FVN Chapter 66 Delivering the Gun
Chapter 66 Delivering the Gun
"You evil Taoist! Stop right there!"
A turquoise dragon, tens of meters long, suddenly burst forth from the clouds behind them, its body stretching across the sky, its scales gleaming with a cold, eerie light under the moonlight. The old dragon had pushed the Nine Layers of Azure Waves to the seventh layer, its figure flashing through the clouds like a bolt of turquoise lightning.
"Old mudfish, you've chased him for over 800 li, aren't you tired?"
Lu Changgeng, his magical power surging, stepped out with a flourish and shouted without turning his head.
The Scattering Flower Step is a celestial footwork passed down by the Seven Fairies. Lu Changgeng's mastery of it, which he learned from them, is no different from that of the Seven Fairies. At this moment, he is activating it with all his might. His figure is as fleeting as falling petals in the clouds. Every time he flashes, he steps on the gaps in the clouds. He is so fast that even his afterimages don't have time to form.
The roar of the old dragon Wansheng grew closer and closer. He quickened his pace even more, and the two dragons strung on the spear swayed back and forth in the night wind. Ao Qing had already fainted, and Princess Wansheng's water-red skirt fluttered in the wind.
While the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints' Ninefold Waves was also fast, this movement technique was ultimately a water-based divine power, and could not unleash its full power in the air.
Whenever he was about to catch up with the blood-red light, Lu Changgeng would use a scattering flower step to turn around, his figure drifting hundreds of feet away like falling petals, widening the distance once again.
"Old mudfish, how can you catch up with me with that kind of speed?" Lu Changgeng's voice drifted over on the wind, carrying a hint of casual teasing.
Enraged, the old dragon Wansheng's whiskers stood on end. He opened his mouth and spewed out a breath of icy dragon breath. The emerald light grazed Lu Changgeng's back, freezing the clouds behind him into a sheet of ice mist.
However, Lu Changgeng didn't even turn his head. He used the Scattering Flower Step to step left and right, his figure swaying uncertainly amidst the dragon's breath. Each time, he seemed to barely dodge, but his rhythm was never disrupted.
"If I were you, I would have bought a block of tofu and smashed my head against it long ago. You've reached the Dao and can't even catch up to someone who's just taken human form? How shameful." He glanced at Ao Qing and Wan Sheng on the spear shaft, then added, "Your son and daughter are truly devoted to each other—oh no, I mean, to each other. You know your son likes to be a woman, right?"
The Old Dragon of Halloween roared, unleashing his full magical power and increasing his speed by another third.
However, the Scattering Flower Step is a celestial footwork, far superior in grade to the Ninefold Canglang. Even though Lu Changgeng's cultivation was far inferior to his, his speed still steadily surpassed that of the old dragon.
The two chased and fled, sometimes far and sometimes near, but they could never truly get close.
Just then, a muffled howl came from the sky behind the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints.
A thick, gray fog rolled in from the west at an astonishing speed, tearing the clouds into fragments wherever it passed.
In the mist, the silhouette of a massive, mountain-like ape could be vaguely seen, its crimson eyes like two blood-red lanterns—it was none other than the Ape Demon King!
His speed was even faster than that of the old dragon, and he caught up with the old dragon in a short while.
Seeing the Ape Demon King approaching, the Old Dragon King's expression relaxed slightly, and he said urgently, "Brother Ape Demon, help me intercept him!"
Even without being told, the Ape Demon King would give chase with all his might. His crimson eyes were fixed on the blood-red light ahead, and his deep voice came from the gray mist: "He can't escape."
Lu Changgeng sensed another Dao Integration Realm aura coming from behind him, and after sensing it for a while, he discovered that it was the Ape Demon King.
The gray mist aura of the Dao Integration Realm was rapidly approaching, and his heart tightened.
He could manage to fend off an old mudfish with his Scattering Flower Steps, but if he were surrounded by an old ape at the Dao Integration Realm, he might be in danger.
Two more burdens were hanging on the gun barrel, and the mana was being consumed more and more. If they continued running like this, they would be caught up sooner or later.
