Tian Gang Chapter 181: Wind in the Building (5)
Faced with Lao Dao’s determination, I could only choose to compromise.
How can we get back? There are many practitioners there. Once we show up, it will be difficult to leave. I said: What's more, what is this all about? Does half of the human body really have anything to do with the so-called immortality?
I don’t know, the Taoist priest replied.
What about half of the human body?
Still in the lab, take the banner away and we'll go get it.
I couldn't help but be silent. This was too dangerous. Taking the little beauty away was a huge risk. Once we were discovered, we might never be able to leave. And then we would have to go to the laboratory to get half of the body...
I will use the Earth-Shrinking Technique to take you there. After you see the banner, you must immediately chant the Eight Ropeways Mantra and take us into the void. With your current Taoist power, can you withstand my Earth-Shrinking Technique once? The old Taoist asked very carefully.
I don't know... Escaping into nothingness itself consumes a lot of energy, and in that state, I can't absorb energy to replenish it. I can only tell the truth, because the last time I only made the opening move of the empty symbol in the world of nothingness, the whole world almost collapsed.
Although my power has greatly increased after practicing, dozens or even hundreds of times more than before, I really don't know whether I can bear the consumption of the earth-shrinking method.
Maybe my expression was too pessimistic, which made the old Taoist think that I had other ideas. He sighed and said: Don't worry, I will take you away from here no matter what.
That's not what I meant, I was just thinking about how to leave more safely, I explained.
As long as you can hold on, we can leave safely. The shrinking technique can cover a hundred miles in one step, and no one can catch up with us. The old Taoist said confidently.
I hope so... Although Lao Dao is very confident, I have a strange feeling in my heart. This feeling is like a person knowing that he is about to encounter a disaster. It is a natural intuition. This intuition has always been very accurate in my twenties. But at this time, I would rather my intuition is wrong.
He grabbed her sleeve and walked out of the room.
The shrinking technique can cover a distance of 100 miles in a short period of time. The entire city of Nanjing is just one step away from him. This is an amazing speed. When the scene in front of me stabilized, I found myself standing in the living room.
Wei Qingcang was still standing at the door. Many people were lying outside, and the villa's security guard was also knocked down. Obviously, there had just been a fight of some magnitude.
The other "me" was still standing behind Wei Qingcang, but with an expressionless face, like a zombie.
Looking into the eyes of such an "I" makes one feel creepy.
How come you... Liu Yi looked at me in surprise.
There was no time to explain, the Taoist priest dragged me to the second floor. Our sudden appearance startled the beautiful girl who had been standing at the railing and made her scream subconsciously.
Liao Xianer also took a step back. She held the little beautiful girl's arm with one hand and looked at me in surprise.
Chant a spell! The old Taoist shouted in a low voice.
I cried out, immediately came to my senses, and hurriedly recited the protective spell.
The old Taoist grabbed the beautiful girl with one hand and said: Come with me.
The beautiful girl was still in shock. She looked back at Liao Xianer, then at the old Taoist priest, and suddenly struggled: I won’t leave!
The old Taoist frowned and directly made a seal to point at her. The little beauty screamed: "Don't point at me! No...
The voice stopped abruptly, and the old Taoist casually drew a talisman and slapped it on the little beauty, then grabbed her arm. Liao Xian'er stood there, just looking at us quietly.
Although she looked surprised, her eyes showed understanding. This look made me feel guilty, and I even chanted the spell slower.
At this moment, a black light came in from the right window and rushed straight to the old Taoist's head like a poisonous snake.
Be careful! Liu Yi exclaimed downstairs.
Just then, I finished the incantation, and the old Taoist priest and the beautiful girl disappeared into nothingness in an instant. The black light passed through the old Taoist priest's temple, but did not cause any damage.
The old Taoist looked at me and said only one sentence: Hold on.
I knew what he meant, and I saw him slowly raise his leg. Just by raising his leg, the empty space around him began to shake. The power consumed by the shrinking technique was too much.
The old Taoist felt like there was a huge stone tied to his legs, and his movements were extremely slow, but in the end, he still took a step forward. In an instant, I felt as if the whole time had exploded, and I almost collapsed because of this step.
But then, another scene flashed before my eyes like a picture.
I saw that Mr. Liao was discussing something with someone, and on a machine, half of his body was lying flat.
The Taoist priest pulled me over without saying a word.
Bring it in and put it in my sleeve, the old Taoist priest ordered.
I looked at Mr. Liao, then looked at him, and asked: Don’t you want to tell Mr. Liao?
The Taoist shook his head. I had no choice but to look at Mr. Liao with apology, and then grabbed the half-body arm with my free left hand. This thing was very light, and I only used a small amount of strength to easily pick it up and then stuffed it into the Taoist's sleeve.
