Chapter 9 The Vanished Opponent

  Inside the stone cave, Chen Shi couldn't see Su Che's movements, but he could still judge his intentions based on the sounds coming from outside.

  "Could it be that you want to use these rocks to crush me to death?"

  Chen Shi was filled with great hatred and cursed Su Che's cunning and ruthlessness while using all his strength to move towards the outside of the cave.

  This movement only revealed that his legs had been temporarily crippled, and under the Taoist robe, the swollen degree of his legs was abnormally terrifying, like two thick wooden stakes, heavy and unbearable.

  This is due to the toxin, yesterday afternoon, he and Bai Ji, Yun Lan together beheaded that demon beast, was sprayed out of the body surface of the demon beast a few hard hair pierced legs. At that time did not take it too seriously, casually also pulled away, did not think, it turned out to be a kind of toxic strange alien toxin, carried with the detoxification medicine, can only temporarily suppress, can not completely detoxify. Fortunately, hid in this stone cave, is to get rid of the toxin as soon as possible, otherwise, life will not be preserved.

  Outside the cave, Su Che's sword energy danced wildly, desperately cutting at the giant boulder; inside the cave, Chen Shi used up his last bit of strength to push with both hands, desperately trying to move it outwards.

  Both of them are racing against time!

  The giant boulder at the top of the stone cave began to shake, as if it would collapse and fall in the next second. Chen Shi was shocked and lost color, no longer relying on his remaining physical strength, but instead released the suppressed true energy, using the power of the true energy to violently support the ground, and he shot out of the cave like a crossbow arrow.

  Rumble!

  A cave collapsed and a figure narrowly flew out, thudding onto the rocky riverbank several feet away.

  In the swirling dust, Su Che vaguely saw that figure and knew Chen Shi had escaped, letting out a sigh in his heart, silently lamenting what a pity!

  Chen Shi fell to the ground, spitting out a mouthful of black blood. It was probably due to the reckless movement of his true energy that caused the toxic gas to surge up. He let out a loud cry, but it was unclear whether it was from the intense pain or something else. Nevertheless, he still had the strength to activate another talisman.

  Whoosh!

  Another ice arrow token, three feet of icy arrows shot towards Su Che, this time, Su Che dodged a bit too late...

  Bang!

  A pale blue ice arrow hit a huge stone, although it didn't directly shoot Su Che, the splashing ice fragments that flew everywhere managed to land on Su Che's body.

  This was no ordinary ice shard. As soon as it came into contact with the human body, it instantly penetrated the defenseless clothing and pierced the skin. In an instant, Su Che's entire body stiffened, his eyebrows and hair were instantly frosted, as if he had been frozen in place.

  "It's broken!"

  Su Che shouted "Oh no!" in his heart.

  Death is not dead, but oneself is after all too weak, being slightly grazed by an ice-elemental spell, the muscles and bones were instantly frozen, and the body's agility was lost in the blink of an eye. If Chen Shi came with another talisman, could he still dodge it?

  In a state of urgency, Su Che let out a loud snort and fell to the ground, hiding under a giant rock. He used all his might to circulate his true energy, trying to drive away the chill that had seeped into his bones as quickly as possible. At the same time, he was also anxious with worry, fearing that Chen Shi would once again unleash some kind of attack technique.

  A matter of life and death, every minute counts...

  Time seemed to stretch out endlessly, extremely unbearable; the sound of one's own heartbeat also seemed to amplify countless times, ticking away at this critical moment.

  Until Su Zhe drove away the chill and his body temperature returned to normal, but he still didn't wait for the subsequent attack.

  What's going on?

  Su Che crawled on the ground and moved to another place, only then did he carefully look out from behind a large stone and gaze in Chen Shi's direction.

  All I saw was him lying on his back, motionless...

  Are you kidding me?

  Su Che naturally wouldn't fall for it easily, picked up a stone and threw it over using the hidden projectile method, accurately hitting Chen Shi's right shoulder.

  With a crack, his right shoulder skin burst open and his bones were shattered by the stone flying dart, but he still had no reaction.

  "It doesn't seem like he's playing dead, he should have fainted."

  Su Che realized that Chen Shi's chest was still slightly heaving, obviously his breath was still there. To say the least, no one would pretend to be dead to such an extent, not even holding their breath?

  Su Chuo took a few steps forward, closing the distance with Chen Shi to about ten zhang. He casually picked up a stone and planned to strike him dead on the spot, ending his life directly and avoiding any unnecessary complications or unexpected turns of events.

  At that moment, the spot between his eyebrows suddenly felt scorching hot, and his spirit was momentarily dazed. Even the stone he threw lost its accuracy, and he didn't know where it went.

  Ouch! Su Zu covered her forehead, and in her heart, she let out a silent "ouch". Actually, this feeling wasn't particularly painful, it was just the sudden change that startled her.

  Calm down and take another look, huh? Where's Chen Shi gone?

  On that riverbank, only a mouthful of black blood spat out by Chen Shi remained, and a big living person actually disappeared in the blink of an eye.

  Completely disappeared.

