize on the opening created by Meng Jianhao’s knockback to transfer the strand of Heavenly Earth Qi into Prince Zhao.

Witnessing this scene, Meng Jianhao was furious and roared, “Qi Tian, you dare?”

Qi Tian wouldn’t take Meng Jianhao’s warning to heart. His pace did not falter as he continued to charge towards Prince Zhao. The strand of Heavenly Earth Qi followed closely under the escort of the Transporting Whirlwind, about to reach Prince Zhao.

Meng Jianhao was almost mad with anger. He hastily used a secret method to forcefully stabilize his body, then accelerated at full speed towards Qi Tian. However, the distance was too great. At his current speed, there was no way he could intercept that strand of Heavenly Earth Qi before Qi Tian.

Meng Jianhao was determined. He ignited the Essence Blood within his body. He had other options that wouldn’t harm his foundation, but those either took too long or were ineffective compared to burning Essence Blood, which only took an instant. His gap with Qi Tian was minuscule, and if he couldn’t catch up at this moment, he would never catch up. Moreover, he could recover all the Essence Blood he lost and even extend his lifespan slightly once he obtained that Heavenly Earth Qi and advanced to the fifth level of Gold Core Stage.

Qi Tian was constantly monitoring Meng Jianhao as well as the surrounding area using the Heavenly Dao Engine’s Spirit Qi sensing function. The moment Meng Jianhao ignited his Essence Blood, Qi Tian noticed. A slight smirk emerged on his face as he instantly activated the Heavenly Dao Engine’s speed boosting function. His speed dramatically increased, and the gap between him and Meng Jianhao not only did not decrease, but it even became larger.

Afterwards, Meng Jianhao could only watch as Qi Tian got closer and closer to Prince Zhao. Even if he risked his life to catch up, the distance between him and Qi Tian was getting larger and larger.

Meng Jianhao was almost going insane. He paid a great price and burned his Essence Blood, but the outcome was still like this. He couldn’t accept it. At this moment, he was like a gambler who had lost everything and once again ignited his Essence Blood, even more than the last time. His speed instantly soared once again. “Qi Tian, even if I exhaust all my Essence Blood, I will snatch that strand of Heavenly Earth Qi from you.”

Qi Tian did not pay attention to Meng Jianhao’s rant. He simply concentrated his mind to increase the speed multiplier on the Heavenly Dao Engine, maintaining a faster speed than Meng Jianhao.

Meng Jianhao wanted to burn his Essence Blood for the third time, but it was already too late. After all, the distance between them and Prince Zhao wasn’t infinite. On the contrary, it was quite close. It was only because he and Qi Tian were no ordinary people that they had the opportunity to accelerate twice. Otherwise, other people might not even have a chance to accelerate once.

In a blink of an eye, Qi Tian had reached Prince Zhao. To avoid unnecessary deviations, Qi Tian swung his hand to command the Transporting Whirlwind to carry the strand of Heavenly Earth Qi towards Prince Zhao when he was just over a meter away.

Meng Jianhao screamed in agony. “No, no.”

However, no matter how Meng Jianhao screamed or how unwilling he was, he could only watch with wide-open eyes as that wisp of Heavenly Earth Qi slowly drifted towards Prince Zhao, then slowly descended from the air, directly into Prince Zhao’s Dantian. After that, that wisp of Heavenly Earth Qi, like a little snake returning to its nest, quickly burrowed into Prince Zhao’s body, disappeared completely from the world, and became a part of Prince Zhao’s body.

Meng Jianhao suddenly felt as if the Earth was shattering. He had burned his Essence Blood twice, and the loss was so great that it was hard to describe. Yet, even then, he still could not snatch that wisp of Heavenly Earth Qi from Qi Tian’s hands. His eyes turned blood-red, as if looking at the sworn enemy who murdered his father, he fixedly stared at Qi Tian. “Qi Tian, good, you’re very good, I hope you won’t regret your decision later.”

At this time, with a loud bang, Jin Jing, who was ordered by Qi Tian to stop Huang Zixing, was sent flying by Huang Zixing. Qi Tian glanced at Jin Jin and found that half of her body was smashed, severely injured. If she weren’t treated in time, she might not survive.

Meng Jianhao also noticed the situation of the battle between Huang Zixing and Jin Jing, he roared: “Huang Zixing, let’s join hands and deal with Qi Tian together.”

Huang Zixing said: “Elder Meng, didn’t you just tell me to go first?”

Meng Jianhao gritted his teeth: “Huang Zixing, as long as you help me take down Qi Tian, I promise to recommend you as a new Sacrificial Elder to the high-level members of the clan when we return.”

Huang Zixing’s eyes lit up, he said: “Deal.”

After persuading Huang Zixing, Meng Jianhao turned to look at Wu Shenglian. “Elder Wu, I need your help as well.”

Wu Shenglian sighed inwardly, but she still bowed and said: “How could I possibly refuse.”

Unless Wu Shenglian wanted to leave the Four Seas Bank, she still had to face Qi Tian, as much as she didn’t want to again. Of course, whether she would truly fight or just go through the motions after joining the battle was another matter.

Instantly, as Meng Jianhao made up his mind and was willing to compromise, the three of them rapidly formed a united front to confront Qi Tian, and they surrounded Qi Tian.

Qi Tian said: “You three against me alone, I only have one request, do not harm the innocent, let my people take Prince Zhao away first.”

Meng Jianhao snorted coldly, saying: “Qi Tian, if you want to make demands of me, then defeat us. Otherwise, not only will you die today but Prince Zhao will also have to die. Not only will Prince Zhao have to die, but also your subordinates, your Immortal Slaves, none of them will survive. That is the price you will pay for squandering the wisp of Heavenly Earth Qi that was originally mine.”

Qi Tian’s face darkened, asking: “Is this your idea, or is it all three of you? Huang Zixing, Wu Shenglian, do you agree? Not only do you want to kill me, but also eradicate everyone close to me?”

Huang Zixing burst into laughter, asking: “What, is it wrong to kill you and those accomplices of yours?”