Chapter 40: Forgiveness
"Niuniu!"
Zhou Kong shouted loudly, with a look of anxiety on his face. He could still see her hiding in the tree hole before jumping off the tree. How could time disappear now?
"Could it be captured by Feng Ying? Niu Niu didn't make any sound. It shouldn't be possible."
Zhou Kong crawled into the tree hole and searched carefully, but did not find any suspicious traces. Under this situation, his worries became less intense.
Niu Niu didn't scream, and there was no blood in the tree hole, which meant that she was not captured by Feng Ying. The only explanation was that someone took her away while Zhou Kong was killing Feng Ying on the ground.
This situation is very possible, otherwise Niuniu would not disappear without making a sound.
"Who on earth is it?"
After Zhou Kong came down from the tree, he was talking to himself, and suddenly saw a piece of white cloth falling on the ground in front of him, which was torn from Niu Niu's clothes.
"Sure enough, he was taken away. The piece of cloth must be a clue left by Niu Niu. That child has always been very smart."
Zhou Kong followed the direction of the cloth and hurried forward.
Sure enough, the same strip of cloth appeared in front of him, and he followed it quickly. Soon after, he saw a person standing in a big tree in front of him.
This person is not Niu Niu, but a white-haired old man. His expression is leisurely, as if the bait has been cast and he is waiting for the fish to come online.
Lao Ba held the sword in one hand, looked at Zhou Kong, and said, "You are finally here."
Zhou Kong stopped and said, "Did you throw those strips of cloth on the ground?"
"Of course. Do you think a child of a few years old has the strength to tear his clothes?"
This is a trap, a trap that attracts Zhou Kong to fall for it.
Zhou Kong looked around. The place where he stood was a small open space, surrounded by stone trees. If he wanted to make a sneak attack, it would be best to hide in the trees.
Stealing a chicken is a waste of money. Lao Ba's sneak attack tactics are obviously a way to seek death.
Zhou Kong said: "Where is Niuniu?"
"She's in my hands." Lao Ba's tone was very relaxed, as if he was chatting away from home.
Zhou Kong said again: "Hand her over and I will spare your life."
"Hahaha!"
The old man laughed with an arrogant tone, no doubt laughing at Zhou Kong's arrogance - the guy who was almost killed by me on the seventh floor dared to say such big words!
"Can you kill me? Even if you can, that little girl will die first before you can kill me. In that case, will you still kill me?"
Zhou Kong said: "Niuniu is going to die, and you will definitely be buried with her!"
The old man smiled again and said, "Do you know why I brought you here?"
Zhou Kong shook his head and said nothing.
"Of course it's for the fragments of the Tower of Heaven! The thing is not on the little girl's body, it must be with you. Hand over the fragments of the Tower of Heaven and I will let the little girl go."
Is that thing so important? Zhou Kong has never even seen the fragments of the Heavenly Tower, so asking him to call it out is a shame.
Zhou Kong thought for a while and then said in an expedient way: "Okay, I will give the things to you, but I want to make sure that Niu Niu is safe."
Lao Ba suddenly said sternly: "Don't bargain with me for a refund. You are not qualified. Hand over the fragments of the Tower of Heaven immediately, or I will let you all die."
Zhou Kong crossed his arms in front of his chest and said nonchalantly: "Then you go and kill her. It's easy to kill her, but it's hard to kill me. If I run away, you will never find the remaining scrolls of the Heavenly Tower again."
"You!" Lao Ba was so angry that he couldn't speak.
He knew clearly how Master Zhang Aishu would punish him if he could not get the fragments of the Tower of Heaven this time... After pondering for a long time, he clapped his hands and said, "Bring her out."
Then, several people jumped down from the nearby trees. One of them was holding Niu Niu. There was a ball of cloth stuffed in her mouth and she couldn't make a sound at all.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
Niu Niu could only look at Zhou Kong and shout vaguely.
Old Ba said again: "You can hand over the fragments of the Tianta Tower. Don't make mistakes. I know your strength."
