As he finished giving me this strange warning, he flashed me a cold smile, then turned to look at Li Bian besid me and said :
Do you want us to start her, this cub of yours might not be able to hold himself steady, or do you wish to start taking out our moves elsewhere .
Uncle Li gave me a look that seemed to imply that I needed to stick with the plan he had already come up with, he will do his best to act as a divergence and I will be using this as a chance to escape .
Before I even comment on this plan of his, telling him to go all out and that I could very much take care of myself, he started to implement his plan .
Let's go elsewhere, for an example there .
Heng Wu didn't expect that the place Li Bian wanted to start taking actions in, was nowhere other than the center of the flocking Alchemy Sacred Hall guards, but he wasn't a person to get outwitted this easily .
He took action and charged at Uncle Li with the spear in his hand, forcing the latter to either risk getting injured by not changing his course or give up on trying to make these guys fell because of their fight .
The spear attack he used was engulfed with weird power, it made the air tremble beneath it and without even being the target of this attack, one would feel the dangerous and destructive aura it exuded .
Uncle Li, thankfully ended up choosing to give up on his current course, but he didn't change his course by much, he made use of the momentum he gathered by blocking the spear attack and was directly blasted towards the gates of the Alchemy Hall and he landed safely in the courtyard .
Heng Wu stared at me then back at him and said :
If not for the fact that I'm certain that you hadn't bed anyone, I would have really believed that this guy was your bastard .
Kid, he almost decided to through his life away for you just now, I feel like you are not one to forsake life debts, so you should let those whole lot how capable you are for him to be truly willing to save you here today .
Don't listen to him Tian Long, you don't have any debts or favours to repay, just hurry up and get out of here already .
Gu Xing :
Yes, get out of here and live in shame for the next days of your miserable life, I will never let you have peace in this life, I will kill every single person that have ever greeted you or treated you warmly, Archers, where is the damn archers, I heard that your Master was poisoned with the Dragon Slaying Poison, well it just so happen that we decided that he should be our first target, hahaha .
Hearing what Gu Xing suddenly started to say, both Li Bian and I released our killing intent, but unlike Li Bian, my killing intent was materializing thanks to my Soul Power, but if there was even the slightest bit of a chance that things could still be resolved peacefully before .
Now, the only thing that the two of us were thinking is how to turn this place over, my killing intent was many times weaker than Li Bian, but with the involvement of Soul Energy, it matched it in effectiveness and even surpassed it a little .
Among those Organ Quenching Realm experts and the Bone Forging ones, there were a few of them who already lost their wills to fight, but they still had to fight anyway, but how much of strength can they use, I guess that is yet to be seen .
Heng Wu was already cursing Gu Xing for being a bigmouth, he wanted to have a go with Li Bian, not a whole life-death struggle, he cursed him out loud and the latter didn't gave in, not in the slightest this time .
Instead he flashed a nasty and evil smile to all those that are present and the archers he called for appeared right behind him, he then said :
Use the Dragon Slaying Poison to kill him .
Butsaint, we don't have much of it in our possession .
Old Wang, old Shu .
Old Wang and old Shu looked quite perplexed by at what they were being called for and directly turned at the same time and looked bewildered at Gu Xing .
What do you think, I called you for, you two have access to the Treasury, hand the archers enough amount for 2, no, three shots would be perfect .
YoungSaint, you know how precious this resource is, using it here will be quite wasteful, especially since this is related to the last line of defense against enemies and so, we would... .
So you would be willing to humiliate me in front of everyone instead for the sake of this shabby hall of yours, what do you think will happen when I tell Master about this, tell me would the Hall Master like to hear about you doing this ? .
The two old guys thickened their skin and bear with these insults and swallowed them as if they were being forced to eat rocks, their faces were ugly and ashen, after he finished saying this, he asked both of them a question that left the two staring at each other and after thinking for a while they said in unison :
Young Saint, we were stupid before, I hope that you would forgive our insolence, here, this is all the Dragon Slaying Poison in-store .
Are you guys stupid, I told you to go distribute it on the archers and you still wanted me to touch such a dangerous item, are you hoping to kill me as well .
We don't dare×2 , we don't dare×2 , we will go and get it done, Young Saint×2 .
