The Blackwater Mosquito's Betrayal

The instant Wei Xuanfeng opened his eyes, he immediately swung his blade at Elder Mo's neck.

Elder Mo's pupils contracted. As though he had guessed that Wei Xuanfeng was playing dead, he employed an eerie movement technique, evading the blade while using the momentum to return a kick.

Rip!

Thud!

One was the sound of cloth tearing, the other a dull impact.

Using the rebound from that kick, Elder Mo widened the distance between himself and Wei Xuanfeng once more.

"Kid, I'm growing more and more curious about you. Why is it that you..." Elder Mo's expression was grave. "...aren't poisoned?"

The Blackwater Mosquito was descended from an ancient vicious insect, yet its venom was not especially potent.

It could not even poison an ordinary mortal to death.

However, the paralytic poison it contained was arguably the finest knockout drug in the world.

Once afflicted by Blackwater Mosquito venom, only those at the Martial Saint realm or above could resist it through cultivation!

Jiao Yu was at the peak of the Martial Master realm, only a single step away from Martial Grandmaster.

Yet under the Blackwater Mosquito's venom, she could not even last ten breaths before falling unconscious!

"Perhaps I'm simply gifted."

Wei Xuanfeng was slightly regretful that his strike had failed.

Thankfully, he had drawn the red trait Sage Thief earlier. Otherwise, he truly would have fallen today to the mouth of a tiny mosquito!

"It's fine if you don't wish to tell me. I have plenty of ways to find out."

Elder Mo smiled and pointed at Wei Xuanfeng.

So what if this youth was immune to the Blackwater Mosquito's venom?

That venom was merely a minor byproduct that allowed the Blackwater Mosquito to drink its target's blood more easily.

So what if the prey did not lose consciousness?

At the Blackwater Mosquito's speed, sooner or later it would drain every drop of blood from Wei Xuanfeng's body!

"If you dare let that damned mosquito come even half a step closer, I'll eat it!"

Seeing the Blackwater Mosquito drawing nearer and nearer, Wei Xuanfeng immediately pulled out the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus.

The moment he encountered Duan Hai, he had realized something was off about him.

Therefore, what he had given Duan Hai back then was the jade box Jiao Yu had brought back.

The real Earth Immortal Spring Lotus had been on him all along.

"Kid, hand over the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus if you don't want to suffer!"

The moment Elder Mo saw the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus, his eyes lit up!

His voice was urgent, but he had not lost his reason. He barely restrained the equally excited Blackwater Mosquito and spoke patiently to Wei Xuanfeng.

The purpose of this trip was the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus.

If this brat truly ate it and ruined it, then even killing him ten thousand times would be of no use!

"I can tell that mosquito is very excited." Wei Xuanfeng sneered. "Old man, you wouldn't want your mosquito to lose this heavenly treasure, would you?"

"You!!" Elder Mo raged, then took a deep breath. "Fine, fine, fine. What a troublesome brat. This old man underestimated you!"

"Cut the crap. Your goal is to let that mosquito consume the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus, isn't it?" Wei Xuanfeng interrupted him. "Go kill yourself. Once you're dead, I guarantee I'll treat your mosquito well!"

"Kid, do you take this old man for a fool?" Elder Mo snorted. "Hand over the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus now, and I'll spare the lives of all four of you!"

"Bullshit. If I hand over the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus, I'll only die a worse death." Wei Xuanfeng sneered. "I don't believe a single word from someone like you!"

"Kid, you're making this very difficult for me."

"If it's difficult, then don't do it!"

Wei Xuanfeng also understood that he and Elder Mo were locked in a dead end.

The other side would not compromise, and neither would he!

Yet this desperate situation instead stirred the madness buried deep in his bones!

Wei Xuanfeng directly opened the jade box, took out the Earth Immortal Spring Lotus, and tossed it straight into his mouth!

"You insolent brat, how dare you!"

Seeing this, Elder Mo immediately charged toward Wei Xuanfeng.

The Blackwater Mosquito also broke free of Elder Mo's control and shot toward Wei Xuanfeng like a mad thing.

The opportunity had come!

When Wei Xuanfeng saw Elder Mo attacking, his eyes immediately lit up!

If the other party kept using that elusive movement technique and refused to engage him head-on...

Then Wei Xuanfeng would be drained of blood by the Blackwater Mosquito until he died of exhaustion!

Rather than that, he might as well make one last desperate gamble!

The situation was very simple now.

It all came down to whether the Blackwater Mosquito sucked Wei Xuanfeng dry first, or Wei Xuanfeng killed Elder Mo first!

"You brat, I'll make you wish you were dead!"

Elder Mo saw through his opponent's intentions at a glance, but at this point, he no longer cared!

