Chapter 26: The Battle at Plum Blossom Pool (Part 3)

The Rank Dan Xiu suddenly pushed both hands toward Xu Yuan, a golden pellet the size of a fist, whistling as it tore through the wind, shooting straight at Xu Yuan's face like a silver thread.

Xu Yuan gritted his teeth and furrowed his brows, his face set in a desperate stance; realizing he could not dodge, he launched his own golden pellet with full force.

After firing the golden pellet, Xu Yuan crouched low, twisted his body, and with a "whoosh," darted toward a massive boulder nearby.

The Rank Dan Xiu chuckled inwardly; it seemed Xu Yuan intended to block him to buy time for escape.

Pity, this time you are mistaken; your doom is sealed!

In an instant, the two Rank Dan Xiu golden pellets collided between them.

Crack!

The Rank Dan Xiu's golden pellet exploded, instantly transforming into a short sword! The sword had no hilt, was only one foot long, and had blades on both ends!

Upon reaching the Seventh Rank, a Rank Dan Xiu could "shape" the golden pellets they had refined themselves!

Although he had not yet reached the Seventh Rank, he had touched the threshold and could barely shape them; however, his control was somewhat sluggish, so he could only use it as a surprise killing move, not something to cast frequently.

Almost simultaneously, Xu Yuan's golden pellet also exploded.

Xu Yuan's golden pellet was only the size of a longan; in both weight and quality, it was far inferior to his own.

They had clashed several times before; this time he had gone all out, so it was perfectly normal for that little pellet to be shattered.

But right after, with a "boom," Xu Yuan's golden pellet did not shatter but exploded!

A huge cloud of smoke erupted from the spot!

The explosion's power was terrifying; the shockwave instantly struck the Rank Dan Xiu's cheeks, blowing his hair and beard straight back.

The Rank Dan Xiu was baffled: How could this be?

This feeling... was just like the blooming shells used in the cannon crafted for the Northern Capital Divine Machine Camp by our sect!

The sudden, massive explosion blasted the Rank Dan Xiu's golden pellet, which had already turned into a short sword, flying away with a "whoosh" and embedding itself diagonally into the earth several yards away.

It had sunk deep into the soil, leaving only a small, narrow hole.

The Rank Dan Xiu snorted; even if you possess such strange means, it only served to startle me; isn't death still your only path ahead?

He was about to summon the golden pellet short sword to sever Xu Yuan's neck.

But as he moved his hands, a wave of excruciating pain surged through his chest and abdomen!

He looked down and saw seven or eight dense wounds on his chest and stomach, with fresh blood gushing out!

"Wh-what's happening..."

He looked up again and saw Xu Yuan hiding behind that massive boulder, which was covered in numerous small pits!

The boulder was one yard farther from the explosion site than he was.

If the boulder suffered so, and he was not a Wu Xiu, his body was certainly not as hard as the stone.

"That brat... so..."

He roughly figured it out, but was already powerless to do anything; his legs went soft, and with a "thud," he fell backward, blood gushing from the seven or eight wounds as the Rank Dan Xiu died in regret.

Xu Yuan had infused the "characteristic" of the Gunpowder Core into that golden pellet.

Although small, the golden pellet was refined by Xu Yuan from a vast amount of metallic ore; after infusing it with the gunpowder characteristic, its power exceeded even the blooming shells of crafted cannons.

The tiny fragments from the shattered golden pellet each moved at speeds too fast for anyone to react.

Xu Yuan stepped out from behind the boulder, secretly rejoicing in the immense power of the Gunpowder Core characteristic.

Unfortunately, his Gunpowder Core was too small; this power could only be unleashed three times, and now only two uses remained.

Xu Yuan looked up; by the water pool, the Twin Sisters, the Holy Maiden, and the Maid were still locked in fierce battle.

The Holy Maiden twisted her wrist, flipping the Double-Headed Snake Bell, and shook it again; this time, it produced a strange "clang clang clang" sound.

