Chapter 2760 - 2757: Rescue

Just as An Qi sensed some danger and slowly turned her head, Shui Nian’s water cannon attack almost hit An Qi’s head. Such powerful cannonballs would be deadly not only to An Qi’s frail body but also to Ling Feng if he were caught off guard.

However, at this critical moment, a golden Sword Qi streaked past and instantly shattered the water cannonball into countless droplets, which fell to the ground.

An Qi, realizing her life was in peril, was directly taken aback and fell to the ground by the shockwave from the clash between the Sword Qi and the cannonball as she turned her head.

An Qi looked at the murderous Shui Nian, and even the densest person could sense something. Her face was full of fear, trembling all over with terror.

Ling Feng was originally communicating with Little Fei on searching for Ling Yao’s whereabouts, but he also noticed the situation here. He turned to look at Song Ruozhao and Shui Nian, then at An Qi, who was collapsed on the ground trembling, and as intelligent as Ling Feng was, he immediately understood the cause of the explosion.

Shui Nian didn’t plan to hide anything at this moment. He looked coldly at Song Ruozhao and asked, "Mr. Song, what do you mean by this?"

Song Ruozhao chuckled lightly, "I wanted to ask what your water cannonball meant just now."

It was obvious that the golden Sword Qi was released by Song Ruozhao. Among all the people here, only Song Ruozhao could unleash such a powerful Sword Qi in an instant to shatter Shui Nian’s water cannonball.

"You promised An Qi you’d let her go after bringing us here, but then you tried to kill her. Are the people of the Shui Clan really as outsiders say—two-faced?"

"Consider me today, having learned from this!" Song Ruozhao scoffed mockingly, giving no quarter to Shui Nian.

"This person is from the Clan of Darkness, our Shui Clan’s mortal enemy. I have a reason to kill him and no reason to let him go!" Shui Nian shouted, "For thousands of years, the Clan of Darkness has massacred countless Shui Clan members. I will kill people from the Clan of Darkness the moment I see them,"

"I won’t care about any promises!"

Song Ruozhao shook his head, smiling, "Then why did you promise her earlier? Was it just to extract information? It seems the Shui Clan’s tactics are indeed quite despicable!"

Shui Nian shook his head, saying, "I don’t care how you view me. I only know that this person must die today, even if he hasn’t participated in the massacres of our Shui Clan. I absolutely won’t let him go!"

Song Ruozhao nodded, "Elder Shui Nian has great tactics, but today I, Song Ruozhao, will protect her. The promise you gave is to be honored! Now you easily go back on your word, where is the justice in this world?"

"What I hate most is people who don’t keep their promises. Trampling justice underfoot, I can’t bear to see it. If you’re capable, come and try!" Song Ruozhao said unreservedly.

Song Ruozhao didn’t even bother to stand in front of An Qi, which showed absolute confidence. Song Ruozhao was confident that regardless of what attack Shui Nian launched, he could block it at such close range!

Shui Nian thus silently faced off against Song Ruozhao, and Ling Feng couldn’t stand it any longer. He directly spoke up to reproach Shui Nian:

"Elder Shui Nian, this is your fault. You did make a promise earlier, and now you should let this person go. Even if you wanted to ask him a few more questions by breaking the promise, I would think it’s okay, but you went ahead without a word to silence him,"

"I find it hard to accept."

Shui Nian didn’t look at Ling Feng but stared intently at Song Ruozhao, even though Song Ruozhao was also part of the prophecy, Shui Nian really didn’t want to let An Qi, this dark spawn, go this time.

"Little friend Ling Feng, I thought you were smart, and your friend must be smart too, but looking today, how can you be so stubborn? In the world of cultivators, maintaining promises and justice is equivalent to committing suicide!"

"If you don’t understand such a simple principle, you must be too young! I suggest you try to persuade your friend; I’m determined to take An Qi’s life today!"

Ling Feng heard Shui Nian’s words and laughed with a "pfft", then spread his hands and laughed: "Elder Shui Nian, I’m afraid I can’t agree to your request today. You may not know, among the three of us, Mr. Song is actually the leader,"

"I can’t persuade him, maybe because I usually talk a lot, so it gave you an illusion that I’m the leader, but you misunderstood, I’m just a minor character, you shouldn’t view me as too important as I am not in a position to speak,"

"Also, even if I could speak, I wouldn’t persuade anyone. The fault lies with you initially; I suggest letting this matter pass, else if you truly end up fighting, our deal will be off, and we can’t help you through the Shui Clan’s disaster,"

"Moreover, we might have to go to another world to wreak havoc on your Shui Clan, and also..."

"If you truly end up fighting, I wager the odds are nine out of ten that you will be killed by Song Ruozhao, his Sword you can’t handle, even I wouldn’t want to fight this guy, you’re rather old now, don’t show off,"

"I’ve truly advised you, hold off, we’re still good friends, otherwise if you make a move, even if you regret it, it’d be too late; he truly will kill you!"

Ling Feng used his rhetoric to persuade, honestly not wanting Shui Nian and Song Ruozhao to fight. One, the Shui Clan is still somewhat useful, while killing Shui Nian would make finding Ling Yao much more troublesome.

