Chapter 111: Where the Hell is My Surface-to-Air Magic Tool?!
“Wuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!”
“Enemy attack!!!”
Mo Lin burst out of the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce’s resource warehouse, full of frustration.
He had thought that as long as he swiftly killed Lin Rui, everything would be over.
Yet he had not expected that the magic tool in Lin Rui’s hand would be triggered by letting go.
So when he killed Lin Rui, it also meant he had exposed himself.
Mo Lin no longer thought about whether he could steal a few more resources to eat from the warehouse.
If he moved any slower, he feared even his body would become a resource of the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce.
In fact, leaving right now was already considered too slow.
“Wuuuuuu~”
As the alarm rang out, Dong Li, who had been inside a room, suddenly pushed the door open.
His expression flickered uncertainly:
“What happened in the warehouse?!”
He had just been vexed about the demonic core being stolen, and now, like the roof leaking during a storm, even headquarters was in trouble?!
Although years of being the Chairman had caused his body to grow plumper, the continuous string of shocks still forced Chairman Dong to reveal his extraordinary strength—
With only a few strides, Dong Li ran to the resource warehouse, arriving just in time to see Mo Lin taking off into the sky.
“A Anaconda Demon?!!!”
When Dong Li saw the Anaconda Demon Mo Lin for the second time in a single day, he completely lost control.
He had not even sent anyone yet to fulfill his promise to the Prince of Jiyang, and now this Anaconda Demon had come to raid his Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce a second time?!
Was this Anaconda Demon targeting the Yongzhou Chamber of Commerce specifically, refusing to let go?!
And this time was even worse.
Not only did it rob things on the river, it now directly came to raid the Chamber’s headquarters, at the most core resource warehouse!
Did it take their Chamber as its personal buffet, its personal treasury of magic tools?!!
Dong Li was beside himself with fury.
At this moment, the alarm from the magic tools rang across heaven and earth.
All members and guests of the Chamber heard it.
If the Chamber could not take down this Anaconda Demon this time and let it escape openly in the sky, their Chamber’s reputation would be utterly ruined!
“Lin Rui! Chu Huai! Where the hell is my Profound Light Cannon and Soaring-Hong Crossbow?! Bring them here for me!”
Dong Li shouted for a long while, yet no one answered.
Thinking of Mo Lin’s strength, which he and the Prince of Jiyang together had failed to subdue, his heart filled with dread.
Although Lin Rui and Chu Huai did not respond, the two other lower Earth Rank cultivators guarding the warehouse had already rushed out when the alarm went off.
They saw Mo Lin flying in the sky and Dong Li roaring in anger.
Without a word, they activated the Yongzhou Chamber’s surface-to-air magic tools.
The Profound Light Cannon, loaded with countless resources, automatically aimed at Mo Lin in the sky and fired a shot:
“Boom!”
Mo Lin, flapping his wings in preparation to flee, felt alarm bells ringing in his heart.
He quickly tilted his wing, dodging the strike from below.
The Profound Light Cannon’s projectile drew a beautiful arc through the sky, before crashing into a small mountain a mile outside the Chamber’s headquarters.
“Rumble!!”
A fiery glow burst out, followed by the explosion.
Nearly half of the mountain was blown away in an instant by the cannon’s power.
It was easy to imagine that if the Profound Light Cannon had hit Mo Lin directly, the outcome would not have been pleasant.
Before Mo Lin could even catch his breath, a giant bolt, as massive as a siege ram, was mounted onto a crossbow-shaped magic tool—the Soaring-Hong Crossbow.
Back when he had interrogated Ning Zhuo in the washroom, Mo Lin had asked in detail about the Chamber’s defenses.
Among them were exactly these two weapons: the Profound Light Cannon and the Soaring-Hong Crossbow.
Unlike the resource-consuming Profound Light Cannon, firing one bolt from the Soaring-Hong Crossbow would instantly drain all the magic power of one lower Earth Rank expert.
But its achievements were astonishing—
Once, a high Earth Rank Phoenix Flame Bird provoked the Chamber of Commerce, spitting its immortal flame across their grounds.
In response, the Chamber used the Soaring-Hong Crossbow.
