Chapter 76: Betray
When he looked in the direction of the voice, Su chen saw a bandit who was hysterically yelling in his direction. He was surrounded by the bodies of his fallen comrades.
This person had not died yet, but he was about to follow in the footsteps of everyone else. Baron and the others did not intend on letting them go.
Unexpectedly, he actually recognized Su Chen.
In the darkness of night, Su Chen could not clearly see the opponent's face, and he had no way of seeing it anyways.
He tilted his head and knitted his eyebrows slightly, pretending to locate him via his hearing. "Who are you? You recognize me?"
The bandit basically crawled his way into the main lobby. He grabbed onto Su Chen's leg and cried, "Young Master Su, Prince Su, it's me, I'm Qing He!"
"Qing He?" Su Chen thought briefly for a moment before realizing something. "Qing He? You are He Sinian's underling, Qing He1 ?"
That bandit was so happy that he cried tears of joy. "Yes, yes, that's me, Young Master Su you still remember me!"
He Sinian was the Young Master from the He Clan who had gone to the same school as him.
After Su Chen lost his sight, he did not return to school, and him and He Sinian no longer interacted. In any case, they were not friends in the first place.
He never expected that he would actually run into one of He Sinian's servants here.
Su Chen and Qing He never interacted. Even if they had, it absolutely was not friendly.
Qing He understood this, but in this moment of danger, he had no one else that he was familiar with beside Su Chen. Even if that person was not his Young Master's friend, he still had to hold on to that thread of hope.
Thus, he hugged Su Chen's leg and cried, "Young Master Su, please save me. Have mercy on me for Young Master He's sake. Please, ask them to let me go..."
"He Sinian?" Su Chen laughed, "The Four Great Clans were always at odds with each other, and he was never my friend. Ever since I went blind, I never interacted with him again. For his sake? Are you kidding?"
Qing He became agitated. He began to yell loudly, "Young Master Su, you can't act this way, you and Young Master He were still classmates."
However, he could tell from Su Chen's lack of attention to him that Su Chen did not intend on speaking up for him.
A few vicious, evil expressions were looking at him.
Qing He knew that his life was at stake. He yelled, "I can do things for you, I can tell you the He Clan's plan for the Hidden Dragon Battle!"
Su Chen shook his head. "I'm not interested."
Aaron lifted a blade and began to walk towards him.
"No, no!" Qing He yelled with fright. He saw Aaron lift the blade he was holding into the air, striking down towards him. In that instant, he suddenly had an epiphany and began to yell, "Your Second Uncle, I know your Second Uncle's plan!"
"Hm?" Su Chen grabbed onto Qing He's hair and pulled back. The blade light temporarily stopped in midair.
"Say that again!" Su Chen's tone became heavy.
Qing He yelled, "I know your Second Uncle's plan, I know how he is planning on dealing with you."
Su Chen grabbed Qing He by the throat and said, "What plan? Tell me. If it's useful to me, I can consider saving your life."
Qing He yelled, "Origin Energy Medicine and Black Anesthesia, he bought these two items a few days ago."
"Origin Energy Medicine? Black Anesthesia?" Su Chen's expression sank.
Origin Energy Medicine, as its name implied, was a medicine that contained large quantities of Origin Energy. After using it, one could directly absorb all the Origin Energy in it and increase one's cultivation base. However, it was extremely expensive. A bottle of regular Origin Energy Medicine costed five thousand Origin Energy stones. The amount of increase also depended on the user's cultivation base; the higher it was, the slower it would increase. In addition, it would take Qi Drawing Realm cultivators five hundred days to obtain so many Origin Energy stones if calculated at ten times their normal production rate. In addition, the amount of time that the Origin Energy Medicine could save wasn't even a fourth of that. Thus, from a return-on-investment perspective, it was not worth it at all. Thus, unless it was a large sect that had nothing better to spend their money on, no one was willing to buy this kind of medicine. For Su Keji to buy such a pill for his son was throwing caution to the wind.
The Black Anesthesia was a kind of poisonous anesthetic. After it was ingested, one's strength wouldn't decrease, but one's wits and reaction time would greatly decrease, and they would act just like a slow-witted person. The greatest benefit of this medicine was that it only decreased one's reaction time, and it was impossible to tell outwardly that the person it was used on had been poisoned. In addition, as long as one didn't make any movements, it wouldn't activate, so even people decently proficient with poison wouldn't know that they had been poisoned. Its ability to stay hidden was extremely strong. However, because it was still a kind of poison, some adverse effects would remain even after the medicine lost its main effect. The person it was used on would experience a decrease in overall physical function.
If Qing He wasn't lying, it was obvious who this Black Anesthesia was bought for.
Su Chen didn't release his grip. He asked, "How do you know this?"
Qing He hurriedly said, "He sent people to the Wind Palace to buy medicine. However, he didn't know that the Liu Clan in charge of the Wind Palace had allied itself with the He Clan a long time ago."
"The Liu Clan?" Su Chen was taken aback.
The Liu Clan was a great clan of the Flying Immortal Palace. While it was weaker than the Gu Clan of Longxi, it was still an influential aristocratic family. Who could have known that the He Clan had actually allied with them?
Was this the He Clan's hidden trump card? Or was it that the Lin Clan's movements were detected by all the other clans, so they had also begun to make their own movements?
