A Sudden Change
The Army-Breaking Hammer was placed in front of Kang Dabao. In an instant, spiritual light gathered and exploded in mid-air, surprising the two ferocious tigers and causing them to suffer minor injuries, their ferocity momentarily dampened.
Taking advantage of this moment, Kang Dabao unleashed Golden Light from his eyes. The Shi Household cultivator was greatly alarmed and pulled out a black banner to protect himself.
The mysterious light emanating from the black banner shattered upon Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes. Without hesitation, the Shi Household cultivator lifted the reins, and the spirit eagle beneath his feet rose to shield him from behind.
After a mournful cry from the eagle, the severely injured spirit eagle plummeted to the ground. The Shi Household cultivator was so terrified that he didn't even let go of the reins immediately, and was pulled down with it.
Kang Dabao, having gained the upper hand, was relentless, ignoring even the howling tigers behind him.
Another Storage Bag appeared, and a short blade was held in his hand. With a single leap, he appeared in front of the Shi Household cultivator.
The Shi Household was greatly alarmed and frantically cast several Vajra Talisman. However, he was a step too slow; only one talisman had time to take shape before the short blade in Kang Dabao's hand emitted a spiritual light.
Even though this top-grade magic Law Artifact, obtained from the Evil Granny, had never been nurtured by Kang Dabao, its power was still not to be underestimated.
Even the White Bone Sarira Xue Hu had nurtured for over ten years couldn't harm it, so how could a few low-quality First Tier talismans possibly stop it?
The protective shield formed by the Vajra Talisman crumbled like paper. The Shi Household cultivator couldn't dodge in time, and before his head could fully dodge, half of his left ear was sliced off by the short blade.
It's unclear whether he had never been in any fierce battles before, but after suffering this minor injury, he was so frightened that not a trace of ferocity appeared on his face, but instead, he wore a mournful expression.
At this moment, the Shi Household stopped covering his bleeding left ear and narrowly dodged several short blades thrown by Kang Dabao, who was pressing his advantage. He visibly lost all fighting spirit.
In the end, he didn't even bother to fight back anymore, just retreated repeatedly, crying out several times, "Fourth Uncle, save me!"
Seeing the changes in the battle, Shi Xiao didn't know why his nephew had come, but now was not the time to ask. He then ordered the two tigers to turn around and fight the three members of the Xue Household, while he calmly withdrew from the battle to rescue the Shi Household cultivator.
The serpent staff, glowing with a dark light, flew rapidly toward Kang Dabao, whose thrown short blade collided with the staff in mid-air.
Although Kang Dabao's Law Power was already quite profound compared to other cultivators of the same level, it was still a step behind Shi Xiao's, and his magical Law Artifact were not as skillfully controlled as Shi Xiao's.
The moment the two Law Artifact collided, a sharp "clang" rang out, piercing Kang Dabao's eardrums. His short blade was no match for the snake staff, which deflected it in a moment.
The serpent staff continued its trajectory without slowing down. Kang Dabao was too late to unleash his Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes, and he had also lost his Golden Armor Round Shield Law Artifact. Seeing the serpent staff coming at him, he could only raise his fists to his chest to protect himself and take the blow.
His arms cracked and popped as he was struck, and countless bones throughout his body were broken. Before he could even cry out in pain, Sect Leader Kang Da was sent flying.
Kang Dabao had just regained his footing, completely disregarding the injuries and excruciating pain in his arms. Knowing that Shi Xiao would seize the opportunity to attack, he dared not relax for a moment, and the Golden Light in his eyes finally condensed and shone through.
Sure enough, a moment later, Shi Xiao's snake staff seemed to come alive and quickly changed direction.
Then Shi Xiao uttered a soft shout, and black smoke rose from the snake staff. The snake head at the top of the staff opened its red eyes, and a foul stench emerged from its exaggeratedly large mouth, with black saliva spilling out.
The serpent staff, whipped up by a fierce wind, struck Kang Dabao's head once more.
