Chapter 93: Suppression
Su Yan hurried over quickly, and the White Bone Poison Centipede and Red Armored Mad Scorpion hidden in the forest had already sent signals.
There were people chasing and fleeing in the forest mist, and it was extremely urgent.
“It seems someone has made a move against Golden Ape Martial Arts School.”
His eyes sharpened, and he roughly guessed that one side in this chase was definitely from Golden Ape Martial Arts School.
So he held his longbow and released more Blood Bees to infiltrate the miasma.
The forest branches did not sway, figures continuously slashed across the shrubbery, chasing toward the depths of Miasma Valley.
Leading the chase at the forefront were two Mountain-Sitting Dogs with slender waists, sharp claws, and long-beaked ferocious appearances.
They chased the white figure at the very front tightly like maggots on rotting bones, emitting fierce roars from their mouths.
“Bai Yun, do you think you can escape like this?”
Bai Yun led three people, all fleeing quickly ahead, but compared to Yin Ruguang’s tight pursuit, they were still a bit slower.
This also made Yin Ruguang feel extremely exhilarated; finally, it was their turn to hunt the other side.
“Whoosh”
Bai Yun simply turned around, instantly shooting a Blood Qi Arrow from her longbow straight toward the Mountain-Sitting Dogs.
Yin Ruguang had long anticipated this move, swiftly swinging his fast saber to unleash a Saber Light that precisely collided with the Blood Qi Arrow.
The Saber Light flashed, splitting the Blood Qi Arrow in two and neutralizing the attack.
Bai Yun’s delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly; Yin Ruguang’s saber was very fast, and in this chase, there was no way to shake him off.
‘If I can’t find Senior Brother, I’m afraid we won’t escape.’
Li Jinshan was deep in Miasma Valley, but with such potent miasma, if not relatively close, it would really be hard to find him.
If Su Yan were here, it wouldn’t be without means.
A flash of resolve crossed her brows, and she said to the two beside her: “At the fork ahead, flee separately; be sure to enter the deep valley and find Senior Brother.”
“Yes, Senior Sister.”
The three felt a chill in their hearts, knowing Senior Sister couldn’t take on two alone against Zhong Han and Yin Ruguang, let alone the other disciples from Seven Blades Martial Arts School catching up one after another.
They immediately seized the opportunity to flee separately, vanishing into the shrubbery.
There were only two Mountain-Sitting Dogs; upon seeing the opponents scatter, they hesitated for a moment.
Yin Ruguang snorted coldly and gave the order: “Chase the woman.”
The two Mountain-Sitting Dogs continued pursuing Bai Yun.
The left and right teams split off three Blood Moving Realm members, each leading two Muscle and Bone Realm disciples, chasing after the other three.
In hot pursuit, they reached the depths of the forest.
Su Yan watched the entire chase clearly and thought to himself: ‘No wonder I couldn’t find Seven Blades Martial Arts School people; but their gathering like this is also related to me.’
He revealed a cold smile and chased after the team from behind.
Drawing his bow and shooting arrows, several arrows directly targeted the people at the rear of the team.
Pfft sounds rang out, and three people fell to the ground.
“Who is it?!”
The Seven Blades Martial Arts School disciples were startled, hiding behind trees, causing the team to stretch out even longer.
Su Yan did not respond, shuttling through the forest like a cold-blooded hunter, shooting two arrows at those who poked their heads out.
Instantly, two more died.
“You thief, how dare you sneak attack.”
Yin Ruguang reacted at this point, turning back to charge, his Saber Light slashing toward Su Yan’s position, a Black Panther appearing behind him as if merging into the saber body and blending into the Saber Light.
Su Yan raised an eyebrow, utterly fearless: “Come well.”
Inside him, his Qi and Blood formed images; White Bone Poison Centipede, Red Armored Mad Scorpion, White Ape, and Green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon all converged into the arrow.
Qi piercing the rainbow, one arrow shot out like a blood pillar, colliding squarely with the Saber Light.
The Saber Light seemed fierce but was shattered by this single sharp arrow.
