At this moment, not only had Ruo Qingyuan's heart stopped beating, but his already injured body had also shriveled up. He was so skinny that he looked like a bag of bones. His eyes were bulging out, as if he had seen something extremely horrifying. He clenched his fists tightly, but before he could even release a portion of poison, he was already dead.
"Is that so?"
With a livid face, Poisoner White seemed to have noticed something, and he turned to Poison Master Hai beside him.
"Yes …"
The man nodded with a solemn expression.
"Just as I guessed!"
Poisoner White narrowed his eyes, and with a voice as sharp as a blade, he bellowed, "Otherworldly Demonic Tribe …"
Hearing those words, Zhang Xuan frowned. "You are saying that … Hall Master Qing Yuan was killed by an Otherworldly Demon?"
While the reputation of the poison masters wasn't good, they didn't side with the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe like the soul oracles. Otherwise, no matter how deeply they hid themselves, Mingshi Tang would have surely dug them out.
Yet, he had appeared here and killed a hall master. What in the world was going on?
From the other party's tone, it was clear that he had already confirmed it.
"If the hall master's corpse has shriveled up, it could mean that his blood essence has been sucked dry. Only the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe would be capable of such a move …"
Poisoner White nodded and explained.
"Blood essence was sucked away?" The veins in Zhang Xuan's eyes wiggled as he looked at Hall Master Ruo's corpse once more. His expression turned ugly.
Just like what the other party said, the Palace Master's blood essence had been completely drained, as if it had been devoured by something. It was extremely terrifying.
Blood essence was the foundation of a human's survival. Now that it was forcefully sucked dry, one could well imagine the pain one had to go through. This was no longer just a slaughter, but a massacre!
Is this the offensive means of the Otherworldly Demonic Tribe?
Even though he had slaughtered quite a few Otherworldly Demons in the past, most of them were killed before the other party could even make a move. As such, he wasn't too impressed by the brutality of the Otherworldly Demons. However, looking at the corpse of Hall Master Ruo before him, he finally understood why the humans of the Otherworldly Demons had been so fearful of the Otherworldly Demons in ancient times.
Once the blood essence was sucked dry, no matter how skilled one was in medicine, there was no way to save him.
The Otherworldly Demonic Tribe is probably here to steal the book!
Poisoner White continued.
The other party had infiltrated the Mausoleum of Hall Masters and killed Qing Yuan while he was searching for the books in the Mausoleum of Hall Masters.
Poison Master Hai nodded. With a sharp glint in his eyes, he said, "He has just been killed, and the sound of his voice has just been heard not too long ago. The murderer shouldn't have gotten too far yet, so we should still be able to catch up to him."
After saying that, he carefully looked around. After a moment, he helplessly shook his head.
The other party possessed an extremely strong sense of anti-tracking. With a single move, he was able to kill Hall Master Ruo without leaving any traces behind. Given the size of the island, it would be nigh impossible for the other party to track him down if he were to go in the wrong direction.
"Let me see!"
Zhang Xuan's eyes narrowed.
As soon as they heard the commotion, they rushed over. Under normal circumstances, they shouldn't have escaped too far.
As long as he didn't escape, given the current strength of Poisoner White and Poison Master Hai, they should be able to subdue him easily and exact vengeance for the other party.
Activating the Eye of Insight, Zhang Xuan scanned the area around the crater carefully, and soon, he noticed some traces on the ground.
"He's headed in that direction!" Zhang Xuan said as he pointed.
"There?"
Looking at the direction he pointed, Poisoner White and the others were puzzled.
It was where they had come from earlier.
Along the way, they hadn't seen anyone escaping. Furthermore, that was the headquarters of the Poison Temple. Given that the other party had killed the hall master, wasn't he courting death by heading toward the headquarters instead?
It wasn't that they didn't trust Sun Qiang, but without the will of the founder, the other party was only a Nascent Saint cultivator. Compared to Saint 5-dan experts like them, he was still far from matching up to them.
"Follow me!"
Knowing that the book would be lost forever if the culprit were to escape, Zhang Xuan didn't bother explaining the matter. Instead, he hurriedly headed in the direction he had seen.
Seeing how confident Zhang Xuan was, Poisoner White and Poison Master Hai quickly followed after him.
Not too long later, after walking out of the Mausoleum of Hall Masters, Zhang Xuan scanned his surroundings and frowned.
The Otherworldly Demon was extremely cunning. Even with the Eye of Insight, Zhang Xuan was unable to discern it anymore.
However, this was more than enough to prove that the other party was still hiding in the vicinity.
"Where is it?"
It was a flat piece of ground, surrounded by some not too tall buildings and some scattered vegetation. With a single glance, he could tell that there was no place where the other party could have hidden himself.
"Unless …" Narrowing his eyes, Zhang Xuan lowered his head.
Since there was nothing in the sky or on the ground, there was only one possibility … the other party was hiding underground.
However, there were no pits in the surroundings, and the ground was as smooth as new. Even if the other party wanted to enter, it was impossible for him to do so.
"What's wrong? You mean that the other party is hiding underground? "
Noticing Zhang Xuan's confusion, Poisoner White walked up to him and asked.
"Un." Zhang Xuan nodded. "Other than underground, I can't think of anywhere else he could have gone!"
"That's simple. We just have to check to see if he's underground!"
Poison Master Bai nodded. With a flash of light from his Yuanshen acupoint, a silhouette that bore an exact resemblance to him emerged from it.
Primordial Spirit Projection!
With a slight jolt, his Primordial Spirit dived into the ground, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared from sight.
