Chapter 2553 - 2552: Unfamiliar
Ling Feng didn’t want to waste too much time, so he struck fiercely, knocking down everyone who charged at him in just a moment, and then headed straight for the place where the little mustache man was.
Before he could enter the door, his Divine Sense saw that the fellow leisurely took out a purplish-red gourd from the cupboard!
Ling Feng was taken aback for a moment, and as the little mustache man opened the gourd’s cap, a cloud of red smoke instantly rose, filling the entire room!
"Hmm?"
Ling Feng hesitated for a moment before kicking open the door!
The smoke that filled the room quickly dispersed, but he could not find any trace of the little mustache man.
That guy had escaped!
Seeing the red smoke disperse and the room empty, with no one in the range of his Divine Sense, Ling Feng was momentarily stunned.
What kind of method was this, some form of teleportation?
After being dazed for a while, Ling Feng turned around and left the room, striding toward the back.
The other people in the manor avoided him, and no one dared to charge forward anymore.
Soon Ling Feng found another well mouth similar to the previous ones, also built with large blue stones.
As he approached, the God Slayer Saber destroyed the well mouth in just a few strokes.
Standing there, Ling Feng looked around, took a deep breath, and quickly formulated his next plan.
He was somewhat disappointed that he hadn’t eliminated the little mustache man.
But considering that he had likely already alerted the other Onmyoji, Ling Feng thought he should quickly head to the remaining three places and destroy the Soul-Suppressing Wells there.
As for how to handle subsequent affairs, he’d just have to play it by ear.
With that thought, Ling Feng rose into the air and returned to the spaceship.
Li Chunxi was watching a movie and, seeing his return, noticed his off expression and asked, "What happened?"
"Nothing, the mission wasn’t entirely successful."
Ling Feng said briefly, piloting the spaceship to the next location.
Seeing him like this, Li Chunxi chuckled, "So you have moments of disappointment too?"
"..."
Ling Feng didn’t know what to say, so he activated the spaceship’s autopilot, turned to look at her, and said, "Princess, what I’m doing now is all for your Li Dynasty. Not that you need to be moved, but there’s no need to make snide remarks, right?"
"I didn’t mean to mock you, I just found it quite amusing!" Li Chunxi replied.
Ling Feng asked in puzzlement, "What’s amusing?"
Li Chunxi looked at him, "Don’t you think it’s fun? If everything goes smoothly, what’s the challenge?"
"Uh..."
Ling Feng thought about it and realized there was some truth to her words.
His mood instantly lifted, and he smiled, saying, "You’re right, if everything was resolved with a word, it wouldn’t be exciting at all!"
"Exactly!"
Li Chunxi chuckled, "I believe you’ll find a way!"
"Thank you for that!"
Ling Feng smiled as well, suddenly in high spirits!
The spaceship quickly reached the third location, and with a sweep of his Divine Sense, Ling Feng immediately discovered that there was no one left!
As he had guessed, the Onmyoji had received the message and evacuated early.
This time, Ling Feng wasn’t frustrated. He landed directly, destroyed the Soul-Suppressing Well, then immediately returned to the spaceship to head to the next location.
Just like that, five Soul-Suppressing Wells were consecutively rendered useless, and the spaceship reached the southern end.
Along the way, Ling Feng took the opportunity to understand this place’s local customs, feeling a bit sentimental.
He couldn’t help but note how backward this world’s conditions were, making the environment here so underdeveloped!
Ling Feng thought it a pity he didn’t have the energy, otherwise, he could help restore the country’s economic conditions.
After dealing with the fifth Soul-Suppressing Well, Ling Feng intended to board the spaceship and leave, but before he could take off, the ground beneath him suddenly trembled!
Immediately, a rumbling sound emanated from the underground, as if there was an earthquake.
Ling Feng rose into the air to survey the surroundings, finding no changes, suggesting it was not a significant earthquake.
However, he quickly discovered that the Soul-Suppressing Well had collapsed!
No other areas were affected, just this well had caved in.
It seemed that with five wells destroyed, the original function of the Soul-Suppressing Well had completely failed.
Ling Feng wasn’t sure if this counted as mission accomplished, so he ascended, intending to first find Jin Zaihou.
Just then, he saw a black cloud forming rapidly in the southern sky, heading straight for his location!
Ling Feng didn’t move, hovering mid-air and watching for a moment.
Within moments, the enormous black cloud covered half the sky.
Soon after, dozens of figures emerged from the cloud, flying straight towards Ling Feng.
Seeing this scene, Ling Feng narrowed his eyes, thinking they arrived just in time!
Having destroyed five Soul-Suppressing Wells, if the Dongying people had no reaction, he would question if his efforts had any impact at all.
That would require reconsidering a new strategy to truly render them powerless.
Now, seeing a large number of enemies arriving, Ling Feng felt relieved instead.
Facing the approaching dozens of opponents, Ling Feng floated in mid-air with a calm expression, quietly observing them.
The adversaries didn’t approach any closer and stopped a hundred meters away.
Among these people, the only one Ling Feng recognized was the old man in his seventies.
But evidently, that old man’s rank wasn’t high enough. Among them, a pale-faced, square-faced man stepped forward a few meters and asked in a deep voice, "Who are you?"
"Is there really no one among you who recognizes me?"
Ling Feng wondered internally, thinking his name must be as resounding as thunder among the Dongying people.
Even if no one here knew, they should know about their invasion failure and being repelled, right?
Thinking of this, Ling Feng smiled and stated his name.
To his surprise, the other party still had a bewildered expression, clearly not having heard the name Ling Feng.
Ling Feng was completely speechless, not knowing that it was a great shame for the Dongying people, causing them to dwell on it more until someone eventually committed seppuku out of frustration.
After a brief silence, the leading square-faced man spoke gravely, "No matter who you are, you’re a heinous villain!"