Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chapter 50: Chapter 48 Poisonous Water

"Kill!"

Qin Bei raised the Servant's Knife in his hand and coldly shouted.

Immediately following, he took a step forward, proactively meeting the oncoming barrage of rats.

With his physique achieving Minor Achievement, and his Blade Momentum perfected, he naturally wasn't afraid of mere gray-skinned rats. No matter how mutated and seemingly larger they were, they remained just rats. His blade flashed, and blood immediately splattered everywhere.

At the same time,

Xiao He also moved into action. The soft sword in her hand, similar to Xu Hongyu's, flicked and flipped gracefully, like a spattering drizzle. Each glimmer of light that flashed resulted in gray-skinned rats having their heads precisely exploded, precise and fierce.

On the other hand, Chen Mu appeared quite ordinary. Compared to Xiao He and Qin Bei, who had plunged directly into the rat tide, he merely held his position, unfolding the Raging Wind Blade Momentum and crushing all the approaching gray-skinned rats.

At a glance,

In the chaos of the prison, Xiao He stood out the most. Her sword light scattered like raindrops, bursting open the heads of many rats. Within a radius of ten feet, not a single rat could get close.

"That must be the Dripping Rain Sword Momentum. The Body Tempering Method must also have reached Body Refinement Perfection... truly not inferior to Min Baoyi. If I do not deploy the Multiple Blades Momentum, facing someone like her wouldn't be easy for me to win,"

Chen Mu silently observed Xiao He's movements.

His assessment of his current strength was primarily based on the ambush he had faced earlier in an alley, particularly the intervention of Min Baoyi. In fact, his understanding of figures who had perfected their techniques and Body Refinement was very limited.

Now, seeing the power of the sword technique Xiao He was using, his evaluation concluded that she should be on par with him in strength and agility, but he possessed Copper-Steel Skin, making him much tougher than ordinary people. Were it a fight to the death with only one Momentum used, he would likely be the one to survive.

But if he were to employ Dual Momentum... even if not overwhelming, it would be absolute suppression!

Chen Mu had a clear understanding of his current strength level. His strength and agility were not much different from a common Body Refinement Perfection, but in terms of technique, possessing Dual Momentum, very few at the Body Refinement level could overcome him.

The three Skin Toughening Methods had developed the Copper-Steel Skin along with abundant Qi-Blood, bringing extraordinary changes that allowed him, at the Major Achievement of Body Refinement, to possess strength comparable to the likes of Xiao He and Min Baoyi, who were at Body Refinement Perfection.

Although the number of gray-skinned rats was large, it could not withstand the onslaught of Xiao He, Qin Bei, and Chen Mu. The attendants following them, though of average strength and mostly skilled only in crude hacking and chopping, were nonetheless capable of dealing with the gray-skinned rats with a Servant's Knife in hand.

But just as the number of gray-skinned rats started to sharply decline,

About a dozen individuals clad in Black Crow Sect cloaks, each carrying a device crafted from metal and wood, appeared behind the countless gray-skinned rats and approached while directing their devices at Xiao He and the others.

"Not good!"

Upon seeing the devices in the opponents' hands, Xiao He's expression instantly altered. She leaped forward, abandoning the rats, her sword blade trailing a streak of light as she charged toward the members of the Black Crow Sect.

But before she could get close, those Black Crow Sect members sprayed a mixture of black and red liquid from their devices overhead, accompanied by a pungent smell, which turned out to be the poison water they had encountered earlier in the tunnels.

Swish!

Without hesitation, Xiao He immediately retreated, her sword creating a curtain-like barrier while she dodged, blocking some of the black-and-red poison water.

This black-and-red poison water fell to the ground, splashing on some gray-skinned rats, which immediately began squeaking as their bodies twisted and gradually turned a dark black color.

The dozen or so Black Crow Sect followers continued to advance, wielding their poison water devices.

"This is trouble."

Seeing this, Qin Bei's face instantly soured,

But Xu Hongyu wasn't here.

