Chapter 2814: First, Cripple Him

The two locked eyes, seeing Hong Zun's cautious, wary expression; the mysterious person was seething with anger.

This old thing, now you've become such a coward; back when you poisoned the wine, how come I didn't see you cowering then?

His teeth grinding, the mysterious person clung to the last shred of reason and snarled.

"Old thing, you dare to poison."

However, upon hearing this, Hong Zun had no intention of replying; the poison had already been given, so what's the point of saying this now?

At this moment, Hong Zun was merely waiting for this guy to breathe his last.

That said, the mysterious person's strength is truly formidable; after drinking two full cups of my poisoned wine, he's still holding on.

If it were anyone else, I'm confident they'd already be dead; yet this mysterious person stubbornly held on until now, which is indeed quite tenacious.

But being able to hold on for a while doesn't mean he can neutralize the poison in his body.

As the poison grew more potent, the mysterious person felt he was gradually losing control of his body.

This left him, who had intended to kill Hong Zun with a single palm, now willing but unable, unable to exert any strength.

He was furious inside—clearly an ant that could be flicked to death, yet it had driven him to this state.

"Antidote, give me the antidote and I'll spare your life."

Clenching his teeth, looking at Hong Zun, the mysterious person said with effort.

Upon hearing those words, Hong Zun still gave no reply, and stepped back a few paces, his wary expression intensifying.

He remained on guard against the mysterious person's dying counterattack, for who knows what other tricks he might have.

Even a cornered beast is said to fight desperately; much less a powerhouse like this—we can't afford to capsize in a gutter.

The more cautiously Hong Zun acted, the more the mysterious person's anger flared, his hair standing on end.

This old thing, damn.........

"What do you mean?"

He gritted his teeth and took another sip, but as soon as the words left his mouth, they became his last; he could no longer hold on and fell completely unconscious.

Seeing the mysterious person faint, Hong Zun did not rush forward immediately.

He feared the person was merely feigning, trying to lure him closer to strike.

He brandished his sword from afar, controlling it to viciously stab the mysterious person, creating over a dozen bloody wounds.

Moreover, the mysterious person's physical defense is absurdly strong; even unconscious and unresisting, Hong Zun had to exert all his strength to drive the sword into his body.

This was despite the opponent being unable to circulate any spiritual power; otherwise, he might not even break through the defense.

Thinking of this, Hong Zun's face had already grown complex—could the gap really be this vast?

Even after the person had fainted, he still could barely do anything against him.

However, seeing that the person was practically riddled with wounds like a beehive yet showed no reaction, Hong Zun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

In this state, with no reaction at all, he must truly have fainted.

After all, probably no one in this world could endure such a state; just in case, Hong Zun also thrust a sword into his back as a precaution.

Just imagine—what male could endure such humiliation unless he was already abnormal?

Not even reacting to this suggests there's no problem.

Thinking of this, Hong Zun then sent out the signal—the agreed-upon sign to be given upon success.

Seeing the signal Hong Zun sent from the deck of the Immortal Vessel, the many human race cultivators who had been exerting themselves to pour spiritual power into that white light mass instantly stopped their actions.

Everyone followed the prior plan, splitting up; one group rushed straight toward the white light to seek a solution.

Another group quickly came to Hong Zun's side.

Looking at the mysterious person, his body drenched in blood from the stab wounds, Yun Xiantai frowned and said.

"What did you just do?"

"I was just testing whether he was faking."

Upon hearing this, Hong Zun replied calmly, but as soon as he spoke, everyone present was stunned—testing?

You've turned him into a beehive, and you call that a test?

"Next time, roughly the same will do."

"Better safe than sorry."

"So he's dead?"

"Not yet."

Looking at the miserable state of the mysterious person, someone whispered, "He's like this—surely he can't survive."

However, after a Heavenly Palace Celestial Official personally examined him, they found the mysterious person had indeed fainted, but that was due to the poison wine in his system.

As for the dozen or so swords Hong Zun stabbed earlier, to the mysterious person they amounted at most to minor superficial wounds.

Hearing this, everyone present fell silent—having been stabbed to this extent, and it's only superficial wounds? This guy is pretty fierce.

"Then let's take this opportunity to kill him."

Upon learning that the mysterious person was merely unconscious and not yet dead, someone suggested finishing him off to avoid future complications.

After all, Hong Zun's poisoned wine failed to kill him, so it's unlikely anything else will work later; better to finish him off now.

As soon as that was said, some people quickly agreed, but Yun Xiantai then stepped forward to block it.

"We can't kill him."

"Huh? Why can't we kill him?"

"You're clueless—this guy is incredibly strong; if we don't take him out now while he's down, once he wakes up we're all doomed."

"Yeah, such a good opportunity must not be missed—let's kill him now."

"No, if we kill him, what about the other three? Who knows if they have something like a life token on them."

Yun Xiantai still refused.

Even the Human Race have life tokens such as this treasure; once someone dies, the life token shatters immediately.

This isn't an overly rare treasure; since the Human Race all have them, it makes no sense that these few mysterious people of such great strength wouldn't have one.

If they did, then if we now directly kill this mysterious person, the other three would probably find out right away.

By then, if we haven't escaped, we'll lure the other three over, and then we probably won't be able to get away.

Upon hearing Yun Xiantai's words, everyone realized this problem; it seems we indeed cannot kill him.

Dealing with one person is already this troublesome; if we then face the other three, we have no chance at all.

In the silence, someone spoke up.

"If we can't kill him, what should we do? Just leave him be?"

"We can first cripple him."

Yun Xiantai said in a low voice; as long as we don't kill this guy, we'll cripple him by any means necessary.

Although we don't know how strong these mysterious people's recovery ability is, we'll do what we can; at least we'll delay their recovery as much as possible.