Twin Vine Demonic Pearl, Flying Stones Show Their Might

Gu Beicheng stared at Granny Wang as she walked out of the private room, his grip on his longsword tightening unconsciously.

The swordswoman beside him said coldly, "Wang Qiluo, you may be at the late first layer, but you're over fifty, with failing vitality and blood. You're no match for my brother. You'd better not wade into this muddy water!"

Granny Wang paid the swordswoman no heed at all.

With a face full of chill, she fixed her gaze on Gu Beicheng.

After spending years scraping by in Four Streets Thirty Alleys, she had never formally joined the Black Tiger Gang, yet Xu Zhongxiong had been raised by her own hand. She had poured who knew how many resources into him.

Her adopted son Xu Zhongxiong, who possessed considerable talent, had been growing ever more renowned and had become her solid support for the future. Now that someone had cut off one of his arms, how could she not burn with hatred?

Gu Beicheng gripped his longsword tightly, battle intent rising across his face as he stepped forward. "Wang Qiluo, if you want to fight, then come!"

Granny Wang shot him a glance and sneered. "You cut off my adopted son's arm. Repay it with your head!"

As she spoke, she reached into her sleeve and took out a round pearl the size of a red date, pinching it between her fingers. Then, her vitality and blood surged as she poured them into the pearl.

At the sight of this,

Lin Xuankong, seated in the corner, changed expression and touched the walnut-sized Man Luo Demonic Pearl in his robes.

The pearl Granny Wang had taken out glimmered with a ghostly light, and what seemed to be tiny vines drifted within it.

Though that Demonic Pearl could not compare to the Man Luo Demonic Pearl the Young Lady had given him, it too churned with Demonic Energy, radiating an unmistakable sense of pressure and danger.

She actually had a Demonic Pearl too? Lin Xuankong's eyes flickered.

Gu Beicheng, who had seen this as well, underwent a drastic change in expression.

All the battle intent vanished from his face. His feet abruptly froze in place. "The Twin Vine Demonic Pearl! The Twin Vine Demonic Pearl from the Liang City auction, which countless Martial Cultivators fought over—it actually fell into your hands!"

Before his words had even faded, he retreated sharply, dragging his younger sister toward Guangju Xuan's entrance.

"You have some eyesight, at least. Too bad it's too late!"

Granny Wang snorted coldly, her gaze locking onto the fleeing Gu Beicheng.

All of a sudden, black smoke rose from the ground ahead of Gu Beicheng.

Two vines as thick as a child's arm burst through the marble flooring of Guangju Xuan, wrapping around Gu Beicheng's and the swordswoman's legs at terrifying speed. They rapidly tightened and began spreading upward over their bodies.

The swordswoman cried out in alarm, her face full of terror as she swung her sword at the vines that kept climbing over her body.

Unfortunately, she was only at the Early Stage of Mortal Transformation Layer One. Her strength was far too limited. After several slashes, she had only carved a few sword marks into the black vines. She could not even sever them!

In the blink of an eye, thick vines had wrapped around the swordswoman's entire body, leaving only her terrified face exposed.

The vines coiled around her kept tightening. Dull cracks of shattering bones rang out continuously from her body, followed by piercing screams from her mouth.

Gu Beicheng's eyes nearly split apart. He frantically drove his vitality and blood, slashing at the vines with his lightning-wreathed longsword.

Unfortunately, although his repeated attacks could cut through some vines, more seemed to emerge endlessly from underground, winding around his legs without end. He could neither break free nor save his younger sister, who was on the verge of death!

Still pouring vitality and blood into the pearl, Granny Wang sneered at the pair before shouting at the Black Tiger Gang members standing nearby in stunned horror, "Hack Gu Beicheng to death!"

The dozen or so Black Tiger Gang members sensed the chilling Demonic Energy radiating from the two Demonic Vines and did not dare approach.

But Granny Wang, Xu Zhongxiong's adopted mother, had given the order. How could they dare refuse? One after another, they steeled themselves and approached Gu Beicheng.

Even these Black Tiger Gang members, who had practiced martial arts all year round, were trembling with fear before the Demonic Vines empowered by the Demonic Pearl. The diners watching outside naturally stared with their eyes wide in shock.

"Is that the legendary Demonic Pearl worth a fortune?"

"I heard even high-level Martial Cultivators might not own one. Auntie Wang actually has a Demonic Pearl!"

"The Demonic Vines controlled by that pearl are far too powerful. If they wrapped around an ordinary person, they'd probably squeeze out their intestines!"

They looked at the horrifying Demonic Vines twisting constantly, then at the ghostly glowing Demonic Pearl in Granny Wang's hand. They only felt that tonight had truly opened their eyes—they had actually seen a Demonic Pearl worth a fortune with their own eyes!

Listening to the distant discussions, Granny Wang hated Gu Beicheng all the more.

She had spent decades of savings to buy this Twin Vine Demonic Pearl. If Zhongxiong had not been in danger, and if she had not been no match for Gu Beicheng of the Yin Talisman Lightning, how could she bear to use it?

After this battle, once the Twin Vine Demonic Pearl was exposed, how could someone at Mortal Transformation Layer One like her continue to possess it?

Once she dealt with Gu Beicheng tonight, she would have to immediately offer the Twin Vine Demonic Pearl to Hall Master Wu of the Black Tiger Gang. Only then could she earn a favor and preserve her own life!

While Granny Wang's thoughts whirled, the Black Tiger Gang members had already closed in on Gu Beicheng.

The gang members all let out fierce shouts and swung their blades down.

A trace of despair surfaced in Gu Beicheng's eyes. With so many Black Tiger Gang elites attacking at once, even if he were not trapped, he would have to expend considerable effort to escape.

