Who's here?
It wasn't just one person, but a man and a woman. Both of them were dressed in black as well, so their identities were unknown.
The masked man had one arm around the woman's waist while the other wielded a long whip. He stood tall in the air, his figure tall and slender, his black robes mysterious. The woman in his arms didn't seem to care about the rain of arrows at all. She was completely focused on the thousand-year ginkgo tree!
Chu Yunyi immediately realized that it was Long Fei Ye and Han Yunxi. He'd never seen Long Fei Ye's golden dragon whip with his own eyes, but he'd heard Witch Aunt talk about it before.
Last time at the Poison Sect's underground palace, Witch Aunt had seen Long Fei Ye's true skills. It wasn't Celestial Mountain's sword skills, but his whip skills of unknown origins.
The woman in Long Fei Ye's arms was the real Han Yunxi, the Han Yunxi who didn't know martial arts.
Long Fei Ye set Han Yunxi down beneath the ginkgo tree before the savage black-robed man from before retreated and kicked away all the female poison masters. He stood by Han Yunxi's side to protect her. Who else could this fellow be but Gu Qishao? Naturally, the other two were Chu Xifeng and Tang Li.
As soon as Gu reached Han Yunxi's side, Long Fei Ye flew up to meet the enemy alongside Chu Xifeng and Tang Li.
His exquisite whip skills and powerful internal energy allowed him to knock down a wave of arrows with a single swing of his whip!
"Long Fei Ye! You're finally here! "
Chu Yunyi shouted, but Long Fei Ye ignored him. His whip lashed out at the archers in front of him. Chu Yunyi had long wanted to have a real fight with Long Fei Ye. He took out an arrow and nocked it with his bare hands. Heaven knows how much strength he'd imbued into the arrow, but it was already vibrating before it even left the bow. It seemed to be itching to kill the enemy!
His killing intent was so strong that Long Fei Ye looked back, but his cold, emotionless eyes were filled with scorn.
"Go to hell!"
Chu Yunyi roared as he released the arrows. Ten or so of them flew out at the same time, each one brimming with killing intent that cut through the air like a hot knife through butter.
Moreover, each one of them seemed to have a mind of their own and grew eyes. They divided up the work on their own and aimed for different fatal spots on Long Fei Ye's body.
In a flash, everyone looked over. Tang Li and Chu Xifeng were busy dealing with the archers while paying attention to the situation. Even the simple-minded Gu was a little worried, while Han Yunxi, who was busy inspecting the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons, temporarily forgot what she was doing. She couldn't sense any killing intent, so she had no idea what was going on, but intuition told her that Long Fei Ye was in danger.
Not too far away, the captured Gu Beiyue knitted his brows as he stared fixedly at one of the arrows. Without a doubt, that was the strongest of the bunch.
Long Fei Ye had long realized that one of the arrows was extremely deadly, but he didn't have time to think. His whip arts required enough space to unleash its power. If the arrows got too close, he'd have no choice but to unsheathe his sword. As soon as he drew his sword, Chu Yunyi would latch onto it and confirm his identity.
Although Chu Yunyi was far away, the speed of the arrows made it all happen in an instant. Long Fei Ye didn't have time to think before he lashed out with his whip!
The power of the long whip was slightly inferior to the power of the sharp arrows. When the long whip blocked all the sharp arrows, it was the real contest between the two forces, and also the most direct contest.
Time seemed to stop at this moment, as if all things in the world had stopped moving. Both the whip and the arrows froze in midair as the two forces faced off against each other!
Of course, it didn't take more than a second. The whip's momentum quickly suppressed the arrows' momentum and forced them all down!
Long Fei Ye flicked the whip lightly in his hand. Although it looked easy, it took a lot of strength. The arrows couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground one by one.
But there was only one arrow that didn't fall to the ground. Instead, it held on against Long Fei Ye's whip, clanging and clanging as it grew restless. It didn't seem satisfied with just defending, but even wanted to attack.
Without a doubt, this was the most powerful arrow. Long Fei Ye tried again, but still couldn't knock it down.
At this moment, Chu Yunyi fired another arrow straight at Long Fei Ye's eye!
Seeing this, everyone grew alarmed. Chu Xifeng and Tang Li wanted to help, but the archers were all in sync with Chu Yunyi. Every one of them seemed to have lost their minds as they shot like madmen, making it impossible for them to free themselves.
Han Yunxi pushed Gu aside and said, "Don't worry about me, go help. Hurry!"
Gu recovered his wits. He was too far away to use his vines to help, but it was too late!
The arrow was too fast!
"Idiot!"
Gu couldn't help but curse. He knew that Long Fei Ye wouldn't use his sword for the sake of hiding his identity, but why didn't he withdraw his whip and retreat?
He was just courting death by trying to resist it!
The arrow was about to hit Long Fei Ye's eye with enough force to topple mountains and overturn seas. For a moment, everyone stopped breathing. Han Yunxi gaped. In her eyes, Chu Yunyi's arrow was as fast and powerful as a bullet. But in the nick of time, Long Fei Ye raised his hand and viciously knocked the arrow aside!
