by Zhi Bai
With a shout that deserved death, his hands suddenly stretched forward. The iron rod in's hands pierced towards An Zheng's throat rapidly, and with a swing of the Depressing Sword in his hands, a resplendent Sword Qi cut the iron rod in half. However, the piece that fell to the ground suddenly softened and crawled back like a flesh-worm, before burrowing into the black robes.
"What method did Zhuge Chouyun use to create such a monster?"
The Depressing Sword in An Zheng's hand slashed and cut off the other one.
"If the army hidden in the Embroidery Palace are all monsters like that, then not only is the State of Yan in danger, the entire world would probably be annihilated."
An Zheng said: "Pure Yang Qi can be extinguished!"
A blazing white light appeared on the Depressing Sword, and within the white light, there were strands of purple light circulating. The originally one meter long sword Qi suddenly grew and turned into a four meter long tail flame.
Pah pah pah pah pah!
The sword Qi continued to cut at the three bodies, tearing them to pieces. The wide black robe had been cut open, and he looked like a broken butterfly.
"Release!"
The one behind suddenly shouted out loudly, and then rushed forward. He had not moved during the previous exchange, so it was clear that he could sense An Zheng's strength now. As he charged forward, the black robe on his body exploded. Along with the explosion, his body was wrapped in white bandages.
Boom! *
A burst of air appeared outside the first body, and after removing the bandage, his cultivation level increased in an instant.
Fast!
Unparalleled speed!
Even with An Zheng's eyesight and reflexes, she could not keep up with his speed.
With a loud bang, the Holy Fish Scale outside An Zheng's body received a heavy blow. The strength behind this fist strike was so strong that An Zheng was directly sent flying backwards. An Zheng's body spun a little in midair, and heavily crashed onto a large tree by the side of the road. With a creak, the giant tree toppled over, smashing the ground and causing smoke and dust to billow about.
Just as An Zheng was about to stand up with his hands on the ground, the second strike came again. He couldn't see the figure of the number one expert, and could only feel a huge force approaching him. An Zheng's body flew out once again, and crashed into a house beside him and created a huge hole.
After some popping sounds, the remaining few black-clothed men all shattered their black robes, and the bandages on their bodies also shattered bit by bit. Their bodies swelled up like dried sponges that had been soaked in water. They were at least one size larger than before.
The first one was to launch an attack towards An Zheng, while the rest of the people started to charge towards Qu Liuxi and the others.
Gu Qianye dragged Qu Liuxi behind him, and pulled down the fingerbone that was around her neck.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
A finger bone fell from the sky like a giant tree, smashing into the five incoming trees. The finger bones rose up, and the earth five had already shattered into a puddle. However, the black threads quickly moved and gathered together like bugs. A moment later, a human figure stood up shakily.
"What monster!"
Gu Qianye did not believe it, holding onto the fingerbone with one hand, the fingerbone became like a big stick. She turned her body in half a circle and swung the big stick at Five's body. Si Wu's body was smashed and sent flying like a cannonball. After landing, he rolled more than ten meters away, creating a ditch on the ground like a plow. But even so, he still shakily stood up.
On the other side, Du Shoushou could barely persevere while relying on the protection of the Triton and the Stone Essence Armour. However, they were unable to catch the shadow of their target at all. The speed of those monsters was ridiculously fast. Moreover, after removing the bandages on their bodies, it was as if they had opened up an entire realm, and their strength had also increased by many times.
An Zheng left two Holy Fish Scale s and split the remaining six, respectively protecting the other three people from the front and back. There were only eight Holy Fish Scale s, they could not be fully protected, and could only protect the front and the back.
The strength of first place was obviously the strongest among the five monsters, and its speed was even faster. Just as An Zheng finished dividing the Holy Fish Scale, the number one fist arrived again. Fortunately, although their movements were fast, they were not flexible enough. If this punch were to strike from the side, An Zheng might not be able to defend himself.
