Chapter 103: Drawing the Falcon Bow Like a Full Moon
Looking into the rearview mirror, Su Jiu couldn’t afford to be negligent. She stared at the colossal shadow in the mirror, her mind utterly awestruck, as if facing a deity from Cthulhu’s myths.
Top-tier Battle King level Lord Monsters were indeed different!
Even among Battle King level lords, there were distinctions in strength. Those like the Mountain Lion King were considered the weakest, only showing off their power before ordinary Battle King monsters, and could only flee when facing the aged Lord Liu Yue.
“Damn it! It’s charging up some kind of long-range skill!” Youyou, who was on the car roof, suddenly shouted. Her expression grave, she looked at the Four-Patterned Giant Cuttlefish.
Upon hearing this, Su Jiu could clearly see through the rearview mirror that something was emerging on the colossal tentacles it was wielding, and then, like solar panels, its suckers reflected dazzling white light.
Not daring to delay, she drove the car towards the secondary highway ahead, needing to find a place to hide. Otherwise, Youyou wouldn’t be able to intercept this attack at all; the opponent was too strong.
“Ring ring.”
At this moment, a bicycle bell rang. Su Jiu passed by a figure riding a bicycle, who wore a tattered straw hat and a leather jacket that fluttered in the wind.
Realizing the other party hadn’t noticed the Giant Cuttlefish, Su Jiu quickly turned her head and shouted, “Run! There’s a monster behind you!”
As soon as she said this, Youyou plopped onto the car roof, slumping as if liquefied. She propped herself up with one hand on the car’s canopy, fumbled in her pocket, took out a pack of cigarettes soaked in blood, casually pulled one out, and lit it with a flick of her finger.
“No need to run anymore. He’s here.”
Smiling as if she had narrowly escaped death, Youyou took a puff of the faintly bloody cigarette, exhaled a light blue ring, and gently patted the car roof, saying.
“He?”
Su Jiu was stunned but slowly stopped. Her supercar had also reached the end of its mission, in a physical sense, as smoke began to billow from its front end after stopping.
Fanning the thick smoke entering the car with her hand, Su Jiu got out. She glanced at Youyou, who was leaning against the windshield, and then followed the direction of her gaze.
It was a hunched figure, wearing a ragged bamboo hat, walking against the current towards the Giant Cuttlefish. He looked like an ordinary old man, walking slowly, yet radiating an inexplicable sense of security.
Su Jiu quickly recognized him by his worn vest, her voice choked with surprise, “It’s the old man from the bar.”
At this moment, the Giant Cuttlefish stopped its charge, displaying a look of human-like panic. Its three colossal tentacles attempted to extend towards the waters below.
“Cloudwalker, this King has an agreement with your Dragon Country’s high-ranking officials. You cannot attack me casually. Do you want to provoke a conflict with the South Sea?”
In the next moment, it let out a thunderous roar that rippled the water’s surface. It was speaking in the Dragon Country’s language.
Hearing the Giant Cuttlefish’s words, Su Jiu’s pupils widened in disbelief.
Cloudwalker? Is the old man an invincible War God?!
She had read the earlier parts of the novel. While Bai Ming had encountered War God level combatants, they were referred to as “So-and-so War God,” with titles to denote the exceptional ones at most.
Referring to someone directly as “So-and-so Walker” was something she had only encountered in a side story, which told the tale of the old principal of Magic City.
That chapter was titled – “Talented Individuals Who Crossed Eras.”
…
The old man parked his bicycle, gently took off his straw hat and hung it there, then looked up, his single eye fixed on the Giant Cuttlefish, and smiled faintly, “Who tore up the treaty first, they know best. If you block the bridge, this old man won’t bother with you.”
After saying that, before the Giant Cuttlefish could fully escape, his small body shot forward like a meteor, landing a hundred meters opposite it. His speed was astonishing, so fast that Su Jiu couldn’t see clearly.
“But if you dare to touch this old man’s people, that’s where you went wrong!”
Although the figure standing before the Giant Cuttlefish was less than a mayfly in comparison, his stern tone inspired awe. A flash of white light appeared, and a silver-white iron bow materialized in his hand. It looked ordinary, with only a faint flow of wind circulating around, much like the transformation of the lowest-level wind attribute pets.
