I Don't Agree to the Terms
Chapter 543 - 297: Capturing the King, A Strike Across the Sky_2

Chapter 543: Chapter 297: Capturing the King, A Strike Across the Sky_2

"Should be... an assassin?" Gu Shanhai also seemed a bit unsure as he answered, wondering what the hell Zhou Ding was up to.

Zhou Ding was actually a bit bewildered himself; it was his first time encountering an assassin since the soldiers he summoned were all very powerful. With the presence of the Four Ounces Taoist Soldiers, basically no one could get into the Imperial Palace.

"Holy shit! Guards!! Protect the carriage!!!" Zhou Ding quickly rolled up to his feet and yelled out loud with a mix of crawling and rolling.

He wasn’t an idiot; if there was an assassin afoot, it surely meant trouble. How could he be so foolish as to continue chatting with Gu Shanhai and wait for death?

Boom~

In the next instant, a large number of Four Ounces Taoist Soldiers burst through the walls, throwing protocol and manners aside—their priority was to save lives.

Gu Shanhai swung the mana halo in his hand, transforming it into a brilliant explosion, thereby delaying this group of powerful Taoist Soldiers. However, these soldiers were absurdly powerful, Gu Shanhai found that they were even stronger than King-level Taoist Soldiers, almost on par with his own Heart Demon Dao Soldiers.

Seeing this, he could only release a large number of Heart Demon Dao Soldiers to block them while he tried to figure out a way to cut down Zhou Ding.

"How does this kid have such a background, moving freely within the mana halo without any effect?" Gu Shanhai muttered softly to himself as he drew the Azure Dragon blade and slashed at the other party.

The attack landed on the other person, but nothing happened—the person continued to move about lively.

Analyzing Zhou Ding’s reaction, it seemed unlikely that he was playing dumb to catch a tiger; he was full of flaws, truly just an ordinary person encountering an attack.

Yet this very ordinary person was somehow immune to the mana halo and even to Gu Shanhai’s attacks.

"It’s too late, let’s get out of here first!" Gu Shanhai realized, for some reason, that the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers, who were previously evenly matched, suddenly fell at a disadvantage and were quickly cut down by the enemy’s Taoist Soldiers.

Gu Shanhai suspected that Zhou Ding had made his move.

"Wait a second, how much did they pay you? I’ll offer ten times the amount for my life," Zhou Ding blurted out as he saw Gu Shanhai’s large hand reach for him, and he was struck by a strong sense of impending doom.

Gu Shanhai, on the other hand, had no intention to respond to him; instead, he forcefully grabbed the man and rushed out.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to use the Sleeve Universe and Five Elements Great Escape abilities, but they had become ineffective, as if their effectiveness had been reduced by ninety-nine percent.

The force of the Sleeve Universe wasn’t strong enough to pull the other person into his sleeve, and Five Elements Great Escape was similarly ineffective. With Zhou Ding along, even when he attempted to activate the escape technique, it felt as though he was being forcibly held back.

At this moment, Gu Shanhai also came to understand that there might be some kind of rule or concept-level thing on the other person, possibly a system or a Golden Finger. It was because of this thing’s existence that his initial Prophetic Divination was obscured by chaos.

Once outside, Gu Shanhai kept releasing Heart Demon Dao Soldiers and the Azure Dragon continuously spit out mana halos to block the onslaught of Four Ounces Taoist Soldiers.

"We can negotiate anything, if the price isn’t right, just say so," Zhou Ding, grabbed by Gu Shanhai, had also calmed down by then. Through his years of experience, he had already become a qualified King.

At least he possessed the ability to remain unflustered, not showing joy or anger and not changing his face even if Mount Tai were to collapse in front of him.

Typically a hikikomori by nature, his abilities were top-notch, not just a worthless shut-in who couldn’t do anything.

"Shut up!" Gu Shanhai nonchalantly stuffed a Guardian Demon into Zhou Ding’s body, and, as expected, the effect was diminished by ninety-nine percent, but it managed to silence him successfully.

After dealing with Zhou Ding, Gu Shanhai decisively entered an extreme state, his overall power soaring, and then scattered all the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers to delay and block the Four Ounces Taoist Soldiers.

Next, he transformed into a rainbow light and made his escape.