With just one bolt, the Phoenix Flame Bird’s wing was pierced through.
Afterward, the Chamber’s many experts hunted it down together, and the Phoenix Flame Bird perished in hatred at the Chamber.
The cost was only the magic power of a single lower Earth Rank cultivator.
That was how the Soaring-Hong Crossbow got its name.
It was easy to imagine: if that bolt struck Mo Lin’s wings, he would be in grave danger.
Strike first!
Rather than let the enemy stop him, it was better to strike preemptively.
At the tip of his tail, a glowing, crackling orb, even larger than the head of the Soaring-Hong bolt, condensed.
With a flick, Mo Lin hurled the Lightning Orb toward the crossbow.
One of the lower Earth Rank experts, seeing this, immediately moved to block it—the Soaring-Hong Crossbow was pure offense with no defense, and his role was to protect it.
Dong Li was rapidly flying closer to Mo Lin on the ground.
When he saw that the Lightning Orb at Mo Lin’s tail was even bigger than the one he had seen the first time, his pupils shrank:
“No—it’s at middle Earth Rank! Fang Hao, be careful!!”
But the warning came too late.
The Lightning Orb had already struck Fang Hao.
“Bang!”
The middle Earth Rank Lightning Orb exploded violently across Fang Hao’s body, instantly shattering all his clothing.
His flesh turned into a twisted mix of blackened char and crimson blood, as he powerlessly fell toward the ground.
Although Mo Lin’s Lightning Orb had not taken Fang Hao’s life, this dutiful lower Earth Rank expert could no longer participate in this battle for the time being.
However, Fang Hao’s sacrifice was not in vain.
The other lower Earth Rank cultivator had already finished loading the Soaring-Hong Crossbow and aimed the bolt directly at Mo Lin.
An even greater sense of danger than the Profound Light Cannon surged through Mo Lin.
Almost without thinking, Mo Lin folded his wings and dove toward the ground.
He had a premonition: if he stayed in the sky, the Soaring-Hong Crossbow would definitely blow his head apart.
However, the Soaring-Hong Crossbow, fueled by an entire lower Earth Rank cultivator’s magic power, was not something that could be dodged simply by giving up flight.
Once activated, the Soaring-Hong Crossbow came with its own lock-on!
“Swish!”
Like the flight of a startled swan, the bolt flew.
Mo Lin instinctively unleashed Spatial Imprisonment, and the next moment, his heart trembled.
It could not stop it!
The bolt of the Soaring-Hong Crossbow pierced straight through his Spatial Imprisonment!
Since mastering Spatial Imprisonment, there had been times it was less effective—such as against the Prince of Jiyang—but never before had he encountered a case where it was directly shattered!
Falling toward the ground, Mo Lin had no choice but to Shrink his body.
At this point, he could no longer afford to hide more of his trump cards.
Escaping the crossbow’s lock was the top priority.
And it worked—Mo Lin’s Shrink created a miracle.
Although the Soaring-Hong Crossbow still locked onto him, he discovered that due to the massive size difference between his body and the bolt, its accuracy was no longer as precise as before!
It worked!
Seeing the bolt flying toward him, Mo Lin gritted his teeth and slammed his seemingly shrunken—yet just as strong—body into its shaft.
Because the lock-on had shifted just slightly, the Soaring-Hong’s strike turned from “piercing Mo Lin” into simply “hitting Mo Lin.”
And with Mo Lin deliberately colliding part of his body against it, miraculously, he was not pierced through!
“Slash!”
The Soaring-Hong bolt sliced past him, spraying a mist of blood, before slamming deep into the ground, leaving behind a bottomless crater.
Mo Lin crashed hard into the ground, his body trembling as though his organs had shifted out of place—
The main damage was still from the Soaring-Hong Crossbow.
Even though he had Shrunk and avoided vital points, as a weapon capable of crippling a high Earth Rank beast, how could Mo Lin possibly emerge unscathed?
Propping himself up from the ground, Mo Lin looked up to see a fat man, face black as the bottom of a pot, walking toward him.
“We meet again, Anaconda Demon!”
Dong Li ground his teeth, spitting out each word.