From Peak Prosperity to Utter Decline

Zhang Xuezhou launched three attacks against Zhang Qiaoen.

He initially used long-range firearms, and his first three-shot burst involved continuous fire after the opponent dodged, but Zhang Qiaoen blocked his bullets with a single slash.

The second three-round burst was aimed at Zhang Qiaoen's vital areas, but of course, the results were poor, and Zhou Rihui also received a burst of bullets.

For Zhang Xuezhou, long-range shooting was a relatively safe way to participate in combat. Anyway, many people knew that he was a good shot, so it wouldn't hurt to show off a little.

He also wanted to use his marksmanship to find a weakness in Zhang Qiaoen. If he could catch Ren Yisheng intimidating him for a moment, he might be able to shoot Zhang Qiaoen in the eye.

But Zhang Xuezhou soon discovered that his good fortune had turned into bad luck. After two three-shot bursts, Song Bu'er's uniquely shaped gun was out of bullets.

Without bullets, they can only use the rapid burst of their realm pressure to create a deterrent cycle with Ren Yisheng, allowing the two to continue their connection.

It took 24 seconds to get close to Zhang Qiaoen, but the deterrent effect lasted less than two seconds.

The pressure of a realm can sweep away the weak, which is an important means for many powerful cultivators of Technique Method to defend against assassins of lower realms. However, when facing cultivators of the same level, no one would use the pressure of a realm to determine the outcome.

Zhang Xuezhou felt that Zhang Qiaoen was special.

The opponent was not in the Seventh Sequence; he was influenced by Ren Yisheng's Dragon Elephant Combat Technique and also by the pressure of his realm.

But Joe Zhang overcame this influence very quickly.

The opponent not only broke Ren Yisheng's Dragon Elephant Combat Technique, but also Zhang Xuezhou's realm pressure.

Like a sharp blade, Zhang Qiaoen exudes an aura that keeps strangers at bay; if she were to be strongly controlled, it would trigger a counterattack from this blade.

Ren Yisheng suffered backlash twice after using strong control, and Zhang Xuezhou also suffered backlash after using strong control. This made Zhang Xuezhou give up on the second intimidation, and he did not expect to create enough opportunities for his teammates to strike during the one or two seconds of his strong control.

Wang Yi'an's overwhelming display of small throwing knives, forks, and razor blades further eroded Zhang Xuezhou's confidence.

But when Wang Yi'an's flying blade pierced through Zhang Qiaoen's iron shirt, Zhang Xuezhou discovered that Zhang Qiaoen actually possessed a casting environment suitable for the Yellow Sand Sect's magic.

Layers of fine iron sand continued to leak out, which the Yellow Sand Entanglement Technique determined was sufficient for the spell to be cast.

This was the first time in Zhang Xuezhou's life that he had seen an opponent with sand on their body, which made him chant spells for a long time.

Furthermore, Zhang Xuezhou also collected some powder from the Spirit-Forging Pill refined by Presenel's inner core.

With a single breath, the powder danced and floated in the smoke, carried by his Law Power. As the iron sand swirled and enveloped the powder, it also mingled with the smoke.

The technique of wrapping sand around holes and crevices is used to drill into them, with the seven orifices of the human body being the key areas to be drilled.

Zhang Xuezhou's skill in this heavy technique was somewhat lacking, and there was also a slight difference between iron sand and fine yellow sand. He ultimately chose to drive the iron sand into the wound on Zhang Qiaoen's neck, using the blood hole created by Zhou Rihui's bite to continue exerting force.

He didn't control much iron sand; he could grasp it in one hand. Zhang Xuezhou even considered using the Spirit-Forging Pill as a means of poisoning to assist him.

His methods were correct.

The Sand Entanglement Technique didn't kill Zhang Qiaoen instantly, but the severe side effects of the poison from the Spirit-Forging Pill powder were indeed unbearable for ordinary people, even for someone like Zhang Qiaoen who was Sixth Sequence.

He watched helplessly as Zhang Qiaoen repeatedly scratched at the bloody holes on his neck until she had maimed him.

This sent a chill down Zhang Xuezhou's spine. He felt that the damage caused by the Huangsha Sect's secret techniques combined with poison was beyond his imagination and even more effective than he had thought.

But he quickly stopped thinking about it.

