Chapter 13 The world is unfair
In the distance, a far-reaching roar was heard in the night sky.
The dazzling and scorching red peony bloomed in the fireworks, and the sparkling dust slowly sprinkled and gradually extinguished. Then, the new peony rises again in the firelight.
"It's beautiful."
In the crowd, Li Bai looked up attentively.
Footsteps, a slight pause.
When he turned around, he looked at the street vendors, behind the stalls supported by carts and charcoal stoves, the stall owners were busy with their heads down, and the customers on the benches raised their wine glasses and looked back at him.
"Would you like a drink?"
Ji Xianke.
Still undrunk, dressed in a fancy red coat, with a tattooed arm sticking out of his arms, leaning on the table.
Placed the second glass next to it.
"It's so fragrant, what is this?" Li Bai lowered his head and sniffed the rising breath.
"Osmanthus wine is just a hall, not waiting for the hall of elegance." The stall owner smiled, and the water and wine in the pot rose, "Do you want some guests?" This wine is not intoxicating, so it doesn't hurt to drink a little......"
"Now almost all the shady guys in the entire Chang'an are eyeing you, and you are causing trouble for yourself."
Ji Xianke sighed: "Li Bai, if I were you, I would finish drinking this glass of wine and go home to sleep......"
He said, "As you move forward, what awaits you is not lanterns and wine." β
Li Bai didn't answer, but after asking the price, he took out six copper coins and his own wine jug, and handed them to the stall owner: "Help me fill it up, thank you." β
Ji Xianke didn't speak again, just lowered his head and poured himself a drink.
It wasn't until the young man stopped watching the fireworks in the distance that he finally spoke: "Ji Xianke, what would you do if someone pushed an innocent person into the river in front of you?" β
"Me? It's too much trouble, spare me. Ji Xianke shook his head indifferently and waved his hand: "I don't want to do anything, as long as I can let me drink the wine quietly." β
"But I will."
Li Bai said.
"I'm not going to act like I can't see anything, so we'll never sit and drink together, it's as simple as that."
He took the flask from the stall owner and turned to walk forward.
From the beginning to the end, I never glanced at the wine glass on the table again.
"It hurts."
Ji Xianke muttered nonchalantly, and picked up the wine glass again: "It's wasted." β
Behind him, a passer-by in a black robe stopped and asked in a cold voice, "You just let him go?" β
"Or else? Draw your sword and fight bloodily, two points of life and death? β
Ji Xianke shook his head, drunk, "The money given is too little, the work is too much, it's too troublesome, it's not suitable for my ......"
The black-clothed mechanic's expression froze, and he couldn't hide his anger: "Ji Xianke, one day you will incur the wrath of Wu Yougong because of your contempt!" β
"No, I won't."
Ji Xianke raised his head and drank the last drop, took out a handful of copper plates from his pocket and threw them on the table to settle the bill, "Don't be in a hurry to bargain, Seven Fingers, the opponent you are looking for has already left."
If you don't hurry, you won't be able to catch up. β
With that, he didn't care, turned and left.
Humming a song, his steps swaying.
Behind him, a screaming voice suddenly came from the brightly lit neighborhood in the distance, and all the light dissipated in an instant.
Darkness swept over and engulfed everything.
In the chaotic crowd, Li Bai's footsteps stopped abruptly, listening attentively, countless chaotic footsteps in the dark.
Suddenly, tilting his head.
Immediately afterwards, a mournful roar fell from the sky.
Under the dim moonlight, a ray of cold light pierced through the long distance, brushed Li Bai's hair and flew by, nailed into the stone slab behind him.
Heavy iron arrows the thickness of thumbs sank deep into the stone slabs, and only the tail feathers trembled violently above the cracks, buzzing.
Immediately afterwards, Li Bai took another step forward.
It's as if you can glimpse where the arrows are coming from, and you once again brush shoulders with death.
Then, he looked up at the pale moon wheel hanging above the sky.
And the outline under that moon ring.
Far away from several markets, on the top of the pagoda of the ancient temple, a thin figure, and the hideous and huge longbow in his hand!
The robes hunted in the hurricane.
It was an old man with dim eyes and white eyes, but his bowed arms were as firm as iron, and he never wavered in the slightest.
Beside the old man, the middle-aged man was half-kneeling on the ground, looking at the clairvoyant mirror in his hand, and when Li Bai's eyes looked at it from a long distance, he stiffened in place.
Frozen by the coldness in that sight, I couldn't help but shiver.
