"You've gone too far!"
Every one of Ding Chunqiu's poisons had been neutralized. Without a doubt, this was a resounding slap across the face of a man who prided himself on being a master of poisons.
Furious from humiliation, he sprang up and reached out with clawed fingers to press down on Xu Zhu's head as the boy groggily sat up again.
I'll smash your head open and see how you save anyone then!
But at that moment, several fierce streams of sword qi arrived in an instant.
The sword qi even carved several furrows into the ground.
Feeling the threat of death, Ding Chunqiu's scalp went numb. He roared, his robes billowing around him before they were instantly pierced through by those streams of sword qi.
Yet after they passed through, only tattered scraps of cloth fell to the ground. Ding Chunqiu himself was nowhere to be seen. Turning around, they saw him running through the fields in nothing but his underclothes.
He had pulled off Golden Cicada Sheds Its Shell with remarkable skill.
The contrast with his earlier imposing manner left everyone momentarily unable to react.
The seasoned veterans of the Star Constellation Sect were the first to realize what was happening. They immediately threw away their weapons and armor, scattering like birds and beasts.
Their practiced movements made it clear this was far from their first time doing such a thing.
Qiao Feng and the group of Reincarnators, who were encountering this situation for the first time, took quite a while to come back to their senses.
"Just as expected, he's a petty scoundrel not fit to be seen in public."
Little Dezzi spat as well. Though he did not know why the Prince had spared Ding Chunqiu, since it was the Prince's decision, he would not