Even though all of them had just witnessed him throw off Tai Yu and even labeled him as a target, none of these guys even thought for a slight of second before accepting what he said to be the ultimate truth .
Just looking at his evil and cold expression, I can already determined that he didn't have an antidote for those who might be poisoned, so he was indeed lying to them .
" If I were you, I would have contemplated for a while on whether this pill actually solved the poison, before rushing in recklessly, since it might cost you your life after all .
Huh, what are you saying ?.
Yes, yes, you might be just talking nonsense and just trying to sow discord .
The Young Saint had developed this pill from an ancient recipe, so it must have wonderful effects, the likes of you can't even begin to comprehend them .
Yes, yes, I agree, this guy is so hatful that even dare to spout nonsense about alchemy, what could he possibly know .
Well, since you are doubting the saint skill this much, how about we all take the pill right here and now and teach that guy a lesson .
My try to persuade them against listening to every word he say ended up backfiring and not only that, but it made a few of them even more determined to try the pill effects .
Seeing each one of them swallowing a red mixed with green color pill that had some part of white and brown parts as well, I understood that he indeed did refine this pill, I was able to accurately judge it as low to medium quality pill, not a high grade one at all as he kept boasting .
For some reason, I felt a bit fishy smell escaping from that pill and almost couldn't help but block my nostrils and turned off my enhanced sense of smell .
These guys took the pills one by one and acted like my warnings to them were nothing but air, so I too forsaken the idea of saving them from what might befell them .
Even though taking such a pill with unknown side effects could be labeled as seeking death, these guys were already moving with nothing but the benefits they were going to claim once they are finished with me .
This was a strength reigning supreme kind of world, so when they were given a chance of improving their Realm and strength, these guys will surely take it, even if it meant losing something in the process, they didn't care, since their greed was clouding their judgment .
I couldn't help but turn True Eyes and see what exactly wrong was that pill, as they swallowed the pill in their hands, I saw that the pill wasn't actually digested the second it went inside their bodies .
It appear to have been digested, as their Blood Qi was suddenly on fully display and even their aura started to rise, but that was pretty normal for the cost they are currently unaware of being paid by them .
The pill inflated the second it landed in their stomach, then a new organ like gallbladder appeared, it seem to be a nail size at first, but even after 10 seconds passed by now since they took that pill, that thing didn't stop growing and their vitality kept being diminishing by the second .
Then the Green gallbladder finally stopped growing after it become the size of an apple, those guys were completely unaware of those changes and what might they entail, all they cared about was that the strength enhancing effect seem to be working .
Some even stepped forward from the rest of them to ridicule me and call me ignorant, looking behind me as if ignoring them, made them even more angry and they directly began dashing towards me with their new founded strength, already expecting me to be crushed instantly .
I pushed Tai Yu out of the attack range of both them and the archers, seeing the cracks that already appeared on the cheap safety helmet they gave those guys, then went and met them while Gu Xing was still trying to understand how on earth was I still okay, neither old Wang nor Old Shu had any idea of what was going on with me .
But they told Gu Xing that it might be related to an artifact or maybe a technique that I got from the Phoenix Burial, I also managed to discover an important piece of information regarding the reason behind the enmity that city lord had shown to me .
It wasn't actually because I had embarrassed his son or anything like that, his son might want to skin me alive that's was clear to me, but the city lord decided to come after me for a complete different reason, he wanted to get his hands on what I acquired down there .
He was coming at me for the thought of me having inherited something precious that was down there, in this world inheritance of somone who is strong, could indeed elevate that person strength and even position in the world and that what the City Lord was after .
Whether he desired to acquire that inheritance for himself or give it to his good for nothing son, these are nothing but fantasies on their part, I didn't inherit anything worth mentioning from there .
Even the projection that woman left me was a trap set for me, if I were to let them have it, it won't even be that bad, after all they might end up killing themselves without me having to raise a hand .
It was good to have the root cause of the situation be cleared, at least now I'm aware of why he was targeting Chu Ji Xi too, this city lord might end up coughing blood out of regret, if he did actually manage to try and extend his hand towards her .
But again those guys might have a few hidden cards that they could play, which could allow them to seal or even steal the inheritance, evil people have no boundaries on the methods they use to achieve their target, similar to what this evil guy in front of me was doing .
