Under countless people's eyes while they burst into a ruckus, Happy suddenly turned around and fled into the pavilion before he quickly stuffed the medicinal pill in his hands into the woman's mouth.
The mysterious cloaked woman had already walked into the battlefield. She walked lightly and gracefully, and a dazzling as well as enchanting purple aura spread out from under her cloak. The goblet in her hands also started trembling faintly.
"It's useless." The mysterious cloaked girl's voice spread through the entire battlefield clearly. "To put it accurately, the Gu poison I released isn't exactly poison. Normal antidotes are useless against it."
At that moment, she was only 98 feet away from the pavilion.
While she moved forward slowly, the dozen Class One Hall members who had not died on the battlefield suddenly had their expressions change drastically. They looked as if they could not breathe, and they seized their throats in great panic. Their faces instantly turned purple.
The mysterious cloaked girl only sighed faintly in reaction to all this. She said nothing else and continued walking forward.
Even though the mysterious cloaked girl said that antidotes did not work, Happy did not stop with whatever he was doing. Once he fed Xu Xin the antidote, he brought up Xu Xin's wrist.
When he looked at it, a bone-chilling glare and killing intent instantly filled his eyes.
A faint, purple tinge had already appeared on Xu Xin's fair wrist, and it was getting darker. At the very front of the purple tint were small bumps, and they were slowly heading to her heart meridian through her blood vessels.
Xu Xin saw the things on her arm, and she was also shocked. But when she remained next to Happy, the strange wave of ease caused her to not panic and turn pale.
Even so, Xu Xin's shivering arm still showed her fear and unease.
"Purple Heart Gu Poison." When he recognized the origin of the Gu poison Xu Xin was afflicted with, Happy quickly thought of the remedy for this poison.
Even though he never ran into Gu poison elites in his previous life, he did see quite a number of great players who died under the poisonous schemes of these Gu Poison Arts.
Also, while this Purple Heart Gu Poison was a rather high-end Gu poison, it was not an incurable Gu poison, provided that the person was not too deeply affected by the poison.
He quickly tapped two acupressure points on Xu Xin's body, and Xu Xin let out a faint cry before her poisoned arm instantly fell limply to her side. Her entire body felt weak, and she could lift any of her limbs no matter how hard he tried.
Happy swiftly brought out his sword, sliced at her, and dragged his sword up.
A gush of blood shot out of Xu Xin's arm.
Purple blood sprayed on a pillar in the pavilion.
The faint goosebumps that rose on her skin were all delicately drawn out by Happy, and with a thud, they shattered against the pillar in the pavilion.
Happy did not even spare the purple blood a look before he executed a Spiral Force to crush the objects inside the purple blood to pieces. Then, he quickly bandaged Xu Xin's wound.
That series of actions was executed with such familiarity that he looked like he had gone through this multiple times. His movements were smooth and unhesitant, just like flowing water.
Once he finished bandaging her, he made her swallow a Small Reversion Pill, and blood returned to Xu Xin's face. Her body also became warmer.
But Xu Xin soon noticed that a faint layer of purple had appeared on Happy's face.
"Your face…"
"I'm fine."
Nine Yang Divine Skill was a qi cultivation technique that contained supreme fierceness and contained the most yang qi. Sinister poisons will absolutely not affect and harm Happy.
While Nine Yang Divine Skill circulated in his meridian system, the Gu poison that had just invaded his body was completely destroyed. The purple tint on his face vanished completely, and he looked energetic once more.
"Huh?"
The mysterious cloaked woman had arrived near the pavilion at that moment. When she saw that Xu Xin and Happy were unharmed, she could not help but let out a surprised cry.
She cast a glance at the purple blood that was mixed with black pellets in the pavilion. The mysterious cloaked woman was stunned once more. "Purple Heart Worms are as fine as particles. They have no color and smell, and they will grow only when they come into contact with blood once they crawl into a person's body. Within a short period of time, it can easily kill a top-class elite who is extremely strong. How did you manage to live? And how did you know how to cure it?"
Her voice was sweet and clear, and aside from shock, there was not a hint of killing intent in her voice.
Chapter 908 - Blood Drenched Mountain Trail
Gu poison cannot actually be considered a poison art, but in World of Martial Arts, it was treated by many players and NPCs alike as a poison art that was incredibly profound.
The goal for normal poison arts was to poison a person and make him or her die.
But this sort of poison cannot break away from this law: all manner of things in the world countered each other in relation to the five elements.
Poison was also very dangerous to the user itself, but it was different for Gu poison. It placed a larger emphasis on the user's understanding and control over Gu poison.
It can allow the user to easily manipulate his or her enemies and toy with them.
Normal Gu poison can make a person suffer from headaches and fevers, causing them to experience discomfort all over the body. Powerful Gu poisons will be like Purple Heart Gu Poison, which the mysterious cloaked woman released by unleashing a whole swarm of worms containing the Gu poison, and through the air, she can spread the children of the worm producing the Gu poison into the air. Once the target s.u.c.k.e.d the children into their bodies, they will swiftly turn into terrifying poisonous creatures, and the damage was incredibly shocking, fierce, and swift.