His mastery of the solid Mountain Opening Sword Technique, characterized by its heavyweight momentum, was ill-suited for dealing with this kind of poison water. Lotus, sharing a master with Xu Hongyu, seemed unable to directly charge through the poison water either, judging from her just now.

About a dozen members of the Black Crow Sect closed in step by step, while Lotus and Qin Bei grimly retreated. They soon aligned with Chen Mu in a straight line, with dozens of City Defense Division servants behind them.

There wasn't much nearby that could shield their bodies. Qin Bei's expression fluctuated wildly, and he began to consider using the servants behind him as human shields if absolutely necessary. If they could just block a portion of the poison water with their bodies, he could push through and scatter the enemy.

"Qin Bei, Chen Mu, attack!"

Seeing no way to retreat, Lotus called out sternly and once again charged forward.

Her swordsmanship couldn't hold off the poison water sprayed by over a dozen people like Xu Hongyu's could. But if Chen Mu and Qin Bei could each draw off some attackers from the sides, taking a risk might allow her to break through. And once they broke through, they could attack from both sides, throwing the enemy's formation into chaos, ripe for slaughter.

Qin Bei hesitated for just a moment before immediately attacking from the left, drawing the poisonous spray from several people in front. Chen Mu likewise charged from the right, drawing away some of the focus, while Lotus waved a swath of sword light through the center.

Qin Bei was the first to retreat.

Almost as soon as the poison water sprayed his way, he made a few symbolic slashes with his sword before quickly dodging backward, unable to face it head-on. Still, his action had served to draw some of the fire off Lotus, who blocked many sheets of the dark red poison with the umbrella of her sword light.

With a swashing sound, countless drops of poison water scattered from Lotus's sword screen, and she forcefully broke through the enemy's ranks. Her sword flashed, and the two closest individuals were instantly dismembered.

Simultaneously.

Lotus also felt a sudden numbness at her waist followed by a burning pain. A bit of poison water had not been completely blocked, but with her Body Refinement Perfection in the Body Tempering Realm, a small amount wasn't too serious.

What surprised Lotus, however, was that as she swung her sword, she caught a glimpse from the corner of her eye of Chen Mu's figure, who, like her, had also forcefully charged into the enemy's ranks. His blade drew blood with each strike, quickly leaving several bodies on the ground.

"Rash…"

A slight sinking feeling came over Lotus's heart.

Even she hadn't managed to block all the poison water and got a little on her. Chen Mu's situation likely wasn't much better.

Moreover, while she had achieved Body Refinement Perfection, which could withstand a little poison water, Chen Mu had only been practicing the Body Tempering Method for half a year. His Skin Toughening hadn't even reached perfection yet, and getting some poison on him might be very serious.

Even if he was quickly treated afterward, it would still greatly delay his Skin Toughening cultivation, dimming his future.

Swish! Swish!!!

As Lotus wielded her sword light, now within the ranks of the poison water squad, close combat made the poison much less threatening, and soon seven or eight men lay dead by her hand, while a few remaining members also fell to Chen Mu's blade.

After annihilating the Black Crow Sect's poison water squad, Lotus immediately tore off the piece of her clothing that had been soaked in poison, swiftly dealing with the contaminated area. Seeing that the fair skin underneath only showed a small patch of redness, she breathed a sigh of relief. The injury wasn't severe, and it wouldn't require any special treatment or detoxification afterward.

Immediately after,

she quickly moved in front of Chen Mu, and upon inspection, she paused, taken aback.

Chen Mu's body showed only a few traces of black-red poison, one on the upper part of his thigh and another on his lower abdomen, much better than she had anticipated.

Feeling relieved, she didn't wait for Chen Mu to react and immediately reached for the clothes covering those areas.

"Wait…"

Seeing Lotus start tearing at his clothes, Chen Mu's lips twitched as he dodged the grab towards his thigh, but she managed to rip off a piece of clothing from the lower abdomen, revealing the skin underneath.

The exposed skin there, a healthy wheat color and no different from other areas, showed almost no significant changes or damage. Only by staring intently could one barely notice a faintly red outline.

This completely stunned Lotus on the spot.