Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 71 - 00 Bandit Shi Yufeng (Seeking Favorites
Chapter 71 -0071: Bandit Shi Yufeng (Seeking Favorites and Recommendations)
Chapter 71 -0071: Bandit Shi Yufeng (Seeking Favorites and Recommendations)
The bandits chasing Qi Tian were a total of five people, each riding atop a Red-eyed Demon Wolf, yelling and screaming, like menacing evil spirits. Their cultivation levels were not low, all above the Fifth Level Qi Cultivation, and the highest one had reached the Seventh Level Qi Cultivation. Even in the Imperial Master Mansion, this was a level of cultivation that could attract many people’s attention.
Qi Tian’s cultivation level was inferior to them. Paired with their unexpected attack, he initially found it quite tough. He felt like a small white rabbit being chased by a pack of ferocious dogs, in danger of being torn apart at any moment.
Qi Tian knew his predicament all too well. He could not afford to fall into the hands of these people at any cost. The manager from the Mount Store had malicious intentions towards him. If Qi Tian fell into his hands, he would definitely be able to find out that he was not a local cultivator of the Lianying Realm. If so, he wouldn’t have the slightest chance of escaping alive.
This time, he had to fight with all his might. He absolutely could not fall into the hands of these bandits.
While Qi Tian was making full use of the terrain, running for his life, he took out a staff. This was a top-grade Human Grade Earth Attributed staff he had snatched from someone while participating in the preliminary battles for the selection of the County Master at the National Master Manor.
The reason Qi Tian chose to use the staff instead of jade talismans was simple. The staff was more energy-saving, consumed less mana, and the time needed to activate the Spells was shorter. Of course, his lack of low-level jade talismans that matched his current cultivation level also played a major role. He did have Five Elements Thunder Talismans, but the problem was that the activation time was too long. It was likely that before he even activated the Five Elements Thunder Talismans, the bandits would have caught up.
Qi Tian infused his mana into the staff. Immediately, a faint earthy yellow light shone from the staff, activating the various runes and lines engraved on it.
Staffs were a very common weapon among cultivators and did not have high requirements for the Five Elements attributes of the cultivator itself. Like this Earth Attributed staff, anyone could use it. However, non-Earth Element cultivators would find it more difficult to use, and the spell’s power would also be somewhat weaker. It essentially meant getting half the result with twice the effort. Only those cultivators with Earth Element roots could achieve twice the result with half the effort when using it.
Qi Tian had used this staff to deal with the stupid water salamanders in the mountains. The effect at that time was not bad, so he instinctively took it out this time. It was the high-grade weapon he was most familiar with.
After the Earth Attributed spirit stone embedded in the head of the staff lit up, Qi Tian swung the staff behind him. Seven or eight boulders, as large as a person, suddenly flew out of the sky and roared towards the five bandits.
The bandits’ battle experience was quite rich. They had been on guard against Qi Tian since he took out his staff. Some of them controlled their Red-eyed Demon Wolves to dodge quickly, some took out shields and held them over their heads, while others directly attacked the boulders. By the time the boulders landed, only one of the bandits was out of luck. He had already dodged the boulder aimed at him, but another member hit a boulder back at him, changing its course mid-air to strike him. He couldn’t dodge in time and was knocked to the ground by the deviated boulder, spewing blood from his mouth and looking like he wouldn’t make it.
Losing a companion right off the bat infuriated the remaining bandits. They spurred their Red-eyed Demon Wolves to move even faster, catching up with Qi Tian.
In the dim night, Qi Tian spotted a huge rock on the side of a mountain slightly ahead of him. It was about two or three people high and was on the edge of a hillside. Such a scene was not unusual on Earth. Large rocks would roll down the mountains but stop at a certain point due to some reasons. Regardless of wind or rain, they would not budge. These rocks often became unique sights for sightseers.
Qi Tian’s eyes lit up suddenly. His staff lit up again, still using the Falling Boulder attack. But this time, Qi Tian did not aim at the bandits. Instead, he aimed at the huge rock.
Boom… Boom… Boom…
A series of boulders hit the massive rock, pushing it like a heavy car. It started moving slowly. Initially, the rock only rolled slightly, but when it started moving down the steep slope, it gathered an unstoppable momentum.
Like a landslide, the massive rock rolled thunderously down the hill, hurtling towards Qi Tian and the four remaining bandits.
