Chapter 34: Dealing a Heavy Blow to the Cyan Infant
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The leaders of the three great clans, the Silver-Badge Constable of the Six Gates, the Sorrowful Monk of Shaolin, and the Grand Elder of the Sword-Washing Pavilion all attacked at once.
The azure infant charged straight ahead. No matter what attack or killing technique struck its body, none had the slightest effect.
It seemed to have singled out Chen Xuan. All the while, it rushed forward at astonishing speed, letting out a strange, cackling sound.
The many martial artists of the jianghu had no idea what it was, yet they continued to attack it amid furious shouts, one after another.
Screams rang out in succession as more and more people were instantly reduced to dried corpses.
But with the arrival of the leaders of the three great clans, the Silver-Badge Constable, the Sorrowful Monk, and the others, the azure infant was soon surrounded and prevented from continuing its slaughter. The formidable inner force of these experts formed a wall around it, trapping it inside as palm strikes rained down upon its body.
The azure infant charged back and forth within their encirclement, battered this way and that by their palms with resounding thuds, yet remained completely unharmed.
At last, the surrounding martial artists got a clear look at the infant and cried out in astonishment.
“What in the world is that?”
“My heavens, what is this thing?”
…
Chen Xuan had mingled with the people at the very rear of the crowd. Watching the azure infant being surrounded and relentlessly beaten by a group of prominent figures, he was horrified.
That thing was practically an immortal cockroach!
Even so many great experts attacking together could not kill it.
With his own strength, trying to deal with it would be sheer delusion!
Fortunately, he had made it to the Righteous Alliance. Otherwise, if that thing had set its sights on him, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
After repeated attacks proved useless, Wang Jingqian, head of the Wang clan, changed expression and shouted, “Everyone, seal it first!”
Boom! Boom!
The others immediately understood. They compressed the wall of inner force, forcing it inward toward the azure infant in an attempt to immobilize and seal its body.
“Cackle, cackle, cackle…”
The azure infant let out a shrill sound within the wall of inner force. Its eyes were deep and eerie as it struggled without pause. Suddenly, it fixed its gaze once more on Chen Xuan’s direction and revealed a sinister smile.
Bang!
Its thin, undersized body suddenly snapped in half at the waist. A terrifying mass of azure yin energy burst from the severed torso and swept outward.
When the wall of inner force formed by the group encountered that azure yin energy, it was like snow struck by the blazing sun. With a crashing sound, it collapsed in an instant.
The faces of the assembled experts changed. They hurriedly rose into the air and leaped backward.
“Get out of the way!”
It went without saying that the azure yin energy was terrifying beyond measure.
After the infant’s body split apart, its upper half suddenly transformed into a black speck and shot toward Chen Xuan.
Never in his wildest dreams had Chen Xuan imagined that the azure infant would be so vindictive. Even after its body had been severed, it still came lunging after him.
What kind of grudge was this?
He turned and ran.
Puff! Puff! Puff!
The martial artists along the way let out muffled groans and instantly became dried corpses.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
At the critical moment, Chen Xuan refused to wait for death. With a loud shout, he swung his long saber and struck backward with all his might.
The instant he brought it down, he felt as though the blood throughout his body were being torn apart. It surged violently through his veins, almost forcing its way out of them. But at that moment, his right arm suddenly turned icy cold, and a strange power welled up within it, suppressing the turbulent blood and restoring it to stillness.
Bang!
His long saber struck the azure infant with tremendous force. It was like chopping into rubbery clay; the body sank inward beneath the blade and was sent flying backward, crashing to the ground in the distance.
“Cackle, cackle, cackle…”
The azure infant landed far away and gave a resentful cry. Its eyes remained fixed on Chen Xuan. Then it suddenly turned and fled. With a forceful push of both hands, it leaped onto a distant wall and escaped into the darkness.
“Catch it!”
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Wang Jingqian shouted furiously.
The other sect masters and clan heads surged forward, chasing after the azure infant.
The thing was unbelievably strange, something they had never encountered before. Every one of them wanted to capture it personally and discover exactly where it had come from.
To survive the combined assault of so many powerful experts was simply inconceivable.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The wind howled as all the great figures pursued it.
Even the Sorrowful Monk was among them.
Inside the manor, everyone left behind stood stunned, discussing the matter amid an uproar.
“What exactly was that just now?”
“My heavens, was that really a human? How could it be impossible to kill?”
“That was terrifying. With a flash of its body, it could turn a person into a dried corpse. What kind of monster was that?”
…
Chen Xuan panted heavily, his face pale with lingering fear. Suddenly, he looked down at his right arm.
Sure enough, his right arm had mutated.
The thing he had once pried from the azure infant’s mouth was extraordinary indeed!
Just now, when he had struck at the infant, the blood within his body had erupted into turmoil, nearly rushing out of him altogether. Yet at the crucial moment, a strange force had surged from his right hand and stopped his blood from escaping.
Had the azure infant targeted him because it wanted to reclaim that power?
