Chapter 618 - 262: Picking Peaches?

Chapter 618: Chapter 262: Picking Peaches?

He then turned, looking toward the spot where the members of the Three Sects had been.

A cold glint gradually appeared in his eyes.

’They dare steal from me?’

With a thought, his figure tore through the air and flew in that direction.

But when he reached the battlefield, it was completely empty. They had clearly already left.

Qin Fang wasn’t worried, though. He narrowed his eyes, his Divine Sense stirring as he investigated the area meticulously.

Soon, he detected a familiar trace of Profound Nether aura.

It stretched off in a single direction.

After sensing it for a moment, Qin Fang’s gaze turned indifferent as he looked in that direction...

...it was heading toward the entrance.

’Looks like they plan to leave, just as I thought,’ he mused.

’Earlier, I intentionally led my senior brother and the others on a slight detour instead of heading straight for the entrance, precisely to avoid being followed by these people.’

After confirming the direction, Qin Fang didn’t linger, quickly tearing through the sky in pursuit.

Ahead of Qin Fang, the members of the Three Sects had stopped in a barren wilderness.

Several Guizhen disciples hovered high in the air nearby, observing the surroundings.

On the ground, among the Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall disciples, one with Li Fire True Gang surging around his body was channeling it into a disciple from the Shadowless Sect.

The disciple’s face was deathly pale. His right shoulder and arm were encased in Profound Ice, and his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

The Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall disciple with the Li Fire True Gang frowned as he pushed his power, causing the surrounding temperature to spike so high the air itself warped. He was clearly trying to melt the Profound Ice with his Li Fire True Gang.

But the results... were less than ideal.

In fact, it was barely working at all.

After a long while, the young man with the Li Fire Nature had grown pale from consuming a massive amount of True Gang, yet the Profound Ice seemed to have melted only a minuscule amount.

His expression soured, and he finally spoke.

"That man’s Profound Nether Nature Attribute Level is higher than I expected... My Li Fire Nature is still a bit short of the Fourth Grade. I can’t expel his Profound Nether True Gang; I can only barely keep it from spreading."

His sudden words caused the faces of Young Master Lin, the lead youth from Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall, and the lead youth from the Shadowless Sect to darken.

The disciple whose right shoulder and arm were frozen turned even paler.

"What... what does that mean?" he asked with difficulty.

The Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall disciple said, "You need to make a decision soon. I can’t hold on for much longer. The moment my True Gang’s suppression fails, that Profound Nether True Gang will spread instantly and freeze him solid. If you want him to live, the only way is amputation... sever the arm, along with the Profound Nether True Gang inside it."

"What?!"

The young man whose arm was encased in Profound Ice went white as a sheet.

’Amputation?’

The lead youth from the Shadowless Sect’s expression changed as well. "Is amputation the only way?" he asked in a low voice.

The Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall disciple shook his head. "There’s no other way. Well, you could try to suppress the Profound Nether Nature in his body while leaving as fast as possible... Perhaps the elders in your Sect have a solution. Otherwise, if this continues, he will surely die."

These words made the injured disciple’s face grow even paler.

He looked up in a panic.

His own senior brother’s expression flickered, and he finally looked over.

"Junior Brother Feng, what do you say?"

Junior Brother Feng’s face was now ashen. His lips moved, but no sound came out.

’I’m a Fourth Realm Martial Artist, and one of the best in the Shadowless Sect at that.’

’But if I lose an arm... my combat strength will undoubtedly plummet.’

He couldn’t accept it...

’If I’d known this would happen, I never would have volunteered.’

’But who could have guessed?’

’Just snatching a Treasure Plant and running—he’d done things like this before... How did it come to this, having to sacrifice an arm just to survive?’

For a moment, he was utterly speechless.

There were seemingly two options, but in reality, there was only one.

They were still at least three or four hours away from the exit.

Three or four hours of Flying at full speed, at that.

It was impossible for them to continuously take turns helping him resist the corrosion of the Profound Nether True Gang during the journey.

Even if they were willing, it would be incredibly difficult.

The one with the Li Fire Nature could only barely hold it at bay. If the others exhausted their True Gang, they could probably only delay the inevitable for a short time.

Seeing their hesitation, the Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall disciple with the Li Fire Nature frowned. "My True Gang won’t last much longer. My Sect’s next Great Demon is about to appear, and I need to conserve some True Gang for emergencies. If you don’t make a decision, you’ll have to take over containing this Profound Nether True Gang yourselves..."

His urging words made the expressions of the Shadowless Sect disciples flicker with uncertainty.

Junior Brother Feng swayed on his feet.

After a moment of silence, his senior brother could only say in a heavy tone, "Junior Brother Feng, you need to decide now."

Junior Brother Feng hadn’t expected things to come to this. His lips moved several times, but he still couldn’t bring himself to say the word...

’It’s my arm! I’ll only have one hand for the rest of my life!’

But half his body was growing noticeably more numb, and a sharp pain pulsed madly in his right arm.

Just then, the Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall disciple’s True Gang wavered slightly, allowing the Ice Crystal to creep a fraction further up toward his neck.

He felt the very real threat of death.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and rasped, "Cut it!"

When he said the word, his senior brother’s expression was grim, but he still said softly, "Junior Brother... bear with it."

With that, he struck suddenly. His right hand, like a blade, chopped down precisely at the border where the Profound Ice and Li Fire True Gang clashed.

THWACK!

"AHHHHHH!!!!"

The disciple let out a horrific scream as his ice-filled right arm fell from his shoulder. It hit the ground and instantly spread a layer of black frost that billowed with thick white mist.

The sheer cold was palpable.

But strangely, no blood flowed from the severed stump!

The disciple, now completely drained of color, writhed in agony on the ground, his body convulsing.

A disciple was about to step forward and apply a prepared salve to the wound.

"Don’t move! I’ll force out the last of the Profound Nether True Gang!"

the disciple with the Li Fire Nature roared, his True Gang suddenly erupting as the surrounding temperature climbed even higher.

The next moment, with a series of PFFT sounds, several shards of bloody ice shot out from the wound, steaming with cold air.

This drew another scream from the man, and what little color was left in his face vanished completely.

Finally, blood began to flow.

The disciple with the salve quickly applied it, causing the injured man to tremble violently again and let out a pained groan.

Young Master Lin looked at the severed right arm on the ground. It had already turned completely into Ice Crystal, and the thick white mist caused the black frost to spread.

His expression was grave as he said, "The people from the Celestial Spirit Sect have left, but I doubt they’ll give up so easily... The next Great Demon will appear in about the time it takes an incense stick to burn, and it’s for Fuling Hidden Dragon Hall. My sect is after that, then the Shadowless Sect... After we kill these three Demons, we’ll leave this place and send someone to deliver the Treasure Plant."

Everyone nodded...

...Of course, they didn’t notice a figure hidden within the low clouds in the distance, whose gaze was fixed upon them, taking in the entire scene.

It was Qin Fang.

Seeing the severed arm, Qin Fang narrowed his eyes.

’Steal from me?’

’Did they really think it would be that easy?’

The Treasure Plant was right here. He wasn’t in any hurry.

Now that his senior brother and the others had left, he had no weakness to be exploited...

He planned to have some fun with these people.

A glint flashed in his eyes, but he remained perfectly still.