Chapter 901: Price of Underestimating One’s Enemy
However, it was already too late. While the short old man was blithely raising his aura and taking down Mu Yun in one move, he had already given Xiao Chen too much time and opportunity.
The price that he paid was his life.
A cold light flickered, and a brilliant saber light like the blazing sun lit up the entire plaza; it was dazzling.
By the time all the cultivators in the plaza could see normally again and looked carefully, the saber light had already chopped the short old man in half. He died without an intact corpse, without even managing to say any last words.
When everyone looked at the black-cloaked cultivator sitting on a stone stool, everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. Where did this fellow come from? They had not noticed him at all. Weren’t the Five Poison Devil and the Medicine God Valley’s Mister Qin backing the short old man?
Unexpectedly, this person instantly killed this short old man. Even the Merfolk Race would not push things to such an extreme. But this black-cloaked cultivator actually did not show any mercy, killing the short old man without hesitation.
Qi Wuxue goggled in disbelief. He stammered in shock, “This fellow…this fellow really attacked. Unfortunately, he offended the Five Poison Devil and Mister Qin by killing their representative.”
Long Fei had guessed that Xiao Chen would make a move. However, he had not expected Xiao Chen to be so extreme, slaying with his first move. He treated a Superior Grade Martial Sage like some nobody, cutting him down as he pleased.
Yao Yan’s face lit up in joy. Indeed, as per their agreement, Xiao Chen had made a move. He did as he said, not leaving, truly helping them to the end.
The entire plaza fell silent. All the invited cultivators who possessed lightning-attributed flames had shocked and doubtful faces.
The two youths from the Penglai Sea also looked over, revealing somewhat curious expressions.
The Five Poison Devil and the silent Mister Qin could no longer sit idly and do nothing. The short old man had died in one move; this outcome completely suppressed their group.
Many of the ferocious Primal Chaos Domain loose cultivators withdrew their baleful auras. These loose cultivators always prioritized their lives first.
When these loose cultivators saw the danger, they naturally did not dare to mess around. Otherwise, they might end up like this short old man, dying without understanding how or why, suffering a great loss.
The Five Poison Devil stood up from his stone stool and looked at Xiao Chen. He demanded coldly, “Sir, what do you mean by this? We are just trying to get justice from the Merfolk Race. Why the need to make such a strong move?”
Xiao Chen’s expression was not visible under the hood. Only his cold voice came out. “What justice? This is the Merfolk Race’s matter. How are you qualified to say anything about this?”
“You…”
The Five Poison Devil could not help but feel stifled. He already humbled himself, but the other party showed complete disregard for him in front of everyone.
Everyone present sucked in an involuntary breath of cold air as well. This fellow was really arrogant. Unexpectedly, he dared to speak to the Five Poison Devil like that. Some grandmaster-level Martial Sages would be unwilling to casually offend the Five Poison Devil like this.
The middle-aged-looking Mister Qin squinted and discovered that this unfathomable person did not have a high cultivation. However, he was like a calm pool of water of unknown depth.
This person did not leak any aura, but he had a faintly discernible air about him, one that surpassed the indistinct demeanor that many grandmaster-level Martial Sages had.
Naturally, the Five Poison Devil noticed this as well. Otherwise, given his temper, he would not have bothered with speaking to Xiao Chen, directly killing him, instead.
The Five Poison Devil suppressed his anger and did not rush to make his move. He said in a deep voice, “It is not up to you whether I am qualified or not. On the other hand, how dare you, a sneaky fellow who does not even dare to show his face, stick your nose into this? You don’t even know who you are offending.”
Xiao Chen casually pushed back his hood, revealing his face. Discussions immediately resounded.
“The White Robed King Xiao Chen!”
“It is actually him! No wonder he dares to attack without any fear. I heard that the Martial God Palace will soon confer a Kingship on him.”
“The Azure Emperor was the one who set the seal on the Sea Monarch Palace in the past. Now that something happened to the seal, it is reasonable that Xiao Chen take a hand in this.”
“However, he is still very bold. Neither the Five Poison Devil nor Mister Qin is easy to deal with.”
The moment Xiao Chen revealed his face, people immediately recognized him. The news of Xiao Chen being conferred a King had spread far and wide. He was the brightest outstanding youth of recent times.
Xiao Chen had disappeared for two years. However, when he reappeared, he immediately shook the world. He undeniably already had the bearing of the Azure Emperor back then.
Xiao Chen looked at the clearly startled Five Poison Devil and said indifferently, “Five Poison Devil, you are very infamous in the Primal Chaos Domain. Even grandmaster-level Martial Sages are unwilling to fight with you. Let me see just how strong you are. Show me who exactly I offended.”
A bright moon rose and night fell.
Xiao Chen caught everyone by surprise, charging towards the Five Poison Devil first. A cold wind gathered and snow swirled. His figure flashed and arrived before the Five Poison Devil.
The Five Poison Devil did not see Xiao Chen’s figure at all. He only spotted a flash of saber light turning into a cold wind, assaulting him from within the snow. He moved very quickly and hurried to circulate the power of his Heavenly Sage Laws, stretching out his hand to block this saber light.
The gale became a whirlwind like a blizzard spreading out everywhere. As it blew, the snowflakes were like incredibly sharp sabers.
The people in the plaza quickly scattered, not wanting to get swept up in the fallout from the unexpected battle.
Pain, bone-piercing pain.
The Five Poison Devil, who was by the stone stools, relied on his deep cultivation and blocked Xiao Chen’s palm strike, not moving back a single step.