Su Keji wanted to buy medicine, but he just so happened to run into the Liu Clan. It was not strange for Qing He to hear about it.
"Then why did you appear here?" Su Chen asked.
Qing He replied, "The Shadow Mountain Troops were originally a dog that the Liu Clan had raised. Otherwise, with its strength, how could it last so long near the Flying Immortal Pavilion? Li Mingtang did things for the Liu Clan, so the Liu Clan secretly took him under their wing. I was sent here by the He Clan to maintain contact with the Liu Clan. To fool people, I was escorted by the Shadow Mountain Troops every time. A few days ago, when the Su Clan's Second Elder sent people to buy the Origin Energy Medicine and the Black Anesthesia, the He Clan hoped that the Liu Clan could tamper with the Origin Energy Medicine and ruin Su Qian. However, the Liu Clan reckoned that if things didn't go smoothly, their reputation would be damaged, so they refused. I was just returning to give them this refusal letter, and because the sky was dark I was planning on staying here for the night before leaving tomorrow. If you don't believe me, look, the letter is still in my waist pouch!"
Su Chen nodded his head. Iron Cliff pulled out a letter from Qing He's waist.
Iron Cliff couldn't read, so Su Chen said, "Sorry, Baron, I'll have to bother you to help me out here."
Baron received the letter and glanced at it. He nodded and said, "He was telling the truth. This truly is the Liu Clan's letter of refusal."
"Hoo!" Su Chen exhaled sharply.
Su Keji had indeed begun to make a move.
This time, not only did he want to raise the strength of his son, but he also wanted to use poison to deal with Su Chen.
He really was quite vicious.
After all, having experienced so many years of failure, he had probably lost his patience.
This last competition before the Hidden Dragon battle had already lost its meaning. Instead, what had replaced it was revenge!
This was not a competition; this was revenge!
Su Chen could understand this kind of attitude.
"Young Master Su, I have already told you everything that I know. Can you let me go now?" Qing He cried.
"One last question. Who was the person from the Su Clan who was responsible for buying medicine, and when do they leave?"
"The person buying the medicine is Su Qian's attendant Zhang Song. The Liu Clan will prepare the medicines by tomorrow morning and deliver them to him," Qing He replied.
Su Chen nodded his head. "I'll give you one opportunity. After you leave the mountain, head south and go live somewhere else far, far away from here. From now on, never bring up what happened here. However, if you can't do it, then you will die."
Qing He kowtowed like he was beating garlic. "I'll leave now, I won't ever return, and I won't tell anyone! I won't tell anyone!!"
Su Chen waved his hand. "Go."
Qing He crawled to his feet and ran. The others only watched him go, coldly laughing.
Upon seeing Qing He run out of the room and exit the mountain gate, Aaron suddenly said, "I say, you're not really planning on letting that brat go, are you? Baron."
Baron looked at Su Chen. "I trust that the Su Clan's Fourth Young Master knows what he's doing."
Su Chen slowly said, "Night Demon, I'll need to trouble you to make a trip."
"Do you want me to kill him?"
"No. I just want to ask you to see which way he goes after leaving the mountain. If he heads south, let him go. However, if he heads towards the Flying Immortal Palace or Northface City... kill him."
Aaron coldly laughed, "This would have been unnecessary."
Su Chen indifferently replied, "I have my bottom line."
Night Demon looked at Baron.
Baron nodded his head and gently laughed, "Having a bottom line is better than not having a bottom line at all."
Night Demon understood and turned around to leave.
Not long afterwards, she returned.
She held Qing He's head in her hand.
"He betrayed your trust," Night Demon said.
Su Chen replied, "He didn't betray me. He only betrayed himself."
1. He Sinian was briefly mentioned in Chapter 1. Qing He and He Sinian are unrelated by blood the Chinese characters for the two are different, and they have different surnames (He vs. Qing).
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Chapter 77: Returns
As they spoke, the sky began to brighten.
After two bitter and bloody fights, the long evening had finally passed.
Upon seeing the white sky, Baron said, "Okay, since the matter is already resolved, we should return."
Baron and the others were not from Northface City. Su Chen had only recruited them temporarily. Now that the mission was over, they would return to their own places of living, so they all said their goodbyes to Su Chen.
As he watched everyone leave, Su Chen thought for a minute, then suddenly said, "Can I borrow Night Demon for a moment to help me do something?""
"What else do you want?" Night Demon asked.
"This morning, my Second Uncle will be sending someone to buy medicine. I want you to help me..."
Night Demon laughed when she heard this. "You want the Origin Energy Medicine? Why make things so complicated, I'll just seize it for you."
"No, I just want you to help me switch out the two medicines."
Night Demon's eyes lit up. "You brat, you're quite interesting. In this case, won't the Black Anesthesia be given to his son to drink instead?"
"That's right. But perhaps it would be better to leave behind a letter, informing him that this is a new style of medicine and requires a few days to activate. This will achieve the greatest result," Su Chen laughed.
Everyone instantly understood and began to darkly laugh together.
Night Demon said, "You really are quite bad. No problem, I'll take care of it."
"I also would like you to help me delay the person responsible for delivering the goods. Try to make it so that he only returns to Northface City by tomorrow noon..." Su Chen painstakingly listed out another pile of requests.
