Chapter 159
Chapter 159: First, Have A Taste Of ‘Vigilante A’s Flying Book’
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
It was at this moment in the valley in the forest ahead, Shaz stopped abruptly as he was making Vigilante A go round. HJe then turned to look behind as doubt reflected on its chilly snake eyes, and along with it, a tinge of disappointment.
The green lizard beside it turned to look too. After it saw a fire dragon rose into the sky, apart from looking utterly shocked, it started to ponder.
The green lizard thought, “Wow, there’s actually a dragon? Its strength isn’t worse than mine either, it’s even better than me.”
“According to how the Chinese evaluate, Shaz the cobra is a Grade-A prime and superlative powerhouse, wouldn’t it not fear the dragon?”
“But then why does it look so perplexed? Could there be another scheme, was that stiff-minded rock lizard right with its warning?”
Just as the green lizard was wondering, beside it, a cold voice said, “Brother Forest Lizard, it looks like we have to return in preparation for the attack.”
Forest Lizard felt a little anxious, upon hearing that, it said, “Why, have you already found a way to crack their combined maneuver?”
Shaz spoke with a hoarse and cold tone, “I’ve already found it long ago. Now, hurry up and gather the troops to attack. Even if they found out how, they won’t have the time to solve the problem anymore!”
After hearing that, Forest Lizard looked aghast. “Not only does this venomous snake have profound strength, its mind is even more cunning. Is there anyone else in the Land of Heritage that can be his match? I’d better be more cautious.”
The cobra noticed the change in its expression. “Hmph, if I don’t frighten you you’re gonna do things your own way and not listen to my instructions diligently, this actually comes in handy now…”
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At the Great Training Square in the walled city of a ravine, Vigilante A seized a black-uniformed personnel member and looked at him from head to toe. The man was completely terrified.
The System said, “There’s no sign of poisoning, and his strength isn’t declining at all, how could he have such huge mood swings? Besides, they’re all directed towards us, too?”
Fang Ning said with uncertainty, “There won’t be mistakes in the System Notifications, do you think somebody secretly instigated them and said something to them? Sir System, I’m afraid that you went overboard with your display of badassery. It might have sparked jealousy within them and gave them a chance to take advantage of the situation.”
Qiao Anping, who was following beside, was confused as well. Vigilante A had come down with haste and had ordered the members of the army for an emergency gathering upon finding him . He then performed an inspection back and forth, and even made a detailed observation on one man.
From that personnel that was found, he noticed that other than a slight emotional instability, there was nothing odd about him. Based on his observation, the emotional instability was probably due to pressure from facing the siege. It could have been a temporary psychological fluctuation owing to the fact that all their escape routes had been cut off.
The System continued, “You humans are so complicated, I’m displaying badassery to gain more reputation, it won’t even hinder them in the tiniest bit. Besides, they’re allies, this is going to help them, why are they jealous of me?”
Fang Ning was helpless. “If humans are simple-minded like you, would you even need me now? You would’ve thrust me into the corners of the System Space long ago.”
Of course, he knew why the System valued reputation so much, it was because it would gain a another Morality Bar for each level up. With the subsistence of the Advanced-level Atmospheric Morality Technique, it would gain four more at once. Due to the huge importance of Morality, it was more than essential for killing enemies and saving allies…
Sir System attempted its scan once more, and again shook its head.
Fang Ning watched as the System Notifications kept flooding in, those people were envious and outraged for a moment, then ashamed and calm next. They had no intention to stop at all, and it made him restless more than anything.
Fang Ning reminded, “Sir System, we shouldn’t even think about using the ‘Strength in Unity’ now, looking at the situation. It’ll be best if they don’t fall out with us and turn us into enemies…”
The System replied, “So you’re telling me to hurry up and think of an idea. Based on the speed of that snake, it’ll be able to rush over in six hours’ time. When that happens, we can only run home without any ult to hold them back. I won’t bother with their lives anymore, our lives are more important than the experience pack…”
Fang Ning was speechless, “You’re very frank, let me think again, there should be enough time…”
Fang Ning was not an expert in hypothesizing popular feelings as he spent a long time being in solitude, but he had not wasted his time being an arm-flinging boss for half a year, either. At least he knew that he could look for somebody to solve the problem if he could not do it himself.
