Chapter 84 – Desperate Battle

Translator: Mr Voltaire

Editor: Master Shadow

“From the looks of it, the Qi family wants to destroy the Tie family this time!”

“Just what sort of enmity is there between them to make the Qi family do such a thing?”

“Rumours say that the Tie family obtained a treasure that the Qi family covets.”

“The Qi family invited a Poison Master and has already greatly reduced the Tie family’s strength. Now that they’re attacking again, it looks like the Tie family is going to perish,” some of the people nearby discussed. They knew about the previous battle that the Tie family had lost pitifully. As such, no one expected the Tie family to prevail.

“Old ghost Qi Mu, don’t be too arrogant. Today, even though you’ve come, you won’t be able to leave.” Just as the chatter erupted all around, a low and deep voice boomed out like thunder, suppressing all sounds of discussion.

“It’s the Tie family’s leader.”

“Wasn’t it said that he was poisoned? Why does he sound completely fine, and quite invigorated?” When this the sounded out, the people watching felt quite confused, and looked towards where it had come from. Within the Tie family’s courtyard, an elder was leading a group of people outward, not looking weak at all.

Of course, those who were the most shocked were the Qi family’s cultivators.

“Tie Zhen Lan? Isn’t he poisoned?” The Qi family’s two True Essence realm experts looked at each other, feeling incredibly confused.

“This fellow’s complexion looks fine, and his aura is no weaker than before. He looks completely fine!” The Qi family’s old patriarch stared ahead in shock. Tie Zhen Lan was leading the Tie family"s Second Patriarch and some other people walking out from within the Tie family’s residence.

Everyone had rosy complexions, and they did not look like they had been poisoned at all. Seeing this, the Qi family’s people were all stunned.

During the first battle, many of the Tie family’s people had been poisoned. However, to avoid Tie Zhen Lan and the others going berserk, the Qi family had retreated and preserved their forces. After all, even if they destroyed the Tie family, they would in turn be destroyed by other families if their overall strength took a big blow.

Logically, after a few days, they should have become so weak that they couldn’t even walk!

“Their poison seems to have been cured.” Poison Master Feng narrowed his eyes with shock written across his face.

“Master Feng, what’s going on?” Qi Mu’s asked Poison Master Feng as the corner of his eyes twitched.

“How is this possible?” Poison Master Feng looked completely flabbergasted.

“Haha, old ghost Qi Mu, not a single one of you will get away today,” Tie Zhen Lan declared as he and the others stood in front of the Tie family’s residence. His eyes burned like flames as he looked around, evidently feeling quite happy. “You never thought that this would happen, right? I’m still alive and well.”

“How did you cure my poison?” Poison Master Feng asked darkly.

“What’s so amazing about curing your poison?” Tie Zhen Lan shot back with his eyebrows raised.

“Qi Mu, you killed my family’s people, so we’ll take yours today!” Tie family"s Second Patriarch raised his sword as he coldly harrumphed. Following this, he swept out with his hand and led the Tie family’s cultivators to run at and outflank the Qi family’s people.

Looking at the people outflanking them, the Qi family’s cultivators felt at a loss for what to do. They had come to completely annihilate the Tie family, and yet these people were now counterattacking. Qi Mu and the other elders’ expressions all became quite serious.

With Poison Master Feng, the Qi family had four True Essence realm cultivators, while the Tie family had 5. Wanting to destroy the Tie family would evidently not be as easy, and what was most worrying was that they could even lose True Essence realm cultivators.

“Kill!” Tie Zhen Lan roared, “Don’t spare a single person from the Qi family!”

The Tie family always had two more True Essence realm cultivators than the Qi family, and with five of them altogether, their force was powerful. Led by the five True Essence realm experts, teams of cultivators went to outflank the Qi family’s cultivators.

“Hmph. Stubborn and pigheaded.” Poison Master Feng’s gaze became sinister as he coldly harrumphed, “You want to retaliate against me? Kill them all!”

Hearing this, the Qi family’s old patriarch immediately waved his hand. “Release the arrows and kill them all!”

“Yes!” The Qi family’s people had long since made their preparations. After receiving the order, they released their arrows from their bows. The arrows glinted as they flew through the air, covered with poison that could easily kill any normal person.

Swish! Swish!

The arrows flew through the night sky like meteors towards the Tie family’s people. The sounds they gave off as they tore through the air caused the Tie family’s people’s scalps to feel numb. However, with the True Essence realm cultivators leading the way, the arrows were unable to hurt them at all.

Bang!

The True Essence realm cultivators immediately acted – Essence Qi swirled around their bodies, piercing through the air like rivers and crushing the arrows that flew towards them. The might of the True Essence realm experts was something that normal cultivators could not contend against, and after defending against this wave of arrows, the Tie family"s Second Patriarch continued to rush forwards with his large sword.

“Hmph, let’s see how long you can last.”

The Qi family’s True Essence realm cultivators then area out metal b.a.l.l.s. As they exploded, a dense poisonous fog spread out and covered the region.

“It’s poison!” The expressions of the Tie family’s people fell, and they quickly held their breaths.

“Kill!” The Qi family’s old patriarch and the others started to attack. They all had these metal b.a.l.l.s – the poison within them was quite strong, and could even corrode Essence Qi. Once released, they were able to poison people without knowing. This was how they had caused the Tie family such heavy losses thee previous time. After their experiences from last time, the Tie family’s people did not dare to be careless.

