Chapter 728: [All Display Their Divine Powers] (Part 2)

The black giant snake's body twisted and struggled on the ground, but the white snake, after being swallowed into its belly, actually continued to burrow, attacking from the black giant snake's abdomen, tearing at its entrails and intestines.

Li Yishui saw that something was wrong, panicked and said, "Second Black, what's wrong with you?"

A white light pierced the black giant snake's abdomen, but the white snake actually burst out from within the black giant snake's body; the black giant snake's entrails had been completely torn apart by it, and it looked lifeless. Every member of the Variegated Gate has their own poison pet, which they regard as half their life. Seeing his poison pet killed by the white snake, Li Yishui's eyes almost burst, he let out a miserable cry, and a black shadow swept out from his right hand—it was a soft whip lashing at the white snake.

The white snake was extremely agile, dodging the soft whip, winding forward, and in an instant disappeared beside Xi Yan.

The black soft whip changed direction in midair, like a spiritual snake, winding toward Xi Yan's throat.

Xi Yan actually wasn't afraid of that soft whip; she reached out with her right hand to grab it. Her right hand wore a glove that gleamed with silver light. With a crack! the soft whip lashed her hand, wrapping around the back of her hand, but the soft whip covered in barbs could not penetrate Xi Yan's glove. Xi Yan twisted her wrist and already seized the whip's tip; under the combined effort of Li Yishui and Xi Yan, the soft whip was pulled straight, and dozens of five-colored variegated poisonous insects crawled up the whip from Li Yishui's robe sleeves, swiftly approaching Xi Yan.

Xi Yan giggled, saying, "Even a pearl the size of a grain of rice radiates splendor!" Where she held the soft whip, several crystal-clear, jade-like white tiny worms appeared, winding and spreading on the whip like a blooming white chrysanthemum. As the five-colored variegated poisonous insects approached that white chrysanthemum, it instantly closed together, sucking dry the poison within the insects' bodies; the desiccated insect corpses fell to the ground. Dozens of poisonous insects came one after another; the white chrysanthemum, having absorbed the poison, kept swelling, its originally crystal-clear, jade-like body turning five-colored and variegated, extraordinarily gorgeous. The colored chrysanthemum scattered apart like falling petals, crawling along the soft whip toward Li Yishui's direction.

Li Yishui could hardly believe his eyes; whether poison pet or poisonous insect, in the fight against the opponent they were completely defeated. He exclaimed, "You... you are a member of the Wuxian Sect?"

Xi Yan's pair of beautiful eyes had completely turned Lan color at this moment; she coldly said, "You blind fool, today I will make you die without a burial place!"

She shook the hand holding the soft whip violently, and dozens of five-colored variegated poisonous insects broke free from the whip and flew up, lunging at Li Yishui's face.

Li Yishui dared not delay; he could only drop the soft whip, and with both hands, as if performing a conjuring trick, produced a large cloth bag, scooping up the poisonous insects flying toward him, successfully trapping those insects inside the bag.

Xi Yan shook the soft whip in her hand. It emitted a sound like firecrackers in midair, and again dozens of poisonous insects surged toward Li Yishui's body.

Li Yishui swung the cloth bag to knock down the poisonous insects, but in the end one poisonous insect still landed on his left hand and bit down hard. Li Yishui's left hand felt a sharp pain; his right hand pinched the insect, crushed it to death, and stuffed it into his mouth. Backhandedly he took out a large red gourd from his waist and gulped down two mouthfuls of wine with a glug-glug sound.

Xi Yan sneered, "Glutton, go keep Yama company with enough drink!" The soft whip shattered the rain and mist, striking down upon Li Yishui's head. Li Yishui's cheeks puffed up. With a puff! a mass of green viscous liquid spurted from his mouth, heading to envelop Xi Yan.

Xi Yan had long anticipated this move; she discarded the soft whip in her hand, tapped her toe, and already soared onto the artificial hill.

At this moment Peng Yijiang rose from the mire; his appearance was terrifying beyond compare, his whole body crawling with five-colored variegated poisonous insects. Originally tall and thin, the insects layered over him made him appear much more burly. Peng Yijiang strode forward, stepped heavily on the ground, and the earth trembled.

Li Yishui picked up a long whip from the ground, casually shook it, and swung it at Peng Yijiang's waist; the soft whip coiled around Peng Yijiang's waist, Li Yishui gave a strong swing, and Peng Yijiang's body actually lifted off the ground, accompanied by Li Yishui's strange cry, Peng Yijiang lunged forward with his whole body toward the artificial hill.

The two bloodthirsty sky bats had already utterly crushed the bat swarm; seeing their master launch an attack, the two poison pets, understanding each other, flew toward Xi Yan from left and right.

Xi Yan waved both hands, two masses of Lan color flame hurled toward Peng Yijiang, who wore insect armor; the Lan color flame struck the insect armor and quickly ignited, but before the flame could spread, the parts of the insect armor touched by the flame automatically fell off. Peng Yijiang threw a punch at Xi Yan; the fist covered in poisonous insects was more than twice its former size. Before the fist arrived, a foul stench blew over, making one want to vomit.

Xi Yan's delicate body twisted, a Lan color blazing flame enveloping her delicate form; the two bloodthirsty sky bats, about to lunge at her face, were blocked by the Lan color flame and dared not venture inside.

Peng Yijiang, however, showed no fear; the poison‑insect‑covered fist directly penetrated the Lan color blazing flame and threw a punch at Xi Yan. Xi Yan had no choice but to block with her right fist; although she wore a glove that could stop the poisonous insects on his hand, she could not block the force contained in Peng Yijiang's punch.

