The vicious woman’s eyes had a ruthless glint as if she could foresee Ling Xiao’s poisoned plight.
Bleeding from seven orifices, his life and death would be in her palms.
However, she didn’t know that he had entered a special state.
After the Landscape Martial Soul linked with his blood vessels, his thinking accelerated and improved by dozens or even hundreds of times.
He could even calculate when those poisoned arrows would reach him and how much damage they would cause to his body.
Furthermore, he knew the time required for that short, fat old man to strike him.
He also knew the situation of the robust man who was the strongest among them.
At this moment, the robust man’s situation was somewhat odd. He had released his gang qi, but obviously had no intention to attack.
Ling Xiao was certain that this fellow was controlling the spider.
Thus, it was easy to handle this situation.
The short, fat old man and the vicious-looking woman were not his opponents, and that robust man was focusing on making the spider dodge his attack.
What he should do was obvious.
Pu!
Pu!
……
All the woman’s poison arrows hit Ling Xiao; none of them missed.
The woman giggled and noticeably slowed.
“Poor child, I originally thought that only one or two would hit. Even like that, the poison would be strong enough to incapacitate him, but I didn’t expect them all to land. I must say, Boss, that this boy’s movement technique is powerful, but he is rather stupid!”
“Hahaha, facing your poisoned arrows, no matter his intelligence, his mind will turn messy for a moment.” The short, fat old man laughed.
That robust man controlling the spider also relaxed.
“No! Quickly kill him!”
The robust man had a comparatively higher cultivation base and more experience. Although he had briefly relaxed, he suddenly sensed that something was wrong.
Ling Xiao’s aura hadn’t weakened at all, and his punch was still accelerating towards the spider underground.
“Too late!”
A cold smile appeared on his face as his punch landed.
Although he had only used 50% of his power, his sublimity Meteorite Fist blasted that pitiful rank three demonic beast.
The robust man involuntarily trembled as red blood oozed out from the corners of his mouth.
Obviously, he had used a spirit mark or something similar with gang qi to control the spider, so killing the spider caused that middle-aged man to also suffer damage.
“Kill him!”
The robust man was furious. A trifling Peak Rank Three Martial Vein martial artist had actually killed his cute spider right before their eyes. This was unbearable.
At this moment, Ling Xiao also appeared to be poisoned. His aura flickered somewhat feebly.
The short and fat man’s eyes glinted ominously.
“Little thief, hand over your life!”
They no longer wanted to capture him alive; he was too cunning. Trying to catch such an opponent alive was equivalent to restricting themselves.
The short, fat old man had no weapons, but his palms glowed purple and black. Clearly, he was skilled at palm techniques. Once this palm hit, Ling Xiao would be left barely alive even if he survived.
However, when the fat, short old man was just half a meter away.
Ling Xiao suddenly smiled.
Meteorite Baleful Fist, Sixth Style——Meteorite Instant Attack.
Although the power of this sixth style was a little lacking, it was very fast and didn’t need too much gang qi.
At that instant, his aura changed.
It was no longer weak!
It grew unprecedentedly powerful.
“Rank Four Martial Vein!”
These four words were the fat, old man’s last words.
He had believed Ling Xiao a Peak Rank Three Martial Vein martial artist, thinking that Ling Xiao had used all his power in that previous attack and couldn’t attack again for a short while.
He had trusted those poisoned arrows to weaken his prey.
Nevertheless, Ling Xiao’s eruption aura was undoubtedly at Peak Rank Four Martial Vein!
Ling Xiao had only used 50% of his power to kill the spider in order to quickly attack again.
More importantly, he hadn’t actually been hit by those arrows!
At that moment, he had accurately calculated where those poisoned arrows would land and condensed <Nine Transformation Golden Body Art>’s golden gang qi at those places.
Even though he hadn’t reached the fifth transformation, he would still become impervious to sword or spear in those concentrated places.
Moreover, although that woman had a cultivation base of Peak Rank Four Martial Vein, her gang qi was too weak. Her attack power was on the level of an average Rank Four Martial Vein martial artist.
Therefore, even though it looked like those poison arrows had hit him, they had only pierced his clothes.
However, this poor fat old man died without understanding anything.
Boom!
Ling Xiao’s punch burst through the chest of that fat old man like a miniature meteorite.
Bang!
His heart exploded. There was no suspense. He died on the spot without time to scream.
With his precise calculations, Ling Xiao got twice the results with half the effort.
Now, he increasingly understood what sublimity martial arts were.
For a martial art, greater power didn’t necessarily mean better.
In different circumstances, some weaker moves might be more useful.
Sometimes, faster but weaker moves were better; sometimes, larger ranged but medium power moves were better; and sometimes, slower but terrifyingly powerful moves were better.
All of this required continuous tempering to gain battle comprehension.
Because Ling Xiao had his Landscape Martial Soul, he obviously had much higher comprehension abilities than others. Even though he lacked rich combat experience, he had grasped some traits of sublimity martial arts.
As long as he tempered himself more, he would grow more skillful and competent in future battles.
“Old Fatty!”
The vicious-looking woman stopped in surprise.
She was afraid!
She knew very well that the fat, old man was stronger than herself in close combat. Since even that fat old man had been defeated by this cunning boy, she was helpless.
“Boss, quickly make a move!”
The woman yelled.
“Come back!”
Originally, the robust man had thought that Ling Xiao was only at Peak Rank Three Martial Vein, so he had only sent that fat, old man and vicious-looking woman.
He had only planned to prevent Ling Xiao from escaping by controlling the spider.
But now, the situation had changed.
“Can you escape?”
Ling Xiao naturally knew the robust man’s intentions, but he wouldn’t let this woman go.
Otherwise, in his upcoming battle with the robust man, this woman would definitely trouble him.
“Swish!”
A sword flew out from behind him at lightning speed.
“Pu!”
It pierced through the woman’s back and emerged from her chest.
“Bo… Boss!”
This vicious-looking woman had never dreamt that she who had relied on hidden weapons to kill countless innocent people would die under another’s hidden weapon.
“Little thief! You dared to kill my wife!”
The robust man roared in fury. He had never imagined that he would eat such a big loss today.
Three people had come, but now, only he was left.
“So you all are allowed to kill me, but I’m not allowed to kill you?”
Ling Xiao mocked.
Although he appeared calm, he was actually somewhat nervous.
That vicious-looking woman and the fat, old man had been easy to deal with, but this robust man would be truly troublesome.
A Peak Rank Five Martial Vein martial artist was not easy to sort out.
However, Ling Xiao had no intention of fleeing.
This kind of life-and-death battle was a great training opportunity. Moreover, he still had a chance to win.
