Song of Adolescence

Chapter 82 Spear Rolling the Clouds

A silver-coloured spear.

Snow of Cangshan, Silver Moon spear.

It split the ground into a huge crevice with the power of its force.

The two assassins retreated hastily, escaping the spear move that would have taken their lives. But, they couldn’t dodge the continuous flow of spear power, and had to retreat over ten zhang before they came to a stop. They took a deep breath, and appraised the powerful enemy before them.

A girl dressed completely in black, holding a silver-coloured spear in her hand, was looking at Xiao Se with an oddly smiling expression on her face.

Xiao Se was in shock, struck dumb at this enemy who came out of nowhere, and he stared at her. “Why did you leave Snow Moon City?”

“Only you guys can leave? Why can’t I leave too? Am I a prisoner?” Sikong Qianluo spoke with the same impatience as always.

She had just saved his life, so Xiao Se didn’t rebut her. He just said, “Be careful of those two.”

“You’re just useless. Just because you can’t defeat these two small fry bandits, do you think I’m as useless as you?” Sikong Qianluo spoke with disdain.

The more strategic of the two assassins smiled coldly, “Even if you wield the Silver Moon spear, what you just said could be a little too arrogant.”

Only then did Sikong Qianluo shift her attention away from Xiao Se. She turned to the two assassins and asked impatiently, “What are your names?”

The more strategic one answered, “Hidden River Xie House, Xie Hui.”

The other replied, “Hidden River Xie House, Xie Ling.”

Sikong Qianluo paused in thought. Then, she shook her spear and retorted, “What trick is that? I’ve never heard of you.”

“You’ll soon remember us.” Xie Hui disappeared in a flash. From one blink to the next, Sikong Qianluo realised there was a fist coming at her. Sikong Qianluo couldn’t raise her Silver Moon spear in time and could only retreat in a hurry. But, Xie Hui’s movement was extremely fast, and he maintained a mere three-foot distance with Sikong Qianluo. Since Sikong Qianluo used a spear, she couldn’t wield it effectively in such close quarters. All she could do was continue to dodge each blow.

“Swallow Penetrates the Clouds?” Xiao Se knitted his brows. Now he understood why these two men could chase him down. Unlike the Cloud Step Wind Riding skill, the Swallow Penetrates the Clouds is a lightness skill that requires a large amount of internal strength. The two of them were from the Hidden River Xie House, which specialised in internal strength fist martial arts. No wonder they could master such an extremely complex lightness skill.

Sikong Qianluo had always preferred to intimidate her opponents, but this time, she was being pressured by Xie Hui and she couldn’t even swing her spear. Of course, she was frustrated. Seeing that Sikong Qianluo could only dodge, Xie Hui smiled coldly, “Now, you’ll remember my name?”

“Nope,” Sikong Qianluo replied resentfully.

“How about now?” A voice suddenly sounded from behind Sikong Qianluo.

“Look out!” Xiao Se shouted in alarm.

Xie Ling, who had been observing from the sidelines, suddenly appeared right behind Sikong Qianluo. The two of them had nearly identical moves. Xie Ling reached out his right hand, and a silver light flashed in it.

It was his weapon, Fist Blade.

Sikong Qianluo was the daughter of the Spear Immortal. Among the Snow Moon City disciples of her generation, she was ranked in the top three. In the Tower of Ascension, the floor she guarded was second only to the elders who guarded the fourteenth floor. She’d just entered the Vajra Mortal Realm and her skill level was nearly that of Tang Lian. However, even though her current skill level was comparable to the Spear Immortal at her age, there was something she couldn’t compare to even some amateurs in the martial world.

She’d won every fight she challenged, yet she’d never experienced a fight to the death.

Every knife drew blood, every man for himself, a genuine fight to the death in the martial world.

Right now, she was facing such a fight to the death. The two assassins, one suppressed her ability to attack while the other attacked her from the back.

They didn’t care that it was two-to-one.

They certainly didn’t care about stabbing someone in the back.

Because, they were here to kill you.

Xie Hui and Xie Ling smiled with a sudden chill, the sort of chilly smile a hunter had the moment they got their prey.

However, they had forgotten someone.

