Chapter 406: The Oriole Behind (2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Boom, boom, boom!

Loud bangs continuously sounded. Under the night sky, several thunderclaps rang out in the majestic Yun’an, and dazzling flames soared into the sky in the east of the city.

More than ten houses in the area where Ye Jingtang was exploded into pieces one after another. The blinding lights and loud rumbles directly blinded and deafened the ears and eyes of the two parties in a pursuit.

This sudden earth-shattering attack stunned even the extremely intelligent Dongfang Liren. She curled up in Ye Jingtang’s arms and closed her eyes.

The shock wave sent Ye Jingtang flying about eight meters high. He adjusted his body in midair. Along with the debris filling the sky, he landed in the house that had instantly turned into ruins and protected Dongfang Liren behind him.

Shi Yanfeng, who had been blown back, also landed nearby. The explosion didn’t injure his body, but his hair and clothes were tattered and had sparks on them. Being pressed under rubble, he coughed repeatedly as he tried to flip over.

Ye Jingtang’s ears were buzzing, and there were countless spots of light in front of his eyes. Most of his extraordinary perception had been temporarily deprived from him, and he could only rely on his vision to guard against the surrounding ruins.

For the opponent to be able to stage such a huge scene, the preparations were obviously not limited to this.

As soon as Ye Jingtang stabilized himself, he vaguely sensed that something was wrong. And then…

Bam! Bam!

Two balls pierced through the flames of the ruins and exploded in the air before they even got close. One shot needles in all directions, and the other fell to the ground and exploded into thick grayish-yellow smoke.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Thousands of flying needles rained down like a storm, almost covering every corner of the ruins.

Ye Jingtang knew that something was wrong. The moment the balls flew over, he had already dashed to the side and grabbed the stunned Shi Yanfeng to block in front of him.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Countless flying needles hit Shi Yanfeng’s body. The Golden Scale Skin was indeed domineering. The flying needles didn’t penetrate his skin, but the wound on his chest and eyes weren’t so lucky. The flying needles pierced into his flesh, and he immediately let out a miserable scream. “Ahhhh!”

Ye Jingtang protected Dongfang Liren tightly. He bent down and used Shi Yanfeng as a shield to block the rain of needles. At the same time, he flew back to avoid the billowing poisonous smoke spreading in all directions.

Ding, ding, ding!

Countless flying needles poured out until the ball landed on the ground.

The poisonous smoke spread across the ruins with the hot airflow brought by the flames. Its speed was slightly lower. Ye Jingtang didn’t know if the opponent had any other tricks up their sleeves, so he didn’t dare to dodge in the air according to common sense. Instead, he ran wildly out of the ruins in a straight line and relied on his astonishing speed to escape the range of the poisonous smoke.

Only when they were far away did Ye Jingtang dare to stop. He held Shi Yanfeng, who was screaming in agony, and vigilantly guarded against his surroundings.

Moments later, his ears and eyes recovered. The surrounding sounds returned to his ears, and chaotic screams came from afar.

“Ahhhh!”

“What’s wrong?!”

“It’s thundering!”

Dongfang Liren had been well protected and wasn’t injured, but she was in a daze for a while. When she recovered, she found that she was standing outside the ruins, being held in Ye Jingtang’s arms, and there were screams in front of her like a malicious ghost’s.

“Ye—”

“Shh! Don’t show your head!”

Seeing this, Dongfang Liren quickly held her breath and slipped out two daggers from her sleeves. She hid in Ye Jingtang’s arms and paid attention to the surroundings.

“All—cough cough… Pfft—” Shi Yanfeng’s front was almost black from the smoke, and there were several oily green flying needles inserted in the wound on his chest. It was the same for his left eye.

After Shi Yanfeng screamed for a while, blood gushed out of his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth due to the twisted and knotted blood vessels all over his body. He was held up by Ye Jingtang and twitching non-stop.

Ye Jingtang had no time to care about the life and death of the bandit leader. His heart was beating like a drum as he carefully sensed his surroundings. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he slowly retreated and shouted, “Come here!”

The loud noises had shaken the entire east side of the city. The streets were noisy as far as the eye could see. Countless figures even appeared on the distant city wall.

There were three patrolling chief constables of the Black Office on Dragon Creek Alley. After Ye Jingtang took action, they had rushed over hurriedly. But Ye Jingtang had run too fast, and they couldn’t catch up. After the earth-shattering explosions, they were stunned in the distance.

Hearing the voice, the three chief constables rushed over. “Sir Ye…”

“Guard the surroundings and be careful of traps. Send a letter to inform the Black Office and the surrounding imperial guards to come over and put out the fire and search for the rebels.”

“Yes.” The chief constable who had run over first immediately stopped. He took out the signal flare from behind his waist and shot it high into the sky.

Swish!

Bam!

Ye Jingtang’s eyes were sharp. He raised his saber and looked around for a long time. From the corner of his eye, he looked at the bird circling in the sky and whistled.

The bird’s vision was astonishing in low-light environments, but when it encountered the sudden burst of intense light and loud bangs, it was clearly stunned. It had already pulled up to an extremely high altitude and was circling irregularly, indicating that the situation was too chaotic and it couldn’t find the target.

Ye Jingtang signaled for the bird to continue observing any suspicious figures around them. Then under the watch of the three chief constables, he protected Dongfang Liren and moved toward Dragon Creek Alley, which they had just run through.

Dongfang Liren’s heart was beating extremely fast. She instinctively grabbed Ye Jingtang’s clothes, but she found that the robe on his back had been blown to pieces. Only a few cloth straps were hanging, and they fell off as soon as she grabbed them. Her expression changed slightly as she sized up his entire body. “Are you hurt?”

Ye Jingtang was still wearing soft armor inside. His back wasn’t injured from the explosion, but it was inevitable that there would be some abrasions on his arms and legs. He lowered his head and glanced at his body before replying, “I’m fine. The enemy wasn’t here for Liu Qiansheng, but for me. There are experts good at hidden weapons and mechanisms in the dark, so don’t show your face.”

Hearing this, Dongfang Liren frowned slightly.

There were experts in using hidden weapons and mechanisms in Great Wei, but they were all classified as villains in Jianghu, and everyone hated them. Without the soil to nurture them, they naturally couldn’t grow stronger..