The First Battle against Zhuo Zhibo
But just what was he supposed to do?
Li Qingshan began to consider it seriously. Killing his way up the mountain right now and launching a sneak attack on Zhuo Zhibo was not a bad choice, but he needed to transform. Only then could he unleash enough power.
However, his body that was almost ten meters tall was even taller than the two-storey building. Probably even the foot of the mountain could see him. It was far too easy for him to be exposed. However, if he could not kill Zhuo Zhibo in a single strike, Zhuo Zhibo only needed to call out, and everyone would know who he was. He had to find a way to lure Zhuo Zhibo out of Jiaping city, but how was he supposed to lure him out?
"Little Ann, do you have any plans?"
Little Ann wrote something in the air, and flames flowed from the tip of his finger. In the end, he left behind a single word, "wait".
Li Qingshan's heart skipped a beat. Yeah, Zhuo Zhibo really wants to kill me right now, but he probably won't do it in Jiaping city. He'll probably find a way to drive me out of the city, and that will be the perfect time to strike.
Li Qingshan rubbed Little Ann's head. "You really are smart." However, he was unwilling to just wait like this. He had to do something. "Though, in order to make this bastard make up his mind sooner, let's go back and properly provoke him!" A malicious smile appeared on his face. If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll really think I'm easy to bully.
"Commander Zhuo, I've returned!" On the pitch-black mountain, a thunderous roar tore through the silence.
All the Hawkwolf guards were alarmed, roused from their cultivation or sleep, rushing out.
All they saw was Li Qingshan standing in front of the main building where Zhuo Zhibo resided. He called out, "I've already completed twenty-one missions, but needless to say, my contribution will still be halved, right? And even after that, I can't exchange it for anything, so I might as well just give it all to you. I don't care."
"Oh right, when I went out this time, I just happened to run into vice commander Hua's younger sister. I've got a big mouth, so I couldn't help but tell her everything you did in Jiaping city. I don't think vice commander Hua will take it to heart, so please don't take it to heart."
"Shut your mouth!" A figure shot out of the main building with lightning speed, suddenly appearing before Li Qingshan. It was Zhuo Zhibo. He struck out furiously. His right sleeve was filled with true qi, swinging towards Li Qingshan like a hammer.
"What are you doing, commander Zhuo? Are you trying to kill me?" As Li Qingshan said that, he raised his shield to block. He was only afraid of Zhuo Zhibo's flying sword. Why would he take a direct clash like this seriously?
"Dong," the sleeves collided, emitting an extremely dull sound. The sound wave spread out, causing the surrounding leaves to rustle.
"Thump, thump, thump, thump, thump, thump." He took four steps back, each step leaving a deep pit in the solid marble floor. He sighed inwardly at the strength of a sixth layer Qi Practitioner, but he was completely unharmed. He looked at his shield, which was the same. Although it was only a low-grade spirit artifact, it was a purely defensive spirit artifact. It couldn't be destroyed so easily.
Of course, that force alone was enough to break the tendons and bones of any second layer Qi Practitioner, but Li Qingshan's body wasn't that weak.
Zhuo Zhibo became even more furious. He formed a hand seal, and his eyes flashed. True qi surged like hydrogen, illuminating the small square in front of the building.
Li Qingshan felt a wave of heat from afar. He leapt back, only to see a fire dragon circling around Zhuo Zhibo, illuminating his face. His clothes fluttered in the wind, coated in a layer of scarlet light. It was as if a fire god had descended. The marble under his feet began to show signs of melting, showing just how terrifying the temperature of the fire was.
A sixth layer Qi Practitioner wasn't just strong in terms of controlling artifacts, but also in spells.
"Go!" Zhuo Zhibo pointed his fingers at Li Qingshan, and the fire dragon roared as it charged towards Li Qingshan. It was as fast as lightning. Ordinary people could only see a flash of light, and couldn't see the fire dragon at all.
"Hah!" Li Qingshan roared, and raised his shield forward. The shield in his hands was already as big as it could be, and he slammed into the fire dragon with all his might. At the same time, his body shrank tightly behind the shield.
Boom, sparks flew in all directions, and the fire dragon directly turned into a sea of fire.
This time, Li Qingshan was bluntly sent flying, and only stopped when he crashed into a large tree over thirty meters behind him. Leaves rustled down from the top of his head, but he still loudly praised, "Commander Zhuo, good move!" Apart from some soreness in his arms, he was completely unharmed.
This also showed how important it was to choose a suitable spirit artifact. After taunting, he couldn't do without a shield to absorb the damage.
However, he seemed to have gone a little too far with the provocation this time. Zhuo Zhibo seemed like he wanted to kill him, as if he no longer cared about the occasion. He was far too irrational.
Zhuo Zhibo had commanded the Hawkwolf Guard of Jiaping city for all these years, but he had never been provoked like this before. Coupled with the fact that he had just been made a fool of by Qian Rongzhi, and now he had been humiliated by Li Qingshan like this, he was utterly furious no matter how rational he was.
Zhuo Zhibo saw how the fire dragon was unable to kill Li Qingshan, so he extended his hand and a small, seven-inch blade appeared in his hand. It spun around constantly, rubbing against the air and producing a buzzing sound as if it was eager to kill and drink blood.
Li Qingshan's hairs stood on end. He felt an intense sense of danger. The flying blade was several meters away, but it felt like someone was holding it to his neck, ready to chop down at any time.