“Impossible!”
Yin Ruguang was shocked in his heart, looking toward the figure hiding behind the tree: “Who exactly are you?!”
“Golden Ape Martial Arts School, Su Yan.”
Su Yan stepped out from behind the tree, nocking an arrow in his hand, when suddenly a whooshing sound came from behind Yin Ruguang’s team.
Chain arrows had already shot out, heading straight for the Seven Blades Martial Arts School disciples.
“You wench, how dare you!”
Zhong Han blocked in front of the sudden chain arrows, slashing down with one saber to intercept the fastest arrow.
But the next moment, arrows split off after the arrows, shooting dead the two Mountain-Sitting Dogs.
Zhong Han’s face turned ashen, looking at the woman who walked out from another shrubbery.
Bai Yun and Su Yan stood at opposite ends, bows and arrows in hand.
In that brief clash just now, Su Yan had shot dead five disciples, and with those split off to chase, there were actually fewer than five left on the scene.
Zhong Han and Yin Ruguang, plus three Blood Moving Realm junior brothers.
“Senior Sister, make your move!”
Su Yan wasted no words, cold light like blades in his eyes; with Seven Blades Martial Arts School’s manpower scattered, it was the perfect time to strike.
“You be careful yourself!”
Bai Yun was not one to dawdle either; as soon as Su Yan’s voice fell, a White Ape Phantom appeared behind her, merging her aura, with Qi and Blood and True Essence infused into the arrows, shooting three arrows in succession.
“Damn it.”
Three arrows from front and rear arrived before them in an instant.
Zhong Han and Yin Ruguang’s faces turned ashen, immediately raising their sabers to charge forward and back.
Zhong Han charged toward Bai Yun, swinging his saber to unleash several Saber Lights, encircling the Blood Qi Arrows before him, blocking them one saber per arrow.
Clanging sounds echoed through the forest, a powerful force transmitting to Zhong Han’s right arm, startling him as his face darkened like iron: ‘How does this woman have such strong power.’
Zhong Han looked down on Bai Yun; she was merely the daughter of Golden Ape Martial Arts School’s School Master, otherwise how could she reach Spirit Nurturing Realm strength.
Seeing Zhong Han’s expression, Bai Yun’s beautiful eyes grew colder, her slender hand nocking several arrows to seal off Zhong Han’s movements.
The two fought intensely; Zhong Han tried several times to close in on Bai Yun, his eyes like a Fierce Wolf, but was repeatedly forced back by Bai Yun, locked in a stalemate.
On the other side, Su Yan’s several sharp arrows went straight for the three Blood Moving Realm members.
His attacks were extremely fast, charging forward swiftly and shooting four or five sharp arrows in succession.
“You suicidal fool!”
Yin Ruguang swung his saber to chop and block several arrows in a row, only to find Su Yan getting closer, less than ten steps away, yet still daring to shoot arrows continuously.
Those arrows were like meteors, curving around to head straight for the three Blood Moving Realm martial artists beside him, who had no time to defend.
The three Blood Moving Realm martial artists tried to block in succession, but found the arrows exceptionally fierce; in haste, they could only halt their steps and block with full effort, gradually pulling away from Yin Ruguang.
Seeing this, Yin Ruguang felt no suspicion, instead sneering inwardly with burning anger, thinking Su Yan was truly seeking death.
He stepped forward to meet him, Saber Light like the moon heading straight for Su Yan’s chest.
Seeing this Saber Light, Su Yan slung his Fine Steel Longbow behind him, advancing to meet it, twisting his upper body deftly to dodge the strike.
The Saber Light slashed past Su Yan’s back, striking the trunk of the old tree behind him, instantly severing it.
Yin Ruguang swung his saber to pursue, shouting: “Kid, don’t think all True Disciples are equal; today I’ll chop off your head for a lesson.”
His saber clung to Su Yan like maggots on rotting bones.
At the same time, the three Blood Moving Realm martial artists, dragging their bodies grazed by arrows, flanked from left and right to seal off all of Su Yan’s escape routes.
