Chapter 254: Chapter 129: Yu Shier Suppresses Dual Seventh-Rank in One Breath, Pants Ablaze_2
After Yu Shier retreated, two sky-obscuring masses of Poisonous Fog flew swiftly towards Lin Xuankong and the Seventh-tier Spirit Puppet, Xiong Wudi. Both sides moved at incredible speed, colliding in the blink of an eye.
The hearts of those watching from the mountaintop skipped a beat. Lin Xuankong and Xiong Wudi did not dodge or evade but charged straight into the thousands of Poisonous Fog tendrils. This human and this demon actually allowed the endless Poisonous Fog to envelop them!
In an instant, the Poisonous Fog spread, and the figures of Lin Xuankong and Xiong Wudi vanished from everyone’s sight!
In the distance, the retreating Yu Shier’s expression faltered, his face filled with confusion. What was going on? Didn’t Little Yu King say that Mu Shiba was very powerful? Wasn’t his Demon Prison Cage supposed to easily suppress Seventh-tier demons? Why didn’t he activate the Demon Prison Cage from afar and instead rush into the Poisonous Fog? Was he just flying over to offer himself up?
On the mountaintop, the onlookers wore anxious expressions.
Celestial Sect Elder Hua Yanluo exclaimed, "Oh no, why did Mr. Mu rush into the Poisonous Fog? Even the slightest contact with it can affect a Martial Cultivator’s Cultivation Realm! With such a vast amount of Poisonous Fog tendrils, forget Mr. Mu; even a Seventh-tier Brown Bear Spirit Puppet couldn’t withstand it. Their cultivation would be suppressed in an instant!"
Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er also looked surprised. "Mr. Mu, what are you doing?"
In her urgency, she couldn’t help but reach into her robes, where a Demon Sparrow Demon Pearl and two Ghost Frog King Demon Pearls were kept. The situation was so critical that even knowing she was no match, the Celestial Sect Saintess felt compelled to intervene!
Just then, the two sky-obscuring masses of Poisonous Fog in the distant sky suddenly churned violently. Among them, the large mass of Poisonous Fog on the right began to shrink rapidly, as if something terrifying was frantically sucking in the sky-obscuring Poisonous Fog. In less than half a breath, the Poisonous Fog cloud, hundreds of zhang in diameter, actually shrank rapidly to a mass merely half a chi across!
By now, the figures of Lin Xuankong and the Seventh-tier Spirit Puppet, Xiong Wudi, had reappeared. The Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpion, initially hidden in the right mass of Poisonous Fog, was now trapped in the Demon Prison Cage. The previously ferocious Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpion was now motionless within the cage, unable to even twitch its tail tip... The Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpion was like a Seventh-tier Scorpion Corpse!
The other mass of Poisonous Fog, however, was roiling and rapidly flying towards the Secret Realm Center, attempting to escape.
But the Seventh-tier Spirit Puppet, Xiong Wudi, was already prepared and wouldn’t let it.
"AWOOOO~~~~~"
A series of terrifying Soul Shattering Roars echoed. One after another, terrifying sonic attacks struck relentlessly towards the center of the Poisonous Fog, causing the hundreds-of-zhang-wide mass of Poisonous Fog to roll even more violently.
A quarter of a breath later, Xiong Wudi roared continuously as he channeled Demon Qi, carrying Lin Xuankong, and charged into the Poisonous Fog.
Another quarter of a breath later, the enormous mass of Poisonous Fog suddenly dissipated. The figures of the Seventh-tier Spirit Puppet Xiong Wudi and Lin Xuankong were revealed once more. This time, Xiong Wudi’s huge paw was clutching a five- or six-foot-long, ink-black Corpse Scorpion. The Corpse Scorpion’s body was curled up and motionless; it was unclear if it was knocked unconscious or already dead!
In the sky not far away, Yu Shier, flames still burning beneath his feet, watched this scene, his pupils constricted, and his heart trembled. The two Seventh-tier Late Stage Corpse Scorpions that had suppressed him so completely were subdued just like that?
This Seventh-Layer Late Stage expert stared at Lin Xuankong in the distance, so astonished that he forgot to control his flames. The flames under his feet immediately surged upwards, instantly burning his trousers and crotch to a blackened crisp! The Seventh-Layer expert was shocked to such a degree...
