Chapter 60: The Trump Card

  Shi Sheng looked at the treasured clothes with white marks left by Tianlei Pearl, hesitated for a moment, and quickly struggled to get up. In his heart, he was somewhat nervous. At this point, almost all means had been exhausted. If this old man didn't die soon, he himself would probably be in danger.

  With a flick of his wrist, the Blood Shadow Dagger appeared in his hand. His expression was solemn as he slowly took a few steps forward. The dagger shot out of his hand with a whooshing sound, flying towards the distant flames. Although it was unclear whether the opponent was dead or alive, Shi Sheng did not dare to sit and wait for death.

  "Stone, we'll give you a hand!" said Guan Ping. As he spoke, the crowd was about to withdraw the half-airborne spiritual instruments to deal with the old man, but suddenly discovered that the white sword shadow's pressure became even more overwhelming, as if it would shatter the seal below if they didn't join forces to resist it. For their own lives, they couldn't care about Shi anymore.

  "If only I had known better than to trust you!" Shi Sheng suddenly felt a bit disheartened and somewhat understood some of the principles of survival, but at this moment, it was clear that there was no time to think more.

  Because the flames had dissipated, the old man surprisingly hadn't died yet, but at this moment he was covered in blood, his face completely disfigured, a head of disheveled hair emitting a faint smoke, and yet his expression was ferocious, his eyes blazing with fire as he stared at Shi Sheng, as if he wanted to swallow him whole.

  Shi Sheng saw such a miserable state and couldn't help but curl his lips, afraid that even his own mother might not recognize him!

  "Kid, I'll never... cough, cough, let you die so easily!" The old man's violent coughing fit hadn't even subsided when a blood-red dagger shot towards him from afar.

  "Hmph, you think a hidden dagger like this can take me by surprise? It seems you've truly exhausted all your tricks!" The old man's slightly trembling arm waved, and the ancient bronze shield on the ground quivered before appearing in front of him. Although it was only the size of a head, it still managed to block Blood Shadow Dagger's attack with a loud clang.

  "Haha, I... cough, I'll cripple your legs first!" The old man said, and under the force of his wild chanting, a white sword shadow suddenly appeared in mid-air, instantly sending everyone's spiritual instruments flying.

  Just as everyone thought the ultimate sword symbol was about to fall on Guangzhao, it suddenly changed direction and slashed towards Shisheng. Shisheng's eyes twitched, but he didn't use any techniques to resist, instead using his body method to dodge the extremely fast sword symbol. The crowd couldn't help but shake their heads in dismay, thinking that if this continued for just a moment longer, Shisheng would likely lose his life.

  "Even the top masters among warriors would find it hard to dodge my ultimate sword symbol, humph!" The old man's face twisted in a fierce expression, just as he was about to use all his strength to activate the sword symbol and cut off Shi Sheng's legs. Suddenly, he noticed that the crimson dagger in front of him quivered slightly, seemingly preparing to bypass the shield and attack.

  The old man couldn't help but reveal a sarcastic expression, and with a flicker of his mind, the shield flashed with a ray of light. In an instant, it intercepted the Blood Shadow Dagger once again. The old man raised the corner of his mouth as he looked towards Sword Symbol.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

  Suddenly, nine silver needles flashed out from around the old man and stabbed towards him without warning. Although he tried to dodge, he was still pierced by four of these mysterious flying needles, but they only broke through his skin and did not cause fatal injuries.

  Immediately afterwards, on the hilt of the Blood Shadow Dagger behind the old man's shield, nine inconspicuous small holes flashed with a hint of silver light, and nine flying needles flew into them from a distance before disappearing without a trace, as if they had never appeared.

  "Poison, the flying needle has... poison, hidden in..." The old man's body went limp and he fell to the ground with a thud. With a resentful glare at Shi Sheng, he was repeatedly tormented by Shi Sheng's flames, and now died under such a despicable trick, feeling truly wronged.

  Because in this world, no one has ever heard of hiding another hidden weapon flying needle in the dark weapon dagger, and it's a poisonous needle. This sudden and unexpected needle stab was too much for the old man to bear, and he finally lost his breath with a hint of unwillingness, with a wisp of smoke still rising from his head, which had been burned by fire, and his eyes remained open in death.