Now that the Demonic Vines had him trapped and he could neither dodge nor maneuver, how could there be any chance for him to survive?

Suddenly,

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"

A rapid series of air-tearing whistles sounded as more than a dozen hard Locust Stones suddenly shot through the air.

The dozen or so Black Tiger Gang members swinging their blades were instantly struck by the Locust Stones.

Some were hit in the forehead and knocked unconscious on the spot.

Some were hit in the throat, their throat bones smashed to pieces.

Some were hit in the lower back, their livers and kidneys shattered as they collapsed on the spot.

In the blink of an eye, all of the Black Tiger Gang members had fallen. Seven or eight died on the spot, four or five were knocked unconscious, and the rest rolled around on the ground in agony.

Even the elite Mortal Transformation Layer One gang member who had defeated the swordswoman, previously so fierce and imposing, was struck in the back of the head and killed instantly!

Lin Xuankong stood up while chewing peanuts. He had not saved Gu Beicheng simply because Gu Beicheng had said he would settle the meal bill.

On one hand, he had acted to muddy the waters. On the other, he understood one principle clearly: the enemy of one's enemy had a chance of becoming one's friend!

Since he had already begun opposing the Black Tiger Gang, then the Yin Talisman Sect, which constantly butted heads with the Black Tiger Gang, was certainly worth helping!

At that moment, apart from the few Black Tiger Gang members howling and rolling about,

everyone present looked in surprise toward Lin Xuankong, who had suddenly made his move.

Only now did most of them notice that, amid the heated battle inside Guangju Xuan, there was actually a fellow in a bamboo hat lurking in the corner shadows! And this Hat Guest had casually flicked his hand and brought down more than a dozen elite Black Tiger Gang members?

"Trying to kill a disciple of my Yin Talisman Sect? It won't be that easy!"

After rising to his feet, Lin Xuankong circulated his vitality and blood to his throat and shouted in a hoarse voice entirely unlike his own.

By then, Blood Tiger Xu Zhongxiong had already finished bandaging his left shoulder. Seeing more than a dozen capable subordinates collapse to the ground in the blink of an eye, deep wariness appeared on his face.

His leopard eyes shifted a few times as he shouted, "You and Gu Beicheng killed so many brothers of my Black Tiger Gang. Are you trying to provoke an all-out war between the Black Tiger Gang and the Yin Talisman Sect?"

Granny Wang, who was pouring vitality and blood into the Demonic Pearl, had gone slightly pale from the rapid expenditure. Hearing Xu Zhongxiong's words, she glared at her adopted son. "They're already dead, so why waste words with him? You deal with Gu Beicheng. I'll take care of this sneaking, skulking coward who doesn't dare show his face!"

Xu Zhongxiong nodded. A vicious light surfaced in his eyes as he drove his vitality and blood to the limit and charged toward Gu Beicheng, who was still struggling against the Demonic Vines.

Just then, under Granny Wang's control, the vines around the swordswoman suddenly vanished.

The swordswoman's body went limp and collapsed to the ground. Every bone in her body had been crushed. She had become a puddle of bloody pulp, long dead beyond any doubt!

Meanwhile, thick black smoke instantly rose beneath Lin Xuankong's feet. The floor exploded apart, and thick vines wrapped around both his legs at frightening speed!

At the same time,

Xu Zhongxiong, who had been charging toward Gu Beicheng, suddenly let out a thunderous roar, spun around, and lunged at Lin Xuankong with the Black Tiger Shattering Gold Claw!

The mother and son worked together with extraordinary coordination. With only a glance, they had already understood each other's intentions.

This feint to the east and attack in the west clearly showed that they had decided to eliminate Lin Xuankong first—the astonishingly strong wielder of hidden weapons!

At this moment,

Xu Zhongxiong charged forward with a roar while the Demonic Vines grew from the ground to bind their target.

Watching this scene, the diners in the distance could not help shaking their heads. That bamboo-hatted fellow's hidden-weapon technique might be terrifyingly skilled, but before the legendary and dreadful Demonic Pearl, he would still be defeated and die!

Lin Xuankong, trapped by the Demonic Vines, merely raised a brow. The vines truly wrapped around him too quickly for his Late Mortal Transformation Layer One cultivation to evade. But he had never intended to dodge in the first place!

The vitality and blood of the Pine Crane Longevity Technique circulated madly as his left fingers repeatedly struck at the Demonic Vines winding toward his abdomen.

At the same time, his right hand flicked rapidly. Great swathes of shadow tore through the air with sharp whistles, streaking continuously toward Xu Zhongxiong as he lunged forward!

Seeing the hidden weapons filling the sky, every one aimed at his vital points, Xu Zhongxiong's expression shifted slightly. His attack faltered as he twisted to evade, repeatedly using the Black Tiger Shattering Gold Claw to block them.

Inside Guangju Xuan,

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

The sounds of Locust Stones exploding instantly merged into one continuous barrage, several times denser than firecrackers during the New Year!

One breath later,

the sounds abruptly ceased.

Xu Zhongxiong, who had just been incomparably fierce, stiffened and fell backward.

His eyes, Adam's apple, temples, chest, and knees had all been shattered by Locust Stones!

The Blood Tiger who had once intimidated Four Streets Thirty Alleys,

whose strength was second only to the boss Zhang Wu,

Xu Zhongxiong, whose strength had been evenly matched with Yin Talisman Sect genius Gu Beicheng through more than a hundred exchanges,

had only lasted one breath beneath the Sky-Shading Locust Swarm.

Most horrifying of all, Lin Xuankong had unleashed this sky-filling Sky-Shading Locust Swarm with a single hand!