The boulder was Qi Tian’s own trap, so he had been prepared. Before the rock began to roll, he had already spotted its direction and avoided its path. Two of the robbers reacted quickly, controlling their red-eyed demon wolves to manoeuvre well clear of the giant stone. The remaining two were not so lucky; one quickly abandoned his red-eyed demon wolf as soon as he realised what was happening. He patted the back of the wolf and leapt to safety, but the wolf was crushed by the boulder and killed instantly. The last robber, unwilling to abandon his demon wolf, held on to the reins and tried to steer it away from the oncoming stone. However, he had clearly overestimated both his own reaction speed and the agility of the demon wolf, and the stone grazed his body and smashed his leg, which was sliced off by the sharp edges of the boulder.
At this point, of the five robbers, one was dead, one was injured, and one had lost his mount. Only two remained unscathed. The two remaining robbers howled and cursed. They had initially thought that it was going to be an easy job: five men catching a Qi Cultivation 3rd Level kid, surely it would be a breeze? Who knew Qi Tian would prove to be so elusive, making full use of his own advantages, not only did they not gain the upper hand, they suffered heavy losses. How could they stand this?
One of the robbers, with a vicious expression on his face, crack whipped his red-eyed demon wolf.
The red-eyed demon wolf was known for its speed. Now under pain, it wrung out its last reserves, further increasing its pace.
Qi Tian held an advantage. He had been the first to start moving and had made full use of the terrain advantage. However, the method he relied on for escape was the Chasing Wind Step, a Yellow-rank Lower Class technique. His average running speed was only eleven metres per second, around forty kilometres per hour. Yet, the mounts of the robbers, their red-eyed demon wolves, were not run-of-the-mill creatures. They were at least black iron middle-grade level mounts, with an average speed of eighty kilometres per hour. When sprinting, they could reach speeds of up to a hundred kilometres per hour and Qi Tian just couldn’t compete.
Just as the leading robber was closing in on Qi Tian, Qi Tian swung his magic staff behind him once more.
The robber grinned. If Qi Tian was going to use the same trick three times, then he was really underestimating his intelligence. When he looked up to see where the falling rocks were, he found that there were no rocks falling from the sky. He realised something was wrong, but it was too late. Suddenly, a wall of earth sprang up in front of him.
The robber showed no signs of panic. Instead, a cold smile crossed his lips. Like him, the red-eyed demon wolf was experienced in battle and would instinctively use its excellent jumping ability to get over the wall.
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But before his cold smile could fully appear, another wall of earth blocked their way. Qi Tian had clearly premeditated that they would attempt to jump and had preemptively set up a wall to block their path.
Such a dirty trick!
Before the robber could curse Qi Tian, his red-eyed demon wolf had already harshly slammed into the wall. Their current running speed was a hundred kilometres per hour and Qi Tian’s wall could withstand a force of over a thousand pounds. One can imagine the impact caused when such force and speed came together.
If it had just been one wall, it might have been manageable, but Qi Tian craftily set up several walls in succession.
After consecutive collisions, both the red-eyed demon wolf and its master couldn’t handle it, they fell from the sky and lay on the ground, bloody and disoriented, unable to get up.
Only one robber remained unscathed, and he was the leader of these bandits, Shi Yufeng. Despite his feminine name, Shi Yufeng was a rugged man with a deep-seated cruelty. Over the years, more than a hundred cultivators had met their end at his hands.
Shi Yufeng grasped the reins tightly. His level of cultivation was far above Qi Tian’s, at the Qi Cultivation 7th Level with eighteen meridians open. He was confident that he could overpower Qi Tian in a head-on battle. The problem was that Qi Tian was extremely slippery and kept dodging their direct attacks, trapping them with one cunning strategy after another. Shi Yufeng feared that if he kept pursuing in this way, even he might end up defeated by Qi Tian.
Shi Yufeng decided to change strategies. The reason they had suffered such a huge loss despite being far superior to Qi Tian was not because they were stupid, but because they had chosen the wrong strategy from the beginning: they had been intent on capturing Qi Tian alive. It was like Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period who had insisted on capturing Zhao Yun alive, thereby abandoning his own advantages and leaving himself open to Zhao Yun’s attacks, and hence enhancing Zhao Yun’s reputation.
Shi Yufeng resolved to stop playing the fool. He pulled out his crossbow, took aim in the direction Qi Tian was running, and triggered the crossbow. Instantly, a bolt shot out…
