A Person of Chivalry

"Hmph, as I've said before, the advantage of martial arts lies in the fact that as long as one's cultivation is high enough, one can still win even if their weaknesses are discovered."

Halfway through its claws, the Daoist Crow suddenly changed his move, pressing down with all ten fingers to see through the many changes and grasp the two daggers perfectly. Then, he exerted force with his ten fingers, which rose and fell like waves, trying to remove the True Qi from the Water-Splitting Daggers layer by layer.

However, upon first contact, the Daoist Crow's expression changed drastically. It was because Yu Shuying's Reverse Countering Marvelous Art had transformed his True Qi into an attribute that countered his Cultivation Body. He immediately felt a numbness in his arm as lightning-like energy invaded his body, tearing apart his muscles and meridians.

Not understanding the reason, and only thinking that the opponent's Internal Cultivation just happened to counter his own, the Daoist Crow cursed his bad luck in the dark, took a step back, stomped his foot, and used the method of dissipating force to guide his True Qi into the ground. The ground exploded with a bang, and mud and debris flew everywhere.

The Daoist Crow's face was extremely ugly. He had already seen that the girl's cultivation was far inferior to his own, and her martial arts skills were even more mediocre. In the end, he was the one who suffered a loss, and he truly felt frustrated, as if he had been caught off guard.

However, he quickly adjusted his emotions. The girl's methods were nothing more than surprise attacks. Once the surprise was gone, there was nothing to fear. Even though his Internal Cultivation attribute was suppressed, as long as the fire was big enough, it could still boil water. Moreover, in order to deal with the girl's poison attack, he specially wore a poison-repelling bead on his body to make himself immune to all poisons.

Just as the Daoist Crow was about to make another move, the girl said, "Two moves have passed; you can rest now."

"What nonsense... uh!"

The Daoist Crow coughed up a mouthful of blood, mixed with fragments of his internal organs. He knew he had been poisoned, and the only way to break the deadlock was to capture the girl and torture her to find the antidote. However, as soon as he activated his True Qi, he felt excruciating pain all over his body, as if his bones were about to break apart. It was as if the flesh and blood on his body had become living things and were about to leave his body. He staggered and fell to the ground.

"Why? I was clearly wearing a poison-repelling bead."

The Daoist Crow reached out and grabbed the bead on his chest, as if about to let out a mournful cry, "Fake goods are harmful!"

Yu Shuying scoffed, "How could a mere bead possibly defend against the Three Paths Gu, the most poisonous poison in the world? If wearing a single bead could make one immune to all poisons, why would anyone bother practicing poison-based martial arts?"

"The Three Paths Gu? Wasn't it already..."

"Who told you that I used the Three Paths Gu before? I never said that. Didn't you notice that the symptoms of those crows when they were poisoned were different from those of the Three Paths Gu?"

The Daoist Crow couldn't recall the difference between the two, because with a "bang," his flesh and blood exploded, leaving him as a skeleton.

"To use the Three Paths Gu, you need to activate it with the Essence Blood Pill, so you had two moves, but unfortunately you didn't seize the opportunity."

With a flick of her sleeve, Yu Shuying retrieved the Three Paths Gu. Even though she had the antidote, she dared not release such a poison for too long.

She turned to look at Diao Bao and asked, "Is he dead? If he's not, say something."

Diao Bao lay on the ground, his buttocks arched, one hand covering his crotch, and cried pitifully, "Chief, I'm not dead, but from now on I'm afraid I can only be a fierce and valiant man."

Yu Shuying showed a disgusted expression. "A real man shouldn't be crying over something just because he got stabbed."

"Reporting to the leader, it wasn't my body that was stabbed, but my dignity."

Diao Bao was hit in such a bad spot that Yu Shuying was unwilling to bandage him. Just as she was about to take out a bottle of hemostatic ointment for him to apply himself, the skeleton of the Daoist Crow suddenly jumped up from the ground and pounced on her.

Chapter 699 Chivalrous Men

A skeleton devoid of flesh and blood, its essence, energy, and spirit all gone. Even if it was a master close to the Spirit Transformation stage while alive, the bones left behind after death would only be slightly harder than those of an ordinary person. Yu Shuying used the Water-Splitting Thorn to twist it completely into dust.

It was solved so easily?

