Supernatural Insight Eyes
Chapter 389: Desperate circumstances

Chapter 389: Desperate circumstances

Inside the luxurious villa.

The elder reported the recent developments one by one, while Chai sat with arms folded, his gaze flickering, saying nothing.

After a long pause, when the elder finished speaking, Chai’s expression changed. "These Chinese martial artists have really gone too far, using our power as capital for their rankings."

"It seems that both my older and second brothers have run into trouble, but I have taken the lead by employing an SSS-class beast-man. Once he makes a move, the so-called Ten Owls are nothing but chickens and dogs!"

"The young master is right; the Chinese martial world has been too arrogant lately. Your move will certainly dampen their spirits," the elder said.

"Although Adam is not the strongest among the SSS-class, his strength is beyond doubt. I’m not worried about having him chase after Ye Qiu. Ye Qiu is as good as dead. The only concern is that once Ye Qiu is killed, it may provoke his master..." Chai said slowly.

"If it is as the young master says, then at that time, the young master can rightfully employ the other two SSS-class experts. Even if Ye Qiu’s master shows up, facing the assault of three SSS-class experts, he is bound to fall," the elder said confidently, making Chai’s eyes light up.

"That would be best. For now, let’s quietly await the good news from Adam." Chai closed his eyes to rest, appearing completely relaxed, an expression of having the situation well in hand!

...

The wilderness was terrain Ye Qiu knew best. Even in a foreign land, once he entered the mountains, it was like a fish leaping into the ocean, free to swim without limit.

But this time, no matter how well Ye Qiu hid, he always felt a pair of eyes firmly locked on him, which made him very uneasy.

He knew these eyes belonged to Adam, a man even more difficult to deal with than he had imagined.

Adam, like a persistent disease, kept a constant yet distant follow, unable to be shaken even when concealing his presence. Eventually, Ye Qiu stopped hiding and headed straight for the mountain peak.

Adam effortlessly dodged past ancient trees, stepping on rocks and leaping up, closing the distance by ten meters in an instant.

"Won’t you surrender?" Adam’s voice came faintly, "If I’m not mistaken, you must not have much strength left by now. Even a martial artist at the True Qi realm would surely have exhausted all their True Qi after our relentless pursuit."

Ye Qiu felt a chill in his heart, as Adam was correct. The True Qi left inside him was less than a layer. To think of countering Adam with such meager energy was simply a fool’s dream. Judging by Adam’s appearance, he was far from spent, let alone the possibility of escaping from him.

Facing such peril, Ye Qiu felt neither joy nor sorrow, nor great dread or panic. His brows were tightly knitted, flickering in his eyes were thoughts of how to escape certain death.

Gazing at the mountain peak that was nearly within reach, a glimmer of hope flashed in his eyes.

Ignoring Adam’s taunts, Ye Qiu headed straight for the top, using the last bit of his True Qi to sprint towards the mountain summit.

I shall ascend the utmost height and enjoy the view over the hills far and wide!

Within five breaths, Ye Qiu stood atop the highest point in Italy, surveying all around him from a superior vantage point.

However, the scenery before his eyes was of no delight, as Adam was nearby, watching Ye Qiu with a predator’s gaze.

"You desperately ran up here. Do you really think you can escape from me in this place?" Adam stood with one hand planted, his presence almost imperceptible, a faint smile on his face, his voice seeming to come from the heavens, quiet yet striking directly to the core.

"Yes, up here, you may not be able to kill me," Ye Qiu said, his expression unruffled as if he faced no imminent life-and-death threat, perfectly calm and composed.

A trace of curiosity crossed Adam’s eyes as he spoke leisurely, "Oh? Then I’m quite curious to see how you’ll manage to escape from my grasp."

Adam stood still, not believing that Ye Qiu, at his wit’s end, could pull any tricks. Right now, it was impossible for Ye Qiu to jump past him to the mountain base or to run anywhere else. There was infinite airspace beyond, and Ye Qiu surely couldn’t grow wings to fly away, could he?

