I Became the Alchemy Master by Picking Up Trash-Chapter 172 - 170: Sneak Attack
At the critical moment, Li Xing flipped like a kite, twisting her upper body ninety degrees. The dagger grazed her shoulder, stabbing into the air.
Li Xing looked at the waiter who had been patiently slicing Water Rhinoceros Meat for them just moments ago, her gaze icy cold. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖
This person is with the crew on the float!
Ye Qingting raised his Ice Sword to help, but was stopped by Li Xing: "I’ll handle him, you go help Ah Xiao and Xiao Ming!"
Ye Qingting nodded, sword in hand, charging towards the float. Cui Tianxiao and Qi Ming were already engaged in battle with the five fake dancers.
The fake dancers’ Primordial Spirit levels were inferior to Cui Tianxiao and Qi Ming, and although they outnumbered them, they weren’t gaining any advantage. With Ye Qingting joining the fray, the battle turned completely; the five were thoroughly suppressed and couldn’t even escape.
The fake dancers couldn’t further harm the ordinary citizens, and those injured around the float were finally evacuated with others’ help, but the situation was much less optimistic elsewhere.
This float was just the tip of the iceberg; throughout Harass City, there were terrorists disguised as float performers targeting ordinary people.
Hindered by the panicked crowd, the Guard Team couldn’t arrive promptly, giving the terrorists more time to create chaos.
Li Xing’s fight with the waiter also turned one-sided.
Having missed the chance for a sneak attack, the waiter found himself utterly defenseless under Li Xing’s swift barrage of punches. Were it not for her intending to capture him alive, he’d have been killed already.
With a crisp "crack," Li Xing broke the waiter’s forearm. He let out a beast-like howl, glaring at her venomously.
Li Xing’s expression was calm and ruthless. For terrorists, there was no need for mercy.
"Surrender, and I’ll spare your life."
The waiter snorted, snarling, "Who survives is still undecided!" Then he swiftly tossed a red pill into his mouth.
Almost as the pill entered, the waiter’s aura surged dramatically.
"Ahhhhh——!"
A terrifying energy radiated from the waiter. His eyes filled with bloodshot lines, muscles expanded rapidly, veins bulged — it seemed he might explode from the energy, his entire body swelled larger than before. The flesh around the broken arm writhed, regenerating, and powerful muscles pulled the twisted forearm back straight.
The aura emanating from him made Li Xing inexplicably uneasy. She squinted her eyes, quickly distancing herself, gripping her knife, preparing for combat.
The agony from his bulging muscles tormented the waiter, making him tremble, but he didn’t lose consciousness. His blood-red eyes locked onto Li Xing, determined to eliminate her.
The waiter roared, and two metallic spikes appeared in his hands from nowhere, hurling them fiercely at Li Xing.
"Clang clang——" Two clear clangs followed as the metallic spikes were struck down by the Heavenly Wolf Saber. Li Xing clenched her fist, shocked inside.
This person had immense strength, managing to numb her hand; what exactly did he consume!
On the float, the five dancers had already been knocked down by Ye Qingting and the others.
Cui Tianxiao drew his bow fully, aiming the purple Thunder Arrow at the five, speaking eerily: "Disarm and you won’t be killed; resist, and I’ll pierce all five of you with one arrow!"
The five dancers exchanged glances, dropped their weapons, and sat on the float, looking as if they’d given up.
Ye Qingting slung the Ice Sword on his back, took out a rope, and approached the Fire Element Spirit Dancer, preparing to tie him up.
The rope was already wrapped around the Fire Element Spirit Dancer’s wrist when Qi Ming suddenly shouted, "Brother Ye, watch out——!"
Ye Qingting reacted quickly, arching his body backward to barely dodge the fireball spewed from the Fire Element Spirit Dancer’s mouth.
Ye Qingting hunched, lifted his leg, and leapt backward, simultaneously kicking the Fire Element Spirit Dancer’s chin.
The dancer hadn’t anticipated Ye Qingting dodging his sneak attack. An accurate kick to the jaw made him grunt and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth while Cui Tianxiao’s Thunder Arrow followed swiftly——
The other four dancers seized the chaotic moment to flip over the float, fleeing in different directions.