The two fists collided; Xi Yan's delicate body shuddered violently, her footing unsteady, and she fell down toward the base of the artificial hill.

Li Yishui had long been waiting below, holding in his arms an iron tube as thick as a child's arm; he aimed at the direction where Xi Yan would fall, then suddenly punched the tube's tail, and dozens of black water arrows shot out, enveloping Xi Yan. The two brothers joined forces, intending to strangle Xi Yan in a pincer attack.

Xi Yan was in midair, under attack from front and back; the Lan color flame had already rapidly waned, revealing her delicate body from the flame's protection, but she saw herself enveloped in a red cloak, which bulged inward to form an ellipsoidal sphere; from afar it looked like a red silkworm cocoon.

The black water arrows struck the cloak and were completely blocked outside; the two bloodthirsty sky bats saw the red cloak, their eyes actually turned red, and they frenziedly crashed into the cloak. As soon as they touched it, a layer of green phosphorescent fire ignited on the cloak, instantly enveloping the bloodthirsty sky bats. A burnt stench filled the air, and the two bloodthirsty sky bats instantly became two balls of green fire. The pain from the phosphorescent burns made them emit shrill cries; the bloodthirsty sky bats, scorched by the green phosphorescent fire, suffered terribly, then plunged one after another into the spray pool. That green phosphorescent fire, instead of being extinguished by water, burned even fiercer; the two bloodthirsty sky bats struggled in the water, growing weaker and weaker, obviously unable to survive.

There was a secret in Li Yishui's iron tube; its sections extended outward, actually transforming into a spear with the tip blazing sharp. He shook both arms and thrust toward Xi Yan inside the cloak; the spear's tip pierced the red cloak, and the originally bulging cloak deflated like a punctured balloon.

Although Peng Yijiang could not see, his hearing clearly discerned Xi Yan's position; like a shadow following, he came again behind Xi Yan. Before Xi Yan landed, a punch gathering his lifetime's strength already struck the red cloak. The cloak, already pierced by Li Yishui, could no longer serve as its previous cushion; the green phosphorescent fire on the cloak ignited the insect armor, but the burning portion immediately fell from Peng Yijiang's body. This heavy punch solidly hit Xi Yan's back, and the green phosphorescent fire, struck by this blow, scattered like ripples around.

Xi Yan had just suffered Peng Yijiang's heavy blow, still not landed, suspended in midair with nowhere to hide; a mad smile curled Li Yishui's lips as he again swung his spear toward Xi Yan's back, confident he could pierce her to death.

But a strong wind suddenly struck from behind his head.

Li Yishui timely noticed; just from the momentum of the wind and rain he already knew this attack was immensely strong. He had to halt the thrust midway, reversing the spear to block backward.

But it was Hu Xiaotian, wielding Hidden Edge Sword, who arrived just in time. This swing of his did not manage to release sword qi; Hu Xiaotian was long accustomed to his sword qi being sometimes effective, sometimes not. Even without sword qi, his full‑powered strike infused with inner force was no trifle. Gripping the sword with both hands, he delivered a mighty chop, plain and unadorned yet victorious in its great momentum and weight. Li Yishui promptly blocked with his spear; Hidden Edge Sword struck the black spear, producing a loud 'dong!' and at the point where sword and spear met, countless sparks burst forth.

Li Yishui's arms were numbed by the shock; he stared and recognized the opponent as Hu Xiaotian, the marriage envoy of Dakang, never expecting this fellow's strength to be so great.

Hu Xiaotian changed his move with astonishing speed, the sword edge tilting to scrape the hands that Li Yishui used to grip the spear; the great sword and iron anchor kept rubbing, dragging behind a trail of sparks.

Li Yishui twisted his wrist; the iron spear rang 'qiang!' and retracted, returning to its original iron‑tube form. He then quickly punched the tube's base, and again dozens of black water arrows shot toward Hu Xiaotian.

"Be careful!" Xi Yan had just landed when she already discovered Hu Xiaotian was at death's door; this is the Variegated Gate's secret hidden weapon, Black Water Arrows. The black water ejected from the iron tube possesses extreme toxicity and corrosiveness; if it touches a person's skin it will surely rot instantly.

Hu Xiaotian, although unaware of the poison of these Black Water Arrows, also knew that nothing must be touched; he waved his great sword wind‑ and rain‑proof, blocking all the black water aimed at him.

When Xi Yan reminded Hu Xiaotian, Peng Yijiang attacked again. By this time his insect armor had grown considerably thicker; previously, before being covered with insect armor, Peng Yijiang's body was dry, thin, and tall like a bamboo pole, but now, covered layer upon layer with poisonous insects, he had become markedly burly, turning into a five‑colored variegated colossus. He swung a palm at Xi Yan; when they were still a zhang apart, the palm power suddenly burst forth, and the five‑colored variegated poisonous insects on his palm detached from his body, raining down like a heavenly flower shower toward Xi Yan.

Xi Yan's delicate body spun, the red cloak enveloping her entirely; green phosphorescent fire spread rapidly from above and below toward the center, completely enveloping her delicate form. The poisonous insects rushed at Xi Yan without regard, like moths to a flame, wave after wave.

Third Update delivered, only forty‑nine more needed to reach Four More; Lao Zhangyu continues typing, today's condition is quite good, he will surely manage another chapter, two chapters are no problem either—brothers and sisters, how many Monthly Tickets can you still contribute? Let's see who puts in more effort! (To be continued~^~)