Snapping back to reality, Yu Shier cried out in pain, quickly extinguished the flames, and landed behind a large rock on the ground. He changed his trousers, then emerged with a distinct scent of something burnt clinging to him. Gazing at Lin Xuankong, who was flying back towards the mountaintop, this Seventh-Layer expert, Yu Shier, was utterly astonished.
The two Seventh-tier Late Stage Corpse Scorpions that he had struggled with for so long, that had kept pushing him back, were actually defeated? From the moment Mu Shiba flew over to the end of the battle, it had only taken a single breath’s time? This was too damn fast! Even an Early Eighth Layer expert wouldn’t be able to deal with two Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpions this quickly. An Early-stage Tier Eight expert would still have to avoid the deadly venom of a Seventh-tier Late Stage Corpse Scorpion!
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On the mountaintop, everyone stood near the entrance of the cave, looking at Lin Xuankong returning via the Spirit Puppet’s Demon Qi, each with a peculiar expression.
At this moment, Zheng Yunrui and the other two were all hiding more than ten zhang away from Lin Xuankong. Although the two Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpions had been suppressed—one locked in the Seventh-tier Demon Prison Cage and unable to move, the other half-dead and held in Xiong Wudi’s hands—they were still two highly poisonous Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpions. Who wouldn’t fear such venom? Who would dare approach these terrifying Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpions!
Celestial Sect Elder Hua Yanluo looked at the Corpse Scorpions, then at Lin Xuankong, and cupped her hands from a distance, saying, "Mr. Mu, earlier, Yanluo still harbored doubts about your talent and strength. Now, I am truly ashamed.
"Your various methods and abilities are truly beyond Yanluo’s imagination, to instantly suppress two Seventh-tier Late Stage Corpse Scorpions! Even if the Grand Elders of my Celestial Sect, those at the Mid-Eighth Layer or Late Eighth Layer, were to act, they could hardly do better than this. The key is, Mr. Mu, you possess such capabilities at such a young age; it’s truly astonishing and admirable, astonishing and admirable indeed!"
Being praised so highly by Hua Yanluo, the foremost figure of Great Marsh Prefecture and a Celestial Sect Elder, Lin Xuankong felt quite emotional. He recalled how, back then, even a disciple of this Celestial Sect Elder could command his entire Yin Talisman Sect. At that time, in the eyes of this Celestial Sect Elder, he was likely less than a tiny ant! Now, even this Celestial Sect Elder Hua Yanluo showed him such respect... This was the change wrought by strength! In this Martial Arts World, strength was truly everything. As long as one’s strength was sufficient, status would immediately follow!
Standing on the white carpet, Third Princess Xiaoo Ying’Er gazed intently at Lin Xuankong with her luminous eyes. After observing him for a long moment, the expression on her lovely face shifted, and she sighed, "Mr. Mu, your talent is immense; Ying’Er admires you greatly! To suppress two Seventh-tier Late Stage Corpse Scorpions with a flick of your hand—such a battle record is enough to make your name known throughout the Six Prefectures of Nanjiang!
"However, Ying’Er has a slight doubt. When you were directing the Seventh-tier Spirit Puppet just now, why were you completely unafraid of the Poisonous Fog? The venom of a Seventh-tier Late Stage Corpse Scorpion is terrifyingly potent, yet you plunged headfirst into the Poisonous Fog and seemed entirely unaffected!"
Hearing the Third Princess ask this, curiosity immediately arose in the hearts of everyone present. This was especially true for Yu Shier, who had just changed his trousers; he had personally clashed with the Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpions and naturally understood the terror of their Corpse Scorpion venom.
The Flame Dragon he condensed from True Qi would be affected by the Corpse Scorpion venom, and he himself couldn’t withstand it, not daring to let even the slightest trace of it touch him. Yet this Mr. Mu before them seemed completely unconcerned. It felt as if the Corpse Scorpion’s venom was no different to him than the steam rising from a bath—utterly inconsequential! Never mind a Seventh-Layer Late Stage expert like Yu Shiba being unable to ignore the Corpse Scorpion venom; even those Eighth-Layer Realm generals from Prince Yu’s Mansion could not achieve this! Even the Ninth-Layer powerhouses of Prince Yu’s Mansion, including the world-renowned King Yu himself, would have to use True Qi to annihilate the venom of a Seventh-tier Corpse Scorpion; they would absolutely not allow it to contaminate them! How on earth did this Mu Shiba accomplish it?