Volume 1 Hello, Lu Mingfei Chapter 103: No King's Shadow (I)
Since it could be discovered, there was no need for Mingzhao anymore, so Norton cancelled the word spirit.
Different from Lu Mingfei's previous impression, the man who was once called Lao Tang was wearing ancient-style white clothes with the river and green mountains of Kuimen embroidered on it. His expression seemed as firm as if tempered by steel and fire. There was no trace of his past sense of humor, only a calmness as if even his emotions were wiped out. His skin was covered with blue-black dragon scales, like a lizard man in a fantasy story.
It turns out that this is the king of the dragon clan. At first glance, you would think he is a very ordinary person, but when you really meet him face to face, you will feel the violence beneath his calmness from his bloodline. He only needs to use any fire-type words at this distance to turn the tiny human who sneaked into his house to cause trouble into dust.
Murasame is the alchemical sword left by Chu Tianjiao. It is not afraid of Norton's domain. Chu Zihang's long sword hit the target without any pause. He turned around and slashed again, using the exact same posture and trajectory to slash the second time, hitting the same position.
Norton did not carry any weapons. He used his wrist to directly block Chu Zihang's attack. After Murasame cut through the clothes, he slashed on the dragon scales, just like cutting hardened alloy. Not even a trace was left, only a few sparks.
The ancients said that dragon scales are so sharp that swords cannot penetrate them. With Chu Zihang's strength, he can't even cut Norton's dragon scales. This is why Angers asked them to bring the Seven Deadly Sins. They are also alchemical weapons, but Murasame is completely incomparable to those things that are specifically used to kill Dragon Kings.
But at this moment, Chu Zihang was not allowed to retreat even half a step. If Norton had any chance to attack, he and Lu Mingfei would be doomed. The third and fourth swords were used in succession while he held his breath and thought, followed by the fifth and sixth swords. Every time he slashed, Murasame would shake violently. Although he could not break Norton's defense, relying on the continuous violence, Chu Zihang actually shook Norton back.
Norton took a few steps back to steady himself. Cassel's men came faster than he had imagined. These two months were insignificant to the huge original form of the Dragon King. He could not recover his full strength, so Norton had no choice but to transform into a dragon in human form to enhance his combat power. In this form, he would have both the flexibility of humans and the toughness of dragons, but his strength would be far inferior to his original self. Despite this, he could still crush any human hybrid. Chu Zihang's violence was beyond his imagination. This boy had explosive and powerful stamina in a crisis.
Chu Zihang followed up like a tiger and jumped high. Every muscle line on his body was clearly defined. Every muscle was pumping to transfer the greatest strength to his palms. A creepy light burst out from his golden pupils. In the brief moment when he realized that the danger was behind him, his blood had already burst. The blood belonging to the dragon clan crossed the 50% boundary, driving the human heart into a corner. Then came the great power of the tide, just like a tiny spring bamboo shoot can push away the huge rock pressing on the top of the head. Every cell in the body was reborn, spewing out the extreme violence from the ancient bloodline genes.
If it was against other things, Jun Yan would definitely be Chu Zihang's weapon, but now his opponent is the King of Bronze and Fire. Using Jun Yan against him would be tantamount to seeking death. Chu Zihang could only use hand-to-hand combat to force Norton to fight him as much as possible, leaving him no time to release the Word Spirit.
A huge amount of violence hit Murasame's blade and passed along the blade to his palm. Chu Zihang felt as if he was slapped hard by the kind of kung fu in martial arts novels that could hit a cow from a distance. The slashing blow that was falling from mid-air was forced to be interrupted, and the hand holding the knife was forced to shake wildly left and right along with the handle. He had to concentrate all his attention to control it in order to avoid losing his only weapon.
Norton's palm suddenly grew several times larger, just like the doubling technique in Naruto. The bones of his hand pierced through his fingertips and bent like knives. Each claw was sharper than a well-forged sword. He only needed to use this one slap to forcibly dissipate Chu Zihang's violence. If Chu Zihang hadn't bled profusely, his arm would have been broken by now.
The bloodline of a king is definitely not something that humans can counter by simply exploding their blood.
