CHAPTER 137: CHAPTER 111 CROSS-BORDER_2

"I’m waiting for Uncle Liang’s good news."

Zhao Chuanzu waved his hand, his eyes flashing with icy coldness. If it weren’t for the residual poison in his body that hadn’t cleared and the fact that he couldn’t perform cultivation, he would have personally sought this revenge.

Liang Shi returned to another room to prepare. After changing his clothes, he vaulted over the courtyard wall and departed. Not long after leaving, he suddenly felt a slight chill on the tip of his nose... He couldn’t help but look up slightly.

"Eh, is it snowing?" He looked at the white snowflakes on his clothes and sighed softly. "Nice snow."

He failed to notice, however, that shortly after he vaulted the courtyard wall, Chen Ku was high above in the night sky, standing on the back of the Golden-eyed White Jade Sculpture. Through Night Vision and Golden Eyes Hundred Li, he observed Liang Shi’s every movement with crystal clarity, taking it all in.

This person is Zhao Chuanzu’s old servant from daytime. What is he doing going out dressed like that? He watched as Liang Shi left Zhao Chuanzu’s courtyard, frowning subconsciously, and muttered, "Going out this late?"

Chen Ku had just arrived above Zhao Chuanzu’s house and was waiting for an opportunity. He hadn’t expected to witness this scene.

But the next second, when he saw the direction the old man headed after vaulting the wall, his expression changed abruptly.

That direction... This old fiend... is he going to kill me?

In a flash, almost like lightning, Chen Ku perceived the other’s intentions and sharply grasped Zhao Chuanzu’s thoughts as well.

During the day, Zhao Chuanzu had repeatedly harbored killing intent towards him. This made Chen Ku feel that this young master must not be spared, leading him to prepare to strike early tonight and nip the threat in the bud. He hadn’t expected that the other party, all smiles during the day, was actually planning to eliminate him tonight!

Instantly, Chen Ku’s mind raced. From the departing old man’s movement technique, he had already deduced that his strength was at least on par with his master, Ke Yansheng.

The Second Realm of the Mystic Barrier Realm! A master of such a realm was planning to assassinate him tonight.

If he hadn’t left early, without any preparation... Chen Ku broke into a cold sweat.

At the same time, a chill ran down his spine as he watched the old man’s receding figure. No, this won’t do...

"I must find a way to get rid of this old fiend as well."

At this moment, facing the departing old man and Zhao Chuanzu who remained in the courtyard, Chen Ku’s eyes flickered. He had already formed a plan.

On this biting, windy night, Chen Ku, high above, retrieved the Five Thousand Stone Purple-Gold Heavenly Wolf Bow gifted to him by Chai Bao from his back. He drew the bow and, from three thousand meters up, aimed at Zhao Chuanzu, who sat on the Taishi Chair in the main hall below.

Three thousand meters in altitude. This distance had been tested by Chen Ku. With his own great strength and the bow’s power combined, the precision would not be significantly erroneous; it was the extreme limit. Any further or higher, and interference from air currents would make accuracy unreliable.

He had not yet learned any techniques of the Sky Eagle Eight Arrows, nor had he mastered the Heart-Piercing Demon Bow Force. Yet, from such a height, even a small falling pebble could kill someone due to its terrifying acceleration. An arrow shot by Chen Ku, with his tens of thousands of catties of strength and a Five Thousand Stone bow, would be far more devastating!

No need for skill, no need for techniques, only...

Sheer strength!

High altitude!

Drawing the bow!

Nocking the arrow!

From three thousand meters high, Chen Ku’s eyes flashed with a cold glint as he aimed at Zhao Chuanzu on the Taishi Chair. His fingers powerfully released the string, then he fired arrows in rapid succession!

VROOSH!

Trails of displaced air tore through the night sky, like comets falling from the heavens, whistling straight for their target!

Inside the main hall, after spitting out the poisonous blood, Zhao Chuanzu’s mouth still felt uncomfortable. He was about to take a sip of tea to rinse his mouth when, just as he lifted the teacup from the table—

WHIZZ!!

Suddenly, he heard a sound like a whistling arrow tearing through the air directly above his courtyard.

"Hmm?" Zhao Chuanzu instinctively looked up.

SWOOSH!

The roof tiles and beams instantly shattered. The cold gleam of several arrows flashed before his eyes, growing larger in his vision with terrifying speed!

THUD! THUD! THUD!

As Zhao Chuanzu’s pupils dilated, he felt his body pierced through—excruciating, terrifyingly agonizing, tearing pain...

Immediately following, a surge of great force from the impacts nailed him and the chair to the ground. The arrows penetrated deep into his body. Two pierced through his thighs, pinning them to the chair beneath him. Another arrow transfixed his chest, pinning his torso to the chair’s back!