After I finished gathering my thoughts, a few of them had already arrived before me, some were brandishing their weapons and other were preparing to unleash their Martial Skills, seeing this I couldn't help but look at where the archers were and just as I turned my attention toward them, one of them clutched his chest and died .
An arrow had pierced through the bustling scenery, even though it was just a normal arrow, Tai Yu withdraw another arrow from the quiver and planned to engross himself in fighting with the Archers .
At least that what he made it look like, but his next shot took everyone by surprise as he pulled his bowstring in a weird manner, then released an arrow that was many times stronger and faster than the one from before .
Its target was also different this time, his attack was directly aimed at Gu Xing who was completely in the open now, just as the arrow was released, it shoot like a twirling bullet, it pierced through air and went directly for its target, unleashing a powerful echo across the scene .
But just as this powerful arrow was inches away from hitting its target, a leaf was suddenly shot from where Heng Wu was and intercepted it, the flying leaf was able to completely obliterate the arrow and forced everyone including me to look at Heng Wu .
I can't let you kill him in my watch, I owe his Master a favor, but you kid have good archery, I would suggest that if you managed to get out of her alive, you should join the imperial guards, I could write a recommendation letter for you even, to think that something as talented as you would be disposed of so easily, these guys truly have no eyes .
Heng Wu as normal mixed some insults with some praise, he was a very strange person, but the fact that still stood, was that attack failing and instantly Gu Xing was surrounded by human shields from all side, his expression sunk and his heart seemed to have been hit quite heavily, then he screamed and said :
Kill him, no, kill those bastards, no matter what .
Rain of arrows were unleashed towards he was, he managed to maneuver his way through evading all of them, but he was still hit in the toe, but the arrow they were using were normal ones, due to them also thinking that he wasn't worth the trouble that come with using the poison smeared ones .
That made the two old fools silently sigh in relief, but Gu Xing was fuming and cursed at them for being usless, while forgetting that he too was just as useless .
That arrow just now and the way it tore through the air while twirling and making full use of the air, it actually helped it accelerating even more and become quite the powerful shot, that power contained in that leaf was also something extraordinary, so I couldn't help but contemplate on the diversity of attacks here in this world .
You have time to be trapped in thoughts, then you must have accepted your death .
Kill him .
My line of thoughts was cut off by the swarming Martial Artists whose only target was currently me, but just as they about to clash with me, I urged the resentment energy in my sword to start appearing and the second it did, those guys become hesitant there for a second .
But like a moth drawn to the flame, they discarded the existence of the Resentment Energy and actually regarded it as petty tricks, another arrow was shot from Tai Yu and coincidentally it was at this exact time did these guys in the Organ Quenching Realm decided to barge in the curtains made of energy .
The arrow once again claimed the heart of one of the archers on Gu Xing's side, but people were now completely focused on another scene, the scene that happened after those guys tried to deal with my so-called pitiful tricks .
Scream of agony escaped the mouth of the first guy that came in contact with the others with him soon doing the exact same thing, the result was them perishing soon after, in the place where they had stepped in before, there was no sight of them anymore, only their ashes remaind .
The whole place fell silent, Gu Xing was filled with disbelief and he wasn't the only one like this, almost everyone in the battlefield was the same, all wondering about the exact same thing, what in the world had just happened .
Even the clash between Uncle Li and Heng Wu stopped the second that weird power that made the temperature in the place drop appeared and both of their eyes had shown solemn looks, Heng Wu looked at Uncle Li and said :
You have hidden one hell of an Ace card up your sleeves in that branch of yours, if he didn't fell before the competition, I can see him teaching those guys from the aristocratic families in the Capital City a lesson, but how exactly he is standing there unscathed, how exactly did you guide him ? .
But even if he were to ask, Li Bian just stood there staring at his nephew in Martial Arts and his eyes gleamed slightly, but he too was confused at how in the world was Tian Long seem to command such a strong and bizarre power .
As for Tian Long, he just stood there looking as cold as before and he pointed his sword towards Gu Xing and said :
" I hope you will wash your neck and wait for me, today I will make you eat that poison even if I made you lick it off the floor .
Gu Xing, I would suggest that you start licking already, this guy is incredibly dangerous now, y'know .
