Chapter 31

Su Shier's back hair stood on end. Without a second thought, he immediately activated the Bloodlight Shield.

Immediately, a blood-red light shield appeared, enveloping his entire body.

"Bang bang..."

Ice spikes fell, and the light shield instantly became riddled with cracks, but it did not disappear.

Taking advantage of this force, Su Shier's figure rose a few more inches. With a swift step, he vanished in the blink of an eye.

Watching Su Shier's departing back, the woman gritted her teeth, her eyes wide with anger and frustration.

"This kid actually learned Meng Tianyi's Bloodlight Shield?!"

"Seeing how cautious he is, Meng Tianyi must have either fled or been killed by him."

"But this damn kid, not only did he leave, he even took four of my Soul Severing Nails. How infuriating! If I ever see you again, I'll tear you to pieces!"

As she angrily muttered, a fluorescent star band drifted through the air.

"Huh? A small tracking spell?! Someone else is coming!"

The female cultivator with the surname Chu gasped, immediately holding her breath and muttering a silent incantation as she moved to the side.

Her figure quickly became invisible under the spell.

Half a cup of tea later, two figures, one fat and one thin, appeared on the hillside. They were the two disciples from Tianhua Peak who had been tracking Su Shier.

Seeing the two corpses on the ground, the two men's eyes narrowed, and they immediately became alert.

"Hmm? Judging by the state of these two on the ground, they must have died together," the short and fat disciple quickly scanned the area and immediately analyzed.

The tall and thin disciple's face lit up, "That's perfect, we can take advantage of this! As for that kid, he must have seen us and fled after finding the treasure!"

"Right... Quickly pick up this thing, and let's continue the chase! Losing a person is a small matter, but losing the materials is a big deal." The short and fat disciple nodded and immediately stepped forward, reaching for the琉璃金 in the strong man's hand.

Beside him, the tall and thin disciple was not idle, quickly moving to pick up the storage bags from the two corpses' waists and the magical sword from the old man's hand.

Just as they approached, a thick black mist suddenly released from the two corpses.

The black mist spread rapidly, enveloping the two men the moment it appeared.

"Bad! It's a trap!"

"Oh no, it's poisonous!"

Seeing the sudden change, the tall and thin and the short and fat disciples both changed color, hurriedly trying to run away.

But just as they took a step, their bodies convulsed, and they fell to the ground, eyes rolling back and spitting blood, dead.

"The poison of the Five Poison Spirit Snakes is indeed extraordinary. It's a pity there's only so much. If it happened a few more times, I would be rich!"

The next moment, the female cultivator with the surname Chu appeared on the scene.

She smiled, muttering to herself, quickly collecting the items from the old man and the strong man's bodies.

Then, she looked at the two new corpses on the ground.

"Fortunately, that kid ran away just now, or I wouldn't have been able to poison two unlucky ones at once."

"Tianhua Peak is much stronger than Luofu Peak! These two are not weak either. In a few days, they should have found two or three materials!"

Smiling, the female cultivator with the surname Chu's eyes narrowed.

Rubbing her hands, she quickly took the storage bags from the two men.

Infusing true essence into them, she checked the contents, her eyebrows furrowing and her expression turning particularly gloomy.

"Seriously? Besides a dozen broken talismans and a couple of low-grade magical weapons, there's nothing else?"

"Are these really disciples of Tianhua Peak? In two days, they couldn't even find one material?"

"Truly useless!"

The female cultivator with the surname Chu gritted her teeth, angrily saying.

She didn't know that the fat and thin men, as well as the one killed by Su Shier, were a group.

And the materials they had collected over the past few days were all in the storage bag that Su Shier had taken.

Pouting, the female cultivator with the surname Chu threw a few fireballs, burning the corpses on the ground.

"These two must have used the small tracking spell to find that kid just now. Could it be... they were robbed by him?"

"Hmph, regardless, I need to quickly get my Soul Severing Nails back."

Her eyes darting around, the female cultivator with the surname Chu turned to look in the direction Su Shier had gone.

Gritting her teeth, she grabbed the star band in the air, activated a teleportation talisman, and chased after Su Shier.

...

Su Shier didn't dare to fly in the air for too long, as it consumed a lot of true essence and was too conspicuous.

After escaping, he landed on the ground and continued to explore carefully.

Seeing the four iron nails in the storage bag, his mood greatly improved.

"I never expected these four Soul Severing Nails to be high-grade magical weapons?! The greenish color suggests they've been heavily poisoned. That woman is indeed as venomous as a scorpion."

"But, seeing how anxious that woman was, these four iron nails must be quite valuable! Hmm... definitely far more valuable than a first-grade supreme defensive talisman."

The more Su Shier looked, the happier he became, feeling a sense of vindication and relief.

Three days later, he had visited several places but found little of value.

That day, he activated the Heavenly Eye Technique, following a trace of earth spirit energy in the air, and arrived at a vast stone forest filled with boulders as tall as two people.

"Judging by the distribution of spirit energy here, there should be something good under those boulders. At the very least... it should be a second-grade earth attribute spirit material."

"Wait... This place seems to correspond to the stone forest marked on the spirit plant garden map!"

Thinking about it, he saw the scene before him, his pupils dilating as he quickly took out the palm-sized map to confirm.

"A stone forest spanning dozens of miles, no doubt this is the place."

"So, the spirit plant garden should be about a hundred miles east of here. Regardless, I'll check it out after collecting the materials here!"

Having made up his mind, Su Shier followed the flow of spirit energy in the air and entered the stone forest.

Soon, he was deep inside the stone forest.

At that moment, a figure caught his peripheral vision, and his pupils contracted, his expression becoming serious.

"Kid, I never thought I'd run into you so soon! The grudge from four years ago can finally be avenged!" A disciple with a fat face and a muscular build was grinning maliciously as he approached.

This disciple was not highly cultivated, only at the third level of the Qi Condensation stage. But he was a familiar face, the fat servant disciple who had deliberately made things difficult for everyone when Su Shier first collected his pills, Huang Fatso.

"Revenge?"

Seeing the provocative look on the other's face, Su Shier stood his ground, completely unfazed. His eyes immediately scanned the surroundings, assessing the environment.

"Truly cautious, but you won't escape today!"

Another voice sounded, and two more figures emerged from the boulders on either side of him.

One of them was the sword-carrying youth from four years ago, Zhao Yu.

The other was a burly man with a leopard head and round eyes, looking extremely fierce. His aura was intimidating, clearly not someone to be trifled with.

"Third level of the Qi Condensation stage?! Sixth level of the Qi Condensation stage?!!" Su Shier's eyes darted left and right, his pupils contracting, and his face turning particularly grim.