Chapter 736

"Bad! It's poison gas! Retreat quickly!" Liu Suolong shouted loudly after dodging the gas with a backward step.

Upon hearing this, Luke immediately turned to run, but unfortunately, it was already too late...

The poison gas sprayed directly onto his face.

"Ahhh! My eyes!" Luke covered his eyes and fell to the ground in pain, wailing.

After struggling for a while, Luke said with a calm expression: "Ah, that's not right! I don't have eyes anymore; toxins are useless against a skeleton like me!"

"..."

Hearing Luke finish speaking, Liu Suolong and the Dongying Samurai tacitly moved far away from Luke.

"Suolong, this can't go on! We're about to be forced into a corner with nowhere to dodge!" Luke said anxiously while dodging attacks!

"Wait..." Liu Suolong suddenly stopped the movements in his hands.

"Speaking of which, Luke, this guy looks like jelly; wouldn't it be fine if you just ate him?"

"Suolong, the way you tell jokes is really ridiculous; how could I possibly do such a deranged thing?" Luke roared.

Even though he was nearly 70 years older than Suolong, Suolong still spoke in this tone used for teasing children, and Luke felt insulted!

"Hehehe..." Liu Suolong gave an awkward smile.

At this moment, they were already surrounded by the Slime Monster; if Ma Shanzhi still hadn't found the Dongying Samurai's body, it would truly be the worst-case scenario!

Ma Shanzhi was constantly diving deeper into the lake; because he was using the delicate body of Mao Nami to enter the water, Ma Shanzhi's speed was restricted.

"So cold~"

Although he was saying it was cold, Ma Shanzhi still persisted and swam toward the bottom of the lake.

The lake bottom was scattered with loose stones and various fish and shrimp; these fish and shrimp clearly had no intelligence.

They swam away one after another upon seeing a stranger, but the most dangerous ones were the piranhas.

They would pounce and bite the moment they discovered Ma Shanzhi.

Of course, with Ma Shanzhi's reactions and agility, these piranhas basically had no chance of success.

"Phew! Where exactly is that samurai's body? I've clearly activated my Haoran Zhengqi, so why haven't I sensed his aura yet?"

Ma Shanzhi, at the bottom of the lake, frowned tightly.

"Huh!"

Suddenly, Ma Shanzhi noticed a piranha had already swum above his head.

The piranha was holding the Dongying Samurai's body in its mouth, and Ma Shanzhi hurriedly reached out and grabbed it.

The piranha struggled desperately, and Ma Shanzhi sighed helplessly, kicking it away with a side kick.

At this moment, several more piranhas swarmed over.

Ma Shanzhi took a deep breath, held the Dongying Samurai's body, and circulated his internal energy, channeling it into the soles of his feet.

"Moon Walk!"

Stepping on the water, Ma Shanzhi used the power of the Moon Walk to quickly break away from the lake and return to the surface.

"Phew! Finally safe." Ma Shanzhi breathed a sigh of relief and threw the Dongying Samurai's upper body onto the shore: "Dongying Samurai, this is your body, right?"

His palm pressed against the Dongying Samurai's chest, channeling his internal True Qi into him to help him recover some vitality.

The Dongying Samurai looked at Ma Shanzhi with immense gratitude.

He knew very well that without Ma Shanzhi, he definitely would not have survived.

"Mr. Ma, thank you so much." The Dongying Samurai knelt respectfully before Ma Shanzhi to express his gratitude.

"Haha." Ma Shanzhi waved his hand: "Let's leave here quickly; the area nearby is already surrounded by Slime Monsters, and staying any longer might be life-threatening."

"Okay, okay." The Dongying Samurai nodded: "By the way, I haven't told you my name yet; my name is Kinemon, and my hometown is the Kuri Island of Dongying."

"Dongying, huh." Ma Shanzhi pondered: "I've heard of it."

"Hmm... Mr. Ma knows about Dongying too?" Kinemon was slightly stunned.

"I know a thing or two." Ma Shanzhi shrugged: "By the way, hurry up and get up! I don't have the habit of letting people kneel for long!"

"No! I feel very guilty about my attitude toward you earlier; I actually thought you were those murderous Jianghu outlaws, but if you hadn't helped me find my body today, I would have..." Kinemon said, bowing his head heavily several times.