"Directions." The old man asked hoarsely.
He lowered his head as if he had just woken up from a dream, and compared the compass in his hand: "In the west, Bi Su Youke Xin is three points to the left, and the noon mountain is in the position, and the wind difference is two cents......"
Without hesitation, the old man pulled out the arrow, which was almost up to his shoulder, and fired his bow again.
Eruption of sorrow!
The Bow and Dragon Iron moved quickly, quickly transforming this terrifying power and pinning it on the iron strings, causing the heavy arrow to break through the air again.
Yaoyao locked on Li Bai's figure, not giving him any room to avoid.
There was a flash of iron light.
The sound of steel clashing was harsh, but nothing could be seen clearly.
When the arrows whistled by, Li Bai was still standing in place, only slightly raising the long sword in his hand and never unsheathed. The arrow had deflected, piercing into the wall behind him.
"That's what you rely on?"
He raised his head and looked at the enemies in front of him: "Compared with the archery skills of the Thousand Caves, it is still far behind......"
On the empty and silent street, a figure appeared in the shadows, and the killing intent was cold. Ahead, behind, and in the dark alleys, there are countless people, and there is no end in sight.
It was as if the whole world was coming towards him with a sword in hand.
And at the top, there is a steel python winding up, above the hideous snake head, the black-robed mechanic looks down coldly.
"Tsing Yi Society, Seven Fingers."
In this way, when the name was reported, the organ teacher said indifferently: "Li Bai, you are killing yourself." β
"People often say that to me, but the strange thing is that I have survived until now, and the people who say this are often dead."
Li Bai took a step forward, facing countless opponents, and told them regretfully: "The world is impermanent, right?" I'm used to it, and you have to get used to it. β
He should have escaped.
Even Li Bai himself felt so.
An archer capable of sniping at himself across several markets, and hundreds of opponents skilled in swordsmanship, not to mention the assassins hidden within.
Even those mechanics who are watching left and right.
This is not a scale that can be matched, and it would be too unwise to want to defeat ten thousand.
Just like what he once said to Xun Qing, choosing to escape when necessary is also part of the battle. Otherwise, you can't save yourself and wait for your chance.
"It's a pity, this time it's a special situation......"
Li Bai sighed softly inexplicably.
Sometimes, no matter how many enemies there are, no matter how big the gap between them is, you must not take a step back - once you retreat, there is nothing you want to protect!
So......
"Come on, guys."
Li Bai smiled and took another step forward: "I, to all of youβ"
"βChallenge!"
At that moment, above the sky, there were pitch-black crows rolling around, and countless red eyes looked down from the night sky.
Shade the moonlight!
In the darkness, a roaring voice rang out.
Roar.
At the forefront, someone finally mustered up the courage, clenched the long knife in his hand, and rushed towards Li Bai.
Immediately afterward, the thirsty predators finally couldn't bear it.
In this hoarse shout like a horn, I don't know how many people are screaming excitedly. Those surging figures were like a tide, and they couldn't wait to pounce on it.
There are even people who fight for the front position, or cut and kill first.
Above the snake's head, Seven Fingers frowned unhappily.
These bastards!
Completely unmatched at all...... But it's nothing more than a bunch of hyenas with lust for profit, let them go up first, consume Li Bai's physical strength, and let him understand the consequences of killing himself!
But soon, his cold smile stiffened on his face.
Because Li Bai drew his sword.
The sound of the blade's chirping leaped from the countless cacophony of aftersounds, spreading, and the birds soared as lightly. Immediately after, a lotus-like cyan sword aura ignited the darkness and illuminated those bloodshot eyes.
The blade of the sword fell like a phantom light, but at that moment, all the opponents who were approaching in front of him froze in place, because Li Bai had disappeared without a trace.
After overcoming the siege, rush forward!
Wherever he passed, he left a straight slash mark, and the phantom light of the blade swept through the darkness, and no one could stop him.
Like a reef in front of the waves.
The raging waves and tides swept in and were only smashed to pieces.
Very good and useful!
Li Bai whispered in his heart: The enemy is not united, without the slightest gap, and the army formation of all people is one; On the contrary, no matter how many skilled swordsmen and killers there are, at best, they are just a rabble!
No matter how many people there are, there are only three of them that they need to face at the same time.
There is a way to make a move.
So, find the gap between the three sieges, and then ...... them
Completely broken!
The sound of cranes rising from the blades of the sword overshadowed the sound of all steel clashing.