Each one of you take enough of the poison and smear it on 3 of your arrows, you each get three tries, those who miss to hit him at least once, will be directly kicked out, you hear me ? .
We here you loud and clear, Young Saint .
It seem that among you there are those who aren't still convinced, right, you are.... ? .
Reporting to Young Saint, this subordinate's name is Tai Yu, I would like to ask if we could possibly use less lethal poison in dealing with such a situation, using a poison that could kill even those at the Marrow Cleansing Realm, against a guy at Flesh Tempering stage seemed quite wasteful .
If both old Shu and that old Wang weren't scared for their life, they would have agreed with what this Archer said, but sadly for him, they were nothing but dutiful dogs at the moment, who can do nothing but sing songs of praise about Gu Xing .
The latter heard those words and quirked his eyebrows slightly then and just as everyone thought that he was going berserk, he surprised all of them by suddenly smiling instead, but even though he smiled, those who saw his smile couldn't help but shudder slightly since his smile at this moment could only be described as nothing but evil .
Oh, so you two think that I'm being too wasteful, well since that is the you don't need to use the poison, see how easygoing can I be when someone criticize me rationally .
Just as this Archer named Tai Yu felt that things were over and turned to take position, he didn't notice the hidden meaning behind Gu Xing's evil smile and the nod he gave to the two elders beside him .
After they got the signal from Gu Xing, the two of them appeared like ghosts behind Tai Yu and each gave out a palm strike aimed at the back of Tai Yu, the latter was directly sent flying out of the stage and with a quick maneuver in the air, he was able to land safely beside me .
What is the meaning of this, Saint ? .
Gu Xing just continued to smile coldly and just said to the archers around him while pointing at me and the guy called Tai Yu :
Tai Yu, since your heart bled for the enemy, might as well let you two accompany one another in death, focus your fire on that Tai Yu, those who will manage to have him get hit even once will be rewarded with 10 gold coins .
This isn't all, those who will manage to hit that Tian Long will get a 10 gold taels, equivalent to 100 golden coins and pill suitable for improving their Realm .
All hail the Pill Saint, all hail the Pill Saint .
Cheers of praise began to be sung about him, Tai Yu looked at this situation and called for his two friends, or it's better to call them his enemies now, even though Fatty Tu and Old Ka seem a little troubled by this development, but they still turned their heads away from him and joined those who were praising and cheering for Gu Xing .
Who looked quite hurt due to getting betrayed like that, but he wasn't given much time to think about anything but survival, the archers were already given the order to attack and was already started to aim at our position .
At the battlefield, the only voice that could still be heard echoing through the place was Li Bian's voice still trying to dissuade me not to listen to either of those two guys Heng Wu and Gu Xing taunting .
Telling me something like there no honor in dying a meaningless death and that if I were to survive today, I will have my chance of revenge in the future and that I should leave turning this place upside-down to him .
Li Bian, don't go so far, after dealing with him, it will be your turn, shoot .
" Hey, your name is Tai Yu, right ? .
Among all of those present on the battlefield, Tai Yu was the only person who looked soulless and seemed to fall into quite an intense daze, recalling that he tried to help us earlier, I decided that he was worthy of me lending him a hand and so I called him out at this critical time .
Oh, Ummm, yeah, that's indeed my name .
" Are you a good Archer ? .
His eyes regained some focus as he nodded his head solemnly, but after looking at the quiver of arrows behind him, his expression turned sore again as he said :
I won't be able to shoot all of them, I only have 4 arrows, enough to shoot 2 of them down, that's all I can do to help .
I nudged him in the shoulder and told him that's this was already plenty, but the most important thing for him to do now is to stand behind me and wait for the opportunity to strike back, he also can get out of here, if that's what he wanted to do .
The crowds had already retreated to a safe distance as to not get implicated by all the fighting here, so there was actually an open and clear passage for those who wanted to step out of this fight, I could easily escape this place unharmed .
But I just didn't want to do so, after what he said about the poison that had killed my Master being one of the products they sold at their Hall and the fact that he was aware of that poison being used against my Master and him disrespecting my Master like this, there was no way for me to let things rest today .
" Uncle Li, focus on your own battle, try not to get injured, Master will be quite angry at you, if you did, don't worry about me, I can quite take care of myself, in fact other than those at the Marrow Cleansing Realm, I can fight most of the people here and win, just watch me win .
