"Pah!"
Spitting out another mouthful of bloody phlegm, Shangguan Feiyun wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. A cold smile lingered on his face, though inwardly he kept counting himself fortunate.
Huang Lingyan had planned this meticulously, so the poison was naturally no ordinary thing. Under normal circumstances, it would have claimed Shangguan Feiyun's life by now.
Fortunately, after Shangguan Liuyun had personally worked over his cultivation, he had broken through into the Energy Gathering Realm. Though his realm had fallen after the power flowed back into his body, Aura still protected him.
Relying on that remaining Aura, he forced the poison out of his body along the path it had entered.
Watching Shangguan Feiyun rise to his feet again, Huang Lingyan found it truly unbelievable. Then his face twisted into a savage grimace.
"I didn't expect you to have such a trick up your sleeve. But you're not the only one with help."
As he spoke, he pulled a gunpowder tube from his robes. Driven by inner force, the powder shot skyward and burst into a flare.
The next instant, martial artists rushed out from all corners of Dongjiang City. Three of them were nearby.
"City Lord, give your orders!"
"Split off some men. Capture those on the city walls and in the City Lord's Mansion. Then turn the Shangguan Family upside down and find Shangguan Liuyun for me!"
"Shangguan Feiyun, tell me—which will happen first? Will those people be taken down, or will I take you down first?"
"If you ask me, you'll be the one I take down first."
Having rallied himself, Shangguan Feiyun showed no fear whatsoever. With a lift of his palm, sand, stones, and shattered tiles beneath his feet surged up, gathering into two floating arms.
Not far outside Dongjiang City, several