Chapter 724 — Success
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Yet Yang Ce was not discouraged. It was merely a matter of patience!
Yang Ce believed that with a few more attempts, he would still be able to deal with this Swift Cicada Gu!
Drawing a deep breath, Yang Ce steadied his emotions, then pulled out the silver needle and prepared to strike again.
Everyone saw that Yang Ce offered no further explanation, and Lin Ce said nothing more either, so no one else spoke up; they simply watched Yang Ce tensely.
Yang Ce paid no heed to their gazes. All his attention was fixed on the Swift Cicada Gu, his eyes tracking its continued rapid movement, searching for the next opening to strike!
One minute, two minutes, three minutes... At last Yang Ce moved, striking again, driving the silver needle swiftly toward the Swift Cicada Gu! But the instant the needle touched Lin Ce's body, a flicker of regret crossed Yang Juehuan's eyes, and he shook his head with a helpless sigh—this time he had only pierced Lin Ce's skin, not even grazing a meridian!
The result was again a regrettable one, and again the Swift Cicada Gu had not been struck! So there was no need for Yang Shuoxuan to drive the needle deeper; he stopped it at once.
As for Lin Ce, after being pierced twice in a row by Yang Ce, he finally could not help asking, "Yang Ce, are you trying... to stab the Swift Cicada Gu to death?"
"That I am. But this Swift Cicada Gu moves far too fast—it is not so easy!" Yang Ce sighed, yet his eyes remained locked on the Swift Cicada Gu, never letting it slip from Yang Juehuan's sight.
"Ah?" Lin Ce had only asked offhandedly. He had not expected that Yang Cenbin's purpose was to stab the Swift Cicada Gu to death; he had assumed Yang Ce was using some secret technique to force the Gu out of the body. But to his surprise, Yang Jiyan admitted it outright!
"You can tell where the Swift Cicada Gu is?" Liu Yan could not help asking as well.
After arriving at Jinghong Valley, Yang Ce had never told Lin Ce, Liu Yan, and the others that he possessed the strange power of X-ray vision—because Yang Cenbin's ability was of no practical use here in the Medicine Valley. It was not that Yang Ce had deliberately concealed it!
Since Yang Ce had been able to tell Liu Yu, Feng Yan, and the others, that meant he was not afraid of those close to him knowing his ability; and Lin Ce and Liu Yan were both people very close to him, so there was even less reason for Yang Ce to hide it!
It was simply that no occasion had arisen to speak of it, and since it was not needed, Yang Shuoxuan had not mentioned it—not that Yang Yongjin had refused to say.
"That... I will explain it to you all in a moment..." Yang Ce could not make it clear in a few words just now; better to deal with this Swift Cicada Gu first and then explain his ability to them in detail! Besides, Yang Ce's main focus was now on the Swift Cicada Gu inside Lin Ce's body, and he had no attention to spare for lengthy explanations.
"Brother Lin, do you trust me?" Seeing the doubt on Lin Ce's face, Yang Hengye asked.
"Of course I trust you!" Lin Ce said without the slightest hesitation.
"Then that settles it. Once I have dealt with the Swift Cicada Gu, I will tell you the reason!" Yang Yanzhou said, raising the silver needle once more!
"Good!" Lin Ce nodded and asked no more, standing there and letting Yang Ce do as he would!
Yang Cenbin was far more cautious this time than before; he was calculating the Swift Cicada Gu's trajectory! The instant Yang Ce struck, the Gu had already fled far away. So no matter how fast Yang Juehuan struck, the sequence—Yang Ce sees it, the signal reaches his brain, the brain issues the command, Yang Ce strikes—could never outmatch the speed of the Swift Cicada Gu!
Even though Yang Ce was an assassin of great skill, Yang Shuoxuan had no way to strike without any delay!
That being so, Yang Shuoxuan abandoned the method of stabbing wherever he saw the Gu, and instead began calculating and simulating its speed of movement!