From this impenetrable crowd, Li Bai is actually moving forward!
You can't see the fierce trembling and fighting, because all the opponents and weapons are being destroyed and defeated at the moment when they are facing each other!
Hundreds of times more opponents can't stop him, he's moving forward!
Even...... In this dangerous and chaotic war, there has never been the slightest embarrassment.
On the contrary, it is easy to play!
It is often said that no matter what kind of opponent you face, you must go all out, like a lion fighting a rabbit.
But now, the lion is just wandering around.
Defuse those vicious and swift attacks one by one, without even hurting the lives of any of your opponents, just crushing them with the spine of your sword!
Is that mockery or pity?
No one knows.
All you can feel is shame and anger!
At this moment, in front of Li Bai, the opponent who pounced on him froze, his chest shattered, and a spear blade popped out of the shadow behind him like a poisonous snake, penetrating through the roadblocker, and stabbing at Li Bai, who was close at hand.
Hitomi!
The cold tip of the spear seemed to touch something for a moment, but then, it stabbed into the air. With the fall of the penetrated person, Li Bai had already crossed the barrier and came to the front of the sneak attacker.
The masked gun-wielding man's eyes were shocked, but he did not retreat, but turned the spear, and after throwing out the person on the gun, he held it upside down, and the heavy tail of the gun smashed into Li Bai's face.
The blade and the tail of the spear collided in one place, and sparks flew out, and they were cut continuously?
Then, the spear turned around and swept away!
And behind Li Bai, the assassin who had been waiting for a long time seized this crucial opportunity and appeared, and the dark green dagger stabbed Li Bai in the back of the heart.
At that moment, on the top of the pagoda, the snooper shouted: "The West, Angsu is engraved, positive!" β
Bow dragon iron roared high-pitched.
The bow was like the moon, the steel roared, and under the old man's arm, the arrow of killing was full, and the iron arrow flew out, turning into meteors and falling from the sky.
The heavy arrows quickly split, disintegrated, and differentiated in the air, turning into countless slender needles that shrouded a radius of several feet, and now, the rain of arrows fell from the sky, covering everything!
On top of the huge snake's head, the seven fingers of the organ master suddenly clasped his hands, pulling the mechanism law, causing the giant snake to open its mouth and aim at Li Bai in the encirclement, spitting out a blazing light.
This is the real nirvana!
The light was blazing.
Illuminated, Li Bai's smile.
So calm.
"I'm waiting for you to come!"
In his hands, a cyan sword intent lotus reappeared.
It was as if a divine pen had fallen from the sky, drawing a perfect circle from the ground, and the endless sword qi brewing from the endless poetry was like a torrent, sweeping away.
Shroud everything.
And Li Bai's figure has become extremely erratic.
As if dissipated.
No, it's him who is too fast.
In that moment, the body of the spear was broken, the dagger flew upside down, and the rain of arrows sprinkled by the bow of dragon iron was crushed by the infinite sword qi, and the roaring light was split in two under the slashing blade!
The fire dragon spewed out by the giant python suddenly shook.
A loud roar spread.
Immediately afterward, the firelight parted to both sides, and the lone figure holding the long sword flew out of it, towards the steel python!
The seven fingers roared, urging the giant snake, opening its mouth, and biting out at Li Bai.
The snake's snout cracked, collapsing and splitting from the center, but the two long snakes quickly closed again, entangled the opponent who stepped in front of them.
Then, Seven Finger's eyes turned blood-red.
"Hole!!"
The snake's belly cracked, and the black shadow hidden in it was wrapped in flames and smashed towards Li Bai.
The blade of the sword collides with the steel.
was clenched.
Li Bai took a step back, looked up, and caught a glimpse of the giant-like figure in front of him.
With sharp barbs on the joints of his body, covered with gold and iron, he is like an evil god from the battlefield, and his power bursts out with every move.
It was a ...... Trap armor?
No, it's more than that......
Holding Li Bai's sword blade in one hand, the other arm suddenly lifted up, aimed at his face, and then broke off from the middle, revealing not a human arm, but a complex internal structure, and even countless rapidly rotating machines.
This is a killing machine created after the life's work of dozens of mechanics.
Machine: Hole!
At this moment, the rainstorm of arrows continued to fly out of it, each dipped in fierce poison.
The sword qi surged, tearing the clenched steel palm, pulling it out, blocking it in front of Li Bai.
But before the arrows were shot, the hole stepped again, and crashed towards Li Bai like a chariot. The sheer force unleashed a hurricane and smashed through the fragile walls in front of it.
