Chapter 318 - 292: The Dagger is Revealed

Chapter 318: Chapter 292: The Dagger is Revealed

In a real fight, the outcome would be decided in under ten moves.

However, compared to a true Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator, Miao Yongshan was still a far cry.

What’s more, the experts the Helian Family had lying in ambush in the valley were powerhouses at the middle and late stages of the Dao Fruit Realm.

Miao Yongshan was startled as an astonishing aura suddenly flared to life.

Recognizing the aura of a late-stage Dao Fruit Realm expert, he retreated without a moment’s hesitation, abandoning Jiang Zuo. His plan was to escape the valley first and figure out the rest later.

But behind him, another Cultivator—this one at the middle stage of the Dao Fruit Realm—was already waiting.

With one Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator in front and one behind, the two of them unleashed a palm strike.

A look of utter despair crossed Miao Yongshan’s face as he was caught in the middle.

"I am from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect—"

Miao Yongshan cried out desperately.

With his level of power, his status in the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect was by no means ordinary.

But before he could finish speaking, the two massive palm strikes slammed into him in unison.

Miao Yongshan was instantly reduced to a bloody pulp, killed on the spot.

The other disciple from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect at Jiang Zuo’s side tried to flee, but another Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator silently appeared beside him and ended his life with a single palm strike.

Jiang Zuo was not the least bit surprised by this outcome.

Whether he had said anything or not, Miao Yongshan and his companion were doomed from the start.

If he had managed to tame the Vermilion Bird, he would have met the same fate as those two, with no hope of leaving here alive.

The Helian Family lied, saying only Three Flowers Realm Cultivators could enter, and withheld the keys to the Secret Realm. It was clear that from the very beginning, they never intended to let any outsiders leave this place alive.

They were likely prepared all along to force Jiang Zuo to hand over the Secret Manual for taming Spirit Beasts.

Their entire purpose this time was to obtain Jiang Zuo’s Beast Taming techniques.

Whether Jiang Zuo had succeeded in taming the Vermilion Bird or not, the outcome would have been the same.

"Master Gu, you’re a smart man."

"If you’re willing to hand over the Secret Manual for taming Spirit Beasts and join our Helian Family, we will spare your life."

"If you’re not, then we’ll have to resort to our own methods."

Helian Changpeng said with a smile, wiping away the blood that had splattered onto his clothes.

"So, you were after me from the start."

"I understand. I don’t want to die. I’ll give you the Secret Manual."

"But I don’t have a Divine Sense Jade Tube on me. You’ll have to give me one."

Jiang Zuo sighed, speaking as if he had accepted his fate.

"I have one here."

The Helian family members were not surprised by Jiang Zuo’s decision.

Helian Anwen said calmly, and with a flip of his palm, a Divine Sense Jade Tube appeared in his hand.

He was the one with the highest Cultivation among them, at the late stage of the Dao Fruit Realm.

However, he was advanced in years and had no hope of ever breaking through to the Manifestation Realm.

Jiang Zuo cautiously walked over and reached out to take the Divine Sense Jade Tube.

But the instant his hand made contact with the Divine Sense Jade Tube...

Jiang Zuo’s figure blurred. In a flash, he was right in front of Helian Anwen.

"You...!"

Helian Anwen was enraged.

It wasn’t that he was completely defenseless.

But at such close range, Jiang Zuo’s sudden sneak attack was far faster than he had ever anticipated.

Before he could react, Jiang Zuo spread his arms and locked him in a tight embrace.

Helian Anwen tried to struggle free.

But it was only then that he discovered he was completely unable to move a muscle.

A horrified Helian Anwen was seized by a terrible premonition.

"Release him!"

The other two Dao Fruit Realm Cultivators were furious and attacked Jiang Zuo in unison.

But a cold light suddenly flashed at one of the men’s feet.

The cold light flashed, and his body froze mid-motion.

In the next instant, the man was diced into a dozen pieces.

A shower of blood rained down from the sky.

A Sword Pill bobbed smugly in the air.

It was the Sword Pill that Jiang Zuo had secretly deployed earlier.

Knowing the Helian Family wouldn’t spare the two from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect once they made their move, Jiang Zuo had already hidden the Sword Pill beneath the leaves on the ground.

When this mid-stage Dao Fruit Realm Cultivator from the Helian Family killed the other disciple from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, he had moved to within inches of the Sword Pill.

"ROAR!"

As the Sword Pill struck, three Rank-5 Spirit Beasts appeared at Jiang Zuo’s side in a flash: Great Black, a giant golden wolf, and the Pale Moon Ice Wolf.

The moment Great Black appeared, it opened its massive maw and bit off Helian Anwen’s entire head in a single, clean bite.

Helian Anwen had just witnessed his kinsman being ambushed and killed by the Sword Pill; he never imagined that his own death was upon him.

He didn’t even have time to detonate his Dao Fruit before Great Black bit his head clean off.

"Kill!"

Jiang Zuo tossed aside Helian Anwen’s headless corpse and charged toward Helian Changpeng and the others, with Great Black and his other beasts in tow.

Five members of the Helian Family remained.

But two of their Dao Fruit Realm kinsmen, including their strongest, Helian Anwen, were now dead.

Meanwhile, Jiang Zuo was now flanked by three Rank-5 Spirit Beasts.

In that single instant, the will to fight completely drained from the five remaining men.