Chapter 129: Chapter 129: Miaorou’s Death

Admittedly, the concealment effect of the cloak Hu Feng had left behind was quite impressive.

Li Ping concealed his form with the cloak and carefully suppressed his aura.

As a result, neither the sallow-faced youth at the late-stage Foundation Establishment nor Miaorou was able to detect his presence.

This, in turn, sparked a dangerous thought in Li Ping’s mind.

He hesitated, however, considering their cultivation levels were far superior to his and he was outnumbered two to one.

But just then—

After circling the village and finding nothing, the green flying insects controlled by the sallow-faced youth began buzzing toward its center.

The next moment, screams reached Li Ping’s ears.

Demon Cultivators had always acted without scruples.

To find the body of the one who had attempted Possession, the sallow-faced youth showed a complete disregard for the villagers’ lives. His green insects rampaged through the village, not avoiding the villagers but instead launching ferocious attacks.

In just a few moments, several villagers were bitten. They fell to the ground screaming, melting into pools of pus shortly after.

The other villagers scrambled into their homes, nervously peering through the cracks in their doors at the insects swarming outside.

But hiding wasn’t safe, as the insects were searching the homes as well.

Every so often, an insect would burst through a door and, after finding nothing, depart, leaving a corpse in its wake.

...

’Demon Cultivators. They have to be Demon Cultivators!’ Li Ping immediately recognized their identity as he watched their vicious methods.

Within the Immortal City’s jurisdiction, Cultivators and mortals lived side-by-side.

They were all human, after all. Even if Cultivators considered themselves noble and superior, treating mortals as mere servants, they wouldn’t slaughter them so casually.

Only Demon Cultivators would act with such brutality!

Li Ping then recalled the bloody massacre in the Immortal City committed by the one who attempted Possession, and it all clicked. ’So they’re all Demon Cultivators!’

’And Miaorou... I knew she had ill intentions when she tricked me into leaving the city. Today, I’ll settle this score once and for all.’ Having figured everything out, a cold glint flashed in Li Ping’s eyes.

Seeing the villagers continuously dying to the poisonous insects, Li Ping hesitated no longer.

Still shrouded by the cloak, he reached into his Storage Bag and took out the triangular Blood Banner. He injected it with Magical Power, releasing its colorless, odorless Blood-Corroding Poison and directing it to drift toward the sallow-faced youth and Miaorou a few miles away.

After nearly three years of constantly buying poisons to refine within it, the Blood-Corroding Poison released by the Blood Banner was now far more potent than when it had been in the hands of that male and female Demon Cultivator pair.

But Li Ping wasn’t certain if it could threaten a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, let alone kill him or neutralize his ability to fight.

Still, even if the Blood-Corroding Poison couldn’t take down the sallow-faced youth completely, it could at least deal with Miaorou and weaken him.

In a one-on-one fight against a weakened late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and with all the Treasures he possessed, Li Ping felt he stood a chance.

...

Liu Wusheng stood on the leaf-shaped Flying Ship, with Miaorou standing silently behind him.

He gazed down at the village, silently commanding his insects to search every inch of it.

Suddenly, a look of excitement crossed his face. Through the eyes of one of his insects, he saw a corpse in a blood-red robe lying just ahead.

He sneered, "You cunning old bastard, hiding your own corpse in a place like that!"

After his sneer, his gaze fell upon the hiding villagers below, his eyes devoid of emotion.

’I can’t leave a single trace of my presence. That means not just Miaorou, but everyone who has witnessed my methods...’

’...has to die!’

As the insect drew closer to Yan Liming’s body, something happened that delighted Liu Wusheng even more.

Through the insect’s vision, he could see an exquisite Storage Bag hanging right at the waist of Yan Liming’s corpse.

’The old bastard actually left his Storage Bag on the body!’

"Hahaha... The heavens themselves are on my side!" Liu Wusheng couldn’t help but roar with laughter.

Hearing his laughter, Miaorou looked at him, confused. "Did you find the old thief’s body?"

When his laughter subsided, Liu Wusheng heard Miaorou’s question and turned to face her.

He gave Miaorou a meaningful look. "My dearest lady, you’ve guessed correctly. I’ve found Master’s body, and he even left his Storage Bag on it."

"Oh? Is that so?" Miaorou sounded surprised.

But she quickly recovered and snorted. "Then get the Storage Bag so we can leave. This is Righteous Dao territory; we shouldn’t linger."

"’We?’" Liu Wusheng gave her a strange look and shook his head. "Master would be so lonely all by himself. How could I, his disciple, be so unfilial? Why don’t you stay and keep him company, my dear lady?"

His tone was flat, containing not a shred of killing intent, but his words sent a chill down Miaorou’s spine. She understood his unspoken meaning.

"Liu Wusheng, you animal!" Miaorou roared. "Betraying your master is one thing, but you won’t even spare me!"

As she cursed him, she frantically tried to summon an Escape Light to flee the Flying Ship.

But in the next instant, her expression changed drastically.

She could feel that the Magical Power within her Dantian had completely solidified. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t summon a single shred of it.

