Chapter 280

Chapter 280: The Death of Yao Wu

Under the Second Level talisman, Xu Tian and that Gu Master erupted with spiritual light all over their bodies, exposing large patches of flesh and blood; their aura wilted.

They fought back with all their might and barely survived.

Even so, they were still heavily injured; their eyes stared at Zhou Luo in disbelief, completely stunned that he still had such a trump card.

"Hehe, is this your greatest reliance?" Xu Tian sneered coldly.

Although she was severely injured, it was not fatal, and she still had the possibility to counterattack; moreover, they had another companion.

From within the house, an old man in a gray robe holding a formation disk came out; he frowned and stared intently at Zhou Luo opposite him.

And that Gu Master released a golden Gu insect; it was a living creature resembling a flying bird, its entire body covered with runes, with crimson eyes flashing with an enchanting glimmer of light.

Xu Tian, with her right hand, took out a deep blue talisman that emanated terrifying power—it was a top-quality talisman.

In their eyes, Zhou Luo had already lost his trump card; from now on, he was nothing but a lamb to the slaughter.

Zhou Luo’s heart was as tranquil as still water.

It seemed that only these three people from the Hehuan Sect had come; if there were others, when he used the lightning talisman earlier, they would likely have been revealed.

Even if they hadn’t appeared earlier, they should have emerged and captured him decisively.

"Are there only three of you?" he asked calmly.

"I alone am enough to kill you," that gray-robed old man uttered coldly.

From the beginning to the end, he hadn’t taken much action and wasn’t affected by the talisman; he was still at peak condition.

Although he was just a formation master, he had cultivation at the ninth level of Qi Refinement, so he was utterly fearless.

Speaking of which, this time, to kill someone in the Immortal City, the Hehuan Sect had gone to great lengths, actually mobilizing two powerful cultivators at the ninth level of Qi Refinement and one at the eighth level of Qi Refinement.

Precisely because of that, the three of them felt confident that they could handle him easily.

The only surprise was that Second Level talisman.

But it didn’t matter; now that he had lost his greatest trump card, he was just like fish on a chopping block.

The corners of Zhou Luo’s mouth lifted.

Since everyone had gathered, there was no need to hold back.

With a slight movement of his mind, a white light flashed before him.

Meow—

The next second, Little White burst out of the void and landed before the three people.

Looking at this pure white little cat, a flicker of confusion appeared in the three people’s eyes.

"Deal with them," Zhou Luo ordered aloud.

Little White emitted a spiritual light all over its body; under the glow, those crystal-clear eyes shone with stabbing radiance.

Suddenly, a terrifying pressure pressed down, as if a mountain peak was crashing toward them.

The three hadn’t even reacted; then their bodies grew heavy, and with a thud, all were pinned to the ground.

They were dumbfounded, waves of shock surging in their hearts.

Second Level Spirit Beast!

The three of them never expected that the opponent actually had a Second Level Spirit Beast.

How was this possible?

How could such a precious thing be in his hands.

Moreover, its overwhelming power was even more terrifying than an ordinary Second Level Spirit Beast.

Instantly, they felt immense fear, but under the pressure of the Second Level Spirit Beast, their bodies couldn’t move at all, and they couldn’t even manage to open their mouths and beg for mercy.

For this overwhelming advantage, Little White didn’t even need to use Illusionary Power to handle it easily.

The rest was naturally left to Zhou Luo.

He coolly walked toward the three, raised the Shuo Feng sword in his hand, and with swift movements, under their horrified gazes, the sword sliced down.

Splatter—

Heads separated from bodies, leaving a large pool of blood.

Indifferently, he gathered the storage bags from them and released flames to burn their three corpses right there.

With the hidden formation in place, it was likely unknown to the outside world what had happened here.

As for Little White, it fixed eyes on that golden Gu insect, pounced over, and began devouring it greedily.

Without time to inspect the spoils, Zhou Luo quickly walked into the house.

Inside, the place was a total mess, with various Gu insect bodies strewn about, clearly the aftermath of intense fighting.

He began searching room by room.

Soon, he found Yao Wu collapsed in a pool of blood.

At that moment, her face was deathly pale, without a hint of color, blood leaking from the corner of her mouth, and all vitality in her body seemed gone, as if she had already died.

Zhou Luo frowned.

The thing he feared most had happened.

He moved swiftly to Yao Wu’s side and saw that her beautiful eyes were dimly shut, filled with sword scars and covered in blood all over her body. The deadliest wound was the deep gash on her neck, horrifying to behold.

It was clearly the handiwork of Xu Tian, that woman.

Zhou Luo extended his right hand and released his mental strength, wanting to see if she was truly beyond saving.

Normally speaking, with so much blood loss and her whole body that cold, she should have been dead for sure.

But when Zhou Luo probed with his mental strength, he was surprised to find a faint thread of life still present.

His gaze settled on her chest area; under contact with his mental strength, a glimmer appeared there, as if something was protecting her heart meridian.

He channeled more mental strength, and in his vision, a blood-red Gu insect suddenly appeared, perched over Yao Wu’s heart, radiating a mysterious power from its entire body.

Heart-protecting Gu insect!

Zhou Luo recognized this Gu insect instantly.

It was a top-grade Gu insect, extremely rare, capable of releasing power when someone is near death to protect the heart meridian and temporarily preserve a thread of life.

Probably, after killing her, Xu Tian was too busy contacting him to check properly.

With this Gu insect in place, Yao Wu still had a slim chance to survive temporarily.

But this chance was very small, especially since her entire body was saturated with deathly aura.

Zhou Luo decisively took out a potion and gave it to her mouth.

This was his specially crafted healing potion, and even a top-quality potion. Though unable to achieve Bringing the Dead Back to Life, it could repair external wounds and buy more time before death.

Besides the potion, he also took out an upper-level symbols and applied it to her chest.

The talisman emitted flecks of green light and began mending the injuries.

The external wounds could be fixed; even the sword scar on her neck didn’t matter that much. The true problem was that she had bled too long, the vitality in her body was exhausted, and her Qi sea was also damaged.

To recover fully, ordinary potions definitely wouldn’t work; at least a Second Level top-quality potion or even Third Level potions were necessary.

This was beyond Zhou Luo’s ability. Holding Yao Wu’s wrist, he found her completely drained, like a lamp with no oil left.

Rekindling the vitality inside her would be incredibly hard.

Moreover, she seemed poisoned; the poison was slowly eating away at her body. If not for the Heart-protecting Gu insect, she would have died already.

The poisoning was something Zhou Luo could handle; the real question was how to heal the internal damage within her.

Zhou Luo pondered constantly.

He wasn’t a second level Pill Master; his only Second Level skills were in poison and talismans, but neither helped her at all.

Besides that, the only chance was for a Foundation Establishment strong person to step in and treat her.

But this was entirely unfeasible.

Not only did Zhou Luo know no Foundation Establishment strong persons, but even if he did, would they choose to help?

He firmly dismissed that idea. So what other methods were there?