However, the energy from Xiao Chen’s palm was like a saber piercing through him. The Five Poison Devil clenched his teeth in pain as his arm trembled.
Was it a palm strike or a saber? This situation confused the Five Poison Devil.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Xiao Chen took a step back, then immediately charged over again. In an instant, he exchanged a hundred moves with the Five Poison Devil.
Snowflakes shattered, firing out strong beams of light—the glister of a bright saber light. Under the illumination of the shining moon, they looked very brilliant.
After a hundred moves, Xiao Chen’s right hand turned completely black. Poison spread out like crawling ants, trying to enter his bloodstream.
The Five Poison Devil no longer dared to clash head-on with Xiao Chen in fear of the pain. He had already left the stone stools, retreating a kilometer. When he saw Xiao Chen’s pitch-black hand, he smiled coldly and asked, “Does your arm feel like needles are piercing it, like many venomous bugs biting it? So what if you are the Azure Emperor’s descendant? So what if people call you the White Robed King?
“After you get struck by my Shadowless Poison, you are still at my mercy!”
The Five Poison Devil’s arm was in so much pain that it was numb. However, he still laughed loudly, appearing very pleased.
This Shadowless Poison was why grandmaster-level Martial Sages were not willing to fight the Five Poison Devil. It was formless and shadowless. No matter what, one would not be able to avoid it. As long as they clashed against him, he would inflict it on them.
Unless one could kill the Five Poison Devil in one move, even if one killed him, they would just end up dying together.
Xiao Chen looked at his pitch-black right hand and the ant-like black poison and entered deep thought.
As for the pain from his arm, he did not even react to it with a frown. Compared to when he was tempering his body and the Lightning Tribulation that he experienced, this bit of pain was nothing.
“Boom!” Suddenly, his right hand exploded, leaving half his arm horrifyingly mangled.
Xiao Chen acted as though nothing happened. He looked carefully at the black poison that came out when his skin and flesh split apart. When the black poison came into contact with the air, it immediately vanished into nothing.
However, in that fraction of a second, he still saw everything very clearly. The black poison actually consisted of tiny venomous bugs of the same color as the air, thousands of them.
The flesh and skin on Xiao Chen’s right arm started regrowing at an extremely rapid rate. Soon, his arm had recovered perfectly—smooth and fair, with no signs of any black poison.
“Peak Rank 3 Sage Body!”
On seeing this scene, the Five Poison Devil could not help but exclaim in surprise. Unexpectedly, Xiao Chen had attained a peak Rank 3 Sage Body. He used such a tyrannical method to wipe out all the Shadowless Poison.
With a thought, the purple Lightning Talisman turned into a flame and started burning on Xiao Chen’s arm.
With a casual wave, sizzling sounds came from the air. At that moment, Xiao Chen burned away many of the tiny venomous bugs that even his Spiritual Sense could not detect.
“It looks like the flames of the will can acquire these bugs.”
Now that Xiao Chen had a countermeasure, he no longer hesitated. Electric light flashed underfoot as he launched himself at the Five Poison Devil once again.
He used his body as a saber along with the snowflakes that filled the air. Countless saber lights flashed nonstop in the cold wind.
Every time Xiao Chen came in contact with the Five Poison Devil, no matter whether it was his shoulder or his palm, he covered the point of contact with his will flame. This way, he neutralized all of the Five Poison Devil’s Shadowless Poison.
“Damn it!”
The Five Poison Devil retreated continuously. In the end, no square of his skin remained intact. Anywhere that Xiao Chen touched, a saber-like energy sliced his skin up and cut into his flesh.
This saber was extremely sharp. The slightest movement would rip open a long wound.
On the surface, the Five Poison Devil looked like he was fighting with Xiao Chen on equal terms. However, his body was riddled with internal injuries. The intense pain was difficult to bear.
“Mister Qin, are you going to continue just watching?!”
After Xiao Chen knocked back the Five Poison Devil with another saber-like palm strike, the Five Poison Devil could no longer resist asking Mister Qin for help.
Mister Qin frowned. It did not appear to him that the Five Poison Devil had actually been pushed to such a point.
However, when he wanted to lend a hand, two figures in the air descended and blocked him.
Long Fei opened his folding fan and slowly released his death Qi. He said, “Mister Qin, as a senior, you aren’t going to do something that will humiliate yourself, right? In the first place, it is already wrong to bully someone younger. If you want to gang up on him, that is even worse.”
Qi Wuxue chuckled and said, “It’s hard to say. I can tell that Mister Qin’s stored-up killing Qi is about to burst out. He clearly wants to take part in bullying and ganging up on the young.”
You two dogs! Mister Qin cursed in his heart. These two fellows were blocking his way, and they kept working together to humiliate him.
However, these two were not people whom he could offend. One of them was the descendant of the White Bone Sovereign. The other was the Young Master of the Muddy Sky Gate. With the two of them working together, they would have no problem obstructing him.
When the Five Poison Devil saw Mister Qin being blocked, the thought of retreating sprang to mind. He spat out a long trail of black smoke to force Xiao Chen back as he said maliciously, “Xiao Chen, I will settle this with you sooner or later.”
However, right after the Five Poison Devil finished speaking, he suddenly discovered snowflakes emerging from the black smoke and gathering into a flower carrying the energy of the Winter Saber. Then, the flower landed gently on his chest.
Dealt a ruthless blow, the Five Poison Devil vomited a mouthful of blood and went flying back. A layer of frost rimed his hair, his eyebrows, and lips.
When the Five Poison Devil felt the horrible state of his body, he was startled. Losing his earlier arrogance, he turned around to flee.