NOVEL NEXT Chapter 34: Fight and Ploy.
Chapter 34: Fight and Ploy.
In the water, a turtle is biting Gao Toa clothes and dragging him far away from the thugs. That turtle is Levi, and although he transforms into a turtle, he still has his dragon turtle strength.
"How is he swimming so fast?"
"Quickly chase him!"
After a while, Gao Tao stops moving.
"He is getting tired. Catch him!"
When the thugs thought they could finally catch Goa Tao, a large shadow appeared in the river, and a head with a long neck emerged from the water.
The thugs at first thought it was a giant snake. Seeing the figure, the thug's face was pale, and he quickly turned around to flee.
"DRAGON RUN!"
"HELP!"
However, it was too late. Levi opened his mouth and bit the nearest thug's head off, and blood splashed into the river. After that, he begins to chase and kill the remaining thugs that are fleeing to the riverbank.
On the riverbank, both the bald man and bearded man's eyes were wide in shock.
"Boss, what should we do?" Asked the bearded man.
"We can’t save them; let's run!" The bald man is not stupid enough to fight a dragon.
When they turn around and are ready to run. Two fist-size water bullets flew in the air and pierced their bodies, and both of them collapsed on the ground.
"It looks like the water bullet spell is not bad." Levi actually wanted to use a fireball spell. But his dragon body only has an affinity with water elements.
Several minutes later, the river had turned red, and several bodies were floating in the water. Some of them had missing limbs or heads. While the other had a hole in their chest after being hit by a water bullet.
Levi consumes the corpses one by one. With just one or two bites, the copse enters the dragon's stomach.
Right now, Gao Tao is in Levi's shell, trembling in fear, seeing the scene. "Senior, thank you for saving me."
"Sorry, I am late," said Levi while eating the dead thug. Levi is late because he is secretly listening to the group of martial artists' discussion about how to capture him. It was funny, but he still needs to be careful.
"No, without seniors, my life will be in danger." Gao Tao said nervously. He never thought a dragon would apologize to him.
"It's fine, tell me what happens?" After finishing eating, Levi's long neck turns around to gaze at Gao Tao. Blood is dripping from his mouth.
Gao Tao begins to explain what happened after he left the city.
"Do we still need to pay the captain's guard? Gao Tao grumbles, even though he already bribed the captain's guard. That bastard still lets thugs follow him.
"Yes, even if we kill him, new people will replace him." Levi thought it simply meant he could increase his evolution point. He also found out that he got fewer evolution points from the thug compared to the black-clad people that he ate last time. Maybe because the thug is weak.
"Senior, I need to go and get my cart back." Gao Tao suddenly remembers the cart that he abandoned; there is also food that he got from Wen Mu.
"Where is it?"
"Along this riverbank." Gao Tao pointed in the direction where he left the cart.
"Okay, hold on." Levi's body moves fast in the water, and Gao Tao is holding on to the shell spike to prevent it from falling into the water.
In the woods, Wu Yi and others are still in a state of shock.
"There is really a dragon in the river." Although the day is getting dark, Wu Yi and others can see what has happened. The dragon instantly killed all the humans.
"Young miss, let's go home." Said Yu Su nervously, although the thugs are weak. From her estimation, it required a group of second and first-class martial artists to kill the dragon. The peak martial artists, or people called martial masters, rarely make a move unless it is necessary.
Wu Yi agreed to go home, but she smiled because he had a good idea.
Yu Su saw that and only hoped that her young daughter didn’t do anything dangerous.
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Everything is calm near the river after that incident. Gao Tao usually, once or two times a week will go to Nanchang city to sell fish. For the missing thugs, there are people asking, but a majority of them don’t care what happened to them. Some of their victims even said it was better if they were dead.
After selling the fish and finishing the mission that the senior gave him, Gao Tao is ready to go home. But not far from him are Wu Yi and her protectors. They have been waiting for a long time, and now they have found Goa Toa in the city.
"Yu Su, how do I approach him?"
"Young Miss, you need to introduce yourself first."
"But I am a woman, he might misunderstand and think I like him." Wu Yi wants to get close to Gao Tao to become friends with the dragon. But she is nervous.
"How about we being honest with him?" Said, Yu Su.
"Fine, we talk to him outside the city."
On the road outside the city, Gao Tao is happy. Senior Levi asked him to hire a scholar or schoolteacher to teach him about this world. He already found a retired schoolteacher; that will come next week.
Suddenly, Gao Tao stops moving, and behind him, there is a group of people riding horses that have been following him for quite some time. At first, he thought it was just a coincidence, but when he turned onto a small path heading to his village, the group still followed.
"Why are you following me?" Gao Tao turned around and asked.
"We have something to discuss." Yu Su, a female protector, comes forward.
Gao Tao is puzzled why they are following him, but behind the woman is a beautiful girl who blushes when looking at him. Gao Tao's heart beat faster when that girl fell in love with him.
However, the woman's next word crushes his fantasy. "We want to talk with the dragon."
"What dragon I don’t understand.?" Goa Tao pretended he didn’t know. If people find out, he will be in trouble.
"It's pointless to hide it; we saw the dragon kill the thugs that try to harm you." Yu Su, seeing that Gao Toa is pretending not to know, reveals the truth.
Gao Toa's face begins to change and become wary.
"Don’t worry, you can discuss this with the dragon first before we meet him."
After contemplating, Gao Toa finally agreed, and after the group introduced themselves, they left. However, Goa Toa's eyes widen after finding out that the beautiful girl behind Yu Su is actually a young girl from the Wu family.
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After returning to the village, Gao Toa quickly leaves and goes to a secluded place that he found when he was a kid. Behind a large rock, there is a lake near the river.
Levi, in turtle form, is meditating on the log and opens his eyes. "Why are you in a rush?"
"Senior, our… secret… has been exposed." Gao Toa, gasping for air, told Levi about the Wu family group.
"Don’t worry, let's meet them next month."
"Senior, why not this week?"
"Because we will be busy."
"Senior, are we going to sell more fish?" Gao Toa's eyes light up.
"No, we cannot disturb the fish market supply, or you will create a lot of enemies." Levi has had the ability to control marine creatures since he evolved into a dragon turtle. Although he can supply an endless supply of fish every day, it will surely make people angry and suspicious. That is why he limits the sale of the fish, and eating fish only gives him a meager amount of evolution points.
Even if he consumes all the fish in the river, it’s not worth it. To get one evolution point, he needs to eat more than a thousand fish. The faster way is still to consume large animals or strong creatures.
Tianxia World is also the same as the previous mission in Eapitha World. Levi can’t convert corpses into death points.
"Senior, I understand what your order is." Gao Toa, fist and palm saluting, acted respectfully in front of Levi. Everything he has now is because of him.
After that, Levi begins to explain his plan.
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On the riverbank, a group of men and women martial artists are tired and bored.
"Are you sure there is a dragon in this river?" Asked the hair bun woman.
"Yes, there are several people saw the dragon." Answered the scholarly man.
"How long are we going to stay here?" A burly man near them asked while sharpening his saber.
"One week, if there are no newer clues about the dragon. We need to return to the academy soon."
"Why?" All of them look at the scholarly man.
"I just got the news today that the unorthodox faction is making a move."
"They really are brave to fight the Marital Arts Alliance." Said the burly man. A few decades ago, the unorthodox faction under the demonic cult was defeated by the Marital Arts Alliance.
What the new generation of martial artists doesn’t realize is that the demonic cult has almost the same strength as the Martial Arts Alliance. However, history is made by the victor, and because of that, some of the true information has been changed to make the alliance look stronger.
While they are talking, a young man comes toward them.
The group is not wary because, from the young man's physical body and aura, he is not a martial artist.
The one who greeted the young man is the scholarly man. After talking for a while, the scholarly man smiles excitedly. He finally finds a clue about the dragon.