Free Web NovelChapter 544: Chapter 27: Rescue (Part 3)
"Celestial Spider, you’ve committed countless evil deeds and murders, deserving death a thousand times over. Today is your day to die."
Ling Shan flew over, expressionless.
The Ghost King also slowly approached.
It’s over!
Celestial Spider’s face was deathly pale.
Even just Princess Qingyuan Li Yingxuan was more than he could handle, let alone with two great allies at her side.
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Below.
"Hyah!"
Fang Zheng continued to spur his horse forward.
After advancing to the Martial Sect level, his Essence Qi and spirit were refined, making it easier to control the Ghost King than before.
He even had surplus strength to search for Fang Heng.
However, it wasn’t just Celestial Spider Ascendant coming to ambush him this time; many experts were lying in wait nearby.
They waited in ambush, difficult to confront head-on.
"Master."
Lu Zhi shouted:
"There’s a swamp ahead."
"Mm."
Fang Zheng’s expression remained unchanged:
"Ignore it, keep going forward."
"..." Lu Zhi gritted his teeth:
"Yes!"
"Clip-clop..."
The hoofbeats were urgent.
Thirty-six riders leapt high from the main road, charging towards the swamp in succession, their hooves creating ripples.
Yet how heavy were the horses, especially with armored riders on their backs, it would only be a blink before they sunk.
"Wind!"
"Rise!"
Fang Zheng murmured, his Wind and Cloud Banner shaking rapidly in his hands.
The thirty-six riders felt their bodies grow lighter, and the vigorous horses underneath them neighed excitedly, as if treading on the swamp without sinking.
In this Watermere, it was like walking on solid ground.
"Hyah!"
Lu Zhi’s face was filled with joy, as he urged his horse forward with the reins, no longer fearing the hostility emerging ahead.
"Kill!"
Boats surged from the reeds, and burly men brandished their weapons as they charged.
"Master."
Lu Zhi shouted:
"Leave these people to us, you go find the young master."
"..." Fang Zheng surveyed the surroundings, seeing that most of the pursuers were blocked by the Watermere and there were no particularly strong experts nearby, he nodded:
"Be careful!"
With that, he wrapped himself in a breeze and soared skyward.
He was already a Martial Sect, but his cultivation base had not yet stabilized, so he couldn’t rely on his own power to fly through the heavens and earth yet.
However, the Wind and Cloud Banner could.
Enhanced by this treasure, Fang Zheng was enveloped by a gentle breeze and leaped dozens of yards upward, like an eagle soaring in the sky. After a brief survey, he twisted his body in the air and swooped toward a small island below.
In an instant, he disappeared into it.
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Nameless Island.
"Cao Zhong!"
Fang Heng gritted his teeth, glaring angrily at the other:
"We trusted you, and yet you poisoned us?"
To evade the pursuers behind them, they hid here intending to rest temporarily, and the master of this place, Leaping Stream Jiao, was quite hospitable.
He had actively arranged rooms for them and provided herbs and food.
Who would have thought —
The other party had secretly poisoned them!
Moreover, the method of poisoning was so clever that despite their cautious guard, they were unknowingly affected.
"Trust me?"
Cao Zhong, short and stout, dressed in a strange leather robe, sneered at these words:
"You provoke the Three Sages Manor and flee to me, don’t you know it’s like bringing disaster my way?"
"Saving you means offending the Three Sages Manor!"
"In Jinzhou Prefecture, do you not know what happens after offending the Three Sages Manor?"
"Since you didn’t come with good intentions, don’t blame me for being ruthless!"
"Cao, when we landed on the island, we asked if you were willing." Yuan Zhongdao, clutching his chest, growled lowly:
"If you were unwilling, we would have taken some herbs and left immediately, why pretend and trick us onto the island?"
"Don’t waste words with him!" someone shouted angrily:
"He’s stalling for time, waiting for the poison in our bodies to take effect. Capture him, force out the antidote, and leave quickly."
"Indeed!"
Fang Heng nodded, his body lunging abruptly forward:
"Cao Zhong, hand over the antidote!"
Among them, only he was spared due to precautions left by Fang Zheng, retaining some strength. freёweɓnovel.com
With two others gritting their teeth and joining the charge to assist.
"Bang!"
Palm forces collided, and they all retreated together.
"How can it be?"
Fang Heng lowered his head, looking at his own trembling hands, showing surprise:
"Your strength..."
The other was just a nobody, without any significant heritage, but his strength almost crushed Fang Heng.
How was this possible?
"Nothing strange about that." Leaping Stream Jiao Cao Zhong sneered:
"I was born with divine power. Though my cultivation is only at the Minor Circulation level, I’m not scared even by someone at the flawless level in terms of strength."
"Brother Fang, don’t listen to his nonsense." Cai Shu whispered urgently:
"There’s something peculiar about his clothes."
"Hmm?"
Upon hearing this, others had no particular reaction, but Leaping Stream Jiao Cao Zhong’s face changed dramatically, as if his secret had been exposed.
Indeed.
He wasn’t as formidable as he presented.
But if others found out he was relying on external force, gaining that much power, his treasures might not remain his.
"Courting death!"
Eyes wide, Cao Zhong stepped forward aggressively:
"I can’t let you live!"
"Just you?" Fang Heng snapped back to his senses, his form flashing forward, his hands delivering consecutive strikes, electric light and thunder flashing.
Five Thunders Hand!
"Boom!"
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In an instant, thunder boomed incessantly in the field.
Unlike Fang Zheng, who studied here and there, Fang Heng focused on refining the Five Thunders Hand, becoming proficient in its techniques.
With personal guidance from his father, his experience in combat surpassed his peers.
After several moves, although his strength was far less than the other, he began to slowly gain the upper hand through mysterious palm techniques.
"Island Master!"
"Island Master!"
"..."
Seeing this, others on the island turned pale and charged over en masse.
But there were no particularly strong experts here. Even the elite among them, the Blood Martial Artists, couldn’t provide much help.
"Boom!"
A burst of thunder hit Cao Zhong, forcing him back repeatedly, but he regained his balance in no time.
Fang Heng’s expression changed drastically.
He had used almost all his strength and still failed to severely injure the other.
What was going on with this person’s clothes?
"Attack!"
Yuan Zhongdao gritted his teeth and growled lowly:
