Chapter 124
"Qiu Hu, are you crazy?"
Zhao Kuo swung his sword to resist Qiu Hu's attack and roared:
"Do you know who I am? Elder Wu Qishan is my godfather! If you dare to attack me, my godfather will never spare you!"
But Qiu Hu still had no expression on his face, and he kept thrusting out one shot after another like a machine.
Qingtian Sect has many techniques, but there are very few people who practice spears, and Qiu Hu is the leader among them.
He shot out like a dragon, and every time he attacked, he used all his strength, making the always proud Zhao Kuo look increasingly ugly.
Coupled with the sneak attack by Qiu Hu just now, Zhao Kuo's attack speed has obviously slowed down, and it is somewhat difficult to withstand Qiu Hu's offensive.
Zhao Kuo's expression changed drastically, and he quickly shouted to a hundred close disciples who were watching the battle not far away:
"Don't you have eyes?! Come together and stop this mad dog for me!"
But a group of disciples didn't dare to step forward at all, not to mention they knew clearly that if the fight continued like this, Zhao Kuo would definitely die first.
Once these minions got close, they were just cannon fodder, so they simply ignored Zhao Kuo's call and ran further away.
"Bastard!" Zhao Kuo roared angrily: "Qiu Hu attacked me in front of you. If I die, will he let you go?!"
A group of disciples are not fools. Of course they know that Zhao Kuo is telling the truth, but so what, facing Qiu Hu in the early Yuan Dan realm, they have no courage to step forward!
At this time, Qiu Hu thrust out a spear and instantly broke through Zhao Kuo's true energy defense. The tip of the spear stirred up a cloud of blood mist on Zhao Kuo's chest.
Zhao Kuo's face became increasingly ugly. He knew that if he continued, he would really die.
For a moment, Zhao Kuo couldn't care less about his face and couldn't be arrogant anymore. He slashed open the incoming spear with one knife, turned around and ran away as fast as possible.
Qiu Hu was originally here to kill Zhao Kuo, so how could he give up.
He moved his feet and followed closely.
Seeing the two figures disappearing deep into the jungle, the remaining one hundred Qingtian Sect disciples didn't know what to do for a moment.
One of them trembled and said:
"Should we catch up? If something happens to Uncle Zhao Kuo, we may not survive."
Someone next to me roared:
"Qiu Hu doesn't want to live! Rather than die here with Master Zhao Kuo, why don't we return to Qingzhou now and report Qiu Hu's betrayal to the sect, so that we at least have a chance to avenge Elder Zhao Kuo!"
"Yes!" Others agreed, "We can't help if we stay. Instead, we will all be killed by Qiu Hu. Then the truth will be sealed forever."
A group of people finally found an excuse for their cowardice, so they felt much more magnanimous.
They turned around quickly and planned to take the boat building back to Qingzhou.
But when they boarded the ship and planned to activate it, they were horrified to find that all the True Essence Stones on the ship were missing! Not a single one is left!
Their faces were pale. Without the True Essence Stone, the boathouse would have no power. They couldn't row back to Qingzhou by manpower, right?
"Go to the cabin that Qiu Hu brought!"
The next moment, a hundred people were running wildly on the sea, jumping onto the ship's roof brought by Qiu Hu.
But this time they finally gave up.
Because all the true essence stones on the ship's upper floor were also missing.
A disciple who thought he was smart was thinking rapidly and suddenly growled:
"Qiu Hu must have an accomplice. When he was fighting Uncle Zhao Kuo, that accomplice took the opportunity to steal all the True Essence Stones. They wanted to cut off our escape route. They really planned to kill us too."
"For a moment, everyone was outraged."
This disciple who thought he was smart thought for a moment and suddenly said:
"For the current plan, we can only pray that Uncle Zhao Kuo can survive, but this possibility is too small."
The people next to him quickly gave suggestions, "How about we hide in the woods first, and when the boathouse comes next time, we will identify ourselves again. Then we can return to Qingzhou and report the whole matter to the sect."
"Yes! With so many of us not going back, the sect will definitely become suspicious and send people to look for us."
Without any hesitation, a hundred people jumped down from the ship building and ran quickly into the dense forest, but in the opposite direction of Zhao Kuo and Qiu Hu.
This is a disciple of the Qingtian Sect, who has the strength of the Qi Gathering Realm.
In a cave on a cliff.
Xiao Zhan looked at the pile of True Essence Stones behind him, with a flash of doubt in his eyes.
It can be seen that the man named Zhao Kuo and these hundred Qi Gathering Realm people are obviously coming for Yanlong City.
But why did the man named Qiu Hu take action against Zhao Kuo? Aren't they all from Qingzhou Qingtian Sect?
Since he couldn't figure it out, Xiao Zhan didn't think about it anymore.
Seeing that one hundred Qingtian Sect disciples had completely disappeared, Xiao Zhan jumped onto the sea with hundreds of True Essence Stones.
After a while, Xiao Zhan drove the two shipbuildings to a bay thousands of miles away and hid them in a reef cave.
Then Xiao Zhan returned again and began to absorb the energy in the True Essence Stone as quickly as possible.