His mind raced, and suddenly he began to accelerate at full speed, seemingly disregarding the consumption of his magical power.
Now, the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints couldn't keep up and could only watch helplessly as Lu Changgeng disappeared from sight, relying solely on his aura to chase after him.
The Ape Demon King was faster, surpassing the Dragon King, and sent out a divine thought: "I will go after him; I won't lose him."
The Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints felt a little embarrassed. Was he really getting old? Did he really have to go back and buy a block of tofu to smash his head against, as that evil Taoist priest had suggested?
He had no choice but to say, "In that case, I'll have to trouble you, Brother Ape Demon."
The way they addressed each other was also quite polite.
After running for a while, Lu Changgeng sensed that there was only the aura of the Ape Demon King behind him. He suddenly stopped his Scattering Flower Steps and stopped steadily in mid-air. He turned around and held the Xuanming Canglan Spear horizontally in front of him.
The ape demon king's gray mist arrived in an instant, and suspecting a trap ahead, it stopped a hundred feet in front of him.
The mist dissipated, revealing the Ape Demon King's imposing, mountain-like figure. His dark, iron-like skin gleamed with a metallic sheen under the moonlight.
His bloodshot eyes stared at Lu Changgeng, a sinister smile slowly spreading across his lips: "Kid, why aren't you running away? Out of magic power?"
He sensed Lu Changgeng's magical aura; it was weak and fluctuating, indicating that he had expended a lot of magical power. However, he was unsure whether there was a trap ahead and decided to investigate first.
Lu Changgeng tilted the spear shaft slightly, so that the spearheads bearing Ao Qing and Princess Wansheng hung down towards the Ape Demon King. He casually rested his right hand on the spear shaft and raised his left hand to make a "calm down" gesture.
His tone was tinged with amusement, as if he were discussing business with an old acquaintance: "This humble Taoist has met the Ape Demon King. I just suddenly realized that we don't really have any irreconcilable hatred for each other. As for the Soft Bone King, I originally intended to impersonate her to collect a reward, but who knew something unexpected would happen."
The Ape Demon King's face darkened instantly. He looked down at his crotch, then suddenly looked up at Lu Changgeng and said in a gloomy voice, "You've harmed my beloved concubine, you're asking for death."
"Hey, that's not right. It's a misunderstanding. Besides, she's just a woman..." Seeing the Ape Demon King remain silent, he paused, turned the gun around, and a blood-red light flowed around it: "Ape Demon King, let's not beat around the bush. Do you know why that old mudfish Wan Sheng is clinging to me? It's not because I learned some Canglang Nine Folds. It's just a minor Taoist movement technique that I don't even care about."
The reason he offered a reward to me is simply because I took this spear from the bottom of his Azure Wave Pool! This spear is the war spear of the ancient god Gonggong!
Therefore, I, this humble Taoist priest, will present this divine spear to the Ape Demon King as an apology.
From now on, we'll go our separate ways and keep to ourselves.
"You don't need to hold a grudge against a mere humanoid like me. This spear is worth far more than my head, what do you say?"
He said this with an expressionless face, but he was secretly on guard.
He didn't mention a word about how the Ape Demon King was turned into a eunuch by the Soft Bone King.
Bringing this up now is like reopening his wounds; it's no wonder the old ape is going berserk.
Upon hearing that it was the ancient Gonggong's war spear, the Ape Demon King's eyes lit up. He paused for a moment on the spear and thought to himself, "No wonder the old dragon was so eager to offer a bounty on this person, even mobilizing his old brothers. This was extremely rare before. It seems that my suspicions were correct."
His gaze swept over the two dragons strung on the gun barrel, finally settling back on Lu Changgeng's face.
The Thunder God's face was expressionless for a moment, with only his crimson eyes slowly moving.
After a moment of silence, he suddenly revealed a set of crooked fangs and grinned: "It seems it's not impossible. I don't really have any great grudge against you. I have countless concubines, but one of them has died..."
The moment the words "that's all" were uttered, the Ape Demon King's figure vanished from the spot.