This was especially so because of Poison Master Feng. He had all sorts of devices – poisonous powders, as well as the metal b.a.l.l.s that contained poisonous gas. If those poisonous powders were released, even the True Essence realm cultivators and their powerful Essence Qi would not be able to completely disperse them.

If it wasn’t because the Tie family had more True Essence realm cultivators than the Qi family, they would have lost almost immediately.

“Arghh!”

Even so, many Innate realm cultivators started to fall. This was because the Qi family’s True Essence realm cultivators had started to attack, so the Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others were unable to take care of the weaker cultivators.

“Looks like the situation is still quite grim for the Tie family!”

“Things will quickly go south for them after they’re all poisoned.”

“Look, the Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others are all desperately fighting. Evidently, they want to drag as many Qi family experts down with them as possible. Even if the Qi family wins, it will be a bittersweet victory for them.”

The cultivators nearby all closely watched this battle while discussing. Some even rubbed their hands together, wanting to come in at the end and reap the benefits for themselves. There was definitely some sort of secret as to why the Qi family was attacking the Tie family. If both of these families fell, they could become the final victors.

“Haha, Tie Zhen Lan, I thought that you’ve been completely cured of your poison, but it looks like part of it is still within your body.” While fighting, Tie Zhen Lan evidently wasn’t as powerful as before, and the poison in his body started to act up again.

Not much poison had been left, but now that he was furiously circulating his qi and blood around his body, it had been reinvigorated and was affecting his fighting.

“Hmph, even so, I’ll still be able to injure you heavily.” Tie Zhen Lan remained calm, and stabbed towards the Qi family’s old patriarch with his halberd. The Qi family’s old patriarch had his spear raised, ready to pierce through Tie Zhen Lan’s shoulder.

Kacha!

An icy light glinted as the spear instantly pierced through the left side of Tie Zhen Lan’s chest. At this moment, his gaze became dark and he endured the pain, swinging his halberd towards the Qi family’s old patriarch’s arm.

Chi!

Just a moment later, the Qi family’s old patriarch’s arm sagged, then fell. Just like that, his left arm had been completely chopped off.

If he hadn’t narrowly dodged, he would have been split in two at the waist.

This sort of situation was arising all over the battlefield.

Kacha!

The Tie family"s Second Patriarch swept his sword at a Qi family’s cultivator’s right leg. However, he had also been cut, and blood was flowing out of his wound.

“Hmph, you want to drag me down to die with you? It won’t be easy. Now that you’ve been poisoned again, I’d like to see how you’ll last. Soon, all of your Tie family’s people will die.” The Qi family’s old patriarch endured the pain and hurriedly stopped his bleeding, speaking sinisterly as he looked at Tie Zhen Lan.

Tie Zhen Lan’s expression became dark. The wound in his shoulder was not too severe, but he had once again been poisoned and the True Essence within his body had begun to go out of control. The poison spread throughout his body like a virus, corroding his meridians and heart.

Soon, he would not be able to fight anymore.

“Looks like the Tie family really is going to perish.”

“The Qi family’s losses aren’t small either!”

“That Poison Master’s too powerful; it won’t be easy for us to swoop in at the end!” Seeing this, the elders of the various other powers wanted to make a move, but seeing Poison Master Feng, they all frowned and held themselves back.

If they were poisoned, things would become very problematic!

“Hmph, this old man will kill you soon, then destroy your Tie family.” The Qi family’s old patriarch’s eyes glinted as he sealed off the wound with Blood Congealing Powder and Muscle Developing Powder. A savage look appeared on his face as he once again charged at Tie Zhen Lan with his spear.

Tie Zhen Lan had been circulating his qi to suppress the poison, and such a ferocious attack caught him completely off-guard.

Whoosh!

The spear was like a snake that had shot out of a hole; the powerful Essence Qi around it seeming as if it could devour everything. Tie Zhen Lan hurriedly used his halberd to block, but because of the powerful force behind it and the Essence Qi around it, the attack caused his body to tremble, as if he had been hit by a heavy wave. He stumbled backwards a few steps and coughed up a mouthful of blood as his aura greatly weakened.

Now that he had been poisoned and injured, he was no longer a match for the Qi family’s old patriarch.

“I’ll take your life this time.” After successfully attacking, the Qi family’s old patriarch gripped his spear in his remaining hand and once again shot towards Tie Zhen Lan.

“c.r.a.p!” By the side, some of the Tie family’s people looked over.

“Tie Zhen Lan’s going to die.” In the distance, some spectating cultivators shook their heads.

“Father!” At this moment, a woman’s cry sounded out.

Everyone turned to see Xiao Yun and Tie Rong’Er leaping out from within the residence. Xiao Yun had been residing in the inner parts of the Tie family’s residence, so by the time he arrived, the battle had been going on for quite a while.

“Don’t worry, I’ll take care of everything.” Looking at the desperate battle in front of them, Xiao Yun felt a strange sense of sorrow within his heart. From the condition of the Eldest Patriarch and Second Patriarch, it was evident what sort of state that the Tie family had been forced into.

Before he had finished talking, Xiao Yun body shot out, leaving behind an afterimage.

“Stop!!” Xiao Yun yelled out, his voice accompanied by a large burst of spirit energy.

“Where did this boy come from?” The Qi family’s old patriarch raised his eyebrows as he looked at the youth charging towards him. However, seeing how young Xiao Yun was, he paid him no mind and continued to stab out with his spear.

“Spirit-Destroying!” Xiao Yun’s eyes glinted as a powerful wave of spirit energy swept out from within his sea of consciousness.