Chapter 195 - 183: Fated Flying Dagger

Chapter 195: Chapter 183: Fated Flying Dagger

Many things in this world all come down to a matter of fate!

Sometimes, you can practice hundreds or thousands of times in deliberate pursuit of a goal and still fall short. Yet other times, a single, careless, offhand action can produce an incredibly unexpected result.

After all, when Li Heng practiced with his throwing daggers in the Dungeon, his success rate was either two-out-of-ten or three-out-of-ten. On his luckiest days, it was no better than fifty-fifty, and that was against stationary targets.

But just now, as Li Heng was about to throw his second dagger, he saw it clearly: the Coconut Tree Monkey had already fallen into a pool of blood, never to stand again.

And the Coconut Tree Monkey’s head had been completely pierced by an ordinary iron throwing dagger!

"This... It’s all fate..."

Li Heng had been mapping out his next move in his mind, planning how to use his Swordsmanship. He never would have imagined that a single, random-ass throw in Jiang Hongtao’s direction would work.

Initially, he had just been trying to hurry things along, but he never thought that it wasn’t a matter of throwing accurately, but of the target receiving it perfectly. A flawless hit!

Honestly, Li Heng himself was a little incredulous and speechless.

Li Heng knew what had really happened, but the flat-chested loli and the others had never seen him throw a dagger before!

Now, with the Coconut Tree Monkey dead and Li Heng having seemingly teleported, the three of them were more or less dumbfounded.

Bao Yaoyao was the most startled of all. One second, Li Heng was standing right next to her; the next, he had vanished in the blink of an eye.

From her perspective, a cold glint flashed past, and suddenly, both her classmate Bai Shasha, who had been charging forward, and the rampaging monkey-like soul beast froze in place!

She hadn’t seen clearly at all what had happened in that instant.

It wasn’t until she focused her gaze that Bao Yaoyao finally understood what had happened—the monkey-like soul beast was dead!

And it had died from having its head pierced straight through by a sharp weapon!

Seeing the dead soul beast and then looking at Li Heng, who had appeared out of nowhere and was still holding a throwing dagger in his left hand, Bao Yaoyao suddenly made a connection. As if struck by an epiphany, her eyes locked onto him.

Bao Yaoyao’s confusion was sudden, but the flat-chested loli had understood the entire sequence of events the moment Li Heng came to a stop.

A throwing dagger!

Li Heng had just thrown a dagger!

When this outing first began, the flat-chested loli had been curious to see the extent of Li Heng’s skill with throwing daggers ever since he first revealed them as his weapon.

Because Bai Shasha felt that for someone as talented and hardworking as Li Heng, if he truly decided to practice with a secondary weapon, his proficiency wouldn’t just be "not low"—it should be incredibly high.

Therefore, before this, the flat-chested loli had guessed that Li Heng’s skill with the Water Blade was very high.

Guessing it was high was one thing, but she never imagined his throwing dagger would be so fast that she couldn’t even see an afterimage in the air.

This was no longer a question of mere proficiency. Hidden weapons and flexible weapons were notoriously difficult to master. It was no exaggeration to say that in these two areas, talent was even more important than hard work!

From what Bai Shasha had seen since they teamed up, Li Heng’s Swordsmanship was exceptional, so his talent in the Sword Way was a given. But hidden weapons... this was the first time she had seen him use them.

The dagger wasn’t just blindingly fast; its accuracy...

Bai Shasha stared intently at the Coconut Tree Monkey in the distance, its head pierced through by a single dagger, and couldn’t help but wonder, ’Just how strong is Li Heng right now?! And this dagger technique... how deep does his talent with hidden weapons go?’

Unlike Bao Yaoyao, Bai Shasha’s focus was on assessing and estimating Li Heng’s skill with hidden weapons and his overall combat strength.

The two girls’ thoughts differed slightly, but both were ultimately ruminating on Li Heng’s strength. For Jiang Hongtao, however, it was a completely different story.

In that life-or-death moment, his first thought had been to hope the monkey-like soul beast wouldn’t strike too hard, or he’d be severely injured at the very least.

But midway through, at some unknown point, he suddenly felt a chill that seemed to "lock" his entire body in place.

Bone-chilling!

Freezing!

Terrifying!

’I’m going to die here today!’

At one point, Jiang Hongtao even thought he was already dead, faced with a pressure he was utterly powerless to resist!

If it had just been the Coconut Tree Monkey’s surprise attack, he could have still drawn his short knife and tried to formulate a countermeasure in his mind.

But during that, the sudden "chill" made him freeze up completely, rendering him stiff as a board.

It wasn’t until the monkey-like soul beast’s head was almost level with his line of sight that Jiang Hongtao discovered the source of the boundless fear that had gripped him.

A glint of cold light!

He couldn’t see what it was exactly, because as the cold glint flew toward him, it superimposed itself over the monkey-like soul beast’s head just as it became level with his eyes!

Pfft~

With the sound of a sharp object piercing flesh, Jiang Hongtao stared blankly as a layer of frost coated the monkey-like soul beast’s forehead before it fell stiffly to the ground!

Only then did the terrifying chill that had filled him with fear finally vanish, leaving no trace of dread behind.

"Haaa..."

"Haaa..."

What he thought was merely a crisis had suddenly turned into a life-and-death trial. After surviving such a close call, Jiang Hongtao, having snapped back to his senses, began to gasp for air, desperately trying to regulate his breathing.

His entire back was now completely soaked in a cold sweat. His eyes stared blankly at the ground, at the sharp weapon buried to the hilt in the back of the monkey-like soul beast’s head!

"What the fuck, is this a throwing dagger?!"

After calming down for a moment and mostly recovering his composure, Jiang Hongtao bent down and finally got a clear look at the sharp weapon. It was a throwing dagger!

It had hit the Coconut Tree Monkey’s head, but Jiang Hongtao noticed there wasn’t a single drop of blood on its entire head—only a thin layer of frost!

It was also at this moment that Jiang Hongtao recalled that there were only four people in their entire team. And among those four, the only one who could use throwing daggers was Li Heng, who had shown a whole row of them at the very beginning!

The dagger’s speed was incredible, and its accuracy was extremely high!

Most importantly, that freakishly good predictive ability!

As the one who was right there, Jiang Hongtao knew better than anyone that if the Coconut Tree Monkey’s head hadn’t happened to leap up to that exact spot...

...the final target of that dagger would have been his own head!

Jiang Hongtao saw it very clearly; obviously, Li Heng wasn’t trying to kill him!

After all, not only was there no animosity between them, but they were also teammates. Plus, Li Heng had casually asked him about some medicinal wines.

So, to be able to throw a dagger with such a tricky and precise angle, that kind of predictive ability and technique...

Jiang Hongtao didn’t dare to think about it any further. He just slowly raised his head and looked toward Li Heng, who wasn’t far away. At the same time, he noticed that Li Heng was still holding another dagger in his left hand!

In that moment, Jiang Hongtao felt that the throwing dagger was exceptionally dazzling!