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Sovereign of the Three Realms · Chapter 82

Chapter 82: Ambush in the Dark

January 17, 2020 · 5 min read · 918 words

nodded and asked, "How were your harvests?"

"Would've been pretty good, but Yan Yiming and his crew robbed us of everything!" Fatty Xuan's face was flushed with rage, his teeth clenched tight.

"As long as you're alive, that's what matters. Spirit beads can always be hunted again."

turned to . ", I owe you for the warning this time. I have two extra Green Spirit Beads here — consider them your reward."

scratched his head. "I... I couldn't possibly—"

"Take them." 's brow furrowed.

"Heh heh, well then, who am I to refuse?" crept forward hunched and cautious, accepting the two Green Spirit Beads while thanking profusely. "Thank you, Brother ."

Fatty Xuan let out a yelp. "Chen Ge, my shoulder blade still hurts something awful. Can you take a look? I think it might be dislocated."

"A dislocated joint — is that really worth making a fuss over? You've got Six-Meridian True Qi and you can't even handle something like this?"

"Heh heh, well, you're here, aren't you?" Fatty Xuan had an awfully thick skin.

"Damn fatty." cursed under his breath but walked over anyway, reaching out to feel Fatty Xuan's shoulder blade.

In that instant, the Nine-Meridian True Qi inside 's body surged violently. The hand reaching toward Fatty Xuan clenched into a fist and smashed full-force into the fatty's chest!

Fatty Xuan cried out and stumbled backward, but he was half a beat too slow.

*Boom!*

A fist carrying the profound mystery of four-withering and four-flourishing struck home squarely.

Fatty Xuan's portly body was flung hard against the rock wall, blood gushing from his mouth.

Almost at the exact same moment struck, Huqiu Yue moved too. A short sword had appeared in his hand from somewhere, thrusting toward 's ribs like a venomous snake.

The thrust carried no flourish whatsoever — pure killing intent aimed straight at a vital point.

had clearly come prepared. Even as his fist hammered Fatty Xuan, his other hand drew the Nameless Precious Blade in a sweeping arc, deflecting the snake-like strike by a hair's breadth.

He leaped backward, angling to dodge to the side.

That was when, from the darkness, an unprompted force shot from the void straight toward him.

An arrow!

"True Qi Stream — a True Qi Master?!" 's eyes went wide. He tried to evade, but it was already too late.

The arrow, streaking like a meteor, slammed into his back with a deafening crash.

The shaft was devastatingly sharp, carrying the full蓄势 strike of a True Qi Master. It should have punched clean through his chest — but it didn't.

The arrow struck 's back with a muffled thump. Under the tremendous impact of True Qi, his body was blasted sideways more than ten meters, slamming hard into the opposite wall.

"Ugh—" A mouthful of blood sprayed from his lips.

That tremendous True Qi collision would have shattered the organs of any ordinary fighter. Though the Heavenly Silkworm Giant Whale Soft Armor protected from being pierced, the penetrating force still nearly shifted his internal organs out of place.

Spitting blood, gripped the Nameless Precious Blade and pushed himself to his feet. His Heavenly Eye Divine Pupil expanded to its absolute limit, scanning in every direction.

These people before him weren't what feared most — it was the archer hiding in the shadows that he truly worried about.

If that arrow struck him again, even if it didn't kill him, it would leave him gravely wounded.

And the opposing side actually had a True Qi Master!

"Who exactly are you people?" 's tone was calm, but his guard was at its peak. Through the Heavenly Eye Divine Pupil, all he saw were strange rock formations in every direction.

"No good — too much visual obstruction here. I'll have to use the Wind-listening Ear." The Heavenly Eye Divine Pupil couldn't locate the target, so activated the Wind-listening Ear once more.

The Wind-listening Ear could capture the faintest stir of air within a ten-li radius.

East — nothing!

West — nothing!

South — only the sounds of subterranean creatures churning through the swamp. Nothing else!

North. cocked his ear, listening with all his might, and caught a single thread of breathing — suppressed to its absolute limit. Without the Wind-listening Ear, it would have been utterly undetectable.

"North. A True Qi Master-level archer!" Having pinned down his enemy's position, felt slightly more at ease.

", you're remarkable! A mere high-stage True Qi Realm fighter, and yet you found our flaws. Impressive — truly impressive!"

The man who had impersonated tossed the two Green Spirit Beads aside, a strange smile curling at the corner of his mouth. "A pity. Today, you die — no question about it."

"Die? Even if I go down, I'll drag a few of you with me as company."

"Hmph. That punch of yours barely wounded Old Four at best. Killing him with your high-stage True Qi Realm cultivation? Absolutely impossible."

"Is that so? Then you overestimate your companion's ability to take a hit." smiled faintly.

A punch imbued with the profound mystery of the Kurong Shenquan — even if the target was a True Qi Master, a direct hit to the chest meant death. Of that much, was absolutely certain.

End of chapter 82