Lying Low in the Martial World to Become a Saint-Chapter 108 - 90: Demon Sect
Ye Rong’Er’s pretty face was ashen, drained of all color.
She had lost all will to fight. "Chen Qing! Block him! Buy me some time!"
She practically shrieked the order at Chen Qing, who was closest to her.
However, the instant the words left her mouth, the water beneath Chen Qing’s feet exploded!
Using the recoil, he shot off in a different direction from Yin Chenfeng, like a startled swordfish.
He didn’t even glance back.
"You...!"
Ye Rong’Er was so furious she nearly spat blood. A wave of immense hatred washed over her, but there was no time for curses.
Tu Gang’s sinister, smiling face and his long saber, wreathed in black energy, were now just inches away!
The force of the blade’s wind was so sharp that it made her skin sting and feel as if it would split, even from a dozen feet away.
Ye Rong’Er’s strength was at the Early-stage Embrace Pill Power, having opened Three Paths of her Main Meridians, but she was still far weaker than Tu Gang.
Tu Gang extended his arm, and black True Qi surged forward like a tidal wave.
PFFT!
In less than five moves!
A flash of black light shot past, and Ye Rong’Er’s right arm was severed at the shoulder!
Blood sprayed everywhere!
"AHH!"
The agony of her severed arm wrung a blood-curdling scream from Ye Rong’Er!
In that sliver of a moment between life and death, she unleashed the last of her potential!
Forcibly suppressing her roiling qi and blood and the excruciating pain from her arm, she found a crimson pearl, the size of a pigeon’s egg, had appeared in her hand.
A Thunder Fire Bomb! This was her trump card for survival!
"Get back!"
She let out a sharp cry and, with all her might, hurled the Fire Thunder Pearl straight at Tu Gang’s face!
At the same time, she used the recoil from the throw to retreat rapidly.
A trace of apprehension flashed in Tu Gang’s eyes. The explosive power of the Thunder Fire Bomb was enough to injure him.
He was forced to pause. His hand, wreathed in black energy, changed from a grab to a strike, and a solid black Palm Seal shot from his hand to meet the incoming red pearl.
"BOOM—!"
A deafening explosion echoed across the water’s surface!
Flames and black energy collided violently. The ferocious shockwave blasted a huge crater into the water, sending scalding steam and turbulence scattering in all directions.
Ye Rong’Er was sent flying by the immense force. Her already grievous injuries were made even worse as blood trickled from her nose and mouth, and her consciousness flickered for a moment.
But she used the blast wave to her advantage, her body drifting away from the epicenter like a kite with its string cut, temporarily escaping Tu Gang’s killing blow.
"BITCH!!!"
The explosion had impeded Tu Gang, and his black Body Protection energy wavered from the blast. Though uninjured, he was utterly enraged.
Just as he was about to give chase to Ye Rong’Er, a flicker of movement in his peripheral vision caught his eye. Yin Chenfeng was trying to sneak around the edge and dive toward the vortex where the Silver Carp had sunk.
"You’re courting death!"
Tu Gang immediately changed targets.
The Silver Carp was the top priority! He could deal with the fleeing small fry later.
Meanwhile, Chen Qing, who was fleeing for his life, appeared not to look back, but in reality, he was using the corner of his eye and his heightened Spiritual Sense to perceive everything happening behind him!
The explosion, Tu Gang’s furious roar, and Yin Chenfeng’s lunge for the Silver Carp—he captured it all clearly.
’He had to admit, Yin Chenfeng was audacious, trying to snatch food from a tiger’s jaws even in a situation like this.’
"Where do you think you’re going, you little bastard?!"
Just then, the seventh of the Seven Tigers of Yin Sha came flying over, treading on broken planks of wood. He instantly brandished a pair of Water-Splitting Emei Needles, which glinted with cold light. One aimed for the throat, the other for the heart—a vicious and cunning attack!
He was confident this strike would be enough to force Chen Qing back, or even grievously wound him.