With a forceful push off the ground, he thrust his dagger toward Wei Xuanfeng. The blade gave a dragon's cry, and a thread of blade aura seemed to merge with the morning light, shrouding an area roughly ten feet around Wei Xuanfeng.

Given Elder Mo's temperament, he would never normally seize the initiative and launch a fierce attack like this.

But blinded by rage, he attacked without the slightest thought for defense!

Had there been a third person watching, they would have been horrified to find that Elder Mo's figure seemed to split into several shadows in an instant.

One moment ahead, the next behind; one moment above, the next below. The aura at the dagger's tip flickered and surged as it traced an incomparably profound path, drawing ever closer to Wei Xuanfeng.

"What fine footwork."

Even facing a mortal enemy, Wei Xuanfeng could not help clicking his tongue in admiration.

He paid no heed to the Blackwater Mosquito landing on his shoulder. He took one step forward, and the dazzling sea of blade shadows vanished without a trace.

Seeing his wrist firmly clamped in his opponent's left hand, Elder Mo's face instantly flushed crimson.

"How is that possible?!"

That was the only thought left in his mind. The most perilous battle of his life had been his fight against Yang Xuyan.

Back then, Yang Xuyan could kill one of Black Banner's top experts with a single movement, yet even with Yang Xuyan's lightning speed, Elder Mo had still had room to counterattack. Relying on the subtlety of his footwork, coupled with a mutually destructive fighting style, he had forcibly escaped alive from Yang Xuyan's grasp.

But now, compared to that battle with Yang Xuyan, he felt that his understanding of his own martial arts had risen to another level.

Yet the strike he had been certain would land had been caught so casually by his opponent.

Elder Mo had the strange illusion that he had lost his memory for several breaths. He knew nothing of what had happened in between; by the time his memory returned, his wrist had already been seized and clamped by his opponent.

Yet he also knew perfectly well that he had remained fully conscious from beginning to end. And still, his dagger had somehow been caught between the other man's fingers.

"Old man, what are you so surprised about?"

The reason Wei Xuanfeng could do this so easily was simple.

His attributes had already reached the limit of the Martial Warrior realm.

Those extreme attributes directly made up for the gap between his martial arts realm and Elder Mo's!

Hearing those words, Elder Mo's expression turned exceedingly ugly. He had always feared neither heaven nor earth. With a cold snort, he circulated his internal energy and sent it along the dagger into his opponent's body.

Since your physical body is so formidable, then we'll compete in internal energy!

My top-tier internal energy cultivation method will absolutely crush your Body Tempering Art!

I refuse to believe you can still be so relaxed!

Wei Xuanfeng immediately understood what his opponent was thinking.

In an instant, a vast and powerful surge of internal energy poured from the other man's dagger.

"Who the fuck said I was competing in internal energy with you?!"

Wei Xuanfeng's internal energy truly was inferior to his opponent's, so he simply refused to meet it head-on and instead drove a fist straight into the other man's chest.

Bang!

With a muffled thud, Elder Mo's body was sent flying backward once more.

Wei Xuanfeng did not fare well either—a dagger was still embedded in his chest!

"Heh heh heh! Brat, in the end... I won!"

Elder Mo struggled to his feet, blood continuously spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Yet his expression still looked as though victory were already in his grasp.

Wei Xuanfeng had only had that one chance!

Now that he had failed to kill him, the Blackwater Mosquito was still endlessly sucking his blood!

No matter how one looked at it, Wei Xuanfeng was doomed to die!

Yet Wei Xuanfeng wore a strange expression...

His face had gone pale. In just a few breaths, he could clearly feel his blood draining away at a frenzied rate.

Even the wound in his chest had not bled much.

"Little fellow, are you full already?"

Elder Mo had thought the Blackwater Mosquito would suck Wei Xuanfeng dry on the spot.

But he had not expected the Blackwater Mosquito to wobble into the air, looking as though it had drunk too much.

Yet Wei Xuanfeng was still alive, with an eerie smile even hanging at the corner of his lips.

"Little thing! Suck him dry, quickly!"

A wave of inexplicable panic seized Elder Mo, and he hurriedly commanded the Blackwater Mosquito.

He feared both that the night would bring long dreams and that Wei Xuanfeng still had enough strength left to swat Blackwater dead with one slap...

"Old man, how did you control the mosquito and make it listen to you so obediently?"

"I'll tell you after you're dead!"

"Heh-heh, it probably isn't any brilliant method of control. Otherwise..." Wei Xuanfeng grinned and raised his hand. "Little thing, come here!"

Then, under Elder Mo's dumbstruck gaze, the Blackwater Mosquito gently landed on Wei Xuanfeng's fingertip, its six legs lightly clasping the pad of his finger...