Someone they’d thought was worthless, who was only capable of posturing and bluffing, who would run when he realised he couldn’t win: Xiao Se. Suddenly, he raised his arm, and something shot out of his sleeve.

This thing came from someone who had always despised Xiao Se.

Because this person was always forthright, while Xiao Se was cunning. He was an equally important person to Lei Wujie when he started to travel the martial world. This person was responsible for teaching Lei Wujie to aim for the fire in the ashes, to recover from desperate straits, while Xiao Se taught Lei Wujie -- if you can’t win, run.

This person was the head of the current generation of Snow Moon City disciples, Tang Lian. That day, he challenged Xiao Se to a drinking competition. In the end, both Xiao Se and he were so drunk they passed out. But, early the next day, Xiao Se woke up just a little bit earlier than him, so Tang Lian admitted he lost by half a grade. So, he gave a gift to Xiao Se.

Among those who use hidden weapons in the martial world, they would pay thousands of gold to buy this thing.

The Buddha\'s Fury Tang Lotus. The world’s most exquisite hidden weapon. When in use, it appeared as a lotus flower blossoming. There were four types: a seven-petal lotus, a concentric-petal lotus, a sacred lotus, and a thousand-petal lotus. The one that Tang Lian gifted was a seven-petal lotus. Originally, the skill to use this hidden weapon was very high and difficult for an ordinary person to grasp. However, Xiao Se strode right up to the two men in just a few steps and immediately threw out the Buddha’s Fury Tang Lotus.

“Tang Lian, that blockhead, said this once: three steps from Tang Clan is one step to hell. You two are too close to me!”

The flower instantly erupted, like a captivating and demonic lotus of the night.

“What!?” Xie Hui cried out in alarm!

“Retreat!” Xie Ling withdrew his Fist Blade, backing away in a hurry.

Xie Hui was a step too slow. An entire lotus flower pierced through his shoulder.

The few other lotus flower petals barely brushed past Sikong Qianluo’s topknot, slicing off a few strands of her hair. Xiao Se hurriedly walked towards her and asked, “Are you all right?”

Sikong Qianluo was livid. “Did you even care that it would hit me?”

Xiao Se spread out his hands. “I didn’t really have a choice? I’m not a Tang. I can only throw it blindly.”

Sikong Qianluo swung her spear in fury, turned around and pointed it at the two Xie House assassins who had retreated to one side. “You two! You are dead!”

The spear swung with a cry, and dark clouds rolled across the sky. Sikong Qianluo raised her spear fiercely, then dropped it down. “Fall!”

Spear Rolling Clouds, the spear’s power spread across the sky. The two men used their Swallow Penetrates the Clouds and prepared to rush forward again, but they were being completely suppressed by the spear’s power.

“This spear move is called, Summon Cloud and Rain!”

Sikong Qianluo swung her spear again, and all the birds in the forest screeched in surprise and took off. Leaves fell everywhere.

“This spear move is called, Birds Pay Homage to Phoenix!”

The two Xie House assassins leapt away in alarm, and this time, they didn’t rush at Sikong Qianluo. Instead, they fled in the opposite direction.

They were running away.

Sikong Qianluo was inexperienced in the martial world, to the extent that even though she possessed highly skilled spear techniques, she couldn’t escape from opponents who ambushed her from the back. But now, the Xie House two-men team had failed to kill their target. Sikong Qianluo was also able to use her spear moves, and her spear power flowed continuously. The two men did not have a chance to get close again. Therefore, they had no hesitation and immediately chose to run away.

However, Sikong Qianluo had no intention of letting them run. She swung her spear in a pose that Xiao Se was very familiar with. While in Snow Moon City, he’d lost count of the number of times Sikong Qianluo threw it at him. Except Sikong Qianluo always threw her spear off when aiming for him, but she was not going to give any mercy to those two assassins.

Yet, Xiao Se reached out a hand to stop her.

Sikong Qianluo frowned. “What?”

Xiao Se shook his head. “Let’s not push our luck. We have to hurry back to find Lei Wujie. I’m afraid he may be in danger. I may have underestimated that person named Su Changli.”

Sikong Qianluo stared at him blankly, but she still kept her spear and complained. “In your heart, only Lei Wujie is the most important.”