Li Bai jumped into the air dangerously and dangerously, aimed at its face, and stabbed!
In an instant, the hidden core of the mechanism was penetrated, but its movements did not hesitate at all, and it continued to attack one after another.
Under its entanglement, Li Bai fell into the encirclement again.
From the siege, he looked up at the shattered armor of the hole, and at the cracked core, unable to understand why he could continue to move after the core was defeated.
I can't understand what this is all about.
According to Xun Qing's statement to him, this kind of core that can become the center of the agency has always been a vital material, even if it is a civilian version, it is all fully monitored by Yu Hengsi, and since before its birth, it has been implanted with an absolutely inviolable organ law.
- Absolutely no killing!
"It's useless, it's useless, hahahaha! The hole is invincible! Seven Fingers laughed wildly, commanding the hole to pull out the heavy halberd from behind and attack with all his might.
"Let's arrest it, Li Bai, if you are willing to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, our Fang Market may not have a place for you in the future, otherwise, there will only be one way to choose today!"
"Sounds great, but unfortunately, I'm not in the habit of negotiating terms with villains!"
Li Bai shook his head and smiled disdainfully: "And you said something wrong...... Today, here, no one will die! β
In the midst of the siege, the stroke of genius reappeared!
On the long sword, the Qinglian sword qi ran like a stream, swaying, fighting hard with the hideous steel giant, the halberd shook violently, but the sword had already swept under the ribs of the hole and pierced in.
The action of the hole stalled, and then counterattacked again!
And Li Bai narrowed his eyes.
Underneath the rift is the second organ nucleus......
Wrong.
This is not a mechanism core, it should be said, not a real organ core!
This isn't a stellar machine at all!
It's a monster made by an unknown and strange method!
In an instant, recalling the counterfeit he saw at Cheng Yanjin's house, as well as the scrap that Xun Qing had gotten, Li Bai suddenly realized:
"You made those fake nuclei?"
Seven Fingers' expression stiffened for a moment, and then became more and more hideous: "It seems that you can't be left, Li Bai." β
When his hands were folded again, the seal was sealed, and the hoarse chanting of the mechanics came from the darkness: "Qianjing shines brightly in the east of Yuchi, and the envoy of the alliance is a young boy." Throwing fire for thousands of miles to the Kanzhen Palace, the brave rider quickly sent the ......"
With the operation of dozens of mechanical laws, the key is unlocked.
The huge body of the cave shook suddenly, and the closed armor opened in a tremor, and wisps of fire spewed out from it.
The furnace is running.
The ghostly killing weapon opened its mouth and let out a high-pitched hiss like chewing gold and iron.
The high heat leaking from the core of the furnace actually burned the bluestone floor tiles under his feet to red, wrapped in layers of flames and storms, and after the shoulders of the cave man, two new arms were flipped again.
Hold a halberd, a sword, a hammer, and a shield.
Four arms solemn.
At the moment when the forty-two pseudo-organ cores on the body were activated, this tool of war, which had never left room for peace and creation, entered the overrun mode!
Overloaded, kill both friend and foe!
regarded all those who blocked as straw, and in an instant, it turned into a storm and crashed into Li Bai, launching an attack with a terrifying speed that was difficult to reach with the naked eye.
The earth cracked, and the walls collapsed.
The corpses were burned, and the stalls, shops, and everything on both sides were shrouded in flames.
Screams and screams rang out.
The hyenas, blindfolded by money, finally discovered what kind of monster was hiding beside them, and scattered in horror, but the lonely figure stood still, not moving a single step.
Impossible to defeat!
No matter how violent the attack was, it couldn't cut through that ethereal sword qi like mist and dew!
He actually ...... Still onward!
Laugh disdainfully, mock your opponent.
"Only with such ability, do you want to be a landlord?"
Is that all?
Why do some people think that if they have power, they can dominate everything?
But in this world, there are still those who work hard all day long and work the loess, and there are also people who walk the streets and alleys and work tirelessly for the sake of their families.
People who sacrifice everything for the sake of their children, people who grit their teeth and persist for the sake of hope.
There are also people like Xun Qing who run and work day after day for others, obviously embarrassed like a wild dog, but after falling, they crawl tiredly, and they have to get up again even if they cry!
Li Bai said, "There are people who are stronger than you!" β
"Who will be the owner, this is our ...... Internal things, you don't know what to do as an outsider! The face of the seven fingers was distorted, and he roared hoarsely: "The things on the rivers and lakes of Chang'an have nothing to do with you at all!" β
"Perhaps, but that doesn't stop you from me off!"
