Chapter 345: Li Yuanba
As the words fell!
Boom!
The door to the next private room suddenly exploded, and two massive hammers, as big as small mountains, burst out from within. They smashed through countless items like a hurricane, then were raised high up, and with a loud shout, were brought crashing down towards Ding Ling’s head!
In that moment.
Like a hare leaping and a hawk diving.
Extreme speed!
Ding Ling’s pupils slightly contracted.
Too late to retreat.
But his hands were quick, and the Giant Que Sword swiftly blocked in front of him, boom!
The giant hammer smashed heavily against the blade of the Giant Que Sword, sending Ding Ling reeling back as if struck by lightning. He staggered a few steps back, each step leaving a deep footprint in the floorboards.
A few steps later.
Ding Ling crashed through the door of a private room behind him.
Only then did he manage to stand firm.
"Oh!"
A surprised sound suddenly rang out.
Ding Ling looked in the direction of the voice and saw a person standing behind the giant hammer.
This person was no more than six feet tall, with a sharp mouth and cheeks like a monkey, pale as a ghost, bone-thin, without an ounce of flesh!
Cloaked in a layer of precious armor, he wore a Hair-Binding Black Gold Crown with two short pheasant feathers swaying to and fro, making him look slightly comical, much like a circus monkey.
Yet, he brandished two giant hammers, many times larger than his own frame!
This contrast delivered a striking visual impact.
Anyone who saw it couldn’t help but be moved.
Ding Ling was no exception; it was his first time seeing such an abnormal person, recalling Zuo Lengchan’s words, he composed himself:
"Li Yuanba?!"
"It’s your grandpa, me."
Li Yuanba grinned, revealing a mouth of large yellow teeth, making him seem even more comical and ugly:
"I heard Brother Zuo say you’re the World’s Number One. I’m not convinced. Now I see, you’re nothing special."
Ding Ling raised an eyebrow.
Li Yuanba actually ascended as well.
It seems that during the late Sui Dynasty, quite a few people must have climbed the Celestial Ladder too. Apart from Li Yuanba, it’s hard to say how many other ascenders from other worlds have arrived in The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World.
What surprised Ding Ling the most was that the Mount Songh Sect had encountered ascenders like Consort Yhu and Li Yuanba consecutively!
Why do they have such great fortune?
Or is it simply sheer coincidence, and they’ve just managed to seize these opportunities for their benefit?
It’s just that Consort Yhu fled quickly. But Li Yuanba was detained by them.
From the skirmish just now.
Li Yuanba’s hammer was tremendously powerful, certainly exceeding three thousand pounds, most likely reaching the world’s maximum strength of four thousand pounds.
Ding Ling was astonished; he had cheating abilities to reach the world’s maximum strength.
How could Li Yuanba?!
Ding Ling, having ascended from the Historical Plane, naturally knew where the strength limit of the Historical Plane lay.
No matter how extraordinary, Li Yuanba couldn’t break the limit values in the Historical Plane.
The likelihood is that he came to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World and then advanced rapidly.
But so quickly reaching the maximum strength value of The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World, his talent is undoubtedly astonishing!
"Yuan Ba."
Zuo Lengchan struggled to get up and walked behind Li Yuanba, cast a vicious glare at Ding Ling:
"Kill him! I want him dead!"
"Oh."
Li Yuanba dumbly responded, then lifted his giant hammer, looked at Ding Ling, and chuckled:
"Brother Zuo wants you dead, so I can only beat you to death."
"Brother Ding."
Qu Feiyan and the others looked worriedly, and Qu Feiyan said:
"If you can’t defeat him, don’t worry about us."
It was Qu Feiyan’s first time seeing someone force Ding Ling back!
Her heart couldn’t help but leap to her throat.
From the recent surprise to now becoming anxious.
Ding Ling wasn’t poisoned, and in a flash, he broke free from captivity, swept through the archers, severely injured Zuo Lengchan!
This left Consort Yhu, Lin Pingzhi, Huang Zhonggong, Qu Feiyan and their group both shocked and pleasantly surprised!
They didn’t know why Ding Ling wasn’t poisoned, but to them, it was nothing short of a tremendous morale boost.
Just when it seemed Zuo Lengchan was about to be killed, the tide turned.
From out of nowhere, Li Yuanba appeared, clutching at their hearts involuntarily.
Huang Zhonggong and the others thought:
"The world is truly chaotic! The ascent of Consort Yhu from the late Qin Dynasty was one thing. But now another ascender, Li Yuanba, from the late Sui Dynasty! It seems this Jianghu will inevitably become more tumultuous and chaotic in the future!"
"None of you will escape."
Zuo Lengchan’s expression was somewhat fierce:
"You all must die."
At this moment.
The battle on the second floor had already alarmed many guests on the first floor.
However, a row of people in brown clothing stood at the staircase to the second floor; they were the elite of the Mount Songh Sect, driving some people away from the tavern.
Even so.
After these people left.
Most still watched outside the tavern, not straying far.
They didn’t dare go upstairs, for the commotion upstairs was earthshaking, obviously not caused by ordinary people. Driven by curiosity and unwisely seeking a closer look might cost them their lives; where would they seek redress then?
Even from a distance, hearing the constant explosions from the second floor, they couldn’t help but look at each other in astonishment:
"What’s happening on the second floor? Is it Ding Ling? Who is he battling?!"
Some players commented:
"Ding Ling is truly formidable. Ever since he came to The Smiling, Proud Wanderer World, it’s been nothing but bloodshed and sweeping victories. He’s truly made us players proud!"
"With Ding Ling here, we as players have a place and some voice; otherwise, we might not even qualify to stand here and watch."
...
The players began discussing heatedly.
Some natives joined in the conversation.
Due to the crowd.
The Mount Songh Sect couldn’t possibly keep all the first-floor guests, only drive them away.
Zuo Lengchan’s goal was to kill Ding Ling and Qu Feiyan and others.
Kill them and leave immediately.
In his method.
It would be perfect.
No loopholes.
Kill and leave.
Silent as whispers.
Unseen, unnoticed.
Who would have thought.
Ding Ling not only avoided poisoning, but his combat strength far exceeded Zuo’s expectations, annihilating the elite archers he brought and himself severely wounded, greatly diminishing his combat capacity, making a confrontation with Ding Ling nearly impossible.
He had to pin his hopes on the peculiar strength of Li Yuanba.
To gain Li Yuanba’s trust.
Zuo Lengchan exhausted every trick, finally earning the iron-willed Li Yuanba’s recognition, making him acknowledge him as a big brother. With Li Yuanba in hand, Zuo Lengchan’s confidence soared, for he found Li Yuanba to truly be an exceedingly rare genius.
Not only possessing formidable physical prowess.
When cultivating Inner Strength, he advanced at lightning speed, practically unhindered.
Zuo Lengchan was overjoyed, considering Li Yuanba as his trump card.
But what he didn’t expect was.
That this trump card would be forced to reveal so soon against Ding Ling.