Chapter 00202: Can't Join the Mayhem (Part 1)
# Can't Join the Mayhem (Part 1)
Chapter 202
Novel: AFK Game: Portal to Another World
Chapter 202: Can't Join the Mayhem (Part 1)
A bald man walked out of the old residence.
His head was exceptionally shiny; even in the pixel style Li Chengxi was seeing, it was surrounded by a halo of light.
Even more miraculously, the man's eyebrows were very long and naturally curly.
Coupled with a full beard, he looked very much like the Golden Mane Lion King after having shaved his head.
But then again, this person didn't seem to be from the Central Plains.
His hair had a reddish tint, and his facial structure was a bit strange.
It was hard to tell if his cultivation had turned him into this state.
As soon as he came out, he rubbed his large bald head.
“Where did you little whelps come from, daring to act so unruly before your grandfather?”
Zhou Yuxuan, who had just been speaking politely to Yang Yiyi, immediately retorted sharply.
“Red-haired dog, open your dog eyes and see who I am!”
“Well, now, isn't this the White-robed Young Master of the Sixteen Fortresses, Zhou Yuxuan? What, have you come to your grandfather's place to beg for food?”
“Excellent. Let me see if this broken-down place of yours can accommodate esteemed guests like us.”
Zhou Yuxuan gave a signal with his eyes, and the men from the Sixteen Fortresses drew their weapons and charged forward.
“Haha, I just love my obedient grandson's temper! Come on, get them all for me!”
The men of the Heavenly Wolf Cult also raised their weapons and met the charge.
More and more people poured out from the old residence, at a glance numbering at least twice as many as the men from the Sixteen Fortresses.
Speaking of which, when Zhou Yuxuan said he had important business, was it something as simple as just coming here to pick a fight?
And what kind of feud was there between the Sixteen Fortresses and the Heavenly Wolf Cult?
Li Chengxi watched from the other side of the screen, completely baffled, especially when the two sides started fighting, which was a dizzying sight.
Both groups were probably not people who could appear openly in the city, as they were all dressed in the clothes of common folk, with no sect uniforms.
Once the fight began, a large group of similarly dressed people descended into a chaotic brawl.
Combined with the pixel style's poor depiction of details like facial expressions, Li Chengxi instantly lost track of who was who.
He had to click on them with the mouse to view their artwork and character attributes to tell them apart.
But despite the chaos, Li Chengxi noticed that the quality of the Heavenly Wolf Cult's members was uneven.
In contrast, every single person from the Sixteen Fortresses was skilled in martial arts.
The Heavenly Wolf Cult was only holding its ground because of their superior numbers.
Their subordinates were already fighting, but Zhou Yuxuan and that large bald man remained where they were, as if they were both wary of each other.
Li Chengxi clicked on the bald man's character card.
The name field read 'Abdullah Jabbar'.
That name indeed didn't sound like it was from the Central Plains.
The title field below it read 'Fire Wolf Vanguard of the Heavenly Wolf Cult'.
He couldn't see the skills, but he could see that all five attributes were very high, especially the Strength attribute, which was almost on par with Yang Yiyi's after she had used the Sky-Upholding Stone.
From this, it seemed he was also a fellow with extraordinarily high strength, and his other aspects weren't weak either.
On the other side was Zhou Yuxuan.
His title field read 'White-robed Young Master', and among his five attributes, his Movement Technique and Meridian attributes were extremely high, while the others were rather average.
In short, just looking at the attributes, he was a tier higher than Escort Leader Wang Zhen, who had the highest attributes he had encountered before.
Was this level considered a third-rate master?
Or perhaps just a minor leader?
While Li Chengxi was pondering this, the scene on the screen was already covered in blood.
Many members of the Heavenly Wolf Cult had been cut down.
The people from the Sixteen Fortresses were also injured, but none of them were lying on the ground.
“Brother Li...”
Yang Yiyi couldn't see the situation on the other side of the wall, but she could hear the intense fighting.
“Should we go and help?”
“Help? Why?”
“Although I don't know what this Heavenly Wolf Cult is, it sounds like they are barbarians from beyond the pass. The Sixteen Fortresses, on the other hand, are renowned Greenwood Heroes. I think we should help them.”
Yang Yiyi was being a typical chivalrous soul.
It had nothing to do with justice or kindness; it was simply that she couldn't stand by and watch, so she had to lend a hand.
Li Chengxi glanced again at the situation on the other side of the wall and spoke into the microphone to Yang Yiyi.
“Don't be so quick to act. There's something strange about this.”
These chivalrous thieves of the Sixteen Fortresses, who came and went like the wind, wouldn't need to approach so openly if they really wanted to deal with the Heavenly Wolf Cult.
Sneak attacks, assassinations, poisoning, wouldn't those be much better options?
No matter how nicely you put it, chivalrous thieves were still a bunch of bandits, at best, bandits with principles and a conscience.
They probably wouldn't care about using treacherous and dirty tricks.
