Chapter 1653
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Chapter 1653 Willow Tree
“What a good technique.” Robe-clad Huo Qubing said in a deep voice, “It seems I have underestimated you…”
“Surrender now, and I can spare your life.” Armored Huo Qubing waved his long spear, and the flames burning in Chang’an city transformed into fire dragons that surged toward him, condensing into a scorching fireball with a radius of tens of meters at the spear tip.
Robe-clad Huo Qubing didn’t answer. He stomped the ground fiercely, causing the thick city wall to collapse with a rumble. Countless stones circled around him, like a suspended giant stone formation.
“A fake is still a fake. No matter what methods you use, you cannot replace me.” Robe-clad Huo Qubing gripped the spear in his hand, and his blood-stained clothes moved without wind!
Whoosh——!!
The stones around robe-clad Huo Qubing suddenly shattered. A clear bird cry whistled past and reached him. He frowned and quickly dodged backward. The sharp blade grazed his nose tip, cutting a smooth crack in the ground.
Gongyang Wan, with the face of a fierce muscular man, coldly stared at robe-clad Huo Qubing while holding a long sword picked up from somewhere. The air around the blade vibrated rapidly, as if another attack was brewing.
“At this point, you’re still calling others fake… you people are truly beyond help.” Gongyang Wan held the sword with one hand, while her other willow branch-like arm coiled beside her like a snake, with a strange eyeball staring intently at robe-clad Huo Qubing.
“Gongyang Wan… where did that eye of yours come from?” Seeing Gongyang Wan’s appearance, robe-clad Huo Qubing frowned deeply.
“Is that any of your business?”
Gongyang Wan’s figure flickered, instantly rushing dozens of meters forward. The long sword in her hand emitted a bird cry as she slashed at robe-clad Huo Qubing again!
Robe-clad Huo Qubing raised his palm, and Gongyang Wan instantly froze in place. A heart-piercing pain emanated from her mind, as if her entire being was about to split in two!
“Damn it! Why can you control the [Heart-Return Worm] too?!” Gongyang Wan’s sword fell to the ground with a clang. She clutched her head with one hand, howling in pain.
But in the next moment, the pain in her mind suddenly disappeared.
Armored Huo Qubing had also raised his hand and spoke with a grave expression, “Be careful, he has the power of [Emperor’s Dominion] like me, and can activate the [Heart-Return Worm]… You should retreat, I can handle him.”
Gongyang Wan’s expression changed several times, but she barely hesitated before quickly retreating.
She had been captured by Huo Qubing in the first place. If not for her unwillingness to see the people of Chang’an suffer and the constraint of the [Heart-Return Worm], why would she help Huo Qubing? Now that both the real and fake Huo Qubing could use the [Heart-Return Worm] to kill her, why should she take this risk?
Boom——!!
A violent rumbling sound came from the prismatic mist. Both Huo Qubings and Gongyang Wan turned to look. The approaching prismatic mist suddenly began to churn violently…
…
Three minutes earlier.
Two streaks of light rushed into the mist. Dazzling, disorienting light flowed slowly everywhere they looked, creating a sense of vertigo.
“After entering here, the concepts of direction and distance become blurred,” Lin Qiye’s gaze swept across the surroundings, looking at the endless prismatic light, recalling his previous experience here.
He hadn’t noticed it then, but thinking carefully now, he realized there were many strange things about this mist. When he was first enveloped by it, the area was roughly a mountain ravine. At his speed, he should have quickly reached the boundary, but no matter which direction he went, the mist seemed endless.
And after he encountered Wu Quan, despite having a rope only a little over 200 meters long, it seemed to stretch for kilometers in the mist… Fortunately, his fake self actively walked out of the mist, allowing them to escape through the rope in Wu Quan’s hand. Otherwise, finding a way out would have been quite troublesome.
“So how do we find the main body of this mist?” Wu Quan asked puzzledly.
Lin Qiye stopped and thought seriously. His gaze fell on the scattered stones on the ground, and his eyes lit up as if he had realized something.
“Wu Quan, how far can your [Emperor’s Dominion] extend?”
“Right now, about four kilometers.”
Lin Qiye nodded slightly. He raised his foot and stomped forcefully on the ground below. The terrifying power instantly shattered the earth within a four-kilometer radius. Countless stone fragments splashed in all directions, and a hemispherical crater appeared beneath the two.
“Use your [Emperor’s Dominion] to control these fragments. Make them stay close to the ground and move with us. Remember, they must stay close to the ground.”
“Why?” Wu Quan asked in confusion while following Lin Qiye’s instructions, controlling all the fragments within his maximum range, forming a giant circle around their feet.
“In this mist, both human perception and the distance of objects are affected… but Taboo Zones aren’t.” Lin Qiye slowly explained. “Your [Emperor’s Dominion] can only extend to a maximum of four kilometers. No matter how powerful this mist is, it can’t enlarge or shrink your limit, so your four-kilometer range of ability is our best measuring tool.”
Wu Quan suddenly understood. “I see… So next, we’ll use these four kilometers as a standard to measure the mist and find its main body?”
“Exactly.” Lin Qiye nodded. He reached out and grabbed Wu Quan’s wrist to keep him in sight. “Now, follow me. If any of the stones within your ability range hit something, alert me immediately.”
“Understood.”
Lin Qiye led Wu Quan and began walking through the mist.
Based on Lin Qiye’s visual estimate of the mist’s coverage from outside, it occupied at most a dozen square kilometers. At their speed, they could complete a thorough exploration of the mist within a minute.
Flowing colors passed continuously before their eyes, as if they were walking among colorful clouds. After some time, Wu Quan suddenly stopped.
“Found it!” he pointed in one direction.
Lin Qiye narrowed his eyes and immediately led Wu Quan toward that direction. As they approached, a huge shadow hundreds of meters tall gradually took shape within the dizzying prismatic mist!
From its appearance, it looked like a massive willow tree. The thick trunk stood on the ground like a mountain, and countless writhing black branches, like human hair, swayed slightly in the wind. Where the roots should have been, dense human legs supported the entire trunk, resembling a bizarre centipede, carrying it as it slowly moved in a certain direction.
Lin Qiye and Wu Quan stood at the foot of this enormous willow tree, just slightly taller than the root part composed of human legs. They had to raise their heads to see the full shape of the willow tree shrouded in mist.
“What… what is this thing??” Looking at such a bizarre and enormous willow tree, Wu Quan felt his scalp tingle.
Lin Qiye, having seen K-system creatures before, wasn’t too surprised. His gaze narrowed slightly. On the trunk of the willow tree, strange pustules bulged out, appearing human-shaped from the outside.
