Bai Su's heart pounded against her chest. That pounding was due to the great impact Su Ming had brought to her. Under that impact, not only did Bai Su's breathing freeze, she also felt a chill that made her entire body shudder. It was as if the chill in the world was several times colder than the one in the world was spreading outwards with Su Ming as the center.
This was the first time Bai Su saw this side of Su Ming, and this side of him made her afraid.
She suddenly felt that she had never understood this person before her, just like how he looked right now. Before today, she had never known that a man's soundless rage could turn into such a powerful murderous aura.
Su Ming was no longer the boy he was in the past. He was no longer a reckless child who acted on impulse. He had already learned how to remain calm and was used to it. Even if there was anger in his heart, besides turning it into killing intent in his right eye, he did not act recklessly. Instead, he lifted his right hand and tapped the center of Zi Che's brows.
With that one tap, Zi Che's body instantly started trembling uncontrollably. Su Ming crouched down and brought out some medicinal pills. Once he placed them in Zi Che's mouth, he helped him up and had him sit down cross-legged by the side. Su Ming pressed his right hand against the top of Zi Che's skull. The moment the power of Transcendence surged into Zi Che's body, his body started trembling even more viciously. He coughed out a mouthful of blood, and it was still filled with the squirming black bugs.
Su Ming frowned. He noticed that once his power of Transcendence surged into Zi Che's body, it immediately turned into threads that disappeared into every part of Zi Che's body, as if they were being devoured and absorbed.
This was something normal, and it was also what Su Ming wanted to do. He wanted to use his own power of Transcendence to nourish Zi Che's body along with the medicinal pills Zi Che had swallowed. Only then would he be able to wake up as soon as possible and recover slightly.
Yet now, Su Ming's power of Transcendence was continuously disappearing into Zi Che's body, but not only did Zi Che's condition not improve, it was instead becoming worse. There was still a hint of life in him previously, but now, that hint of life was rapidly disappearing.
Once it completely disappeared, then Zi Che would definitely die.
Su Ming let out a cold harrumph, and the killing intent in his right eye grew stronger. He might not have treated Zi Che as a member of the ninth summit, but ever since Zi Che came to the ninth summit, besides his initial unruliness, he had always obeyed Su Ming's orders.
Over the past few days, Su Ming could not find anything displeasing about Zi Che. More importantly, Zi Che had gradually changed the way he addressed Su Ming from uncle master to master. This was not something Su Ming requested, but something that Zi Che did naturally.
Su Ming had always believed in the depths of his heart that his eldest senior brother could injure Zi Che, his second senior brother could, and his third senior brother could as well. There was no need to even mention his Master, but besides these few people, if anyone else wanted to injure Su Ming's follower, they would have to pay the price.
As he let out a cold harrumph, the mark of the green sword shone at the center of Su Ming's brows. Immediately, his divine sense spread out and gathered on Zi Che's body. Once it scanned through his entire body, it charged straight into his body and scanned through every inch of his body in an incredibly detailed manner.
After a moment, a sharp glint appeared in Su Ming's eyes. With his divine sense, he could clearly sense that there was something that looked like a cocoon in Zi Che's abdomen. That thing was only the size of a fist, but there seemed to be no end to it. There were black insects continuously crawling out of it.
These insects existed in Zi Che's body and were continuously absorbing his life force and flesh to strengthen themselves. They looked incredibly vicious, but there was also a hint of brutality within them.
Su Ming lifted his right hand from the top of Zi Che's skull and sliced through the robes on Zi Che's chest. Once he pressed his hand against his abdomen, the power of Transcendence and his divine sense fused together and swept through the cocoon-like object on Zi Che's abdomen.
Zi Che's eyes were closed, but he let out a shrill scream of pain. As he screamed, Su Ming's right hand turned into a claw and pierced through the flesh on Zi Che's abdomen. He grabbed the cocoon, yanked it out, and forcefully pulled it out of Zi Che's body.
The instant the cocoon was taken out, Zi Che's eyes flew open, and an incredibly exhausted look appeared on his face. At the same time, Su Ming pressed his left hand against the wound on Zi Che's abdomen. The power of Transcendence surged into the wound, causing the flesh to heal rapidly. At the same time, a large amount of black insects crawled out of Zi Che's eyes, ears, nose, and mouth under Su Ming's power of Transcendence. They struggled for a few moments before falling to the ground.
A hint of red gradually appeared on Zi Che's face, and his life force slowly stopped fading away. Instead, as he panted and sat down to meditate, he began to slowly recover. However, the black arrow that had been stabbed into his right leg was still releasing waves of black smoke that surrounded it. That black smoke would occasionally gather together to form Phantom Shadows that seemed to be letting out soundless roars.
Su Ming pulled back his left hand and was just about to take the black arrow when he stopped. He stared at the arrow and frowned. He had a feeling that this arrow was not something that could be easily taken out.
"This is an arrow from a Black Arrow Berserker … Those who are struck by it will feel as if they were poisoned, and their life force will continuously disappear … If we don't use the right method and pull out this arrow, then Zi Che will die in his weakened state …" Bai Su's voice traveled into his ears weakly.
Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he averted his gaze from Zi Che's body and looked at the cocoon in his right hand. The cocoon was entirely black and looked like a stone. When Su Ming took it out of Zi Che's body, it was still soft, but once it came into contact with wind, it rapidly hardened.
There was a crack at the edge of the cocoon, and black insects crawled out of it. However, the crack was rapidly closing up, and the insects that had crawled out previously also fell to the ground in the cold wind.
As he stared at the cocoon in his hand, a strange light appeared in Su Ming's eyes.
"This doesn't belong to Freezing Sky Clan …" A weak voice filled with fear came from before Su Ming.
As Su Ming lifted his head, he saw Bai Su walking to the platform with a hesitant look on her face.
"Items from Freezing Sky Clan can withstand the cold, but this thing stiffened when it came into contact with cold wind. It's impossible for it to belong to Freezing Sky Clan," Bai Su said softly.
Su Ming did not speak. He lowered his head and continued staring at the cocoon in his hands. A frown gradually appeared on his face. His eyes might have seemed calm, but no one knew that when Su Ming saw Zi Che spit out the insects and held the cocoon in his hands, there was a huge storm raging in his heart.
Bai Su hesitated for a moment before he continued, "Even in the Great Tribe of Freezing Sky, it's unlikely that something like this would exist, because the climate here isn't suitable for it to survive … Look, they're all dead now. The cocoon in your hands will also turn into a dead cocoon soon …"
"What is the relationship between Northern Frontier Tribe and the Great Tribe of Freezing Sky?" Su Ming asked slowly.
"There are four branches in the Great Tribe of Freezing Sky, and Northern Frontier is one of them. As for Zhuo Ge, I've heard of him before. He's not a disciple of Freezing Sky Clan, but the son of Northern Frontier Tribe's Chief of War, Zhuo Ya …" Bai Su paused for a moment before she told Su Ming what she knew. However, there was one thing she did not say in her hesitation – Zhuo Ge had a lot of dealings with Si Ma Xin.
"What do you mean by a Black Arrow Berserker?!" As Su Ming spoke, he moved his gaze away from the cocoon in his hands and looked at Zi Che's right leg, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground.
The Phantom Shadow formed by the black mist floated in the air ferociously from the arrow.
"The Berserker Warriors of Northern Frontier Tribe train differently from us in Freezing Sky Clan. They practice Blood Refinement, but they don't Transcend or Bone Sacrifice. Instead, as they continue training, they walk down the path of stimulating all the power in their blood and making their physical bodies indestructible.
"This unique method of training belongs solely to Northern Frontier Tribe and is rarely taught to outsiders. Ever since Northern Frontier Tribe surrendered to the Great Tribe of Freezing Sky, they also gained the respect of the Great Tribe of Freezing Sky, allowing them to keep their unique method of training.
"Black Arrow is one of their names. It's blue, black, green, and purple. A Berserker with a Black Arrow is equivalent to those in the Bone Sacrifice Realm … Besides the method of training that Northern Frontier Tribe doesn't teach to outsiders, they also have a legacy of creating arrows, which is also a secret.
"All the arrows they create must be shot by members of their tribe who have trained in the method of training that they don't teach to outsiders. They have the power to absorb life force. This arrow can't be taken down easily. They must first refine the black mist on it and offer up enough life force as a sacrifice to make the black mist disappear. Only then can they take the arrow," Bai Su said softly. Her explanation was very detailed, almost telling Su Ming everything she knew.
Su Ming looked at the arrow on Zi Che's right leg, who was meditating, and the murderous aura in his right eye grew stronger.
"What is this black mist?" Su Ming asked calmly.
"It's a Phantom … This is the name Northern Frontier Tribe created. Every single adult Berserker will be sent to a mysterious place in Northern Frontier to search for their Phantom.
"Once they find their Phantom, the arrows they shoot will contain the power of the Phantom. The more people they kill, the stronger their Phantom will become. In the end, it can even reach a shocking level.
"The Great Tribe of Freezing Sky also paid a price to subdue this tribe and named it Northern Frontier."
"What was this tribe called before they were subdued by Freezing Sky?" Su Ming fell into a moment of pensive silence before he looked at Bai Su. Bai Su's mastery of this knowledge surprised him.
"Phantom Dais …" Bai Su whispered. Once she finished speaking, she hesitated for a moment before she cast a glance at Su Ming.
"Perhaps … I can try to get rid of the Phantom Aura on the arrow …"
Su Ming looked at her.
"I … I might not have a high level of cultivation, but I've liked reading ancient scrolls since I was young. I know a lot of things that other people have never heard of … I also learned quite a lot about some of the strange tribes' Spells from my father …" Bai Su said softly. She did not tell Su Ming that due to the things that happened when she was young, her father's only interest towards her could be said to have spared no effort in finding an endless amount of valuable ancient scrolls and Spells that did not require her to use her cultivation base.
"How confident are you?" Su Ming asked calmly.
Bai Su hesitated for a moment before she whispered, "30% … 20% … perhaps even lower …"
Su Ming remained silent for a moment before he asked unhurriedly, "The consequence of failure is Zi Che's death?"
Bai Su did not speak for a long while. After a long while, she nodded her head with a dejected look on her face. "To be continued. If you like this work, please come to Qidian.Com and vote for me. Your support is my greatest motivation. "
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