Chapter 4676 — Joining the Fight
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Ahead, the false-man vines blocked the way, and since none of them were willing to simply turn back, they found themselves caught in a dilemma.
Wei Zhao and Huo Yudie, however, were not much concerned. Neither of them had come for this so-called Everlasting Root; they had not even wanted to travel with these people in the first place. Standing at the rear now, they showed not the slightest inclination to step forward and solve the problem.
"Senior Brother Yi, think of something, quick—what are we supposed to do now? Should we take another route?" Yao Jiali asked, all fluster and no poise.
"Another route? How could we? Can't you see the bottomless gorges on both sides? Even if we could find a second path, how long would the detour take? Our time is limited!" Yi Xiaotian shook his head again and again. The Nascent Soul Great Perfection trial lasted a month at most; long as that was compared with the others, it was still strictly finite, and could not bear the slightest waste.
"Exactly. If even this mountain peak harbors such dreadful monsters, who knows what lurks in those sunless gorges? They might well be some mass grave left over from ancient times, with horrors inside beyond imagining—whether the few of us can even get through alive is another question entirely!" Ren Zhongyuan agreed.
"Then we've no choice at all?" Yao Jiali's face had gone somewhat green. The thing that had attacked her a moment ago was only one of the giant vines; now a dense, unbroken expanse of them confronted them—the false-man vines had all emerged from the sand, and these giant creepers blotted the sky and covered the earth, dozens, even a hundred of them. One careless step, and would they not be lashed to shreds?!
"No help for it—there's only this one road, and we can't give up halfway. Let's go!" Ren Zhongyuan drew a deep breath, and the golden bell of protective qi reappeared around his body. Gritting his teeth, he was the first to charge at the false-man vines blocking the way.
Knowing there was a tiger on the mountain, he still headed straight for it—he refused to show cowardice before Huo Yudie, especially with a nuisance like Wei Zhao present. True, the vast gulf between them meant he could never be a rival in love or a competitor, but what if the brat had ulterior motives and seized the chance to belittle him in front of Huo Yudie?
Yi Xiaotian and Yao Jiali exchanged a glance, and with no better option could only follow head-on. Before making her move, Yao Jiali deliberately looked back at Huo Yudie and Wei Zhao, who had fallen behind, and said with a note of mockery, "You two don't mean to just stand there watching and pick up the spoils when it's done, do you?"
Huo Yudie gave a cold snort and, without another word, stepped forward to strike at the false-man vines. Unwilling as she was to travel with these people, she was not yet thick-skinned enough for that—and in any case, they would never simply let her reap the rewards of their labor.
Wei Zhao had assumed that a delicate young woman like Huo Yudie must favor soft, yielding techniques, like the water-snake footwork Yao Jiali had displayed a moment ago; after all, both were from Chenjiao Academy, and their martial arts should not differ much.
Yet the instant Huo Yudie made her move, his eyes lit up. Her technique was elegant, yet swift and decisive—she was more than a match for Ren Zhongyuan and Yi Xiaotian both.
When he saw Huo Yudie, light as a fluttering butterfly and seemingly without effort, cleave a giant vine in two with a single palm strike, Wei Zhao could not help smacking his lips; stroking his chin, he sighed, "You really can't judge a book by its cover."
Watching the four of them dart and soar as they fought the false-man vines, Wei Zhao had no wish to exert himself, yet he was too embarrassed to truly stand by and spectate. With a flicker of movement, he joined them.