Light Fortress-Chapter 1543 - 235: Thunderclap (Second Update)

Gu Xiaoman silently clenched her fists.

Sidal’s sword was sharper than she had imagined.

Judging from the brief exchange, the two candidates from the Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle, at least at the Deep Sea Eighth Layer, are no mediocrities able to inherit the Position of Divine Envoy. It’s highly likely that they completed a Super Realm in the third tier...

Two against one, it was not winnable.

She had to escape.

Once the thought set in, Gu Xiaoman immediately took a step forward, dashing once again towards Dong Lai Yue, who was surrounded by ink, one hand behind her, subtly gathering strength.

The latter chuckled lightly, watching everything unfold, choosing not to confront forcefully but to retreat once more.

In Dong Lai Yue’s view, no matter what cards Gu Xiaoman had.

The scene had already formed into an encirclement for a kill!

She saw no need to risk head-on confrontation, nor to exhaust her strength. If a flaw appeared and Gu Xiaoman escaped, it would be unfortunate... All she needed to do now was ensure the target was trapped.

As for the strenuous and exhausting tasks, that sword-obsessed maniac who only knows to kill would naturally take care of them!

However, as Dong Lai Yue took a step back, she had a bad hunch.

The two figures did not appear in the image of chasing and retreating in the air.

Gu Xiaoman’s foot paused, having only taken one heavy step forward first, pretending to dive towards Dong Lai Yue, then immediately changed direction, turning to collide with Sidal behind.

A brief exchange just now.

She had already figured out the personalities of these two Divine Envoy candidates.

The best choice to break through before the Law Enforcers arrive, to carve out a gap... was not the seemingly weak Dong Lai Yue, but the attack-obsessed Sidal!

Indeed!

Faced with the fierce assault from Gu Xiaoman, Sidal advanced instead of retreating, holding his sword in reverse, with a thin thread of thunder light clinging to the sword, cutting down instantly—

Gu Xiaoman glanced at her wrist position, a trace of reluctance flashing in her eyes...

The Thundering Bracelet glowed with a faint luster.

This set of bracelets consisted of seven beads, with immense destructive power. Although at the time of the reunion at Frozen Lake, Gu Xiaoman told Master Bai Xiu that she had been doing well at the Source Tower, they both knew better the true situation without needing to expose it.

The Sky Divine Throne Qinglong concealed Gu Xiaoman’s true identity and incited jealousy among the Divine Envoys under him through the method of Divine Favour.

Qinglong didn’t need to come forward; pieces on the board willingly fell into place.

Gu Xiaoman had encountered many assassination attempts over the past five years, narrowly surviving each time, which is why she was so adept at handling the assassination at Frozen Lake now.

She had long grown accustomed to such days; this was the ordeal the Lord of Wine must endure during growth.

The missing two beads of the Thundering Bracelet were used up in previous assassination attempts.

But this time, the situation...

Was more severe than any before!

Gu Xiaoman had no time for hesitation. If she couldn’t tear through the encirclement set by Dong Lai Yue and Sidal now, what was awaiting her next would be the joint attack of dozens of Law Enforcers. At that point, it would truly be a dead-end!

If delayed a bit longer, both the Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle might personally arrive!

She took a deep breath, finally gritted her teeth, and pulled out the "Thundering Bracelet" given to her by Master Bai Xiu.

"Boom boom boom boom boom!"

Five layers of thunder explosions overlapped and detonated instantly on the ice field.

Dong Lai Yue, who had just stopped and intended to rush back, saw this scene, her pupils constricting suddenly. She hurriedly halted her forward motion and retreated again in a rather disgraceful manner!

This sudden explosion had extraordinarily formidable power!

The five thundering sounds detonated simultaneously. Several arcs of electricity even brushed past Dong Lai Yue’s cheeks, making a crisp crackling sound—

Countless snow dust scattered and rose, covering half of the Heavenly Curtain.

Dong Lai Yue felt a lingering fear, not daring to step directly into the range of the snow dust still with static, and soon those Law Enforcers arrived.

"Where’s Gu Xiaoman?"

A woman in red arrived and hastily inquired.

This was Red Phosphorus, who had previously fought Gu Xiaoman once in the Cloud Tiger Hall. After that fight, Cloud Tiger seemed angry, giving a warning but actually rewarding her afterward, not only healing her wounds but also granting her a sealed object and sending her southward across the sea.

Dong Lai Yue intoned softly, "Escaped."

"Escaped?"

Another young candidate wearing a golden exoskeleton armor frowned at the scattered snow dust ahead, waving his hand as the dust obscured the view, unable to see the distant scene clearly: "We rushed here as soon as we got the message, and now this has happened in no time?"

"Dong Lai Yue, Xuan Turtle praised you for your extraordinary talent and potential to become the next Divine Envoy, yet you can’t even handle a child barely over ten?"

Dong Lai Yue maintained a calm smile while watching this golden armored youth enter the snow dust, scolding her along the way.

Next moment—

"Snap!"

A crackle of static sounded.

The golden armored youth sensed something wrong but it was too late; the residual might of the Thundering Bracelet was still present, with countless arcs of electricity lingering in the void, gradually dissipating, seeking a target to release upon. As the golden armored youth stepped in, the arcs gathered and exploded instantly on his armor.

Countless thunder lights erupted, the golden armored youth was thrown out from the area covered by snow dust, knocked unconscious directly.

