Chapter 209: Osiris's Hidden Hand

If that's the case, let's lay it all out.

Wu Tie let out a sigh.

The black scales on his body quickly receded, and his figure returned to normal.

He revealed his true appearance: a tall, slender, iron-hard youth; the White Tiger Rend in his hand reverted to its original form, a stark white spear, and Wu Tie did not let the overly conspicuous white tiger head be displayed.

Lao Dao Feng and the others' faces suddenly darkened.

They were seasoned veterans of the jianghu; after all these days, they actually failed to notice that Wu Tie's appearance was an illusion.

Wu Tie's cultivation could not possibly be higher than theirs.

Then, it must be that Wu Tie's mastery of the illusion technique is exceedingly superb, far beyond their ability to discern.

"I am Wu Tie; I have a grudge against the Golden Dead Spirit, so, under Lord Sa's recommendation, I spent a fortune to hire you to attack the assassination squad the Golden Dead Spirit formed."

Wu Tie glanced at Duo Li Ya, who was mixed in the crowd.

"I suppose the formation of this assassination squad has something to do with you, Duo Li Ya?" Wu Tie said calmly: "I personally witnessed your assassination squad's surprise attack on the Golden Dead Spirit, and I also saw that, with Duo Li Ya's help, your assault team was wiped out."

"After that, I thought of joining the Blood Curved Blade… to borrow your strength, or rather, to help you wipe out the Golden Dead Spirit."

Wu Tie said coldly: "My power has nothing to do with Osiris's sleeping tomb… As for the reason my power rose so quickly in such a short time, that's my personal matter and has nothing to do with you."

Lao Dao Feng and the others immediately believed Wu Tie's words.

They were old, crafty foxes; they could tell whether Wu Tie was speaking truth or lies.

The more so, their eyeballs faintly reddened.

Wu Tie said that his rapid strength increase in such a short time, allowing him to easily defeat the originally equal-strength Niu Man, was entirely due to his own innate reasons, unrelated to Osiris's resting place.

No matter what the reason… the secret that let his strength surge in such a short time is too tempting.

"Then, hand over the secret of your strength surging in such a short time… we are still brothers." Lao Dao Feng looked at Wu Tie with a full-face smile: "Wu Tie, right? Having one more brother is better than having one more enemy."

After rubbing his hands together vigorously, Lao Dao Feng said passionately: "Especially, we Blood Curved Blade have so many good brothers… you will surely like these good brothers… you surely wouldn't want to gain so many more enemies from us."

"What if I say no?" Wu Tie rubbed the shaft of the White Tiger Rend with both hands.

"Then we will be very sad." Lao Dao Feng's face darkened; Niu Man, Tang Qi, and all the Blood Curved Blade masters present had faces that turned extremely grim, gritting their teeth, cheeks twitching, looking like evil spirits.

"We treated you as a brother… but you only think of using us, only think of letting our brothers bleed and sacrifice for your personal grudge… this is not good, very bad, it hurts people too much, it hurts our hearts too much…"

Lao Dao Feng kept shaking his head, he sighed: "In that case, we can only take you down, then… torture you to make you confess everything."

"Robbery?" Wu Tie raised the White Tiger Rend.

"Robbery… this is our livelihood!" Lao Dao Feng looked at Wu Tie candidly: "Who made you come to our door yourself? If we don't rob you, who would we rob?"

"Moreover, I truly am not targeting you on purpose…" Lao Dao Feng sighed: "It's really because of the Bodhi Clan; they say they want revenge, I can't bear to abandon this foundation of the Giant Snake Cave, I can't bear to abandon the many civilians who rely on us Blood Curved Blade for survival…"

"I must make the brothers strong, so they can face the Bodhi Clan's revenge; therefore, they must become stronger." Lao Dao Feng spoke bluntly: "But whether it's the inheritance I received, or the six old brothers received, we are unwilling to bring it out…"

The Blood-Colored Curved Blade spun rapidly above Lao Dao Feng's head.

"So, I can only wrong you…" Lao Dao Feng laughed gleefully: "Originally I was afraid you'd get nothing from that relic, no inheritance… now I have it figured out, I'm relieved, I'm overjoyed… thank you, Wu Tie brother."

"When we catch you and torture you, I'll have the brothers go easy, making sure not to kill you… at most, you'll end up crippled, which is inevitable." Lao Dao Feng laughed even more brightly.

When Lao Dao Feng laughed brightly, Tang Qi suddenly moved.

