The nerve poison that could kill hundreds of people instantly was right in front of him. If it were to explode, even Li Yao was not confident that he could survive it.
His back was soaked in cold sweat, only to be dried by the wind in the next moment.
"Crack!"
A protruding stalagmite on the ground flashed past his back, leaving a white mark on it.
Li Yao swallowed hard and narrowed his eyes. Deep inside his brain, bright gold lines interweaved and extended, outlining the detailed structure of the crystal bomb.
Huangpu Shiyi was a bomb expert in the Temple of Immortals. When the crystal bombs were refined by the Temple of Immortals, they were more or less in his style. Perhaps this crystal bomb had been refined by Huangpu Shiyi himself a long time ago.
Li Yao was an expert of crystal bombs himself, and he had received Huangpu Shiyi's knowledge. During his days on Iron Plateau, he had grasped all the techniques that Huangpu Shiyi had taught him. It was not difficult for him to dismantle the crystal bomb.
However, Li Yao discovered that a tiny telepathic thought transmitter chip was buried deep inside the crystal bomb.
When the spiritual energy circulation of the crystal bomb was intact, the chip would not show any anomaly. But when the spiritual energy circulation was disrupted, which meant that the crystal bomb was dismantled, the chip would automatically trigger a feeble telepathic thought.
Then, somebody would know that the bomb had been dismantled.
Li Yao pondered for a moment and designed a new closed circuit. He would provide spiritual energy with a piece of crystal. After he connected the closed circuit, he would be able to fool the telepathic thought transmitter chip and make it think that the spiritual energy circulation was still intact.
Then, Li Yao began to dismantle the crystal bomb wholeheartedly.
Neltharion was his second pair of eyes, which helped him see the road ahead. Occasionally, when he encountered large obstacles such as craters, he would crawl into the cockpit to adjust the direction again.
It was not until more than half an hour later that he finally dismantled the crystal bomb and removed all the chips on it that were used to receive signals and telepathic thoughts.
Right now, the crystal bomb would not be controlled by anybody.
Li Yao thought of something and took out some materials. He modified the crystal bombs for the second time and added a lot of crystal chips that were exclusive to him.
The crystal bombs were activated again, but only under his control.
It took an hour and twenty minutes to complete all of this.
The dozen or so single chariots of the Burning Sun Tribe. It was so close!
Boom! Boom!
The two parties were less than a thousand meters away from each other. A lot of mobile True Qi cannons had been installed on the single tanks of the Burning Sun Tribe. They were all spurting out crystal bombs, raising enormous fireballs around the tanks of the Burning Sun Tribe.
Li Yao gritted his teeth as he saw a wide expanse of flat land in front of him. He simply jumped onto the back of the Raging Flame Chariot and aimed his Thunderous Roar at the center of the dozen or so single-person chariots and fired three shots.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Three mushroom clouds rose into the sky, and the shockwaves spread out in a radius of several hundred meters. Several single chariots were flipped over by the shockwaves, and the knights rolled dozens of times on the wasteland before they were shaken off.
"This is all a misunderstanding. Listen to my explanation!"
Li Yao's voice was as loud as a bell. His spiritual gas sent every word hundreds of meters away like a crystal bomb before they exploded brutally.
Li Yao changed to a common gun. On one of his knees, he aimed at the front part of a single tank and fired. The driving system of the single tank roared with black smoke popping up, and the knight on the tank fell down together with it.
"There's a great scheme behind this. Why don't we sit down and study it?"
Li Yao waved his hands and picked up six Wolf Fangs that had been specially modified by him. Without the long handles at the back, the Wolf Fangs looked like goose eggs. As it turned out, they had been filled with twice the amount of crystals and thrown backward brutally.
The Wolf Fangs exploded one after another, forming a wall of fire more than ten meters high behind the fiery tank. In the end, four knights of the Burning Sun Tribe jumped over the wall of fire. But one of them happened to be hit by the blast and disappeared behind the wall of fire.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Two knights of the Burning Sun Tribe accelerated abruptly and finally reached the top of the tank!
"Don't attack. Let's talk nicely!"
Li Yao blinked. A long saber that looked like a tusk appeared in his hand at some point, which had absorbed the features of the Scorpion Tail Sword. It was also partly in the style of the Boiled Blood Wind Slashing Saber and made of the hardest claws and teeth of apocalyptic beasts. It was shrieking miserably in the wild wind.
"Shua!"
Hardly had one of the knights of the Burning Sun Tribe raised his gun when more than half of the barrel was cut off by Li Yao. Then, Li Yao stepped forward and knocked the knight almost fifty meters away, before he hit the ground heavily.
"Violence can't solve problems. Why can't you understand?"
Li Yao turned around and threw a long nail made of the skeleton of an apocalyptic beast into the shoulder of another knight of the Burning Sun Tribe brutally. Then, he followed up and kicked the knight's armor into his chest, kicking him off the tank of the Burning Sun Tribe.
Li Yao secretly sighed. It was too difficult to communicate with other people.
"Crack!"
A soft noise came from the back of the tank. The last knight of the Burning Sun Tribe jumped to the top of the tank.
