102: God assists

Xiao Shi personally witnessed these three Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection experts transform from an imposing blur into expressions of fear and alarm in just one second.

Thud!

He pulled the trigger of his short crossbow.

A flash of light.

An arrow, only six inches long, instantly shot out from the short crossbow.

It tore through the air.

Suspended on this seemingly ordinary arrow was an invisible Wandering Soul, giving the arrow extremely terrifying lethality.

Even a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert... could not withstand such an arrow!

Although this arrow could only kill one person.

But Xiao Shi believed that with the deterrence he had currently established, after he took down one person, the other two would surely not have any thought of fighting him.

After all, they didn't know he could only fire one arrow.

Whoosh!

The entire arrow flew forward like lightning.

Xiao Shi chose the Black-Clothed Youth, who had the strongest Qi Strength fluctuations among the three; this person was clearly the leader of the trio, so he naturally became the target.

At this moment, the Black-Clothed Youth also felt an unprecedented great crisis.

He only felt a chill run through his body.

One foot seemed to have already stepped into the gates of hell.

At this critical moment of life and death.

A hint of madness suddenly flickered in his eyes.

With a low roar.

Most of the black bandages wrapped around his body shattered, causing his aura and the Qi Vortex within him to all become violent!

His speed surged.

Just as the arrow was about to reach him.

He erupted with all his speed, directly flashing behind his companion on the left, and mercilessly struck his companion's back with a palm.

Boom!

His companion beside him was instantly sent flying by his palm, actively colliding with the incoming arrow.

With a pfft sound.

His body was directly pierced by the arrow.

Instant death!

Until the moment of his death... he never expected that the Black-Clothed Youth would use him as a shield.

The other Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert standing by was also stunned.

The Black-Clothed Youth, meanwhile, was panting continuously.

In that short instant.

His entire body was already drenched in cold sweat.

His face still showed the lingering fear of having escaped a disaster.

It was only when he noticed that the arrow slowly dissipated after killing its target that he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

But just then.

A black Wandering Soul suddenly emerged from the corpse of his deceased companion.

The Black-Clothed Youth's eyes suddenly widened.

His nerves, which had just relaxed, instantly tensed up again.

He clearly realized.

The danger had not been averted!

He immediately began to retreat rapidly without hesitation.

And during his retreat, a fierce glint flashed in his eyes, and he directly attacked, injuring his other companion, making it so that the other party's escape speed was not as fast as his.

Ensuring that he would not be the primary target!

He knew.

If both of them tried to escape at the same time.

The enemy would likely kill him first!

That previous arrow was aimed at him!

Only by injuring the other person would he not become the enemy's priority target for elimination.

Because there was someone easier to kill.

"Senior Brother Nalan, you..."

The Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple, injured by the Black-Clothed Youth, was thrown through the air, crashing heavily to the ground; his entire back was caved in by the Black-Clothed Youth's palm, his bones and tendons shattered, and he vomited blood.

He had never expected that his close friend in the sect would make such a move in a moment of crisis.

However, the Black-Clothed Youth didn't even look back.

He just kept running frantically forward.

They were already very close to the exit, and after a frantic sprint, the Black-Clothed Youth successfully rushed out of the secret realm.

And even after exiting the secret realm, his speed did not slow down at all; he continued to run for his life at maximum speed.

He dared not pause for a moment, nor did he dare to look back.

Not only did these two Flying Origin Palace core direct disciples not expect the Black-Clothed Youth to backstab them, but even Xiao Shi was impressed by his actions... Originally, he was still a bit hesitant about whether to use this newly born Wandering Soul to kill another Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert.

After all, the Wandering Soul of a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert was also very important; if he could accumulate this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection Wandering Soul into his bracelet, there might be hope of upgrading the Battle Soul within the bracelet to the Blood Martial Realm!

But similarly.

If he used this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection Wandering Soul to kill a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert, then one more item would drop!

What a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert dropped were high-quality items.