Although the Holy Fish Scale eliminated a portion of the power from the fist, it was still able to send An Zheng flying.
An Zheng's hands pressed onto the ground, forcefully creating two ditches on the ground before stopping.
"So awesome!"
He cursed, then abruptly turned around and punched.
This punch actually didn't see him as the champion, but had made his judgement. The pure Yang energy on An Zheng's fist brought about a blazing light and heat as it coincidentally collided with the fist of the first opponent. The two fists did not collide, but instead, two powerful forces collided. A huge ball of air exploded, sending both of them flying backwards at the same time.
A little further away, Qu Liuxi summoned her Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace. The purple light enveloped her entire body, and under the protection of this middle leveled Purple-Rank Divine Artifact, the Earth Three that was temporarily unable to attack her reached out.
"Plant? Beast? Where did the undead come from? Why did they gather together even when they were shattered? "
Qu Liuxi's mind raced as she flipped through the pages of the medical books and medicine manuals she had read.
What has such a quality?
The ancients had the art of refining rigidity, refining the dead into invulnerable soldiers. But such soldiers were too inflexible, and not without weaknesses. The monsters that Zhuge Chouyun refined were obviously not ordinary zombies. After adding in a special attribute to a plant, as long as one was able to find out what this attribute was, one would be able to find a flaw in it.
Qu Liuxi actually closed her eyes in this situation.
The same kind of medicinal herb flew through her mind. A type of medicinal property was rejected by her.
The purple light of the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace continued to envelop her. No matter how hard Earth Three tried, he was unable to charge through.
"It's Ancient Era!"
Qu Liuxi suddenly thought of something. "I guess one of the components of these monsters should be too old to be dead."
With a wave of her hand, the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace quickly grew bigger and floated at her side. Her other hand opened, and a spatial artifact that An Zheng had given her immediately appeared. From a spatial artifact, similar medicinal ingredients quickly appeared and flew into the midst of the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace. Very quickly, a strange fragrance drifted out from the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace. The monsters that were crazily attacking slowed down after smelling the strange scent.
"Their power comes from demon beasts, but their bodies are made up of the Immortal Vine and Supreme One. The Grass of Immortality was born from stealing the nutrients of other plants. After the parasitic thing died, it would switch to another plant and continue to parasitize. As for the Ancient Era's body, it could be compressed at will. Even if it was cut down, it would not die. As long as there was a small piece left, it would grow back. Zhuge Chouyun even added some poison into these things, I am still unable to differentiate between them. However, as long as the Undying Vine and Supreme One's ability is extracted, they will have nothing to be afraid of. "
As her voice fell, a pellet of resplendent golden light flew out from the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace. As she spoke, she continued to concoct pills. Her movements were fluid and smooth, giving off a sense of beauty. The most shocking thing was that
refining a Golden-Rank pellet that was practically impossible was actually done in such a short amount of time.
The Golden-Rank pellet seemed to have its own intelligence, as it floated in mid air. The moment the five monsters felt the pill, they started to feel fear. They began to gather together, and then slowly withdrew, as if they were afraid of alarming that Golden-Rank pellet.
"I'll give you a name, it's called 'Breaking Magic Pill'."
Qu Liuxi pointed forward with one hand: "Go!"
The Broken Demon Pill shot out at an even faster speed. The five monsters turned around and ran. They didn't even dare to look back as if they had met a natural enemy. After removing the bandages, their speed and strength had risen to the limit. But no matter how they looked at it, the Demon Breaking Pill was still attracted to them, so it was faster than them. The golden pill turned into a golden silkworm in the air and stuck on the back of his neck.
The golden silkworm opened its mouth and bit on the back of Earthfive's neck, and then his body began to deflate at a speed visible to the naked eye, just like a balloon that had been deflated.
