Chapter 890 - Ambush

Li Huowang was quite confident that the primordial breath of Strayed Ones was why they could cultivate the “Truth.”

However, he hadn’t known that the people of the Tianchen Kingdom could also touch the primordial breath inside of him!

Li Huowang saw the yellowish object in the palm that had pierced his chest and knew it was the primordial breath. This was also the first time he had seen it.

He had been wounded many times, but this was the first time his wounds were this grievous.

Li Huowang could not cultivate the “Truth” without his primordial breath. Without it, he would be no different from an ordinary person.

The arm threatened to completely sever Li Huowang’s primordial breath.

At the last moment, several tentacles sprouted out from Li Huowang’s back and held onto the arm to prevent it from being pulled out.

Li Huowang could not relinquish the precious chance that Li Sui had given him. He swiftly unsheathed his spine sword.

However, the enemy was behind him. Every time he turned around, the enemy would turn too.

In a panic, Li Huowang chose to grab onto his head and turned it forcefully towards the left. He twisted his head all the way around, making a sound of snapping bones.

Li Huowang finally saw the person who had attacked him.

There stood an elderly man, his back hunched and his eyes oddly disproportionate. A single horn emerged from his head, parting his white hair and exposing his murky gaze.

The old man had plunged his right arm deep into Li Huowang while his left arm was holding onto a rod made from a tree root and covered with gourds tightly.

“Die!” Li Huowang roared.

He dislocated his joints, swinging his sword backward with his dislocated arm.

The sword hadn’t touched the old man, and yet the old man’s body started to twist. This wasn’t Zhuge Yuan’s spine sword but instead Li Huowang’s own spine sword.

Seeing that he couldn’t pull out his arm and Li Huowang’s attack had almost reached him, the old man swung his rod decisively. He detached his right arm and ran away like a lizard leaving its tail behind and then fleeing. He managed to survive Li Huowang’s attack.

Gritting his teeth, Li Huowang forcibly repositioned his head and glanced around the theater, noticing that the old man was not the only unexpected arrival.

There was the veiled woman who played the strange musical instrument, Po Da’er, and several others sporting bizarre clothes. All eight of them had Li Huowang surrounded.

It was clear that as soon as the Tianchen Kingdom was notified of his arrival, they all hastily rushed there to deal with him.

Li Huowang warily looked at the arm lodged in his chest. He hadn't expected them to get there so quickly. More importantly, he hadn’t expected that they would learn his weaknesses so quickly that they would choose to ambush him instead.

This time, Li Huowang was facing an enemy he had never faced before—an entire world. The moment his weaknesses were exposed to them, he would face unforeseen dangers.

That ambush would’ve killed him if Li Sui wasn’t here. Li Huowang would’ve died if they had managed to snatch the primordial breath out of his body.

Po Da’er bowed to Li Huowang. “Daoist Li, we will meet again.”

“What? Are you going to continue spouting nonsense?”

Li Huowang realized that the bandits had run away during the chaos. He wanted to escape after the ambush had failed, but he refused to leave without any results.

He didn’t know how many Dragon Veins were present in the Tianchen Kingdom, and he had barely gotten any helpful information. If he were to return to the Qi Kingdom now, going back to the Tianchen Kingdom would be much more difficult next time.

Po Da’er didn’t want to attack. Instead, he continued to question Li Huowang.

“Daoist Li, I’ve heard that you are very kind. Why do you help the evil sect, then? The White Lotus Sect is evil.”

Li Huowang almost laughed out of anger, “The White Lotus Sect is evil now? Why didn’t you call the Heavenly Mater evil when you betrayed her back then?”

Po Da’er was shocked. “Daoist Li, do you trust their nonsense? They tricked you! I don’t know who’s saying that, but they’re lying! That did not happen at all. The evil Mater treated us like livestock, and the Tianchen Kingdom was like a living Hell.”

He stared towards the south and clenched his fists. “We were forced to fight back. Daoist Li, do you intend to help the evil Mater and turn the Tianchen Kingdom back into a living Hell?”

Li Huowang looked around warily. “Hoh... Everyone has their side of the story. Why are you the good guys in your story? Didn’t you want me to help you? Fine, I will help you, but don’t touch the White Lotus Sect! I will guarantee that they will not enter the Tianchen Kingdom! I am a man of my word!”

Po Da’er remained silent. It was clear that he didn’t trust Li Huowang’s words.

Li Huowang said, “Don’t try to trick me with words. It’s useless! You’ve sent many spies into the Qi Kingdom to collect information, yet you still haven’t found out why I am helping the White Lotus Sect? Li Sui, do it now!”

Li Huowang scattered like sand. However, Po Da’er and the rest saw through Li Huowang’s tricks. The old man raised his rod of gourds and lightly swung it in front of him.

The theater was blown apart like curtains in the wind. Despite being mere fragments that were on fire, Li Huowang moved towards the old man.

The elderly man lifted his rod and struck Li Huowang, causing the plugs on the gourds to open. He intended to suck Li Huowang into the gourds.

Yet, Li Huowang phased through the gourds. The fragments were just an illusion.

By the time the old man realized what was happening, it was too late. The real Li Huowang was already standing behind him.

Li Huowang stabbed his spine sword deep into the old man’s hump. The old man’s hump burst open like a large pimple, and disgusting pus splashed towards Li Huowang. The pus evaporated when it came into contact with Li Huowang’s fire, turning into white steam.

Li Huowang felt that there was something else inside the old man's hump, as there was a peculiar sensation when he pierced it.

He pulled the spine sword down and split the hump into two, revealing a stone statue of a deity hidden within the hump.