Free Web NovelChapter 707: Chapter 547: Unable to Withstand a Single Blow_2
But at this moment, Qu Muzhi was in a dreadful state, his left hand along with half his forearm were almost completely useless, the roots had devoured a layer of flesh from his arm’s surface, leaving it bloody, and some places even exposed the white bone.
"Don’t worry about me, be careful!" Qu Muzhi pushed Yang Xiao away.
As the fishing rod was retracted, the little girl in red inside the Human Bone Staff was also taken away, and now the end of the fishing rod hung three terrifying ghosts. freёwebnovel.com
"It’s over..." Feeling the pressure of the fishing rod had reached its limit, Yang Xiao, who had just steadied himself, didn’t get angry but laughed instead, immediately switching to a cleaver.
This was his plan all along, he intended to use up the last suppressing slot of the fishing rod, and once he did, he would be invincible.
In the Lost Forest, Yang Xiao had once used a cleaver to injure a woman disguised as Qu Muzhi, the blade got stained with blood, and now without the threat of the fishing rod, he could boldly use the ability of the cleaver to exchange wounds with the woman, even if it meant mutual destruction, as long as he ensured his survival, he would win since he still had a combat-ready Qu Muzhi!
"Captain Qu, help me stop her!" Using the cleaver was when Yang Xiao was most vulnerable.
Without hesitation, Qu Muzhi blocked in front of him, a scene that touched him deeply, not wanting to delay, Yang Xiao steeled his heart, clenched his teeth, and chopped off his own left hand.
The next second, his ability activated, the woman screamed almost simultaneously, her left hand holding the fishing rod snapped off with it, crashing to the ground together.
"HAHAHA!" Yang Xiao, eyes bloodshot, found the intense pain exhilarating rather than frightening, "LIKE THAT?! HAHAHA!!"
Yang Xiao’s mad appearance earned him a new look from Qu Muzhi, who knew he was crazy, but he didn’t expect him to be this insane; he suspected that the backlash from the magic artifact had damaged his brain.
Unexpectedly, the next second, the woman also laughed, but hers was not the sound of madness, but a contemptuous, derisive laugh.
Yang Xiao began to suspect that the woman was bluffing, but soon realized he was wrong because he watched her pick up the severed hand from the ground and reattach it to her wrist, numerous delicate root tendrils burst from the sleeve, wrapping around the wound, and within a few breaths, the reattached fingers began to move again.
"Let’s do it again." The woman scornfully lifted her chin, "Your performance is quite entertaining, I haven’t had enough yet."
This revelation dealt a heavy blow to Yang Xiao; limbs that could be reattached—what kind of monster was this? He had thought the fishing rod was the woman’s strongest reliance, but it wasn’t, the artifact controlling the roots that could attack, defend, and heal, stitching limbs back together, was truly a precious treasure!
"Sure enough, you’ve stolen the Torturing Life Saber too." The woman’s cold voice carried a weirdly contemplative note, "But you certainly don’t know, nobody understands the abilities of the Torturing Life Saber better than me, nor knows how to counter it as effectively."
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao immediately guessed the woman’s identity, "You are the Xiu Sect Master!"
"Correct, it’s been 10 years since I last saw this blade; it was originally mine." The woman’s tone turned eerily cold, even filled with hatred, "Had it not been for Wounded Door interfering, this blade would have been mine a long time ago, I’ve paid too much to control this blade."
Meanwhile, Yang Xiao suddenly realized something crucial, the woman’s limb reattaching ability seemingly complemented perfectly with the abilities of the cleaver, think about it—the woman could exchange wounds with opponents using the cleaver, but if an opponent’s limbs were chopped off, that was it, while she could still reattach hers, how could anyone withstand that?
"Captain Yang, her vulnerability lies in that bark protective magic artifact, ordinary moves can’t breach her defense, I need your help," Qu Muzhi whispered.
"What do you need me to do?" Yang Xiao asked, it was still not time for the final curtain call; it was too early to declare a winner.
"Create an opportunity, I need to be as close as possible to her, to locate the exact position of her protective magic artifact."
Upon hearing this, Yang Xiao immediately understood Qu Muzhi’s plan; the most troublesome part was that protective magic artifact, but Qu Muzhi had a seal, which Yang Xiao had witnessed before, capable of sealing magic artifacts, if they could seal that protective magic artifact even for just half a minute, that would be enough.
"Okay," Yang Xiao nodded in agreement.
The woman in black, seemingly oblivious to what the two were plotting, just stood still, waiting for an attack, but Yang Xiao guessed there definitely was something complex at play; he knew she must be making some covert move, but for the moment he couldn’t figure it out.
They had lost this battle on the front of intelligence; this Xiu Sect Master knew very well the capabilities of the magic artifacts in his possession, after all, both the cleaver and the Soul-Capturing Mirror were from Yu Yuan Sect, which had cost him dearly, losing a hand as well.
The Human Bone Staff, Soul-Capturing Mirror, and Ghost Duster, none were usable now, as Yang Xiao swung the cleaver and charged at the woman, but she didn’t move an inch, the fishing rod merely stood erect on the ground, completely vulnerable, utterly disregarding Yang Xiao’s assault.
When he got within a few steps from the woman, Yang Xiao also sensed something amiss; he suddenly found the woman’s legs seemed rooted in the ground, her shoes deeply embedded, showing only the uppers, which was very strange.
He immediately realized there might be something dangerous underneath, those roots!
