Path to Heaven

Chapter 171: Extremely Treacherous Assassination

“How can this be? Nangong Yuqing and Han Weiwei couldn’t fathom this at all.

Evidently by the rate of how those cultivators were casting skill techniques, even if each held more than ten Energy Recovery Pellets with them, it would be impossible to sustain them.

“I’m going to take a look.” After pausing silently for a brief while, Wei Suo couldn’t resist the urge and informed Nangong Yuqing and Han Weiwei.

“No, don’t.” Looking at the current state of Guhuai Manor, Nangong Yuqing immediately shook her head and rejected. “It is too dangerous now.”

Wei Suo replied, “If I don’t go now, it seems the remaining demonic beasts wouldn’t hold up against them. That would translate to us delivering a fortune to them.”

Han Weiwei contemplated a little before nodding. “Then we’ll go together.”

“I alone will be enough.” Wei Suo shook his head and refused.

“Why, do you think I’m a burden?” Han Weiwei fumed. “I already told you previously, and I’m also a Heavenly Circuit Stage cultivator. If you ever deem me as a burden, I will definitely fall out with you.”

“I didn’t even say you were a burden.” Wei Suo waved his hand as he offered a flustered expression. After a hesitating a little, he continued. “I have an artifact that only I can use, I cannot bring along others.”

“What artifact?” This time, Han Weiwei became rather curious. All along, she felt that Wei Suo was an enigma of unexpected things; could it be, he has obtained yet another weird item?

“Just wait and see. Looking at the current state, they shouldn’t be able to detect me if I sneak up to them.” Wei Suo straightforwardly retrieved his concealment robe and pulled it over him.

“A concealment artifact robe?” Han Weiwei eyes popped widely, as Wei Suo’s body blurred beneath her very eyes, before turning transparent and finally disappearing from sight.

Nangong Yuqing was similarly stunned but instead quickly recovered. “Wei Suo, is that artifact robe forged from the exterior of that Elder Mind Devouring Bug?”

“Indeed, this is something that preserves my life, something I absolutely cannot leak to others.” When Wei Suo’s voice drifted out, he also became rather nervous. This was because when acquiring this artifact robe then, he had never expected he would be using it to peep at Ji Ya from close up. If Ji Ya had told Han Weiwei about that, then the truth would’ve been revealed.

Nevertheless, Wei Suo heaved a sigh of relief. He could tell that Ji Ya obviously hadn’t told Han Weiwei about the grievances she had suffered, or perhaps, Han Weiwei was still clueless about her visit to Sky Valley. Han Weiwei had merely harrumphed snobbishly and replied unhappily. “Fine, I understand, I won’t tell anyone.”

“Then you guys wait here for me. Once everything is settled, I will activate my Firecloud. Once you see the Firecloud, you can come here.”

After advising them on what to do, Han Weiwei and Nangong Yuqing observed as a nearly transparent reflection started secretly stealthing away.

……

Wei Suo was feeling rather at ease, as he audaciously approached Guhuai Manor.

At present, all the demonic beasts that had flooded in from the surrounding square radius of 1-2 thousand li, were on the verge of eradication. As such, Wei Suo didn’t have to worry about accidentally startling any demonic beast.

The scene ahead could only be described as tragically savage.

Of the forty plus Tetrasea Hall cultivators, there were now only 10 plus left. Surrounding them, various heaps of demonic beast carcasess were sprawled disorderly and heaped up. Amidst them were the mutilated corpses of many cultivators. Fresh blood and demonic beast fluids blended together, releasing a rich stench of reeking blood.

After stealthing for roughly 300 metres, Wei Suo stood firmly behind the carcass of an Ivorystone Fanged Beast. Without a sound, his eyes were scanning around in judgement.

Only 13 cultivators remaining of the Tetrasea Hall.

With a sweep of his Aura Determining Technique, he determined 10 of them to be Heavenly Circuit cultivators, while the other 3 were Divine Sea cultivators.

Of the two Heavenly Circuit stage level 3 cultivators, one was a monk with disheveled hair, while the other was a middle aged cultivator in violet robes with a fair face without facial hair. Very clearly, they were the Goldhoop Monk and Huang Tianya that Ye Guwei had mentioned.

After composedly beholding all these, Wei Suo’s eyes welled up with astonishment.

Currently fiercely campaigning against those cultivators, was a pack of upper-tier level 4 Phoenixtail Blaze Crows as the primary aerialforce, while 20 plus mid-tier level 4 Toxic Armoured Stingbeasts as the primary groundforce.

The Phoenixtail Blaze Crow could spit out fire pearls from afar. Not only did they possess devastating might, they also had supreme speed. The Toxic Armoured Stingbeast was a demonic beast that resembled a porcupine, except, its back hoursed strands of profound iron like toxic stings that could be shot out. Moreover, its black carapace shell was immensely solid, and even a Half-spirit class artifact would require several attempts to break it.

Right now, only 5 artifact shields remained covering those 13 cultivators. Those artifact shields were riddled with wounds and were quickly approaching a crisis. They could only shield against a good region of their top. As for artifacts that were still perfectly intact, only 7-8 remained.