Half of the person's body suddenly disappeared on the machine. Mr. Liao and the people around him were shocked. They looked around in amazement but could not see anything.
Hold on one more time! The old Taoist looked at me.
What else can I say at this time? I can only hum loudly and take a deep breath.
The old Taoist raised his legs again and made a forward step. This time, the world of nothingness began to tremble violently, and I felt something inside my body constantly flowing out. It felt like there was a rope in your blood vessels that was being pulled out. It was a very strange feeling, and it made people very uncomfortable.
The old Taoist's legs slowly stretched forward. The whole movement was like a slow motion in a movie, and every frame seemed to draw my blood away.
Maybe it was one second, maybe it was five seconds, maybe such a long time was just my illusion.
The old Taoist's foot finally completed the "stepping" action in an instant. In the empty space, there was a sudden cracking sound, and I felt like my head was about to explode.
And at the moment when the void space completely collapsed, the scene in front of us changed rapidly.
This process did not last too long. The picture suddenly stopped and the old Taoist's body began to shake. His feet became unstable and he almost fell forward to the ground.
However, he stepped heavily with his right foot forward, stabilizing his body in a strange posture of bending a bow and shooting an arrow.
At that time, my brain seemed to be cut into countless pieces by a sharp knife, and the huge roar kept echoing in my mind.
A warm feeling came from the jade pendant, flowing along my chest and constantly in my brain. This feeling was very comfortable, at least, it made me no longer unable to see the scene in front of me clearly.
After stopping for one step, the old Taoist took a deep breath, rested for a few seconds, and then took another step.
But at this moment, dozens of colorful lights lit up within a radius of several hundred meters.
I couldn't see what was under the light, but I knew that the old Taoist didn't use the shrinking technique anymore, but loosened the hands holding me and the little beauty. He took a step forward, protecting us behind him, and then circled his hands and drew a strange empty symbol.
This talisman was different from the previous square ones, but was shaped like a sphere. The outer lines had been emitting a deep blue light since they appeared.
A hundred meters away, the dozens of colorful lights surrounding us suddenly stabbed at us like sharp swords. The sharp whistling sound seemed to be a warning, but this warning was more like announcing our doom.
The old Taoist shouted loudly, put his hands together, and then stomped his feet: Five Elements of Heaven and Earth! The Great Dao...
His voice was completely drowned out by the whistling sounds. I tried to open my eyes, but I only saw countless lights dancing in front of us. There was a bang from the old Taoist's body, and then a blue light curtain enveloped us.
"Bang bang bang bang..."
Continuous explosions sounded everywhere. The old Taoist held his hands in a seal and stood in front of us without retreating. But I could clearly see that there was a lot of blood on his flying sleeves. This blood had not been...
The Taoist priest was injured! This was a terrifying fact.
But at this time, I didn't dare to move, because I was afraid that any unintentional action on my part might cause the old Taoist to be more seriously injured.
The loud bangs made the old Taoist's body tremble involuntarily every few seconds.
His hair looked even more messy, and many white hairs could be seen among the flying hair.
After the explosions continued for a long time, they finally stopped. At this time, the blue light curtain was as thin as paper.
I saw that many figures appeared in front of me. Some of them were flying towards me, and I could even see their palms waving forward.
The old Taoist changed his seal again and shouted in a low voice: The five elements of the earth, the law of gods is coming out, please summon the spirits!
The blue light curtain that originally enveloped us suddenly retracted and condensed into a square. The old Taoist tapped the blue square with his palm, making a "pop" sound.
Countless hands suddenly flew out from the blue cube. These hands, the same color as the cube, rushed towards the attackers from above, below, left and right as if someone was directing them.
At the moment when the blue hand flew out, I felt a strong force coming from my side. My Dao power was exhausted, and I was already weak. At this moment, I was squeezed by this force and sat on the ground with a plop. Then I heard a "bang" sound next to my ears.
I looked in the direction of the voice and heard someone shouting in horror: Taoist priest!
The little beauty no longer had any resentment, but looked at the Taoist priest being slapped away with the same horrified look. Her eyes suddenly turned , and transparent liquid was swirling there, and it might drip in the next second.
The old Taoist's body was bent backwards, it was because of the huge force that caused his body to bend involuntarily. His gray hair was flying in the air like a broom without any restraint.
Blood was splattered from the air, and he flew a few meters like a rag doll before falling to the ground. He no longer had the strength to perform the dragon-like movements I had seen before, where even if he was hit, he could still use one hand to support the ground or tap his toes to draw a circle in the air and land safely. At this moment, he couldn't even stand up immediately.
Taoist priest! I yelled again and ran towards him.
The blue palm repelled the enemy in front, so the old Taoist was not attacked a second time. But the figures slowly approaching from all sides told me that we were surrounded. The most combat-capable old Taoist was severely injured by a palm strike, and his life or death was uncertain.