After filtering everyone he knew in the Land of Heritage, he finally thought of someone who could probably get a clear picture of the root of the problem.
“Ask Qiao Anping to call both Xie Dong and Qiao Zijiang over. Xie Dong can identify the authenticity of words people say, he definitely has the superpower to see through them. As for Qiao Zijiang, she’s highly experienced and well informed from her daily travels everywhere. It’s unfortunate that Zheng Dao is not around though, if he were, he’d probably be able to recognize the cause of this situation since he mentioned that his strength had greatly improved.”
In no time, Vigilante A had conveyed Fang Ning’s message to Qiao Anping.
Although Qiao Anping had missed a lot of abnormalities, he felt that the army had lost its solemn, just, and sense of unity that it had in the past. Instead, there was a vague impetuous feeling, something was probably wrong, since Vigilante A was still busying himself with investigating.
He immediately notified the two people.
In just a short while, Xie Dong ran over, with Qiao Zijiang following closely behind.
Sure enough, Xie Dong as a member of the Public Relations, had a knack for knowing what people were thinking. Without asking at all, he instantly had an understanding of the situation by glancing through the looks of the people in the army force.
When he arrived, he did not say a word. He only looked around and sped hastily through the huge army. After looking for a while, he picked out a black-uniformed personnel member and made him step forward.
After he found that man, he then spoke to him and asked a few others along to the training room beside the square.
Vigilante A, Qiao Anping, Qiao Zijiang, and that black-uniformed personnel who was picked out, called “Liu Shun”, followed him to the training room.
“Let me ask you a few questions, please take them seriously.” Xie Dong had a stern look as he said to the black-uniformed man.
Liu Shun said concisely, “yes, senior official.”
Xie Dong asked, “What’s your purpose in life right now?”
Liu Shun answered with a firm look, “To protect China and to maintain order! To sacrifice my life to serve…”
Xie Dong’s face changed suddenly. He cut him off. “You’re lying!”
Upon hearing that, Liu Shun looked like he was in pain. He held his head and struggled as he shouted, “I don’t know either! The training went smoothly in the morning. Everyone was asking why those demons weren’t here yet so that we can slaughter them to our heart’s content!! But right after lunch, when we trained in the afternoon, a thought suddenly appeared in my mind — So what if you risk your life to kill the enemy? With proficiency this low, you’ll only be able to cultivate those dreadful levels like Grade-D! You’ll certainly die in a battle right after it begins! As for those cultivation geniuses that you defend and protect with your life, they’ll be able to become immortal in the future and extend their lives to a thousand years, is it worth it at all? These selfish thoughts have been drilling into my mind like a venomous snake. But if I can control them, I promise that it won’t affect the battle.”
Once Fang Ning heard that, he knew the root of the problem.
Fang Ning said, “This is despicable! It’s really all because of that venomous snake. I’ve felt that it was odd for it to linger around us for such a long time, but I was too slow to react. I only realized when the System Notification appeared. It seems like we have to lower its IQ as soon as possible, we almost got sold out to it if it weren’t for the System Notification…”
When Xie Dong heard, he had a puzzled look about him. He turned to say to the others, “Everything he said was true, except for the last sentence, it’ll definitely affect the war… I’m afraid that the others will have similar situations as him. Only those with profound strength were spared.”
Qiao Anping was shocked by the news. He had always coordinated with the army trained by Hu Feng, so he was crystal clear with its ins and outs; the people must be at one heart and united in order to unleash a doughty power!
Based on the people in China and intelligence gathered, to select fifty-three thousand and six hundred men was already a very tall order. Each of them had went through many stages of inspection, had clean family backgrounds, and were found to be loyal and innocent before they were chosen. Those with mere strength and even slightly poor temperament were not selected at all.
However, since a situation like that appeared, it was obvious that something went wrong.
