Tyrant Sky Martial Sou
Chapter 717 Locking Life Poison Needle_1

Chapter 717: Chapter 717 Locking Life Poison Needle_1

The Locking Life Needle was not only undetectable but also fast as lightning.

Ah!

A piercing scream suddenly erupted as a martial artist, slower in his body movement technique, developed a red dot on his forehead.

A poison needle had actually pierced from the back of his head to his forehead, drilling straight through his skull.

Writhing in agony and struggling, he gradually lost his breath amid Tang Jiu’s cold smile.

At this moment, those fleeing finally realized that Tang Jiu had started attacking and only then did they discover they had become the targets.

Thus, a more frantic escape began.

However, it was futile; their escape only drew sneers of disdain from Tang Jiu.

Ah!

Ah!

...

Screams of agony continued one after another, each death as tragic as the last.

One by one, the martial artists didn’t stand the slightest chance of resistance and were completely toyed with by Tang Jiu.

Indeed, had they banded together to attack at the start, Tang Jiu wouldn’t have succeeded so effortlessly.

It was because they were afraid that they ended up in such a pitiable state.

Finally, someone came to their senses and used a return scroll, turning into a beam of white light and vanishing.

Being eliminated was better than dying here.

"Still trying to escape?"

Tang Jiu’s eyebrows furrowed slightly; the people he wanted to kill shouldn’t be able to escape just like that.

Behind him, a strange shadow appeared, that of a figure with a thousand hands.

Then, Tang Jiu pushed his hands forward, and countless shadows of hands from the strange figure did the same.

A gust of wind suddenly arose.

The speed of the Locking Life Needle increased even more!

The remaining people didn’t even have the chance to use their secret scrolls before meeting their tragic end on the spot.

"Hahaha, that’s more like it. How could I, Tang Jiu, let anyone I want dead escape?"

"Tang Jiu, you will definitely not die a good death! I curse you to die without a whole corpse!"

The person hit by the poison needle who was still alive was obviously of a high cultivation level.

"Is that so?"

Tang Jiu gave a cold smile, about to strike once more, but that person finally tilted their head and breathed their last.

...

In the midst of the ruins, there was too much cover, making it impossible to fly, and even the use of body movement techniques had to be slowed.

Ling Xiao’s speed had considerably decreased.

But that was alright; after all, wanting to find treasures, moving too fast might cause one to miss them.

Hmm?

Suddenly, Ling Xiao extended his hand and flicked, sending a sword made of energy whistling through the air and piercing a ferocious beast preparing to ambush him from behind a wall.

"I didn’t expect these ferocious beasts to become more and more cunning, even learning to hide in the dark to ambush. I must be more cautious."

Ling Xiao took a deep breath.

If he had been the slightest bit distracted just now, he could well have been successfully ambushed.

Even though the beast wasn’t very strong, being caught off guard even once would be quite unpleasant.

After retrieving the ferocious beast’s inner elixir, he continued on his way.

Within the ruins of the True Demon Empire, there were many hidden or broken doors.

There were also a number of array formations and mechanisms that were either discarded or still functional.

Others might only rely on luck, but Ling Xiao, who was knowledgeable in these matters, found his journey rather effortless.

"Who would have thought that this seemingly filthy pond could actually be a secret doorway?"

After walking for a while, Ling Xiao suddenly discovered a secret doorway deep within the pond, completely formed by an array formation. By passing through, one might enter a completely different realm.

Although it appeared very dangerous, Ling Xiao trusted his intuition and the judgement of the Mountain and River Martial Soul even more.

Without any hesitation, he jumped in.

Just at that moment, a powerful suction force suddenly pulled him in vigorously, as if caught in a tornado.

Bam!

Ling Xiao stabilized his figure amidst the crazed descent and landed on the ground.

Indeed, there was a different world.

Ling Xiao looked around; above was the tunnel-like whirlwind, and it seemed likely that anyone who could find this place would be sucked in directly.

As for what was inside, that was hard to say.

On the ground were several skeletons that seemed to have been dead for a long time.

On the ground, there were fresh footprints.

Seeing this, anyone could deduce that others had already entered this place, and more than one.

Though there should have been no light in the tunnel, here existed arrays for gathering and absorbing light, making what should have been a dark tunnel very bright indeed.

Following the tunnel, Ling Xiao started to walk down.

Huh?

When he had walked no more than a hundred meters, a potent aura behind him was detected by the Yin Yang Flying Moths he had released.

The Yin Yang Flying Moths were used to explore the surrounding environment, conserving True Essence much more than the True Essence Ball, and their effectiveness was even better. Therefore, Ling Xiao had gradually abandoned the True Essence Ball in favor of the Yin Yang Flying Moths.

They provided full coverage without blind spots and were even clearer.

And they were unlikely to be detected by opponents.

Just like the last time they were pursued by the Yin Yang Flying Moths; had he not casually captured one of the moths when he was idle, they might have been attacked without even realizing they were being tracked.

He quickened his pace because the person behind him was not weak.

Probably a Half-step Celestial at about seventy or eighty percent strength.

Now was clearly not the time to engage with such a person.

Ling Xiao had entered the True Demon Forbidden Land to seek opportunities to improve his cultivation level and strength, not to recklessly fight with others. Unless absolutely necessary, he did not want to engage in combat.

However, when he had walked a certain distance, he was surprised to find people blocking the way ahead, too.

And there were more people ahead!

They were basically from the Heavenly King Sect, Jade Water Divine Palace, Mysterious Fire Sect, and of course, there were members from the Gu King Sect, Tang Sect, Poison King Sect, and other sects, except for those from the Moon Hua Sect and Divine Sword Sect.

He breathed a sigh of relief at the absence of the Moon Hua Sect because at that moment, these people were fighting each other.

And their strength was considerable; most of the Martial Artists from the Moon Hua Sect were too weak, and if they got involved, they would probably face certain death.

"Are you all courting death, daring to provoke even our Heavenly King Sect? Don’t you know we’re ranked first among the Twelve Sects?"

"Cut the crap with your posturing, our Mysterious Fire Sect is no less than your Heavenly King Sect. Besides, this is the True Demon Forbidden Land, not your Heavenly King Sect’s territory—who’s afraid of whom?"

"Heh, our Jade Water Divine Palace has never feared anyone. If even the Heavenly King Sect dares to provoke us, they are sure to die without a doubt!"

"Fine, since none of us will give way, let’s fight then, survival of the fittest. Whoever’s left alive can enter afterwards."

Boom!

The battle grew even more ferocious, and the entire vault seemed to shake continuously, with dust and debris falling from above.

Ling Xiao inwardly cursed these people for being crazy, not even seeing a shadow of the treasure yet, and they were already turning on each other in this place.

But he couldn’t be bothered with these people; he walked straight past them, planning to enter first. As for them, he would leave them to the terrifying individual following behind.

However, as much as he wished to proceed, reality left him somewhat bemused.

The Martial Artists, who were initially in the midst of battle, all stopped upon seeing Ling Xiao and turned their eyes toward him in unison.

"You guys continue, I’m just passing by!"

Ling Xiao said with a smile. He wasn’t Li Youdao nor Tang Jiu, and he had no interest in killing unrelated people.