Chapter 2866 — The Flying Man
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"Jiji!" The Heavenly Thunder Pig cried out in alarm, trying to stop Tianchan, but plainly its protest came too late. The Dragon of the Five Baleful darted over at extraordinary speed and seized Tianchan in its claws; and the Heavenly Thunder Pig, cradled in her arms, was caught up as well.
"Ah!" Tianchan screamed, but it was already too late. The Dragon of the Five Baleful swung its claw and, with a "whoosh," flung Tianchan and the Heavenly Thunder Pig off the cliff's edge!
"As you wished, loathsome human cultivators—go and die!" That done, the Dragon of the Five Baleful ambled leisurely back into its cave. It loathed Tianchan and Wei Zhao and their kind with a passion. It might have obtained the Five Baleful primal power and advanced its cultivation—but these human cultivators had ruined it all!
At the very beginning, when a great host of human cultivators of Earth rank and above had appeared in the Five Baleful Wastes, the Dragon of the Five Baleful was furious, and sent word through the nearby spirit beasts to hunt them down and kill them.
But the Dragon of the Five Baleful was no fool; when matters turn strange, there is sure to be mischief afoot. Over the years, though human cultivators had entered the Five Baleful Wastes, they sent only cultivators of the Mist and Mystery ranks here, never daring to violate that principle—and so no great conflict had arisen between the human cultivators and the spirit beasts of the Wastes.
This time, however, so many high-ranked cultivators had appeared, contrary to all custom, among them several of the Heaven rank. This left the Dragon of the Five Baleful furious and puzzled at once. It did not believe the Xuandan Sect would suddenly lose its wits and do something so suicidal. Then it struck it—the time for the release of the Five Baleful primal power was near. Could this be connected?
Connected or not, the Dragon of the Five Baleful hurried back to its cave, and indeed found a human cultivator there, using external force to provoke the Five Baleful primal power. So its guess had been right—it had fallen for the humans' trick of luring the tiger from its mountain!
That was why the Dragon of the Five Baleful had returned so early. Yet still it had been a step too late, and failed to absorb the Five Baleful primal power.
Tianchan was alarmed, but at once she realized that Wei Zhao had likely been flung off the cliff by the Dragon in just this way—and that she had been made a fool of! Yet there was nothing to be done for it. Her one consolation was that this time the Dragon had not wounded her, merely thrown her from the cliff. So Tianchan swiftly worked the mnemonic of her heart method, shielding herself with true qi, and hurriedly called to the Heavenly Thunder Pig: "Little Pig, how are you? Will you be all right falling from here?"
"Jiji..." The Heavenly Thunder Pig shook its head, signaling that it would be fine.
Wei Zhao watched Yang Qiqi sink into slumber, a bitter feeling in his heart, yet for the moment he could think of no good way to escape his predicament. Just as he was fretting, he suddenly sensed a fierce gust sweeping down from the sky, mingled with the true qi of energy. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to cast