  Su Che searched everywhere, but all around was quiet and there were no suspicious signs. Then where did Chen Shi go?

  Having encountered such a strange thing, Su Che forced himself to remain calm and thought of the change at his eyebrow center earlier. He guessed in his heart: "Chen Shi's disappearance is probably related to that small tower in my mind."

  As soon as doubts arose, I felt a slight warmth in the center of my eyebrows, and it was clear that the small tower was responding to me.

  "Did Xiaotou take Chen Shi in?" Su Che's expression changed, thinking of the mythological story where a fairy treasure could suppress and capture others.

  "A tiny black tower, only the size of a finger, how could it possibly hold a living person... Wait a minute: 'No, I've already become a cultivator, what's impossible in this world? The function of high-grade magical artifacts can't be measured by their surface size.'"

  "But Chen Shi is clearly my enemy, why did Xiao Ta take him in instead of killing him directly? Is Xiao Ta a compassionate being that can't bear to see me taking lives?"

  There was no reaction at all in Meixin's place, it seems that it wasn't the reason Su Che thought.

  Su Che himself was also speechless and lost his smile. No, in the Xiu Zhen realm, talking about compassion is somewhat detached from reality. Then, there must be another reason for it.

  The specific reason is temporarily unknown. Su Che tentatively muttered to himself, "Just take the person in and be done with it, but those several Qiankun bags on his body..."

  As soon as the idea arose, his brow felt a surge of heat, and with a whooshing sound, three Qiankun bags suddenly appeared out of thin air and fell to Su Che's feet.

  "Indeed it is!"

  At this point, Su Che was certain that Chen Shi's disappearance was indeed swallowed up by the small tower.

  Based on the limited knowledge of Xian cultivation in his memory, Su Che realized that a treasure that could absorb the vitality of living beings was absolutely not an ordinary item. Could it be the legendary Lingbao or even a Daoist artifact?

  The magic weapon of a cultivator, according to its grade, can be divided from low to high into: Faqi, Lingqi, Baoqi, Lingbao, Daoqi...

  The next step up is a celestial artifact, so let's not mention that. It seems like there isn't such a treasure in the mortal world?

  Not to mention the immortal artifacts, but to say that in this mortal world, the spiritual realm can collect living things, at least it must be a spiritual treasure of level. To put it precisely, the internal space of the artifact forms its own space, and it is a normal space that can sustain life, not the kind of storage space like the Qiankun bag.

  "At least a spiritual treasure, guilty of possessing the jade pendant, guilty of possessing the jade pendant!" Su Che warned himself extremely cautiously, no matter what, the existence of the small tower in his mind could not be revealed to anyone!

  After calming down, Su Che couldn't help but think: "But Chen Shi was taken in by Xiao Ta, which means there's a live person inside his own brain. That guy isn't dead yet, and that's a huge worry. Who knows what kind of trouble he'll stir up inside his own head? What if a leg sticks out from Xiao Ta and kicks his brains out...?"

  Once this kind of idea starts, all sorts of imagined scenes come one after another. In short, it feels like the enemy is living in your own head, and no matter what, it's extremely uncomfortable...

  However, there was no response at the brow point again, and no matter how fanciful you were, the little tower in your brain just wouldn't respond to you.

  "Sigh, let's just take it one step at a time, there's no other way."

  Su Che picked up the three Qian Kun bags on the ground, selected a stone cave in the most secluded location, and drilled into it. He then moved several large stones to block the entrance of the cave, which could at least avoid the disturbance of ordinary wild beasts.

  Qian Kun bag belongs to the most ordinary storage equipment, without recognition effect. In general, there will be no ban, as long as you have true energy, you can open someone else's Qian Kun bag.

  These three Qiankun bags, with completely consistent styles and colors, are obviously the standard equipment for Tianxuan Sect's outer door disciples. The size of the internal space is also exactly the same, roughly equivalent to a room with a length, width, and height of about two zhang (a unit of measurement).

  All outer disciples can receive such high-quality Qiankun bags, which is a manifestation of the super sect's strength. If it were an ordinary loose cultivator, if they could get such a Qiankun bag, I don't know how excited they would be.

  Su Che was no exception, casually picking up a qiankun bag, opening it without bothering to check the contents, randomly selecting a few things, taking them out and putting them back in, trying in and out countless times, only then satisfying this fresh impulse.

  After inventory, the items in the three Qiankun bags are roughly: over 120 low-grade spirit stones, a corpse of a demon beast, nine stalks of old spiritual grass, seven bottles of various elixirs, fifteen talismans, three flying swords, and some other miscellaneous items...

  Of course, it also includes the flesh and blood skeletons of those bare-backed violent bears that were robbed in the valley at the beginning. There is no air in the Qiankun bag, and the bear meat has not deteriorated at all. It is estimated that it can still be preserved for a long time.

  A windfall!

  Su Che, who was once poor and unknown, became rich overnight.

  Of course, this is also a relative overnight wealth, these things are definitely nothing in the eyes of Yu Qing Dao people's inner disciples.

  (Today is Minor New Year's Day, wishing everyone a happy holiday, and there will be another chapter tonight.)