Chapter 390

Even though Sky Capital Peak had a “peak” in its name, it was actually a vast stretch of mountain range in reality . It had numerous karst caves and its terrain was extremely complicated . Those who were not familiar with the area would get lost easily .

In the dark night, a few figures lying in ambush in the shadows were whispering to each other .

“Brother Ning, will they really come?”

“Definitely . We are really unlucky . We only wanted to kidnap Blind He, but then the manager popped out of nowhere . Tell me, if you lost your manager, would you look for him? From the manager’s words, it seems like his master is rather powerful . We have to be careful . “

“I will listen to Brother Ning . “

“Alright . Don’t panic later on and listen to my commands . Don’t be afraid . “

“Brother Ning, don’t worry, this is not our first time . “

“Shh, he is here . “

Ai Hui flew one round around the sky above Sky Capital Peak . Upon seeing that there was not a single trace of light coming from the mountain, he conjectured that the robbers must be hiding within the karst caves . He did not land directly on the mountain itself, but rather, at the foot of the mountain .

He silently advanced along the terrain of the mountain .

He was going at a very high speed . The precipitous terrain did not seem to have any effect on him .

Suddenly, Ai Hui raised his head and looked in a certain direction . He could sense someone was spying on him from in the dark .

The other party was prepared for him!

Knowing that he could not mount a sneak attack, Ai Hui blatantly flew forward at top speed .

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

Sharp whizzing sounds suddenly rang across the air . A few streaks of arrow gleams shot towards Ai Hui from different positions of the mountain .

Seven arrows!

In the blink of an eye, Ai Hui accurately identified the positions of where the arrows were shot from . A cold shiver went down his spine . The positioning of the seven arrows was ingenious . The seven arrows were locked onto the areas that he would possibly try to move into .

The other party was a veteran .

Ai Hui immediately made a judgement in his mind . His hand moved swiftly into action and a sword gleam streaked across the air .

Training continuously for the past few days had sharply increased his attacking speed . This improvement was very obvious in such a sudden situation . The tip of his Dragonspine accurately struck the first arrow .

Keeping his arm stationary, he flicked his wrist gently, drew a minute arc in the air with his Dragonspine and struck the second arrow .

Making use of the force coming from the tip of his sword, he sprung Dragonspine upward and struck the third arrow from an oblique angle .

Ai Hui was one-hundred percent focused .

Clink, clink, clink!

Concentrated sounds of collision rang across night sky . The process was a feast for the eyes . Sword gleams were blossoming in the dark night . The sparks produced from the collisions between the sword gleams and the arrow gleams floated before Ai Hui’s eyes like a cloud of shining mist .

Phew . Ai Hui finally breathed out . His hand felt slightly numb . The force from the seven arrows put together was not something to be reckoned with .

The arrows would likely have been shot out from some kind of trap-like mechanism . He could not sense any elementalist’s aura .

He was very satisfied with the seven strikes that he’d unleashed just now . This proved that his recent training was effective . In the past, he would have been able to ward off this type of attack as well, but he certainly could not have done it with such ease . In the past, he would strike three or four arrows and find an opening to escape . He definitely could not strike down all arrows .

This scene left the robbers dumbstruck .

“Brother Ni… Ning, this guy is very powerful!” said the robber, his voice trembling slightly . It sounded as if he was stuttering .

The robber who was called Brother Ning was very shocked as well . After all, the traps were set up by him . He had meticulously set up the traps in such a way that they would attack the possible areas where the enemy would move to . No matter which direction his opponent moved to avoid an arrow, he or she would be hit by a follow-up arrow .

He absolutely did not expect the other party to strike down the arrows instead of avoiding them . This caused his traps to fail .

“He’s an expert . “

Brother Ning’s voice was composed . This made the others felt a lot more at ease . Brother Ning was their backbone . As long as Brother Ning could hold his own, they felt they would have a chance at victory .

“However, this is only the beginning . “

A cold glint flashed across Brother Ning’s eyes in the dark . His voice contained a strong sense of confidence .

Everyone felt energized as Brother Ning’s confidence motivated them . They had followed Brother Ning through countless battles, and they had obtained victory in every single battle . They respected and had absolute confidence in Brother Ning .

Ai Hui scanned his surroundings warily . The traps set up by the other party were well thought out . A moment of carelessness would cause him to fall for them .

After waiting a while, there were no more arrows shooting at him .

The precipitous Sky Capital Peak was like a gigantic monster hiding within the darkness, containing countless dangers and a murderous intent .

Ai Hui did not wait any longer and continued to advance .

A weird feeling came from beneath his feet .

Ai Hui’s facial expression changed slightly . Oh no . . . Before he could react in time, the seeds buried deep within the ground beneath his feet suddenly exploded . A few demonic-looking green vines erupted from the ground and wrapped themselves around Ai Hui’s feet .

Beast-trapping grass seeds!

This was a very useful type of grass seed . Once something made the slightest contact with the seed, its husk would break instantly and a grass vine would grow frantically out of it to wrap itself around the nearest living thing . In the hands of a powerful wood elementalist, the beast-trapping seeds could strangle a ferocious wild beast to death .

The grass vines kept tightening their grip on Ai Hui, slowly digging into his skin .

Ai Hui could not struggle at all . At this moment, a huge, dark-green net came flying down on his head .

Green flames spiderweb!

Green flames spiderweb was produced by green flames spiders . The spiderweb was dark-green in color and more than ten meters long . The dark-green color flowing along the spiderweb came from a very deadly, poisonous fire . A tiny amount of it was enough to pose an extreme danger to an elementalist . It could seep under one’s skin rapidly and infect his elemental energy, causing the nature of his elemental energy to change drastically .