"These won't be too difficult, just a little annoying to do. Hey, today is already the second day."
"I'll pay an employment fee, twenty times the reference value."
Night Demon smiled wide. "That's more like it."
To the side, Baron also nodded, saying, "It seems like a good show is about to occur in the Su Clan."
Su Chen replied, "Baron must find our clan's internal conflicts quite silly."
Baron, however, replied sincerely, "Internal conflicts are always present and are quite normal. How could I find them silly? Su Chen, I think highly of you. Even though you are blind, your heart is bright, and there are many people who are unable to compare with you. I will be waiting to hear about the conclusion of your battle with your Second Uncle. I trust that it will be entertaining."
"Thank you, Baron." He turned his head around and said to Night Demon, "Then let's go together. I'll describe Zhang Song's appearance to you as we go."
"You're not going back to Northface City?" Night Demon asked.
"I'll follow you first to the Flying Immortal Palace. I'm still a little uneasy about successfully taking care of this matter."
Night Demon rolled her eyes at him, as if she was unhappy that he didn't trust her. However, in the end she still agreed.
Once everyone had gone their own ways, only Night Demon, Su Chen and Iron Cliff walked towards the Flying Immortal Palace.
As they walked, Su Chen asked Night Demon, "That's right, I noticed that during your operation everyone else used codenames, not their real names, but Baron seemed to use his real name. Why was this? Could it be that he wasn't worried about revealing his true identity?"
Night Demon said, "That is because strictly speaking Baron does not actually belong to the organization. His relationship with the organization has always been that of a business relationship, and his understanding of the organization is also limited. However, this doesn't prevent him from taking care of business for the organization."
"So that's the case. Then the others are also the same?"
"What? You want to discover all of the organization's secrets?" Night Demon watched him, slanting her eyes.
Having interacted so many times, in addition to fighting together last night, Night Demon and Su Chen's relationship had become more familiar as well. When they talked, they were also much more at ease.
Su Chen replied, "If it's inconvenient then whatever, I was just curious. In addition, I don't have much interest in knowing the organization's secrets. I just want to understand the people around me; for example, Aaron was always picking fights with me, and I wanted to know what kind of person he was. Oh, that's right, Li's illusion techniques appear extremely powerful. I wonder what else he can do. I just entered the Qi Drawing Realm, which is the perfect time to choose a future path. I wonder if I can end up as an illusion master like him..."
Su Chen's face revealed a longing expression
"So that's the reason for your curiousity." Night Demon tilted her head and thought for a moment before replying, "If this is all you want to know,, there's no reason why I can't tell you. Aaron cultivates the Negation Blade, which is an extremely difficult Origin Skill to learn but it possesses extreme strength as well. However, he experienced a setback in the past when cultivating resulting in his heart being damaged, making him extremely irascible. Thus, he appears to be easily angered, but he isn't intentionally targeting you. Copper Deer is an expert in controlling vegetation..."
They talked as they walked.
They talked the entire trip. Once they arrived inside the city, Su Chen said, "I'll leave the matter of Zhang Song with you. In any case, I'm blind and I can't see, so I won't be much help if I stay here. I'll be taking my leave now."
"Hm? Didn't you want to make sure that I took care of the matter before leaving?" Night Demon said with surprise.
However, Su Chen had already taken Iron Cliff and left.
Night Demon was puzzled. "That's really strange. Because he was worried about the outcome, he followed me all the way here from the Shadow Mountain. Now that I am about to begin, he says that he wouldn't be of any help and leaves. Isn't that quite unnecessary? Why make so much trouble yourself, just return to Northface city directly," she mumbled to herself as she saw Su Chen disappear amongst the crowd of people.
Suddenly, a thought surfaced in her heart: 'Could this brat be interested in me, and purposefully found an excuse to come with me?'
Could it be that he has been charmed by my looks and intelligence after just a few days?
However, when she thought about it, he was blind and shouldn't be able to see her, so her looks didn't matter much. As for intelligence... it seemed like the one who had called her stupid earlier had been him as well.
Then why had he insisted on traveling with her?
She thought for a long time yet was unable to come to an answer. "Hmph, who cares anyways. If you want to leave, then leave, I couldn't care less."
She went off to complete her tasks on her own.
Having left Night Demon, Su Chen headed towards the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
Su Chen had only spent fifty thousand low-grade Origin Stones of his new found wealth. Last time, he had only bought the Melted Golden Armor, and he still had more than four hundred thousand Origin Stones.
However, this time he spent quite a large sum of money.
After half an hour, Su Chen left the Thousand Treasures Pavilion, and 425,000 stones had become 150,000.
He took Iron Cliff with him and once again headed to the Shadow Mountain.
At this point, no one had discovered the massacre that had occurred at the Shadow Mountain Camp yet, and everything was as it was last night.
Corpses were scattered everywhere in the camp, and fresh blood was all over the floor. The eyes of the dead bandits were opened wide in fear.
Su Chen ignored them and once again came to the hidden room in the back mountain. He circled around the secret room, occasionally knocking on the walls and listening for movement. Iron Cliff didn't understand what he was doing, but one of his strong points was that he wouldn't carelessly talk if he didn't understand. He just continued in silence.