The golden silkworm sucked up all the power of the Immortal Vine and the Ancient Emperor, and then with a flash of golden light, it quickly caught up to the next monster. The monsters were scared out of their wits, but the golden silkworms didn't put them in their eyes at all, sucking in one after another. In just one or two minutes, the most powerful monster was caught up by the golden silkworm after running for almost a thousand meters. It bit the back of its neck and sucked up all the power of the Undead Rattan and Taijin.
The five monsters were lying on the ground, wiggling like powerless rubber balls. They no longer had their previous arrogance.
The remaining items were poisonous, so An Zheng did not dare to slight them. With the power of the Orthodox Pure Yang, he burned all of the poisonous creatures. Poison was afraid of fire in the first place, and if it wasn't for the strength of the Grand Xia and the Undying Vine supporting it, just the poison alone could cause An Zheng's Orthodox Pure Yang to become their nemesis.
Du Shoushou looked at the monster that had been killed by An Zheng, his heart lingering fear. "If not for our genius Xiao Liu'er, we would be in deep trouble this time."
Gu Qianye ran over and hugged Qu Liuxi's arm and shook it: "Xiao Liu'er, why are you so powerful? If I were a man, I would have married you!"
Qu Liuxi blushed: "How can it be that powerful, I just read a little too many books on medicine. This thing is very difficult to break through purely relying on Cultivation Power. As for medicinal matters, we should just rely on medicine to solve them directly. "
The golden silkworm that was only the size of a finger flew back and flew beside Qu Liuxi as if it was taking credit for the reward.
Qu Liuxi reached out her hand, and the golden silkworm landed in her palm.
"Okay, okay. I know how powerful you are. Later on, I'll add some medicinal herbs to help your spirit become clearer. You might even be able to evolve."
Qu Liuxi wiped away the fine beads of sweat on her forehead. "It was a little too hasty. You have just absorbed the Immortal Vine and Supreme One's power, you should return to the pill furnace to rest. "If there really are a lot of these monsters, you'll be tired."
The golden silkworm flew around Qu Liuxi's palm once, and then suddenly flew back to the Phoenix Cooking Pill Furnace s.
An Zheng slowly walked over: "If Zhuge Chouyun really built such an army, we really won't be able to hold him off. Empress Dowager Su still has not shown her true strength yet. It's probably because of these monsters … These things maintain the mental ability of the human brain, but with a body that is close to death, it's too scary. "
Qu Liuxi said: "Since I have already found a way, restraining them shouldn't be too difficult. But now, I want to go to Embroidery Palace more so that I can see what exactly is there and think of a way to deal with it. "
An Zheng took a deep breath, "Then let's go and see what those perverts have done."
Chapter 277 - Life as a Play
An Zheng and the other three quickly approached the Embroidery Palace. The four youths might not feel that their actions were changing history.
In Embroidery Palace, Zhuge Chouyun quickly walked into a large room. The room's layout was extremely strange, the room was circular, and at first glance, it was completely empty. However, after a moment of contemplation, one would be able to see that the circular room was densely packed with candles. These candles were very small. Each candle was only the length of a finger. The walls were filled with such candles, the number of which was simply incalculable.
Upon closer inspection, one would discover that there was still a certain order in which these candles were arranged. The lowest level only had two candles, and they were also the thickest. They were almost as thick as a wrist and about a foot long. The flames on the two candles were very stable, not even swaying in the slightest.
The second row consisted of fifteen candles, similar to those of ordinary candles. Nothing could be seen about them. From the third row, they were all candles the size of a finger, filled up the entire wall.
Zhuge Chouyun walked in quickly, her eyes stared at the second row of candles, and then her expression changed.
Five of the candles had gone out, and wisps of smoke were still coming out of the filaments.
"Who is it?"
Zhuge Chouyun turned around and left, instructing the black-clothed men guarding the entrance that no one was to enter.
His steps were fast and he walked with the wind.
The empress dowager, Su Qingnuan, was lying on her bed, unable to fall asleep no matter what. She'd thought that in at most another half a year, none of her opponents would be her match anymore. However, things did not turn out as she wished. She felt that this was a torture to her by the heavens.