The shield shrank, and he stowed it away in his hundred treasures pouch. At a time like this, a shield that could only block one side was useless. He focused all of his attention on the flying blade in Zhuo Zhibo's hand.
If Zhuo Zhibo really did use the flying blade, there would only be one thing Li Qingshan could do, which was flee.
He had already studied the way of controlling artifacts. A sixth layer Qi Practitioner could control an artifact from around thirty paces away. This was not particularly far, but it was nowhere close to the legendary, invincible sword immortals who could behead people from over five hundred kilometers away.
However, combined with the terrifying speed of a sixth layer Qi Practitioner, it would truly be a killing machine. If Li Qingshan possessed a skill like that, he would not have had to go to so much trouble to kill a thousand people on the Island of Cherishing Flowers.
However, it was not as if Li Qingshan had not considered this. He had already prepared the Swift Breeze talisman. If he wanted to flee, then so be it. He was very confident in his own speed.
By now, he had already retreated a hundred paces away, just in case Zhuo Zhibo flew into a rage out of humiliation and threw caution to the wind. Even if he was hunted down, it did not matter as long as he was not actually killed. If it really did reach that point, he planned on going to Zhou Wenbin to complain to Zhuo Zhibo and make a big deal out of it.
The news of Zhuo Zhibo deducting his subordinate's merit and even hunting down meritorious subjects would spread wildly. It was not like he, Li Qingshan, would be the one to be humiliated anyway. This was what people called a man with nothing to lose. By then, even the Clear River prefecture would probably become dissatisfied with Zhuo Zhibo. He would definitely be judged as incompetent.
Ge Jian called out in a hurry, "Commander Zhuo, please calm down!" He had never thought Li Qingshan would run so deep. He was afraid that Zhuo Zhibo would kill Li Qingshan in the Hawkwolf Guard out of anger, and that would be troublesome.
The Black Wolf guards all gathered over. Zhuo Zhibo forced himself to calm down. He stowed the flying blade away and glared at Li Qingshan viciously. "Greetings, Li Qingshan!"
Although he had operated in Jiaping city for many years, it was impossible for him to convince everyone and act like they had seen nothing. If he killed someone here, let alone a Black Wolf guard, even if he killed a regular person, he would be punished by the Hawkwolf Guard if he did not have a suitable reason.
As the representative of the school of Legalism, the protectors of the law, the Hawkwolf Guard could do whatever they wanted in the dark, but they had to abide by the laws of Great Xia on the surface. Once they crossed the line, there would definitely be no good outcome.
Sixth layer Qi Practitioners were like gods in Jiaping city, but in the eyes of those above them, they were nothing. Killing them would not be a pity at all.
Seeing how Zhuo Zhibo was indeed afraid of killing him here, Li Qingshan stopped worrying. He brushed away the fallen leaves on his shoulder. "There's no need for commander Zhuo to worry. I'm perfectly fine! I drank a little too much earlier, so I said a few drunken things. I hope commander doesn't mind. "
Zhuo Zhibo left in a huff. He felt extremely gloomy. Never had he felt like his identity as commander was a shackle to him like today.
A man harms a tiger, and a tiger harms a man. If it were two regular Qi Practitioners, they would have drawn out their arcane treasures and talismans a long time ago. They would have used everything they had and engaged in a great battle. However, it was exactly because of this identity that neither of them had to worry about the consequences. Both of them needed a suitable place to settle their problems.
Li Qingshan returned to his residence and smiled brilliantly at Little Ann. "All I need to do now is wait." Afterwards, he took out the bottle of Hundred Grasses pills. Originally, he wanted to save it for when he broke through, but in order to maintain his cultivation speed, he could not care too much anymore. He believed that Zhuo Zhibo's hundred treasures pouch would have even better spiritual herbs, so there was no need for him to be stingy right now.
The next day, Li Qingshan went to the government office to find Zhou Wenbin. He wanted to exchange for some more pills. Zhou Wenbin already knew about his crazy actions last night, but he said, "But that's fine too. You've brought your conflict to the surface, so he won't be bold enough to touch you."
Li Qingshan was shocked. "Why won't he dare to touch me?" He did this so that Zhuo Zhibo would attack him as soon as possible. The sooner the better, then he would be able to kill him.
Zhou Wenbin said, "You've just fallen out with him, and you're about to die. Wouldn't everyone know that he was the one who did it? He must be gritting his teeth and waiting for the right time to make things difficult for you."
Li Qingshan felt bitter in his heart. Hopefully, he would not have to wait too long for this opportunity. He was feeling bitter here, but Zhuo Zhibo, who was on the mountain, gritted his teeth so hard that his gums were bleeding. He growled, "I must kill him with my own hands! I must kill him with my own hands! "
He did not know when these two would be able to break free from society's view of them and have a vigorous, passionate battle.
Li Qingshan flipped his hand and took out all of his spirit stones from his hundred treasures pouch. "I want to exchange for some more pills." Even without Zhuo Zhibo, he still had to go on. He had finished the remaining bottle of Hundred Grasses pills last night, so he did not have any pills that could be used for cultivation.
Zhou Wenbin said, "Do you really want to exchange? Spirit stones are much harder to come by than Qi Gathering pills."
Of course, Li Qingshan knew this. He had almost a thousand Qi Gathering pills, but he had less than ten spirit stones. Moreover, they were all low-grade spirit stones.
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