Ling Yin was startled. She hadn’t even noticed when the middle-aged man appeared. Exhausted, her legs finally gave out, and she collapsed to the ground, her breathing ragged. “So you’re Junior Zhu, the one Elder Zhan mentioned.” Elder Lu smiled broadly. “I just watched your sparring and was amazed to see someone your age possess such outstanding swordsmanship. But it seems you weren’t using your full strength against the girl. How about facing me instead?” “Oh, Senior. What a coincidence—I also need a sparring partner stronger than myself.” Tian Zhu assumed a stance and moved forward. Elder Lu welcomed Tian Zhu’s advance, attacking with his sword. Meanwhile, Elder Zhan merely observed. He raised his eyebrows when he realized that Tian Zhu had already broken through to the Silver Core Realm. “Not only him—this girl has also broken through.” Xiao Zhan looked at Ling Yin, who was still lying on the ground, catching her breath. Back to the battle. Tian Zhu attacked swiftly, yet

Upon arriving at the building where the sect members were gathered, Tian Zhu saw many members of the Hundred Sword Sect lying on the floor, using makeshift carpets as bedding.There were around fifty people inside the room, and there were still other rooms filled with additional poisoned victims. Their skin appeared purplish in many areas, while those in extremely critical condition had almost their entire bodies turned purple due to the poison.Several physicians could be seen treating them, administering various medicines.“Senior Xiao Zhan, I need one bucket of water. Let me treat everyone myself, and make sure no one disturbs me until I come out,” Tian Zhu said.Xiao Zhan nodded. He called over one of the disciples and ordered him to fetch a bucket of water. After that, he instructed everyone to leave, leaving only Tian Zhu and Ling Yin inside.“Their conditions are all very serious, Master,” Ling Yin said, unable to bear the sight.“Yes. I’ll treat those in the most critical cond

Xiao Zhan frowned deeply when Tian Zhu revealed that the traitors of the Hundred Sword Sect were Elder Ming and Elder Lu.Where did Tian Zhu get such a conclusion? There was no way he would make such an accusation without solid evidence.“Why do you think they’re the traitors? Even though they are among the most likely suspects, we can’t jump to conclusions so quickly.”“I’m not making baseless assumptions at all,” Tian Zhu replied calmly. “Earlier, when I fought Elder Lu, he secretly attacked me with this small poisoned needle.”Tian Zhu revealed an extremely tiny needle made of glass, so small it was difficult to see with the naked eye.He then explained several other details that reinforced his suspicion that Elder Ming was also one of the traitors—specifically, the moment Tian Zhu had pretended to fall ill.If Elder Ming were Elder Lu’s accomplice, he would naturally react strangely upon seeing Tian Zhu weakened, because those symptoms matched the poison used by Elder Lu.And sure

After several minutes, the illusions vanished as the effects of the powder wore off.“Where… where did they all go?! Where are they?! Where?! Where?! Where?!” Gong Ma screamed, babbling like a madman.“He lost his sanity after just one dose. His willpower is truly weak,” Tian Zhu shook his head.Gong Ma’s gaze locked onto Tian Zhu—more precisely, onto the pink powder in his hand.“You… give it to me! Give it to me! Hurry!” Gong Ma struggled violently against his restraints.Unfortunately, the ropes were made of special threads—even cultivators couldn’t easily break free from them.“You want this?” Tian Zhu raised the small glass bottle of pink powder.“Give it to me! Give it to me, or I’ll kill you!” Gong Ma screamed.Instead, Tian Zhu slowly poured the powder onto the floor.“You bastard! How dare you waste it!”“If you want it, then obey me and answer my questions,” Tian Zhu said calmly. “Otherwise, I’ll dump all of it, and you’ll never see it again.”“Hah! Stop joking! Just give it

Everyone looked up as massive chunks of rock fell, blocking the road ahead. Some rocks crashed toward the army, but the sect members swiftly launched attacks to shatter them.“It seems someone is trying to toy with us from up there!” Mo Chun looked toward the cliff tops.“Sect Master, it looks like someone wants to play games with us,” Elder Ming said as he drew his weapon.“Yes. Most likely the Hundred Sword Sect is trying to slow us down by blocking the road. But their efforts are clearly futile.” Mo Chun remained calm, as he could neither see nor determine how many people were on the cliffs.Moments later, a wave of flames slammed into the opposite cliff peak, causing even more rocks to collapse and block the rear of the Purple Poison Sect’s army.Both ends of the path were now sealed off, trapping them in the middle.“Something’s wrong,” Elder Lu frowned. “If they only wanted to slow us down, blocking the front would have been enough. But they blocked the rear as well. It’s like t