Qiao Anping frowned and said, “What should we do now? Xie Dong, bring him along to report to Elder Hai and the others, then quickly return to discuss a solution.”
Xie Dong brought Liu Xun along left immediately.
Qiao Zijiang who was beside was also in deep thought, when suddenly her eyes widened, “Uncle, I recall an evildoer from before that was an expert in creating illusions in humans’ minds, and he got away with it by not using a common toxic substance. It’s hard to notice through magic when it’s being concealed. I’m afraid that the followers of Chief Hu fell into that spell. But they’ve always had closed trainings, how did they get affected? Could it be the Curse Technique?”
Qiao Anping smoothened his knitted brows. “I see. Since we know the exact details, it’ll be easier to deal with this. Principal Xu has been educating his whole life, his Cultivation Base is highly related to the practice of temperament. If we ask him for help, he should be able to crack the problem of the temperament disorder. The only thing is whether we have enough time left to spare…”
Vigilante A said, “That venomous snake is slow. Since we managed to identify the problem early, we should have around five to six hours before they surround us.”
Qiao Anping quickly said, “I hope that we still have time, I’ll bring Principal Xu over immediately.”
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Six hours later, night had fallen once again. The demon market outside the walled city had already dispersed long ago. They weren’t idiots in any case; it was late at night, which was the easiest time for things to go wrong, so it would be best to leave early.
Their experience proved them right. Sure enough, something happened in the hours of darkness.
From the System Map, Fang Ning could clearly see a huge area of dark red appearing around the walled city.
It was similar to the previous incident, only it was not a three-way encirclement anymore.
In the Land of Heritage, nearly a thousand violent bloodthirsty demons, gathered over countless years scattered around and formed three rows in formation, forming lines on the empty ground outside of the South entrance of the walled city.
A terrifying atmosphere surrounded those beasts and demons. Each of them was suppressing violent emotion as they waited for the order of their leader to charge, to trample over the walls of the city, shining bright like daylight, and to eat up everyone inside…
They were all mindless demons, transformed from demons that were once Grade-A geniuses. Although they had no magic abilities, their defense became much stronger by relying on their natural ability to toughen their bodies over time. This was also an important reason as to why Qiao Anping caused no effect on that lizard even though he was a master in murderous intent.
At that moment, the cobra finally showed up among the ocean of beasts. It slithered a stone’s throw away from the wall of the city, and along with it was the green lizard.
Once it appeared, it coiled its body upwards, showing its large, long, horrifying body, and its flat yet wide head, which instantly caused everyone around to shudder.
After it appeared, it kept silent, as if it were sensing the movement of the army behind the city wall.
After several clicks, its hoarse voice was finally heard, accompanied with a chill that snapped at everyone’s spines.
“Why did you not use your Sealing Formation? Is your ‘Tiandao Combo’ destroyed? What about the ‘Vanquishing Slash of Tiandao?”
All the powerhouses from Truth Department were anxiously alert on the walls of the city. The army force was making its final arrangements at that moment, and the demon was not wrong at all, there was no need to use the Tiandao. They needed to fight for more time…
There was only one fellow that was not at all nervous or afraid. On the contrary, it felt that it was its best opportunity to display badassery to gain reputation…
At once, Vigilante A flew over to the entrance of the walled city.
“How dare an evildoer like you forcefully exhibit your powers in broad daylight, deliberately upsetting the peace and order of this world! Forget about the Vanquishing Slash of Tiandao, first, have a taste of the ‘Vigilante’s Flying Book’!!”
Upon hearing that, the venomous snake instantly retreated.
“Bam!”, before Vigilante A’s voice died away, a black object flew out of his hand flying past in a blink of an eye, and hit the snake right in its hideous head!
Shaz the venomous snake took two steps back, then it shook its head. Not a single white mark was seen on its flat and dark snakehead.
“Hmph, I was thinking what kind of ultimate technique or celestial art you’d throw at me, but that was all! It’s like what you humans say, what’s it called, all bark and no bite? Hahaha!”