Stranger Danger

Chapter 1030: The Occasional Mischief Is Good For One’s Health

Chapter 1030: The Occasional Mischief Is Good For One’s Health

It all happened in a flash. The silver moonlight illuminating thousands and thousands of kilometers of land were instantly cut into three hundred and sixty pieces by three hundred and sixty swords. After that, the sword intent annihilated it all.

The moon had been so bright that it felt no different from daytime, but now, everything plunged in the darkness of the night once more.

All that remained was the moon suspended high in the sky.

The moon’s brightness had not changed one bit, and yet its perimeter was surrounded by a layer of absolute darkness. The clear moonlight was unable to pass through it for some reason.

The next moment, like a jade plate that fell on the ground, it split into many chaotic yet profound-looking cracks.

Each crack was overflowing with deadly sword intent and clear wind.

Crack!

The Great Way was silent, and the world was still. Without a sound, the moon broke into multiple pieces and fell from the sky.

At that moment, all light faded from the world.

Amidst this darkness, the now dim, silent, and cracked all over Moon God pointed a finger at the false sky. A beam of power shot out, and—

Dang!

It sounded like someone had struck a large bell. The false sky crumbled inch by inch and revealed a handsome Taoist wearing a yin yang Taoist robe.

It was none other than Wei Nanhua.

Wei Nanhua currently cut a sorry figure though.

His long sword had broken into several pieces, and his left chest was completely missing. Moon Desolation energy covered the wound and prevented it from recovering.

“I have remembered you, mortal.”

The Moon God watched Wei Nanhua as she slowly crumbled into nothing like sand.

“Moon God...”

Wei Nanhua narrowed his eyes a little, his face arranged into a look of wariness, frustration, and hatred. Then, he wiped clean his expression and glanced coldly at the direction of the Nanjiang Royal Court. He pressed his fingers together and performed a vertical swing.

It was such a harmless gesture, and yet the sky split open like someone was pulling open the curtains.

A straight, simple beam of light appeared in pitch black darkness and spread downward, splitting the boundless night sky in half.

If even the sky could be split, why not a nation on the ground?

And why did he do this? There was no reason really. The occasional mischief was good for one’s health, right?

......

Boom!

A sword descended, and every stone, grass, tree, and mountain within a radius of fifty kilometers were split in half just like that. Despite this, Wei Nanhua’s anger burned as brightly as ever.

Ever since he became a Sage, Wei Nanhua believed himself that he had become as tough as stone and as untouchable as the wind in terms of his mental fortitude. The fact was that few things triggered his anger anymore, much less his wrath.

He could not help but feel wrathful at what happened today though.

He was at the Sky Mending Sect when he suddenly received Profound Spirit Taoist’s message for immediate help. He would have departed right away, but the sect master of the Sky Mending Sect held him back and insisted that he played a game of Go with him first. It wasn’t until he finished the game of Go that he was finally allowed to leave.

Earlier, it was he who kept the sect master busy and prevented him from interfering with the Nanjiang Royal Court using the exact same excuse. The sect master had not hesitated to give him a taste of his own medicine as soon as the opportunity had presented itself.

The game sounded harmless, but at their level, a game of Go was also a duel of martial cultivation and understanding of the natural laws and principles. The game board was the world, the stones were human lives, and dangers lurked at every corner both inside and outside the board. He literally could not just quit the game and bid his opponent goodbye even if wanted to, not to mention that the sect master was unwilling to release him. As a result, he had no choice but to finish the game.

The outcome of the game was obvious. Not only did he lose, he lost horribly.

There were several reasons. One, the sect master of the Sky Mending Sect was stronger and had come into his power sooner. Two, Wei Nanhua was disturbed by the message he received and could not focus. Naturally, it was a terrible loss.

It wasn’t just dignity that he lost. His frame of mind was damaged as well.

For obvious reasons, he was pissed off even before he came to the rescue. Worse still, he was one step too late. Barbarian Slayer, Wildland Suppression and King Slayer were almost totally annihilated, and even Kui Pingshan, Du Nanhai and Jin Wujiu were almost dead. It was a terrible defeat to say the least.

In the end, he was able to slay the Moon God’s projection after giving his all. Then, to end the threat the Meng Clan remnants represented once and for all, he forcefully mustered his strength again and unleashed a deadly strike that would kill everyone in the Nanjiang Royal Court.

But what happened? The Meng Clan remnants ultimately managed to activate the Nanjiang Royal Court’s defense mechanism in time and escaped. The attack he risked his cultivation to unleash had failed to harm even a hair on their person.

As if that wasn't bad enough, a goddamn junior had taunted him at the very last moment. Although the hand gesture dealt no actual damage to him whatsoever, it was extremely humiliating to say the least.

All things considered, how could he not be frustrated? How could he not be angry?

The fact that he hadn’t erupted into expletives was a good show of self-restraint on his part already.

As if sensing Wei Nanhua’s anger, a furious downpour descended from the sky, but not a single drop of rain nor a gust of wind came close to Wei Nanhua. More accurately, they just disappeared as soon as they got within a certain range of him.

“I’ve remembered you, junior.”

Wei Nanhua cast one last look in the direction the Nanjiang Royal Court had disappeared to before sweeping an unconscious Kui Pingshan, Du Nanhai and Jin Wujiu into the air. Then, he and the three men disappeared in a flash.

All that remained was an endless, violent rainstorm.