Chapter 496: Immobilization

Gazes intersected and collided, doubt and hostility rising and falling.

Three groups of people, their minds in chaos.

If we talk about identity, looking at their figures and weapons, it was actually already out in the open.

Wu Zhi, Gao Lei, Japanese pirates.

The Japanese pirates were here to seek revenge and silence them, not to mention that, but the goals of Gao Lei and Wu Zhi were not exactly the same.

"Are the two of you together?"

The lead Japanese pirate saw the awkward atmosphere between the two.

The two, who should have been of the same sect, snorted coldly in unison.

"Heh."

"Tch."

Under the night, the hostility between the two was even less concealed than during the day.

The lead Japanese pirate also frowned.

"Tsk... forget it, are you two leaving or not?"

"If you don't leave, don't blame us for being impolite!"

Eight Japanese pirates pressed their hands on their sword hilts in unison, but did not draw them. There were many schools of Japanese swordsmanship, but because the shapes of Japanese swords were similar, basically every school had "Iaijutsu" (quick-draw) moves.

So unlike the Central Plains Jianghu, the Japanese did not need to draw their weapons; just by pressing their hands on the hilts, they were already in a full-on threatening posture.

Wu Zhi and Gao Lei retreated a step in unison.

Clearly, they had seen Japanese pirates before.

Gao Lei had just jumped in, and this retreat took him to the wall.

Wu Zhi, however, retreated one step to the window of the main room, his back pressed tightly against the window, his hand gripping the sword hilt tightly, his teeth clenched. Among the three parties present, he was the weakest, and having injured his crotch, he had nowhere to run.

Actually, he had wanted to leave just a moment ago.

But now he couldn't leave.

Because Gao Lei opposite him was staring at him intently, and he had read the killing intent in Gao Lei's eyes—he wanted to borrow a knife to kill someone.

Although the two were of the same sect, they had been enemies for a long time, and it was just that Gao Lei was wary of the sect and didn't dare to make a move. But today the Japanese pirates had come, and Gao Lei had a scapegoat. —If Wu Zhi left just now, Gao Lei would have chased him down and killed him. But if Wu Zhi didn't leave, given the strength comparison of everyone present, he would definitely be the first to die.

As his thoughts raced, he gritted his teeth.

"I originally thought about saving your life, but now I've blocked a disaster for you... Since we are now grasshoppers on the same rope, don't just lie there waiting for me to save you!"

Once his mind was made up, Wu Zhi suddenly lifted his elbow and slammed it viciously toward the window behind him, intending to use this to wake Li Miao to fight the enemy together!

Just as his elbow was about to hit the window—but suddenly, Wu Zhi felt a numbness in the back of his neck, and a chill drilled from the Fengchi acupoint into his Dantian, instantly robbing him of his body's freedom.

At the same time, a formless True Qi drilled out from the window crack, wrapping around Wu Zhi and fixing him in place.

"What... is going on!?"

Wu Zhi was terrified!

Although he couldn't move, he was still conscious, and his five senses were all functioning normally. He tried to struggle, but felt like a bug sealed in amber, unable to move a fraction no matter how hard he tried.

Clearly there was nothing beside him, yet he clearly felt locked; he had never even heard of such a thing, which simply made him think of the ghost stories in storybooks, and a chill rose from the bottom of his heart.

But—the horror was still to come.

"Senior Brother, since you've come, didn't you prepare some means of self-defense?"

Wu Zhi's voice came from behind Wu Zhi himself.

Wu Zhi felt his scalp go numb!

This was absolutely his own voice, even the tone and the hostility toward Gao Lei were exactly the same; even he himself would feel it was "only right."

But, that wasn't him.

Gao Lei opposite clearly didn't hear anything wrong either and replied coldly.

"Junior Brother, you only cared about saving people, thinking it was nothing more than running into me, and you were so sure I wouldn't dare to kill you that you dared to come even without your injuries healed... but now you're thinking about relying on me to survive?" ===== CHAPTER 497 =====