Chapter 68

Shao Yi no longer had so many concerns. Thinking less, he lived better. He suddenly turned his head to look at the artificial hill...

Hmm?

No one!

He caught a glimpse of a black shadow not far to the side and immediately turned his gaze.

A man in white, hands behind his back, hair hanging loose, head lowered, and silent.

The person who had been standing by the artificial hill...

This time, he was facing forward!

Shao Yi's pupils constricted. The man's head was lowered, making it hard to see his face, but it was obvious that his clothes were torn.

As if slashed by a sword, his exposed skin was bruised and purple.

There were faint bloodstains on his chest, but they were almost invisible due to the rain.

Shao Yi was not stupid; he just couldn't keep up with the terrifying thoughts of the two people. He still had basic judgment.

The injuries on this person, the sword marks, the bruises...

Xu Xiaoshou has innate sword intent and an innate body...

So he's not Xu Xiaoshou!

But he fought with Xu Xiaoshou!

The real Xu Xiaoshou...

Is dead!

"This..."

The rain pounded fiercely, and the person beside him didn't dare to turn around. Shao Yi just stared at the man in white in the rain, feeling an inexplicable sense of horror.

"Boom!"

A thunderclap, and the man in white suddenly raised his head.

"Damn!"

Shao Yi was so scared that he backed away, directly pressing against the barrier wall, and exclaimed in shock, "Xu Xiaoshou?!"

This is crazy!

He had just deduced that the person in front of him was not Xu Xiaoshou, but when the man raised his head, a pale, bloodless face identical to Xu Xiaoshou's appeared!

No wonder Brother Feng Kong was scared. Thinking about it, it was indeed terrifying?

"He is Xu Xiaoshou!"

Hearing the exclamation, Feng Kong could no longer hold back and turned his head sharply.

Another lightning bolt flashed across the night sky, and a moment of silver light illuminated the face of the man in white.

Both of them saw the man's lips curl into a smile, a smile that didn't reach his eyes, as if the face didn't belong to him, completely out of place.

Goosebumps instantly covered their entire bodies!

This is too terrifying!

Not to mention Feng Kong, who had already lost his judgment, even Shao Yi, who had just learned to think, felt his mind go blank.

"Is he really Xu Xiaoshou?!" The same thought flashed through both of their minds.

"I am Xu Xiaoshou!"

The man in white seemed to completely understand their thoughts, and he smiled again, his skin and flesh separating.

I don't believe you for a second!

Their hair stood on end, and they exchanged a glance, seeing the unmasked fear in each other's eyes.

Even if this person is Xu Xiaoshou, they couldn't fight anymore!

This is too terrifying!

"Run!"

"Run!"

Both voices almost appeared at the same time. Shao Yi held his short sword in reverse and cut into the barrier wall. With a loud boom, he forcibly tore open a gap.

"Done playing? Then stay and rest, why run!" Xu Xiaoshou said coldly.

The information panel finally stopped refreshing, but it didn't mean they had confirmed his identity. On the contrary, he had finally guided them to a direction that was neither here nor there.

Not Xu Xiaoshou, yet still Xu Xiaoshou!

The fear that came from the unknown was actually the real reason for their panic. As for whether he was really Xu Xiaoshou, it no longer mattered.

Yes...

To them.

Although he wanted to let them go, the act had to be complete.

Maybe this was also part of that deep man's plan?

He couldn't afford to take the risk.

Watching the two about to leave through the gap in the barrier, Xu Xiaoshou drew the finger blade from his waist. To maintain the act, the fake smile almost became real...

A snap of his fingers, and blood splattered.

"Jinzhao Tianfen!"

He tilted his head, and without any visible movement, an invisible fire instantly ignited on Shao Yi's body, crackling.

This unknown-level spirit technique was the only one Xu Xiaoshou could use at the moment. The others were either too distinctive or too far away, with insufficient damage.

"Zangku" couldn't be used either. If the two didn't recognize him, Xu Xiaoshou would have to stand on his head and eat...

Yes, only "Jinzhao Tianfen," unknown to anyone, with considerable power.

Sure enough, as soon as the invisible fire ignited, Shao Yi's face turned pale. He instinctively summoned his spirit energy to protect himself, but the fire actually eroded his spirit energy.

He panicked, "What the hell is this?!"

The Xu Xiaoshou in front of him had already become synonymous with horror and eeriness in his mind. The appearance of this "ghost fire" completely shattered his psychological defenses.

"Shao Yi!"

The crack in the barrier wall was small, and Feng Kong had already escaped. Seeing that this guy was still inside, he immediately shouted.

"You go first, I'll cover the rear!"

Shao Yi struggled to resist the strange fire on his body. At this moment, from the outside, he seemed almost normal because "Jinzhao Tianfen" was invisible.

"You know!" Shao Yi said something incomprehensible, and Xu Xiaoshou saw the deep man outside quickly leave.

What's going on?

A signal?

Only Feng Kong, who was fleeing, knew that Shao Yi was proficient in seven escape techniques, while he only knew one blood escape. So every time a mission went wrong, this guy would cover the rear, and he would go first.

However, every time, he would catch up after a short while, holding a wine gourd and running in front of him, drinking and urging him to run faster with his peculiar accent.

"Ha!"

Thinking of this, Feng Kong couldn't help but smile. This guy...

He was very confident in Shao Yi's escape techniques, with seven different methods, who could catch up?

He didn't expect tonight's mission to be so bizarre. Could Brother He have commissioned someone else to assassinate Xu Xiaoshou?

And not told them? Really!

Not trusting Shao Yi, this unreliable guy, was one thing, but not trusting him?

"Ha!"

...

"Right, Brother Feng Kong."

"Maybe this time, I won't make it..."

Shao Yi felt bitter. With his peak innate cultivation, he still couldn't withstand this "ghost fire."

Is this a demonic technique?

He had never seen such a strange spirit technique!

It seemed to burn everything, and in just a short moment, it had burned more than half of his spirit energy. When he was completely drained, perhaps it would be the moment of his complete destruction.

Shao Yi looked at the man in white in the rain, gripping his short sword tightly.

Why doesn't he attack?

Does he want to watch me burn to death?

What a sick sense of humor...

Perhaps, in the eyes of these big shots, his cultivation is like an ant!

Well, let's buy some time!

Brother Feng Kong, don't look back...

"Suspected, passive value, +1."

"Despised, passive value, +1."

"Mocked, passive value, +1."

"Cursed, passive value, +1."

"..."

Xu Xiaoshou didn't know what this person was thinking. He could only pretend to be calm, trying to make the atmosphere even more terrifying.

He made the rain evaporate, stirred the boiling water whirlpools on the ground, and shook the surrounding flowers, grass, and trees...

That's it.

He can't attack!

One attack would expose the fact that he was only at the ninth realm!

Wouldn't he be brutally beaten by this guy?

Don't underestimate him, he's at least at the peak innate realm!

Xu Xiaoshou was extremely anxious inside.

"What to do, what to do?"

"Can a ninth-realm spirit cultivator defeat a peak innate realm cultivator?"

"Who can save me?"

"Help—"