Chu Zihang's offensive was interrupted, and Norton should have shown his turn, but he did not release a word spirit like Jun Yan that could kill the opponent in an instant at close range. Instead, he jumped onto the bronze waterwheel. One side of the waterwheel was for descending, and the other side was for ascending. It was both the way to come and the way to go, and was guarded by a living spirit with a relief of a human face.
"Lu Mingfei." Norton helped the waterwheel rise slowly. He looked at Lu Mingfei from afar. His face covered with dragon scales showed no anger but a hint of compassion, as if he had to kill with his own hands the kitten he had raised for many years but was infected with a highly contagious disease.
"Old Tang, can you still recognize me?" It was not the time to be happy, but Lu Mingfei was still a little happy. Old Tang still called her name, which meant that he at least still had a human form and not an absolute Tyrannosaurus Rex.
"Whether you know me or not, there's nothing to say." Norton said softly, "I've been dreaming a lot these days. I dream of raging fire and raining arrows, and Baidi City perishing amid the wailing of the people. Sometimes I dream of my shabby house. There's nothing special about it, except that under the curtain that is always blown up by the passing trains outside, the computer screen is glowing with an old light. This feeling is really annoying. Sometimes even I can't tell who I am."
The passage guarded by the living spirit opened, Norton disappeared in the sound of flowing water, and the bronze door was closed again.
Lu Mingfei didn't know how to answer, and she didn't have time to answer. Before coming here, she had thought of many situations in which she would face Old Tang again, and thought about how to speak to him earnestly. But until they were really face to face, she realized that the feeling really couldn't be explained in a few words. Even Norton himself was confused, not to mention the bystanders.
"Do you know him ?" Chu Zihang sheathed his knife. From the conversation just now, it sounded like Lu Mingfei and Norton were old acquaintances. This kind of information was not recorded in any file.
"I met him when he was still a human called Lao Tang... We often played StarCraft together. He was the one who picked me up at the airport when I came to the United States." Lu Mingfei whispered. Chu Zihang did not show any harsh attitude, but in Lu Mingfei's opinion, the senior brother must be a little angry. This was definitely a question. The fact that she and the Dragon King once knew each other was absolutely important information to Cassel, but she had never said it.
"So this is what you've been struggling with." Chu Zihang said. The thing that had been confusing him for a long time finally had an answer, and he felt like the clouds had been cleared and the sun had appeared.
"What's the meaning?"
"When we were in the academy, I felt that you were always absent-minded. You said that you were not afraid of the operation to hammer the Dragon King, but in fact, you were always lacking interest in doing things, as if you were just going through the motions. At first, I thought you just had no interest in training, but your grades were very good and you were training seriously, so I didn't think too much about it. But until today before you officially entered the water, you were still like this, so I guessed that you must have some special ideas about this operation."
"So that's why you took the initiative to come to me when you were at the swimming pool..." Lu Mingfei scratched her head, thinking that she thought her senior brother had finally come to her senses. "Senior brother, you are really a gossipy person who likes to meddle in other people's business."
It was clearly a good thing, but Lu Mingfei now felt that Chu Zihang's concern was a bit unnecessary, making it impossible to keep any secrets.
"It's not always like this. I just care about things that happen to people around me." Chu Zihang said. He didn't seem to care about Lu Mingfei calling him a gossip. "You don't want to kill Norton, right? Just like the story about the robot you asked me at the aquarium."
"Yes." Lu Mingfei nodded. At this point, she had no choice but to tell her senior brother the truth. "He was my friend after all. I can't hold a knife and stab him in the heart."
"He is no longer your friend. He is the Dragon King and Norton. With the impulse to destroy the world and the hatred for Constantine's death, he has only one thing in his mind now, which is revenge on the whole world. You can choose mercy, but the price may be the death of thousands of people, including many people you are familiar with. Everyone in the three boats on the river is in danger." Chu Zihang was very serious. "I don't want to say too much, I just hope you can understand."
Lu Mingfei did not answer, but lowered her head, her soft hair hanging down to cover her eyes. This was the reason why she deliberately kept long bangs, because when she didn't want to meet people's eyes, she could easily hide the little thoughts in her heart.
