Chapter 244: A Hot Potato

Chapter 244: Chapter 244: A Hot Potato

"You bastards! What are you doing?! Let me go!"

Wuji Fairy was still inside her turtle shell, shouting nonstop in a mix of fury and terror.

"Hehehe, you Witch, weren’t you so arrogant before? You even joined in to ambush me twice. Scared now, are you? Let me tell you, it’s too late!"

Zong Ziqi carried Wuji Fairy on his shoulder, laughing heartily as he fled, as if to release all the frustration he’d pent up recently.

Jiang Xu, on the other hand, was still worried.

He didn’t know what that wisp of green Spiritual Light from Young Master Ghost, which had been collected by the Soul-Calling Banner, actually meant.

By all rights, Young Master Ghost shouldn’t have been able to survive. His Soul Body had been incinerated. As far as Jiang Xu knew, that meant he was completely dead, utterly annihilated.

But who knew if the Ghost King had some special ability?

Even if there was a one-in-ten-thousand chance, they had to be on guard.

Although there had been this little hiccup,

the final outcome was, by and large, a good one.

Young Master Yellow Springs was dead, Young Master Ghost was seemingly dead, and Wuji Fairy was now a captive, helpless to do anything but await her fate.

The goal Jiang Xu and he had set at the beginning was more or less accomplished.

However, figuring out what to do with Wuji Fairy was giving Jiang Xu a real headache.

Her "turtle shell" was ridiculously tough. It probably wouldn’t be easy to crack, and their only option might be to have Zong Ziqi use his Thunderbolt Breathing Technique a few more times.

At this thought, an idea sparked in Jiang Xu’s mind.

’Wuji Fairy’s Secret Technique, "Infinite Yin and Yang," is a top-tier Defense and Counterattack Technique. If I could get my hands on it, wouldn’t that be incredible?’

’This Defense could even block Zong Ziqi’s Killing Move. If I could cultivate it to perfection, I could probably withstand a full-power attack from a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator.’

But for now, they couldn’t stop. It was best to keep running.

...

After running for an unknown amount of time, Jiang Xu and Zong Ziqi reached a patch of woods more than twenty kilometers from Demon Communication Workshop, where they finally stopped.

"We’re this far. The people from Netherworld Mansion shouldn’t be able to track us here, right?"

Zong Ziqi casually tossed Wuji Fairy aside, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and said with some uncertainty.

"If the Ghost King himself wanted to hunt us down, we could run for a month and he’d still catch up to us easily."

"In the current situation, it’s impossible for a Golden Core Cultivator to get involved. You’ve already killed three of those villains. Have you seen any Golden Core Cultivators come out to deal with you?"

"To truly provoke the Ghost King, you’d have to steal the Soul-Calling Banner."

Jiang Xu explained.

"What we should be most worried about now is the various Demon Sects banding together for revenge. You single-handedly took down five of their villains. In their respective Sects, those five were all prominent figures, big or small."

"If they don’t send people after you for this, I won’t believe it for a second. The other members of the Demon Sects would be dissatisfied if they didn’t."

Zong Ziqi strongly agreed.

After what the two of them had pulled, those five Demon Sects must hate Zong Ziqi to the bone. He was probably in for a world of trouble from now on.

However, for a Sword Cultivator, a battle was always a welcome event. Zong Ziqi naturally didn’t let such a small matter weigh on his mind.

"Hey, are you two done talking yet?" Wuji Fairy, who had been tossed to the side, said in humiliation and anger. "You just throw me here and start chatting? What is it you want? Get it over with! Stop dilly-dallying like you’re not men!"

"Oh-ho? You’ve got quite the temper, don’t you?"

Zong Ziqi laughed in exasperation, walked up to Wuji Fairy, and said:

"You Witch, you tried to kill me twice! I haven’t even done anything to you yet, and you’re the one acting all tough? Fine! Today, I’ll show you just how much of a man I can be!"

With that, Zong Ziqi rolled up his sleeves, gripped his Profound Dragon Sword, and moved to strike Wuji Fairy down.

"Wait!"

Jiang Xu stopped Zong Ziqi and sneered at Wuji Fairy.

"We’ve reached this point, and you’re still not resigned to your fate, are you?"

A flash of panic appeared in Wuji Fairy’s eyes.

"What do you mean I’m not resigned?"

Jiang Xu snorted coldly.

"Don’t try to goad us. That Defense of yours is formidable. Zong Ziqi probably can’t break through it, and in the end, he’d be injured by your rebound effect, perhaps even mortally!"

"How can you make such baseless accusations!" Wuji Fairy’s brows shot up as she retorted angrily.

Zong Ziqi realized this as well and cursed his own carelessness. He looked at Wuji Fairy as if she were a giant, untouchable hedgehog.

"This woman seems tough to deal with. Even at full power, I’m not confident I can handle her... So what do we do now?"

Zong Ziqi asked Jiang Xu, clearly finding the situation very troublesome.

Jiang Xu didn’t have any good ideas for dealing with this Witch either.

They couldn’t kill her. If they tried to starve her, well, she was at Foundation Establishment; she wouldn’t die even after a few years without food. And that was not even mentioning that she could still access her Storage Bag.

Seal her up and bury her tens, or even hundreds, of meters underground?

’That might work, but who knows if she has some special ability to tunnel her way out?’

Jiang Xu suddenly realized he had let Zong Ziqi bring back a real hot potato.

"Heh heh, you’re out of ideas, aren’t you? Why don’t you just let me go? I’ll even admit that the ultimate responsibility for this mess lies with me. I’ll apologize, we’ll let bygones be bygones, and I won’t even press the matter of you capturing me. We can go our separate ways. How does that sound?"

Hearing Wuji Fairy’s words, Jiang Xu couldn’t help but laugh out loud.

’Kill when you want, then shirk responsibility when you want? Where in the world is there such a good deal!’

’If you want to kill someone, you must be prepared to be killed yourself!’

Staring at Wuji Fairy’s impenetrable shell, Jiang Xu racked his brain.

’If only there was something that could strip this layer of Defense right off her.’

Hmm?

Wait.

Jiang Xu felt he’d been stuck in the wrong mindset.

’Why do I have to strip this protective shell off her?’

’Isn’t it enough to just ignore the Defense and attack her body directly?’

At this thought, Jiang Xu’s eyes lit up. He took out a Jade Scroll from his Storage Bag.

It was the Jade Scroll that recorded the "Seven Injuries Palm"!

"I never thought this thing would actually come in handy here."

Zong Ziqi looked over, asking curiously:

"What’s that you pulled out?"

"Hehe!" Jiang Xu gave a mysterious smile. "Give me two days. You’ll see the results in two days!"

When Wuji Fairy heard the mysterious laughter exchanged between Zong Ziqi and the Faceless Man beside him, she couldn’t help but shiver.

’Don’t be scared, don’t be scared. My Infinite Yin and Yang is currently at its absolute peak. There’s no way those two can break through! Ugh, that damnable Young Master Ghost! Dying so easily was letting him off too lightly. If he hadn’t tricked me into coming here to deal with the Thunder Knight, I wouldn’t have ended up like this!’