Although the Five Elements Great Escape was suppressed by something like a Golden Finger on Zhou Ding, it didn’t mean that it was Gu Shanhai’s only escape technique. He had seen all the teachings of the three great sects—Riding the Clouds, Juxia, and Feather Transformation—possessing numerous escape techniques. Normally, they simply couldn’t compare to Five Elements Great Escape.

"Wasn’t suppressed?" Gu Shanhai also noticed that this escape technique wasn’t suppressed. His original plan was to use it to increase speed, but he hadn’t expected an unintended effect.

This made him puzzled, but he quickly understood; the escape technique he deployed had only the attribute of escape, while his Five Elements Great Escape involved much more.

It’s likely that when moving others through an escape, he was affected by the Golden Finger on Zhou Ding, while normal escape techniques applied only to himself, not involving Zhou Ding, which allowed it to work.

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Zhou Ding had now shut his mouth, yet he kept on struggling with significant strength. However, under Gu Shanhai’s extreme state, the enemy had no chance of escaping.

Streaks of rainbow light sped across, overtaking the entire territory of Yan Country.

Meanwhile, behind Gu Shanhai, Four Ounces Taoist Soldiers led the chase, with Heart Demon Dao Soldiers lagging behind, but both were closely following.

"Has the suppression ability dropped?" Gu Shanhai noticed that the suppression ability on Zhou Ding had dropped from maximal to ninety percent, which invigorated Gu Shanhai.

"After leaving Yan State, he lost part of the blessing. If he leaves Yan Country, that means the enhancement will be completely gone!" Gu Shanhai immediately perked up.

As long as it wasn’t permanent, there was a chance.

Boom~

Gu Shanhai, with his captive in tow, smashed directly into Jiang Lu’s tent.

"Holy shit, Teacher, calm down. If I hadn’t held back, I would now be accused of killing my mentor." Jiang Lu looked around in shock at the giant crater that had formed.

For dozens of miles around the tent, the ground was turned bare, but fortunately, there were no casualties. The powerful crowd gathered around, and if they hadn’t recognized Gu Shanhai, they would have banded together to beat them down by now.

"No choice, Five Elements Great Escape stopped working, had to smash my way through. Got the person." Gu Shanhai looked visibly thinner, an unavoidable consequence.

Mainly because using his limit state was burning his vitality and lifespan. It was normal to become thinner, even his hair had turned white. Luckily, the duration was relatively short, less than ten minutes, so the loss wasn’t great. The weight loss came first from fat burning.

"Don’t rush. It’s also not too late to take out that group of pursuers." Jiang Lu glanced back at a crowd of twisted monsters and a group of proper Taoist Soldiers.

The camps were easy to differentiate, no worries about mistakenly killing the wrong side. The hideous Heart Demon Dao Soldiers belonged to Gu Shanhai, making Jiang Lu’s eyes twitch at their abstract ugliness that made it hard to find words to describe.

But it didn’t matter if they were ugly; it prevented mistaken killings.

A terrifying aura emanated from Jiang Lu, as millions of Daoist Soldiers’ leader revealed his true strength.

"Military Formation·Sharp Arrow."

"Military Formation·As Swift As Wind."

"Military Formation..."

"Strategy·Wind and Thunder Introduction."

"Strategy·Sun Wheel Arrow."

"Strategy..."

In an instant, strategies and military formations were added to the majestic presence of the Daoist Soldiers. Following Jiang Lu’s direction, a sky full of arrows turned into brilliance, tearing apart much of the sky.

This scene was witnessed by everyone. The power exerted by the leader of millions of Daoist Soldiers far exceeded everyone’s expectations.

Four Ounces Taoist Soldiers completely disintegrated into nothingness within this radiant barrage, while the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers were unaffected, indicating that it was indeed just an arrow storm. It did not harm them simply because Jiang Lu, the leader, controlled it so they wouldn’t be hit.

"Why do I even fight so hard, you could just send an arrow storm from afar..." Gu Shanhai was about to make a sarcastic comment when he noticed Jiang Lu weakening, quick to support him.

Clearly, directing millions of Daoist Soldiers was a tremendous burden for him and not something that could be casually employed.

Strong as he was, if he couldn’t use it, it was somewhat vexing. Gu Shanhai didn’t know how to compensate for this shortcoming.

"It’s okay, just a bit drained. I’ll be fine after resting for a while." After regaining some strength, Jiang Lu continued to explain, "I can command a hundred thousand Daoist Soldiers with ease, manage one million with difficulty, but ten million is beyond my control, unfortunately."

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