Chapter 2458 — Running for His Life
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"ROAR—you're asking for death!" Seeing that not one of the three had stopped, the great turtle was now certain they had stolen its Turtle-Saliva Ice Crystal. It flew into a towering rage and came hurtling in pursuit.
Yet for all its bulk and its long strides, the great turtle was, after all, a creature of the order Testudines, and its crawling speed was nothing remarkable. Its great strides just barely kept pace with Wei Zhao and the others—perhaps even a shade faster!
Sure enough, it was nearly upon Kang Jinglong. The great turtle lashed out with a claw. It did not strike him squarely, but the wind of the swipe still caught him across the back, and Kang Jinglong pitched forward and crashed to the ground, sent sprawling every which way.
"Help! Wei Zhao, save me!" Sprawled on the ground, Kang Jinglong cried out at the top of his lungs, hoping Wei Zhao would lend him a hand.
Even as he cried for help, Kang Jinglong fought down the pain and scrambled swiftly to his feet. Normally his constitution was quite sound—in university his athletic scores had been excellent—but today he had taken several savage beatings in a row and had eaten nothing since to restore his strength, so most of his energy was spent. Add to that the fall, and his legs had gone clumsy beneath him.
Seeing the great turtle draw closer and closer, its claw about to come down again, Kang Jinglong suddenly bellowed, "STOP! Don't chase me—that little bottle was thrown away by the man up ahead, it has nothing to do with me, so leave me alone!"
Hearing this shameless talk, the great turtle was almost amused. "I've never seen anyone as slippery as you. You hurt my children before—I told you all that you would die—and now, no matter which of you laid hands on my Turtle-Saliva Ice Crystal, you will all answer for it!"
Seeing he could not talk the great turtle around, and that its claw was about to come down, Kang Jinglong's will to survive erupted with superhuman force in the face of death. Summoning every ounce of strength he had, he ran madly forward and actually managed to gain a few steps on Wei Zhao, opening up some distance between himself and the great turtle!
Still, he had to thank his own shameless words for making the great turtle hesitate a moment and slow its pace; otherwise it would surely have brought its claw down on him right then.
Even so, Kang Jinglong dared not let down his guard. He knew his stamina had hit its limit and that he could not keep running much longer, so he could only plead with a woebegone face: "Wei Zhao, save me, please! Just save me and I'll turn a blind eye to whatever is going on between you and Xinyan—how about that? I swear I won't pursue any of it..."
Even at a moment like this, Kang Jinglong still chose his words artfully. He did not say he would dissolve his engagement to Wang Xinyan—only that he would turn a blind eye to whatever was between Wei Zhao and her, which was plainly leaving himself room to renege later.