Chapter 2468 — You Are an Alchemist?
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So Wei Zhao abandoned any notion of the Wildfire Eight-Trigram Palm and went straight to compressing his true-qi bomb, preparing to hit the thing with one massive strike.
"Wh-what exactly are you?" the yellow-haired man quavered, asking cautiously.
"Heh heh heh heh..." The monster laughed again, yet gave no answer to the yellow-haired man. Instead, it seemed to be speaking to Wang Xinyan: "Come with me..."
With that, the monster slowly drifted into the distance, and Wang Xinyan set off, following close behind it. She was no cultivator, and her walking pace was limited, but the monster seemed to know her speed; floating just ahead of her, it kept to the very same pace.
"Wang Xinyan!" Seeing her walk off after the monster, Wei Zhao was alarmed and shouted again at the top of his voice.
But to his dismay, Wang Xinyan seemed utterly unable to hear him, and went on walking slowly after the monster.
"Jingjing, you and You Panhu and the others wait here. I'll follow and take a look!" Wei Zhao said, his expression grave.
The reason he would not let Han Jingyi come along was that if he had to use the true-qi bomb—his great finishing move—he would already be hard pressed just to keep Wang Xinyan safe; there was no way he could look after Han Jingyi as well. So leaving her with You Panhu and the others was plainly the safest course.
And from the situation at hand, it was fairly clear that this monster-like thing seemed interested only in carrying off Wang Xinyan; toward You Panhu, Kang Jinglong, Yellow Hair, and Purple Hair it showed scarcely any interest.
It had sent Purple Hair flying, but had not killed him—so its aim seemed singular indeed: it wanted only to seize Wang Xinyan!
With that thought, Wei Zhao strode rapidly after them. Yet the true-qi bomb in his hand never paused for an instant, compressing all the while.
Wei Zhao did not know what exactly the enemy was, nor how large a true-qi bomb it would take to annihilate it, so he could only pour in all his strength, packing as much true qi as possible into the bomb—keeping back just enough to repair his own meridians should he be injured.
Wei Zhao followed behind Wang Xinyan, and the ghoul ahead seemed not to mind him at all; its attention appeared fixed wholly on Wang Xinyan. It turned a blind eye to what Wei Zhao was doing—or perhaps it did see him and simply did not regard him as worth a thought.
In the blink of an eye, Wei Zhao realized that Han Jingyi and the others behind him had vanished from sight, and that he himself had arrived in an unfamiliar place. It was as though the road he walked and the scenery he passed were all shifting.
"What exactly are you? Where are you taking Xinyan? If you don't answer, I won't hold back!" Wei Zhao felt the true-qi bomb in his hand was about ready now, so he spoke to the thing.
But the misty, hazy mass seemed to pay Wei Zhao no heed whatsoever, still going its own way and guiding Wang Xinyan onward.
Wei Zhao frowned, abruptly quickened his pace, yanked Wang Xinyan hard behind him, and hurled a true-qi bomb straight at the misty mass, blasting it squarely.
"BOOM—"
A tremendous roar—the roar of the true-qi bomb's energy exploding. At the instant he released it, Wei Zhao used his true qi to shield Wang Xinyan away; a blast might not kill him, but if Wang Xinyan were caught in it, she would certainly not survive.
With that roar, the misty mass was blasted into four scattering pieces, breaking into wisps of fine vapor that spread outward. At the sight, Wei Zhao breathed a deep sigh of relief—man or ghost, the thing before him had finally been destroyed!
"Hoo..." Wei Zhao was just about to turn and see how Wang Xinyan was faring when he suddenly heard a sinister, ghastly laugh!