When he dropped his hand, fresh blood trickled down the back of his hand, a testament to the power of the arrow. But he'd still managed to block it, hadn't he?
Everyone exhaled in relief. Chu Yunyi was surprised, but he didn't give up. He quickly followed up with another arrow, this one aimed not at Long Fei Ye, but at the arrow that was fighting against Long Fei Ye's whip!
The arrow struck Long Fei Ye's arrow with a powerful force that pushed the arrow back. It flew past the whip and headed straight for Long Fei Ye.
It had to be said that as the head of the clan, Chu Yunyi's arrows were the best of the Chu Clan. Unfortunately, his opponent was Long Fei Ye …
Long Feiye pulled back his whip and rebounded, accurately trapping the arrow in place! He'd been waiting for this chance for a long time!
None of them expected this outcome. Chu Yunyi was so shocked that his face had turned white. Long Feiye hadn't even started his counterattack before Chu Yunyi took out a bunch of arrows and shot them in his direction.
Actually, it wasn't strange for Chu Yunyi to lose his head in a situation like this, because Long Fei Ye was clearly preparing to counterattack.
Despite the rain of arrows, Long Fei Ye's whip lashed out viciously at the arrow. The whip slithered forward like a snake, sweeping away all the arrows in its path. Finally, Long Fei Ye lashed out with the whip, sending his internal energy coursing through the whip until it reached the body of the arrow!
The arrow shot out with enough force to topple mountains and overturn seas, heading straight for Chu Yunyi!
Chu Yunyi had lived for more than half his life, but he'd never imagined that he'd be hurt by one of his own arrows one day!
He had no time to dodge, but reflexively dodged to the side. The arrow sank deep into his right arm, completely submerging itself in his flesh.
What a vicious arrow!
If his whip was already like this, wouldn't he shoot through his hand if he drew his bow instead?
An archer's greatest taboo was injuring their hands.
Chu Yunyi was extremely unwilling, but there was nothing he could do except flee.
"Withdraw!"
All of the archers retreated at his command. The old mama fled with Empress Xue in tow, while Chu Yunyi personally escorted Gu Beiyue to bring up the rear.
Western Zhou's imperial guards chased after them, but didn't dare to make a move with Empress Xue in their hands.
Long Fei Ye's gaze was fixed on Gu Beiyue, but he didn't chase after them. His ultimate goal was the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons, so he had to get his hands on it before reinforcements arrived. Otherwise, without Empress Xue as a hostage, Heaven knows what would happen when reinforcements arrived.
Very soon, the three high monks guarding the altar flew up into the air. Unfortunately, they couldn't get close to the ginkgo tree because Long Fei Ye, Chu Xifeng, and Tang Li were all standing guard. One Long Fei Ye was enough to deal with all three of them, much less Chu Xifeng and Tang Li.
The three high monks had seen the exchange of blows just then and knew they couldn't win. Thus, they asked questions in an attempt to fish for information.
"Just who are you people? What are you looking for in the ginkgo tree? "
"How did you get in here?"
If they'd tried to force their way in, they'd have triggered all sorts of traps. Without a map, even the most powerful of experts would be unable to avoid triggering them. But these people had come without a sound. It wasn't as if they'd infiltrated the empress's guard of honor.
The high monks didn't understand.
"Are you Tianning's Duke of Qin? A man of character doesn't change his name. Just who are you? Tell us your name! "
"Is that female benefactor Qin Wangfei?"
… …
Despite the three high monks' questions, everyone seemed to have been infected by Long Fei Ye's attitude. Even Gu didn't speak.
Han Yunxi activated the detox system's in-depth inspection function and found that the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree was poisoned.
But just like the Water and Earth of Ten-Thousand Poisons, the detox system couldn't tell what kind of poison it was.
The ten thousand poisons of the five elements, metal, wood, water, fire, and earth, all seemed to be the same. They were a mixture of all kinds of poisons. Therefore, the Detoxification System could detect the toxicity, but it could not determine the type of toxicity, nor could it detect specific information.
Han Yunxi knew they couldn't stay here for long, or else it'd be hard to leave. She inspected the tree again, but still couldn't pinpoint its exact location. She was depressed!
It wasn't that she'd forgotten about the poison storage space. Although the space could store all kinds of poisons, it'd even stored such a large poison pond.
But right now she was facing a thousand-year-old tree that wasn't completely poisonous. More importantly, she didn't see the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons!
How was she supposed to store something she couldn't see? At the very least, she couldn't do it with her current skills.
What to do? Did she really have to cut down the tree like Chu Yunyi said?
At this moment, a flurry of footsteps sounded around them. Without a doubt, reinforcements had arrived.
Gu asked anxiously, "Did you find it?"
Actually, Gu had been searching the entire time as well, but he couldn't even smell the poison. He almost suspected that the Wood of Ten-Thousand Poisons wasn't on this tree at all.
At this moment, Long Fei Ye had turned back to look at them with an urging gaze.
Han Yunxi was anxious!
Abruptly, a thought flashed through her mind. Got it!
She had a plan, a very simple one. Why didn't she think of it before? I'm so stupid!
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