Chapter 56: Temptation

After Seeing Yu Lang and Qin Lian's Weight had made their agreement, he took out a bamboo whistle from his chest, then placed it by his lips, and immediately a faint, sharp sound spread through the fog.

Zhao Kuo heard the sound and his body immediately began to struggle frantically. The four students from the Eastern Origin Academy beside him hurriedly pinned him down hard.

Zhao Kuo couldn't break free, his face flushed red, his eyes brimming with tears. The way he gritted his teeth and glared at Seeing Yu Lang was as if he wanted to swallow him alive.

Qin Lian's Weight, who had still harbored some doubt about Seeing Yu Lang, saw Zhao Kuo's reaction and finally relaxed a little, though his contempt for Seeing Yu Lang deepened even more.

This guy really has no backbone at all.

But that's fine too—right now he needs exactly this kind of spineless fool.

"Let's go, move forward slowly."

Qin Lian's Weight gave the order, and Seeing Yu Lang immediately set off, advancing toward the front.

Somewhere in the fog, Li Luo, who had been quietly waiting for the mist to gradually disperse, suddenly opened his half-closed eyes.

He had heard some whistle sounds.

Li Luo's brow furrowed slightly, then he pressed his fingers against the tree trunk beside him and began tapping lightly in rhythm with the whistle.

After a moment, he muttered, "Five people? Must be the ones Qin Lian's Weight brought, right? Those two guys, how unlucky can they get?"

When they had joined forces to fish earlier, Li Luo had made some preparations with Zhao Kuo and Seeing Yu Lang. One of them was using whistle signals to pass along simple information.

By their agreement, if this kind of situation occurred, the one who hadn't been captured had to find a way to rescue the others. If the enemy was too strong, they were to try their best to find some classmates from South Wind Academy for help.

"Qin Lian's Weight."

Li Luo curled his lip slightly, his palms resting on the hilts of the twin blades at his waist, a cold glint surfacing in his eyes.

"I let you get away last time, and you really think I can't deal with you?"

Li Luo turned around and, without hesitation, headed toward the direction the whistle had come from. Soon, his figure vanished into the fog.

In the fog, several figures advanced slowly.

Qin Lian's Weight held Seeing Yu Lang at the front, while the four students from the Eastern Origin Academy behind flanked Zhao Kuo from front and back.

The whistle sounds kept spreading.

Qin Lian's Weight frowned and said, "Why is there still no response?"

Seeing Yu Lang said helplessly, "The fog is so thick, maybe Li Luo ran too far just now?"

Qin Lian's Weight said with some impatience, "Hurry up, don't waste our time."

Seeing Yu Lang hurriedly agreed, then blew the whistle forcefully.

But what no one noticed was that behind them, the fog rippled faintly, a pale watery light shimmering. Then, just as everyone focused their attention ahead, a hand eerily reached out from the fog, grabbed the last person's mouth in one go, and a fist howled through the air, smashing into his head and knocking him out cold with a single punch.

However, the other three from the Eastern Origin Academy reacted instantly, roaring, "Someone's ambushing us!"

Qin Lian's Weight in front changed expression and whipped his head around toward the back. And at that very instant, several blue light spheres shot violently out from the fog.

Bang!

The light spheres exploded, and a blinding flash burst forth.

Everyone present felt a stinging pain in their eyes and couldn't help closing them.

At that moment, Zhao Kuo, who had shut his eyes from the very start, charged headfirst through the three men and plunged into the fog.

"Damn, we fell for it!"

By now Qin Lian's Weight understood perfectly well he'd been set up. Furious, he swung his cleaver down at Seeing Yu Lang right in front of him.

But the latter kicked off with his foot, Wind phase power erupted, and his figure darted out like the wind, just barely evading the blade's reach.

"Haha, you stupid donkey still want to catch this young master?"

Seeing Yu Lang jeered, then also charged into the fog and quickly vanished.

Qin Lian's Weight's face turned ashen. Yellow phase power erupted across his body, and he shot forward. The cleaver in his hand transformed into a vicious blade of light and was hurled like lightning toward the direction Seeing Yu Lang had disappeared.

Clang!