Nine beams of white light shot out, and one of them flew towards him.

"End..."

Before he could even pronounce the word "ge" he whispered in his mouth, the light of the sword was already approaching.

The bluish-black skin that could withstand bullets was shattered by the throwing knife, turning back into Zhang Xuezhou's normal skin color. The Zhige Jue technique, which he didn't have time to activate, also failed to block the throwing knife.

The pale purple Law Power shield of the Divine Power Divine Ability Realm was shattered by a single, sharp blow.

The feeling of having your sternum pierced by a knife is awful.

He lay on the ground, his mind almost blank. Zhang Xuezhou thought for a moment that he had been killed by that knife.

Only when the blurry figure of Ren Wuyang performing the treatment appeared before him did Zhang Xuezhou feel as if he had returned to the human world.

"Brother, wake up, brother?"

"You're incredibly lucky! Zhang Qiaoen shot seven people with nine knives, and you're one of only three who survived!"

"One of the survivors is Committee Member Zhou. She's truly pitiful. She only served as the rotating chairperson for a month, and she's already been stabbed countless times. Every time her chest grew a little more flesh, she was stabbed twice!"

"And there's Wang Yi'an, but both of his legs were cut off by a knife!"

"Dad said that Zhang Qiaoen may have used genetic methods to forcibly create the legendary sword bone from ancient texts. We can only be thankful that he left the sword to the people of the Twilight Mansion, otherwise we would all be dead!"

"Now all the committee members from the old mansion have come out. No one died inside, but six of them have been severely poisoned, and their health is not optimistic!"

"Besides the rioters who died at the old mansion, we've also arrested over a hundred accomplices!"

"They will likely go directly to the Northwest and Southeast to arrest people, even if there's only a one in ten thousand chance. They won't allow such violence to happen again!"

Too many people died this time!

Seeing Zhang Xuezhou's eyes darting around, Ren Wuyang rattled off various pieces of information, trying to keep Zhang Xuezhou from losing his composure.

No first aid can compare to the Supreme Purity True Technique.

The only problem was that Ren Wuyang's level of Supreme Purity True Technique was too low. He had to cast the spell three times before Zhang Xuezhou could even catch his breath.

"Brother, how are you feeling?" Ren Wuyang asked. "My skills are a bit lacking; I can't heal such a serious injury. Should we get in the car and go to the hospital for treatment?"

"Thank you so much!"

Looking at the flying knife that was more than halfway into his body, Zhang Xuezhou realized that he had never expected his fortune to decline to this extent after his tomb's peak.

But as long as he remembered that he was targeting Joe Zhang, he felt that his fate was not undeserved.

He quickly achieved his wish by reciting the "Grave Sutra," but the misfortune that followed was equally swift.

But Zhang Xuezhou met his benefactor Ren Wuyang.

Regardless of Ren Wuyang's personal strength, the fact that he used the "Grave Scripture" to influence fortune allowed him to achieve his own quick and easy goals through his fortune-telling techniques. Furthermore, he managed to save his life with his barely-there Supreme Purity True Technique. Zhang Xuezhou felt that calling Ren Wuyang a benefactor was not an exaggeration.

The Law Power circulated slowly within his body, the pale purple Law Power began to circulate again, and a gentle energy that sustained his life was constantly emerging within his body.

This was the "Nine Revolutions of Qi Harmony Technique" he practiced as a physician, and it was now proving effective in prolonging his life.

"Town!"

As the Supreme Purity True Technique he had unleashed landed, Zhang Xuezhou felt the sensations in his body instantly return.

If he can remove the knife from his body and allow Zhang Xuezhou to cast his spell again, he will have successfully saved himself.

With the aid of modern medical techniques for knife removal, this procedure is not difficult.

Zhang Xuezhou was eventually laid back on the stretcher.

Unlike many of the others who were either dead or injured, Zhang Xuezhou, despite being stabbed in the chest, was still able to look around and ask the other survivors.

"We must find a great deal of divine grace!"

Seeing that even someone as skilled in divine healing as Zhang Xuezhou had to be hospitalized, Zhou Rihui, who had just woken up after being injected with a berserk potion, felt a sense of despair.

He licked the toothless area in his mouth with his tongue, feeling that it was terrible for the Zhou Household to be in charge of the Sequence Committee.