Chapter 157: Bloodborne Poison (1/2)

”Gruuaaarghh!”

As soon as White and I commenced our attack, the Guardian fiercely let out a scream as it pounded its legs like a charging bull. With eyes flaring and nose fuming, the Guardian charged at us, wildly swinging its axe that agitated the stilled winds in the dungeon room.

As it charged closer and closer, I realized that the Guardian had no thought of stopping and it just kept accelerating, hurtling itself towards us with pure force. In a split second, I had to decide whether to charge at the Guardian or step sideways and dodge its attack. I knew that both options wouldn't guarantee my safety, not in the least bit. Regardless, I didn't want to die a few seconds in on the battle.

Thus, I chose the latter.

With a twist of my ankle, I propelled myself sideways as the Guardian directed its head towards me. It wasn't expecting me to play the coward card and stop midway through my attack so it charged straight without slowing down.

As for White, he also didn't expect that I'd jump sideways and dodge the Guardian. With jaws dropped, White stared at me in disbelief as he continued on with his attack.

I'm sorry, White. You know I'm not the type of cultivator who would throw his life away at such an uncertain situation.

In an instant, White unsheathed his sword and mightily swung it at the Guardian. Because of the Guardian's acceleration, it didn't have the leeway to dodge the blow and the sword struck him squarely on the stomach.

”Yeah! Take that!” I shouted as I pumped a fist in the air.

...

Let's just say I celebrated too early.

The moment the attack landed on the Guardian, White was thrown off his feet. He was then sent flying off to the wall on the other side of the room, making him gasp for a breath as air escaped his lungs. Who would've thought that White would be thrown instead when he was the one who landed such a powerful attack on the Guardian.

”Grrghhghgh~! ” The Guardian growled as it held its stomach. To my relief, there was a small gash of a wound on his stomach and blood flowed from it. White clearly landed the attack but the Guardian was just too powerful. And even after all that, the Guardian still suffered some damage.

White did suffer more damage but at least I can now estimate the power level of the Guardian. It may be stronger than White but with the help of the System, I know that I can get to their level and catch up to them.

Now that both of them were thrown in disarray. I immediately rummaged through my Storage Rings in a haste to concoct a deadly poison. After seeing the blood on the Guardian, I immediately knew that it's a living entity. It may not be a beast nor a human but it has blood. And blood is the life of the flesh, or so that ancient text said.

A series of thoughts ran through my mind as the hundreds of poisons I've learned started flashing in my head. It didn't even take me a second to find the right poison and immediately work on it.

”Yongrui! Watch out!' White screamed as he got back to his feet.

What is it this time? I was almost finished with the poiso—

One moment, the Guardian was crashing on the far end of the room. The next moment, it suddenly appeared in front of me, swinging down its axe as it aimed at my chest.

<Skill: Blink activated>

Before the axe could come in contact with me, I managed to teleport on another part of the room, right where White was.

”You! How did you do that? I didn't see you activate any of your Qi Cores when you did that? Are you really just that fast?” White asked. ”Well, we have plenty of time to talk about that later. For now, I'll try to distract that Guardian while you try to finish whatever you're doing. I hate to admit it but... the two of you are considerably faster than me. Be quick, Yongrui. Even I'm not certain if I could hold that Guardian off long enough for you to complete that poison.”

”How did you know this is poison?” I asked.

”It's the Bloodborne Poison, right? We have that up there in the Middle Plane. One of the best poisons when it comes to monsters with high health. Only Poison Masters can concoct it though and the poison fetches a high price. Only the rich could get it.”