Precisely what Xiao Shi currently lacked.

One was a Blood Martial Realm Battle Soul.

The other was a high-quality Qi Warrior Grade item.

Xiao Shi couldn't help but hesitate.

Although after this Wandering Soul killed someone, another Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection Wandering Soul might be born, the probability was still only fifty percent... But now Xiao Shi no longer needed to agonize.

With the Black-Clothed Youth's attack, this Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple had already suffered severe injuries; Xiao Shi mused that he might be able to kill him even without using this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection Wandering Soul!

"This is truly... a divine assist!"

Xiao Shi couldn't help but exclaim.

If the other party hadn't escaped so quickly.

He felt that he could have even used this Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection Wandering Soul to deal with him as well.

Looking at the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple lying on the ground, continuously vomiting blood, Xiao Shi sighed.

"Being backstabbed like this must feel terrible, let me help you end your suffering."

Whoosh!

Xiao Shi flipped his hand and took out the Qi Severing Blade, and with the infusion of numerous Taiyin Qi Strength within his body, it transformed into a Qi Blade form.

The deep black Qi Blade detached from Xiao Shi's palm.

It flew directly towards the distant Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple.

The airflow in the air was sliced by the flying Qi Blade, and in a blink of an eye, it reached the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple.

Blade Qi surged, whistling down to strike!

Chirp!

A stream of Qi Strength emerged from the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple, and after colliding with the Qi Blade that Xiao Shi had sent down.

The entire Qi Severing Blade in its Qi Blade form was directly blasted back from its Qi Blade form to its normal state.

Those Taiyin Qi Strength that had vaporized the Qi Severing Blade were instantly shattered by the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple's Qi Strength, causing the entire Qi Severing Blade not only to return to its normal state but also to be sent spinning far away in the air.

Although the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple knew his chances of survival were slim, he couldn't just do nothing and lie there, letting Xiao Shi kill him.

He would still resist.

This was also the main reason Xiao Shi did not rashly approach him.

He knew.

The opponent was, after all, a Qi Warrior Realm Great Perfection expert.

Now he had only lost the ability to escape, but the Qi Strength within him still existed.

Even when severely injured, he still possessed the ability to kill him.

He certainly couldn't get close.

"In that case..."

Xiao Shi picked up the Qi Severing Blade again, sprinkled Qi-Draining Powder onto the blade, and then once again used the Qi Severing Blade for long-range attacks, making the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple inhale the poisonous powder.

"After his Qi Strength is completely drained, I'll go kill him!"

Xiao Shi was not in a hurry at all.

The Black-Clothed Youth's previous attack had broken the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple's tailbone, causing him to lie on the ground, unable to stand up at all.

He could now only use the Qi Strength within his body for self-preservation; he couldn't attack, nor could he escape.

Now that he had inhaled the Qi-Draining Powder, as soon as the Qi Strength in his body was completely drained, it would be very easy for Xiao Shi to kill him.

Just like that.

As time passed.

The Qi Strength within the Flying Origin Palace core direct disciple's body rapidly drained.

The rate of Qi Strength loss was even faster than Xiao Shi had anticipated.

In less than ten minutes... the Qi Strength in his body was completely gone!

"This Qi-Draining Powder works quite well!"

Xiao Shi's eyes brightened.

He hadn't used it all at once, only half of it.

This way, he could use it again next time.

And when there was no Qi Strength left in his body.

This Flying Origin Palace direct disciple no longer had any ability to resist.

After all, he wasn't a body refiner like Xiao Shi; without Qi Strength, he wouldn't have a powerful physical body.

Once his Qi Strength was completely drained, he would completely lose his ability to resist.

In despair.

He watched with open eyes as the Qi Severing Blade struck down, piercing his forehead.

He died instantly!

Although no Wandering Soul was born again, the Qi Warrior Grade item that dropped after his death filled Xiao Shi with anticipation.

"Finally, I have high-quality items!"