Just as Yu Shuying began to have doubts, she saw Diao Bao look at her with a terrified expression. Her expression shifted, and she ducked down to dodge an invisible attack. Then, she did a somersault forward, creating distance while throwing a phosphorescent fireball. The fireball exploded in mid-air, emitting a bright light and scattering a large amount of phosphorus powder. The phosphorus powder ignited upon contact with anything and quickly turned into a raging fire.

Yu Shuying vaguely heard a few screams, and then saw the scene in front of her distort and shake, as if a stone had been thrown into the lake, shattering the reflection in the water.

"So that's how it is, I was under an illusion."

The scene returned to its true state. The skeleton of the Daoist Crow was still lying on the ground, undamaged. Where Yu Shuying had been standing, a woman in a tight leather outfit appeared. She was engulfed in flames from the phosphorescent fire and was rolling on the ground in desperation. Her companion was frantically trying to extinguish the fire, but the phosphorescent fire was extremely difficult to put out, and neither water nor sand could help.

Finally, the woman took off her bodysuit and threw it away, managing to avoid being burned alive. Even so, her body was covered in scorch marks.

The woman was wearing nothing under her tight-fitting clothes, and her curvaceous figure made Diao Bao swallow hard. She herself seemed unconcerned, enduring the pain of her burns as she asked, "How did you realize you were under an illusion?"

Yu Shuying actually knew this through her ability to read minds, Diao Bao. Although Diao Bao used illusion magic to bewitch her, he did not bewitch Diao Bao. Therefore, her behavior seemed very Anomalies to Diao Bao. Not only was she dealing with non-existent enemies, but she also showed no reaction to enemies approaching from behind.

Having learned the truth from Diao Bao's thoughts, Yu Shuying quickly responded, dodging the attack while counterattacking with phosphorescent fireballs. Of course, most importantly, she released a bright light to alert Si Ming to come and rescue them.

However, there was no need to tell the other party such a secret. Yu Shuying wasn't one to explain things or insist on letting the other party know how she did it. She glanced at it and said, "Wearing this kind of perverted clothing that covers your entire body, it seems you're trying to use this method to counter my poison technique. How laughable."

The woman said coldly, "Whether it's laughable or not is unimportant. What matters is the result. As long as I can capture you, everything will be worthwhile."

Yu Shuying was about to make a sarcastic remark, her expression suddenly changed, and she quickly rolled forward to avoid the sneak attack coming from behind.

Unfortunately, the rolling in reality doesn't have an invincible mechanism. A fishing net suddenly fell down, trapping Yu Shuying inside. She tried to use the water-splitting spikes to cut the net, but felt a tingling sensation in her body, and her limbs became unresponsive, causing her to lose control.

A man also dressed in a tight-fitting suit emerged from the shadows, holding a fishing net launcher in his hand, and said with a grin, "It seems that even those skilled in using poison cannot cure all poisons."

"Non-Self hadn't distracted her, how could you have succeeded so easily?" The naked woman sneered, then urged, "Hurry up and seal her acupoints. No one can guarantee she won't recover in the next moment. After all, even the infamous Daoist Crow died at her hands. We must be careful. My clothes have already been burned. Now, only you are not afraid of being poisoned."

"You're always so cautious. The Daoist Crow was about to succeed, but he told us to wait patiently and not to act rashly. In the end, he became the one who unaware of the danger."

The man in the tight-fitting clothes stepped forward and sealed Yu Shuying's pressure points, then glanced at Diao Bao beside him and asked, "What should we do with this man? Kill him?"

"I... I'm just an innocent passerby."

Diao Bao never imagined that working as a courier would put his life in danger, and he was filled with remorse.

A smile appeared on the naked woman's lips. "No, thank you. Isn't one of the assassin's rules to avoid killing innocent bystanders?"

Diao Bao was deeply moved, but before he could express his gratitude, the other person continued, "But since he did see something he shouldn't have, let's gouge out his eyes so he can forever remember my beauty."

Then he looked at Yu Shuying and said, "Weren't you laughing at me just now? Now, who's the more ridiculous one?"

Yu Shuying tugged at her numb facial muscles and slowly said, "You can still manage to escape if you try now."

"Still dare to be stubborn? Looks like you're eager to experience physical pain." The naked woman's expression immediately changed, revealing a fierce look.

The man in the tight-fitting clothes quickly said, "We still need to take her hostage, so we can't go too far."

"Don't worry, I just want to torture her properly, I promise I won't leave any traces."