Chapter 29

"Senior Brother, what do you mean? I was the one who discovered this spirit plant first!" He stared at the other person and said solemnly.

"What do you mean, you discovered it first! Don't you understand what I'm saying? I'll give you three breaths to get out of here, or you won't be leaving at all!" The young man with the sword eyebrows sneered.

With a clang, he drew a fiery red longsword.

The sword blade shimmered with a radiant light, exuding intense heat. The sword tip pointed directly at Su Shier, and a fierce killing intent was released.

A cold glint flashed in Su Shier's eyes, and several talismans silently appeared in his hand.

At the Fifth Level of the Qi Condensation stage, he was not without the strength to fight.

"Crack..."

Suddenly, a slight cracking sound came from the ice behind him.

This is...

Su Shier's eyebrows slightly raised, and in the next second, he dispelled his original thoughts, turned around silently, and walked to the side.

"Hmph! That's more like it!" The young man with the sword eyebrows smiled smugly, but he did not sheath his sword.

He cautiously surveyed the surroundings, and seeing no other threats, he quickly walked towards the spirit plant by the shore.

He quickly picked the Xuanqing Ice Lotus and immediately moved away from the lake, his peripheral vision always on Su Shier, being cautious and vigilant.

After running a dozen steps, he finally relaxed and glanced at Su Shier with a mocking look.

"Phew! What a coward, just as expected. It's true, what kind of master teaches what kind of disciple."

"That old fool Lu Mingshi, he really taught well. I wonder where he got the courage to bet with our master."

"This time, your Luofu Peak is definitely going to lose the bet!"

The young man with the sword eyebrows mocked without hesitation, his eyes flashing with killing intent, and he secretly channeled true essence into his sword.

Hearing these words, Su Shier's eyes turned cold, but he remained silent, even retreating a few more steps without a word.

He was very clear about the other person's intentions. Saying this was nothing more than to provoke him, force him to act, and then take the opportunity to kill him on the spot.

Of course, even if he didn't act, the other person wouldn't let him off so easily.

However...

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Suddenly, over a dozen sounds of something breaking through the air came from the ice, heading straight for the young man with the sword eyebrows' back.

"What?! Ah..."

Hearing the commotion behind him, the young man with the sword eyebrows was startled and quickly turned to counterattack.

He had been staring at Su Shier, thinking of taking advantage of an opportunity to act.

As for the danger behind him, he thought he was far enough from the shore, and even if there were beast demons, he wouldn't be afraid. He never expected this to happen.

But the attack came suddenly and was exceptionally fast. Before he could turn around, over a dozen ice spikes, glowing with dark green cold light, all hit his back.

The ice spikes pierced his body, and a shocking coldness spread through the young man with the sword eyebrows' body. Along with it, the intense poison on the ice spikes also spread.

All of this happened in an instant. In the next second, the young man with the sword eyebrows let out a惨叫 and fell to his knees. His face was twisted in agony, and he was filled with regret.

He wasn't stupid and realized what had happened the moment he was hit. Su Shier had been silent the whole time, clearly calculating this move.

And he had thought the other person was intimidated by his presence, only to end up being defeated by a group of low-level beast demons.

A great humiliation!

Thinking of this, the poison in his body attacked his heart, and he spat out a mouthful of black blood.

"You... you bastard, you tricked me!" In his dying moments, the young man with the sword eyebrows turned his head and shot Su Shier a venomous look.

At this point, that was all he could do.

As soon as he finished speaking, the young man with the sword eyebrows fell to the ground, his breathing stopped.

Su Shier stood far away, watching the scene unfold with a cold smile on his face.

He had tricked this guy, but this guy had also been trying to trick him.

Seeing the other person die, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and smiled in satisfaction.

"If I hadn't learned the characteristics and information of the materials in advance, I might have been in trouble before this guy even made a move."

"From his words, it seems Tianhua Peak is confident in winning this bet. Could there be some hidden agenda?"

"Never mind, what does it have to do with me? I need to find the ten second-level materials as soon as possible to ensure I pass the trial."

Shaking his head, Su Shier did not approach.

He circulated his true essence and used the object manipulation technique to retrieve the Xuanqing Ice Lotus, the flying sword, and the storage bag from the young man's waist.

After doing this, he was about to cast a fireball spell to destroy the body and cover his tracks when he suddenly heard footsteps coming from a distance.

Hearing the commotion, Su Shier didn't think twice. He immediately took out a concealment talisman and stuck it to his body, then used the Shadowless Illusion Step and ran away.

He ran silently.

Less than half a cup of tea later, two Tianhua Peak disciples arrived at the lakeside.

"The scream just now, it sounded like Junior Brother Hu Jinxi's voice?!"

"Be careful, don't get tricked!"

The two walked side by side, and as they spoke, their eyes fell on the body by the shore.

The face of the short and fat disciple instantly changed, and he hurried forward.

"Trouble!"

As soon as the short and fat disciple spoke, over a dozen poisonous ice spikes flew out of the lake.

"These are low-level beast demons, Poison Spine Frogs. Senior Brother, be careful!" The tall and thin disciple quickly activated the Fire Control Technique. Two columns of fire spewed from his hands and landed on the lake.

In the next second, over a dozen plate-sized Poison Spine Frogs floated to the surface, belly-up.

"How is Junior Brother Hu?" After dealing with the Poison Spine Frogs, the tall and thin disciple asked urgently.

The short and fat disciple shook his head and sighed, "Junior Brother Hu has fallen!"

"What?! How could Junior Brother Hu be so careless and be killed by these low-level beast demons?" The tall and thin disciple was startled, and his eyebrows furrowed as he saw the wounds on the body's back.

As he spoke, he remembered something and asked urgently, "Right, where is Junior Brother Hu's storage bag? The four second-level materials we found over the past two days were all on him!"

The short and fat disciple quickly turned the body over. After a moment, his face turned ashen. "The storage bag is gone. There must have been someone else around here just now!"

The tall and thin disciple touched the body on the ground and said angrily, "The body is still warm. The person must not have gone far!"

As he spoke, a packet of unknown powder appeared in his hand. He scattered the powder into the air.

Then, he formed a hand seal. As true essence surged, the powder swirled and emitted a fluorescent glow, forming a star trail that pointed in the direction Su Shier had left.

Under the star trail, the faint footprints left by Su Shier using the Shadowless Illusion Step were vaguely visible.

"Quick, chase after him, and notify the other senior brothers nearby to help keep an eye out!"

The two exchanged a glance and immediately followed the direction of the footprints.

As they ran, the short and fat disciple took out a palm-sized compass-shaped magical tool.

Injecting true essence into it, he immediately used his mind to send a message.

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