You only know my seventh-level strength, but you don’t know that I absorbed the source of power from the eighth- and ninth-level prey, and my strength increased several times... Zhou Kong said: "Okay, I'll give it to you." He raised his legs and walked towards Lao Ba.
Lao Ba still remembered Zhou Kong's feat of killing his opponent even if he injured his shoulder on the seventh floor. He suddenly raised his hand to stop him and said, "Stop, I'll let someone get it."
Caution is the boat.
Under the instruction of Lao Ba, a short human walked to Zhou Kong and stretched out his hand to get the fragment of the Sky Tower.
Zhou Kong pretended to fumble around in his arms and said, "Here you go!" His left hand was still groping in his arms, and he already held a kitchen knife in his right hand. He pushed the knife and cut his throat. The man was dead.
Before the body fell, Zhou Kong had already rushed in front of Lao Ba, and moved his knife in a wrong direction. Lao Ba hurriedly used his sword to block it, but who knew that the kitchen knife had deflected and did not make contact with the sword at all. The next moment, the kitchen knife came to the top of his head.
"Step forward and split the mountain!"
Zhou Kong shouted loudly.
The kitchen knife slashed Lao Ba's shoulder at an angle. Lao Ba was immediately hit and fell to the ground seriously injured.
His eyes widened in anger, and he didn't believe why this guy's strength had grown so fast. He could restrain him not long ago, but now he couldn't block a move.
Zhou Kong slashed Lao Ba, looked at the man holding Niu Niu hostage and said, "Put her down, and I'll let you go."
The man's heart was filled with fear. His strength reached the 25th level, and even Old Ba couldn't resist a single move from his sword. His power was too powerful... The hands of the man holding Niu Niu were already trembling. Hearing Zhou Kong's words, he immediately put them down.
Niu Niu kicked up her legs and ran towards the distance.
The first person to eat crabs attracted countless later generations to imitate him. Now, one person who ran away set an example, and the rest of the people also ran away.
It is better to die than live, this is the thought of those who run away.
Zhou Kong immediately ran over and picked up Niu Niu, taking out the piece of cloth from her mouth. Niu Niu burst into tears.
Zhou Kong smiled and comforted: "Niuniu don't cry."
Niuniu sobbed and said, "Uncle Kongkong, I'm so scared. I'm afraid you won't be able to find me."
"Didn't I come?"
Niuniu said again: "Uncle Kongkong, I don't want to be separated from you anymore, okay?"
Zhou Kong agreed, looked at Lao Ba and said, "Niuniu, don't you want to avenge your grandfather? That man is one of the murderers of your grandfather, you can kill him now."
Niu Niu stopped crying, looked at Zhoukong, then at Lao Ba, and finally walked over and picked up Lao Ba's sword.
"Stab him in the heart, and your revenge will be half successful." Zhou Kong instructed on the side.
Niu Niu held the sword and remained motionless. After a long while, she burst into tears, threw away the kitchen knife, ran back to Zhou Kong's arms and said, "Uncle Kongkong, killing people is terrible. I don't want to kill anyone."
Zhou Kong said leisurely: "If you don't kill people! Then how do you avenge your grandfather?"
Niu Niu cried harder and said intermittently: "I will not take revenge. If I kill him, he also has a granddaughter, and his granddaughter will be very sad."
When is the time to retaliate? Zhou Kong didn't kill Lao Ba just now because he wanted Niu Niu to understand this truth. Now that his goal was achieved, he coaxed: "Niu Niu doesn't cry anymore. Niu Niu doesn't cry. Crying doesn't look good."
If Niuniu says he won’t kill him, he won’t be killed. How about we let him go?”
Niuniu cried and agreed.
Zhou Kong led Niu Niu to his father's side and said, "You were here just now. It's not me who saved your life today, but this little girl. You killed her grandfather, but now she hasn't killed you. I hope
You should do something good in the future. Also, tell Zhang Aishu that if he doesn’t give up, I will find him personally."
Chapter completed!