An instant later, Su Chen shook his head disappointedly, pulling out a silver disk. That disk was covered in Origin talisman inscriptions. Just by looking at it one could clearly tell that it was not a common item. This was one of the precious items that Su Chen had bought from the Thousand Treasures Pavilion.
He placed the disk under the ground and covered it with earth. A shapeless ripple began to emerge in the air.
Su Chen then brought Iron Cliff and left the secret chamber, finding a quiet, dark corner to hole up and wait.
Time slowly passed by like that.
From dawn until dusk.
An entire day had gone by, yet Su Chen was like a rock. He didn't seem impatient in the slightest.
When he had been blind, he had also sat like this for long periods of time.
During that time, apart from sitting, he wasn't able to do anything else until his spirit had been revived.
Su Chen, who had experienced years of suffering, possessed a patience that was extremely uncommon for young people his age.
The night began to deepen.
The moonlit sky was like water.
In the blink of an eye, it was already midnight.
Although the Shadow Mountain campground remained dead silent. Apart from the corpses that littered the ground, nothing else was present.
Just at that moment.
"Crack!"
A very soft noise.
That was the sound of a tree branch being broken.
Iron Cliff, who had been merrily sleeping, suddenly opened his eyes wide. However, his mouth was covered by a hand.
He saw Su Chen's finger placed on his lips as he gestured at Iron Cliff to remain silent.
Iron Cliff understood.
The footsteps slowly drew closer and closer.
As those footsteps drew near, a black shadowy figure appeared in front of the two of them.
That person directly arrived in front of the fake boulder. He looked around first, and upon determining that there was no issue, he entered the secret chamber.
After entering the secret chamber, he directly headed for the southeast wall, then began to hit the wall. Suddenly, the room began to rumble, and the secret chamber's wall began to automatically open, revealing another darker, secret chamber.
Indeed, it was so!
Behind this secret chamber was actually just another secret chamber.
Even though he had been prepared in his heart, upon seeing the secret door open, Iron Cliff still couldn't help but let out a surprised breath.
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Chapter 78: Penetrate
Although Iron Cliff's breath was not loud, it sounded like thunder in the black-clothed person's ears.
His entire body trembled, as he suddenly turned around and yelled, "Who is it? Show yourself!"
His voice contained a trace of panic that he could not suppress.
When Su Chen saw this, he decided to stop hiding and walked out from the shadows.
When that person saw him, he was clearly shocked. "It's you?"
"Is it so surprising to see me here?" Su Chen asked, his tone carrying a faint trace of mocking. "Mister Li."
The black-clothed person in front of him was the Illusion Master Li that had been part of the seven-man black-clothed platoon from earlier.
At this moment, Li's expression was incredibly ugly. His eyes slowly squinted. "Interesting. Brat, why didn't you return to Northface City, instead coming here?"
"Naturally, it was to wait for you. To wait for you to return and open the real secret chamber," Su Chen laughed.
Li's expression became ugly. "How did you know?"
"It's really not that strange," Su Chen replied. "I knew as soon as we discovered this place that what we found could not be Li Mingtang's entire wealth. He was in the Yang Opening Realm! If he wanted to, he could infuse hundreds of low-grade Origin Stones every day. As someone who plundered others for a living, would you believe that he had only stored up twenty thousand pieces?"
"But hadn't we searched the entire treasury, and didn't we interrogate everyone? And we still were unable to find anything in the end."
"You were the one that performed the interrogation!" Su Chen replied. "In fact, Li Mingtang's wife had revealed the true location of the treasury a long time ago. However, you purposefully concealed that from us and then killed her to silence her."
Li coldly harrumphed, "But you also saw it that I had interrogated her in front of everyone. How could I conceal it?"
"That's true, assuming that what was saw was indeed even there in the first place," Su Chen replied.
Li couldn't keep his expression together.
Su Chen sighed. "I must admit that you are very brave, and I also must admit that Illusion Masters truly are extraordinary. To trick every single one of us soundlessly so that we weren't even aware... Madame Li's crying out that she didn't know must have been created by your illusion techniques, right? You pulled all of us into your illusion technique and created a fake scene. In reality, you had learned from Madame Li the true location of the secret treasury and how to open the room a long time ago. You truly do have quite a bit of guts, even daring to trick Baron and succeeding."
Yesterday, when Li had interrogated Madame Li, it had all been an illusion that he had created. This guy actually was able to ask about the location of the treasure in front of everyone, yet prevent them from knowing the truth.
Indeed, his courage encompassed the heavens!
At this moment, Li laughed darkly, "Illusion techniques were made for tricking people in the first place. It is like throwing everyone into a dreamscape; as long as you don't shock the people dreaming awake, even cultivators in a higher realm can be tricked as long as the dreamscape exists. However, I never expected that despite tricking Baron, I was still unable to trick you."
"No, you did trick me," Su Chen replied. "Your illusions are invulnerable, and I hadn't seen through them at the time."
"Then how did you discover it in the end?"
"It was Qing He who reminded me," Su Chen replied.
"Qing He?" Li was shocked.
He didn't understand how this matter had anything to do with Qing He.
