novelGlobal #330 - Chapter 329: Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain
#330 - Chapter 329: Lure the Tiger Away from the Mountain
At this moment, Takahashi Unosuke's lips were chapped, his face pale, and his hands and feet were tightly bound by vines transformed from abilities. He lay stiffly on the ground.
Beside him, two Eighth Forbidden Soul Soldiers warily guarded their surroundings, completely ignoring Takahashi Unosuke as played by Huang Ping.
Takahashi Unosuke weakly called out, "Water, I want water..."
One of the Soul Soldiers lowered his head and kicked Takahashi Unosuke hard, scolding, "Be quiet, you'll get it when you return to the Takahashi Conglomerate..."
Whoosh—
A gust of wind swept through, and a black shadow flashed in front of the Soul Soldier, spinning and driving its left leg, kicking with a "bang" directly exploding the Soul Soldier!
The Soul Soldier a few meters away quickly reacted, but it was too late. The black shadow grabbed Takahashi Unosuke's neck, and with a "buzz," a dazzling white light flashed.
Then, the two of them mysteriously disappeared from the spot.
...
Inside the dark elevator.
Clunk, clunk, clunk—
The elevator slowly decelerated until it came to a complete stop.
Buzz—
The elevator doors opened to both sides.
"Hmm?"
Li Chenqiu said with a light suspicion, stepped out of the elevator, and what came into view was a boundless wilderness.
"What does this mean?"
Li Chenqiu turned to look at Takahashi Haruyama and Sonoki Akiyoshi, who walked out of the elevator.
Takahashi Haruyama didn't speak, seemingly waiting for something.
Bang!
Suddenly, the ground beneath Li Chenqiu's feet instantly cracked, and a terrifying sonic boom rang out. In just a second, he flashed to a kilometer away!
At the same moment, several figures rushed out from all directions, surrounding Li Chenqiu, sealing off all his escape routes. Colorful and dazzling abilities occupied the entire sky.
Takahashi Ranmu shouted loudly, "Don't hold back!"
At the critical moment, the corners of Li Chenqiu's mouth slightly curved upward. His toes, as if equipped with thrusters, shot out with a "bang" in everyone's astonished gazes, rushing out of the range of the abilities' attacks.
Rumble!!!
A massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and the terrifying aftermath swept out like a torrent, leveling countless hills. The birds in the sky were directly crushed into dust!
Sonoki Akiyoshi widened his eyes: "How is that possible!"
"Chase him!"
Takahashi Ranmu shouted sharply.
Bang, bang, bang—
A series of sonic booms rang out from within the mushroom cloud, and several figures, difficult to capture with the naked eye, rushed out of the mushroom cloud, chasing after Li Chenqiu.
"Damn it, isn't he a Fifth Forbidden? How can he have such speed!"
"Perhaps he has some life-saving means we don't know about!"
"Everyone listen up, Sonoki Akiyoshi pursues in a straight line, the others spread out and approach in a semi-circle, he won't get away!"
"Understood!"
...
Time slowly passed, and the two sides remained in a stalemate.
Takahashi Ranmu and the others couldn't catch up to Li Chenqiu, and Li Chenqiu couldn't shake off Takahashi Ranmu and the others.
Sonoki Akiyoshi, who was following behind Li Chenqiu, became more and more alarmed as he chased.
"How can a Fifth Forbidden have such speed? Is it a Mystic Weapon?"
Sonoki Akiyoshi couldn't understand, and neither could the others.
Takahashi Ranmu loudly encouraged, "Don't give up, Li Chenqiu won't last long!"
Li Chenqiu, running in the front, turned his head and looked behind him.
"Having lured them so far, Li Chenqiu's side should be fine!" Xiang Nan Zhi, disguised as Li Chenqiu, narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself.
That's right, the Li Chenqiu in front of them was not the real Li Chenqiu, but Xiang Nan Zhi disguised as Li Chenqiu.
From leaving the hotel to getting in the car to go to the prison, to seeing Lu Xiancong, the words and actions of Li Chenqiu during these time periods were all said and done by Xiang Nan Zhi, and had nothing to do with him personally.
From the beginning, Li Chenqiu clearly knew that the Takahashi Conglomerate would definitely make a move against him, and would definitely protect Lu Xiancong very well.
If he just went over there directly, thinking of improvising, he would definitely not be able to rescue Lu Xiancong.
So Li Chenqiu came up with a very classic trick—luring the tiger away from the mountain!
He had Xiang Nan Zhi disguise himself as him and go to the place where Lu Xiancong was being held, while he used the Seventy-Two Transformations to hide on Xiang Nan Zhi's body.
After seeing Lu Xiancong, he would quietly hide there, waiting for Xiang Nan Zhi to lure away the people who wanted to deal with him, and then he would take the opportunity to rescue him.
This was Li Chenqiu's plan of "luring the tiger away from the mountain"!
...
Inside the prison cell where Lu Xiancong was imprisoned.
Li Chenqiu, transformed into a fly, stood on the surveillance camera, calculating the time in his heart.
"Fourteen minutes, they should be far away."
Li Chenqiu thought to himself, then flapped his wings and flew downwards, quietly landing next to Lu Xiancong's ear.
Lu Xiancong seemed to sense Li Chenqiu's presence and shook his head.
Li Chenqiu said in a low voice, "Professor Lu, I am Li Chenqiu."
"Ugh?"
Lu Xiancong had a surprised expression on his face, and leaned his head towards the direction the sound came from, hitting the wall with a "bang."
Li Chenqiu instructed, "Professor Lu, you don't need to look for where I am, you just need to know that I am Li Chenqiu. I will take you out of here later, don't struggle or resist."
Lu Xiancong was stunned for a moment, then, as if he had thought of something, shook his head desperately and made a vague "woo woo" sound.
As if he was very reluctant to leave, whether he was afraid or had other considerations.
Li Chenqiu comforted in confusion, "You don't need to worry, I will definitely be able to take you out. Time is of the essence, delay will cause changes, get ready!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Chenqiu didn't give Lu Xiancong time to answer, and directly activated "Extreme Metal"!
In the next second, the ground made of steel rippled like the surface of a lake. Before Lu Xiancong could react, he fell directly into it and disappeared into the prison cell.
At the same time, an ear-piercing alarm sounded throughout the underground prison!
Woooo woooo—
At the same time, the electric lights embedded in the ceiling of the plaza switched to a scarlet blood color.
Alert, prisoner 001 has escaped!
Alert, prisoner 001 has escaped!
Alert, prisoner 001 has escaped!
...
Monitoring Hall
"Ah! 001 escaped?"
"How is that possible? No one was detected entering the prison!"
The staff in the hall looked blank.
"Clearly... clearly he was just here!?"
The young man in charge of monitoring 001's prison widened his eyes and pressed the keyboard in front of him in horror. No matter how he adjusted it, the real-time monitoring screen never showed Lu Xiancong's shadow.
Bang!
Takahashi Mesheng, who was drinking tea, directly crushed the cup. The scalding tea splashed out. He got up and walked behind the young man.
The young man stood up in a panic, about to explain something, but Takahashi Mesheng directly interrupted him and said coldly, "Activate the locator on him and locate his position."
"Uh... okay, okay!"
The young man sat back in his seat and frantically typed on the keyboard.
Whoosh—
The screen flashed, and a rapidly moving small red dot appeared on it.
Takahashi Mesheng glanced at it, and his figure disappeared in place.