624 As Expected! (1/2)
He roared as the Divine Edge emerged once more. The sudden, intense saber light forced everyone to withdraw at least a step back. Yun Yang then slipped his hand into his embrace to retrieve a ceramic bottle, crushing it and popping a few pills into his mouth.
Yun Yang's action was timely and reasonable, no one could tell the ulterior motive behind it. Facing the lethal siege of cultivators whose cultivation base was far above his, it was a wise move to maintain his optimum state at all times. If he had good medicinal pills, he was shrewd to consume them quickly.
Unfortunately, he seemed to have exerted too much force in his haste; a tattered Go playbook flew out from his embrace and landed on the battlefield.
One could see that the manual was very old and torn, ready to break into pieces if more force was put on it. Landing on a battlefield, an area of intense mystical Qi, how could it survive? A powerful wind would have blown it to pieces.
Yun Yang was not bothered by this. His only aim was to probe. Furthermore, he was not the playbook's original owner and he did not really like to play Go anyway. If this Go manual could trigger an unexpected outcome, it would have performed its function.
When the manual appeared, the one nearest to Yun Yang and the playbook was about to strike Yun Yang with his staff, but the blow would have definitely ruined the manual. At the very last moment, the strike tilted ridiculously and missed its target.
Yun Yang was secretly pleased. With a confident wave of his saber, the strike was extended from below the playbook that was falling and pursued the assassin. The swift strike that came from a strange angle was not easy to avoid, but the person did not counter the attack; he retreated and narrowly avoided the blow.
Under everyone's gaze, the Go playbook fluttered as it fell, while Yun Yang cried out, ”My Go manual!”
He then darted forward as if he was about to fetch and retrieve it.
In spite of this, the sound of the wind breaking could be heard. A radiant sword light flashed, following the path of an incoming sword as the falling manual was picked up by a staff and flung away.
The masked man in black who was watching the battle rose and caught the playbook, flipping it casually before stuffing it into his embrace.
Yun Yang was mad. ”Are you fellows beggars? Snatching a trifle thing such as a playbook?”
The masked man replied coldly, ”When you die, we want everything that you have on your body!”
”Wait for it! I've poisoned the manual anyway, you'll surely die having touched it!” Yun Yang retorted icily. He was spewing nonsense, but he had already come to a conclusion.
These people were indeed Sir Bi's men!
He wondered if it was a good thing or not that Sir Bi's obsession with the art of Go had far exceeded his expectations. All things considered, it had still created a huge variable in today's battle.
The leader who was clothed in black chuckled coldly. ”So Young Master Yun likes to apply poison on things that he carries? What an interesting method to commit suicide! Since Young Master Yun likes to seek death so much, we shall assist you today. We shall send you on your way to the Nine Springs so that you don't do nonsensical rubbish anymore!”
Following the leader's command, the ten men quickly separated into three batches. Divided into three directions, one batch would fight to their heart's content before they retreated to be replaced by another batch. When Yun Yang finished tackling the two batches, the third batch would surface.
Even without considering the leader whose cultivation base was the highest, such an attacking pattern was sufficient to kill him.
Yun Yang was getting exhausted.
The least efficient combat method was right where Yun Yang's Achilles' heel was.
He stole a peek at the covetous masked man by the side and thought the fellow to be quite astute, talented to have arranged such a tactic.