With that thought, Adam couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

"Let’s see how you’ll manage to escape," Adam indicated to Ye Qiu that it was okay to start running, a look of amusement on his face.

Ye Qiu gave him a sinister smile and surprisingly plunged into the mouth of the volcano without looking back.

Adam’s complexion changed, realizing this was Ye Qiu’s plan.

The mouth of the volcano was the largest active volcano in Italy. Ye Qiu jumped in recklessly, a move tantamount to certain death. It wasn’t a good place inside at all; apart from the stone walls, the floor was lava. Not to mention a person, even if it were a piece of iron, it would instantly melt into liquid upon falling in.

Adam did not immediately follow him. He wanted to see if Ye Qiu would plummet to the very bottom or hang onto the rocky walls in an attempt to escape this calamity.

With a sweep of his gaze, Adam’s expression froze. Had Ye Qiu truly disappeared?

He saw no traces of anyone. The volcano’s mouth was pitch black, concealing everything as if it were the maw of a beast, bottomless.

Ye Qiu must die!

This was the order from above, but now, not even Ye Qiu’s corpse remained, which was somewhat difficult to explain. He, the mighty SSS-class beast-man, the strongest one, would definitely incur wrath if he returned empty-handed like this.

Adam’s expression turned grave. He was a master, no doubt, but even before he became a master, he served the Condigi family. Even after achieving mastery, he dared not do whatever he wished.

Otherwise, no matter how strong he was, he would be destroyed by the Condigi family.

Adam stood in front of the volcano’s mouth, hesitating for a while.

Just as Adam was preparing to move closer to the mouth of the volcano, a burst of Sword Qi shot out suddenly from within.

Whiz!

The Sword Qi appeared very fast and unexpectedly, catching even Adam off guard.

"Damn it!" Adam cursed in fury, fully aware that this was Ye Qiu’s deliberate attack aimed to kill him.

"Think you can kill me? Do you dare to follow me down?" Ye Qiu unleashed a sword strike, bursting into laughter, completely disregarding Adam’s rage and speaking as if he did not take Adam seriously at all.

Adam’s arm was injured by the Sword Qi. Even he himself looked at the wound on his arm with shock and anger, to think that he’d been wounded by someone he’d always looked down upon as weak—it was a mortifying disgrace.

Ye Qiu had used all his True Qi in that strike, powering the Kusanagi Sword to produce an astonishing Sword Qi.

In reality, Ye Qiu hadn’t actually jumped into the volcano’s mouth at the beginning; during the descent, he had quickly carved a notch on the edge of the volcano with his sword. Using this notch to hide from Adam’s sight, and completely concealing his presence, the unsuspecting Adam never imagined Ye Qiu would be just one meter below him.

This distance was optimal for Ye Qiu to launch an attack, so anticipating that Adam would approach, Ye Qiu had calculated everything already and, at the most opportune moment, gathered his last bit of strength to deliver the most ferocious strike.

"Pity, I only injured his arm, not his life!" Ye Qiu felt disappointed seeing that Adam was not seriously harmed.

Adam undoubtedly possessed the strength of someone almost at the Legendary rank!

After the strike, Ye Qiu became even more certain that the other party’s power was not the pinnacle of the True Qi realm but rather the strength of the Legendary rank.

With a furious howl, rocks began tumbling down from the volcano’s mouth, "I will kill you today!"

A gaze hot as fire instantaneously fixed on him, and Ye Qiu felt sharp discomfort.

His eyes narrowed as goosebumps rose all over his skin, instinctively sensing trouble.

Then he saw Adam leaping up and surprisingly chased after him, utterly disregarding the volcano’s mouth below!

"All or nothing!" Ye Qiu was equally fierce; he couldn’t just let Adam pursue him, for once the latter got close, his death was certain. Without any True Qi left, Ye Qiu couldn’t afford to delay. Clasping his hands together, without any need to exert force, he let himself drop into the volcano.