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

“Hmph! Want the soul tool? Over my dead body!” The plump man held the soul tool in his left hand, showing a resolute expression. It was a soul tool. A majority of the people yearned for soul tools. Now that it had landed into his hand, why would he hand it over so easily? Unless the other party would dare to risk their lives.

“Since you want to die, I shall grant your wish! Breezing slash!” That person shouted, leaping up once again. He slashed towards that plump man as a sword image charged over. The plump man’s complexion changed. He placed the soul tool in front of him. The Purple Light Sword shined, blocking the sword image. But even so, the plump man was still forced to retreat by the explosiveness. That plump man was injured once again. However, the majority of the explosiveness had been cancelled out by the soul tool. The explosiveness he bore was very little. The plump man looked at the soul tool in his hand excitedly. This soul tool was out of the ordinary. Even before it belonged to him, it already possessed such powerful strength.

If he was able to fully refine it, making it acknowledge him as its master, then how strong would it be? At the very least, he could deal with these people easily, without any problem. After his thoughts, the plump man tightened his grip on the soul tool. Such a formidable treasure, he must not let someone take it away. Meanwhile, that person was shocked. He had never imagined that his signature move would be cancelled by the soul tool so easily. Looking at the soul tool in his opponent’s hands, he grew even more resolute on seizing it.

These few people were all loose cultivators. They didn’t have much wealth. For them to be able to advance to Golden Core Realm, they had spent lots of their savings. The weapons they had on hand would at most be a supreme-grade treasured tools. Even if they used all the strength they had, it still wouldn’t be comparable to the strength that the soul tool could bring forth. For the soul tool to cancel out a signature move, it wasn’t difficult. All of a sudden, that tall man was also slashed down by one of the trio and inflicted with serious injuries.

“Kill! Must get the soul tool back!” That person was delighted when he saw the situation. The trio joined hands and started attacking the plump man. Although he couldn’t use the soul tool, the soul tool’s defensive mechanism was still around. Once it was met with attacks, it would automatically block them. But such a lackluster defense ultimately wouldn’t be able to defend against the trio together. The plump man was forced back to the side of the injured tall man. After that, the trio surrounded them.

“As I said before, hand over the soul tool. We will not kill you! This is your last chance. Otherwise, we will force you to self-detonate your golden core, even if we have to be injured severely.”

That plump man was taken aback. His complexion turned very ugly. After much difficulty was he able to advance into the Golden Core Realm. How could he possibly be willing to self-detonate his golden core? Suddenly, that plump man saw the nearby Cheng Yu. He spoke, ”Are you truly his companion?”

That person turned his head to glance at Cheng Yu. He shook his head, ”Nope!”

“Haha! Good! What a scheme of using someone else’s strength to kill others! Brat, you are very smart! But now that your soul tool has landed into others’ hand, aren’t you at the same end as us?” The plump man narrated to Cheng Yu.

“Hehe. Formerly, it might be so. But now…it’s hard to say!” Cheng Yu smiled. They had battled for so long. In addition to the Qi Gathering Pills he had consumed, he had recovered a substantial amount of Qi, making his confidence bloom. At the very least, fleeing wasn’t a problem to him anymore.

“What do you mean?” Everyone looked at Cheng Yu in confusement.

“Hehe, you will know of it soon. Return!” Cheng Yu smiled faintly before he shouted. All of a sudden, the Purple Light Sword in the plump man’s hand released dazzling purple rays before flying out of his hand. Everyone felt that their vision had been blocked, rendering them blind.

“Go!” Cheng Yu retrieved the Purple Light Sword and waved his hand. He placed Huo Yu, Tian Xue and Tian Xing back into the Mountain River Diagram before flying away.

“Chase!” When everyone recovered their vision, they saw Cheng Yu leaving. The trio’s leader got anxious as he shouted, bringing along the other two to chase. The plump man did not go on to pursue. When he saw everyone had left, he was filled with regret, pity and joy. Originally, he thought that he would be able to obtain the soul tool with ease. He never expected that he would get nothing and would even be injured gravely. Luckily, both of them had managed to preserve their lives. This could be counted as a blessing within the adversity.

Cheng Yu saw the trio pursuing him unrelentlessly, making him to feel anxious. If he were to continue flying like this, the Qi within him would run out sooner or later. Looking at the dense and lush land in front of him, Cheng Yu flew in directly.

“Eh? Weird, I had clearly seen him flying in here. How did he disappear?” The trio flew into the dense flowery land, but did not discover Cheng Yu’s shadow.

“Quickly search. He is certainly hiding nearby!”

“Look! He’s there! Quickly chase, he’s flying off again!” One of them pointed at the human figure that had just took off.

“Hu! Luckily I had bought this Metamorphosis Pearl previously!” When he saw the trio was chasing after his cloned shadow, Cheng Yu sighed in relief. He quickly fled in the other direction.