Chapter 677: Calculating Every Move

Whoosh!

Four swords struck out in unison, stabbing straight at Lady Hongshao!

By now, Lady Hongshao realized something was wrong, but it was already too late; the four flying swords had pierced directly into her body.

Lady Hongshao was stunned, and Sang Yankai was stunned as well.

What kind of hellish spellcasting was this? Kneeling down and kowtowing directly? Had they no shame at all?

"Brother, is this the new version of the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array you told me about before?" Sang Yankai couldn't help but ask.

"Exactly! These four swords are the 'Please' Sword, the 'Senior' Sword, the 'Spare Me' Sword, and the 'Life' Sword! When all four strike together, the Immortal-Slaying Sword Array is formed! No matter what cultivation level the opponent has, it starts with a hard crowd-control effect for three seconds!"

"Just use this new version of my Immortal-Slaying Sword Array; it works every time without a sound!"

Ye Lin nodded. As he explained, there was a glint in his eyes, clearly very satisfied with the sword array he had invented.

"Brother, is there no more dignified way? Kneeling down like this is just too..." Sang Yankai scratched his head.

"Once you've finished off the enemy, who will know you knelt? Everyone will only know you killed many formidable opponents."

Ye Lin shrugged with an indifferent expression.

What was a little kneeling? Han Xin had even crawled between someone's legs; did that affect his reputation as a military genius?

"That makes sense!"

Sang Yankai nodded, suddenly enlightened.

It was true; when cultivators fought, the one who survived was the real winner; everything else was just superficial.

It was like a semi-truck driving the wrong way toward you; would you choose to be a coward, dodge, and let it pass, or crash into it and then carve on your own tombstone that the other party was fully at fault?

"Alright, stop dawdling. Strike while she's down!" Ye Lin urged.

"Right!"

Sang Yankai nodded, grabbed Ye Lin's artery, and used the Blood Refining Method to forge countless sharp arrows of blood, which shot straight toward Lady Hongshao.

Lady Hongshao's complexion was now hideous to the extreme. Although the four flying swords that pierced her body hadn't hit vital points, the potent poison on the blades made her suffer immensely.

She had to divert a portion of her cultivation to suppress the spread of the toxin in her body, which meant she could only exert sixty or seventy percent of her full strength at the moment.

The blood-colored arrows were destroyed by Lady Hongshao. At this moment, Ye Lin swung the Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron and smashed it fiercely toward Lady Hongshao, forcing her to retreat repeatedly.

Just then, the ox-hair needles Lady Hongshao had been holding in her mouth were finally spat out, hitting Ye Lin with precision.

Ye Lin stiffened at first, and then his body began to glow with an eerie, deep purple hue.

"Playing with poison in front of me? You're still far from it!" Lady Hongshao sneered, looking at Ye Lin as if he were a dead man.

In the blink of an eye, Ye Lin's physical body dissolved rapidly, turning into a pool of pus.

"Ye Lin!"

Sang Yankai's eyes were wide with rage, but soon he noticed something wrong.

Because the artery he was pinching on his ear was still bleeding continuously.

This made him realize that Ye Lin wasn't dead!

Sure enough, the next second he saw Ye Lin jump out from another spot, full of life, with a sky full of thunderclouds trailing behind him.

"Forbidden Spell: World-Extinguishing Wild Thunder!"

Facing an enemy of Lady Hongshao's level, even if she was already poisoned, Ye Lin dared not underestimate her in the slightest.

Brilliant thunder roared down, heading straight for Lady Hongshao.

"You even used a forbidden technique? When have we ever had such deep hatred?"

Lady Hongshao's expression changed wildly; the brat in front of her was too bizarre.

Shameless, underhanded, and even crazier in his actions.

She clearly only came out to catch a few cultivation vessels; was it necessary to go this far to mess with her?

Evil cultivators had an almost inherent fear of heavenly thunder.

Seeing the incoming thunder, Lady Hongshao had to use all of her cultivation.

"Heavenly Demon Concubine Scroll!"

A scroll was unleashed by Lady Hongshao. The scroll was painted with various stunning maidens, intertwined and full of charm, enough to make anyone who saw the picture lose their sanity and fall completely into infatuation.

The heavenly thunder crashed down, but it was all absorbed by the scroll, and the figures of the maidens on it dimmed slightly as a result.

A flash of heartache crossed Lady Hongshao's eyes, but she couldn't care about that much now.

She no longer had the heart to tangle with Ye Lin and his companion; she had to find a place to purge the poison from her body first—this poison was too bizarre!

But just as she wanted to escape, she found that her legs felt as if they were wrapped in something sticky, and she couldn't move at all.

Looking down, she realized that two clumps of semi-coagulated blood had entangled her legs.

Sang Yankai looked at her with a crazed expression.

"You aren't getting away! I am going to kill you today!"

Ye Lin threw a large stack of explosive talismans into the air. The moment they detonated, he immediately used the One Breath Becomes Three Purities and Eternal Geng Metal, and four golden spears pierced directly into the aftermath of the explosion.

At the same time, Sang Yankai had pushed the Blood God Eternal Refining to its limit, trying to forcibly draw the blood out of Lady Hongshao's body.

Accompanied by intense explosive waves, Lady Hongshao was completely submerged in smoke and dust.

But when the smoke cleared, both Ye Lin and Sang Yankai couldn't help but be shocked.

The formidable strength of a Cave Profundity Realm cultivator completely exceeded their imagination.

Lady Hongshao was disheveled, like a madwoman, her eyes scarlet, yet the full-force attacks of the two had not injured her in the slightest.

A scroll was blocking in front of her.

One had to know, Lady Hongshao was not in her prime state; not only had she been ambushed by Ye Lin with four swords, but she also had potent poison in her body.

Even so, she still blocked the full-force attacks of Ye Lin and his companion.

If this old witch had been in her prime, Ye Lin and Sang Yankai would likely have had no chance of winning at all.

"Originally, I intended to prioritize my body and leave this place to detoxify the poison first."

Lady Hongshao spoke slowly, her tone icy and bone-chilling.

"But now, I've changed my mind. Since you are so eager to die, today I will sacrifice some of my cultivation to capture you alive and make you wish you were dead!"

With that, a terrifying aura erupted from Lady Hongshao.

Without a doubt, what Ye Lin and his companion were about to face was a truly enraged Cave Profundity Realm cultivator!

Yet, there was not a hint of tension on Ye Lin's face; he just smiled, tilted his head toward Lady Hongshao, and asked obediently.

"Don't be in such a hurry; don't you feel a bit dizzy?"

"Dizzy?"

Lady Hongshao frowned. With Ye Lin's reminder, she did indeed feel a bit lightheaded.

"What did you do?" Lady Hongshao demanded sharply.

"Forgot to tell you, I have a habit: I like to soak my explosive talismans in anesthetic before using them..."