Heng Wu didn't miss a chance to make fun of the one responsible for all this miss and he hit him in where it truly hurt, his pride .
Kill him, what are you watching me here for, shoot him for me .
Rain of arrows descended on me again and it took merely a swing of the sword and all the arrows were once again cut in half, the Resentment Qi wasn't able to do much against things like arrows, but how sharp my two swords were, was enough to to deal with this without much of an issue .
Gu Xing cursed them for being usless, even though the poisonous clouds were already engulfing the area, but he seemed to think that only if the arrowhead pierced my skin, only then will I truly die of poison .
Their is only one more wave of attacks and then, they will no longer be able to launch any more poisonous arrows, seeing how frustrated the archers look, Tai Yu seemed to be not letting this chance go .
I heard the sound of the bowstring being pulled and released 3 times, 3 arrows were fired and only 1 managed to hit the target this time, due to the intervention of the two elders from the Alchemy Sacred Hall .
It wasn't out of compassion, but it was because those guys who were targeted by Tai Yu were currently acting as meat shields for the Young Saint of their .
Pulling what seemed to be a shield made of turtles shell, the arrow was unable to pierce through the shield and only one more person fell this time, costing Tai Yu most of arrows in his quiver .
Something that I didn't expect was the fact that the pill given by Gu Xing did indeed help those guys in withstanding the poison, but through a method that can only be labeled as extreme, the gallbladder like thing inside their stomach was still growing in size through absorbing the poison .
If they saw the weird wisps that currently engulfed their organs like spiderweb and connecting them to that gallbladder, they would most likely panic, but since they were still engrossed in the illusion of getting stronger, they didn't even care to check what was currently happening inside their body .
Gu Xing didn't seem to want them to even think of a plan to deal with me, he kept urging them to go ahead and attack, but how could they when they witnessed their comrades fell so easily before and meet a desperate end .
Gu Xing seeing this, he suddenly withdraw an item from his pouch and squeezed it, it was a piece of yellow paper with weird runes carved all over it and with a crazy look on his face he started to say :
I told you to attack, but you wouldn't, then you shouldn't blame me for forcing you to .
Arrrrgggghhh, what's is happening, why I feel my body is like being on fire .
It hurts, it damn hurts, what the hell is going on .
Saint, saint, stop, what are you doing .
Can anyone explain why I feel my heart being suddenly arrrrgggghhh, squeezed .
My body too, but I feel my kidney being the one squeezed .
Soon after the first person spoke, complaints sounded from all directions, all were groaning in pain and looking at Gu Xing for an explanation, the latter just snorted at them then said :
You still aren't willing to attack him, well then I might as well squeeze the life out of you myself, I'm certain that then I will be able to force you to attack .
Gu Xing suddenly squeezed the paper in his hand even tighter and through doing this, people who had eaten that pill from before started coughing blood in an instant and collapsed on the floor .
His cold eyes swept through them and once again urged them to attack, choosing between two bad choices, either die a painful death or throw their lives away by attacking me, in this situation, there was no choice they could make that could even remotely allowed them to survive .
Finding that my suspicions regarding that pill were correct all along, they managed to barely crouch down and all of them bowed down before me and said :
We are sorry for the insolence, we are sorry that things came down to this .
After they apologized they stood up while gritting their teeth and staring in Gu Xing direction, they said in unison :
We will do Master's bidding, asking the Master to show mercy .
Gu Xing frowned at them bowing to me while offering him this simple gesture, even though he held their life and death in the palm of his hand, but seeing that they have decided to obey him at last, he stopped squeezing the paper in his hand .
Sighs of relief start sounding from these guys and Gu Xing once again order them to go and kill me, after bowing down again in my direction, they once again attacked me, turning true eyes on and together with my enhanced senses, I saw that their might be a way to seal that damn thing in their bodies for now and solving it completely later should be of no problem .
Seeing that already forsaken life look in their eyes, I decided to offer them a hand for one last time, whether they ended up seeking death even after I helped them can only be their own doing and they would then deserve everything that might happen to them .
The only person who I deemed to be a must kill was Gu Xing, that guy was responsible for my Master death and even if he was just making fun of my master, his fate would still be death, nonetheless .
Once again the swarm of Martial Arts came dashing at me, but no one expected what would happen next .