The members of the Hidden Poiso nearby stared at the se on the surveilnce array, utterly dumbfounded.

  Their inal pn was to let the Fire Cloud Sect deal with this person first, using it as an opportunity to gauge his methods. Oheir own people were ihey would capture both sides in one fell swoop. This way, they could severely weaken the Fire Cloud Sed capture a third-grade alchemist, achieving two goals with oion.

  However, this person's methods were truly terrifying. He had set up a tenth-level killing array in advance, waiting for the Fire Cloud Sect to walk right into the trap and be wiped out in one go.

  This meant that he had phis entire series of as days ago.

  Such tactics, such ing...

  Regardless of his array-setting abilities, the fact that he single-handedly annihited the Fire Cloud Sect's elder cil was enough to leave everyone in awe.

  Xue Wuqing stood on the desote ground, a few snowfkes drifting down from the sky. The icy sword in his hand grew even colder, just like his gaze.

  They're all dead!

  The entire elder cil was wiped out, leaving only Xue Wuqing.

  The corpses were bed, clearly poisoned. Besides the Hidden Poiso, who else could have dohis?

  Xue Wuqing's eyes were bloodshot, filled with unpreted anger and humiliation.

  The Fire Cloud Sed the Hidden Poiso had been at odds for tless years, but this was the first time he had suffered such a crushi!

  "Vulture! Get out here!" Xue Wuqing roared to the sky.

  His voice echoed through the valley.

  After a long while, a gaunt figure appeared on a rge rock to the left, a pair of cold eyes staring at him.

  "Fatty Xue, the Fire Cloud Sect is truly disappointing, getting wiped out so easily," Vulture sneered with a strange curve on his lips.

  Xue Wuqing looked at him expressionlessly.

  "However, my Hidden Poiso help you get revenge. Leave that masked man to me..."

  Before Vulture could finish speaking, Xue Wuqing leaped forward, instantly closing the distand sshing at him without a word.

  "Hmm?"

  Vulture was taken aback but didn't hesitate. His withered hand shot out, revealing a strange bck sheen, and spped directly onto the sword.

  "Boom!"

  After the csh, Vulture swiftly retreated, only to see Xue Wuqilessly pursuing him. The blue glow of the sword in his hand intensified, spiritual qi surging madly onto the bde.

  In an instant, the sword light soared skyward, filled with a murderous aura.

  "Flying Snow Sword Teique?! Are you insane?"

  Vulture's face ged dramatically. The Flying Snow Sword Teique was Xue Wuqing's ultimate move, driven by his life essence blood, with a huge cost. It was not used lightly unless at a life-ah moment, yet he used it against him!

  There was no time to think. Vulture struck his ow, spitting out a mouthful of essence blood, which turned into a blood light enveloping him, then exploded, allowing Vulture to escape instantly.

  But he didn't leave directly; instead, he stood at a distance, watg Xue Wuqing.

  "Fatty Xue, are you looking for death?" Vulture was also furious, being attacked like a mad dog. Did Xue Wuqing really think he was easy to bully?

  Xue Wuqing remained silent, turning around and sshing again. The sword light expao several dozeers, sweeping across the sky with unstoppable force!

  Suddenly, the sword light halted abruptly.

  A mass of bck airflow mysteriously appeared ih of the sword light. The broad sword light seemed to enter an obstacle, uo advance further, and the moment, it exploded.

  As the spiritual qi dissipated, a figure eerily appeared in the air. This person had a thick bandage ed around his face, his plexion pale and cold, with eyes identical to Gu Sha's, but his aura was tless times stronger!

  "Sect Master!" Vulture greeted respectfully.

  Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!

  A rge number of Hidden Poiso members emerged nearby, each with a gaunt figure shrouded in bck qi, the elder cil of the Hidden Poiso.

  Though they numbered only tehan half of the Fire Cloud Sect, their strength was a level higher, with the weakest at the seventh level of the Qi densing Realm.

  "Sect Master!" they all greeted respectfully.

  The bandaged, shadowy man was the sect master of the Hidden Poiso, known as the "Poison King," Gu You.

  Xue Wuqing looked on expressionlessly.

  The Poison King Gu You, the Hidden Poiso elder cil.

  As expected! It was all the Hidden Poiso's pn!

  "Xue Wuqing, long time no see. Still as hot-tempered as ever!" Gu You turned his head, quietly him, his expression unreadable.

  "Heh, even the sect master has personally e out. Truly, there's no reasoning with the Hidden Poiso," Xue Wuqing sneered.

  The Hidden Poiso and the Fire Cloud Sect had been at odds for years, with an unwritten rule that the sect masters should not easily intervene itles betweewo sects.

  Uhe Innate Realm, all are ants. If the sect masters frequently emerged to cause havoc, wouldn't the sects fall into chaos? So for many years, Gu You and Liao Huoyun rarely took a, relying on their disciples and elders to restrain each other.

  "That's not quite right. Those who achieve great things don't bother with small matters. Rules are meant to be broken. As long as there's enough be, there's nothing that 't be done," Gu You said calmly.

  "Haha! As expected of the Hidden Poiso, setting up a massive array to wipe out my elder cil, even the sect master personally ing to ensure no survivors. I, Xue Wuqing, admit defeat!"

  Since Gu You's appearance, Xue Wuqing khat today was inescapable. Even if he had made some breakthroughs earlier, he could at most defeat Vulture, but against an old Innate Expert like Gu You, it was still not enough.

  Xue Wuqing's words left Gu You slightly surprised.

  Looking at the bed corpses of the Fire Cloud Sect elders around, he suddenly realized that the masked man had killed the Fire Cloud Sect elders and framed them, no wonder Xue Wuqing was so hostile towards them.

  But it didn't matter. In the face of overwhelming strength, any spiracy was futile. The person he wanted, no one could escape.

  He could clearly sehat the masked man was hiding underground, cealed within a tenth-level shielding array, trying to slip by. Little did he know, a tenth-level array was only effective against the Qi densing Realm. To an Innate Expert, it was nothing but a cloud.

  Before pulling him out, he would deal with Xue Wuqing first.

  "Though I'd like to expin, there's no need, as I truly don't io leave any survivors."

  With that, Gu You waved his hand, and a massive hand of spiritual qi desded from the sky, smming into Xue Wuqing.

  Boom!

  Xue Wuqing was struto the ground, half of his body buried in the earth.

  "Ssh!" Xue Wuqing gritted his teeth, his entire essence blood igniting, swinging his sword upward, sshing fiercely at the spiritual qi hand.

  "Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

  Like melting snow meeting boiling oil, the spiritual qi hand was rapidly eroded. After two breaths, Xue Wuqing roared to the sky, his essence blood burning wildly, aually broke through the spiritual qi hand with a single ssh.

  "Hmm?" Gu You showed a look of surprise, saying with i, "I didn't expect you to have one foot in the Innate Realm. Even Vulture might not be your matow."

  "In that case, I definitely 't let you live!"

  Gu You waved his hand, and a thick bck mist shot from his sleeve, flying towards Xue Wuqing.

  Xue Wuqing panted heavily, his once plump body shrinking due to the burning of essence blood.

  Fag this unavoidable strike, Xue Wuqing didn't flee or terattack but instead showed a look of joy.

  "Boom!"

  A thunderous explosion sounded in the void! A fiery sword light shot from the horizon, colliding with the bck mist, both dissipating instantly.

  Gu You looked towards the void, speaking in a deep voice, "Liao Huoyun, since you're here, why not show yourself?"

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