The second reason is that Ling Feng currently doesn’t want to completely fall out with them. He still wants to obtain that ancestral body through normal trade methods. If he kills Shui Nian, then he’ll really have to seize it by force, which is exactly what the trouble-averse Ling Feng doesn’t want to see.

Thirdly, Ling Feng has not yet completely figured out the method to enter the Dark World. Even if those people the Shui Clan sent to guard the passage are really weak and Ling Feng and Song Ruozhao can easily deal with them, Ling Feng still doesn’t know the exact method to open the door.

If he kills Shui Nian, Shui Kong will definitely be enraged. At that point, there’s absolutely no way they’ll tell them how to open the door, and Ling Feng thinks that would make things rather difficult.

But if Shui Nian is really determined to kill An Qi and thus anger Song Ruozhao, Ling Feng can’t stop him from choosing this path of self-destruction. If Song Ruozhao ends up killing him, then so be it. At worst, they can just make a big scene afterward, and Ling Feng isn’t afraid of such a situation.

Ling Feng stared at Shui Nian, whose face was showing a fierce expression. At the same time, a water sphere cannonball appeared in his hand, and a majestic energy was slowly gathering.

"Alas," Ling Feng couldn’t help but sigh, "Is this really necessary? Do you really want to tear us apart like this? Then you can only go to your death; I really can’t save you. I’ve already advised you several times," Ling Feng casually said,

"But if only you die, it wouldn’t be a problem. However, in the end, your grandson, your great-granddaughter, and the entire Shui Clan would end up buried with you, and that’s the saddest part."

Ling Feng’s threatening words successfully unsettled Shui Nian, who was just about to make a move. The energy in his hand began to slowly dissipate. Then Shui Nian took a deep breath and looked at Ling Feng, saying:

"Alright then, today I’ll give young friend Ling Feng some face and not kill this Dark spawn."

Ling Feng smiled. Since this old guy had compromised, Ling Feng didn’t mind giving Shui Nian a way out, so he smiled and said, "Ah, right, Elder Shui Nian, just give me some face. Since the matter is resolved, let’s leave it at that."

Song Ruozhao turned to An Qi on the ground and said, "You may leave, and don’t come near the Shui Clan’s tribe again. If you can find a way, return to your own world as soon as possible."

An Qi immediately kowtowed several times to Song Ruozhao, repeatedly saying, "Thank you, thank you."

Shui Nian snorted coldly and said, "Although I spared you today, if I encounter you again in the future, I will definitely kill you!"

An Qi fearfully glanced at Shui Nian, then quickly ran away, carrying a big bag.

Song Ruozhao, having just completed a "valiant act" to save someone’s life, showed no expression on her face and didn’t even glance at Shui Nian, as if nothing had happened just now.

Shui Nian gazed at Song Ruozhao with hatred, but his face didn’t show any expression because he knew he couldn’t beat Song Ruozhao. If they really fought, not only he but also his clan members would be in danger.

Ling Feng stepped forward and said, "If Elder Shui Nian hasn’t discovered anything about this array, I think we can go back. There’s no longer any reason to stay here, as there’s no information here that can help us,"

"If we continue to stay here, I feel we still won’t be able to find Ling Yao. The people from the Clan of Darkness aren’t foolish enough to return here; they must be a very cautious race and wouldn’t make such a basic mistake,"

"Otherwise, they wouldn’t be called the Clan of Darkness. I believe they must have a backup plan; I just don’t know what it is at the moment. However, my intuition tells me Ling Yao wouldn’t surrender without a fight,"

"Perhaps Ling Yao left some information for me in the ruins of the mansion. I’m convinced that if I go back, I’ll definitely discover some clues, otherwise, I wouldn’t have the confidence to say something so certain."

"Also, I’ve already dispatched a large number of scouting bugs with Little Fei. Once they detect Ling Yao’s aura, they’ll report back to me as quickly as possible. We just need to return and investigate for a bit before quietly waiting for news."

After listening to Ling Feng’s words, Shui Nian nodded as well. He took one last look at the array he’d been unable to figure out for a long time, showing a reluctant expression. After all, staying here any longer would be pointless.

Because even after all his years, Shui Nian had never seen such an array. Continuing to study it would only be a waste of time, and even depleting all his knowledge and experience wouldn’t help him understand an array he had never seen before.

He could only preliminarily identify it as traces left by spatial teleportation, but beyond that, he couldn’t determine anything further, and it was even more impossible to deduce the original spatial teleportation array from these traces.

Just like Ling Feng said, staying here is now a futile gesture, so Shui Nian also agreed with Ling Feng’s view. He kept the array’s pattern in his mind, hoping to find its origins later when consulting the Shui Clan’s records.

After recording the full view of the array, Shui Nian summoned the roaring water demon beast. Ling Feng leaped onto Little Fei, who had been waiting by the side, while Song Ruozhao silently stepped into the air. The three of them finally left this time-wasting place.

Just as Ling Feng, Shui Nian, and Song Ruozhao were leaving, the black array marks on the ground suddenly emitted pale light, and it was only the second layer that lit up. The underlaying array left by An Qi was not illuminated at all.

Accompanying the light was the array that seemed to be faintly trembling, as if something was loosening the ground below.

A few seconds after the light appeared, it went out like a firefly running out of oil, and the regular tremors also disappeared, restoring calmness to the place once again.