Chapter 120: Attack

“Therefore, the main purpose of this experience is to go underground and observe the completely different Earth Veins of this world compared to our own; this is the external manifestation of this resource world’s Dao,” Bai Di said. “Observing these and experiencing the different Dao Resonance from our world will increase our knowledge and improve our understanding of the Dao.”

“Regarding observing the different directions of the Earth Veins, several good observation points have been summarized from previous experiences. The Frontier Industrial Company, which we are now heading to, holds the best observation point,” Bai Di explained to Li Qi and Shen Shuibi.

“Then, do the people of this world know about our existence and that of Great Deer Kingdom?” Li Qi asked, feeling a bit confused while walking through a wilderness.

At this moment, the three appeared in the wilderness and were walking towards a highway.

All of them had Cultivation and moved incredibly fast.

Li Qi and Bai Di were both Martial Dao Ninth Rank, so they moved swiftly using light body techniques, practically gliding over grass and water.

Shen Shuibi, having recovered to Dao Sect Ninth Rank, appeared much more ethereal. She floated lightly, following behind the two, carried by the vortex created by their forward movement.

Yes, she wasn’t flying; she simply eliminated her body weight and was pulled along like a kite, saving effort and being convenient.

“Most of the natural people don’t know, but the high-level executives of a few companies supported by Great Deer Kingdom do,” Bai Di said casually. “But that has nothing to do with us. We are just passersby. We can leave after observing the different Dao Resonance for a week.” It seemed this trip indeed posed no danger.

“Is it that simple? Then why do you all look like it’s very dangerous?” Li Qi asked, still confused.

“If I came alone, to get the best observation spot, I would definitely need to compete, and it might even come to blows, deciding the victor with strength. I’d also have to worry about sneak attacks. While it wouldn’t be life-threatening, if I failed, injury or ridicule would be inevitable,” Bai Di replied to Li Qi with a smile. “However, with Young Master leading the way, others will surely get the news. Probably very few people would dare to compete with Young Master, so it will naturally be a smooth journey with no danger.”

“I see,” Li Qi nodded, indicating his understanding.

This was the proper treatment! He used to read novels where the protagonist was constantly fighting for scraps, with everyone against him.

That was truly a beastly existence.

This current situation was clearly more normal. Besides mortal enemies, why would so many people want to fight to the death with you? Even if relationships were particularly bad, at most, it would be not speaking upon meeting. Why resort to violence?

Li Qi was very satisfied with this treatment. Since Bai Di had said they were just passersby, he would focus entirely on preparing to observe the different Dao Resonance.

As the three talked, they moved rapidly, and soon, led by Bai Di, they arrived at the roadside.

It seemed this was a pre-arranged meeting point, as a group of people were already waiting there.

Li Qi saw a peculiar sight: a person dressed in ancient, flowing robes and wide sleeves, leading a dozen or so people in practical, short-sleeved attire, waiting respectfully.

In such a scene, there would usually be carriages or oxcarts nearby, but although they were dressed in ancient style, the vehicles beside them were genuine luxury cars.

They were very stable, low-chassis luxury cars. Except for the brand, they looked like Rolls-Royces, but with designs like coiling Dragons and soaring Phoenixes, and carved eaves on the cars.

Modern industrial design and technology, combined with classical attire and aesthetics.

Was this what the Earth Oil Realm looked like?

And the main residents were still humans, only they looked darker, all with brown skin. Was this a characteristic of living in this world?

Seeing Li Qi, Bai Di, and Shen Shuibi flying over, the person in the flowing robes immediately bowed: “This humble one greets the Immortal!”

Immortal?

What kind of address was that?

Li Qi was a bit bewildered.

Bai Di leaned over and explained: “To win over some important figures in the Earth Oil Realm, we taught them some cultivation methods for prolonging life. They can cultivate to Ninth Rank and live for two hundred years, so they call us Immortals.”

So that was it. Then their identities had become like those of divine beings.

That was quite cool.

“We have arrived. According to the pre-arranged schedule, we will first go to your city, and then you will take us to the oil extraction site. The rules are the same as before: if you do well, you will be rewarded with an opportunity to learn a cultivation method, and if you succeed, you can extend your life by a hundred years,” Bai Di stepped forward and said with a wave of his hand, looking very authoritative.

Honestly, Bai Di, at nine feet tall, with long legs, wide robes and sleeves, and white clothes fluttering, with his waterfall-like black hair flowing in the wind, was incredibly handsome. No one could compare.