This scene made Red Phosphorus’s expression turn a bit grim.

The talented individuals from Central Continent who arrived at the scene fell silent, witnessing the situation.

"Let’s be clear, the hunt for Gu Xiaoman is essentially first come, first served... Cloud Tiger and Xuan Turtle care not for the process but the result. Hence, everyone relies on their skills, and any slip-ups are nobody’s to blame."

Dong Lai Yue coolly remarked: "I have no obligation to hold Gu Xiaoman for you guys."

"Moreover..."

"The ambush just now wasn’t my sole doing."

She pointed towards the interior where snow dust flew, casually saying: "Sidal is faster than me, his situation... you can go and see for yourselves."

The crowd exchanged glances, was there another inside this thunderous snow dust storm?

Just now, everyone saw the fate of that golden-armored candidate.

No one dared to step into the snow dust.

"Crack... crack..."

After a few seconds of silence, within the range of the snowstorm, faint footsteps sounded!

Moments later, a slightly hunched tall and thin figure, leaning on a long sword, slowly walked out from the snowstorm. Sidal, dressed in white, was still wrapped in continuously bursting electric arcs. He appeared quite battered, with dozens of cuts large and small torn into his clothes, although the blood had already been incinerated dry by the high temperature.

"Still alive, huh, quite lucky."

No one dared to laugh; only Dong Lai Yue dared to make such a joke.

"..."

Sidal merely looked at the woman from Yinghai silently, too lazy to say much, and left with his sword.

In this Divine Envoy trial, Sidal gave the strongest sense of oppression; places where he appeared often became very silent and oppressive.

Only after he left did the scene become a bit more relaxed.

Red Phosphorus stopped the departing Dong Lai Yue, asking with a complex expression, "What just happened?"

"Do I have an obligation to tell you?"

Dong Lai Yue replied with a smile, taking out a hairpin to gradually coil up her long hair that reached the ground, threading it with the pin, making her entire demeanor much more clean and sharp.

Red Phosphorus was at a loss for words.

This hunt targeting Gu Xiaoman was competition between Divine Envoy candidates, and not sharing such crucial information was normal.

"Oh, I’ve remembered."

She looked at Red Phosphorus and smiled, "You are a competitor from the Cloud Tiger Sect, and your final opponent is Sidal..."

Red Phosphorus was stunned.

"Actually, telling you, even telling all of you is fine."

Dong Lai Yue extended two fingers, gesturing slightly, and calmly said, "This commotion was caused by Gu Xiaoman. She threw out a few small beads, mm, about this big... If Sidal weren’t a lightning element Transcendent, he probably would have lost the ability to fight back just like that unconscious guy, right?"

"A few small beads almost blasted Sidal to death?"

The people who rushed here, upon hearing this, all changed their expressions, especially those low-level Law Enforcers.

How could they withstand such an offensive?

"So everyone... the reward for hunting Gu Xiaoman is great, but also weigh your own strength. If you encounter her first next time, it may not be a good thing."

Dong Lai Yue fiddled with the hairpin with both hands, as if stretching and lazily displaying her graceful waistline. Without turning back, she lightly tossed out a sentence.

"Who knows, how many more treasures like these beads does she have in her hands?"

...

...

Far out on the Snowfield, there lies a series of snow mountains no one has ever reached.

At the foot of the mountain, there’s a damaged cave entrance, extremely narrow, so even Gu Xiaoman could barely pass through, but the inside was relatively spacious.

She took off her black cloak and hung it up, then started a fire.

The firelight revealed a pale little face.

Gu Xiaoman tore open her black clothes, took a deep breath, and grasped her left forearm tightly with her right hand.

Blood spread, dyeing the entire arm red.

The crackling thunderous sound exploded within the flesh, the piercing pain nearly reaching the bone marrow.

Yet she gritted her teeth and remained silent...

Gu Xiaoman used her spiritual power to take out a withered branch, a sealed item used for healing injuries.

"Buzz!"

The withered branch floated gently.

Threads of green light emitted from the branch, penetrating into the flesh, repairing her skin and alleviating her piercing pain.

Gu Xiaoman closed her eyes, recalling the moment she escaped the Snowfield.

Sidal is a true madman.

At the moment of detonating the Thundering Bracelet, he actually advanced instead of retreating.

He chose to endure five Thunder Bursts just to stab her with his sword!

The final outcome was naturally mutual destruction.

Her injuries would likely require some time to fully recover, and Sidal... wasn’t much better than her.

Leaning against the boulder, Gu Xiaoman breathed heavily, operating her Breathing Method to gradually calm her Heart Lake.

The blood had stopped flowing.

But... this didn’t mean her left arm was completely healed.

The Hundred Explosion Finger Tiger couldn’t be used for a short time.

The current situation is very bad; hiding here doesn’t feel safe to Gu Xiaoman, as her spiritual intuition tells her someone will soon come looking.

Regarding this point...

She couldn’t understand it.

Gu Xiaoman had long sensed the hidden threat in this mission, so she deliberately waited on the Cloud Ship for a long time, only setting off after everyone had completely left.

Moreover, she didn’t forget to erase her travel traces along the way.

Logically, with such cautious actions, she wouldn’t be discovered by anyone.

But how did Dong Lai Yue and Sidal find her?

And those Law Enforcers who came one after another... there’s no Deep Sea link here, how could they have located her?