White-Robed Chief

The two glided until the moon reached its peak in the sky. After that, they stopped for a rest before beginning their journey once again.

It was dawn as the two arrived at the great broad river.

The mist spread toward the horizon as the river was neither calm nor fast. It resembled a broad pond as it lustered; its mist was incredibly dense.

The bank on the opposite could vaguely be seen, well-concealed amid the morning mist.

The two would not be able to glide across this lake no matter how skilled their Light-body Techniques were. Their only option was to find a boat.

Chu Li frowned and looked around before he looked at the upstream.

“What’s wrong?” Li Ruolan realized that his expression looked strange. “Could it be that the Hai Cang Mountain hasn’t given up yet?”

Chu Li nodded slowly. “It looks like we’ve underestimated them!”

“Are they still trying to kill us?” Li Ruolan frowned.

She looked at the direction at which Chu Li was staring to no avail. It was nothing but white mist, not a single sign of presence to be detected at all.

Chu Li said, “They’re under the water.”

Then we can’t take the boats anymore.” Li Ruolan frowned. “I’m not good fighting in the water, you too right?”

Chu Li shook his head. “It’s fine. They can’t get near us… Let’s go. There’s a boat coming, let’s board it.”

The moment they finished chatting, they glided toward the small boat far away at a high speed.

The boatman was a male youngster and he was extremely fit. His arms were fully exposed, and his muscles seemed like they were made from steel.

He looked like an average joe and the way he pedaled looked extremely relaxing. Yet, the speed of the small boat was as quick as a fish swimming in the water.

It took minimal effort before the small boat approached them.

The young boatman stopped. “Are you two trying to cross the river?”

“We’ll pay, take us across the river.” Chu Li said.

Li Ruolan frowned as he stared at the young boatman. She could tell that he knew martial arts. He should be on the level of the perfected innate masters.

Chu Li said, “Let’s go, senior sister.”

“This man…” Li Ruolan turned her head as she looked at Chu Li.

Chu Li smiled. “It’s fine.”

“Okay…” Li Ruolan knew just from his gaze that he had already noticed that something was off about this boatman.

The two glided onto the small boat without rocking it at all.

The youngster rowed the small boat, and he soon left the bank. He was headed straight to the center of the river.

“You’re a disciple of the Hai Cang Mountain, right?” Chu Li sat at the front of the boat and asked lazily, “Is Hai Cang Mountain still trying to pursue us?”

“What are you saying?” The young boatman was stunned as he looked at Chu Li in confusion.

Chu Li shook his head. “We people in the light don’t hide messages in our words. Don’t blame me for not showing any mercy if Hai Cang Mountain keeps chasing after us.”

“I really don’t understand what you’re trying to say.” The young boatman shook his head. His actions became quicker, and they were soon a hundred meters away from the bank.

They were able to head back to the bank easily with their Light-body Techniques at this distance. Hence, the boatman kept increasing his speed as he tried to send them to the center of the river before he revealed himself.

Chu Li sighed and shook his head. “You guys are unreasonable!”

He shut his eyes and did not speak any further.

Although he had already noticed the killing intent from the boatman, Chu Li kept restraining himself from killing people. He did not want to make an enemy out of them. Unfortunately, Hai Cang Mountain did not see it that way. They must kill Chu Li, since he had killed Zhao Haiyun.

The young boatman was anxious as he noticed Chu Li had stopped pestering him. Although Chu Li had already realized his true identity, he showed no sign of fear at all. Perhaps he was adept in the water too?

The boat soon reached the center of the river. Then, the young boatman jumped into the water out of the blue.

Chu Li swung his hand

“Whoosh!” The sound was soft as the young boatman had his throat slitted open. The water was soon dyed in red as he fell into the river.

Chu Li stopped showing any mercy as he killed the enemy.

He then swung his hands and released multiple streams of blade energy.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!” The blade energy was shot into the river.

Chu Li’s expression changed slightly.

The blade energy’s speed reduced drastically the instant it entered the water. Some of them had hit the enemies in the water while some had missed its targets.

Four middle-aged men in black fighting attires in the river swam towards the boat, resembling a bunch of fish.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!” Chu Li shot out another four slices of blade energy.

