AZI Volume 3 Chapter 48

"An-Ancestor, I beg of you, cut these lines off!"

Seeing the alarming number of crystal golems, Chen Lan looks at Long Hua with pleading eyes, while Shao Tianming says—

"Surnamed Long, let's call for a temporary truce."

"Ai…"

Raising a sigh, Long Hua shrouds the kitchen knife in sword Qi, and severs the bindings on Chen Lan.

As Chen Lan summons his Relic as well, Long Hua ties his fishing line around the kitchen knife's handle without a hint of being rushed.

As soon as the kitchen knife is secured, a crystal golem approaches him, and towards it, Long Hua swings the fishing rod.

*Klang!* in an effortless manner, the kitchen knife—that is cast outwards, slices through the crystal golem's body like butter.

In the same instance, another crystal golem charges towards Long Hua from behind him, but just as it is about to swing its fist, Tian Cheng casts her knives outwards, and pierces through its body from behind.

With her knives acting as hooks, Tian Cheng swings the crystal golem around like a wrecking ball, and smashes it onto a group—causing shards to fly.

"…"

Narrowing his eyes, Long Hua extends the fishing rod fully, and in a single swing, he divides the body of the crystal golems in front of him.

(Surnamed Long doesn't seem to be joking when he said that—that fishing rod is an Immortal's magic treasure… Lady Cheng, also seems quite capable.)

Firing off a few blast arrows, Yu Ji occasionally glances at Long Hua and Tian Cheng, who are dispatching everything that comes near them with ease.

(That guy, he isn't even using his Relic…?)

Noticing this, the thought of the fishing rod being Long Hua's actual Relic crosses Shao Tianming's mind. But the idea feels far too ridiculous to be true.

Slicing and smashing apart the crystal golems that are being generated by the falling shards, the group continues to fight for another ten minutes, and as the enemy numbers begin to show a sign of dwindling—

(The crystal over our heads has become smaller in size.)

Glancing at the shrinking crystal, Li Zi Xiang turns her attention towards Long Hua.

As ridiculous as this might sound, the strength that Long Hua had been able to demonstrate—with a mere fishing rod, isn't something that could be underestimated.

With that being the case, the words that he had said previously—about it being uncertain as to who would come out on top in a genuine fight between their parties, must be reconsidered.

"…"

"Uh…"

Being stared at by Long Hua's azure-colored eyes, Li Zi Xiang, who had been thinking of going for a surprise attack, flinches.

"Forget it. I was thinking the same a moment ago."

Appearing by Li Zi Xiang's side, and splitting a crystal golem apart, Shao Tianming smiles with a hint of bitterness.

*Guuuuuu!!!!!* the moment another crystal golem is cut down by Chen Lan, the ground they're on trembles.

"What now?"

"Don't tell me, it's more piranhas?"

"…"

"…"

Simultaneously, Long Hua and Tian Cheng turn their attention towards the far edge of this round platform—that is rising upwards at an angle.

As Long Hua casts his line out, and ends up stabbing the kitchen knife into the platform, Tian Cheng retracts her knives, and wraps her arms around the former's neck from behind.

Following the two's preparations—

*Fwoop!* the entirety of the platform tilts abruptly by 60 degrees—causing everyone to lose their footing.

"Shit!"

Try as he might to stab his halberd into the platform, the platform itself is already out of his reach—causing Shao Tianming to curse aloud.

Looking towards Long Hua's direction, Shao Tianming shouts—

"Surnamed Long, say something if you noticed this stuff!"

As the platform continues to flip, it becomes clear that both Long Hua and Tian Cheng had noticed the platform's oddity ahead of time.

Towards Shao Tianming's words, Long Hua raises his middle finger, and replies—

"And why would I help an enemy out?"

"Surnamed Long, you bastard!"

Free-falling downwards through a tunnel of bricks, Yu Ji curses aloud at Long Hua, to which, the latter shouts—

"Surnamed Yu, you have the protection of a divinity; you'll be fine!"

"Bullshit!"

As the others fall out of sight, and with the platform having completed its flip, Long Hua and Tian Cheng are left to dangle in the air.

"What shall we do now, master?"

"For now… Let's just head down slowly."

Fueling spirit Qi into the fishing line, Long Hua causes it to grow in length, while remarking—

"Honestly, I was thinking this fishing rod to be just a joke when I first decided to use it as a weapon. But… Surprisingly, it's a god tier tool in this ruin."

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Towards these words—spoken by the Tai Xuan Emperor, Long Hua clicks his tongue.