Qi Ming stomped impatiently, quickly forming seals with his fingers, talisman marks materializing in the air. Four small Trapping Arrays abruptly appeared beneath the fleeing foursome, rooting them in place.
They struggled desperately, but Qi Ming persistently reinforced the arrays with spiritual power, showing no signs of loosening.
The jawbone’s fracture fueled the Fire Element Spirit Dancer’s fury; seeing his comrades trapped without hope of escape, he decided on a desperate gamble.
He rolled to dodge the Thunder Arrows launched by Cui Tianxiao and swiftly popped a pill in his mouth, using his body as cover.
The pill took effect quickly. In the blink of an eye, his physique swelled a size larger than before, muscles knotting, veins popping, eyes blood red, Elemental Power surging around him.
Cui Tianxiao was shocked, released four Thunder Arrows almost simultaneously, targeting the Fire Element Spirit Dancer’s elbows and knees.
Unexpectedly, the Thunder Arrows did not pierce the dancer’s muscles. The purple electricity crackled around his skin before dissipating, his muscles stronger than the Star Beast’s scales.
Cui Tianxiao watched, eyes wide: "Damn, how did he become so strong!"
The Fire Element Spirit Dancer’s current strength was several times his previous; yet his Elemental Power only grew without disorder, vastly different from berserk states, truly bizarre!
With a roar, the Fire Element Spirit Dancer directed a searing Fire Snake, exuding terrible pressure, towards Qi Ming.
"Deep Blue Ice Dragon——!" Ye Qingting stepped in front of Qi Ming, taking the blow.
The Ice Dragon let out a roar, opened its mouth wide, swallowing the Fire Snake whole.
Just when everyone thought the crisis was averted, the Ice Dragon twisted abruptly, its belly expanding strangely, a bright red tore through the icy blue and exploded with a bang.
The massive energy shockwave swept everyone off the float, Ye Qingting falling onto Qi Ming.
Under the double pressure of the energy burst and Ye Qingting’s weight, Qi Ming felt his lungs compressing, unable to breathe. His spiritual power reinforcement cut off at that moment, the Trapping Array’s talisman flickered and disappeared with a pop.
Released from the restraining force, the four dancers rejoiced and dashed towards the distant crowd.
Ye Qingting’s heart raced anxiously; half the festival crowds were just like them, with faces painted with totems and dressed in animal skins. If they blended in, finding them again would be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Ye Qingting wanted to stop them but was powerless against the Fire Element Spirit Dancer in his berserk state. He could only raise his sword to fight, while Qi Ming rallied his spirits, using arrays to cooperate with Ye Qingting.
This person was absurdly strong; one-on-one would be impossible to win. Li Xing’s commotion was significant, likely facing a tough opponent as well, and she was alone, possibly at a disadvantage. Ye Qingting resolved to end the fight quickly and go support.
Cui Tianxiao bent his bow and nocked his arrow, not caring about leaving any alive, the Thunderbolt Bow fired continuously, Thunder Arrows raining down on the fleeing dancers.
Unfortunately, the four fled in different directions; Cui Tianxiao only managed to kill one, the other three had already run out of range.
Just as Cui Tianxiao thought those three had successfully escaped, over a dozen men in black swiftly emerged from the east, west, and south directions of the crowd.
The men in black were agile, swiftly subduing and skillfully shackling the dancers’ hands and feet, even binding their mouths with special gags, dragging them away like dead dogs into the crowd. Even the one killed by Cui Tianxiao was dragged away.
Not only did reinforcements come for Cui Tianxiao, but Ye Qingting and Qi Ming were met with over twenty men in black, all highly ranked in Primordial Spirit.
In all directions, under the suffocating group bombardment of Elemental Attacks, despite the Fire Element Spirit Dancer’s sky-high combat strength, he couldn’t withstand it. Soon, he lay on the ground, bloodied, fate unknown, and was similarly taken away by the men in black.
The men in black came suddenly and left swiftly, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
The last of the young men in black, fingers together at his temple, saluted Ye Qingting and the others from afar, then vanished into the crowd with a few agile leaps.
Ye Qingting, Cui Tianxiao, and Qi Ming looked at each other, bewildered, wondering what just happened?
