Chapter 421: What kind of monster would this turn into?

The monk said.

"In the face of absolute strength crushing everything, any weirdness is false!" Gu Rongjin didn't say more, he directly sneak-attacked Xiao Yichen's back.

This is using his own method against him!

"There's nothing to be done about rushing." The monk sighed lightly.

Just as Gu Rongjin struck at Xiao Yichen's back, Xiao Yichen vanished, and Gu Rongjin's all-out strike turned into a blast aimed at Cao Cixiu!

"Watch out, A Xiu!" Pei Si urged urgently.

Cao Cixiu had been fighting Xiao Yichen, unable to pull back his hand in time, his palm originally aimed at Xiao Yichen also met Gu Rongjin!

At the critical moment, the two people, unable to retract their inner force, slammed into the flying tree trunk that blocked them, avoiding mutual injury.

The thick tree trunk that four strong men could barely embrace instantly shattered into splinters!

"Amitabha, good, good." The monk who had just blasted a segment of the thousand-year-old tree trunk put his palms together.

Gu Rongjin and Xiao Yichen both looked toward the direction where Xiao Yichen had just disappeared; the person who had been hidden reappeared before them, curling his lips in a strange smile.

What's going on?

Just now, was it an illusion or what?

Could it be that Xiao Yichen also knows a body double technique?

"Even if you four attack together, you might not be able to beat me." Xiao Yichen said arrogantly.

Gu Rongjin noticed that Xiao Yichen completely lacked the previous set of tricks he used against him, and the martial arts' path was something he had never seen before.

Has he absorbed some heretical martial arts?

He suddenly thought of Ruo Hua.

That woman had once been imprisoned with Xiao Yichen; could she have taught him heretical arts?

But how could he possibly learn it in just a few days?

"Master Cao, when it comes to heretical arts, aren't you more skilled?"

Gu Rongjin, who was facing off against Xiao Yichen, asked Cao Cixiu.

"Although Young Master Jin's remark is a bit rude, it's basically true." He had been careless just now, but things are different now.

Cao Cixiu flicked away, vanishing from everyone's sight, and in the next instant appeared behind the smug Xiao Yichen, curling his lips: "You're careless, Master Xiao."

"It's you who's careless, Master Cao." Xiao Yichen dodged at a speed hard to see with the naked eye, flicking up and down, left and right.

It made people dazzled, as if hypnotized, falling into a dazed state.

Of course, this only affected others; Cao Cixiu was unaffected, his dynamic vision exceptionally sharp—no matter how Xiao Yichen moved, he could keep up, then seize the moment to strike!

Xiao Yichen seemed not to expect to be seen through, startled for a moment, then was blasted to the ground!

"As expected of A Ci!" Praised Pei Si.

The monk raised an eyebrow: "Don't rush to relax yet."

Only see the fallen Xiao Yichen slowly crawl up in an extremely twisted posture, his limbs bending to a degree no human could achieve, like an indestructible arthropod.

The monk couldn't help but ask Cao Cixiu: "Patron Cao, what exactly did you feed him?"

"It's an improved gu worm; I'm sure it wouldn't have such strange side effects." Cao Cixiu found it hard to understand: "Unless he ate something else, fighting poison with poison, poison stacking on poison."

Gu Rongjin: "What else could he eat, a person?"

He wouldn't wait for Xiao Yichen to recover; he went up and attacked!

"Where have you hidden Xiao Zhiyan?!"

However, his punch went straight through Xiao Yichen's body, his hand feeling like it was striking a swamp—sticky and unpleasant, even smelling of marsh.

Pei Si: "Maybe you're right; he ate that woman."

The monk: "If that's the case, it's bad."

Pei Si: "First as a solvent for the poison gas, then fed the gu worm, then due to the explosion losing control and eating a mutated human—how many layers has that stacked up?"

What kind of monster would this turn into?

Gu Rongjin's arm couldn't be pulled out, stuck in Xiao Yichen's chest, instead becoming a restraint; Xiao Yichen gave a strange smile.

Now it was his turn to attack.

"As I just said, we're not in a one-on-one duel." Cao Cixiu thrust both palms toward Xiao Yichen!

Xiao Yichen didn't dodge; he only wanted to kill Gu Rongjin, as if his own fate didn't matter, or he was certain he wouldn't be hurt.

Just as he spoke, the monk slapped the ground; crazy fast-growing vines shot up from the cracked earth, instantly entwining Xiao Yichen and binding him tightly.

At this point, Gu Rongjin had withdrawn, no longer acting rashly, pondering how to deal with Xiao Yichen.

This person is now illusory and real, really hard to handle!

I didn't expect that even four against one would look somewhat embarrassed.

What kind of monster has Xiao Yichen turned into?!

The vines dragged Xiao Yichen underground, the cracked ground slowly closing.

Cao Cixiu: "If you don't want to be buried alive, obediently tell us where the princess went."

Xiao Yichen showed no panic at all, still smiling: "Even if you kill me, you'll never know where A Zhi is."

Even as the soil was about to completely cover him, he remained calm and composed.

I don't know whether he has become fearless of death or has decided he won't die.

Gu Rongjin's chest heaved severely from anger and impatience; he certainly wished to kill Xiao Yichen right then, but he couldn't—he could only pull Xiao Yichen up from the earth that was about to close.

"Don't be impulsive, Patron Gu!"

The monk tried to stop him, but it was too late; Gu Rongjin touched Xiao Yichen and was pulled down by him, both buried together by the closing earth.

Pei Si: "What's going on?"

He looked toward the monk.

The monk shook his head.

What does shaking one's head mean?

Forget it, the emperor isn't in a hurry but the eunuch is, so he crossed his arms and waited.

No one knew what was happening underground; it shook violently, as if two people were fighting inside, and it seemed impossible to tell who was winning.

At times this side bulged into hills, at times that side sank down, and the affected area was so vast it was overwhelming.

Pei Si couldn't help but wonder what was really going on down below!

At the same time, Pei Shangling sat where Qiao Chu and A Zi were being held; A Zi had fainted unconscious, no doctor came to see her, and she lay there, left to live or die.

Despite being interrogated by Pei Shangling, Qiao Chu couldn't utter a single useful word.

"What do you want to know? Let my master come ask me." Qiao Chu, who had just spat up a mouthful of blood, smiled at Pei Shangling.

He's not free; if you don't want to die, quickly tell me where Xiao Yichen took A Zhi?!

Pei Shangling didn't think Qiao Chu would know, but he hoped Qiao Chu could at least offer a few clues, since they were partners and should know something.

He had used torture without authorization, and he didn't fear the Qilin would investigate, because protecting a traitor would be unacceptable, so he acted without restraint.

What's more, for A Zhi's sake, he could do anything!