So, at this moment, when he spoke, everyone else treated him as the main person in charge, fawning over him and trying to curry favor.

The group was arranged into cars. There was a driver, Bai Di sat in the front passenger seat, Li Qi and Shen Shuibi sat in the back, and the rest of the people were in other vehicles in the convoy, providing escort.

Quiet music played in the car, which had been meticulously cleaned and emitted a fragrant scent.

The driver kept flattering Bai Di, and Bai Di, not being arrogant, started chatting with him.

Li Qi, on the other hand, enjoyed the peace. Sitting in the car, he looked around, experiencing a long-lost feeling.

It was truly long-lost: riding in a car, listening to a music player.

He hadn’t expected to experience this again in his lifetime.

Does this mean that as long as his Cultivation was high enough, he could find Earth?

Thinking of this, Li Qi suddenly realized something.

“By the way, Brother Bai,” he said to Bai Di in the car.

Bai Di immediately stopped his current conversation and turned his head from the passenger seat: “Young Master, what is it?”

The driver in the driver’s seat was utterly astonished.

This seemingly unassuming Immortal was the one in charge?!

This realization immediately made him break out in a cold sweat, soaking his clothes.

However, Li Qi didn’t pay attention to those things, nor did he care. He simply asked curiously: “Brother Bai, what is the level of weaponry in this world? You said the highest it supports Cultivators is up to Eighth Rank, but what about ordinary weapons?”

“For example, firearms,” Li Qi gestured the shape of a pistol.

In his opinion, although Cultivators were strong, within the Ninth Rank category, they probably couldn’t defeat a large cluster of thermal weapons. If hit by a cannonball or missile, they would most likely die.

However, he had once seen a Sixth Rank demon fight. The scale of that battle, easily spanning ten miles, probably meant even nuclear bombs couldn’t deal with it.

“Oh, you mean those? They do have such weapons. If one stood still, they would indeed pose some threat to those below Eighth Rank. However, it’s very difficult to hit…”

“My sword speed is already faster than their bullets, and they are too slow and weak. Even if I get hit by ten or so shots, it won’t be life-threatening.”

“As for cannonballs, if they hit, they could indeed be fatal. But how would one get hit by such a thing? That’s too cumbersome. Unless by coincidence, it’s very difficult,” Bai Di said, scratching his head.

Li Qi nodded, sighing, “You’re right.”

Yes, the power of thermal weapons could threaten him now, but the prerequisite was to hit him.

His current instantaneous burst speed was simply invisible to the naked eye of a normal person; they couldn’t even aim.

If someone had dynamic vision that could keep up, and reaction speed that could also keep up, then using thermal weapons at that point could indeed threaten Li Qi.

But what would be the necessity?

Because if they could already keep up with Li Qi, they could also threaten Li Qi with cold weapons.

The greatest advantages of thermal weapons, ‘speed’ and ‘destructive power,’ had long vanished before Ninth Rank Cultivators. They were merely ordinary weapons.

Moreover, these ordinary weapons couldn’t be enhanced as the user’s power increased, so it seemed few people were willing to use them.

At this point, Shen Shuibi interjected: “It’s not that no one uses them. A weapon is just a weapon, with no inherent superiority or inferiority. In Tang Nation, some people are skilled in using guns and cannons, but their guns and cannons are not these mundane weapons.”

“It’s actually the same. Ordinary mundane iron cold weapons can’t support your battles, right? If it’s a wooden sword, it’s still a sword, but even if it hits your body, only the wooden sword will break.”

“So these firearms are actually the same. You think firearms aren’t strong enough, but it’s just because they’re made of mundane iron. I’ve also seen very powerful firearms. In Tang Nation, some people are skilled in using guns and cannons. They are all Cultivators of the Dao of Reason. Their ammunition can penetrate many things, and their speed is incredibly fast, some even approaching the Heavenly Dao limit.”

“Heavenly Dao limit?” Li Qi frowned.

“Hmm… roughly, six hundred thousand miles per second?” Shen Shuibi thought for a moment and calculated a number.

“Bai Di has learned much,” Bai Di bowed in gratitude. Because of the Earth Oil Realm, he had indeed held a disdainful view of firearms, but he was also very good at learning. After Shen Shuibi spoke, he firmly kept it in mind.

A weapon is just a weapon, with no inherent superiority or inferiority.

As for Li Qi, his expression was a bit subtle.

His attention was on the ‘Heavenly Dao limit.’

Bullets flying at near light speed?

