After shattering the Dark Rat's skull with a kick, Su Que suddenly channeled his True Qi, twisted his hips, flipped his body, and kicked towards the Thorn Skull on the other side!

Compared to Dark Rat, Thorn Skull had a bit more time to react. Years of killing experience allowed him to instantly come up with a countermeasure in his mind.

That was to fully employ his Lightweight Skill to retreat, first putting some distance between himself and this unknown enemy, and then unleashing the Tang Sect Poisonous Sand hidden within his fingernails!

But before he could act on this thought, a sudden gust of wind whistled by, and his vision blurred.

Bam!

Su Que's left foot, imbued with Celestial Deformed Power, struck Thorn Skull's face at an unforeseen speed!

In an instant, Thorn Skull's head shattered with a bang, blood and brain matter splashing like ink to one side.

After killing two with consecutive kicks, Su Que somersaulted mid-air, his body flipping over a distance of ten steps and launched a kick towards the last one, Zhong Xie.

Zhong Xie was the last to be attacked, so he had the longest time to react.

Taking advantage of Su Que's somersault, he channeled his True Qi to the mechanism on his back, activating the mechanism.

Swish!

Instantly, two black shadows shot out from his back, and in just a moment, the ends of the shadows embedded into two trees behind him.

These two black shadows were two iron chains with iron hooks.

The iron hooks and chains were pitch black.

Since he did most of his killing at night, the color made it difficult for others to detect when he released them in the dark.

Using the force of the chains and his Lightweight Skill, superior to the others, he tapped his foot on the ground and retreated rapidly, putting some distance between him and Su Que.

Afterward, he channeled his True Qi to the mechanical iron hand on his left arm, activating the hidden weapon mechanism.

Instantly, dozens of cold stars shot out from the sleeve of his left arm.

Just as Su Que flipped mid-air, he saw the hidden weapons coming and filled his left and right feet with Qi Force, clashing in mid-air.

With a bang, Su Que abruptly soared into the air.

Dozens of cold stars passed underneath him, shooting into a nearby tree.

Immediately, the tree withered and turned black.

Su Que suddenly stopped in mid-air at an angle above Zhong Xie, and then obliquely descended towards him.

Zhong Xie flew backward while using his left hand mechanism to shoot hidden weapons at Su Que.

Poison darts, poison needles, poisonous thorns, and poison arrows, all sorts of hidden weapons rained towards Su Que.

Su Que's feet continuously stepped in the air, releasing bursts of Qi Force.

The incoming hidden weapons were hit by the force and scattered to both sides.

Zhong Xie, seeing the hidden weapons helpless against the person in front, channeled his True Qi, causing his back to tremble suddenly.

"Swish swish," two more chains shot out from his back, hooking onto trees and pulling him further away.

The distance between him and Su Que widened even more.

"Who are you..."

He retreated while asking.

He truly couldn't understand why, as an assassin, his identity was only known to the "Mirage" Zhou Yinseng of the Jiannan Prefecture Tang Sect and his confidants, yet now a master came suddenly wanting to kill them without saying a word.

Su Que landed on the ground, then abruptly stomped his right foot on the ground, causing dust to fly as his figure suddenly vanished.

Zhong Xie was astonished by Su Que's speed, no longer caring to inquire further. He channeled his True Qi, aimed the mechanical iron hand at Su Que, and fired hidden weapons.

However, Su Que did not head straight but first darted to the upper right.

The hidden weapons originally aimed at Su Que hit nothing but air.

As soon as Su Que landed on the upper right, his figure appeared slightly, his toes tapped lightly, borrowing the force, and his figure disappeared once more.

In the next moment, he appeared in front of Zhong Xie.

Zhong Xie, just about to fire more hidden weapons, had his True Qi already at the end of his left-arm mechanical iron hand.

But at this moment, Su Que's hands had already grabbed his mechanical iron hand.

Then, he yanked hard!

"Ah!"

Zhong Xie let out a miserable scream.

His mechanical iron hand, along with fused flesh, was forcibly torn off by Su Que, blood gushing like a fountain from his left arm.

Following that, Su Que twisted his hips and turned, aiming a kick at Zhong Xie's head.

