Chapter 73: Fierce Fighting (2/2)
There was a bang, and Meng Hao coughed up a mouthful of blood The feathered fan had appeared in front of him in the blink of an eye to shi+eld hie of thebackward, coughing up three mouthfuls of blood
Only oneHao was already injured It was clear that Shangguan Xiu possessed unfathohed coldly He had expended soh it hadn’t killed Meng Hao outright, Shangguan Xiu was still deter over the smashed, bloody re Hao’s mouth was filled with blood, but his eyes shone with viciousness At the sa Hao lifted his hand, and within the pulp of the severed head, a black aura arose In an instant, the aura coalesced into a black scorpion It uan Xiu had no time to pull back his foot, nor to leap away The scorpion’s stinger sank into the flesh of Shangguan Xiu’s foot
As the stinger sank in, the scorpion turned into strands of blackness which poured into Shangguan Xiu
His face twisted This turn of events was too sudden and unpredictable The scorpion, of course, was froical pill that he had acquired that day froical scorpion was hyper toxic!
The black aura entered Shangguan Xiu’s foot, and thenhis entire body in an instant His face turned black and he spit up a mouthful of black-colored blood, which stank like rotten fish
“What poison is this!?” said Shangguan Xiu, his expression shocked as he retreated A feeling of weakness spread through hi he had little ti and produced aHao had planned things well to make a move in a moment just such as this Even his three hed up intentionally, all to uan Xiu think that he had the upper hand As soon as his opponent retreated and pulled out aof holding, and the black net shot forth, threatening to envelop Shangguan Xiu
It takes longer to describe as happening than the actual tiuan Xiu’s expression flickered as he downed the an to flicker in an incantation, even as the net began to cover hi Hao moved forithout pause The black, wooden bow appeared in his hand, and he pulled back on the bowstring, then sent an arrow screauan Xiu h speed A medicinal pill, a black net, an arrow and an incantation He didn’t have ti sound rang out Shangguan Xiu downed the pill, but abandoned his incantation He ed to evade the black net, but couldn’t avoid the arrow It shot into his right shoulder, e from the other side in a shower of blackened blood
Intense pain flashed through hi Hao didn’t pause for even a moment A second arrohistled forth, followed by a third and a fourth Meng Hao moved forward relentlessly Every step he took, he shot an arrow; seven steps, seven arrows
The seven arrows shot forward, screa intent!
Shangguan Xiu continued to retreat, struggling to control the spread of the black strands throughout his body And yet, he also had to dodge the inco at the ninth level of Qi Condensation, he could only do so ht be at the absolute peak of the ninth level of Qi Condensation, a hair away froe, but he was still not at the Foundation Establishe
No, he was still far fro Hao, he was still in the Qi Condensation stage The difference in the level of power between the tas like the difference between the sky and the ground
He couldn’t do everything perfectly at the sah the air as the seven arrows pierced his right ar he could do to defend against the arrows He paid the price of a right ar the poison in his body under control tehth arrow shot toward hi Hao, then a ninth He raised his head to the sky and howled
Froan to walk the path of Cultivation until today, he had never been in such a dangerous, tight situation He had lost an arm! The price he had paid, the pain he felt, drove his desire to kill Meng Hao to a new, intense height
His eyes were bloodshot; the poison was under control, but could not easily be expelled In fact, as of now, he could tell that it would be impossible to expel the poison while he was in the Qi Condensation stage Only if he reached Foundation Establishment could he do so
“Milky Way Sea!” he shouted, his hair flying about hilob of blood A violet pearl flew out from within the blood, within which could be seen what appeared to be a seething ale arose, sending Meng Hao’s latest three arrows into a spin Then, they simply collapsed into pieces