“Awooo!” A desolate wolf’s howl emanated from the bow.
But… upon closer inspection, not only were there inscriptions carved on it, but the bow handle also bore an incredibly dazzling silver-white wolf head Magic Crystal. This was no ordinary Magic Crystal; it was proof that the battle pet had reached the Battle King level.
Even more astonishing was that this Magic Crystal was also engraved with complex inscriptions, proving only one thing – the Battle Pet was also War God level!
Many War God level powerhouses used low-tier Battle King level beast pets. Someone like the old man, who had a full set, was a rarity.
“Hiss!”
Then, in the next moment, a deafening bird cry echoed from behind the old man. A phantom image of a Qing Luan stepping on auspicious clouds directly appeared. Its piercing cry stirred waves across the entire lake.
Su Jiu could feel the ground shaking around her, and her heart pounded. This powerhouse of the Fuzhou Night Watchers was too formidable. Organizations like the Dragon Slayer Alliance and the Law Enforcement Hall were likely considered mere juniors in his eyes.
As expected of someone from the same era as that Major General Yun Jing.
“Cloudwalker, do you wish to confront My Lord? This King merely intruded into this place. Release me, and I will order the Sirens to cease their invasions.”
The Giant Cuttlefish emitted a trembling voice. It was frantically trying to retreat into the water below, its earlier arrogance completely gone. However, its roots had entangled the bridge, locking its body in place.
“Siren invasion? Can an alien of your Battle King level command them? Heh, you don’t need to stir up trouble for war. However, your King, this old man met him yesterday…”
“He tasted a bit old. I wonder how yours tastes.”
The old man smiled indifferently, pointing the bow in his hand at the colossal squid. He then gripped the string, which radiated a stream of light, and slowly drew it back. The Qing Luan behind him continuously shrank, eventually transforming into an arrow with a blue-green tail feather, landing in his hand.
“Heh, in the deep sea, what can you do to this King?”
At this moment, the Giant Cuttlefish had broken through the obstructing objects and leaped into the river with a “bang!” sending up a massive splash of water. It seemed its entire body had submerged into the sea.
“Whoosh!”
The old man narrowed his eyes, lightly flicking the bowstring. A green stream of light, accompanied by a gust of wind, appeared to have low momentum, but with every layer it passed through, it encountered a layer of green magic array, indicating its complexity.
After passing through five layers of magic arrays, the green arrow erupted with an unnamable aura. It entered the sea surface with little splash and continued to dive.
Su Jiu could feel the absolute killing intent emanating from it even from this distance. She didn’t know what it was; it far surpassed her understanding as a mere warrior.
In the next moment, the arrow submerged in the deep sea stopped making any sound. Just as Su Jiu began to feel suspicious, one tentacle surfaced, followed by another… until its colossal head emerged.
Using her vampire eyes, Su Jiu could barely make out an arrow shaft lodged in its face. Then, with a “bang!”, the arrow transformed into a blue hawk and flew into the sky.
Finally, it landed on the old man’s shoulder. He noticed Su Jiu’s gaze and waved at them before slowly descending.
“Are you two alright? There was a problem with the formation in the deep sea, and this fellow slipped in.”
As he approached, the bow was gone, the Qing Luan had dispersed, and he seemed to revert back to that seemingly ordinary old man who only drank at the tavern.
“Thanks to Sister Youyou, I’m fine.”
Su Jiu snapped back to reality and waved back at him, shouting loudly.
…
On a nearby hilltop,
“Did you notify the Cloudwalker?” a cold female voice asked.
Ren gently caressed his pitch-black longsword. Leaning against a tree, he looked at the woman opposite him, his expression composed, “No. But… even if the old man hadn’t come, I would have intervened.”
“After all, the assessment didn’t mention such an accident. A Battle King level Lord.”
“Heh heh, was it because she was here? That Front Desk Miss.”
“…”
…
In a dimly lit area filled with smoke, a young woman in a kimono was playing a strange tune. Her phone rang. She abruptly put down her koto and answered the call, her expression becoming increasingly grim.
“How could a bunch of useless people let that Battle King level Giant Squid in, and have it discovered by the Cloudwalker? Now that opening can’t be used.”