Curses about my arrogance, cheers for my courage, those things were currently mixed together on the battlefield, then finally came the sounds of bowstrings being released and every person present hold their breath and waited to see what is going to happen .
Uncle Li shouted at me and was about to rush back, but Heng Wu will never give him that chance, the second the two clashed with their full strength, shockwaves of air were stirred on all directions, the wind become chaotic and even the earth beneath us seemed to be shuddering .
Arrows were fired and instantly a rain of arrows was upon us, all the people saw that I had no intention of evading and some already expected that I would be cut to shreds and closed their eyes .
But much to some other people disappointment, the scene they were anticipating didn't happen, instead the sharp arrowheads that was smeared with poison fell on the floor around me and I returned my sword back in its sheath .
Most of the people couldn't help but gasp at seeing this, to be able to cut the arrowheads with such precision when they are already fired, this was something most of them had never heard of, not to mention seeing it with their own eyes .
" Hold your breath .
I suddenly told the guy behind me to hold his breath, just I started to smell a familiar foul stench, this was the worst thing about this kind of poison, it didn't even need be smeared on anything to work, the second it land on the ground, or near its target, it will release the poison in the form of gas and the second enemies inhale it, it's a game over .
This poison didn't have anything to do with actual dragons, this poison was said to be lethal enough for Dragon Slaying due to the fact that it was a mix of 100 other lethal poison from both plants and beasts, the components will be then mixed together and left to nurture one of the most lethal poison in the region .
But it seem that I was worried for nothing, since that guy was already aware of how the poison worked, he had already seemed to put some special made mask on, he looked at me with wary eyes, I was already able to understand what he was thinking .
This guy was afraid that I would ask him to hand over the mask or even take it by force from him, I couldn't help but find his reaction amusing, after he had witnessed what I'm capable of, he understood that he would stand no chance, if he decided to fight me and this made him even more anxious .
But why would I need that lousy mask of his, when the Panel already had helped me nullifying the negative effects of inhaling that ruthless poison .
Cloud of green smoke covered us and I heard the shouts of Uncle Li following right behind Gu Xing's loud laughter and him saying :
How stupid can a person be, it was one thing to try and evade, but you even dared to let the poison come this close to you, you really are a hatful guy who deserved to die a thousand times over .
" Oh, just because of this lousy poison, you already thought that I'm dead, then I guess you would be very and utterly disappointed .
Withdrawing Wind-Chaser, I swung my swords in the air and even though the poison made the air quite heavy, I still manage to clear the green smoke clouds around us, seeing us standing there unscathed made his eyebrows rise up as he yelled with disbelief written all over his face :
How in the world did you manage to survive ? .
He wasn't the only one wondering about that, almost all the people present, friends and foes alike wanted to know what or how did I survive, but that was nothing that I could share with them .
The noise coming from the other side of the battlefield where two strongmen were currently fighting direly forced all the onlookers to wake up from their shock quickly, Gu Xing looked deeply at me and said :
So the rumors about you being a Spiritualist was indeed true ? .
Seeing that disgusted smile of his, I couldn't help but taunt him by saying :
" I don't know that you were this bright, to only figure this out now, after I had already severed your brother arms before using that same power and after people talked about this for days, you really opened my eyes today .
You, you....., what the hell are you standing there for, go and swarm him already .
His orders this time was fueled by his wrath and he surprisingly wasn't even directing them at the archers, but at the guards that were watching the scene from a bit far .
They looked at one another after hearing his orders to start attacking and looked at him and the archers who were reloading and one of them stepped forward and said :
Esteemed Saint, what about us getting caught in the fire, if we were to attack, we might get hit by the poison as well and then there will be no room for us to cry, I hope that you can understand our concerns .
All of you don't need to worry much about this, since I ordered all of you to go, of course this mean that I had planned everything for you to be able to safely attack and retreat, old Wang, old Shu, distribute those antidote pills to these guys
These are are pills from a lost formula, once you ate one, not only would you not get poisoned, but you will even since that your strength had been slightly enhanced .
Is there such a miraculous pill, why we had never heard about it ? .
Well, how would you heard about it, it was recently refined by me .
The guards faces lit up as each one received a pill, but I was aware that this guy might be doing something sinister again .