Lodged between dozens of random level 2 and 3 demonic beasts, those Phoenixtail Blaze Crows would’ve laid waste to any other random group of 13 cultivators.

Moreover, a sliver of Skycloud Essence had probably rubbed off some of these cultivators when they examined the jade talisman or cloth from before. Who could tell, if their corpses would be raped after being slaughtered.

However, this group of Tetrasea Hall cultivators had actually occupied the advantage.

The decisive factor was due to the Goldhoop Monk, Huang Tianya, another Heavenly Circuit Stage level 2 cultivator in pure white robes, and those two gorgeous female Divine Sea Stage level 5 cultivators.

A golden buddhist staff was floating atop these cultivators. Evidently, that was the Spirit class artifact that Ye Guwei had mentioned about.

Every time the Goldhoop Monk channeled in a massive influx of true energy, those 9 golden hoops of the staff could collide with great ferocity; thereby releasing an extraordinary circular sonic wave, that swept through a 60 metres radius. Even the Phoenixtail Blaze Crow that got struck by the sonic wave would clearly turn sluggish, as though they were stunned.

As for that Heavenly Circuit Stage level 2 cultivator, he would conjure up a hundred white glacic blades every time he attacked. Not only were those glacic blades close to the might of a Half-spirit class artifact, they even emanated a biting cold air; which similarly impeded the movements of surrounding demonic beasts. With one desperately activating his artifact weapon, and one desperately conjuring up his skill technique, the surrounding demonic beasts could fundamentally only display half their true killing potential.

Meanwhile, the skill techniques exhibited by the two Divine Sea Stage level 5 beauties were extremely peculiar. They both summoned pigeon egg sized blue dan-pearls with exceedingly dense chilling yin aura. Those two dan-pearls didn’t appear to materialize from skill technique, but also didn’t seem to be artifacts. Instead, they looked just like the dan-pellets of demonic beasts. When the two voluptuous breasts, plump buttocks peerless beauties activated the two blue dan-pearls, they resembled a demonic beast summoning out its demonic dan-pellet. They could will those dan-pearls to freely attack anywhere they pleased within a radius of 90 metres. Moreover, their might surpassed that of Half-spirit class artifacts; slaying a Phoenixtail Blaze Crow with merely two strikes.

In contrast, the most horrifying was still Huang Tianya’s skill technique. Cyan-black sinister aura churned turbulently as he cast his techniques. Within a split second, they would morph into half a human-sized ghastly claw that would reach up and grip demonic beasts. Any demonic beast that was gripped could only wrestle a little before perishing.

“That skill technique actually resembles the Vanquishing Yin Fiendclaws of the past Black Mountain Sect. If one trains that skill technique to a superb level, it can even grip and destroy flying swords or artifacts. I wonder what the depth of level this brat has trained it to, whether he possesses such prowess yet.”

At this moment, the green-gowned Old Man’s voice suddenly rung in Wei Suo’s ears, Evidently, he was rather intrigued by the might of Huang Tianya’s skill technique.

At this moment, Wei Suo was hugely alarmed. He finally could behold what was it that allowed them to hold on until now, and could even aid them in occupying the advantage.

Clearly, the rate of true energy consumption from them activating artifacts and skill techniques was extremely intense. However, they were incessantly popping pellet medicines like the Energy Recovery Pellet into their mouths. It was as though their bodies contained an unceasingly supply of pellet medicines.

This was truly strange!

One must understand, perhaps a cultivator would prepare a shocking amount of pellet medicines like the Golden Spirit Pellet when going into closed door meditation. However, one wouldn’t simply carry hundreds of Energy Recovering pellet medicines. Nonetheless, all thirteen cultivators seemed to be in possession with an unending stream of Energy Recovery pellets.

If Wei Suo didn’t make a move now, the remaining demonic beasts would surely be cleanly eradicated.

After pondering silently a little, Wei Suo quietly produced that invisible bone spur artifact weapon, while simultaneously retrieving the Beast Slaving Pouch that contained his Mind Devouring Bug.

With a flicker in his eyes, Wei Suo stealthily unleashed his invisible bone spur artifact at a blue robed cultivator, who was maintaining two artifact shields.

Su! A gentle stabbed resounding without a single warning. Instantly, a bloody hole was drilled through that blue robed cultivator’s throat. Then, the two artifact shields before him instantly crashed down.

“What’s going on!”

A skinny old man in earth-yellow robed beside him immediately revealed a deathly white expression. He scrambled panically to seize the two artifact shields before activating them once again.

“Pu!”

Without halting, that white robed cultivator who was unleashing the hundred glacic blades, abruptly found a bloody hole opening up on his forehead!

“A cultivator is sneakily attacking us!”

“Concealment artifact!”

At this moment, the remaining Tetrasea Hall cultivators could roughly identify, that at the instant blood spurt from that white robed cultivator’s forehead, a flying shade of blood could be seen. However, as the blood scattered, that shade had vanished without a trace.

Originally becoming joyous with an excited countenance, Huang Tianya’s eyes now shone with horror. Because regardless of his naked eye or sweeping with his divine sense, he couldn’t notice a trace of the cultivator’s figure. It was as though the opponent was a diabolical, invisible demon!