Yet they had come over so directly.
Li Chengxi found it very abnormal.
The situation was currently unclear, and it had nothing to do with Yang Yiyi yet.
Rushing in rashly was probably not a good choice.
“Let's observe the situation first. If it's really related to the Sky-Upholding Stone, we can fish in troubled waters and get involved then. If it's not, it's not a good thing to make enemies for no reason.”
“Alright, I'll listen to Brother Li.”
Li Chengxi had always suspected that Escort Leader Wang Zhen was transporting the Sky-Upholding Stone.
After all, when Qin Yan, who came to rob the escort, saw the Sky-Upholding Stone inside the Statue of the Three Pure Ones, her first reaction was to reach out and grab it.
This clearly indicated that she recognized the item, and her reaction even suggested that the Sky-Upholding Stone was very important to her.
And Qin Yan was a member of the Sixteen Fortresses.
If she recognized the Sky-Upholding Stone, could it be that the others in the Sixteen Fortresses did not?
This was clearly illogical.
Only a few days had passed, and instead of pursuing Wang Zhen, Qin Yan and the others from the Sixteen Fortresses had come to cause trouble for this Heavenly Wolf Cult.
There might be some connection.
Of course, Li Chengxi's speculation was just that, speculation.
He had no actual evidence.
As he himself said, the situation was unclear, so it was best to observe first.
Yang Yiyi crouched behind the wall, listening to the commotion in the courtyard.
Her heart felt as if it were being scratched by a cat's paw; she was extremely eager to go up and help.
However, the girl's greatest virtue was her obedience.
Since Li Chengxi told her not to go, she really did crouch there without moving an inch.
In the courtyard, the fight had reached a fever pitch.
Many from the Sixteen Fortresses were wounded, while a large number of the Heavenly Wolf Cult's members had fallen.
After all, there was a considerable difference in quality, but in terms of numbers, the Heavenly Wolf Cult could still put up a fight.
Li Chengxi saw a continuous stream of people wielding weapons rush out from the old residence into the courtyard.
It was hard to say just how many people were holed up in the house; it felt like there were almost forty or fifty of them.
But at this moment, Jabbar, with his bald-headed appearance, probably couldn't stand the loss of face anymore.
After all, a field of his men was lying on the ground, while the Sixteen Fortresses had only suffered minor injuries.
“You bunch of cowards, watch me!”
He grabbed a steel fork and leaped into the battlefield.
A casual sweep of the fork sent a member of the Sixteen Fortresses flying.
Li Chengxi saw it clearly from his side.
That person had tried to block it, but ended up being hit into a tree like a baseball.
Then, Jabbar swung his steel fork again, aiming a strike at Qin Yan, who was dodging and weaving through the crowd.
The latter reacted quickly, her feet shifting as she narrowly avoided it.
The three-pronged steel fork pierced the ground, and then, like a bomb exploding, it unleashed a shockwave in a circle.
Everyone nearby, whether from the Sixteen Fortresses or the Heavenly Wolf Cult, was knocked over by this blow.
My goodness, this was no longer just about immense strength.
It must have been influenced by True Qi and internal energy.
If Yang Yiyi, with her similar strength attribute, were to perform the same move, she definitely wouldn't be able to produce the same effect.
Looking at the Sixteen Fortresses' side, Zhou Yuxuan, who had been standing on the wall, had vanished.
A closer look revealed that he had crossed the chaotic crowd like a gust of wind.
Just as Jabbar pulled his steel fork out, Zhou Yuxuan drew his waist saber and slashed at him.
The moment they clashed, a tremendous impact sound rang out.
A surge of vigorous energy spread out in all directions like a tsunami.
Everyone nearby, be it from the Heavenly Wolf Cult or the Sixteen Fortresses, quickly moved away, afraid of being caught in the aftermath.
“Excellent! Let your grandfather see how good the saber technique of the Sixteen Fortresses is!”
“In any case, your skill with that steel fork is nothing special!”
The two exchanged a simple taunt before clashing in a tangled fight.
The saber technique of the Sixteen Fortresses originated from their Founding Ancestor.
That ancestor's martial arts had already reached the Transformation Realm by the age of sixteen.
While one couldn't say he was undefeated under the heavens, at the very least, the saber technique he left behind was not some common street-level stuff.
And just as Zhou Yuxuan had said, Jabbar's skill with the steel fork was not that great.
After only four or five exchanges, Jabbar was suppressed and was now constantly swinging his steel fork in passive defense.
With a clang, Zhou Yuxuan's waist saber got stuck between the prongs of the steel fork.
It seemed like a mistake, but then Zhou Yuxuan sent out a jolt of True Qi.
Jabbar immediately lost his grip on the steel fork, which was easily flicked away by Zhou Yuxuan.
Li Chengxi had been watching the fight with great interest, but then he noticed that steel fork...
It seemed to be flying in Yang Yiyi's direction.
(End of this chapter)