Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'-Chapter 654 - 454: What Do You Think He’s Made Of

He Jiaqing’s grandfather, He Caiyuan, suddenly appeared and urged He Jiaqing and Greenwater Beggar to leave the area as quickly as possible.

He demonstrated the technique of ’Word Worth a Thousand Gold’. To tell the truth, He Jiaqing had never seen such a formidable Literature Cultivation Technique before. He was a bit afraid, yet he didn’t leave.

Green Flower certainly wouldn’t leave either. Things had progressed to such a point that mere words were insufficient to persuade him to retreat.

He Caiyuan sighed and said, "Humans, it’s not the lack of true skills that I fear, it’s when someone with a little ability becomes overconfident."

As soon as he spoke, the four large characters for ’Overconfident’ appeared in the night sky. The characters ’Self’ and ’Not’ flew towards Green Flower, while the character ’Measure’ flew towards He Jiaqing.

Cui Tiq swiftly adjusted his position, trying to keep his distance from Greenwater Beggar. He had heard from Li Banfeng that Green Flower had a habit of using people as weapons.

And sure enough, Green Flower reached back to grab Cui Tiq, but instead grabbed at air. He had no weapons left on him, not even clothes—they had all been burned away by himself.

He snapped off a branch from a tree and scattered the character ’Not’. However, the structure of the character ’Self’ was tighter, and after two attempts, Green Flower couldn’t break it apart.

The character ’Measure’ that He Jiaqing faced was even trickier. Its structure was somewhat complex, as were its modes of attack. It could use its "vertical" stroke, elongating it into a blade, and disassemble its "horizontal" strokes to become hidden weapons.

The remaining character ’Power’ was still being toyed with in He Caiyuan’s hand. He tossed it casually, sending it deep into the forest.

"There’s another overconfident one!"

Seeing the character ’Power’ flying towards him, Li Banfeng quickly parried with his Tang Sword.

BANG!

The character ’Power’ had considerable force, sending the Tang Sword flying and charging towards Li Banfeng.

Li Banfeng sidestepped with Short Step and turned to counterattack using Trample Over Thousands of Rivers. Gravel struck the character ’Power’, kicking up clouds of dust and slightly damaging the character, but it still pursued Li Banfeng.

After two encounters with Murong Gui, Li Banfeng also gained experience in fighting against characters. It sounded ridiculous to fight against a character, but he didn’t dare be the slightest bit careless.

He first used Path-breaking Technique to have a stone on the ground block the character ’Power’s’ path.

BANG!

The stone was shattered by the character ’Power’. Li Banfeng, having adjusted his angle, used Trample Over Thousands of Rivers again, finally managing to disperse the character.

Outside the forest, Greenwater Beggar had disintegrated the character ’Self’ with a tree branch.

He Jiaqing continuously stole strokes, disassembling the character ’Measure’.

He Caiyuan laughed and said, "Still want to fight? An ant trying to shake a tree—it’s both pitiful and laughable."

’An ant shaking a tree’—once again four characters, divided the work just as before.

The characters for ’Ant’ entangled Green Flower, the character ’Shake’ entangled He Jiaqing, and the character ’Tree’ found its way to the depths of the forest to locate Li Banfeng.

These four characters, with their numerous strokes, could also be taken apart to attack, especially the character ’Tree’, which could be disassembled into three characters.

Granted, the three of them knew how to counter these characters, but it was not a sustainable way to fight.

Dealing with one character took a lot of effort. For He Caiyuan, however, such characters didn’t even require him to write them down. A mere mention was enough to utilize them.

If the fight continued, all three of them would surely be exhausted to death. After a brief struggle with the character ’Tree’, Li Banfeng employed a surprise tactic he had prepared earlier.

He scattered a seed along with the potion, and the Projector, understanding his intent, immediately used light and shadows to conceal the seed’s location.

The character ’Tree’ broke down into the characters ’Wood’, ’Again’, and ’Inch’, collectively cornering Li Banfeng. The seed quickly sprouted from the earth, growing into a cabbage, out of which a toad emerged, croaking twice.

At the sound, both Chu Shaoqiang and He Caiyuan were startled.

He Caiyuan immediately entered the forest, leaving Chu Shaoqiang to continue the fierce battle with Greenwater Beggar and He Jiaqing.

Knowing the exact location of the willow tree, He Caiyuan raced there and saw a toad squatting deep in the forest.

Although the toad was slightly smaller, it bore a striking resemblance to Ge Junma. In such a critical moment, without time for verification and with communication channels severed inside and out following the death of Wang Fuqi of Peeping Cultivation, He Caiyuan dared not take any chances. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

He Caiyuan tentatively called out, "Lord Ge?"

The toad did not respond.

As Li Banfeng ran circles around the willow tree, the Judge’s Pen leaped out, penetrating the character ’Wood’ and then the character ’Again’.

Both characters instantly lost their fighting spirit and began to slowly fall from midair, fading away to nothingness.

The lone character ’Inch’ was lured by Li Banfeng to the toad’s side, crashing right into the toad.

CROAK!

The toad’s body was shattered, leaving a mess on the ground, and He Caiyuan quickly withdrew the character ’Inch’.

In truth, one glance would reveal that although both were green, it was the cabbage that was torn apart, not the toad.

But in his extreme anxiety, He Caiyuan still froze for a moment.

"You servant!" Li Banfeng swung his Teapot, spilling tea to form two barriers around He Caiyuan.

The tea surged upwards rapidly, but He Caiyuan, cool and unbothered, simply said, "Open!"

The barriers that Old Teapot took pride in instantly shattered, and the tea receded.

Li Banfeng’s figure flashed, and he immediately sprinted off, planning to use the Passing Glance technique.

He Caiyuan shouted, "Chase!"

A character ’Chase’ kept up with Li Banfeng, taking the place of He Caiyuan’s eyes, allowing He Caiyuan to keep his gaze locked on Li Banfeng.

This was the power of a Cultivator Above the Clouds. Li Banfeng simply couldn’t shake off He Caiyuan’s line of sight.

"Kill!" He Caiyuan spoke again. The character ’Kill’ closely followed the character ’Chase’, caught up to Li Banfeng, and using its weapon, the Polearm, wounded Li Banfeng’s left shoulder.

The ensuing battle was simple for He Caiyuan. Just a few more words would be enough to encircle and kill Li Banfeng.

At the crucial moment, Cui Tiq arrived in front of He Caiyuan and shouted, "Old sir, I love you!"