However, if the damage from the Gu poison was great, it will be very difficult for the caster to control it. They can only allow the worms containing the Gu poison to recognize the parent body, and there was no way to heal someone afflicted with Gu poison.
Happy's method of freeing Xu Xin from the Gu poison was something that multiple elites in his previous life came up with after they pooled their experiences together. His prompt decision had managed to let Xu Xin escape from the disaster.
Originally, Happy was prepared to tear apart the caster, but when he saw the caster's wretched face under the cloak, he suddenly s.u.c.k.e.d in a sharp breath and held his breath before he stopped his Dragon Saber from touching the caster's neck. His killing intent calmed down, for some strange reason.
"You're not from Class One Hall."
Class One Hall's emblem was not on her c.h.e.s.t, and there was no form of persistence or killing intent on her. In fact, hidden under that disgusting presence was a gentle and tranquil air that will cause a person to cast her a sidelong glance. There was no way Happy can attack a person like this.
Besides, a woman will usually pay great attention to their appearances. No woman will be willing to take the initiative to practice the sorcerer clan's Gu poison, which was something only men were willing to practice in Happy's previous life.
The girl in front of him did not seem like someone who had a crazed personality.
The mysterious cloaked girl said nothing. She stood outside the pavilion quietly and remained inside Happy's attack range while she stared at Happy in surprise after he stopped his attack. After a few seconds, she nodded, but shook her head immediately after before she answered, "I'm not from Class One Hall, but I'm Dream Clouds' younger sister."
"Blood related sister?" Happy frowned.
The mysterious cloaked girl did not answer that question. "If Purple Heart Gu Poison is useless against you, then the other Gu poisons I have will not be able to invade your body as well. I can't complete the mission my sister gave me. Please, kill me."
She did no
t even cast a glance at Xu Xin.
Even though Purple Heart Gu Poison was incredibly fatal to a normal person, the mission Dream Clouds gave her was to kill her, not a woman unrelated to this entire thing.
"She asked her own younger sister to practice this evil art and create your personal Gu poison. This sort of woman… is not worthy of you calling her your sister. She is just someone who will do everything for her own goals. What a twisted personality."
Happy said those words with his qi, and everyone could hear it clearly.
In an instant, the crowd burst into commotion.
Even the people in Class One Hall's lineup were stirred up slightly. Quite a number of people snuck glances at Dream Clouds to watch how she would react.
Although Dream Clouds did not lose her composure, her red face still showed that she was livid. 'Sister, why aren't you attacking?! What are you still waiting for?! Kill Happy and his woman!"
The underlying meaning was that she was giving an order to the mysterious cloaked woman to poison and kill Xu Xin.
When she heard Dream Clouds' order, the mysterious cloaked girl looked at Happy in a troubled manner. "If you don't attack me, she will really die."
As she spoke, she c.a.r.e.s.sed the goblet containing the sorcerer clan's Gu poison in her hands.
Happy said nothing, he just closed his eyes and sighed.
The mysterious cloaked girl seemed to have noticed what was about to happen. She paused in her movements, closed her eyes, and waited for the moment to arrive. There was some degree of relief and satisfaction in her movements.
"Tremble!"
With one remote Wandering Souls Palm, Happy used hidden force to strike the mysterious cloaked woman, who did not put on any form of resistance. He faced no resistance when he crushed her heart meridian, and he gave her the fastest and most dignified death.
At that moment, Happy finally knew the girl's name.
Jade Vine.
It was a normal but very gentle name.
As he watched Jade Vine fall limply to the ground, Happy suddenly remembered that moment in his previous life.
When he was surrounded by multiple Class One Hall elites, he lost his reasoning in his anger, and he charged out of Guanlin Temple again and again.
His consciousness was destroyed repeatedly, and he could see his corpse lying on the ground in a miserable state outside the reincarnation hall.
Even though Jade Vine's situation was different from him, she was also betrayed by a person she trusted and was close to her. She also suffered through a tragic fate, and she must also feel resigned to it when she found that she cannot control her own fate at this moment.
When he thought of this, Happy cannot help but feel his mind wandering.
Then, he felt a warm hand holding his hand tightly. Happy turned his head around, and he saw Xu Xin's worried gaze. He sighed in relief before he patted the back of her hand to comfort her. "Don't worry. I'm fine."
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"That piece of trash!"
When Jade Vine died in battle, Dream Clouds also felt enraged, as if she was betrayed. She also felt a chill through her entire body.
She was indeed the one who made arrangements for Jade Vine in what path she should take in the game.
To obtain the title of the disciple of the sorcerer clan's Gu poison users, Dream Clouds made her own sister, who was the only person who passed through the test of having ten thousand poisons penetrate her body, to withstand the fate of having Gu poison worms enter her body, and those Gu poison worms were the most diabolical of worms—Evil Origin Gu Poison Worms. They can increase the survival time and damage for Gu poison worms by thirty percent.
Jade Vine had always been the trump card Dream Clouds was unwilling to reveal to the public. She had never allowed her to reveal her strength to other players, and to test Jade Vine's strength as the disciple of the sorcerer clan's Gu poison users, she made Barren Murderer, who only got to know about her a few days ago, to personally experience Jade Vine's personal Gu poison—Purple Heart Gu Poison.
