Li Zuoquan spoke lightly, but a problem now arose: how to drag him out of the mountain god's storm-like attack.
The mountain god appeared to be a mountain sprite, but its mind was no less developed than an adult's. Seeing the two of us approach Li Zuoquan, it hurled most of its projectiles at us.
If it were just the Sea of Resentful Bones, Li Zuoquan could have handled it alone, but these tangible physical attacks were quite troublesome.
I scurried about in fear, stone blocks the size of human heads flying everywhere. They occasionally landed near me with a bang, not only a visual shock but also a death knell to my ears; if one hit me, there would be no life left.
If not for the augmentation of the Heavenly Skill Seal, which enhanced my body's speed and reaction time, I wouldn't know how many times I'd been hit by stones. Even so, the mud splashed by the impacts stung painfully.
After dodging another attack from the mountain god, Zhang Dabiao finally got close to Li Zuoquan. Just then, a dark mass hurtled towards Li Zuoquan. Seeing this, Zhang Dabiao raised his leg and kicked, directly knocking over Li Zuoquan, who was sitting in his sedan chair.
Because the situation happened very suddenly, Li Zuoquan was completely unprepared. His body tilted, and he fell face-first. As he fell, the bronze mirror happened to emit a green light, aimed directly at me.
I was so scared my soul nearly flew out of my body. I bent my body and did a rolling dodge, and at the same time, a scorching heat flowed past me, causing a burnt smell to emanate from my head again.
Before I could even stand up to curse, I heard a roar from behind me.
"Boom—"
Turning back, my legs went weak, and I almost fell to the ground. Thirty meters away from me, a tree, two people could barely embrace, was directly intercepted and burned through. A flame continued to burn, and my face immediately turned green. "Old man, you... you're trying to murder me."
Li Zuoquan supported himself with both hands, his face dark, and explained, "I didn't do it on purpose. If I hadn't been kicked, how could it have missed?"
Seeing me and Li Zuoquan arguing, the mountain god forgot to throw things at us and instead jumped up and laughed, its every movement completely resembling that of a mountain sprite monkey.
This made me feel a surge of joy. As long as the mountain god stopped throwing things, I could safely approach Li Zuoquan, and then Zhang Dabiao and I could flank him and run.
For this reason, I cursed even more fiercely, saying whatever was most unpleasant. Half of it was genuine anger, and the other half was a pretense for the mountain god. At first, Li Zuoquan trembled with anger, but after all, he was an old hand who had lived for decades. His mind turned, and he knew what I meant.
At this point, he no longer cared about saving face and also opened his mouth to curse profusely. His rich and sharp vocabulary stunned me, as I realized I couldn't out-curse him.
Our exchange of insults made the mountain god beside us laugh uncontrollably. It stuck its trident into the ground, clutched its belly, and rolled on the ground laughing.
"Haha... So you humans also have internal conflicts. This is fun, truly fun. Old man, if you kill them both, I might consider letting you live."
Hearing this, Li Zuoquan, who was lying on the ground, couldn't help but darken his expression. It was as if he had been constipated for more than ten days and was about to suffocate. I thought he had probably never been mocked by an evil spirit before.
Seeing him embarrassed, although I was inwardly delighted, I showed no expression on my face. Moreover, I took this opportunity to scramble to Li Zuoquan's side.
"What do we do now? We definitely can't outrun it. We need to find a way to force it away." Zhang Dabiao also approached, giving the mountain god the impression that we were reconciling our differences, but in reality, we were discussing how to deal with the mountain god.
"This guy, it's clearly a mountain sprite that has become a spirit. To deal with it, we must use stratagem. How about I just kill you two?" Li Zuoquan seized the opportunity to interject, speaking quickly and urgently.
Zhang Dabiao immediately became angry and cursed, "Old man, do you believe I'll kill you right now?"
I was also startled by Li Zuoquan's words, but then I thought he probably didn't mean it that way. If he killed the two of us, not to mention how he would face Yue'er, he wouldn't even be able to handle the mountain god himself. He must have meant something else.
"Old Li, clarify your words, otherwise, even if we have to die, we'll die after you."
Li Zuoquan rolled his eyes at me. "I know the principle of 'lips and teeth are cold,' you don't need to remind me, kid."
He exposed my thoughts, and I couldn't help but blush, but I couldn't retaliate. I could only curse Li Zuoquan even louder to calm my feelings.
Angrily, he could only glare at me fiercely, "Later, my Moon Exterminating Demon Mirror will shine on you, and you two will feign death. Only then can we make it relax its vigilance. Otherwise, we can't deal with it at all."
"What kind of idiotic idea is that? The tree you embraced earlier was already burning from your mirror's light. If it shines on us, won't you just kill us directly?" Zhang Dabiao raised his objection.
Li Zuoquan replied somewhat irritably, "That was an accident. How was I supposed to know you'd suddenly kick me?"
I snorted, "If I hadn't kicked you, you would have been smashed into a pulp by the mountain god long ago."
Just then, the mountain god, who had been laughing heartily, suddenly stopped. Perhaps sensing something was amiss with us, it picked up its trident, lifted a stone block the size of a human head, and hurled it over.
Splashing mud and sand, it splattered all over us, and the mountain god's unpleasant voice also came through.
"Hey, what are you doing? Old fellow, if you don't make a move, I will."
Zhang Dabiao and I exchanged glances. Seeing him nod, I said to Li Zuoquan, "It's up to you."
As soon as I finished speaking, a green light flashed in Li Zuoquan's hand and shone on me. I felt a warmth spread through my body, and then I suddenly collapsed onto the ground, my eyes wide with disbelief as I watched Li Zuoquan slowly fall.
I chose to fall onto a half-broken tree stump so that I could observe the mountain god's movements. If the situation turned bad, I could make a run for it.
Seeing this, Zhang Dabiao angrily cursed, "Old man, you..." Then he was also knocked down by Li Zuoquan. Zhang Dabiao was also half-lying, with a look of dying regret, his eyes also fixed on the mountain god. Sudan Novel Network
After the two of us fell, Li Zuoquan's voice rang out, "Mountain god, I've killed these two. Do you think you can let me live?"
"Eh, you really killed them?" The mountain god's doubtful voice sounded from afar.
"If you don't believe me, come and see."
The mountain god did not reply. Instead, it lifted a stone the size of a human head with its trident and hurled it towards me. Seeing this, I was so scared I immediately wanted to get up.
But Li Zuoquan stopped me, shouting, "Don't move, it can't throw accurately." Just as he spoke, the stone landed less than half a meter from me. The splashing mud stung my skin, but I was a 'dead person' now and could only grit my teeth and endure it.
Seeing that I didn't react, the mountain god cackled strangely, "So humans can be fools too. With just a word, I made you kill each other, cackle..."
The mountain god's mocking tone almost made Zhang Dabiao "come back to life" with anger. Even Li Zuoquan's face turned dark as he replied, "What can be done! Old people fear death. As long as they can live, they'll do anything." With that, he threw the Demon Exterminating Mirror in his hand into the distance, appearing to give up resistance.
Li Zuoquan's action terrified me. He threw away the only thing that could deal with the mountain god, wasn't that directly handing the lives of the three of us to the mountain god?
Just as I was hesitating whether to get up and tell Zhang Dabiao to run, the mountain god cackled strangely, carrying its trident, and leaped over, landing right in front of Li Zuoquan.
"Old fellow, since you've kept your word, I can't break mine. Choose a way to die!"