The poison fire was extremely dangerous to an elementalist . The probability of an elementalist getting killed by it was extremely high . Even if he did not die on the spot, the nature of the elemental energy within his body would change abruptly, causing him to be in anguish .

For example, a metal elementalist’s body was both filled with and made up of metal elemental energy . This way, his inner body and physical body complimented each other very well . However, if the metal elemental energy within his body suddenly became another type of elemental energy, his body would strongly reject the new elemental energy .

When an elementalist’s body and the elemental energy within his body clashed, the pain he suffered was worse than being tortured by the cruelest torture machine .

Ai Hui did not dare to let the green flames touch his body . He made small movements with his arm, and then with his arm he held his Dragonspine upright .

A faint red-colored sword gleam, that resembled a red muslin cloth, was released from the tip of his sword .

[Lesser Red Muslin]!

[Red Muslin] was the move that he’d used to destroy the Sha Family’s residence . At that time, he used the momentum from the high-altitude dive to unleash that breathtaking sword move .

At that time, the impact of [Red Muslin] almost completely razed the Sha Family’s residence to the ground .

[Lesser Red Muslin] was developed from [Red Muslin] . Since he was in a confined space now, [Red Muslin]’s destructive power was greatly reduced . Hence, he named it as [Lesser Red Muslin] . Even though [Lesser Red Muslin] was not as powerful as [Red Muslin], it required less time to be unleashed . This, in turn, increased the difficulty of unleashing the move sharply . Despite this limitation, the practicality of the move had increased tremendously from [Red Muslin]’s .

[Lesser Red Muslin] was proof of Ai Hui’s improvements in his swordsmanship . This new move proved that his swordsmanship had moved on to a higher level .

In the night sky the red-colored, muslin-like sword gleam was like an illusion . It flew gracefully towards the green flames spiderweb .

When the red sword gleam made contact with the green flames spiderweb, surging elemental energy erupted through the air with a loud bang . Following which, the elemental energy transformed in a violent and chaotic burst of flames . Even though the green flames spiderweb was very dangerous, it did not have high durability . It was shredded to smithereens on the spot by the violent burst of flames .

Directional impact was an important characteristic of [Lesser Red Muslin] .

The robbers on the mountain saw a huge burst of flames rise into the sky . As it rose higher and higher, it suddenly exploded into a drizzle of flames that sprinkled all over the mountain, resembling a gigantic fire umbrella .

The rain-like flames disappeared rapidly into the night sky .

Tranquility and darkness returned to the sky once more .

A commotion broke out among the robbers . Their traps had been destroyed once again .

“He is troublesome!”

“Since when did Crooked River City have such a powerful individual?”

“Who knows him?”

“I don’t”

The leader of the robbers, Brother Ning, did not say anything . His face had turned slightly ugly . He had spent a huge sum of money on the green flames spiderweb and beast-trapping grass seeds . Initially, he still thought he had the victory in the bag . He did not expect the other party to completely destroy his traps .

He felt slightly anxious . He had provoked a powerful fellow this time around .

Beads of perspiration appeared on Ai Hui’s forehead . Whenever he was being attacked, he would be extremely focused and felt nothing else . However, this time around, he was slightly afraid . The traps on this mountain were in an innumerable succession .

When Ai Hui hacked at the grass vines, he realized that the grass vines were unusually strong . He did not sever even a single grass vine, making him feel slightly shocked .

He channeled his elemental energy and severed all the grass vines with a few slashes .

Brother Ning’s heart was bleeding . The losses he suffered this time around were huge .

If the beast-trapping grass seeds’ grass vines were not destroyed completely, he could sprinkle a specially concocted restoration potion on them to restore them to the state of beast-trapping grass seeds . From there, they could be used again . However, if the grass vines were badly damaged, the seeds which they grew from could no longer be used .

Ai Hui took a deep breath and continued forward .

This time around, he learnt his lesson . It seemed that he was advancing as usual, but in reality, his feet were not touching the ground . He was actually hovering slightly above the ground . The Starry Gem Swordwings on his back were flapping indistinctly .

He no longer saw the other party as just a bunch of ordinary robbers .

Ai Hui was specialized in setting up traps . The two traps that he’d just consecutively encountered did not seem complicated, but they were very powerful and dangerous . From these two traps, he could gauge the strength of the other party .

However, he did not show any signs of retreating . Instead, he plucked up his courage and continued forward .

Along the way, there were rugged rocks that resembled oddly-shaped monsters in the dark night, surrounding him with killing intents .

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eyes, Ai Hui saw some rocks vibrating on the ground .

At this moment, the rocks in other areas began to vibrate as well . Soon, all the rocks on the mountain were vibrating, resembling monsters that had woken up from their slumber .

All the rocks within his line of sight were vibrating . The scene appeared extremely weird .

Before Ai Hui could understand what was going on, those numerous vibrating rocks began to rise from the ground . To his astonishment, the rocks subsequently fused together and formed humanoid rock monsters everywhere on the mountain .

Rock puppets!

Ai Hui’s eyelids twitched . Rock puppets were the lowest ranking among all the earth elemental puppets . Their rank was even lower than that of sand puppets . The only good thing about them was that they had huge strength . They were usually used by earth elementalists as laborers .

Other than having huge strength and the ability to throw rocks, the rock puppets’ fighting capabilities were not really powerful .

However, when they appeared on mountains, they would pose a great hassle to anyone who encountered them .

Rumble, rumble . The earth shook . With clumsy-looking and abnormally heavy footsteps, the rock puppets flooded towards Ai Hui from all directions .