He suddenly glanced at the long saber in his hand. Its edge was now full of pits and cavities, emitting a sizzling sound as though it had been corroded by powerful acid.
The azure infant’s body really was poisonous!
And its poison was even more terrifying than when he had first encountered it.
It seemed to grow stronger as the infant itself matured.
The first time he had seen it, the infant had been only about thirty centimeters tall. Yet in such a short time, it had grown to sixty or seventy centimeters.
If it continued like this, who knew what it would eventually become?
Still, fortunately, it had been injured just now.
At that thought, Chen Xuan quickly swept his gaze ahead.
Amid the chaotic ruins lay a section of an azure-black body, utterly motionless. The azure blood pouring from it hissed as it corroded the ground.
Chen Xuan immediately rushed over.
The other martial artists nearby also changed expression and quickly gathered around, astonished.
“Is this the lower half that fell from the infant just now?”
“Its blood is poisonous. What in the world is it? Could it be a corpse puppet cultivated by the Five Poisons Sect?”
“That is possible. What kind of monster has the Five Poisons Sect created?”
…
No one dared approach. They stared uneasily at the severed lower half.
Two plump little feet, thighs about a foot long, and azure blood continuously spilling from the waist…
“It’s a male infant. It even has a little thing.”
Zhou Qing, the eldest of the Four Heroes of Cloud Province, looked astonished. He suddenly drew his sword and prodded the infant beneath the waist.
Jiang Haiying and Zhao Xiaoyu, standing beside him, both blushed and shifted awkwardly.
Sizzle!
A strange sound suddenly rang out.
Zhou Qing hurriedly withdrew his sword and examined the tip in surprise. “What terrifying poison! It can even corrode a tempered sword. That little thing is poisonous!”
“What should we do with it? Leave it here for the elders to deal with?”
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“Obviously. If you don’t leave it to the elders, can you deal with it yourself?”
A cold voice rang out.
Everyone turned around.
It was Feng Tian, the Gale-Cloud Saber.
“That’s right. We should leave it to the elders and stand guard here.”
“Indeed!”
Everyone nodded in agreement.
“Do you think this thing could enhance a man’s virility?”
Someone suddenly asked with curiosity.
“It might.”
Several young men hesitated, then could not help taking another few glances.
Enhance your virility, my foot!
Chen Xuan cursed inwardly. He discarded the long saber in his hand and looked toward the darkness in the distance, his expression shifting repeatedly.
He hoped those righteous masters could kill the azure infant and that no further complications would arise.
But if those righteous masters did kill it, how would his mission be counted?
He opened his status panel again and fell into thought.
The mission only said: [Uncover and resolve the truth behind the Five Poisons Sect disciples’ deaths in the middle of the night.]
It had never stated whether he was allowed to rely on other people’s help. Therefore, using the righteous experts to deal with the matter should still be considered reasonable, should it not?
Chen Xuan could only console himself with that thought.
Time passed swiftly.
As everyone waited, the sky gradually began to brighten. Only then did the righteous masters return one after another from outside the manor, rushing in on the wind.
The crowd went out to meet them.
“Clan Heads Wang, Li, and Cui, how did it go?” a young man asked.
His name was Fang Yingtian, nicknamed “Sword Shattering the Starry River.” He was the most outstanding successor among the Sword-Washing Pavilion’s disciples who had descended the mountain in this generation. Already a powerhouse of the Meridian-Penetrating Realm, he had opened both the Governing and Conception Vessels, linking the Lesser and Greater Circulations so that his inner energy flowed endlessly and continuously.
Many people said he possessed the strength to rank on the Human List. However, because he had never demonstrated any notable battle record, he had yet to be ranked.
Even so, heroes from every faction gave him ample respect.
Among the younger generation of Cloud Province in particular, his name and title were known to everyone.
Wang Jingqian, who stood at the head of the group, gently shook his head. “We have no idea what that infant was. We pursued it all night and used every method at our disposal, yet we were still unable to keep it from escaping. In the end, we struck it down into a great river. However, the Five Poisons Sect had laced the river with a deadly toxin. None of us dared enter the water recklessly, so we searched the lower reaches throughout the night, but we never found the slightest trace of it.”
The other sect masters and clan heads also wore solemn expressions, their brows furrowed with concern.
That thing was so strange. Could it truly have been created by the Five Poisons Sect to deal with them?
The Five Poisons Sect had actually poisoned all the surrounding rivers!
They intended to cut off the group’s water supply.
If that thing truly had been created by the Five Poisons Sect, and the sect had now poisoned their source of water as well, then their campaign against the Five Poisons Sect could not possibly succeed. They might even be struck by a counterattack from the sect.
While the sect masters and clan heads were sunk in troubled thought, the surrounding martial artists were all greatly shocked.
The water supply had been poisoned?
“What a vicious Five Poisons Sect! They even poisoned the water!”
“What cruel methods from those demonic villains!”
“Every one of those demonic cultists deserves to die!”
The gathered heroes cursed them furiously.
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