Chapter 3837: Using Poison Against the Enemy

The Clone Puppet fired another arrow at the Martial Cultivator.

The Martial Cultivator was gathering a new punch; seeing the Clone Puppet fire another arrow, before the punch could form they turned to strike the Clone.

Then they hurriedly added another punch toward the arrow, knowing their rushed punch couldn't block it.

But just after landing the second punch, Zhan Kong seized the chance, thrusting a sword from the void into their side.

They immediately bent their elbow to block, using an arm to deflect Zhan Kong's sword, cutting their arm.

Zhan Kong, not lingering in battle, vanished again through the void, moving out of their attack range.

The Martial Cultivator was fuming, but could do nothing about Zhan Kong. Zhan Kong's space‑translocation speed was too fast to chase; even if caught up, their punch was too slow to hit Zhan Kong.

They looked again at Ye Liuyun, finding him unharmed, and he was charging forward with the Painter and the Clone.

"This kid's armor is a treasure too!"

Greed rose again in their heart. Yet at that moment the Skeleton Puppets surrounding them closed in. They could only deal with the attack first, raising an arm to form a huge fist above, then slamming it down.

Below their feet, in the Xingkong, a platform of condensed True Essence seemed to appear; their fist struck the platform, scattering the True Essence, and the shockwave blasted the incoming Skeleton Soldiers into the air.

At that moment the Clone Puppet fired another arrow. The Martial Cultivator could only block with all their strength, delivering two successive punches. It was the first time a Godslaying Bow arrow had been intercepted.

Even though rushed, that punch was strong enough to unleash the force of the fourth/fifth Hédào level. Given enough time to fully wield the law's power, it could reach at least the eighth Hédào level.

The Martial Cultivator's strength meant that an ordinary Martial Cultivator of the Hédào realm would have no chance in a direct clash.

But they were overconfident, underestimating Ye Liuyun. Though Ye Liuyun and his companions' realms were low, they wouldn't foolishly fight to the death.

After Ye Liuyun and his two others rushed in a bit, they didn't press the attack; instead they spread out, leaving the Martial Cultivator unsure whom to strike.

If they attacked Ye Liuyun, the Clone would use Space Translocation to instantly move Ye Liuyun away, making them miss. Whether they struck the Clone or the Painter, Ye Liuyun would do the same, instantly relocating them.

Meanwhile the Martial Cultivator also had to guard against Zhan Kong's ambushes from the void, fueling inner frustration. Their rear shoulder and arm tingled slightly, but they ignored it, punching as fast as possible.

They even thought this was a rare chance to improve punch speed. Since Ye Liuyun and his group wouldn't dare approach, they only needed to watch for arrows and Zhan Kong's ambushes.

But after a few more punches, the True Essence inside briefly stalled; it recovered quickly, yet they sensed something odd.

They immediately used Divine Sense to look inward, discovering black toxin already attacking the True Core, indicating they had been poisoned for a long time.

"Despicable, the sword is poisoned!"

Only then did they realize Zhan Kong's thrusting sword was poisoned. Now regret was too late; they could only circulate True Essence to force the poison out.

A Martial Cultivator of Hédào Èrchóng possessed considerable strength; ordinary poisons could be expelled. But the toxin Zhan Kong used was given by Ye Liuyun, a blend of many deadly poisons that, once contact is made, spreads instantly inside with no cure.

The more the Martial Cultivator mobilized True Essence to expel the poison, the faster the toxin spread, deepening the poisoning quickly.

Only then did they notice Ye Liuyun and his group had ceased attacking. Observing their formation, they understood: the four of them each occupied a direction, surrounded by a ring of Skeleton Puppets.

Unwittingly, they were already surrounded.

"Shameless rats!" they roared.

Ye Liuyun laughed and retorted, "You, a Hédào Èrchóng strongman, come to kill me, a Taixu Martial Cultivator, aren't you shameless?"

"I'll slaughter you first!" the Martial Cultivator shouted angrily, charging at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun watched coldly, staying still, while the Skeleton Puppets behind him surged forward.

At present the Martial Cultivator was poisoned; using True Essence to fight would accelerate the poisoning, yet without it they couldn't defeat the Skeleton Puppets.

With a "Bang", the Martial Cultivator punched a Skeleton Puppet's shield, shattering the shield and an arm, sending the puppet flying.

But the second puppet behind rushed forward, also raising a shield to block, then thrusting a spear at them.

The Martial Cultivator punched again, blasting the puppet's spear away, but the third and fourth puppets arrived, two of them coordinating left and right spears simultaneously, forcing the Martial Cultivator to retreat.

At that moment, the Martial Cultivator's True Essence supply was intermittent, insufficient to sustain continued fighting, and they were forced to retreat repeatedly by several Skeleton Soldiers.

Ye Liuyun stood in place, smiling as they stared at his True Core, knowing he couldn't hold out long.

The Clone Puppet again aimed the Godslaying Bow at the Martial Cultivator, but did not fire an arrow; it merely disrupted his defensive actions, distracting him.

Just as his True Core was completely sealed by the poison, Zhan Kong, following Ye Liuyun's orders, struck—suddenly appearing behind him, a palm slashing the Martial Cultivator's nape, knocking him unconscious.

Without True Essence support, Zhan Kong needed little effort to bring him down.

Ye Liuyun and the Clone, still cautious, jointly used Red Eye to control one of his Souls while releasing another Soul, pulling the other Soul into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness and planting a Slave Seal.

Then, after pulling the second Soul into Ye Liuyun's Sea of Consciousness and planting a Slave Seal, they extracted all the toxin from his body.

"Ha ha, caught a Hédào Èrchóng Martial Cultivator!" Ye Liuyun was quite pleased, not expecting they'd caught a big fish.

He immediately performed Soul Search on the Martial Cultivator, hoping to see how they knew to intercept them here.

But after this search, Ye Liuyun was startled as well.

"Bad! Their other Hédào Èrchóng Martial Cultivator has gone to Qin Peng's army!"

He instantly scanned the Martial Cultivator's memories, checking what abilities the other Hédào Èrchóng Martial Cultivator possessed, then promptly contacted Qin Peng.

At that moment, Qin Peng's forces encountered a Flying Boat heading toward them. Qin Peng dispatched a squad of soldiers to intercept, but the Flying Boat disgorged over three hundred late‑stage Cultivation Realm Martial Cultivators, who instantly slaughtered his soldiers.

Then, from the opposite Flying Boat, a Hédào Èrchóng Martial Cultivator descended.

Qin Peng and the other Leaders had all refined Golden Pupil, granting them some clairvoyance; they discerned the Martial Cultivator's realm and immediately ordered all soldiers to board the Warship and prepare for battle.

At the same time, just as he produced a Transmission Talisman to report to Ye Liuyun, he received a Transmission Voice reminder from Ye Liuyun.