Chapter 85 – Deadly Concealed Weapon

Translator: Mr Voltaire

Editor: Phoobiee

As Xiao Yun roared out the words ‘Spirit-Destroying’, a powerful wave of mental energy was condensed into a thread and shot towards the Qi family’s old patriarch.

Xiao Yun did not use the Spirit-Destroying Spear because it consumed far too much spirit energy. He only wanted to rely on this spirit energy to temporarily stun the Qi family’s old patriarch. After all, he only needed a moment to help the Tie family’s Eldest Patriarch escape.

When the majestic spirit energy swept towards the Qi family’s old patriarch, the surrounding air seemed to become frozen, and everyone felt as if a G.o.d had descended. As for the Qi family’s old patriarch, he felt his soul tremble mysteriously.

“What’s going on?” The Qi family’s old patriarch’s body slightly paused, and his spear stopped stabbing forwards.

“A chance!” Tie Zhen Lan, who had been in mortal danger, hurriedly steadied his body and twisted, avoiding the spear. The halberd in his hands then slashed out towards the frozen Qi family’s old patriarch.

Even though Tie Zhen Lan was injured, he was an expert who had been in over 100 battles. Once he found the opportunity, he was able to immediately counterattack.

The halberd glinted with an icy light, and was surrounded by True Essence as it slashed towards the Qi family’s old patriarch. Just the aura alone blasted him back many metres.

At the same time, the True Essence around his body dissipated and his spear lost its might.

“c.r.a.p.” The Qi family’s old patriarch’s eyes rapidly blinked as he felt a sense of danger. However, it was a pity that it was too late.

Kach!

As the halberd descended towards him, the Qi family’s old patriarch only felt an iciness on his neck before his head was separated from his body.

“How did it turn out like this?” Not too far away, the other people from the Qi family stared in shock, feeling completely confused. Just then, it was their old patriarch who had the upper hand. How did Tie Zhen Lan instantly reverse the situation?

“Old Patriarch!”

“Father!” the Qi family’s people cried out, feeling as if their eyes were going to explode as they stared ahead of them.

This was simply too unbelievable. Many of the Qi family’s cultivators were unable to process what had happened, and could only dumbly stare.

“What just happened?” In the distance, the cultivators who were spectating all stared in surprise. The Qi family’s old patriarch seemed to have unstoppable momentum, and yet he had somehow been instantly beheaded by Tie Zhen Lan! How had his head been separated from his body just like that?

“Could it be that youth?” After lapsing into silence for a while, everyone turned to look at the newly-arrived youth.

Right after that youth had appeared and yelled out, the situation had been reversed. Could it be that his shout had scared the Qi family’s old patriarch, giving Tie Zhen Lan an opportunity to attack? Impossible! Even if the Qi family’s old patriarch was distracted for an instant, that shouldn’t have happened.

As everyone was still wondering what had just happened, the Tie family"s Second Patriarch endured his heavy injuries and attacked, cutting off one of the True Essence realm cultivator’s legs. Just like that, the Qi family only had two True Essence realm cultivators remaining.

Tie Zhen Lan looked at the dead Qi family’s old patriarch, feeling quite dismayed.

“Pfft!” However, just as he stopped fighting, he coughed up a mouthful of blood. Just then, he had used all of his strength in that final attack, causing the True Essence within his body to rapidly circulate. The True Essence brought had the poison into all of his internal organs, causing the blood that he just coughed up to become black.

“Father!” Tie Rong’Er hurriedly ran over to her father and supported him, looking extremely worried.

“I’m fine.” Tie Zhen Lan deeply breathed in, doing his best to suppress the poison in his body as he waved his hand.

“Who is that boy?” Not too far away, Poison Master Feng’s gaze darkened, sensing that something was off. That scene just then was simply too unbelievable and most likely had something to do with that youth, which made him raise his guard.

“Master Feng, what should we do?” The Qi family’s elders retreated to one side as they spoke to Poison Master Feng.

Now that the Qi family’s old patriarch had fallen, they blindly looked around for a leader. They decided to turn to Poison Master Feng as their support.

“Kill!” The Tie family’s Second Patriarch charged over, suppressing his poison for a final battle.

“What are you all so worried about? With me here, they won’t be able to do anything.” Poison Master Feng’s eyes glinted as he looked around him and muttered, “Looks like it’s time to use my trump card. As long as I can obtain the Skyfire Medallion, it’ll still be worth it.” Poison Master Feng’s expression became sinister as he took out a metallic rhombus-shaped object. The object had inscriptions carved on it and right as it appeared, it gave off mysterious ripples.

“What is that thing?” Far away, Xiao Yun immediately sensed the ripples. Those ripples seemed to be related to spirit energy, and Xiao Yun sent his senses out to the metallic object at once.

“This is bad – that thing has inscriptions on it, and should be some sort of low-grade magic item.” As Xiao Yun was wondering what it was, the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow suddenly spoke.

“A low-grade magic item?” Xiao Yun felt quite confused. That thing was a magic item?

“Mm,” the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow replied, “It uses spirit energy to activate.”

