coobybook Chapter 1436 Pursuit
Chapter 1436 Pursuit
"!?!" Nangong Qiuyue exclaimed in surprise, "Huh?"
“He realized that we are all puppets, not living people,” Nangong Ru said gravely. “We can’t let him leave, otherwise he will take this information back to Sima Qing!”
The substitute dolls are their secret weapon.
Such intelligence, if concealed, would be a tremendous advantage for them. Otherwise, the enemy would likely target them!
Everyone was shocked when they heard this.
"I see!" Nangong Qiuyue's expression brightened: "I'll go after them!"
She held up two fingers and chanted an incantation: "Special Ability—Controlling Breath and Riding the Wind!"
Buzz! The air around her suddenly became turbulent, and countless tiny air currents converged towards her as if summoned, wrapping around her limbs and bones.
Immediately afterward, she shifted her stance, her movements as nimble as a leaf in the wind, and uttered a low shout:
"Martial Arts Technique - Returning Wind Shadow Dance Steps!"
"call--!!!"
The double boost exploded instantly! Nangong Qiuyue seemed to transform into a weightless stream of azure light. With a light tap of her feet, she shot out like an arrow! Her speed was so fast that she left behind several clearly visible afterimages that slowly dissipated. The sound of wind breaking was sharp and piercing as she instantly rushed into the thick fog in the direction where the orc Am had disappeared!
Jiang Xiaoming couldn't help but gasp in amazement: "Wow...so fast..."
Cang Feng pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses: "The perfect combination of wind attribute ability and high-level wind-based martial arts produces an astonishing speed boost. If we're just talking about speed, I'm afraid many late-stage Soul Emperor realm superhumans are not as fast as her."
“But it’s just about speed.” Nangong Ru said seriously, “I can tell that the mad doctor from the beast race hadn’t used his full strength yet. He probably still has some trump cards he hasn’t used. Qiu Yue alone is probably no match for him.”
"I'll go help her!" Xia Xiyao said immediately.
After she finished speaking, a fierce and chaotic aura surged around her, like a small chaotic demon god awakening. With a muffled thud, the ground beneath her feet trembled slightly, and she transformed into a streak of crimson and gray-white light, chasing after Nangong Qiuyue!
"I'm going too!" Seeing this, Jiang Xiaoming did not hesitate. He pushed off with his feet, leaped up, and followed.
Cang Feng hesitated for a moment, then looked at Nangong Ru: "I'll go help too. Director Nangong, you stay here and rest. Right now, our bodies only have half of their mana, and we can't restore them with potions. After all, we're puppet bodies, so there are still many limitations. You and Arthur stay here to deal with the remaining demonized berserkers."
Nangong Ru nodded slightly: "Mm."
Arthur nodded in agreement.
Cang Feng said no more. He drew a light, ethereal talisman in the air with his brush, and then with a "whoosh," his figure floated up, like a scholar riding the wind, and quickly disappeared into the surging purple mist ahead, following the aura of the people in front.
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"Shh-"
"Shh-"
Two figures, moving so fast they seemed to tear through the air, darted one after the other through the towering trees and the pervasive purple mist, leaving blurry afterimages in their wake.
With the support of dual wind attribute skills, Nangong Qiuyue's speed was frightening, and she caught up with the orc doctor in the blink of an eye.
"Don't even think about running away!" Nangong Qiuyue's eyes sharpened.
She lightly touched the tree trunk with her toes, making a barely audible sound, but her body shot out like a powerful arrow, bursting with astonishing propulsion!
The thick fog was forcibly pushed aside around her, forming a brief airflow channel!
"Om-!"
The "Moon Song" straight sword in her hand emitted a clear, resonant tremor, and the blade blazed with a burst of blue light! Taking advantage of the momentum, she twisted her waist, stretched out her arm, and delivered a clean, sharp, and tricky diagonal slash from the upper left to the lower right, tearing through the air and aiming straight for the orc Am's nape and shoulder blade! Before the blade even arrived, the fierce sword energy had already cleaved the fog in its path, creating a vacuum trajectory.
However, the expected resistance as the blade cut into flesh did not come.
The longsword sliced through the air without any hindrance, passing right through the center of the "orc Am's" body!
Nangong Qiuyue was taken aback: "A phantom image..."
"It's a clone technique..."
She never expected that this orc doctor would have such a wide range of abilities, and that he could even create clones!
"Hehehehe... You've been tricked!"
A sinister laugh, filled with the glee of a cunning scheme, suddenly came from the depths of the thick fog to her right!
Before the words were even finished, two cold glints pierced through the fog and arrived! They were two exquisitely crafted surgical knives, thin as cicada wings, spinning and tearing through the air, emitting a subtle yet deadly hiss, aimed directly at Nangong Qiuyue's wrist, which had slightly loosened its grip on the knife due to shock!
"Ding! Ding!"
Two sharp, almost simultaneous, metallic clangs rang out!
Nangong Qiuyue's pupils contracted.
The orc doctor charged at her with another scalpel in hand. She quickly bent back and dodged the orc doctor's attack.
At the same time, her left hand, which was lying on its back, was not idle. With her five fingers spread, she grabbed at the "Moon Song" straight knife, which had been knocked away and was stuck diagonally in the tree trunk not far away!
"Special Ability - Wind Pull!"
hum!
An invisible force of wind wrapped around the hilt of the straight sword. As if pulled by invisible threads, the sword let out a soft murmur and broke free from the tree trunk on its own. It drew a graceful arc in the air with a "whoosh," like a swallow returning to its nest, swirling back into her hand.
"Ding!"
"Crack!"
The two exchanged two more blows in the blink of an eye.
"Fierce and malevolent—Chaos Wave!"
Two waves of energy, filled with terrifying malevolent aura, roared in!
The orc doctor glanced at her out of the corner of his eye, and while dealing with Nangong Qiuyue in front of him, he also skillfully dodged the two fierce waves of attacks.
Xia Xiyao and Jiang Xiaoming also caught up.
Xia Xiyao's eyes narrowed, and the surging, ferocious chaotic energy around her instantly condensed and transformed! Four massive, translucent, crimson-patterned beast hands, entirely composed of solidified ferocious energy, appeared out of thin air behind her, each the size of a house! The hands, with their fingers spread wide, wielded a violent aura capable of tearing everything apart, and viciously grabbed at the beastman Amu who had just regained his footing!
These four giant hands seemed to have the ability to extend, their arm spans suddenly lengthening! As Xia Xiyao swung her arm horizontally, the four giant hands swept out in a fan shape!
“Boom, boom—!!”
A deafening roar, like the wind sweeping away everything in its path! Wherever the giant hand reached, whether it was a towering ancient tree that required several people to encircle or a tough vine or shrub, everything was swept away and crushed at the roots like fragile stalks of wheat!