Chapter 271: Chapter 190: Wait for Me to Return (Two Chapters Combined)_2
Looking back now, he understood why his wife had laughed at him.
It wouldn’t matter if it were bows and arrows; even if he set up rows of cannons, would they be of any use against him?
What about rows of missiles here, would they be of any use?
The Paper Doll Beauty cut through a vine, causing a huge boulder to fall.
The boulder didn’t injure Qiu Luoye, but the Paper Doll Beauty shattered to pieces.
The force was too great; she had reached her limit.
The fox came up to the Big Elephant and pointed at the cliff, shouting, "Master, there’s someone on the cliff!" She had spotted Li Banfeng.
Qiu Luoye sneered, "An insignificant wretch. I noticed him long ago."
The fox volunteered to fight, "Master, we should take down this person first!"
"No need!" Qiu Luoye’s tactics were very clear. "Don’t linger in the valley. Hurry to Shui Yongquan’s territory, overturn his lair, dig out the Contract Book, and turn him into a wandering, lonely spirit."
The Big Elephant roared and charged forward, followed by a dozen other aberrations, surging ahead and singing triumphantly!
The main forces still hesitated at the valley entrance. After all, they couldn’t claim the first honors now. They figured they could wait for Qiu Luoye to break through the valley before rushing in; there was no need to hurry.
Li Banfeng glanced at the clock on the back of the Month Plate; it was 5:13.
Two minutes had passed, and for a minute and a half of that, Qiu Luoye had been walking.
The second ambush point, originally planned to hold them for two minutes, had only managed to delay them by half a minute.
What should I do with the next seven minutes?
Li Banfeng had no time to think further as he dashed towards the third ambush point.
The third ambush point was eight li into the valley, only two li away from the valley’s entrance.
At this ambush point, Li Banfeng had to take action himself.
He ran ahead of Qiu Luoye. As Qiu Luoye approached, Li Banfeng felt his whole body tremble along with the ground.
Facing a Local Deity head-on was incredibly difficult.
Li Banfeng tensed his body, controlled his shaking hands, and rushed into a dense patch of vines.
「...」
Bitter Granny walked on the loess road of Bitter Vegetable Manor and saw a vegetable leaf fall at her feet.
Did he use his luck again?
The second time?
It seems this boy has encountered a lot of trouble.
「...」
Li Banfeng burrowed into the vines. Within moments, Qiu Luoye arrived. Seeing a massive patch of vines blocking his path, Qiu Luoye swung his long trunk, sending vines flying in all directions.
Li Banfeng leaped out from the vines, unfurling a Month Plate before Qiu Luoye.
They were more than ten meters apart. If Qiu Luoye didn’t stop, it would be too late for Li Banfeng to even consider escaping.
Because while using the Month Plate, Li Banfeng couldn’t move. That was its inherent limitation.
Not only could he not move, but anything nearby with a Spirit Attribute also couldn’t move.
Magical Treasures couldn’t move; Spiritual Objects couldn’t either.
Once anything moved, the Month Plate’s effect would be lost.
Qiu Luoye retracted his trunk and glanced at Li Banfeng. "Are you seeking death?"
He had moved, and spoken as well.
But had he truly moved?
No.
Li Banfeng didn’t answer, but the beauty in the Month Plate did, "Stop right there!"
Qiu Luoye was startled. "Just because you say stop, I should stop?"
"A weak woman like me is asking you, a fine man, to pause for a moment. Would you refuse?"
Yet for some reason, upon hearing the beauty’s words, Qiu Luoye actually did stop in his tracks.
The fox beside him was shocked, looking at Li Banfeng holding the Month Plate.
Virtue Cultivation?
The beauty on the Month Plate continued to question Qiu Luoye, "Why are you entering the valley?"
Qiu Luoye answered her question earnestly, "Today is the day for battle. Of course I can come in!"
The beauty pointed at the calendar below the Month Plate. "The day to start the battle is tomorrow. You’ve got the date wrong!"
Tomorrow? Qiu Luoye was stunned for a long moment. Did I really get the date wrong?
He turned and looked behind him, asking a pine tree whose needles formed what looked like a face, "Isn’t today the day of battle?"
After long contemplation, the pine tree replied, "I don’t know what a ’day’ is. I know what a ’year’ is. With every year that passes, I grow another ring thicker..."
"Get lost, you useless thing!" Qiu Luoye turned back to the Month Plate and yelled angrily, "Just because you say it’s wrong, it’s wrong?"
The beauty on the Month Plate retorted sharply, "I am the Month Plate! If I say you’ve misremembered the date, then you are wrong!"
She had a point!
The Month Plate couldn’t be wrong about the date!
The beauty continued her reprimand, "You’ve attacked before the appointed day! You completely disregard the rules. How can you still call yourself a Local Deity?"
Qiu Luoye felt deeply ashamed and wished he could lead his people away immediately.
He lowered his head, looked at the fox at his feet, and realized the fox wasn’t speaking or moving.
This fox is about to wake up.
The Month Plate was a Magical Treasure refined by Red Lotus using the Songstress Flower and Pan Dehai’s Folding Fan. Li Banfeng had named it Meng De.
The moment Li Banfeng unfurled the Month Plate, Meng De plunged Qiu Luoye and his retinue into a dream. Using the Virtue Cultivation Technique, it overwhelmed Qiu Luoye with deep self-reproach.
This was risky. Given the Songstress Flower’s refinement level, it was unlikely to quickly lull Qiu Luoye into a dream.
However, Pan Dehai’s fan was of a high grade. Under the Lotus Flower’s refinement, Meng De’s own grade became comparable to the fan’s, offering a certain chance of lulling Qiu Luoye into a dream.
The actual chance of success depended largely on Li Banfeng’s luck.
Though Qiu Luoye was dreaming, it wasn’t foolproof.
If even one of Qiu Luoye’s subordinates failed to enter the dream, a single move from that person would shatter the illusion.
Just now, Qiu Luoye had been speaking with the Tree People, seemingly moving all the while.
In fact, he hadn’t moved. He was talking to the Tree People in his dream, all while standing still in the same spot, right before Li Banfeng.
Li Banfeng was in luck: Qiu Luoye and all his subordinates had entered the dream.
At that moment, he held the Month Plate, sweat dripping continuously. The clock face on its back was still there, showing the time as 5:15.
Qiu Luoye had been standing in place for over a minute; the Month Plate had already overfulfilled its task.