Chapter 257: Luring the Tiger away from its Den (1/2)

“Are they really his companions?” Within a bush, Ling Feng questioned Tian Xuan.

“Do you believe them?” Tian Xuan looked at them since there was an indifferent smile on Cheng Yu’s face. He was doubtful.

“I can’t be sure. But what should we do? That brat is currently injured. It’s the best time for us to make our move,” Ling Feng saw Cheng Yu’s complexion was still pale, so he reminded Tian Xuan.

“If you want to go, go ahead. We can only choose to be his friend,” Tian Xuan paid attention to the situation before speaking.

“Why?” Ling Feng enquired doubtfully.

“What’s the reason for us hunting him earlier?”

“His soul tool!” Ling Feng replied quickly.

“That’s right! But now that the soul tool is no longer on him, why should we risk our lives to kill him? Furthermore, I don’t believe that he doesn’t have anymore hidden trump cards. If the three Golden Core middle stage cultivators are really his companions, do you think that we, being in the Golden Core initial stage, would be able to resist them?” Tian Xuan spoke objectively.

“Right! Watching them battle has caused me to become muddle-headed,” Ling Feng patted his forehead. Becoming too anxious had made him almost take a misstep. Frankly, that brat could not be counted as their enemy. The reason why they wanted to deal with him was because of the soul tool. Now that the soul tool is no longer on him, for what reason would they get rid of him?

Those three Golden Core cultivators, regardless of the others being his companions, had to seize the soul tool from them. But all of them were in the Golden Core middle stage. Just by relying on themselves, they would not be able to defeat them. Therefore, regardless of what reason they gave, the plans they had for the soul tool had all been destroyed.

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“Who are you people?” After a period of time, the plump man had finally gotten weak from drastic Qi consumption. After all, the other party had three people. However, he still wasn’t convinced that the trio were Cheng Yu’s companions. Because they battled for so long, their fighting pattern was totally different from Cheng Yu. It was impossible for them to be in the same group.

“Hmph! Return the soul tool to us, then we will tell you,” The person who had received the soul tool yelled at that plump man. Although he was the first person to snatch the soul tool, after battling for so long, the soul tool had changed hands a couple of times. Ultimately, it landed into the plump man’s hands. This caused him to be extremely angry.

“Return it to you? Since when is the soul tool yours? If you are tactful, scram! Otherwise, don’t blame me for being impolite,” The plump man stated complacently. He was very excited at that moment but having been entangled by three other people, he was unable to get out of the situation. This caused the duo to be stuck in a stalemate. Furthermore, what was worse was that even though the soul tool had landed in his hand, he was still unable to control it. Even after numerous tries, he was still unable to manipulate it. On the contrary, he was actually pressured by it.

Because the soul tool had an owner and the owner was still around, it wouldn’t accept others using it. Therefore, he basically couldn’t utilize it. Moreover, the soul tool had its own spirit. Without going through the refinement process, it couldn’t be kept inside a storage pouch because the tool’s spirit would resist it. This was also the reason why when Cheng Yu wanted to put Tian Xue and Tian Xing into the Mountain River Diagram, he had told them not to resist or reject his will. Otherwise, they wouldn’t be able to enter Cheng Yu’s storage treasure because they would be suppressed by Cheng Yu’s treasure.

This was the same thing that happened when Cheng Yu was collecting the soul tools at the different palaces. Fortunately, he had the keys. Thus, he was able to collect them and place it into his storage easily. If not, he would have had to refine them one by one. Holding onto the soul tool yet not being able to use it had made the plump man feel extremely gloomy. In addition, he couldn’t place it into his storage pouch. This had severely affected his fighting power, making a huge problem for him. In the end, the soul tool could only be used to block incoming sword attacks time after time, so it became a burden for him.

“Since it’s like this, we can only continue exchanging moves!” That person knew that in wanting to seize the soul tool, he had to defeat them. After speaking, he thrust his sword towards his opponent. Watching the few of them initiating another round of battle, Cheng Yu stood a distance away, cheering silently. The Qi in his body slowly regenerated. After a few moments more, although the Qi within him was yet to be sufficient for him to fight another intense battle, it was not a problem for him to escape.

The plump man was being confronted by two other Golden Core middle stage experts as he got beaten hard. At that very moment, he truly hoped that he possessed the overbearingness of Cheng Yu when he was facing a dozen Golden Core experts. However, he was only an ordinary Golden Core middle stage cultivator. Don’t talk about fighting a dozen Golden Core experts alone, even fighting two similar realm experts was already a problem for him. One of them leaped up from the bush, cleaving down at the plump man. As the plump man was defending against the other guy, he was cleaved down directly, flying away by dozens of meters.

That plump man rolled on the ground a few times before coming to a stop with one of his knees on the ground. With his sword being inserted into the ground, he vomited mouthfuls of blood as he glared at the duo. He glanced at his companion who was fighting as well. Similar to him, his companion was holding the lower hand. The situation caused him to start feeling anxious.

“Return the soul tool to us. We can spare your lives,” Although they were holding the upper hand, they still weren’t willing to fight an all out battle. Because wanting to kill a Golden Core middle stage cultivator was too difficult. If they were to force them into desperate straits, they would certainly detonate their golden core. With their strength, they were not able to block the might of a Golden Core detonation. Therefore, without absolute strength or any particular method to prevent the other party from self-detonating their golden core, Golden Core experts would not fight a deathmatch. Not until there was no alternative left, they would still hope that their opponent would compromise.