"Not good!"
Just as Su Changqing rejoiced at breaking through, he looked up and saw Tian Buyi and Shuiyue struck by a palm from the Poison God. Though both of their sword techniques had also landed on him.
At the Spirit Transformation Realm, it was unlike the Qi Refining and Foundation Establishment realms, where the differences between stages were not great and battles could last a long time before a victor emerged. Battles at the Spirit Transformation Realm were often decided in an instant or within a few short minutes.
Tian Buyi and Shuiyue pulled apart, each coughing up a mouthful of black poisoned blood. Their faces were pale, and it was clear that taking the poisonous palm strike had not been pleasant.
The Poison God had likewise been struck by both sword qi attacks. His dark green robes had been slashed into tatters, and several bloody wounds had appeared on his aged body.
He took a dark green insect from his robes, crushed it between his fingers, and smeared its flesh and blood over his wounds. New flesh visibly grew over them, rapidly restoring his body.
Watching such a disgusting and bizarre display, Tian Buyi and Shuiyue felt nauseated.
But they also knew that this was the Poison God's ability. He had long cultivated a constitution immune to all poisons. Not only could he kill with poison, but he could also use poison to restore himself.
Meanwhile, poison had entered their bodies, greatly weakening their strength. If they continued fighting, they would only be worn down by the Poison God until all their stamina was exhausted.
But matters had reached this point, and the Poison God would never simply stop and let them leave. They could only hope Sect Leader Senior Brother had received the news and would swiftly come to rescue them. Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable.
"Heh heh! I can restore my power with poison, while deadly poison has already entered your bodies. Let's see what you still have to fight me with."
After speaking, the Poison God was about to strike Tian Buyi and Shuiyue again with his palm.
But then a streak of sword qi swept toward him from behind, racing through heaven and earth. Deep within that sword qi lay a chilling intent to kill, and a fierce wind instantly rose.
The sudden sword qi disrupted the Poison God's rhythm. Startled, he assumed the two had another expert assisting them and turned to block the fierce wind sword qi with spiritual energy.
Yet he discovered that the gale-like sword qi was feeble beyond belief. It did not even harm him in the slightest when it landed on his body.
"Who was that?! Are you courting death?!"
For a moment, he was completely bewildered. Once he came to his senses, his anger surged.
What expert was this? It was clearly sword qi swung out by some trash from the lower three realms. Though it carried tremendous imposing force, it could not affect a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator like him at all.
Tian Buyi and Shuiyue were delighted.
Without needing any signal, they both understood. Taking advantage of the Poison God's momentary daze, they joined forces and unleashed their sword qi.
The Golden Dragon Sword Qi transformed into a golden dragon soaring into the sky. Its long cry and dragon roar carried even greater majesty than the previous Golden Dragon Sword Qi. Clearly, this was Tian Buyi's strongest sword strike, delivered with every last bit of his strength.
The blue sword qi shimmered with azure light and transformed into a surging, endless river, as though it intended to swallow everything within its vast flood of sword qi.
The two streams of sword qi rushed toward the Poison God. Once he reacted, he hastily raised a poisonous qi barrier to defend himself, but he was ultimately a step too slow. The combined sword qi blasted him hundreds of meters away before he managed to stabilize himself. When he rose again, he was swaying unsteadily. Not a single part of his body was intact, and he was drenched in black blood.
Clearly, the two sword qi attacks had injured him severely.
Only then did Tian Buyi and Shuiyue feel somewhat relieved. After being wounded by their combined strike, the Poison God was in an even worse state than they were and no longer had the ability to attack again.
"Damn you! You hypocrites who call yourselves righteous—you two joined hands to fight me, yet you even had someone lurking nearby to ambush me, giving you an opening to wound me!"
"I will remember this! I will not let this go!"
The Poison God wiped the black blood from the corner of his mouth. Furious to the extreme, he gritted his teeth and spoke viciously to Tian Buyi and Shuiyue.
Then he looked toward the direction from which the gale-like sword qi had come. But with clouds blanketing the area and no strength left to investigate, he could not determine who that person was. He could only shout harshly, "Shameless wretch! Today, you plotted against me and brought this calamity upon me. One day, I will find you, and we will fight to the death!"
Su Changqing naturally heard every word, but he did not care in the slightest.
Fight me to the death?
Find me first, then talk.
After leaving those words behind, the Poison God flew away into the distance. He was already seriously wounded, and this place was close to Qingyun Sect. If he did not leave now, he would only wait for Qingyun Sect to send more experts to keep him here.
Seeing the Poison God flee first, Tian Buyi and Shuiyue let out long sighs.
It was finally over!
Su Changqing, meanwhile, was overjoyed. He turned and quietly left with Little Flood Dragon Snake, leaving no trace behind. For the time being, he still wanted to live a leisurely life and could not reveal his identity before Tian Buyi and Shuiyue. Seeing that his master and Martial Uncle Tian were safe, he was finally at ease.
As for what they thought, that was none of his concern.
After the two sides left one after another, several figures soon hurried over through the sky. They were Qingyun Sect's Sect Leader Dao Xuan and several other Peak Lords.
Seeing Tian Buyi and Shuiyue so severely injured, Dao Xuan said nothing. He simply walked over with concern, examined their condition, and used spiritual energy to help expel the poison from their bodies. However, their internal and external injuries still required recuperation after returning to the sect.
"What happened?"
Cang Song stepped forward with a frown and questioned the two.
Tian Buyi sighed helplessly and explained the entire sequence of events to everyone in detail, before recounting their battle with the Poison God.
When they heard that a streak of sword qi with great imposing force but no ability to harm a Spirit Transformation Realm cultivator had suddenly emerged from the clouds and distracted the Poison God, everyone could not help but feel puzzled.
What was going on?
Could there have been another expert at the scene? But who was this person, and why had he not revealed himself to meet them?
This expert had helped Qingyun Sect so greatly today. Qingyun Sect was a major sect, and countless cultivators wished to befriend it. Did this person not wish to use this opportunity to form ties with Qingyun Sect?
The Peak Lords immediately spread out their spiritual energy to investigate, but after searching in every direction, they found no trace of that person whatsoever. It seemed that he had already left after completing this deed.
"Stop searching. Since this fellow cultivator did not wish to reveal himself after doing this, it means he did not want to disclose his identity. No matter how we investigate, we will find nothing. Why disturb someone else's carefree life?"
"If fate permits, we will naturally meet one day."
Dao Xuan sighed softly. Though he was also curious about this good person who did good without leaving a name, he vaguely felt that this person must have a great connection to Qingyun Sect.
Perhaps before long, they would naturally learn who that person was.
Their most urgent task was to settle the matter of Nine Yin Mountain first. Many disciples were still waiting below.
Then Dao Xuan and the Peak Lords led the injured Tian Buyi and Shuiyue to where Qingyun Sect's disciples were gathered. The Demonic Cult members present had long since received the news and all fled. As for the disciples whom the Poison God had knocked unconscious on the spot, they had all been killed before the Demonic Cult members left.
It would be difficult to capture any living members of the Demonic Cult for questioning.
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