Su Chen replied, "Qing He was a servant of the He Clan, and the He Clan and the Su Clan have always been at odds with each other. Him and I were not friends either. However, the moment that he saw me, he instantly rushed over to me, pleading for me to save him. In order to do this, he voluntarily told me everything that he knew; I didn't need to ask him anything. He wanted to survive so badly that he was like a drowning person. Regardless of what was floating on the lake's surface, he wanted to grab it, hoping for a small chance to save his life. On the other hand, what about Madame Li? Apart from kowtowing and begging for us to spare her, she didn't do anything else..."
Speaking to here, Su Chen laughed. "Do you not feel that Madame Li's behavior was simply too mechanical compared to Qing He? She was Li Mingtang's woman, so she must have known a few secrets about him – for example, the relationship between the Liu Clan and the Shadow Mountain Troops or some other things that we shouldn't have known. But she didn't say any of those things, and she didn't even try to. All she did was repeatedly kowtow and beg for mercy, and even the rhythm of her kowtowing had been steady and mechanical."
Li was dazed.
Su Chen smiled slightly. "Truthfully, your illusion techniques were very realistic, and the scenery you created was very accurate, tricking everyone. Unfortunately, you aren't very good at telling stories. Although outwardly your painting was very beautiful, it lacked substantial content, which is why you failed. An excellent, successful scam not only requires a good performance, but also exceptional content and depth."
Li let out a sigh. "So that's why. What you said makes sense. I never expected that so many people with sight weren't able to catch this mistake, but you, a blind person, was actually able to discover it. However, isn't it still a little too far-fetched to suspect me solely based on this?"
"What if I add on this?" Su Chen pulled out a trunk from his ring.
The trunk rolled down the stairs in the secret passageway and automatically opened on its own. A large pile of gold, silver, and precious stones rolled out from it.
"This is..." Li was shocked into silence for a moment before continuing, "This is what you discovered in the Golden Name Workshop?"
"I found it in a nearby room," Su Chen said. "This trunk contains valuables worth thirty thousand Origin Stones. If a person can keep thirty thousand Origin Stones worth of valuables in a branch storage place, then how could there only be twenty thousand of such valuables in his headquarters? When considering the fact that interrogating a woman was enough to make you so tired that you felt exhausted... all these pieces together indicated that you were the one causing trouble."
"So that's how it is," Li said, understanding dawning upon his face. "But I don't understand how you were able to bring the trunk out with you? Baron inspected your ring before this."
"It was not in the ring when he inspected it," Su Chen replied.
Li first appeared confused. After looking at Iron Cliff behind him, and recalling the scene of the two of them rushing out from the ruins, he remembered that Iron Cliff was wearing a suit of armor at the time.
He finally saw the truth. "You placed the treasure in the trunk meant for the Melted Golden Armor. Because of our thought process, we only noticed your storage ring, but didn't realize that the large trunk had become empty once Iron Cliff donned the Melted Golden Armor. Then, you purposefully allowed us to enter the ruins and search again, taking advantage of the opportunity to transfer all of the treasure in the trunk into your storage ring. Because we had already inspected your ring once, it was impossible for us to check it a second time. Once we returned, you allowed Iron Cliff to take off the armor in front of us, placing it in the trunk. Thus, you were even able to alleviate any suspicions about the trunk."
Su Chen shrugged. "This was my own illusion, which is opposite to yours. Although it doesn't have much dazzling skill, it has an acceptable amount of content. I hope you like it."
Li couldn't help but begin to laugh loudly, "Since you took care of the matters in the Golden Name Workshop on your own, I should be able to infer that you didn't tell anyone else about this in order to swallow up all the treasure on your own, right? And you're the only person here, delusionally thinking that you'll be able to seize the treasure from me?"
"If I say that it is true, you'll feel much more at ease, won't you?" Su Chen laughed. "Then I'll tell you: that's right!"
Li let out a sigh. "If that's the case, then I feel more relieved."
He looked at Su Chen and said, "So now everything is simple. As long as I take care of my opponent, there shouldn't be any more problems?"
"That's right," Su Chen replied politely.
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Chapter 79: Battling Blood Boiling (1)
The atmosphere suddenly quieted down.
Neither Su Chen nor Li talked. They only gazed at each other, a thick desire for to do battle reflected in their eyes.
After quite some time, Li laughed with a dry throat, "Since that's the case, I have no choice. Although killing you might cause the organization's plans to fail, I don't have many more possible choices. Thankfully, the Spirit Burying Terrace will activate in half a year. As long as we contain the news of your death and spread rumors that you entered the Scarlet Mountain Range again, perhaps we can delay everything until that point in time."
Su Chen replied, gently laughing, "Perhaps your organization won't even need to delay... If you die here, then there won't be any trouble at all."
Li was dazed. He said, "I am very surprised by your self-confidence. You're but a brat who has just entered Qi Drawing, so what gives you the confidence to dare to fight against a high-layer Blood Boiling cultivator? The difference between us isn't something that can be mitigated by a mere Iron Cliff. No matter what tricks you have up your sleeves, I will use the facts to show you what a stupid decision you've made."
As he spoke, he pulled out his Black Serpent Staff, pointing the black serpent's head at Su Chen and sneering, "Pay the price for your recklessness and ignorance."
As he spoke, the black serpent's mouth spit out a blackish-yellow fog.