"Oh my!" Ma Shanzhi hurriedly helped him up: "Are you really planning to keep doing that?"

"Please, you must accept my gratitude!" Kinemon looked sincere, as if he were prepared to kneel indefinitely if Ma Shanzhi didn't agree.

Looking at Kinemon's appearance, Ma Shanzhi suddenly felt a headache.

He didn't do these things for any reward.

"Um, let me interrupt you for a moment; we are currently in a huge crisis!"

Luke pointed at the surrounding Slime Monsters, looking panicked: "We have to escape from here immediately!"

"Ah!" Kinemon was startled, only then noticing the dense Slime Monsters around them: "Sorry, sorry, I was too excited just now and forgot the environment we are currently in!"

Ma Shanzhi looked at Luke and Liu Suolong and said: "When I went into the river just now, didn't I tell you to find a way to get rid of these things? You didn't come up with any ideas?"

"No!" Luke and Liu Suolong spread their hands.

They didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Ma Shanzhi shook his head and then said: "How about this, you two are responsible for blocking these Slime Monsters, and I'll take the Dongying Samurai and run out first!"

"Eh?"

"This, this isn't appropriate!"

Luke and Liu Suolong objected at the same time.

"I might have a way! In Dongying, I am known as Foxfire Kinemon, and I can imbue my sword with the power of fire."

Kinemon suddenly spoke up.

"A sword imbued with fire?" Ma Shanzhi looked at Kinemon with anticipation: "Can such a thing be done?"

"It's just ordinary fire!"

Kinemon said as he drew his sword, took a deep breath, and chanted: "Foxfire Sword Art!"

Clang—

The blade in his hand erupted with roaring flames, and he swung the blade, shattering the heads of several Slime Monsters in front of him.

"So amazing!" Luke's eyes widened.

"Such sword art is truly unheard of!" Liu Suolong's eyes glowed with heat.

Subsequently, the flames ignited the surrounding poison mist and Slime Monsters, and Kinemon managed to carve out a path for Liu Suolong and the others.

"Yosh! This way we can leave here; my benefactors! I need to go save my son! Let us part ways here!"

Kinemon bowed and saluted Ma Shanzhi and the others.

"Wait a moment! I'm suddenly interested in your sword art; I've decided to help you save your son!" Liu Suolong blocked his path.

Liu Suolong wasn't stupid; since Kinemon could use a sword, he definitely possessed superb sword skills.

He wanted to acquire Kinemon's sword skills to improve his own.

"How can this be!" Kinemon refused, clearly not agreeing with Liu Suolong's proposal.

The enemy's danger level was very high; how could he, Kinemon, do something that would put his benefactors in danger?

"Don't worry, with us here, nothing will happen!" Ma Shanzhi patted his shoulder.

"Then, I will trouble you, my benefactors!" Kinemon bowed: "Kinemon will never forget your great kindness!"

"No need for formalities, it's just mutual benefit!" Ma Shanzhi laughed: "Alright, let's go!"

Subsequently, Ma Shanzhi and the three others quickly left the area with Kinemon.

On Luo's side, he was knocked unconscious to the ground when hit on the back of the head by a bamboo pole imbued with Li Wei's martial arts True Qi.

But Li Wei had no intention of stopping: "Wake up! My punishment for you is far from enough!"

Li Wei picked up the bamboo pole and struck down fiercely again.

"Cough, cough!" Luo, awakened by Li Wei's strike, coughed softly and stood up slowly while holding his head.

Looking at Luo's disheveled appearance, Li Wei snorted coldly, raised the bamboo pole again, and smashed it fiercely toward Luo's head!

Luo's pupils shrank; Li Wei definitely hadn't held back, and because his heart was in Li Wei's hand, he didn't even have room to resist.

"Li Wei! As the leader of the Fifth Division of the Imperial Guard, if your subordinates knew you were here and participated in those experiments of Wang Kaisa, you'd probably be impeached and removed from office!" Luo said calmly.

Sure enough, Li Wei's bamboo pole stopped moving when it was only about an inch away from Luo.

He narrowed his eyes and stared at Luo: "What did you just say? Are you teaching me how to do things?"

Bang! Another strike came down.

This one was heavier.

"Ugh!" Luo groaned, sweat appearing on his forehead: "Li Wei... you..."