The Delusion-Breaking Golden Eyes truly lives up to its reputation as the highest-grade technique left behind by Patriarch Zhang. It even managed to outperform the signature magic Law Artifact of a Late Qi Refinement -stage Qi Refining cultivator.
The Golden Light dissipated, and the serpent staff returned to Shi Xiao's hand, much to the surprise of this wicked cultivator.
His magic Law Artifact, which he had nurtured for many years, was actually damaged. Just from Kang Dabao's eye technique, more than half of the snake staff's spiritual power was drained.
He's a servant's son! This Kang fellow is quite different from the rumors; he's rather troublesome!
Shi Xiao's combat experience was undeniably rich. Putting aside the thought of hurting his Law Artifact, he calculated in his mind. "That's all he's capable of! With both arms crippled, dealing with him shouldn't take much effort, Grandpa! After slaughtering Xue Household cultivators, I'll gather the rest of my clan's cultivators to settle the remaining scores with the Chongming Sect!"
"Fourth Uncle, hurry! Hurry! Come back with me!" Just as Shi Xiao was about to make a move, his nephew, who had been terrified, rushed over and grabbed him.
Ignoring the large amount of blood on his face, the latter quickly whispered something in Shi Xiao's ear, causing Shi Xiao's expression to change drastically.
"Go!" Shi Xiao summoned back the two tigers that had put the Xue Household in grave danger. The uncle and nephew each mounted one of them, leaving the remaining enemies behind without even glancing at them, and drove straight away.
"Phew!" Xue Hu, who had just escaped death, let out a long breath and collapsed to the ground, as did the other two Lineage.
"I never expected the Shi Household to be so unreasonable, forcing me to fight them. It was too reckless. A few clansmen might die, but if I were to lose my own life, it's hard to say whether the Xue Household of Zither Leaf Forest would even exist."
And then there's Kang Dabao, too stubborn. If he had bowed and scraped before Shi Xiao and said some soft words, it's questionable whether this fierce battle would have even happened. Besides, Shi Xiao is gone, not dead. If he were to return with the rest of the Shi Household cultivators, that would be an even greater disaster!
I don't know what to do next. I should probably bring Kang Dabao along and the other two families to discuss it further. I wonder where that scoundrel Shi Xiao is rushing off to in such a panic.
As Xue Hu was thinking this, he saw Kang Dabao, disregarding his own injuries, dangle his arms, hastily swallow two pills, affix two Divine Movement Talisman, and quickly leave.
Xue Hu, having lost the strength to persuade him to stay, asked loudly, "Isn't Sect Leader Kang going to treat his injuries first before leaving? Do you know where Shi Xiao is?"
Kang Dabao kept his head down and kept going, unaware of where Shi Xiao had gone.
"Even if that damned bastard went to the Queen Mother's birthday banquet, I'd still keep him at Cold Crow Mountain." Kang Dabao thought to himself, enduring the excruciating pain all over his body.
After walking for a short while, a crimson sword light appeared in front of them.
Kang Dabao had lost all his strength at this moment, but his expression remained unchanged; inwardly, however, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Acting on his own initiative is one thing, but the Third's arrival was truly timely. I really overestimated myself this time; I never expected Shi Xiao to be such an unpredictable scoundrel."
"Sect Leader! How... how did you become like this? It was the Shi Household who did this."
"Go back and call Second and Junior Brother Pei. Shi Xiao brought along a weakling, each riding a large tiger. They're quite strong, but they probably haven't gone far. This blood feud is already established! We can't let him leave Cold Crow Mountain unscathed. Chase after him and kill him. At worst, our entire sect will just run away!"
Kang Dabao's face hardened. "I'm giving up all those pots and jars I just built!"
It's nothing more than living naked, that's how I've been doing it all my life! I'm not afraid of you little brat!
Jiang Qing wanted to bandage Kang Dabao's wounds first, but was scolded by Kang Dabao instead. With red eyes, Jiang Qing turned around and flew back to the sect to call for help.
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