  Guan Ping and the others did not see how the old man died, they only saw Shi Sheng dodging and weaving to avoid the sword symbols, just as he was about to be hit by the sword symbols, they suddenly stopped attacking.

  Everyone couldn't help but be puzzled, turning their heads to look at the old man, only to find that he had already fallen to the ground. The shield also flashed with a ray of light and transformed into a palm-sized object, making a slapping sound as it fell to the ground. With a whooshing sound, the white sword shadow also flashed with a ray of light, transforming back into a talisman that floated down and was caught by Shi Yong.

  "Is... he dead?"

  "How did he die?"

  "I didn't see it!"

  "Could it be that the previous fire talisman caused internal injuries?" One by one, they became suspicious and uncertain. The old man's face was scorched black from the flames, but there was no sign of poisoning, nor did anyone see any external wounds on him. Despite this, everyone remained vigilant and didn't dare to relax, not even daring to open the Five Elements Seal.

  Shi Sheng didn't dare to stop, taking advantage of the opportunity to control the Blood Shadow Dagger, making a few more cuts at the old man, letting him die without being able to revive. Finally, Shi Sheng slowly walked up to the old man's side and put away the ancient bronze shield and the Blood Shadow Dagger.

  Immediately afterwards, Shi Sheng searched the old man's body and finally found three jade bottles, more than twenty pieces of Xuanjing jade, and an ancient scroll.

  "Huh?" Suddenly, Shi Sheng found a key and quietly picked it up, then stood up.

  Many people didn't know what Shi Sheng had found, some were envious, some were jealous, and some were a bit embarrassed, such as Lin Pangzi who pushed Shi Sheng out of the light shield, now he was obviously intimidated by Shi Sheng.

  The crowd hadn't even had time to withdraw their gaze, and each of them was also staring at the old man's last remaining spiritual artifact, the flying needle, with fiery eyes, clearly intending to take action and fight for it. After all, Shi Sheng had already gained a lot of benefits.

  Shi Sheng slowly walked towards the crowd, first looking at the silver flying needle that had fallen to the ground, then looked at Lin Paozi with some anger, just about to ask who pushed him out of the light shield.

  "Haha!" Just then, Lin Paozi suddenly burst out laughing and walked out of the Five Elements Boundary Formation. Everyone was shocked and unsure what to do, wondering what had gotten into this guy.

  Lin Paozi's face was flushed with excitement: "Fellow disciples, the information from our sect was incorrect. We almost lost our lives under the extreme sword symbol of the evil cultivator, thanks to Shi Sheng."

  To save our lives, he actually disregarded life and death, alone, voluntarily left the Five Elements Seal, bravely killing the enemy! Extremely brave!" Shi Sheng heard this and was somewhat speechless.

  Lin Pangzi's eyes rolled and continued: "Shi Shidi is indeed brave and fearless, not afraid of death. In order to protect everyone, he was willing to sacrifice himself, although he was also injured, but fortunately, he killed that evil cultivator."

  "Anyway, Shi Shidi is a hero and our savior. All the treasures of the evil cultivator should belong to Shi Shidi alone, including this silver needle. Let's vote by show of hands, okay?" Before anyone else could respond, Lin Baozi himself raised his hand and replied with a smile, then winked at Shi Sheng.

  "I agree!"

  "Not bad, Shi Shidi fought alone against the evil cultivators for everyone's sake, he is our hero!"

  "That's right, Master Guanping said that whoever kills the evil cultivator gets to keep his treasure!" The crowd raised their hands in agreement, hailing Shi Sheng as a great hero. Guanping and the others looked at the Earth Spirit Artifact with some reluctance before finally raising their hands in agreement.

  Shi Sheng glared at Lin Pangzi, rolled his eyes and finally put away the Lingqi Silver Needle. The crowd also withdrew the Five Elements Seal, and everyone let out a sigh of relief. However, at this moment, one side of the hall was on fire, spreading rapidly in their direction.

  "Everyone, let's leave this place first and send those bandits outside to the government office. Our task is also considered completed!" Guan Ping shouted, and everyone quickly opened the door and escaped. Shi Sheng took advantage of the chaos to look around and grabbed something in his hand, rushing towards a certain room. (End of this chapter, next chapter will be more exciting!)

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