This fog didn't actually exist. Rather, it was created using Origin Energy and was representative of the activation of an Origin Skill. This skill was called the Black-Yellow Plague. It had two main effects. One was the Black Plague, which was similar to a real epidemic. It could cause massive internal bleeding in one's intestines, causing a slow, painful death. The other effect was the Yellow Plague, which weakened one's physical body, and it would reduce one's ability to defend against soul-type and a few other special kinds of attacks.
To Li, the Black-Yellow Plague Origin Skill was not just a skill that could harm others, but was more importantly the Origin Skill that allowed him to display his full strength. Thus, every time he battled, this Origin Skill was the first to be activated.
The pale yellow fog began to dissipate through the entire secret chamber, and Li's laugh began to echo like a demon's in the open space.
Su Chen only slightly smiled. "Black-Yellow Plague? I know of this technique, but it's ineffective against me."
As he spoke, an azure fog also suddenly began to appear in the chamber. This azure fog flowed throughout the secret chamber. When it touched Li's Black-Yellow fog, his fog melted and disappeared like snowflakes.
Li was shocked in his heart. "How is this possible?"
"It's not that impossible, Li. Since I knew I would be fighting you, how could I not first understand your techniques ," Su Chen replied. While he and Night Demon had been traveling down the mountain, Su Chen had taken the opportunity to investigate everything about Li. "Since you've made a move already, it's my turn next."
As he spoke, he raised his hand, and numerous air tentacles appeared in the air and moved towards Li in an attempt to bind him.
While he was talking with Li, he had not been wasting time. As he spoke, he had been secretly creating large numbers of air tentacles. At this moment, he activated them simultaneously, and they began to wrap towards Li, whistling through the air.
Li couldn't help but be surprised. He hadn't expected that Su Chen would actually have such tactics. He let out a low whistle, and the Black Serpent Staff in his hand shook. A white wall of light appeared in front of him, blocking all of the air tentacles.
At the same time Iron Cliff charged forwards, the air whistling from his speed . He was wearing the Melted Golden Armor, and he charged like a Vicious Beast in human form, slamming into the white wall of light. Upon impact, the wall of light actually began to wobble, but he was unable to break through it.
Li laughed coldly and was about to say something when his expression suddenly changed. In an instant, his body dissolved into a plume of yellow sand which flew into the air.
As the sand diffused, a pair of large mandibles shot out from the ground, slashing by at a terrifying speed. However, it had only bitten the dust of the ground.
It was the metal-eating bug.
This explosive attack was not spontaneous; Su Chen had prepared it as an ambush long ago. Unfortunately, it had all been for naught as Li had sensed it beforehand, and had turned into sand to dodge it.
The cloud of dust reformed into Li in midair.
This attack had truly been very sudden. Although it had not injured him in any way, it had given him quite the scare.
"So you even had a bug that you raised, you tricky bastard!" A trace of purple flashed across Li's face. "However, just this alone is not enough! Root it for me!"
As he spoke, he pointed at the metal-eating bug. The metal-eating bug that was just about to charge under Iron Cliff's control suddenly came to a stop. No matter how Iron Cliff tried to coax it, it was of no use.
Su Chen knew that this was definitely the result Li's illusion technique.
His illusion techniques were best suited for creating deception and confusion. Using it to deal with a lifeform like the metal-eating bug whose intelligence was limited was easy. Thus, after only one exchange, the metal-eating bug's powerful combat prowess was defeated instantly.
Indeed, there was no technique that was invincible. Even a lifeform as powerful as the metal-eating bug couldn't even last a single exchange before Li.
Thankfully, his illusion techniques had not reached the point of reversing Heaven and Earth and confusing one's heart. Otherwise, he might be able to use the metal-eating bug to help him do battle.
In the next instant, Li laughed savagely, "Do you think that you are the only one with a pet? Black Serpent Staff, bite him to death for me!"
He tossed out the Black Serpent Staff into the air. The staff actually became a small black serpent which climbed over the wall of light and bit down towards Su Chen.
Su Chen waved the Moon-Swallowing Heavenly Wolf Blade in his hands and the Wolf Soul appeared, biting down onto the black snake.
At this point, the outcome depended on the discrepancies between the two Origin Tools. Although Su Chen's Heavenly Wolf Blade was pretty good, it was much weaker than the Black Serpent Staff, which was a grade eight Origin Tool. The black serpent coiled around the Wolf Soul completely. It instantly contracted, and the Wolf Soul couldn't endure it. It very quickly exploded into tiny bits.
The Wolf Soul wasn't a physical form, and so it could reform after fragmenting. However, the Wolf Soul's vitality would be greatly reduced from before. When faced with the black serpent, it could only succumb to the fate of being fragmented again and again.
If it was fragmented too many times, the Wolf Soul would eventually dissipate permanently, unable to recover.
Su Chen knew that the situation was not good. His left hand opened, and an Origin Energy Talisman appeared in his hand.
The Origin Energy Talisman instantly ignited, and with a 'boom' a large fireball flew towards the black snake. Its strength was not weak, and it actually sent the black serpent flying.
At the same time, a blade appeared in Iron Cliff's hand.
The Black Streak Battle Blade!