Do relativistic effects still apply? Could this thing cause time dilation?

Damn it, sure enough, one cannot underestimate the heroes of the world.

While the three were chatting.

Suddenly, Shen Shuibi shivered, formed a hand seal, and slapped it towards the outside of the car!

Li Qi also reacted immediately, directly pushing open the car door, grabbing the driver, and jumping out.

Although Bai Di was a beat slower, he also reacted before anything happened. He immediately followed Li Qi out of the car, and while doing so, slammed on the car’s brakes, quickly getting out and drawing his sword.

No sooner said than done, just as the three made their different choices, in less than a tenth of a second, a loud bang was heard!

It turned out that a cannonball had descended from the sky, directly hitting the car Li Qi and the others were riding in.

However, Shen Shuibi’s spell had already erected a defensive barrier, entirely sky-blue, densely covered with talismans, firmly blocking the cannonball and its shockwave, causing the vehicle to stop steadily, with no casualties.

“Enemy attack!” At this moment, the car leading the way also stopped, and several guards in short attire shouted loudly.

Then, in the sky, a large number of cannonballs were seen falling.

These were not one or two, but a concentrated volley from a dense array of artillery!

The roar of hundreds of cannons firing simultaneously, due to the speed of sound, only now reached their ears!

“Save them,” Li Qi said concisely, as time was urgent.

Bai Di and Shen Shuibi immediately sprang into action.

Shen Shuibi formed hand seals with both hands, and with a thought of her Divine Sense, a blue light appeared on the collars of all dozen or so people. Shen Shuibi gently retreated backward, and everyone was pulled along, retreating with her.

Bai Di and Li Qi, on the other hand, were much slower. The two Martial Dao Ninth Ranks burst out at their fastest speed, smashing cars and pulling people in one swift motion. Li Qi grabbed three with both hands, while Bai Di grabbed one with each hand, and they also began to retreat rapidly.

The convoy was left behind, but the people had all been pulled away.

Then, the cannonballs landed.

Smoke filled the air, shockwaves reverberated, and an area of a hundred meters was flattened, covered in craters. Fortunately, there were no casualties.

“It’s… it’s the rebels, those terrorists!” The long-robed man who had greeted Li Qi and the others earlier gasped, shouting in terror.

“Terrorists?” Li Qi raised an eyebrow.

How novel!

“When did the Earth Oil Realm get these unstable elements? And how was our whereabouts exposed? Why were they able to set up an ambush?!” Bai Di frowned, asking the long-robed man.

“Imm… Immortal, we don’t know either!” The long-robed man cried out, feeling wronged.

“We’ll know once we catch the attackers,” Li Qi said. “These people should know that this is a threat to us. If cannonballs hit us, they can cause fatal injuries.”

“Not to me,” Shen Shuibi raised her hand.

“Cough cough, get the Dao Resonance idea,” Li Qi choked a bit, glaring at Shen Shuibi.

“In short, these people want to kill us. It might be a coincidence, but the possibility is very small. If we want to observe the Earth Veins peacefully, we probably need to eliminate the threat beforehand,” Li Qi said. “I’ll go catch them.”

“I’ll go too!” Bai Di immediately followed.

“Hmm, I’ll stay here and watch them,” Shen Shuibi glanced at the ordinary people around her who were coughing non-stop from the shockwave, some even losing their ability to move, and chose to stay and take care of them.

After all, she wasn’t fast enough to keep up with the two Martial Dao Ninth Ranks.

On Li Qi’s side, he and Bai Di had already accelerated to full speed, beginning to sprint madly.

Their speed approached the speed of sound almost instantly.

However, after running for less than twenty seconds, before they had even reached their destination, another figure suddenly ran towards Li Qi and the others at the same speed.

A Cultivator!

Also a Martial Dao Ninth Rank!

No, not Martial Dao. The opponent’s body was very strange, not tempered by Martial Dao cultivation method, and their way of exerting force was not as smooth as Martial Dao.

However, no matter what, this person could indeed keep up with Li Qi and their speed and strength!

Almost instantly, this figure who suddenly rushed out began to engage in fierce combat with Li Qi and Bai Di!

(Well, I know I write slowly, but there’s nothing I can do… I prefer to ponder over my words, and research also consumes a lot of time and energy. If you find it slow, just let it accumulate…)

(But when you let it accumulate, please click on auto-subscribe or something, otherwise, it’s not letting the book accumulate, but killing it. If subscriptions aren’t good, even the editor will tell you to cut it…)