"AAAAHHHH!!!"

Zhao Chuanzu was pinned to the chair by three horrific, penetrating arrow wounds. Consumed by intense pain, he let out a shrill scream. Almost at that instant, the roof above his head seemed to be struck by a meteor and collapsed with a thunderous crash!

A figure dived down—a man and a sculpture—tearing directly through the roof, descending from the sky!

Zhao Chuanzu watched in terrified horror. The great Sculpture descending from the sky turned into a wisp of white smoke in mid-air. In the next moment, it transformed into a terrifying white beast that lunged to devour him.

"Demon!! No!!"

Zhao Chuanzu only had time for that one, terror-filled roar. Impaled by three arrows and pinned to the chair, unable to move, he had no strength to resist. The Flower Fox Mink bit down, killing him instantly and swallowing him whole, chair and all.

[Diagram Master killed Zhao Chuanzu, gained a strand of Evil Qi...]

Chen Ku landed in the hall. He retracted the Flower Fox Mink and the Golden-eyed White Jade Sculpture, then looked towards the ruined roof. He sniffed the air.

As expected. After he deliberately collapsed the roof of Zhao Chuanzu’s room, creating such a huge commotion, the scent of Zhao Chuanzu’s old servant—who hadn’t gone far—immediately changed direction and was now rushing back.

The scent grew stronger as he sniffed. Chen Ku rummaged through the room and found a set of Zhao Chuanzu’s clothes, promptly infusing them with Zhao Chuanzu’s Evil Qi.

[Zhao Chuanzu Transform! Transform!]

[Zhao Chuanzu Transform·Shapeshifting]

[Transformation Part: 36 Acupoint-Striking Techniques]

(Still requires nine strands of First Realm Demons’ Evil Qi to achieve Transformation Level)

Chen Ku ignored this information.

[Inserted nine strands of Fire Beak Pot Evil Qi...]

[Zhao Chuanzu Transform·Shape-Shifted]

[Realm: Late Stage Inner Qi]

[Skills learned: Nine Dragons Union, Acupoint-Striking Hand...]

Chen Ku didn’t have time to examine these details. He looked down at the bloodstains on the ground, tore some clothing, and buried himself in the rubble and blood. Closing his eyes, he lay perfectly still, playing dead...

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"Young Master!!"

The roof collapsed with a resounding noise. Almost at that moment, Liang Shi, the Zhao Family’s old servant who was just two or three miles away, turned his head with a shocked expression. He looked towards the direction of the collapsed building; the commotion had come from his and the young master’s courtyard.

"Not good! Young Master!!"

The old man, a Mystic Barrier Realm expert, didn’t hesitate for a second. He sprinted madly towards his young master’s courtyard.

Under the night sky, small snowflakes fluttered chaotically in the wind. Many families living in Brocade Lane were awakened by the loud noise and came out of their homes.

WHOOSH!!

When Liang Shi returned to the courtyard, he saw that the main hall had a huge hole torn in its roof, like a gaping skylight. One-third of the building had collapsed. Beams, broken stones, and wood buried everything inside.

The old man’s gaze immediately fell on his young master, Zhao Chuanzu, whose body was half-exposed amidst the ruins.

"Young Master!!"

Liang Shi rushed forward in horror. Arriving at the ruins, he saw the young master indeed buried within. He hurriedly used his hands and feet. With his Mystic Barrier Realm strength, he cleared the wood, stones, and rubble from Zhao Chuanzu in no time.

"Young Master, Young Master, how are you..."

The old man sensed that his young master was still breathing. He anxiously shook the body, but Zhao Chuanzu showed no sign of waking.

Although he didn’t know what had just happened to the young master, as a loyal old servant, his first instinct was to carry Zhao Chuanzu on his back and rush to the Twin Rivers Guild for medical treatment.

"Young Master, hold on..."

But just as the old man hoisted Zhao Chuanzu onto his back, the young man’s eyes suddenly snapped open.

The hands resting on the old man’s shoulders abruptly channeled the Xu Family Inheritance’s Ultimate Skill, the Mountain-Lifting Palm’s ’Mountain Roar Tsunami Seal’...

WHAM!!

The two palms struck like smashing a watermelon, carrying the force of a mountain’s roar and a tsunami’s crash, landing precisely on the old man’s temples.

Inner Qi killed Mystic Barrier.

BANG!!

The old servant had no time to react or prepare. Suddenly, it was as if two massive hammers, each weighing tens of thousands of catties, had simultaneously struck his temples!

SPURT!!

In an instant, terrifying Qi Power poured into his brain. Blood flowed from the old man’s seven orifices, and his full head of gray hair explosively stood on end.