Chapter 85: Too Late
To everyone's surprise, the anticipated scene of the city's destruction by the explosion did not occur.
The light ball that fell to the ground ignited like a flame at the center of a piece of paper, quickly spreading outwards, forming a dazzling white halo that expanded in all directions.
The people it spread over were not harmed in the slightest. They set aside their fear and curiosity and stopped running, instead curiously observing the miraculous changes before them.
The halo ignored all obstacles and buildings, spreading outward from the center like a virus, leaving nothing unaffected in its path.
At this moment, everyone noticed that the ground, walls, and armor that the halo passed over were covered in dense writing. It included themselves, whether it was their helmets or armor, long swords or hammers, all were covered in intricate lines of text.
These shallow indentations, carved like knife marks, were arranged in neat rows, radiating outward.
"These... these are inscriptions from 'The Warrior's Path' and 'Complete Rune Guide'! There are also some strange spherical patterns!"
"That's right, I've read those two books, and the content is the same!"
"The person earlier, could it be the 'Silver Armored Rune Master'?"
"It must be him!"
"It's simply a miracle. How did he do it?"
"Why ask? It's undoubtedly done through runes!"
"Runes..."
"Runes can achieve such a level! It's truly amazing!"
"Yes, I'm now full of curiosity about runes. Can we soar freely in the sky like that traveler as long as we master runes?"
"Not only that, the fierce beasts in the wilderness won't be able to harm us anymore!"
"That's true. These two books were classified as banned books before, and I was quite regretful!"
"Everyone, don't forget, these two books are banned!"
"Banned books? Look, everything is filled with the contents of banned books. Tell me, how can they be banned? Would they brush the entire city with mud? Ha, they can still be scraped off!"
The crowd looked at the halo. It appeared seemingly weak, but it continued to spread outward at an unabated speed. Before long, the entire Anzhu City would be covered in writing, and it would spread beyond the city as well.
No one knew how far the light would spread, but they all hoped to remain steadfast, to withstand it until no one could stop the spread of runes.
...
"Chase!" The human King landed and locked onto Su Hao's direction, relentlessly pursuing him!
The Grandmaster Warriors and Master Warriors immediately followed, but their speed was too slow. They gradually lost track of Su Hao and the Human King. Chase after chase, they lost them.
Su Hao had already achieved his goal for today. He didn't linger but quickly flew away from Anzhu City at the fastest speed.
"Hmm?" After a while, he suddenly sensed a familiar aura below.
It was the Human King! He was still chasing!
Su Hao smiled faintly. "So you're still chasing. Can you catch up? This is a jet aircraft!"
After a while, he realized that the Human King was actually keeping up, not losing him. Su Hao exclaimed in admiration, "Impressive!"
But in terms of endurance, he had nothing to worry about!
After flying for an unknown distance, Su Hao suddenly sensed two extremely powerful auras rushing towards him from the side. They were heading straight for him.
He narrowed his eyes and saw two ferocious-looking iron-armored flying dragons. Their streamlined bodies gleamed silver under the sunlight, and their numerous crystal-like spikes protruded from all directions. Their thin wings could fly a long distance with a light flap.
"What kind of dragon is this? Their aura is stronger than the Human King... No, even stronger than that. At least five times stronger!"
Soon, Su Hao realized what they were. "Could it be... ancestral-level ferocious beasts?"
"Darn it! When things go wrong for me, even drinking water can choke me. This is bad! There's an ancestral-level ferocious beast in front, and the Human King behind..."
He immediately turned to fly sideways, but the two iron-armored flying dragons were incredibly fast. They swiftly changed direction in the air and caught up to Su Hao in no time.
The flying dragons opened their mouths full of sharp teeth, as if they were about to bite Su Hao to pieces like snacks.
Su Hao had no intention of testing the sharpness of their teeth. He forcefully changed direction, while various runic effects appeared on his broken blade. He exerted all his strength to throw it into the mouth of the nearest flying dragon.
"Eat my powerful throw!"
"Whoosh!"
A stream of light shot through and pierced the mouth of the flying dragon in an instant.
"Roar!"
The flying dragon trembled all over, howling in pain, and veered off to the side.
But the other flying dragon rushed toward Su Hao at high speed, accompanied by a strong chill. As soon as it approached, he felt the temperature of his body being drained away, leaving him unusually cold and numb.
"It's freezing ability! Can't dodge it!" Su Hao instinctively tilted his body and fiercely hit the fierce head of the flying dragon with his wing.
"Bang!"
"Crack!"
He evaded the flying dragon's bite, but the wings behind him were instantly bitten into pieces by the dragon's teeth.
"Crash..."
Su Hao's plane spiraled down.
"Boom!"
He crashed heavily onto the ground, creating a cloud of dust!
Su Hao flipped over and stood up from the rubble, shaking off the dust from his body, and began checking his condition.
The short knife was intact and undamaged. One of the wings was damaged and unable to continue flying, and his aura had been slightly consumed due to activating the "Radiance of Runes," but it wasn't a big issue.
He had prepared for the crash landing and only suffered minor injuries, which wouldn't hinder further combat.
The bomb, "800 Explosions," was the key to turning the situation around. It had a dent now but could still be used...
"I never thought... I would crash! It's a bit embarrassing now. How should I escape?"
Su Hao tightened his grip on the large iron ball on his back, pondered for a moment, and decided to remove the two wings that couldn't be used. He prepared to quietly slip away.
"Hmm? Human King!!? So fast!!" Within Su Hao's sensing range, apart from the two flying dragons, there was another massive aura rushing toward him, almost catching up to his stealth flight mode.
Su Hao ran with all his might.
"Whoosh... Boom!"
Su Hao's vision blurred. Suddenly, an elderly man dressed in a gorgeous golden full-body armor appeared not far in front of Su Hao. He held a broken blade, his expression calm, and his sharp eyes locked onto Su Hao.
Su Hao knew that he couldn't escape for the time being, but he murmured to himself, "Are Ancestral Warriors really that powerful? What's their principle?"
Both of them stood motionless, staring at each other.
The atmosphere gradually grew tense.
The Human King slowly spoke, "Traveler?"
Su Hao also spoke slowly, "Human King?"
Their auras clashed without yielding an inch! At this moment, the Human King looked at the "traveler" before him and felt an indescribable
complexity in his heart.
There was no doubt that this traveler was the brightest star of the human race, a person who had surpassed everyone in the past few hundred or even thousand years. Looking back further, only the Human Emperor, who helped the human race break through to the Master level, could compare. This traveler had accomplished things that countless people dared not imagine.
Indeed!
In the Human King's eyes, the traveler's contribution to the human race had reached the level of a Martial Ancestor.
He had read "The Warrior's Path" and "Complete Rune Guide" from cover to cover, experiencing tremendous shock! For others, the shock might come from the traveler bringing knowledge of runes to the human race, enhancing their competitiveness in the world.
But for the Human King, it was more than that.
What he saw was the revolutionary thinking brought by the traveler to the human race. From the two books, he saw a new way of exploring this world, a different perspective that the traveler used to show everyone another side of this world.
Especially that one question: What are runes? Why are they like this? What are the operating principles? What are the rules? What can we do with them?
With just a few questions, it seemed to reveal the secrets of runes, even touching on the "laws" that only gods could grasp.
How could the Human King not feel complex in the face of such a person?
If he could, he would definitely personally take the traveler as his disciple and train him well.
But it was too late now!
(translated by begs)