Chapter 273: Chapter 190: Wait for Me to Return (Two Chapters Combined)_4
He had just closed the main gate when Qiu Luoye, outside the barrier, slammed into it in a fury.
Li Banfeng was thrown into the air, flying a good distance before landing heavily on the ground, his leg broken.
"Damn it! That old dog Shui Yongquan only knows how to use this lousy thing!" Qiu Luoye had also hit it rather hard this time and felt a bit dizzy.
CREEEAAAK...
The two panels of the gate parted again, opening nearly two feet.
It’s about to reach three feet...
Someone needed to hold the gate, or the Waterfall Gate would open faster and wider.
Li Banfeng hadn’t expected this. He’d thought that erecting the Waterfall Gate meant success.
He hadn’t expected holding the gate to be this difficult.
The Month Plate lay in the grass, its clock showing 5:18.
Two more minutes.
What can I use to hold it for two minutes?
There’s no hope.
It’s all over...
「...」
WHOOSH...
Inside the Portable Residence, the Phonograph’s hum was as faint as a thread.
Red Lotus sighed, "Wicked woman, you’ve dominated all your life, yet you still couldn’t survive this disaster. And I wonder if that madman is still alive? If he went with you, it would be a perfect end for you both, but what does it mean for me, eternally trapped here?"
「...」
Li Banfeng pushed himself up in the tangled grass; he was still alive.
His leg was broken. He couldn’t stand, so he used his arms to drag himself desperately to the gate.
He closed the gate and pulled a vine from his waist, threading it through the two rings on the gate panels.
This vine was very tough; even a knife couldn’t cut it.
Leaning his back against the gate, he used the vine to bind himself to it.
BANG!
The gate panel shuddered, and Li Banfeng vomited blood.
The blood was rank and salty.
BANG!
Qiu Luoye slammed into the barrier again.
Darkness consumed Li Banfeng’s vision.
BANG!
Li Banfeng felt no pain. He felt nothing at all, only aware that blood kept gushing from his mouth.
BANG!
I don’t know your name.
BANG!
You probably don’t know mine either.
BANG!
From the day we met, you called me husband, and I called you wife.
BANG!
Wife, wait for me to come back.
BANG!
That time I returned, I brought Straw Moth Lady into our home.
BANG!
I’ve wronged you.
BANG!
You sent me to the outer chamber. I stood outside the door, listening as you and Straw Moth Lady fought for your lives... I stood outside the door...
BANG!
I knew you were fighting desperately against the Bagworm Moth. You saved me, but I couldn’t save you, and you were so terribly injured. I’ve wronged you...
BANG!
That time, I couldn’t save you.
BANG!
This time, you must wait for me. Wait for me to come back.
BANG!
The vine snapped.
A bloodied Li Banfeng lay sprawled on the ground.
CREEEAAAK...
The gate opened.
Qiu Luoye was right behind it.
The gate had opened two feet.
It needs to be closed.
Time isn’t up yet.
It has to be closed.
The gate can’t be allowed to open to three feet...
Li Banfeng’s hands groped on the ground. He couldn’t stand up.
He lifted his head, trying to see the time on the Month Plate.
At the entrance to the canyon, a colossal figure appeared.
Straw Moth Lady...
How could just thinking of Straw Moth Lady make her appear?
A hallucination?
No, it wasn’t a hallucination.
Ma Wu, riding Yanzi, rushed to Li Banfeng’s side.
"Waterfall Gate!" Yanzi recognized the Spiritual Object and immediately braced against the gate panels.
BANG!
Yanzi was thrown back slightly. Ma Wu stepped forward and slammed the gate shut.
BANG!
Ma Wu was sent flying, the bones in his left arm shattered. Zuo Wugang stepped forward and closed the gate.
BANG!
Zuo Wugang retreated two steps. Xianxian and Qiaocui charged forward, and the three Bagworm Moths held the gate together.
BANG!
Ma Wu charged back in.
BANG!
Xiao Genzi and Xiao Chuanzi rushed up together to hold the gate!
BANG!
RUMBLE! RUMBLE! RUMBLE!
「...」
After they held on for over a minute, silence fell outside the gate.
Did Qiu Luoye stop ramming it?
Could he no longer break through?
That’s impossible.
Had the gate’s barrier failed?
Li Banfeng looked at the clock on the Month Plate.
5:19.
Not yet 5:20.
How is that possible...
There should still be time...
How could the Waterfall Gate have failed to hold?
From mid-air came the voice of Shui Yongquan, "Qiu Luoye, you’ve lost."
A flower appeared on Li Banfeng’s hand, its petals revolving around its core.
PS: Wife, wait for Ban Feng to return.