Kennard and the vampires’ fury, which could have burned down the entire Forgetfulness Forest, did not achieve its goal. Li Xi’s taunting voice still echoed in the mountainside, a constant reminder of their incompetence. Looking at the collapsed cave, even if they all turned into pangolins, they wouldn’t be able to get out in a short time. They could only vent their frustrations at the scattered stones with all their strength.
The disappearance of the shadow clone allowed the main body, Li Xi, far away in Cardo City, to know what had happened.
Li Xi stood in the courtyard, gazing at the starry sky. The pale starlight seemed to foreshadow the impending tragedy.
Li Xi frowned, “Who is it? Is the City Lord the ultimate mastermind? And where will it strike?”
“Bang bang”
Suddenly, there was a knock on the door.
“Is Li Xi brother here?” Madam Avril’s slightly anxious voice came from outside.
Li Xi opened the door and saw Madam Avril standing gracefully outside in the starlight, like a ripe peach. Her face was not good, filled with anxiety.
“Madam, it’s so late, what is it?”
Madam Avril was a little breathless. A slight movement caused a noticeable sway. She clutched the front of her chest and said, “I feel very uneasy. It feels like something big is about to happen. My intuition tells me I must leave Cardo City immediately.”
Perhaps fearing Li Xi wouldn’t believe her, Madam Avril said anxiously, “My intuition is very accurate, it has never failed. This time the feeling is very strong, as if I will die if I don’t leave.”
Li Xi looked at Madam Avril. How could he not believe her? He had already experienced her abilities.
He had only just realized that after setting so many traps, acting, getting caught, and losing several clones, that the vampires intended to perform a blood sacrifice on Cardo City tonight. Yet Madam Avril, relying solely on her intuition, could sense it. What a gift! This was truly a danger-scanning, self-controlled radar, a person destined to live to old age!
“Of course, I believe what Madam says. Does Madam sense which direction poses the greatest danger?”
Madam Avril pointed decisively in a certain direction of Cardo City. Li Xi followed her gaze and saw that it wasn’t the City Lord’s mansion, but the direction of the Cardo City garrison barracks.
“So that’s where it is.”
“What did you say?” Madam Avril looked at Li Xi in confusion.
“Nothing, I’ll escort Madam out of the city now.”
“Okay.”
Li Xi reached out and embraced Madam Avril’s waist. The plump and smooth feeling made Li Xi take a quiet deep breath before suppressing his wicked thoughts. A ripe peach was indeed different—soft, moist, and smooth.
Time was pressing, and Li Xi had no time to find a carriage. Instead, he used a body flicker technique to quickly rush out of the city.
Madam Avril was initially a little resistant, but soon after they were outside the city, the sense of crisis disappeared. She then realized that Li Xi had acted out of urgency.
“Madam, please stay outside the city for now. I’ll come to pick you up once the situation inside the city is resolved.”
Madam Avril tidied her windblown clothes and hair. “Li Xi brother, you must also be careful. If you find that the situation is not right, as long as you escape from Cardo City, you will be fine.”
“Okay.”
Li Xi quickly returned to his home and took out the three-finger thick, heavy iron plates with thick leather armor attached, which had just arrived from his spatial ring. Each piece was several square meters in size, and two pieces were almost as large as the courtyard. There were so many that the entire courtyard was piled high. There was also a large iron rod, nearly twenty meters long and as thick as a bucket, inlaid with fine steel and with a hard wood core, with a hammer-like head on both ends. The courtyard was too narrow to lay it horizontally, so it had to be stood upright against the wall.
Li Xi bit his finger, and a drop of blood seeped out. He slapped it heavily on the ground.
“Summoning Jutsu!”
“Bang!”
Sun Er Dai’s robust body appeared. As soon as he appeared, he looked at Li Xi groggily and confusedly. He had been summoned by Li Xi while he was asleep.
Li Xi pointed to the equipment on the ground and whispered to Sun Er Dai, “This is tailor-made for you with my hard-earned money. Once you put it on, I guarantee no one can break through it. Become big and strong, reign supreme, and even marry a dragon if you want.”
Er Dai had never seen such equipment and didn’t know how to wear it. Li Xi simply put on each piece, which weighed hundreds of pounds, himself. If Li Xi were not extraordinary, a normal person would die of exhaustion trying to complete this task. Even so, the last two pieces, covering the chest and back, required both Sun Er Dai and Li Xi to put on together.
It took a quarter of an hour to fully equip Sun Er Dai. The armor plates were not tied with rubber bands but with inch-thick iron chains.
The entire set of equipment weighed nearly thirty thousand pounds, including the helmet, upper body armor, arm guards, leg guards, and a pair of leather boots large enough to be houses for dwarves.
The whole set was handmade. Some parts were not perfect, and the rivets at some joints were crudely made, like those on the city gates. However, this did not detract from it being the best equipment Li Xi could craft at the moment. It consumed one-third of Cardo City’s blacksmiths’ entire stock and took hundreds of blacksmiths half a month to complete.
These days, the shadow clones had been exhausted. They forged this armor under various identities and for different reasons, thus avoiding suspicion. Yet, even with such caution, they still managed to double the price of iron in Cardo City, causing much grumbling. Sudan Novel Network.
The most important part of this set of equipment was the rod. Its twenty-meter length would shock anyone who saw it at first glance, making their jaws drop. This wasn't a weapon; it was a tool for the creator god to measure the world. No one on the entire continent could wield such a large weapon, not even giants, who would only use large clubs.
