Dreams of Jianghu

Last time on An Unyielding Wind: Chi (and Aofeng) help Yun Qinghong get away, but not without consequences.

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Chapter Two – Captured

“Aofeng!”

“No!”

“Stop!”

Several furious shouts sounded after each other. Almost at the same time, Qin Aotian, Lei Yufeng, Yue Bingyan, Xi Yun, Lan Xiu, the three Kaya venerable swordsman, and even Qin Ding and the two other visiting scholars of the Qin Family as well as their magus beasts flashed in Aofeng’s direction, and mounted strong attacks at Archbishop Ling Bing!

“Just a little brat is worthy of the efforts of so many people?” Ling Bing’s eyes flashed, and then he sneered in great disdain. After entering divine rank, all powers under divine rank were useless against him.

White divine power surged, and formed a rippling white curtain around him. It immediately spread, and all of the attacks, including those from Lan Xiu, were easily swept away.

The power of the divine magus beast technique had covered Aofeng’s entire body. The white energy flashed, and no figure was seen again!

“Ling Bing, you damn bastard! We are not finished!”

The usually gentle Lan Xiu could not help but start cursing. At this moment, everyone felt so powerless and unwilling. Regardless of whether it was the strongest Lan Xiu, Qin Aotian, Lei Yufeng or the others, as they watched Aofeng get swallowed up by the ray of light, their eyes turned red.

The platform was completely destroyed, turning to ruins. This great duel was in disorder. All of the teams had been thrown off the platform which was now completely destroyed, dust flying up like an atomic bomb had just gone off here.

It was terrifyingly silent in the surroundings. After swallowing some dust, no one could hear any voice coming from within the dust.

“No! This is not possible! Aofeng…Aofeng…” Lei Yufeng could not accept this, and shouted. His usually calm eyes were filled with panic, and he felt like someone had dug out his heart with a knife. Facing the loss, he experienced his feelings even more strongly. In his mind, the image of the black robed youth, cold with a warm inside, grew more clear. He grabbed his clothing in front of his chest.

“Little Feng……” Qin Aotian’s gaze was scattered, his hands clenched into fists, his palms pierced by his fingernails. Blood dripped down. He could not accept this result.

“There is no way to survive a divine rank magister technique, turn to dust,” Ling Bing said coldly. His gaze turned into the direction that Yun Qinghong had just disappeared in. He felt a great headache at having to get rid of this serious problem.

Venerable Swordsman Lei Ting stood by Lei Yufeng’s side and shook his-head. He said softly, “Ah, clearly the brightest star in the last few hundred years, but it is like this……”

Before he finished speaking, his eyes suddenly widened. He looked in shock at the direction of the dust and saw that as the dust from the divine rank magus beast technique disappeared, there was a hint of crimson energy!

This light caused everyone to see hope once again, and their hearts rose.

The dust dissipated, and the blurry scene cleared up. The cold evening wind came with the night. A bright crimson sun seemed to appear in a circle of fire. That crimson shield of light was undamaged under a divine rank magister technique! It was a peerlessly strong turtle shell.

The red fire was bright and dazzling. At the center, it was clear that Aofeng was unharmed.

Qin Aotian and the others were immediately filled with joy and life!

Aofeng looked at the red light that Chi had manifested and was slightly shocked. Just now, in that moment, she felt like the apocalypse had come. She felt she could not resist or dodge that great power. But Chi was so “thick-skinned.” He took the divine rank magister technique head on, and it did not manage to break through his defense!

However, after summoning the Heaven Fire and enduring such a strong attack, Aofeng clearly sensed the tiredness coming from her soul. But as the Magus Divinity Power Source turned, this feeling quickly disappeared.

“Chi……”

Chi softly comforted, “Do not worry, it is not very serious. The Crimson Blood’s innate defense is very strong. Even in the form of this shield, I can slowly recover my power. Do not worry, he will not be able to break through the Crimson Blood Diamond Shield. The only flaw is that after the diamond shield is activated, it cannot move. You can only slowly cultivate in the shield, and fight a battle of attrition with him.”

She had only ever seen Chi’s powerful attacks that instantly defeated the enemy. It was the first time Aofeng had experienced this freakish defensive power.

“How long?”

“I do not know……Maybe a few years, maybe a few decades, maybe a few centuries. In any case, until either you or I level up. We will open the shield when it is time to kill him……”

“Um……” Aofeng’s lips twitched. She thought inside, wasn’t this making a jail for herself to live in? So if the archbishop did not leave, she had to stay here? Before reaching divine rank, she had to stay in this red circle of light?