The water’s resistance was miraculously high; far stronger than he anticipated. The cruel blade energy was instantly turned into a child’s play the instant it entered into the water. It was no longer lethal and could be easily deflected.

He cursed in his heart before saying with a deep tone. “Senior sister, be careful!”

Now that he knew just how obstructive the water was, he knew that the bullets would not travel far even if they had entered the water. However, he believed that the resistance towards his blade energy would be much lower since the blade energy was invisible. After all, the blade energy was incredibly thin. He did not think much of it since it should not lose much of its power in the water.

However, he did not anticipate that the water’s resistance would increase multiple folds when the blade energy’s speed was too quick. It was not because of the thickness of the blade energy. Hence, the blade energy lost its lethality since its speed was reduced significantly.

“Huh?” Li Ruolan was shocked.

Chu Li shook his head. “These people are trying to sink the ship!”

He used his inner energy to push the small boat that traveled across the river like an arrow. Its speed was much faster than before.

Although one of the middle-aged men was harmed, the blade energy was so slow that his injury was not critical at all.

The other three middle-aged men swam like a fish as they chased after the boat at an even more rapid speed. It was just like a wolf chasing after a sheep. They gradually closed in and arrived at the bottom of the boat.

“Bam bam bam bam!” Multiple big holes soon appeared below the boat, and the river water started flooding in.

Chu Li cursed internally as the longsword by his waist flashed, instantly stabbing one of the men inside the water. However, the other two had hidden themselves to the side and Chu Li did not manage to stab them.

“Bam!” The small boat fell apart as Li Ruolan immediately leaped up into the sky.

She was afraid of water ever since she almost drowned when she was young. Hence, she would not dare to drop into the water. After all, no matter how strong of a person one could be, one could only hold onto his breath for a few minutes before they drowned.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!” Multiple hidden weapons were shot out from within the water.

“Ding ding ding ding…” Li Ruolan deflected the hidden weapons with her sword, but her movements were rather stiff.

Chu Li realized the situation she was in as he immediately moved in front of her and used his longsword to deflect the remaining hidden weapons.

Li Ruolan let out a long sigh of relief.

Chu Li was able to tell her fear of the water and held her by her waist as he brought her to a wooden plank. Then, he pushed the wooden plank away as if it was a boat itself.

“Bam!” There was a deep thud as two people revealed themselves out from the water.

They were two Elders in black attires. Their eyes were the only thing that could be seen as they charged in towards Chu Li and Li Ruolan.

Chu Li was able to tell that one of them was the Thin Elder he met earlier from his revealed eyes. The other was a fat, muscular Elder.

“Whoosh whoosh whoosh!” Chu Li swung his swords to retaliate as he shot out two white beams with his right hand.

“Ding ding…” The blade energy was shot toward the men in black, but they were deflected.

The two coughed up a mouthful of blood as they were injured by Chu Li’s inner energy. However, they refused to retreat. Instead, making use of the momentum, they chased after Chu Li before their swords pierced toward Li Ruolan.

Li Ruolan swung her swords as she greeted them.

“Ding ding…” Li Ruolan’s longsword was sent away as the blade light pierced through her abdomen.

Chu Li immediately swung his sword as he tried to deflect this blade light. However, he was stunned momentarily, realizing that the longsword’s strength far exceeded his anticipation.

He could not dispel it in that instant and his abdomen was pierced through by the Thin Elder.

His Dantian was seriously injured, and his Divine Light Technique flooded out of his body along with the spirit around him.

“Junior Brother Zhao!” Li Ruolan screamed.

Chu Li tried his best to swing his sword against the Thin Elder. However, his inner energy had been depleted. His speed was reduced significantly, and the Thin Elder was able to avoid his attack easily before the latter retaliated once more.

Li Ruolan screamed agitatedly. She cast the Secret Technique of Great Light and her body started lighting up. Her spirit burned as she took the longsword from Chu Li’s hand and attacked the two Elders.

The two Elders knew just from her looks that she had activated the Secret Technique of Great Light. The disciple of the Holy Church of Light could be incredibly frightening in this state. Hence, they jumped into the river and vanished from the scene.

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