The Post Sky Tipping Era
Chapter 669 - 471: The Red Fishhook

Chapter 669: Chapter 471: The Red Fishhook

Xuan Yuezi originally thought that the dangers on Earth were nothing much. Even if they were Immortal Cultivators from the Xuanxian Continent, she wouldn’t care. If she could restore her full strength and wield her Inheritance Dao Artifact, she might still be able to compete with an Immortal. This confidence wasn’t arrogance, but stemmed from her many years of cultivation experience.

After all, Xuan Yuezi was once one of the Seven Immortals, renowned for her beauty and brilliance.

Unexpectedly, in this Dark World, such terrifyingly dangerous things were hidden, which was completely against common sense.

One should know that the people inside the building were all ordinary people, and those monsters, evil objects, could be easily defeated even with Li Yi’s mere Five Qi Realm level strength. In such a world, it stands to reason that no supremely powerful creatures should be born. However, as soon as her True Dragon of Magic Power was extinguished, she realized how incomprehensibly strong the opponent was.

Perhaps the opponent was comparable to a Cultivator of Great Perfection, or even an Enlightened being.

But no matter what, she would no longer take the risk of fighting, and instead directly take Li Yi far from danger.

Li Yi had forty-nine Sacrifice Spells on him. If he died, everyone else would die too.

However, at this moment, the crimson fishhook hanging in the dark sky seemed to have locked onto Li Yi. No matter how Xuan Yuezi tried to hide or evade with Li Yi, it remained fixed on him, so escape was futile; confrontation was the only option.

"If that fishhook hits, it might be hard to survive." Li Yi’s eyes flickered, he felt a warning from his soul.

He sensed the danger and crisis.

He intended to take out the Xuanhuang Seal and fight with all his might, to see if he could shatter the strange fishhook with eyes, but he quickly dismissed this idea. He had attracted this dangerous thing with the Wind Summoning Technique just now, and if he acted again, there might be other more dangerous things attracted as well.

The darkness above the sky was endless, who knew what else could be drawn here.

"Let’s go to the train and see if we can escape the fishhook using the train," Li Yi changed his mind and said.

"Alright." Xuan Yuezi increased her speed again, swiftly passing through the buildings, quickly catching up with the distant old steam train.

But the train, traveling through the city, showed no sign of stopping. Even when she and Li Yi reached the train’s side, they couldn’t enter the carriage.

"I’ll split open the carriage." Xuan Yuezi hesitated a moment before raising her fair hand, preparing to act.

If this strike could send Li Yi into the carriage, it would be worth exposing her aura.

"No, Immortal, wait." At this moment, Li Yi saw the pacing crimson fishhook slow down. It seemed to avoid the train and didn’t want to approach rashly, always hovering and wandering around the train.

Xuan Yuezi also noticed this scene: "It’s working, this fishhook doesn’t dare approach the train."

Li Yi said, "As I guessed, any train that can travel freely in the Dark World must possess some special power, which can resist the invasion of darkness and evil objects. Otherwise, this thing would have long been destroyed by evil objects. But just this isn’t enough; let me try to predict the train’s trajectory and see if it can collide with that fishhook and break it."

"That’s too dangerous." Xuan Yuezi furrowed her brows. "Once the train changes its trajectory or the timing is wrong, you could be hit by that fishhook and die."

"It’s no better being constantly targeted by this thing. I am confident; Immortal, just watch from the side." Li Yi’s eyes flickered, and he immediately used Cloud Ascension and headed straight towards the front of the train.

Just as he left the train’s protective influence, the hovering crimson fishhook attacked again.

Although Li Yi’s Cloud Ascension was fast, this evil object with eyes was faster, pursuing like a red lightning, seemingly determined to not stop until he was struck down.

In no time.

Li Yi stopped about two kilometers ahead on the road in front of the train.

"Come."

His silver vertical pupils gleamed brightly, firmly locking onto the eerie fishhook descending from the sky. At the same time, he discreetly held an old, cracked wooden stick.

This was a Spiritual Weapon brought from World 36.

Spending ten years of lifespan for one strike, as long as it hit the opponent’s head, it could put the opponent into a deep sleep, completely unreasonable.

Since the fishhook had eyes, it could be considered the head, right?

After all, behind the eyes is the head, which is very logical and sensible.

If it didn’t work.

Then both he and the fishhook would be hit by the train.

This was the twofold preparation.

Of course, if luck were on his side, and the timing was perfect, he could be safely hit by the train just before the fishhook attacked him.

Li Yi stood unmoving, body tense, while the fishhook in the sky drew ever closer to him, and meanwhile, the train was also rapidly approaching him.

According to his calculations, the timing should be just right.

Yet the crimson fishhook seemed to sense the threat from the train, its eyes glanced to the side. However, the fishhook’s intelligence seemed limited. At this moment, it made a decision to attack Li Yi first, so its speed increased again, attempting to kill the target before the train could hit.

"So fast."

Li Yi’s eyes suddenly narrowed, realizing he didn’t have time to wait for the train.

Fortunately, he was prepared.

The cracked short stick in his hand struck out instantly, accurately hitting the red fishhook.