Decades of freedom. While her life was not under threat, wasn’t this price too much?

“In reality, there is some hope.” Sensing Aofeng’s depression, Chi comforted her mentally.

“What hope?”

“Maybe one day, when the archbishop is impatient, then he may leave and will ignore you…”

“……” Aofeng wanted to cry. Brother, do not speak such unrealistic things! If he was willing to give up on me, there would be a problem with his head!

“How about armorize and then run away?”

“……” Aofeng was even more speechless. If they wanted to flee, they had to be able to succeed. Was the divine rank for nothing? Aofeng had just seen Ling Bing’s speed. They would definitely get caught. Also, if she used full armorization in public, wouldn’t all be revealed?

Maybe knowing that this was not very possible, Chi smiled weakly.

Right now, Aofeng knew that there was no way to change this. So she stopped thinking more, sat down cross legged, and entered a cultivation state……

Seeing Aofeng not nervous at all, and idly sitting down to cultivate, Ling Bing’s eyes widened in disbelief outside, and he was furious.

He sent a bolt of divine power again, and when it touched the Crimson Blood Diamond Shield, it was easily deflected away with a mark left behind.

“What kind of magic beast is this?” Even as strong as Ling Bing was, he could not help having a headache and being frustrated at Aofeng inside the red shield. He had never encountered such a depressing thing. Facing a turtle shell that could not be broken, he had no solutions.

The situation turned into a standstill like this. Ling Bing kept on attacking Aofeng’s shield again and again. Every once in a while, he could use a celestial magic technique. Aofeng did not even change from her idle position.

The people around them could not interfere at all and were full of panic. At the start, they did not see much. But when Ling Bing used his celestial magic technique the second time, they finally got a bit of a hint, and slowly regained their intelligence, and stood by to watch the change.

“This guy is helpless again Little Feng!”

“Yes, he is unable to break through your brother’s shield at all, it is too strong! Even a divine rank expert has no solution?” Xi Yun discussed in a low voice with Qin Aotian.

“But Aofeng is unable to attack back. If this continues, Aofeng is still in a passive state,” Lei Yufeng said worriedly.

Yue Bingyan looked worriedly at the arena, shook her head and said, “There is no way about it. That person is a divine rank expert. Right now, I fear he has something up his sleeve. What if there is a move more powerful than the celestial magic technique. What do we do then?”

At this time, Archbishop Ling Bing finally lost his patience. With a wave of his hand, a cold white light covered Aofeng from head to toe.

Aofeng had originally been cultivating with her eyes closed. Sensing strong ripping from around her, she frowned and narrowed her eyes. To her shock, she found she was trapped in a pure silver cage made out of power that did not have a lock at all.

“The Holy Cage. Give up. Just with you, you have no chance of coming out.” Ling Bing snorted. “I admit that your shield is very strong, but so matter how strong, can it be stronger than the life divine magic medium my god gave me, the Staff of Judgment? I will take you back to the main Radiance Magus Church, and request the Staff of Judgment. I don’t believe that I cannot break through your shield!”

It was not that he was aggressive. It was that the youth had terrifying potential. He had killed Li Zhen, and he was friends with the Demon Emperor of the Black Magus Church. If he was not eliminated, Ling Bing felt that he would not be able to sleep.

Before he saw Yun Qinghong and Aofeng, he had never thought that he, a divine rank, would be so wary of two juniors!

At such words, Lan Xiu and the others rank fives who knew of this item had ugly expressions.

The Staff of Judgment was a magic medium of the same level as the Scythe of Death from the Black Magus Church. It was formed from the astral power of the Astral Plateau over thousands of years. It could only be used with astral power so it was limited by geography. It was more powerful than the Scythe of Death. Right now, everyone knew, except for the Thunder Flame Cannon of legend, nothing compared to it!

Requesting the Staff of Judgment was akin to sentencing Aofeng to death. Aofeng’s magus beast was powerful, but no one was confident that it could stop the Staff of Judgment.

Aofeng herself did not know what the Staff of Judgment was, and neither did Chi. But from the expressions of Lan Xiu and the others, the situation did not seem good.

In the Holy Cage, Aofeng could not flee, and was forced to wait.

“Go to the Astral Plateau to wait for your sentencing!” Ling Bing coldly turned around, not lingering and flying north. The Holy Cage containing Aofeng followed closely behind him and flew towards the main Radiance Magus Church on the Astral Plateau.

Editor’s ramblings: Thank you all for your patience, and sorry for leaving you on a major cliffhanger for the last 2+ years.

Translator Ramblings: Cough, see status update.

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