On his back grew huge, pale green, transparent membranous wings, accompanied by a piercing 'buzz' sound; he lunged forward like a giant mantis, waving small blades in both hands, slashing at Wu Tie's neck.

A dark glow flashed on Wu Tie's black armor; before he could activate it, a black light erupted from within the armor, forming a fully enclosed eagle-headed helmet that clamped onto his head.

This helmet and half-body armor are one piece, completely encasing Wu Tie's entire neck.

Tang Qi's eight poison-coated blades heavily sliced Wu Tie's neck; the blades and the black armor clashed violently, sending sparks flying, and all eight blades shattered simultaneously.

Tang Qi exerted too much force; the exploding blade fragments mangled both his hands.

Tang Qi let out a hoarse scream, his body swayed, he kicked Wu Tie's waist, using the rebound to fly backward.

Likewise, a bone-breaking sound rang out; Tang Qi kicked with excessive force, Wu Tie's body didn't budge, several of Tang Qi's toe bones shattered against the armor, pain making his face turn pale.

Tang Qi's sneak attack failed; nearby, over a dozen Blood Curved Blade masters, mainly Dare-to-die Battalion and War Hall Life Pool Realm experts, simultaneously attacked Wu Tie.

Dozens of blade and sword lights shot forth, all aimed at Wu Tie's arms, thighs, and other places not covered by armor.

Behind Wu Tie's armor, huge black wings suddenly unfurled; the metallic wings swept hard, Wu Tie's body instantly vanished from the spot, and the next moment he was a hundred meters away; a piercing white light shot out with a mournful tearing-air sound, his spear pierced a War Hall master straight through.

Lao Dao Feng and six Life Pool Realm masters shouted in unison, then they all attacked.

"Wu Tie, since you are so ungrateful… you actually dare to harbor ill intent toward my Blood Curved Blade, dare to strike down my brothers… don't blame us for setting aside brotherhood."

Lao Dao Feng shouted a rebuke; I don't know where he learned that phrase, as the Blood-Colored Curved Blade shot down from his head to slash at Wu Tie, he also let out a long sigh: "I intended my heart for the bright moon, but the moon shines only in the gutter… Wu Tie, you have disappointed me, old brother."

Wu Tie remained silent; as the Blood-Colored Curved Blade came down, he violently swung his left hand.

Five fingernails flickered with a dim, dark light.

Wu Tie's bones were devouring the essence stored in the Taotie Divine Weapons; the bones of his left hand were at their peak of activity.

Who knows how much Wu Tie's arm bones have mutated; he swung his left hand, five fingers heavily striking the edge of the Blood-Colored Curved Blade; the blade nicked, Wu Tie's finger flesh tore open, and the bones slammed hard against the blade.

Bang!

Lao Dao Feng, relying on his blood-colored curved blade that had dominated his lifetime, suddenly shattered, exploding into countless iron fragments spraying everywhere.

Countless threads of fine light, visible only to Wu Tie, sprayed from the shattered blade, quickly seeping into Wu Tie's palm bones; a faint warm current flowed in. Needless to say, Lao Dao Feng's this curved blade, compared to those divine weapons forged from Taotie bones, is far inferior in quality.

However, consider Lao Dao Feng's status… he is merely a leader among several major powers of the Giant Snake Cave; it's only natural that his weapon grade is a bit lower.

"Not able to withstand a single blow!" Wu Tie growled lowly.

At the instant the curved blade shattered, Lao Dao Feng's five viscera and six bowels almost vomited; his vision went black, he spat out three blood arrows, his body trembled, he staggered back a dozen steps, nearly collapsing.

This was his lifebound divine weapon, cultivated over hundreds of years.

Wu Tie's blow shattered his Blood-Colored Curved Blade, essentially taking half his life!

Lao Dao Feng howled and cursed, trembling, he pulled from his sleeve the hand crossbow he used to kill the Gold Silver Copper Three Ghosts, and nocked an arrow emitting a chilling Cold Qi.

Lao Dao Feng raised the hand crossbow, locked onto Wu Tie's elusive figure, then pulled the trigger.

Wu Tie suddenly looked at Lao Dao Feng.

When he previously negotiated with the Gold, Silver, and Bronze Three Ghosts, his impression of this hand crossbow was extremely deep; a Life Pool Realm expert was actually killed in one strike!

At this moment, Lao Dao Feng pulled out the hand crossbow again, and the huge metal wings behind Wu Tie flapped rapidly, driving him to dodge backward at high speed.

Lao Dao Feng triggered the crossbow mechanism, and the bolt shot out fiercely.