But from within the fog, twin blades rose trailing blade-light, blue radiance flashing across them, and they collided directly with Qin Lian's Weight's blade-flash. The cleaver rebounded back.

Qin Lian's Weight grabbed the hilt in one motion, swept the blade, and stared darkly in that direction.

There, in the faint mist, Li Luo stood holding his twin blades, smiling as he stared at him. Behind him were Zhao Kuo and Seeing Yu Lang.

"Good for you, you dare to play me." Qin Lian's Weight glared viciously at Seeing Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo. By now he understood perfectly what had happened. Seeing Yu Lang's whistle earlier had indeed drawn Li Luo, but clearly it had also conveyed some information, so that Li Luo hadn't blundered blindly into their encirclement, and had instead prepared thoroughly and ambushed them.

Seeing Yu Lang sighed lightly and said, "Big brother, it's not that I'm tricking you—it's just that he paid more!"

As he spoke, he winked at Qin Lian's Weight. The implication was crystal clear: How about it, want to pay more?

Qin Lian's Weight's face flushed red with rage, his breathing Coarse and Heavy, his gaze vicious.

"Hey, this guy's mad as a bull—shouldn't we pull back first? The fog here seems to be clearing." Seeing Yu Lang saw this and hurriedly said.

But Li Luo didn't move. Instead he smiled and said, "Why retreat? Such a big fish, finally hooked—I can't bear to throw it back."

Seeing Yu Lang was startled and quickly said, "Are you blind with lard? That guy's Ke Shi Ba Yin strength, and he has three helpers too."

"Those three, I'll leave them to you two—no problem?" Li Luo asked.

"You're serious?" Seeing Yu Lang's expression grew more solemn.

Li Luo stared at Qin Lian's Weight, nodded slightly, and said, "My patience with him is pretty much used up, so I think he should pay some price."

Seeing Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo exchanged a glance, deliberated for a few breaths, and finally nodded.

"Fine, I've been wanting to teach these bastards a lesson too." Excitement welled up in Zhao Kuo's eyes. He grabbed his great axe and slashed twice with a whoosh.

Across from them, Qin Lian's Weight saw this scene, and his originally furious face suddenly broke into a laugh.

"You're not running?" he said with an incredulous laugh.

Li Luo had gone to great lengths to rescue Zhao Kuo and Seeing Yu Lang. The sensible thing now would be to flee while the fog hadn't fully cleared. But Qin Lian's Weight hadn't expected that this Li Luo seemed to actually be planning to cause him trouble?

Does being handsome suck all the brains out of a person?

Qin Lian's Weight gripped his cleaver, swung it lightly, blade-light slicing the air with a whooshing sound. Then he stared at Li Luo, the smile at the corner of his mouth gradually turning savage.

"Li Luo, don't think that just because you're some young mansion lord, I wouldn't dare touch you. If you fail here, the ones who lose face will be you and the House Luolan Mansion."

Li Luo smiled and said, "Do not jump to conclusions, or if you end up crashing, won't it be both shameful and a loss of points?"

"Oh? Are you even worthy?"

Qin Lian's Weight sneered, then waved his hand toward the three people from Dongyuan Academy behind him and said, "That Seeing Yu Lang and Zhao Kuo, I leave them to you. I will deal with this Li Luo first."

All three agreed; they were all at the Seven Seal strength, and with three against two, they held no fear of the opponents.

"We are going first; be careful yourself. If you find you cannot handle it, send the signal; we must find a chance to withdraw." Seeing Yu Lang reminded him in a low voice, then ran off with Zhao Kuo in another direction.

The three opponents immediately gave chase.

With their departure, only Li Luo and Qin Lian's Weight remained facing each other here.

Qin Lian's Weight gripped his cleaver, his eyes fierce and contemptuous as he stared at Li Luo. However, this time he did not speak nonsense again; yellow Phasing Power erupted violently, all Eight Seals of Phasing Power fully displayed.

Oppressive pressure swept outward.

"Li Luo, now that you regret it, it is too late!"

"Watch Laozi stomp your face into a mush!"

Amidst his laughter, Qin Lian's Weight's figure shot out violently; the blade light whistled, swirling up yellow radiance, and crashed down heavily upon Li Luo.

(End of this chapter)