Primordial Spirits were similar to souls in that they could change their forms freely, unlike the physical body, which was bound by various restrictions. Even though the ground was hard, it was still a walk in the park.
Hong long!
Not too long after Poisoner White's Primordial Spirit dived into the ground, the crowd suddenly felt the ground beneath them shaking. Following which, 'hu!', a figure leaped out from the ground and dashed forward.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Upon seeing the figure, Poison Master Hai roared furiously. He abruptly clawed at the figure, and his immense strength formed a massive palm. Before the palm could even land, the buildings and trees on the ground had already exploded.
At this moment, Poison Master Hai had already reached Saint 5-dan. Even a casual move of his carried the strength to move mountains and fill up oceans.
Hu!
Upon seeing Poison Master Hai's attack, the escaping figure knew that he would surely die if he were to be struck. Thus, he abruptly leaped into the air and plummeted downward.
His speed seemed to be even faster than when he leaped out from the ground.
Hula!
He crashed into the ground like a boulder. Poison Master Hai thought that he would surely be injured and spurting blood, but as if a drop of water falling onto sand, he vanished without a trace in the blink of an eye.
"This is … Earth Traversing Art!"
Poison Master Hai's eyes narrowed in astonishment. "Earth Traversing Art?"
"Earth Traversing Art?" Zhang Xuan was taken aback.
"It's an ability that only those with a unique bloodline possess. It allows one to traverse underground without suffering from any restrictions," Poison Master Hai explained.
After which, he bellowed, "Bai Ting, pursue him from below. I'll stay above. Don't let that fellow escape!"
"Alright!"
Poisoner White's voice sounded from beneath the ground.
His Primordial Spirit was able to traverse underground freely. With one above and one below, even if the other party possessed Earth Traversing Art, it was unlikely that he would be able to escape!
Boom boom boom!
With a violent tremor, the surrounding buildings collapsed like a pile of grass. Zhang Xuan and the others flew into the air and looked down. It seemed like two massive dragons were clashing with one another beneath the ground. Wherever they passed, massive cracks would appear on the ground.
The cracks extended all the way forward. Rocks tumbled down, and a turbid shockwave shrouded the surroundings.
Poisoner White had just achieved a breakthrough to Saint 5-dan, so his control over his strength hadn't reached perfection yet. It was one thing for him to fight in the air, but to fight underground, he had brought a huge calamity upon the Poison Temple.
If the battle between Zhang Xuan and Hall Master Ruo was a huge blow to the thousand-year-old buildings of the Poison Temple, the one they were facing right now was a devastating blow to them!
The ground rumbled as if a massive beast was crawling on the ground. Countless beautiful buildings were reduced to rubble.
Sou!
After an unknown period of time, a figure suddenly leaped out from the ground. This time, he wasn't as fast as before. As soon as he appeared, he spurted a mouthful of blood and crashed heavily onto the ground.
Without any hesitation, Poison Master Hai, who had been standing guard outside, spread open his palm and grabbed lightly. Several surges of zhenqi immediately formed a cage around the figure, locking him within.
It's indeed an Otherworldly Demon! Upon seeing the other party's appearance, Zhang Xuan frowned.
This fellow bore some resemblance to the Goldenleaf King and the others whom he had killed. The sharp aura he emanated indicated that he had reached Saint 4-dan.
"Young master, this is the Earthleaf King! He's one of the Ten Great Kings of our Qingtian Lineage, and he specializes in traveling underground. While his fighting prowess might be beneath mine, he's definitely the best when it comes to escaping! "
The Violetleaf King's voice sounded from the Myriad Anthive Nest.
As a Saint 4-dan expert, as long as Zhang Xuan willed it, he could easily extend his Spiritual Perception to scan the surroundings.
"Earthleaf King? Another one of the Ten Great Kings? Why would he appear here? "Zhang Xuan couldn't help but ask.
He had already met half of the Ten Great Kings of the Qingtian Lineage, and most of them had either died or submitted to him.
Even so, it was only because he had raised the cultivation of Poisoner White and Poison Master Hai. Otherwise, given the other party's ability to travel underground, there was no way he would be able to stop him.
"It is likely that the map is of great importance, and the Qingtian Emperor was worried about the Waterleaf King and me, so he sent the other party over in case of an emergency. After the Waterleaf King was killed and I submitted to him, that fellow followed master and Elder Xu here. "
After a moment of contemplation, the Violetleaf King guessed.
None of them knew the exact location of the Poison Temple. Otherwise, they wouldn't have ordered the city lord to search for the Ksitigarbha Flower to lure the elders of the Poison Temple.
Most likely, the reason why the other party appeared here was to follow them.
"He might not necessarily be following us. I think he might be following Poisoner White and Poison Master Hai." Zhang Xuan shook his head.
He had been extremely careful when he left Jingyuan City. If someone was following him, he would surely have noticed it.
On the other hand, Poisoner White and the others might have failed to anticipate this, thus allowing the other party to exploit this opportunity.
Had it been anyone else, the powerful Beguilement Formation of the Poison Temple would have been impossible to enter. However, against the Earthleaf King, who was capable of traveling underground, it might not have been that difficult.
Out of fear of the Poison Temple, the Earthleaf King had been hiding himself all this while, not daring to make a move. It was only when Hall Master Ruo decided to move out alone that he discreetly tailed the other party and waited for the latter to take out the book before launching a sneak attack.
Based on his previous conjecture, he should have been able to escape with his ability to travel underground. However, who could have thought that Poison Master Bai and Poison Master Hai would have to make a breakthrough overnight, resulting in them being trapped on the spot?
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