Just as the bolt flew out, the crossbow arrow suddenly split into eight streaks of black cold light, drawing eight turbulent arcs; it did not fly toward Wu Tie, but suddenly fell, deeply penetrating the bodies of Lao Dao Feng, Duo Li Ya, and six Life Pool Realm experts.

Precisely upon entering Osiris' Sleeping Tomb, the eight people other than Wu Tie were all struck by this blow of Lao Dao Feng.

"Ah?" Duo Li Ya cried out in disbelief, touching the golden arrow at his chest whose surface continuously oozed black patterns; his body shuddered violently, and he then slumped to the ground.

"Why... why... I shouldn't die here... my divination art... I... I will become... a... a..." The golden arrow twitched slightly, then viciously stabbed downward another three cun.

Duo Li Ya's body twitched, and his life force instantly vanished completely.

Lao Dao Feng and the six Life Pool Realm old brothers stared blankly at the arrows in their chests.

Lao Dao Feng's target was Wu Tie, so why did the arrows appear in their bodies? Moreover, Lao Dao Feng had loaded only one arrow, so why did eight arrows appear, killing all eight of them at once?

"I... I... I refuse!" Lao Dao Feng stared blankly at Wu Tie.

"I refuse... I, I, I have obtained so many treasures... I have received the inheritance of the Nether River Life and Death Classic... I, I should, should dominate the Great Serpent Cavern, dominate the Black Serpent Domain, dominate... dominate..." Lao Dao Feng's body twitched, he collapsed heavily, and there was no longer any aura on him.

Those six Life Pool Realm experts died even faster than Lao Dao Feng, not even having time to leave a last word.

The experts of the Blood Curved Blade were besieging Wu Tie.

At the instant Lao Dao Feng, Duo Li Ya, and the eight others fell, they simultaneously abandoned their attack on Wu Tie, howling as they lunged toward the corpses of the eight.

What good things Wu Tie possesses is unknown.

Wu Tie's strength is so formidable that even Niu Man was crushed by a single blow; wanting to kill him is extremely difficult.

And Lao Dao Feng and his group are dead.

The treasures they obtained from Osiris' sleeping place are all on their bodies.

"Mine! Mine! I will be the new chief of the Blood Curved Blade!" Tang Qi roared as he lunged at Lao Dao Feng.

He had wings on his back, flew extremely fast, leaving a faint afterimage, and was the first to reach Lao Dao Feng's side.

He reached out to grab Lao Dao Feng's corpse, but his fingers were still over three feet away when over a dozen attacks struck him simultaneously.

Flying swords, flying knives, hidden weapons, and even three bolts of thunderfire.

Wu Tie stared in astonishment at the source of one of those thunderbolts—it was Niu Man, famed for his brute strength, who had never shown any magical energy in battle, yet he now spat out a thunderbolt as thick as a water vat.

The thunderlight blazed fiercely, slamming hard into Tang Qi.

Tang Qi wore the armor bestowed by Lao Dao Feng; the golden armor glittered with strange light, then suddenly shattered into dozens of pieces that flew off to different parts of his body.

All the attacks struck Tang Qi solidly, instantly engulfing him in a blaze of wondrous light.

Niu Man and the others had no time to wonder why Tang Qi's armor flew off; they lunged to Lao Dao Feng's side and simultaneously reached out to grab him.

At the same time, they also frantically attacked their nearby 'sworn brothers' with every means available!

They attacked with all their might, even resorting to secret arts, burning their essence blood and souls, unleashing the strongest attack of their lives.

Amidst clanging sounds, the golden armor on their bodies flew off one after another.

All the attacks struck them solidly; dozens of Blood Curved Blade experts simultaneously vomited blood and were flung backward, some even having their limbs shattered, each letting out hoarse wails and incredulous roars.

Wu Tie stared blankly at this scene.

This, this, this is simply...

By his ear, it seemed Osiris' strange laughter rang out.

Wu Tie narrowed his eyes; is this Osiris' doing?

Is he tampering with these armors?

"Little fellow, this counts as my last help to you... How to put it, you are indeed my little friend; they used the power I granted to harm my little friend—who else could be blamed?"

"Alright, all the inherited techniques and armors will fly off on their own to seek their destined ones."

"Only this 'Guard Tower' I'll leave for you... Although I don't know if it's suitable, although I don't know if someone will be satisfied, but... make do with it."

"This can't be blamed on me; it's only after I sent you away from my sleeping place that I suddenly thought, perhaps this 'Guard Tower' could let him awaken?"

"Hehe, fate willing, we'll meet again..."

"Hopefully, we can meet again..."