Not only was her Magical Power unusable, but her body was also growing numb. Realization dawned on Miaorou, and she shrieked at Liu Wusheng, "You despicable bastard! You poisoned me!"

"Hm? Poison? When did I do that?" Liu Wusheng was baffled by her accusation.

’I’m a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator skilled in Magical Combat. To deal with a mere human furnace like her? I could crush her with a flick of my wrist. Why would I need poison?’

He looked at Miaorou again. Despite her fierce expression, she could no longer stay on her feet and was slowly slumping to the floor.

Liu Wusheng quickly determined that she wasn’t faking weakness as a ploy for a sneak attack—she was genuinely poisoned.

’What’s going on? When was I poisoned?’ Realizing the danger, Liu Wusheng hastily circulated his Magical Power, only to find that its once smooth flow had become sluggish and unresponsive.

It wasn’t just his Magical Power; his body also felt slightly numb.

Liu Wusheng’s first reaction was that he had fallen into his master’s trap.

But he quickly realized that couldn’t be right. He was still far from his master’s body, and the villagers below weren’t all dropping dead at once from some toxin. His master hadn’t set this trap.

Beside him, Miaorou was already bleeding from all seven orifices as she lay collapsed on the Flying Ship.

Sensing the grave danger, Liu Wusheng quickly piloted the Flying Ship to retreat. At the same time, he summoned a blood-colored shield to hover protectively around his body.

At the exact moment he did this, waves of scorching heat began to rise from a nearby mountain peak.

The disturbance on the peak instinctively drew his gaze, and his expression grew grim.

Then, right before his eyes, a massive ring dozens of feet in diameter rose howling into the air. It was wreathed in scorching flames that faintly took the shape of a bird.

"Is that... a Talisman Treasure?" Liu Wusheng’s face fell. At the same time, he noticed something else.

Just below the activated Talisman Treasure, a long-faced Daoist was staring at him coldly.

...

Talisman Treasures were different from Spirit Talismans. The latter could be activated instantly, whereas a Talisman Treasure required a Cultivator to pour a massive amount of Magical Power into it.

A Qi Refining Cultivator might take the better part of an hour to activate one, but a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, with their astonishing rate of Magical Power output, could do so much faster.

But to avoid being discovered, Li Ping had waited patiently until both of them realized they were poisoned before he began activating the Talisman Treasure.

After being filled with a massive amount of Magical Power, the Li Fire Ring, this ’pseudo-Magical Treasure,’ finally unleashed its true might.

Li Ping looked at the shocked expression on the sallow-faced youth’s face and, without a shred of hesitation, commanded, "Go!"

Instantly, the Li Fire Ring began to spin rapidly, emitting a piercing whistle as it shot toward the sallow-faced youth with terrifying power.

Even though he was fighting a late-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator who was poisoned and struggling to circulate his Magical Power, Li Ping didn’t dare be careless. He had immediately unleashed his strongest attack.

Seeing the Li Fire Ring hurtling toward him, Liu Wusheng gritted his teeth and sent his blood-colored shield to meet it, attempting to block the Talisman Treasure’s attack.

However, even though his blood-colored shield was a Tier Two Upper Grade Dharma Artifact with astonishing defensive power, how could it possibly compare to a Talisman Treasure?

Furthermore, he was poisoned, his Magical Power circulation was sluggish, and he couldn’t bring the shield’s full power to bear.

BANG!

The Li Fire Ring Talisman Treasure’s power was immense; it shattered Liu Wusheng’s blood-colored shield to dust in a single strike.

After smashing the shield, the Li Fire Ring continued unabated toward Liu Wusheng on the Flying Ship. Panic flashed in his eyes as a black short spear Dharma Artifact shot out from his Storage Bag to block the ring.

’But he knew that if even his defensive shield couldn’t withstand a single blow, this short spear stood no chance.’

As he sent the black short spear to intercept the Li Fire Ring, he steered the Flying Ship to dive toward the village below.

’I have to get Master’s Storage Bag. It might contain something I can use against that long-faced Daoist.’

But the Flying Ship’s speed was no match for the ring. After shattering the short spear, the Li Fire Ring accelerated under Li Ping’s control, whistling through the air before crashing violently into the leaf-shaped Flying Ship.

Liu Wusheng forced his Magical Power to circulate, summoning an Escape Light to leap from the Flying Ship and barely evade the blow.

Miaorou, however, was not so lucky. She had already lost consciousness from the poison.

Now, under the earth-shattering impact of the Li Fire Ring Talisman Treasure, she and the Flying Ship Dharma Artifact were obliterated into dust!

Witnessing Miaorou’s gruesome end, Liu Wusheng was horrified, but a vicious rage also began to swell within him.

’A mere early-stage Cultivator thinks he can take me on just because he has a Talisman Treasure?’

Seizing the brief moment the Li Fire Ring was occupied with destroying the ship, Liu Wusheng forcefully suppressed the poison in his body and slapped the Spirit Beast Pouch at his waist. A new swarm of green dots flew out.

The vicious flying insects formed a dense cloud, swarming to meet the oncoming Li Fire Ring.

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