A mere lowly disciple from Golden Ape Martial Arts School, how dare he provoke them like this?
Su Yan remained calm, his figure retreating half a step, flexibly dodging the Saber Light.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh
Several White Bone Poison Centipede Nails suddenly flew out from the concealed shrubbery, piercing straight through the chests of the Blood Moving Realm martial artists with imperceptible speed.
They grunted, trying to move but finding their entire chests numbing.
Su Yan’s armguards popped out sharp edges, sweeping across; the three Blood Moving Realm martial artists could no longer move, and with one sweep of the edges, their heads all fell.
Yin Ruguang’s eyes nearly split: “You thief, what did you do?!”
He swung his saber to chop, but his heart was filled with shock and doubt, his courage weakened by seven parts, and even his Saber Momentum weakened by more than three tenths.
He didn’t know what thing was hiding in that shrubbery, a white shadow flashing by at extreme speed, filling him with a trace of fear.
Su Yan sneered; though inconvenient to use Fierce Insects to strangle, with such dense shrubbery, using some means was still possible.
His armguards swept horizontally to block the blade, then Fierce Ape Three Forms unleashed in grand sweeps toward Yin Ruguang’s body.
In this battle, Yin Ruguang only felt endless trouble.
No matter how fast his Saber Light, he didn’t dare use full force; no matter how sharp his saber, striking Su Yan’s armguards only produced clanging sounds without breaching the defense.
A layer of Jade Armor quietly covered his body, Insect Armor inside absorbing five or six tenths of the force, plus armguards and inner armor—truly ghostly if this defense could be broken.
Su Yan fought more ferociously, Yin Ruguang more anxiously; suddenly he thought to slash straight at Su Yan’s arm root, then leap out of the fight.
Milky white Jade Armor fully emerged on Su Yan’s body, another layer of Insect Armor protruding.
He didn’t dodge at all, clanging as he let the blade chop down.
Not good!
Yin Ruguang’s face changed drastically; this person’s Hardening had reached such a level.
Wanting to escape, but Su Yan’s arm had already gathered vigorous Qi and Blood, punching straight into his chest.
Crack, chest bones fractured.
Yin Ruguang flew backward, crashing heavily to the ground, snapping countless shrubs.
On Zhong Han’s side, great alarm; from afar, seeing Yin Ruguang’s miserable state truly startled him.
Su Yan stepped down on Yin Ruguang’s head.
“Brother Su, spare me, and I’ll tell you who wants to harm you.”
Yin Ruguang still wanted to live; Su Yan raised his eyebrows slightly upon hearing: “So you’re his helper; farewell, no send-off.”
Yin Ruguang’s eyes widened in disbelief, but the next moment his head cracked with a snap, killed on the spot.
Su Yan looked toward Zhong Han thirty meters away; sensing that gaze, Zhong Han was like a startled bird, immediately trying to flee.
Bai Yun fought him in melee, her fist techniques pressing step by step, making it hard for him to even execute his saber techniques.
Now adding a monster like Su Yan, he was surely doomed.
However, just as he moved, the White Ape Phantom behind Bai Yun suddenly merged like mist, a fist probing right before him.
In his dazed moment, how could he react; he took the punch solidly.
This punch shattered half his shoulder blade, his sharp weapon-grade blade dropping to the ground.
His figure staggered and fell, losing balance.
Seeing this, Su Yan’s mouth curved up; his Fine Steel Longbow was already in hand, one arrow shot out instantly piercing Zhong Han’s neck, killing him.
In this battle, Su Yan and Bai Yun had killed every single one from Seven Blades Martial Arts School.
“There are a few fish that slipped the net; let’s chase and finish them together.”
Bai Yun’s peripheral vision swept the shrubbery, vaguely sensing some anomaly but not pointing it out.
To make a name hunting mountains and gathering herbs, her junior brother surely had something special.
‘Junior Brother is quite capable; it seems Beast King Sect’s assessment won’t be worrisome even without that Wolf King cub.’