The bell sound from the previous end had cleared the mind and spirit, but the sound from this end instantly made Xu Yuan feel his soul grow heavy and dim, causing him to stumble and nearly fall.

The Water Ghost Sisters were affected even more; their bodies swayed like candle flames in the wind, their forms fading slightly, their souls seeming ready to be blown out at any moment.

The Holy Maiden was overjoyed; after enduring so long, her strike had finally taken effect!

She raised the Divine Machine Crossbow in her other hand and fired two arrows in rapid succession, "bang bang."

The crossbow arrows, carrying Jin Guang, pierced toward the Water Ghost Sisters.

Dazed and unable to dodge, they screamed twice before being hit, falling into the pool with a "splash."

The Holy Maiden pursued closely; the Divine Machine Crossbow in her hand had been replaced by a red gauze lantern shade, which she cast down over the Water Ghost Sisters.

"Capturing these two Water Ghosts will be perfect for refining into Yin Soldiers..." The Holy Maiden was speaking to the Maid when the Maid suddenly sensed something, her face changing drastically: "Holy Maiden, retreat quickly! These two are not Yin Spirits..."

But it was already too late; with a "splash" from the pool, two yellow figures shot up, each fox-nosed creature holding a Jin Guang crossbow arrow in its mouth.

A wave of water crashed down; the Holy Maiden instantly felt severe pain on her body and hastily pressed a spot on her arm; with a "bang," hundreds of ox-hair needles shot out from the hidden tubes on her shoulders!

A fox cried out, and the two yellow figures retreated back into the pool.

The Maid grabbed the Holy Maiden's sash from behind and swiftly dragged her back several yards.

The Holy Maiden looked down; her chest clothes were torn, and several deep claw marks were left on her snow-white skin, the flesh turned outward, with blood gushing out uncontrollably!

"These two beasts!" The Holy Maiden flew into a rage, causing her qi and blood to surge again, making the wounds on her chest bleed even more profusely.

At the same time, the Holy Maiden felt dizzy and lightheaded, leaning on the Maid to stand steady again.

The Maid ground her teeth: "The claws of these two beasts are poisonous!"

She quickly pulled out several pills for the Holy Maiden to swallow; meanwhile, the shadow beneath her feet writhed, and several Yin Soldiers hid within it.

Sure enough, a faint yellow figure suddenly darted out from the nearby bushes; several Yin Soldiers leaped out from the shadow and tangled with the yellow figure.

After several sharp fox cries, the yellow figure, finding no advantage, with a "whoosh," darted back into the bushes.

The Yin Soldiers were about to pursue when suddenly a person stood up in the bushes; with a "whoosh" from his mouth, a fire dragon engulfed one Yin Soldier, which let out a mournful ghostly wail before being instantly burned to nothing!

Xu Yuan, unknown when, had quietly crept over and was also hiding in the bushes.

The Maid looked at this young man with complex eyes, her heart filled with mixed emotions.

She couldn't help but think: If that night, I had not ignored it, had checked the Holy Maiden's sedan chair, and found this fellow, we would not have suffered such heavy losses as now.

Yet who could have imagined that a lowly servant in the backyard of an inn in a remote, desolate village could drive both himself and the Holy Maiden to the brink of despair?

A servant? Isn't that something even any random small fry can order around?

You should just die; why resist so fiercely?

It was too late for regret. The maid, supporting the Holy Maiden, suddenly turned her head, her gaze landing on the last two figures.

These were Zhao Yong's final two accomplices, the "delicacies" the Dan Xiu had specially reserved for the Holy Maiden.

From the moment the battle began, they had hidden at the very back.

The Holy Maiden and the others, of course, had never expected them to contribute any strength.

The maid suddenly looked over, causing the two to shudder in terror, for that gaze was too cold and sinister, like... a pair of ghost eyes!

Requesting monthly tickets!





(End of this chapter)