And Sun Er Dai’s weapon, which cost Li Xi three thousand gold coins to craft, had a core made of spliced hardwood. Its hardness was comparable to steel, but its weight was half that of steel. Since there was no hardwood that long, the best carpenters spent ten days splicing three sections of hardwood, each over six meters long.
It was then inlaid with hundred-refined fine steel using a special technique. Its weight reached seven thousand pounds, ensuring that Sun Er Dai’s full-power strike could shatter even the walls of Cardo City.
In addition, the large rod had a one-meter-long hammer-nail section at both ends. The hammer-nails were like the head of a mace, densely packed. However, the hammer-nails on Sun Er Dai’s weapon were half a foot long. Half a foot was already the length of a normal short sword. A single blow would be no different from being stabbed to death by multiple swords.
Sun Er Dai looked at his fully equipped self. It was the first time he wore it, and he felt very unaccustomed. His movements were much slower than before, and it was incredibly heavy. He had never felt like this before in his life. However, he was very satisfied with the weapon in his hand, finding it much more suitable than the large tree he casually pulled out before. It was just that the courtyard was too small for him to demonstrate his staff techniques to his master.
Sun Er Dai took a few steps and felt very uncomfortable. He could no longer perform large leaps, like a kangaroo that had lost its instinct to hop, and could only advance slowly like an elderly person.
So, Sun Er Dai looked at Li Xi with some grievance. Li Xi couldn’t help it. This was the best solution he could think of. If he had another half a year, he could pay a mage to engrave wind magic to reduce the weight. But for now, this was the best he could do.
Even this basic, first-version equipment had cost Li Xi twenty thousand gold coins. If he wanted to engrave runes, it would cost at least a hundred thousand gold coins. Li Xi didn’t have that kind of money now. Even if he did, there wouldn’t be a mage who could take on the job. Engraving magic arrays were delicate tasks. A set of armor for a normal person would take three months to half a year to complete. Sun Er Dai’s set of equipment was equivalent to the scale of a hundred people, which for a mage would be a lifelong endeavor.
“Wait here for a moment. Keep the equipment on. I’ll summon you again soon for a big fight, and then you’ll know how good this equipment is.”
Sun Er Dai nodded obediently.
“Release!”
The fully armed Sun Er Dai disappeared. Li Xi began to head towards the barracks. He had initially guessed that the most likely location was the City Lord’s mansion, especially since the Level 5 archer assigned by City Lord Yari Da was a spy. He hadn't expected it to be in the barracks.
Li Xi quickly infiltrated the barracks. Due to the constant unrest in recent days, most of the soldiers had gone out on various missions. Very few soldiers remained, making it easy for Li Xi to sneak in.
The barracks were quiet and calm, with no anomalies. If not for Madam Avril’s intuition, Li Xi would never have believed that such a peaceful scene hid a crisis that could destroy the city.
Li Xi searched slowly and soon discovered an anomaly. In a hidden corner, vampires were moving in and out. Although they were wearing armor as a disguise, their racial characteristics, which couldn’t be hidden, allowed Li Xi to recognize them instantly. Their blood-red eyes and long fangs were as obvious as if someone were dangling a bowl of luosifen under Li Xi’s nose, unless Li Xi were blind.
These vampires, despite their overwhelming strength, could not resist their inherently sneaky nature of always hiding in the dark. They built their secret base underground.
The enemy’s objective must be stopped. Li Xi said to Matatabi in his mind, “I’ll have to trouble you again this time.”
“You’ve worn down the seal a bit more these past few days, and my chakra can be supplied to you endlessly. But don’t use it recklessly just because your chakra is inexhaustible. If you overuse my chakra, you’ll easily be corrupted and lose your mind.”
Li Xi smiled and quickly formed hand seals. “Don’t worry, my ninjutsu are all auxiliary. The main combat is physical techniques.”
Li Xi closed his eyes slightly, then reopened them. His two-tomoe Sharingan combined with dragon eyes gave him vertical pupils. Small, dark red dragon scales quickly covered his skin. Two strong dragon wings sprouted from his back, exuding majesty.
The dragon-transformed Li Xi could be said to have revealed half of his abilities. Only a few trump cards remained unused. He slammed his hands on the ground, and numerous ancient scripts appeared.
“Summoning Jutsu!”
“Bang!”
The fully armed Sun Er Dai appeared. As soon as he appeared, he raised his twenty-meter-long, seven-thousand-pound staff, protecting Li Xi.
Li Xi didn’t stop. Hand seals appeared and blurred in his hands.
“Shadow Clone Jutsu!”
With the help of Matatabi, Li Xi was like a beggar who had finally been able to spend money lavishly after a lifetime of poverty, not sparing any expense. Ninjutsu after ninjutsu was unleashed.
“Bang!”
Three shadow clones appeared. As soon as they materialized, without a word, they dragon-transformed rapidly like Li Xi, their bodies covered in dragon scales and dragon wings sprouting from their backs, before they frantically began forming hand seals.
Li Xi’s main body slammed heavily on the ground.
“Earth Style: Earth Release: Earth-Grabbing Flying.”.
The chakra Li Xi summoned this time was incomparable to the shadow clone in the mountainside earlier. The earth trembled, and some dilapidated houses that had been in disrepair for a long time collapsed directly. In the dispersing dust, it was impossible to know if anyone had been buried.
It was as if an earth dragon was frantically thrashing, trying to break free from its cage. Amidst the rumbling sounds, a volcano erupted from the underground entrance used by the vampires, occupying one-third of the barracks. A large number of black bats were spewed from the crater. The eyes of every bat that flew out were filled with confusion and bewilderment, wondering why they had been ejected from a perfectly fine place.