Facing the seventh tiger’s ferocious counterattack, Chen Qing’s body suddenly dropped, and he plunged into the water in an instant, like a lead weight.
He was a fisherman by trade, so his skill in the water was naturally beyond question.
The seventh tiger’s Emei Needles stabbed into empty air.
"Not good! He’s underwater!"
The seventh tiger’s heart leaped in alarm.
He knew all too well how perilous it was to fight underwater!
He immediately tried to retract his attack and retreat.
But it was too late!
The very instant his attack missed, the water beneath his feet exploded as if it were boiling!
Floating Light and Shadow Hand, Underwater Needle!
A streak of black light, nearly invisible to the naked eye, shot out from the murky depths!
It was faster than the seventh tiger could react; Chen Qing had used the Hidden Weapon Technique of the Floating Light and Shadow Hand.
SHINK!
The needle pierced the seventh tiger’s Yongquan Acupoint on the sole of his foot with unerring accuracy. Carrying an unparalleled, spiraling Penetrating Force, it instantly tore through muscle, pierced bone, and shot up along the meridians of his leg, wreaking havoc.
"ARGH!"
The seventh tiger let out a wretched howl. He felt his entire right leg go numb from the sole to the knee, followed by an unbearable, gut-wrenching pain!
His body instantly lost its balance.
Chen Qing’s figure erupted from the water like a Flood Dragon, sending a curtain of spray into the air!
Soaked to the bone, his eyes were like ice. Water dripped from his clenched fist as the ferocious Power of his Long Arm Fist exploded forth!
Long Arm Fist! Mountain-Breaking Technique!
The punch landed squarely on the seventh tiger’s chest!
CRACK!
The muffled sound of his sternum shattering was clearly audible.
PFFT!
The seventh tiger’s eyes flew wide open as he vomited a spray of blood. His body was sent flying several dozen feet like a broken sack, crashing hard onto the water’s surface with a huge splash. He then slowly sank, leaving only a trace of blood and a few bubbles churning on the surface before all went silent.
The seventh of the Seven Tigers of Yin Sha was dead!
"You little bastard! You dare kill my brother?! I’ll flay you alive and pull out your tendons!"
Tu Gang roared. He had just repelled Yin Chenfeng only to see the seventh tiger killed so cleanly by Chen Qing. How could he not be furious?
His True Qi roiled around him as he ran across the water as if it were solid ground, charging toward Chen Qing with astonishing speed!
His aura was even more terrifying than when he had lunged at Ye Rong’Er!
Chen Qing felt a bone-chilling presence instantly envelop him, and the hairs on the back of his neck stood on end.
A rage-fueled strike from a Mid-stage Embracing Pill Power expert was definitely not something he could withstand!
Without a moment’s hesitation, Chen Qing didn’t dare to linger for even an instant.
Using the recoil from his last attack, he once again pushed his speed to its limit and dove headfirst into a complex area of the water filled with hidden reefs and swift currents.
BOOM!
Tu Gang’s rage-filled black Palm Seal followed close behind, slamming violently into the water where Chen Qing had just been.
The violent Power sent a pillar of water shooting into the sky, shattering several underwater reefs.
If Chen Qing had been half a beat slower, not even his bones would have remained.
"Boss! This is bad!"
The second tiger flew over in a panic, his face filled with dread. "The Silver Carp... the Silver Carp is gone! It must have been frightened by the chaotic battle and fled!"
"What?!" Tu Gang’s expression changed drastically, his one eye instantly turning bloodshot!
’The priceless treasure he had schemed so hard for, even using human corpses as bait to lure it out, had slipped away right under his nose?!’
"Boss! We can’t stay here!" the second tiger said urgently. "Experts from the Wutai Sect could arrive at any moment! If we don’t leave now, it’ll be too late!"
"Let’s go!"
Tu Gang nearly ground his teeth to dust. He shot a venomous glare in the direction Chen Qing had disappeared, suppressed his towering rage, and turned to lead his remaining brothers, vanishing swiftly into the depths of the vast reed marsh.
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