The crimson armor on his body was obviously more glamorous than that of the others. His aura was like a cluster of frozen fire. His eyes were slightly red, like two volcanoes that were about to erupt. Magma was rolling inside his eyes nonstop.
A crimson saber was slowly raised and pointed at Li Yao.
He was Yan Chifeng, the eldest son of Yan Zhengdong, the chief of the Burning Sun Tribe, Yan Chihuo's blood brother, and the best expert of the younger generation of the Burning Sun Tribe, who had fought side by side with Li Yao in the battle of the apocalypse!
The man was an out-and-out martial maniac. He had practiced with Li Yao in the temple of techniques on the morning of the meeting of the six tribes. Therefore, they sort of knew each other.
Li Yao knew that Yan Chifeng was much stronger than his brother Yan Chihuo, who was always boisterous. He had reached the 83rd level of the Refinement Stage and was one of the best experts of the younger generation of the six tribes. He was definitely a tough opponent.
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao said in vain, "Listen to my explanation."
"Alright. I'm listening." Yan Chifeng's crimson saber was still aimed at Li Yao's throat, but he did not take any further action. He simply said coldly.
"Huh?" Li Yao was dumbfounded.
"I'm a person who is crazy about martial arts. I've always believed that a person's character can best be seen during a martial arts competition!"
Yan Chifeng said, one word after another. "I've fought you before. For some reason, I don't feel that you are a man of ill intentions. Therefore, I'll give you three minutes to explain. "
Li Yao rolled his eyes. "I'm not one in the first place."
Yan Chifeng said solemnly, "About my father's murder, I've thought about it carefully over the past few days. The more I think about it, the more suspicious I find it. However, every time I have doubts, they will be interrupted by an urgent matter, like … "
Li Yao finished for him. "Somebody is manipulating you in secret. You are not given a chance to rest or think!"
Yan Chifeng's eyes suddenly shone. "Yes. That's exactly what I feel!
"There's also my uncle Yan Xibei and my brother Yan Chihuo. Their behavior is quite weird, too.
"I can't pinpoint exactly what's strange about it, but for two people who have been together for decades to suddenly undergo some kind of strange change, it makes me feel a little uncomfortable."
Li Yao blinked. The brilliance in his eyes grew brighter and brighter. He mumbled, "You have keen senses. Your uncle and younger brother are very likely to be involved in this huge conspiracy. They might even be the instigators of this conspiracy. Your father is also very likely to be killed by one of them, or even by both of them! "
"What!"
The tip of Yan Chifeng's saber shivered, and he almost lost his grip on the handle. Sorrow and fury appeared on his dull face as he bellowed, "Who are you exactly? What is going on? "
"Well …"
Li Yao hesitated, as if he was not sure whether or not he should tell Yan Chifeng the truth.
"Sand Scorpion, you and I fought side by side in the battle of the apocalypse. I respect you as a man, and I'm willing to trust you! "
Yan Chifeng put his fiery saber back into its sheath. He stepped forward and raised his voice. "But what can I do if I'm the only one who trusts you? The six tribes of Iron Plateau have all gone mad. The Burning Sun Tribe, in particular, has gone mad! If you are still unwilling to tell me the whole truth, how can I help you?
"Right now, I'm the only one who can help you. No. I'm begging you to help me and Iron Plateau crack the great scheme!
"Although the tank of the Burning Sun Tribe below our feet is extremely fast, it consumes an astonishing amount of high-pressure spiritual gas, too!
"I can tell from the noises of the exhaust that the tank has less than half of its spiritual gas left. It will run out of gas in one more night. Where can you run to by then?
"Weren't you willing to explain just now? Then, explain it to me in its entirety! Let's solve the scheme together! "
Li Yao struggled. His lips shivering, he gnashed his teeth and said, "I — I can tell you the whole story, but I can't tell you my real identity!"
Yan Chifeng sniffed. "I can guess it even if you don't tell me. You are a space resident, aren't you?"
Li Yao stepped back as if he had suffered a heavy blow. He bulged his eyes and said, "You — you —"
Yan Chifeng sighed and said, "You underestimate the wisdom of the Iron Plateau natives. Do you really think that we are barbarians who drink raw meat and drink blood? Two months ago, a space resident landed on Iron Plateau and happened to run into my brother. Later, the Burning Sun Tribe was searching for him, but the guy simply vanished into thin air like a clay ox in an ocean. "
"A few days later, you showed up in the Furious Bears Tribe with a mysterious background and claimed to have lost your memory.
"Not only did you lose your memory, you were also able to build such delicate armor, which was entirely different from the refining style on Iron Plateau!
"If you are not the space resident, is there a second explanation?
"However, rest assured. Even if you are a space resident, I don't think that you are up to any scheme. The reason is simple. If you were up to something, you wouldn't have shown up in front of my brother so casually, would you?"
Li Yao was silent for a long time. Then he gnashed his teeth. "Can I trust you?"
Yan Chifeng stepped forward again. "You have to trust me."
Li Yao took a deep breath. A saber seemed to have flashed in his eyes and cut off the last bit of hesitation.
"Alright. I'll take the risk!"
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