"I understand the truth..." she said softly.
"That's good." Chu Zihang nodded with satisfaction. "It can be seen that Norton didn't kill us because you were there. The regret of having humans will become his weakness. The next time we meet, don't be soft-hearted. Being kind to the enemy is the greatest harm to yourself."
He stuffed the same model Glock pistol he brought with him into Lu Mingfei's hand and clenched her fingers one by one. Her palms were cold, just like her troubled heart at the moment, but his knuckles were always warm, so he felt that he should share some with her.
"If you still can't let it go... then remember to close your eyes. I'll fire the last shot for you." Chu Zihang passed by her and left these words in her ear.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then lowered her head and smiled silently. You, Chu Zihang, have been such a person since Shilan Middle School. You have a calm and abstinent face, but you love to meddle in other people's affairs and are born with a gossipy mind. You yourself don't even know how many girls' hearts you have invisibly provoked, but in the end you went abroad and left only a legend.
The invisible sickle-tailed weasel was running back and forth in the water, bringing back a lot of information. Caesar Gattuso's underwater radar had been operating with his eyes closed for more than an hour. He could hear the fish swimming in the water grass, and he could also roughly judge the terrain of the bottom of the water by the reflection of the sound. The long wait before the prey was hooked was probably the most boring time for the hunter. As an experienced hunter, Caesar had a good harvest both in the dense forest and on the reef, thanks to the precise capture of the sickle-tailed weasel, and he never missed.
The sound of rising bubbles did not escape Caesar's hearing. It was the phenomenon of a large amount of air entering the deep sea water. Along with the clear clicking of gears, a strong heartbeat moved away from the Bronze City and entered his territory.
finally come!
Caesar suddenly opened his eyes and pressed the communication button on his headset, "Calling Moniach, Team B has succeeded, Dragon King Norton has left Bronze City, please prepare for surface operations!"
He held his greed tightly and winked at Nono, who understood very well and made an OK gesture while holding the underwater rifle. Her rifle was loaded with a bullet made of the Philosopher's Stone, but it was not from Kassel College, but from the Chen family behind her. Before the operation began, the bullet was placed in her dormitory on the Moniach, and under the pressed letter was Chen Jun's signature.
Even though she didn't like the squinty-eyed boy, Nono had to accept the support from her family. Killing a dragon king was no easy task, and this powerful mental bullet would help her resist the dragon king at the critical moment.
The correct method of making the Philosopher's Stone has been lost, and now only the vice-president of Kassel College knows it, but without the raw materials, he can't do anything. Most of the Philosopher's Stones in the hands of the hybrids now come from the remains of the dragon tombs. All these phenomena show that in the past, the manufacture of the Philosopher's Stone was not that difficult, but the scarcity of materials led to few handed down until the method was completely lost.
"Eighty meters below!" Norton swam very fast in the water, and Caesar reported the target's current location to Norton.
Nono looked down, at least in her eyes the water was as calm as before. Norton should be smaller than imagined, and might even remain in human form, because this would save unnecessary consumption. His awakening is still incomplete.
"sixty!"
"forty!"
"twenty!"
Caesar kept sounding the alarm, but when Norton was only twenty meters away from them, the strong heartbeat suddenly disappeared within the range of the kamaitachi!
Caesar was surprised but not panicked. Suppressing the heartbeat is an effective way to deal with the kamaitachi, and other words with interference methods can also deceive the kamaitachi. What he needs to hear now is not the heartbeat, but the sound of something moving quickly in the water.
The sickle-weasel's monitoring range gradually narrowed to eliminate unnecessary noise, but Caesar suddenly found that he could not hear any sound from the water. It was clear that fish were passing by not far from them to feed just a few seconds ago.
According to the previous progress, Norton should have appeared by now. Nono's gun had been waiting for a long time. She turned her head in confusion and wanted to ask Caesar what was wrong, but suddenly found that she had completely lost the ability to move. Wrapped in a diving suit, she couldn't do such a simple action as twisting her neck.