In the burning flames, the figure slowly moved forward: "I hate it, some people are high up and trample on other people's hard work and lives, and take pleasure in it.
I hate it more when people push people into the vortex of misfortune for their own benefit, so I have to do it. β
In this way, smashing through the billowing smoke and flames, he raised his eyes and told the monsters and countless opponents in front of him: "There is great injustice in the world, and I can't eliminate it!" β
The sword qi roars!
The surging echo burst from the blade of the sword, tearing through the noise and the night, echoing in everyone's ears, like a crane soaring above Qingyun.
Such a powerful force.
Not from the sword, but from the qi!
The will that comes from the self, and the majestic spirit that cuts through everything and destroys everything!
The sky-like blue was held in his hand, illuminating a pair of eyes that were completely different from the past - no more confusion, no more confusion, firm as iron!
It's just this invincible will that makes the earth faintly turbulent.
Is it the lightness and elegance of the white crane soaring into the sky, or is it a peerless style in the world?
It's hard to tell.
But this young man is no longer the heavenly man he used to be.
The heavenly people can come and go as they please, without restraint, without worries or fears, so they cannot comprehend earthly determination and suffering, nor can they have such an indomitable will and awesome spirit!
It is this soul from the earth that can create the power that surpasses the heavens.
Skywalker!
I don't know when it began, the surging sword intent gradually turned from like mist and dew to like a stream, and in the end, whenever the sword air turned, it burst out with a surging echo.
It's like a mighty river.
At that moment, the seven fingers finally dawned.
Perhaps, this was the biggest mistake he ever made.
He thought that the sea of people could consume Li Bai's strength, but this was not the case...... Because the more blockers, the stronger he becomes!
Every time the sword qi is swayed, it is a transformation, and every time the sword qi is dissolved, it will usher in another rebirth.
In the fierce battle, this strength not only did not fade at all, but on the contrary, the more the battle became stronger!
At this moment, infinite power is surging in it, constantly superimposing, accumulating, and has formed a magnificent momentum that turns everything into dust!
No more streams and rain and fog.
It was a big river with no end in sight.
Nowβ
- Sword of the Great River, from heaven!
In that moment, darkness swept away from the rising iron light, and the dark clouds trembled and shattered, causing the silhouette of the bright moon to reappear, illuminating the white robe.
Also, the vast and rushing green!
If the sky is held in that hand, it is like a poem.
Ten thousand forging armor, unmoving iron and stone, hard bones, strange tricks, and even unimaginable speed could not resist it.
When it fell, everything shattered like a bubble.
When Li Bai stepped forward, the hole trembled, the hammer cracked, the halberd broke, whether it was a sword or a shield, the man-made dead things could not resist that worldly spirit!
Between heaven and earth, only the roar of the mighty river remained.
Solemn swagger.
A sword!
The seven fingers stiffened in place.
staring blankly at the scene where everything was torn apart by the blue like the sky, along with Li Bai, everything was ruthlessly defeated and slashed.
In the end, it passed by.
In front of him, the mangled body of the cave man fell apart, all the forgery cores were shattered, and several screams of fear were heard in the distance.
The Soul Slayer Sword has pierced into their perception along with their connection to the perception of the cave!
Seven orifices bleed.
And in the distance, above the stupa, there was only a loud cracking sound.
Spanning dozens of miles, the sword qi flew out.
The Bow Dragon Iron snapped at the waist, and the old archer was covered in the heat and debris leaking from it, and staggered backwards, unable to stand up again.
In the dead silence, among the wreckage of countless mechanisms, only Seven Fingers knelt on the ground, sweating profusely as he looked at the figure that walked in step by step.
Shivering.
"Perhaps, all the fish will not be in the same sea, but today I will tell you-"
Li Bai lowered his eyes and calmly declared:
"-No matter which rivers and lakes, they are all my rivers and lakes!"
It never stopped.
Li Bai passed by him and walked to the end of the long street.
But in a trance, Seven Fingers saw a rolling blue, like a long river, following behind him, ...... Engulf!
The screams of terror came to an abrupt end.
I can't hear it anymore.
The flock of crows that gathered scattered in terror, and no longer dared to hide the emaciated figure.
Under the moonlight, it was so quiet.
Only the boy calmly walked away with the distant singing.
Just like a white crane, it spreads its wings and flies into the distance.