The right foot infused with Celestial Deformed True Qi, leaving a trail of shadows in the air.

Bang!

The originally intact head of Zhong Xie shattered, turning into a red and white mixture, and with Su Que's foot force, splashed sideways.

The four hooks behind Zhong Xie still dragged its headless corpse backwards.

Finally, the force of the four hooks reached equilibrium, suspending the corpse in mid-air.

Seeing all three were dead, Su Que looked around to ensure no one was nearby, then shifted his gaze to the mechanical iron arm in his hand.

He saw this mechanical iron arm was several times more complex than the Tang Sect's hidden weapons he had seen before; if sold, it could certainly fetch more Silver Coins.

'It seems that there's a similar mechanism on this Tang Sect assassin's back...'

Su Que's figure immediately whisked through the air, removing the hooks from the four trees one by one.

Immediately, those unguarded hooks were all retracted by the mechanism.

Zhong Xie's corpse "thud," fell to the ground.

Su Que moved beside Zhong Xie's corpse, holding the mechanical iron arm in his left hand, squatted down, and used his right hand to turn over Zhong Xie's corpse.

Then, tearing off the clothing on the back, he immediately saw a mechanism fused with the flesh.

This mechanism was like a large iron box embedded in the assassin's back.

On the iron box, there were six dark vertical openings.

The four hooks were shot out from these vertical openings.

Su Que saw that this mechanical box was just as ingenious as the mechanical arm, and infused True Qi into his right hand to avoid contamination by the assassin's flesh.

Afterwards, his right hand turned into claws, plunging into the assassin's flesh, fiercely clawing!

With a tearing sound, the mechanical box connected to the flesh was forcibly lifted by Su Que.

Su Que released the Marriage Robe Divine Skill True Qi from the Hand Three Yang Meridians, and immediately, the True Qi pierced the air, making a sizzling sound.

He then used True Qi to scrape off the flesh from the mechanical box and arm.

After scraping off all the flesh, he removed the assassin's cloak and wrapped the mechanical box and arm, making them into a bundle.

Then, he searched the assassin's corpse.

Acquired silver notes worth 3,500 taels, two forging diagrams, three sheets filled with small writings, and the poison he needed.

He looked at the two forging diagrams and saw they were methods for forging the mechanical box and arm.

'I'll make copies when the time comes and find buyers to sell them.'

Su Que thought, then looked at the three sheets filled with small writings.

They recorded cultivation insights of a cultivation technique.

He quickly glanced through it, realizing that besides producing True Qi, cultivating this technique made the practitioner's flesh better integrate with foreign objects like wood and iron, without causing rejection.

'No wonder this assassin's mechanism was so closely connected to their flesh, turns out they cultivated this technique.'

After collecting the silver notes, poison, and other items into his bundle, he proceeded to search the other two assassins' corpses.

Acquired silver notes worth 5,100 taels, three Tang Sect crossbows, two Tang Sect tight back and low head crossbows, four sets of sleeve arrows, three packs of Tang Sect poisonous sand... and other Tang Sect hidden weapons.

Of course, also the poisons needed for cultivation.

Su Que packed all the items into three bundles, then burned the three corpses.

This time, he controlled the flames to a small area, and once the three corpses were reduced to ashes, he extinguished the fire and left the place using his Lightweight Skill.

...

Su Que moved swiftly, returning to the cave where he stored items, first setting down all the belongings.

Then, he changed his attire and went to a small town thirty miles away from the cave, ate three meals in three distantly separated restaurants, then returned swiftly to the cave.

Returning to the cave, he immediately took out all the poisons.

The bottles and jars were arranged in front of him.

He opened the four jars containing Peacock Gall, Corpse-Born Scorpion, Green Poisonous Silkworm, and Red-eyed Striped Snake respectively.

Poured all four poisons into a small jar.

Instantly, a highly stimulating smell filled the cave.

He raised the jar up, like drinking wine, and gulped it down.

The poison passing through his throat, akin to the stimulation of strong liquor.

Immediately after, he sat cross-legged, circulating the Heart Scripture of Myriad Poisons, transforming the poison in his abdomen into Myriad Poison True Qi.

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