At this moment, the Tie family"s Second Patriarch led a group of other people and charged towards Poison Master Feng.

Swish!

A sharp sword light tore through the air towards Poison Master Feng. At the same time, three other True Essence realm cultivators simultaneously attacked, taking down the Qi family’s forces.

“You’ve come at just the right time.” Poison Master Feng savagely smiled as he sent his mind into the object in his hand.

Buzz!

As his mind entered the object, the inscriptions on the rhombus-shaped item flashed and the mysterious ripples intensified. Following this, Poison Master Feng’s eyes became chillingly cold, and he threw out the rhombus-shaped magic item.

Just as the rhombus-shaped magic item was thrown, it flashed with a violet light as the inscriptions seemed to come alive. They exploded out with a powerful energy, and the magic item suddenly sent metal shards flying out of it like sharp knives.

If one looked closely, they would find that there were inscriptions carved on each of the metal shards that contained great amounts of energy. The metal shards pierced through the Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others’ attacks, shooting towards their bodies.

“So powerful!” Xiao Yun’s pupils contracted, using his powerful spirit energy to look at the inscriptions on that magic item, as well as its transformation. Someone had carved inscriptions on that magic item, storing a great amount of energy within it. Once activated, it would explode out with terrifying power, turning those metal shards into deadly weapons. This sort of item was a concealed weapon among magic items, making it incredibly difficult to defend against.

“c.r.a.p, get back!!” Seeing the metal shards shoot towards them, the Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others stared in shock and fear. The metal shards were travelling too quickly – they had exploded out like bolts of lightning and seemed completely unstoppable.

The Tie family"s Second Patriarch waved his large sword, trying to stop the metal shards. However, his left arm was pierced, and he instantly felt a fiery pain. He looked over and saw that the flesh there had been corroded – evidently, those metal shards all contained poison.

“Arghh!!”

Behind him, a few Innate realm cultivators’ hearts were pierced, and they immediately fell.

The Tie family’s cultivators eyes were filled with terror and they hurriedly retreated – that concealed weapon was simply too powerful.

Xiao Yun sighed. All of this had happened too quickly, and even though the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow had warned him, he was unable to do anything about it.

“Second uncle!!” Tie Rong’Er cried out. Right after her father had been saved, something like this had happened. The Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others did not dare to approach, completely stunned by Poison Master Feng’s magic item.

Ahead, where the magic item had exploded, some poisonous liquid had fallen to the ground, and had corroded the firm boulders. Such a powerful poison was simply too terrifying – once one was touched, they would be heavily injured!

“Just what could be so powerful?”

“This Poison Master’s simply too strong!” The people spectating from the distance finally all gave up all hope in attacking. Before, they had been considering whether to attack or not, but even an Essence Core cultivator would fear such a weapon. That poison was not ordinary at all!

The Qi family’s people were also quite shaken. Evidently, it was the first time that they had seen Poison Master Feng attack. However, after feeling some shock, they all became delighted and started to yell out, forgetting about the despair they felt when they saw the Qi family’s old patriarch die.

“Haha, Master Feng is quite extraordinary!”

“With Master Feng, what will your Tie family be able to do?” the Qi family’s people all excitedly exclaimed. The situation had reversed in their favour, and they were no longer afraid.

After using a magic item to destroy the Tie family’s people’s fighting spirit, Poison Master Feng let out a small breath of relief. However, he felt an immense pain within his heart – that item was worth quite a lot, and he had obtained it at an ancient cultivator’s inheritance palace. Every time he used one, that was one less he had!

“Hand over that thing, or you’ll all die.” Thinking to the Skyfire Medallion, Poison Master Feng’s eyes lit up as he coldly looked at the Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others, saying, “You’ve all been poisoned – if you want to live, then you’d best comply.”

The Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others deeply frowned, retreating to where Xiao Yun was.

“What should we do now?” the Tie family"s Second Patriarch asked as he looked at Xiao Yun.

“Rong’Er, give these Antidote Pills to your father and the others,” Xiao Yun said as he looked at the Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others’ injuries.

“Mm.” Hearing this, Tie Rong’Er took out a few Antidote Pills and handed them to her father and the other elders.

“These are Antidote Pills?” Tie Zhen Lan asked with a look of surprise.

“Mm,” Tie Rong’Er nodded as she replied.

The Tie family"s Second Patriarch and the others looked overjoyed, and hurriedly consumed the medicinal pills, which started to clear the poison from their bodies.

“Antidote Pills?” Not too far away, Poison Master Feng’s gaze darkened as he asked, “How did you obtain those Antidote Pills?”

“Could they have bought it from the Cloudsea Merchant Alliance?” an elder of the Qi family suggested.

Seeing the Tie family’s elders consume the medicinal pills, Xiao Yun lightly raised his eyebrows and looked towards Poison Master Feng as he asked, “Do you want to leave now, or do you still want to fight?” The youth’s words were calm, and there was a coldness within his eyes.

“You want us to leave? Are you stupid? All of your Tie family’s people are heavily injured, and you want us to leave? So what if you have Antidote Pills? Today, your elder will still kill you all!” one of the Qi family’s remaining True Essence realm cultivators coldly laughed.