Barren Murderer's Undying King of Abyss Art can allow him to last through a long period of time when he faced top-class elites, but when he faced Purple Heart Gu Poison, he could not fend against it, and he died before he can even last through ten seconds.
He died in the same manner as the group of Class One Hall members when Jade Vine walked into the battlefield.
Moreover, Barren Murderer still died swiftly even when he was prepared for her. This was enough proof to show just how terrifying was the damage in Purple Heart Gu Poison.
Purple Heart Gu Poison might be strong, but everyone's understanding toward it was not deep enough. Dream Clouds did not know that Purple Heart Gu Poison's greatest enemy was fierce qi cultivation techniques like Nine Yang Divine Skill, which also produced pure yang qi.
She also did not expect that Happy had a lot of experience from his previous life, and he coincidentally understood some of the ways to control Gu poisons. Purple Heart Gu Poison also happened to be one of the more famous Gu poisons from the sorcerer clan as well.
When she saw Happy and Xu Xin remaining safe in the face of the Gu poison, she already had a bad feeling, but since she personally witnessed how Barren Murderer died, she still cannot help but have a bit of hope linger in her.
But in the end, the miracle did not appear.
She clenched her teeth in exasperation and released the order to retreat resolutely. "Let's go! We're leaving Mount Song!"
Her final secret killing move was also destroyed. Right now, Dream Clouds did not want to have all her elites die in Shaolin Temple.
Class One Hall left like a receding tide.
The group of Class One Hall elites had long since lost all their morale at the moment Happy started using his Dragon Saber to kill. When they heard the orders, they turned around unhesitantly and without any shred of uncertainty. They squeezed to the mountain trail, not daring to remain idle, and they moved away like water flowing downstream.
"Since you're already here, why are you thinking about leaving?!"
A number of people turned their heads around to look, and they saw a golden saber swiftly expand before their eyes. It filled their entire vision, and they were terrified.
Dream Clouds and her group walked at the front of the group. "Have a group of people serve as rearguards. Others, leave as quickly as you can!"
At that moment, she can only sacrifice the pawns to protect the most important pieces.
But reality showed that retreat will not be easy for them.
It was only at that moment that those from Class One Hall noticed just how frustrating and annoying the environment they were currently in was.
The pavilion was at the center of the mountain trail.
The entire mountain trail was narrow, and it was the same width regardless of whether it was at the foot of the mountain or at the top. Even if they used lightness skills, it was very difficult for all of them to pass in one go. Besides, there were also a lot of Shaolin Temple disciples up and down the mountain trail.
For a period of time, countless people were stuck on the mountain trail, and they could not move. They could only watch Happy execute the might of his Dragon Dragon and slaughter his way to them with the force of a bulldozer.
There were plenty of Class One Hall members blocking Happy's path, but when Happy was still far away from them, he will cut them into two with fierce saber glares. They did not even have the chance to attack.
Some of them might have been able to attack Happy, but they will soon experience the power within the Murong Clan's ultimate technique, Shifting Stars. They suffered the full power from their own attacks, and they were either sent flying with grunts, or were pierced through by a blinding golden saber glare.
Bang! Boom!
Blood and dead bodies crashed violently into the mountain around them.
No one was able to stop Happy in his tracks. While terrifying waves of saber qi rose, the area around Happy
turned into a place where no living being stood.
Pained screams, panicked shouts, the sounds of people moving with lightness skills, and the sound of true qi surging up intersected with each other on the narrow mountain trail. They filled everyone's ears, and they were incredibly chaotic.
Countless Shaolin Temple members just watched the fun by the side.
Before Happy reached them, they will also take the initiative to move to the side.
Even though they also provided passage for Class One Hall, there were still a lot of people who had their paths blocked at the back. Besides, there were no branches on this mountain trail.
In the blink of an eye, Class One Hall lost hundreds of lives.
Corpses were strewn all over the place on the mountain trail.
At that moment, Happy was immersed in recalling his most painful and helpless moment in his previous life, along with the crazed feeling of taking revenge. He held his Dragon Saber, and with Kuo Zhong's Ten Styles for War, he brought forth astonishing power while he chased after Class One Hall.
A murderous, blood red qi fused together perfectly with the golden saber glares. Wherever they went, the place will instantly be reduced to the most horrifying sight that can be possibly found on a battlefield.
The Shaolin Temple disciples were originally watching by the side because they were feeling gleeful about Class One Hall's demise, but when they saw the Class One Hall members being sent flying to the sides of the mountain trail because of the impact from the saber glares, plunging down from the mountain, or crashing to their deaths against the mountain, all while being completely powerless to resist or block Happy in his footsteps, they s.u.c.k.e.d in sharp breaths.
While they s.u.c.k.e.d in their breaths, they noticed one thing at the same time.
"Dream Clouds is finished this time."
Happy did not bother about the Class One Hall members he did not manage to kill. Instead, he just continued slaughtering his way down the mountain trail to continuously shrink the distance between him and the core Class One Hall members.
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