Bam!

The powerful force sent Li Yi flying backward, crashing heavily against the wall of a building dozens of meters away before finally coming to a halt.

However, after being hit by the cracked short stick, the crimson fishhook lost its power instantly, becoming limp, and its eyes closed, falling into slumber.

"It worked." Li Yi was overjoyed at this sight.

The silent, bizarre fishhook fell to the ground and remained motionless, while the train rapidly approached, crushing over it within three seconds.

The train passed right before his eyes.

The crimson hook has disappeared at this moment.

Li Yi saw only a phantom, a broken fishing line floating in the sky, and then slowly retracting back into the depths of darkness.

"We did it." Xuan Yuezi in midair showed both surprise and joy.

She didn’t expect Li Yi to have such a way to escape that eerie hook.

Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief, glad that his three months of delivering messages in World 36 were not wasted. Though he didn’t gain much, he at least learned valuable experience; to deal with this evil object required similarly eerie Spiritual Weapons, and utilizing the local strange powers of this world.

Relying solely on one’s strength was ineffective, even someone as powerful as Xuan Yuezi had suffered.

If he had used a Dao Artifact for a life-and-death struggle, he’d most likely be the one defeated.

As the train before him sped past.

The ground was left with a puddle of crimson blood, which started to flow towards the surrounding buildings, drawn by them.

Very soon.

The blood was absorbed upon touching the walls of the buildings.

However, the blood obtained from the crimson hook seemed to contain some very powerful force, and the two buildings beside instantly lit all their lights, with a strong energy field emanating. Moreover, the decayed parts of two tall corpses inside the building began to visibly repair.

The pale bodies even regained some slight rosiness.

Thump, thump!

The next moment.

Strong, powerful heartbeat sounds came from inside the two buildings.

Such commotion shocked Li Yi and Xuan Yuezi outside.

Could the energy from the hook have revived the corpses inside the building?

Xuan Yuezi immediately began observing but soon said, "It’s a pity the corpses inside aren’t revived, though they’ve regained vitality. Maybe if all the blood from the hook were fed to one building, it might directly awaken the corpses inside. I noticed this earlier; the falling flesh and blood of the defeated being were absorbed by the buildings’ corpses, showing signs of revival."

"Seems there are many secrets in this world," Li Yi said, "but the issue with the hook has at least been resolved safely."

"You actually thought to use the train to crush your hook," Xuan Yuezi was surprised, with eyes full of admiration for Li Yi.

This was not something achieved only by power, but entirely by the ability for swift decision-making.

Li Yi said, "It’s nothing, this is basic maneuvering in World 36, Yang Wei undoubtedly plays this even better. Okay, let’s not talk about this now, we need to catch the next train, but before that, we must restrain ourselves while acting. If another hook appears, we might not be so lucky."

Xuan Yuezi nodded, "My aura is also exposed, I won’t act unless absolutely necessary. You should use Martial Arts as much as possible; your Martial Arts derive from the body’s own power, which shouldn’t be repelled by this world."

"I agree," Li Yi said.

Then Xuan Yuezi stopped using Cloud Soaring Technique, directly descending from mid-air.

"We should leave here first." Li Yi glanced around and saw dead soul creatures with sickles flying toward him from the sky above.

Besides, eerie eyes were lit up in the dark corners, unknown what monsters lurked in the darkness.

Li Yi did not stay here, wrapped Gang Qi around Xuan Yuezi, and then flew away in pursuit of the train.

Even so, the monsters in the dark still focused on and followed him.

These monsters posed limited threats, he didn’t pay them much mind.

After about ten minutes of chasing the train, its speed finally slowed and then stopped in front of a building.

At this moment, the train’s carriage opened, someone disembarked, and others boarded from the building.

Seeing this, Li Yi rushed over hurriedly.

Suddenly his appearance immediately drew the attention of the other passengers getting on and off the train.

"What is that?"

A tall man in medieval armor holding a shining sword let out a shout, vigilant towards the dark direction.

But at this moment, Li Yi controlled Gang Qi to whip up a raging wind, rushing directly into the carriage.

Behind him, a group of dead soul creatures flew and hovered in the air, wielding sickles and letting out bizarre screeches, while in the darkness many pairs of monster eyes lit up, rapidly approaching.

"Damn, monsters are being drawn by something." The disembarking person cursed, hurriedly withdrawing into the nearby building.

The man holding the Great Sword however looked at the carriage inside, puzzled, at Li Yi and Xuan Yuezi.

Are they human, or human-shaped monsters?

If he wasn’t mistaken, these two came out of the dark in a second and entered the carriage.

This kind of speed... are they human?

If they intended to kill him just now, he likely wouldn’t have had any chance to fight back.

The man suddenly broke into a cold sweat but decided to stay away from these two due to the fear of the unknown, deciding not to ride the train anytime soon.

Immediately, he ran into the nearest building, using its shelter to escape the dangers in the darkness.

Li Yi, however, ignored many others; inside the train carriage, he saw a mummy hanging on the wall. The mummy wore a hat, seemingly a ticket seller.