Su Chen had given the blade that sapped the most physical strength to Iron Cliff to use. Only someone like him with such vigorous life energy could really display the full potential of the Black Streak Battle Blade.
"Ha!" As he sharply exhaled, the Black Streak Battle Blade chopped onto the wall of light, causing it to finally collapse.
The numerous tentacles charged forwards, and the blood-colored blade light chopped towards Li.
Finally, Li was no longer able to dodge. Just as the blade strike and the tentacles were about to reach him, Li's body became enveloped in a dazzling light. An Origin Energy barrier actually blocked both the blade and the tentacles
Most Origin Qi Scholars would usually learn one or two barrier-type Origin Skills. This was an absolutely necessary tactic to protect oneself.
Evidently, Li's Origin Energy barrier was not weak. It could directly reflect both the Black Streak Battle Blade and the air tentacles.
At the same time, Li stared at both Iron Cliff and Su Chen. In the next instant, Iron Cliff appeared to have seen something extremely frightening, as he yelled loudly and quickly retreated.
This person's illusion techniques were truly extremely strong. Every time he made a move, his target would definitely lose their ability to move.
However, his illusion techniques evidently were useless on Su Chen. When Li's illusion techniques were used on Su Chen, Su Chen suddenly activated a bead which began to glow. It actually forcefully blocked Li's soul illusion technique.
"Clarity Bead!" Li gritted his teeth and said.
The Clarity Bead could block soul illusion techniques. However, it was extremely expensive, and it could only be used a limited number of times. This guy was indeed willing to spend money if he had it. He was even willing to buy the Clarity Bead to deal with him.
Having blocked the illusion technique, Su Chen struck out towards Li with his blade.
"You want to kill me with just this amount of preparation? Dream on!"
As Li howled, the protective barrier on his body suddenly exploded, releasing large waves of Origin Energy. All of the air tentacles instantly exploded into pieces.
Li walked over with large strides. "I must admit that you truly do have a few methods, but they will only take you here. Receive the suffering of eternal darkness!"
A pitch-black darkness began to spread in the room, making it impossible for people to see things.
Immediately afterwards, a strange whistle began to sound out in the cavern. A cacophony of sound appeared to be coming from everywhere at once. In the midst of this cacophony, it sounded like something was chomping repeatedly,
Pu!
Something latched onto Su Chen's leg.
What was shocking was that Su Chen didn't feel any pain at all.
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Chapter 80: Battling Blood Boiling (2)
As an Illusion Master, Li's style of battle was not explosive.
Overly explosive moves would shock the opponent awake from any illusions he created.
Because of this, Li's attack-oriented Origin Skills emphasized covertness. Even if an attack landed on the target, they were prevented from sensing it and would not be able to awake from the illusion.
However, methods that were particularly strong would bring the opponent lots of pain.
That was why Li had selected a crucial Origin Skill – Pain Impairment.
This was an Origin Skill which could be applied to both enemies and oneself. The person afflicted would temporarily experience a dramatic increase in pain tolerance. As such, normal wounds often would not result in too much feeling.
With the Pain Impairment, a few of Li's tactics could be finally used, such as the Ghostrat Bite.
The Ghostrat Bite was an extremely poisonous Origin Skill. It could create hundreds of Ghostrats in a short moment that would bite the opponent, infusing Origin Energy poison into the opponent's body and which created sustained injuries.
This Origin Skill's strength and focus was not the rats themselves, but the poison. As a result the bodies of the rats were extremely weak, and the pain they inflicted when biting was low. The Pain Impairment skill could eliminate all the pain that Li's opponents would feel.
Thus, Li often used Pain Impairment and Ghostrat Bite together. Not only this, but he had also added on a thick black fog.
Ghostrat Bite was an Origin Skill that required continuous control. If the opponent unleashed an all-out counterattack, the user could be injured as well. The black fog allowed one to hide in the darkness, making it difficult for the opponent to find them.
This was Li's Darkness Triple Attack. If he added on the equally poisonous Black-Yellow Plague and the Black Serpent Staff's constriction, it would be the Darkness Pentuple Attack. Li was an expert in this set of battle techniques, which allowed him to attack, retreat, or defend.
This set of battle techniques that he utilized had already taken the lives of many powerful individuals. Many of these individuals had cultivation bases that were higher than his.
Currently, Li was already giving Su Chen quite a bit of face by using it when Su Chen had a cultivation base much lower than his.
"Originally, we wanted to recruit you into the organization, but you just had to choose the path that leads to death. Unfortunately, we just might have to make a move earlier on the Spirit Burying Terrace." Li's voice floated around in the darkness.
"Hm? What are you trying to find in the Spirit Burying Terrace?" Su Chen asked.
A burst of light suddenly appeared on his body.
The Amethyst Battle Armor.
The barrier that suddenly appeared instantly caused the ghostrat to be bounced off.
Without a continuous infusion of poison, the low amounts of Origin Energy Poison could only create a small amount of harm before being automatically neutralized.
Li didn't reply. He only laughed, "So you did make some preparations?"
He was not surprised.
Since Su Chen had secretly prepared a tactic to break through his Black-Yellow Plague, he had definitely investigated Li before this. Thus, he wouldn't allow the ghostrats to just bite him like this despite feeling no pain.
However, the Amethyst Battle Armor...