A few hours later, thousands of true essence stones turned into powder.
Xiao Zhan's strength took a step further, and his strength in the late stage of Qi Gathering Realm was completely stabilized.
But Xiao Zhan didn't know that even a genius like Fang Yu would need at least two months to absorb the energy contained in so many true essence stones, but Xiao Zhan only took a few hours.
Xiao Zhan was worried about the safety of Yanlong City, so he ran towards Yanlong City at an extremely fast speed, like a black lightning flashing through the dense forest.
Of course, Xiao Zhan has been observing the movements around him. If Zhao Kuo and that Qiu Hu discover him, he may fall into a situation of eternal disaster.
In fact, Zhao Kuo did escape in the direction of Yanlong City.
This was the only route he had. Since Fang Qunfeng and the others could go back and forth along this route, it at least meant that this route was relatively safe.
Zhao Kuo knew very well that even if everyone despised Huangzhou, if he dared to run rampant in Huangzhou, he might lose his life on this land.
He looked back at Qiu Hu, who was getting closer and closer to him, and shouted:
"Qiu Hu, what on earth are you going to do! Stop, let's talk!"
Qiu Hu remained silent. He thrust out the spear in his hand, and the sharp spear intent exploded instantly, forming an illusory spear more than ten meters long. The next moment, it pierced Zhao Kuo's butt.
Zhao Kuo groaned, gritted his teeth and speeded up again.
Zhao Kuo's injuries became more and more serious, and his aura continued to decline. He knew that he could not escape.
He simply stopped, clenched the ring-headed sword in his hand, and roared at Qiu Hu:
"You forced me to do it, go to hell!"
While speaking, Zhao Kuo suddenly threw a milky white ball the size of an egg.
For the first time, there was a look in Qiu Hu's eyes. He quickly stepped back, turned around and ran away.
The next moment, a devastating explosion sounded in the dense forest.
Dozens of miles away.
Xiao Zhan frowned, feeling the vibrations on the ground and the violent explosion in the air.
Not only that, he clearly saw that the high mountain dozens of miles away suddenly turned into a bare appearance, and black smoke like a mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
If Yanlong Kingdom's long-range attack weapons hadn't been in place yet, Xiao Zhan would have thought that the explosion was caused by Yanlong City's attack on someone.
So, in today's deserted state, who is most likely to cause such a violent explosion?
There is a high probability that only Qiu Hu and Zhao Kuo will be left.
This is obviously a big move. Who can win?
If Zhao Kuo wins, then Yanlong City will be in danger.
In order to get accurate information, Xiao Zhan's eyes sharpened and he rushed towards the direction of the explosion at full speed.
The distance of dozens of miles can be reached in a short time for Xiao Zhan today.
When he saw the bare mountain in front of him at close range and the dust filling the air, Xiao Zhan's expression became more solemn.
He had fought with Fang Qunfeng, and had just witnessed the battle between Zhao Kuo and Qiu. What was certain was that the Yuan Dan realm would never be able to cause such great damage.
Then Zhao Kuo or Qiu Hu must have used some secret weapon.
Sure enough, Xiao Zhan hid behind a huge rock and clearly heard Zhao Kuo's arrogant and cold voice, full of murderous intent and anger:
"Qiu Hu, you forced me to do this!"
Zhao Kuo roared angrily:
"If my godfather hadn't given me this annihilation bead at the early stage of Dan Lake Realm, I would really have fallen into your hands today."
Hearing the words 'Meeting Pearl', Xiao Zhan guessed that it should be the same as the Holy Meteor Pearl. When a strong man fell, he sealed the whole body's true energy in his bones. After the body was incinerated, the Death Pearl was formed. , contains huge power.
Xiao Zhan looked heavy.
Zhao Kuo won and Yanlong City was in danger.
But just when Xiao Zhan was about to leave, another weak voice suddenly sounded:
"A Destruction Bead from the early stage of the Dan Lake Realm is really a waste if it is used on me."
"Qiu Hu! How can you still be alive!" Zhao Kuo's voice was full of disbelief.
Not to mention that Qiu Hu was only at the early stage of the Yuan Dan realm, even if he was at the peak of the Yuan Dan realm, there was absolutely no way he could have survived the explosion just now!
Unless Qiu Hu is wearing some kind of armor!
Sure enough, the dust gradually dispersed, revealing Qiu Hu covered in blood.
The cloth on his body had disappeared, revealing a set of dark purple soft armor.
"Purple Spirit Soft Armor!" Zhao Kuo's face became extremely gloomy: "Isn't this the treasure that Fang Qunfeng got decades ago? How come it's on you!?"
Qiu Hu did not speak, but once again mobilized the true energy in his body, and the spear in his hand glowed with a cold light.
"I know!" Zhao Kuo's eyes were blood red, "Fang Qunfeng asked you to kill me!"
"Qiu Hu, whatever benefits Fang Qunfeng promised you, I can give you double, triple, five times, or ten times!"
"Not only that, I can also make the decision and let you join my adoptive father and become his confidant. This is also a rare opportunity for you. Maybe you will have the opportunity to serve as the elder of our Qingtian Sect in the future."