Her hand gently caressed her lower abdomen. Her eyes were filled with malice.
"My father and mother gave all their love to my brother and sister. I was their first child, so why did they treat me like this? Everything belongs to me alone, so why do I have to share it with those children I continued to give birth to? Back then, I only took something from my little brother, yet you all actually scolded me loudly … "You will all have to pay a price for this eccentricity."
Her voice became colder and colder, "As long as I am alive, I will not let you live a peaceful life. Didn't you all want to give birth to a son and let the State of Zhao live on for countless years? When I gain control of the State of Yan, when my Poison Armor Army succeeds, I will personally lead the army and slaughter your proud son with my own hands. State of Zhao. It can be anyone's State of Zhao, but definitely not the Su Family's State of Zhao. "
Zhuge Chouyun's footsteps pulled her out of her thoughts.
Empress Dowager Su suddenly sat up. "What happened? Why are your steps so hurried? "
Zhuge Chouyun said: "I have already gathered all of my guards to guard outside your room, I want to go out. The poison armor with the five characters on it is all dead. I want to go and see what's wrong with it. Logically speaking, it shouldn't have been possible for anyone to discover the weakness of our Poison Armor Soldiers so quickly. Even if those five Earth level poison warriors were to be defeated, they would at least be able to retreat. But the candles were out, which meant they were dead. This is very strange, the experts of the Lower Completion Stage are also unable to kill the Earth rank Poison Armor Soldiers, there must be some kind of problem. "
Empress Dowager Su got up and grabbed Zhuge Chouyun's hand, "Don't go. I feel a chill tonight, my right eyelid throbbing quickly. If you leave, what if someone breaks in? Right now, most of the people are waiting in the underground palace, so I am not at ease. "
Zhuge Chouyun said: "But if someone really discovers the Poison Armor Warrior's weakness, I must quickly get rid of that person, if not how do I execute my plan in the future?"
Empress Dowager Su hugged Zhuge Chouyun's waist: "No, I'm j
ust not allowing you to leave. "Even if you leave tomorrow morning, you're not allowed to leave tonight no matter what you say."
Zhuge Chouyun remained silent for a long while, before finally sighing, "Forget it, no matter how important those Poison Armor Warriors are, they are not even one in a million. They exist only to help you realize your dreams and fulfill your dreams. If you don't want me to leave, then I won't leave.
Empress Dowager Su rubbed her face against Zhuge Chouyun's body, "I knew that you were good to me, better than everyone else. Back then, when I had just arrived at State of Yan to marry that fellow, I saw that you were looking at me with a different light in your eyes during the Grand Ceremony. I thought then that you were better than the one I married. Because when he looked at me, there was actually a look of disgust in her eyes. "
Zhuge Chouyun said: "He knows what the State of Zhao is thinking, and chased you out of the State of Zhao in the name of marriage. For the sake of the alliance between Yan Zhao and Yan Zhao, he had no choice but to accept it, so she is naturally unhappy in her heart."
Empress Dowager Su said: "I don't need to care about all that. I only know that at that time, those people looked at me with admiration."
Zhuge Chouyun caressed Empress Dowager Su's hair, "That's right, when I first saw you, I was extremely shocked. I was thinking, how can there be such a beautiful woman in this world? You sat there laughing, but I saw your eyes were filled with sadness and sadness. At that time, I felt that my heart had also been cut. I just wanted to ask why you were unhappy and to help you settle all the unhappy matters. "
Empress Dowager Su hugged him and said, "You've been doing this all these years. That guy doesn't know how to love me, so you poisoned him to make him very sick. Mother Country did not treat me well, if I did not stop you, you would have gone to the State of Zhao and killed them all. But what I want is not a person's life or death, but the destruction of the State of Zhao … That year, the Great xi's Prince Chen Zhongqi came over and said he wanted to get rid of the Ming Fa Si's leader, An Zheng. Everyone was so scared that they trembled and did not even dare to speak. Only you, stand by my side. "