Li darkly laughed, "I know this piece of armor's weakness."
As he spoke, the countless ghostrats hidden in the darkness pounced at Su Chen's chest.
Because the Amethyst Battle Armor's defensive barrier was damaged, it had no way of protecting the user's chest.
Since the opponent knew about the Ghostrat Bite's unique property, and attacking in the darkness would be useless, it was better to just forcefully charge at him!
Large numbers of Ghostrats surged forwards, opening their mouths wide to bite off chunks of Su Chen's flesh.
The corner of Su Chen's mouth quirked upwards in a slight smile, however. "The problem with that is... I know that you know this piece of armor's weakness."
This sentence was a tongue-twister. If one wanted to, one could repeat it many times.
However, in reality, it was just a moment of brilliance.
A bright light suddenly exploded out from Su Chen's chest.
The strong light broke through the darkness and disturbed the Origin Energy flow that permeated the air. It shone brightly on those ghostrats.
All of the ghostrats simultaneously let out piercing, shrill yells. Just like snow encountering strong sun, they all melted and disappeared without a trace.
Hundreds of ghostrats were instantly exterminated. Because it was a skill that required a continuous channeling of energy, the disruption of the Origin Skill also greatly injured Li.
"Ah!" The painful recoil from the Origin Skill forced Li to retreat. He grasped his head and yelled, "It's the Fierce Sun Talisman, it's the Fierce Sun Talisman! You bastard, you made your preparations a long time ago. You actually bought the Fierce Sun Talisman to deal with me!"
"My preparations are not limited to this alone!" Su Chen raised the blade.
The Moon-Swallowing Heavenly Wolf Blade ignored the constriction of the black serpent. A flash of blade light once again struck out towards a location in the darkness.
"AHH!"
Another tragic cry.
In the darkness, the blade light landed, and blood sprayed into the air.
Li clutched at his chest as he retreated.
Injured!
He had actually been injured!
He was a high-layer Blood Boiling Realm cultivator dealing with someone who had just entered the Qi Drawing Realm, but he had actually been injured by the motherfucker!
If it weren't for the fact that the Heavenly Wolf Blade was still being restricted, as well as the fact that the opponent clearly lacked any powerful blade attack Origin Skills, this blade could have cut him in half.
Even so, the immense pain forced Li to grit his teeth fiercely.
He pointed at himself, then activated Pain Impairment. Only then did Li feel that the intensity of the pain had decreased.
After hastily ingesting a vial of healing medicine, Li asked piercingly, "How did you know my position?"
"What a joke. Using black fog against a blind person, you really don't have a brain," Su Chen said scornfully.
He had been blind for three years. While he didn't dare boast about much else, his hearing had long exceeded that of a normal person. His ability to determine position based on wind had reached a high degree of skill, and pinpointing such a large person's position was not difficult.
Li had actually thought that the dark fog could conceal himself. If he wasn't looking for death, what else was he doing?
Upon hearing this reply, Li was also slightly dazed.
He wanted to say something, but Iron Cliff and the metal-eating bug had already charged over. Because he had been injured, his soul had no way of maintaining its focus and the illusion technique he had casted failed. A person and a bug thus regained consciousness.
"Get out of my way!" Li waved his hand, and two more illusion techniques shot out, once again rooting both Iron Cliff and the metal-eating bug.
However, his illusion techniques evidently could not be used an unlimited number of times. Yesterday evening, he had used two high-intensity illusion techniques repeatedly and had expended a significant amount of his souls' energy. Although he had recovered slightly after a day, his soul had still not recovered to its peak. Upon activating the technique multiple times in a row, he once again felt slightly dizzy from fatigue.
"I must end this quickly!" Li instantly realized.
Illusion Masters had never focused on ending battles quickly. Their unique battle style ensured that their combat prowess lacked explosiveness, and their victory took a long time.
But now, a class that was not good at explosive force was going to engage in a contest of brute strength. One could only say that his hand had been forced by Su Chen.
Once again, Li waved his hand, and Su Chen's eyes felt dizzy. The black fog disappeared, but four Li's had suddenly appeared in the place of one.
The four Li's attacked all at the same time with momentum. However, Su Chen was unable to determine which one was real.
This was Li's body-splitting illusion technique. He could use it to create three other replicas of himself.
In fact, this Origin Skill was only average, because illusions were only illusions and couldn't actually attack. The opponent would easily be able to sense the real one.
But since Su Chen was blind and depended on his hearing to interpret the situation, then illusions would have quite an effect.
At this moment, one true body and three illusions yelled out simultaneously, "Die for me!"
They all activated the Origin Skill with the strongest attack, Poisonous Wolf Claw!
This Origin Technique was only useful in close-quarters combat. Not only did the attack contain poison, but it also possessed a powerful attack in the first place.
At the same time, Su chen hurriedly retrieved an item from his waist.
This was a one-time-use scroll that recorded an extremely powerful Origin Skill.
Li was shocked. He knew that this kind of scroll was extremely powerful and was not easy to deal with. However, in that instant, he still believed that Su Chen would not be able to find his true body.
Just as Li charged towards Su Chen, Su Chen tore open the scroll.
Flashes of light suddenly appeared. Hundreds of Origin Energy Bullets surged forwards suddenly, viciously slamming towards Li.
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