Qiu Hu was not a man of many words. He raised his spear and rushed in front of Zhao Kuo in a flash. The tip of the spear pierced Zhao Kuo's heart.
Although Qiu Hu relied on the purple spirit soft armor to survive the explosion just now, he also suffered serious internal injuries.
This puts the two of them at the same starting point again, and it’s unclear which way the balance of victory will fall.
Zhao Kuo can become a Yuandan realm master, so he will naturally not be afraid of fighting. Now that the two are evenly matched, he roared, waved the ring-headed sword in his hand, and fought with Qiu Hu.
Suddenly, strong winds blew across the bare mountains, stirring up dust all over the sky and making thunderous explosions.
After a while, the aura of the two of them became more and more decadent, and there were more and more wounds on their bodies.
At a certain moment, the two of them fell to the ground at the same time, gasping for air.
But the next moment, the two jumped up at the same time and bombarded each other again.
Xiao Zhan, on the other hand, was hiding not far away, watching the battle expressionlessly.
To a certain extent, the best outcome for Yanlong City is for these two people to die together.
But just now Zhao Kuo said that it was Fang Qunfeng who asked Qiu Hu to kill him. The reason behind this deserves careful scrutiny.
In almost an instant, Xiao Zhan figured it out.
It seemed that Fang Qunfeng had already seen clearly the drama played by Fang Yu, but he just didn't reveal the truth.
And he asked Qiu Hu to assassinate Zhao Kuo, naturally to prevent the lie from being exposed, and also to protect himself and Fang Yu.
Xiao Zhan was a little distracted. He had to admit that even he had misjudged Fang Qunfeng. Fang Qunfeng was also a figure worthy of admiration.
Since the help has already served this purpose, Xiao Zhan can no longer just sit back and watch.
He quietly approached the battle, less than thirty meters away from the two people fighting.
At a certain moment, Zhao Kuo and Qiu Hu flew out at the same time.
What a coincidence, Zhao Kuo happened to fly towards Xiao Zhan.
"Bang!" Zhao Kuo's body hit a broken boulder. He opened his mouth and spit out a large mouthful of blood, mixed with visceral fragments. There was very little real energy left in the whole person.
Qiu Hu on the opposite side also lost his combat effectiveness.
If no one intervenes, it's still unclear who will win after the two recover.
It's a pity that Xiao Zhan is here.
Zhao Kuo, who was leaning against the broken stone and panting violently, was about to shout to Qiu Hu when suddenly he felt a murderous aura coming from behind.
Out of instinct, Zhao Kuo wanted to dodge, but he had no strength at all, so he could only turn his head with difficulty, his blood-red eyes full of resentment.
"Uh-huh!"
The red dragon sword slashed through, and the black sword light flashed away.
Zhao Kuo's eyes widened angrily, his pupils kept dilating, and his eyes gradually lost their luster.
Xiao Zhan reached out and touched Zhao Kuo's body and found a small bag of true essence stones. In addition, there was a delicate green jade pendant.
On the opposite side, Qiu Hu, who had lost all his strength, suddenly stood up, panting heavily, holding his spear tightly and looking at Xiao Zhan warily.
Although he felt that Xiao Zhan was only at the late stage of Qi Gathering Realm, it was still very dangerous for him to be seriously injured.
Xiao Zhan also looked at Qiu Hu warily and asked in a deep voice:
"Did Fang Qunfeng ask you to come?"
Qiu Hu didn't speak or nod.
Xiao Zhan said again: "If Fang Qunfeng asked you to come, then we are not enemies."
A flash of understanding flashed in Qiu Hu's eyes, he sat down cross-legged, then looked at Xiao Zhan and said:
"I want that jade pendant."
Xiao Zhan frowned, "What's the reason?"
Although Qiu Hu was covered with wounds, his face remained expressionless, as if he was not the one injured.
"This jade pendant belongs to the dead daughter of an elder of the Qingtian Sect. When it appears at Zhao Kuo's place, the matter is obviously not simple."
Xiao Zhan's expression darkened, "You want to blame that elder for Zhao Kuo's death. Isn't that inappropriate?"
Qiu Hu snorted coldly: "That elder deserves to die! Isn't it good to let them bite dogs?"
Xiao Zhan didn't say anything more and threw the jade pendant directly to Qiu Hu.
Qiu Hu took the jade pendant and stood up to leave.
Xiao Zhan suddenly said:
"What about the one hundred Qingtian Sect disciples?"
Qiu Hu did not look back, but said coldly:
"I will kill them all before leaving Huangzhou!"
When Qiu Hu staggered out for a hundred meters, Xiao Zhan suddenly shouted:
"Since you know who I am, don't you want to kill me? Aren't the people in Huangzhou all remnants in your eyes? Kill me, and you can go back and receive the reward!"
Qiu Hu turned around and looked at Xiao Zhan coldly:
"You don't need to test me. Your origins have nothing to do with me! Your life and death have nothing to do with me either."
"I came to kill Zhao Kuo to repay Fang Qunfeng's kindness. It has nothing to do with you."