Su Yan offered no explanation, just nodding: “Good.”
The two immediately split to pursue, and hadn’t gone far when they met the Seven Blades Martial Arts School disciples returning to rescue after hearing the commotion.
Blood Qi Arrows greeted them head-on, killing them directly.
All killed clean, then they gathered at the place where Yin Ruguang and the others had fallen.
The two examined the items collected by Yin Ruguang and the others; there were quite a few gains, especially in the stream valley, which surprisingly hid many materials.
“Junior Brother, to what extent have you accumulated your Qi and Blood? Spinal Cord like a dragon, nurturing the five internal organs—can it reach Beginner?”
Qi and Blood condensing into a line through the spinal cord, like a great dragon bridging heaven and earth, dispersing like threads to connect and nurture the internal organs.
Once the body is nurtured well and meridians strong, True Essence can be born, circulating unceasingly in the body.
Bai Yun asked this because she found she couldn’t see through Su Yan at all.
“Already started nurturing; just short of producing a breath of True Essence.”
Bai Yun’s beautiful eyes flickered slightly with surprise, then she praised: “Your talent is truly monstrous; no wonder your body is so strong.”
Her slender hand picked three Five-colored Fruits from the spoils, handing them to Su Yan: “Yin Ruguang’s Five-colored Fruits are just right for you; First-order High-grade for nurturing internal organs should help you advance further. Other things, you seven me three.”
Su Yan showed a surprised expression: “Senior Sister, we killed the people together; this split isn’t fair.”
“You killed them; I was the one being chased.”
Bai Yun shook her head slightly; her nature was aloof and wouldn’t take such advantage.
“I’ll keep secret about the exotic beasts you raised.”
She paused slightly: “If you have this beast-taming ability, you can also use some resources on exotic beasts, saving some trouble in the assessment.”
“Thanks, Senior Sister.”
He smiled, thinking to himself: ‘Senior Sister Bai is clear-cut in character; acting like this allows me to be a bit bolder.’
The two divided the items; it was now nearing evening, light dim in Miasma Valley, darkening faster.
The two simply lit a campfire by the stream valley for a temporary rest.
Bai Yun caught two rabbits and put them over the fire; looking at Su Yan, she said: “If you want to consume the Five-colored Fruits, I can guard for you.”
She bit her lip slightly; not just from fellow disciple bonds, but also wanting to see to what extent Su Yan’s Qi and Blood had reached.
“Thanks so much, Senior Sister.”
Su Yan smiled, secretly recalling the Red Armored Mad Scorpion, while White Bone Poison Centipede hid in the surrounding miasma shrubbery, with Blood Bees patrolling.
Safety was no concern for him, but having someone guarding added insurance.
He took out the Five-colored Fruits and ate them; medicinal potency dispersed, continuously infiltrating and strengthening the internal organs bit by bit.
Qi and Blood began surging, like trickling streams tempering the internal organs unceasingly, while gradually strengthening the meridians.
‘Still not enough.’
The medicinal effect was very targeted, but still fell short for Su Yan’s current physique.
He took out a bottle of Blood Sun Pills, swallowing two, mobilizing Qi and Blood like tides.
Insect Yuan drawn in, Insect Yuan from the four Insect Tamers converging to reinforce the internal organs together.
Instantly, Qi and Blood drummed like low rumbling, causing Bai Yun’s eyes to fill with astonishment.
She thought: “Such a strong physical body; swallowing two Blood Sun Pills in a row like it’s nothing.”
Her eyes scanned the surroundings, watching the campfire while guarding for Su Yan.
Su Yan’s cultivation increasingly piqued her curiosity; thus she watched for a full hour.
【Body Tempering Realm: Blood Moving 259/400（Great Accomplishment）】
Su Yan exhaled long, his breath like a sword, retracting his Qi and Blood.
‘The Five-colored Fruits are quite miraculous; combined with my days of polishing, the Blood Moving path is already over half done—a few more Five-colored Fruits, and the internal organs will be fully nurtured.’
