The Arrogant Immortal
Chapter 231 - 230 Xie Jiuniang Kills Someone

Chapter 231: Chapter 230 Xie Jiuniang Kills Someone

Xie Jiuniang looked at the gorgeous female cultivator before her, her eyes sparkling.

People naturally have a fondness for beautiful things.

But sometimes, the more beautiful things are, the more poisonous they can be.

Cong Donghua did not hold back her cultivation base either, she attacked with full strength. Having observed Xie Jiuniang’s fighting earlier, she naturally understood her and hence, Xie Jiuniang found it somewhat difficult to fight.

It was as if every move was being targeted, her techniques anticipated.

Right from the start, she was suppressed.

After executing a move, Xie Jiuniang leaped back several feet, creating distance from Cong Donghua.

However, a wound appeared on her arm.

She had been injured.

This was the first time Xie Jiuniang had gotten injured at the beginning of a fight after fighting for so long.

"Friend Cong, you seem quite familiar with my techniques."

"I did put in a lot of effort to study them, not to beat Yuanxi, but to last for at least half a moment." Cong Donghua’s smile was captivating, and she even gave Xie Jiuniang a flirty wink.

Xie Jiuniang felt a shiver of disgust.

Jian Lingyan reminded her, "Master, be careful. This woman has a Soul Art that can resist Spiritual Soul Attacks. Your previous methods might be of no use now."

This method referred to the Soul Art that Xie Jiuniang had used earlier.

This wasn’t referring to the Soul Needle but to using Divine Sense to disrupt the opponent’s Spiritual Soul, somewhat similar to an illusion, causing the opponent a momentary stagnation of the Spiritual Soul. Xie Jiuniang had learned this technique from the old woman’s inheritance.

Xie Jiuniang sheathed her long sword.

In such moments of combat, sheathing the sword unexpectedly can catch the opponent off guard.

Was she giving up the fight?

Cong Donghua’s eyes flickered slightly, but before she had time to ponder, a fierce sword light slashed down.

The speed was too fast, as swift as a snap of the fingers.

Cong Donghua had no chance to escape!

In an instant, the sword light split her in two!

In the moment where everyone seemed to be in a trance, blood splattered everywhere on the stage, and it was brutally extreme as far as the eyes could see.

For the first time in the challenges thus far, a death occurred.

A beautiful female cultivator was thus slain under Xie Jiuniang’s sword, catching the audience off guard.

It really was too unexpected!

In the past, Xie Jiuniang had seemed casual, and she gave off a rather gentle impression, because not to mention killing someone, she had not even inflicted serious injuries, stopping at the point of contact.

This was the first time Xie Jiuniang had killed someone.

And she did so with such decisiveness!

"What’s going on? The Little Profiteer killed someone!"

"It’s over in just a few breaths?"

"Did that Cong surname provoke the Little Profiteer? She must have done something; otherwise, she wouldn’t have angered her." The voice sounded like Xuanyuan You’s, with a guiding tone.

Many disciples below were greatly startled.

Including the Elders, all were taken aback.

Because the kill had been too fast, completed in the blink of an eye, even the judging Elder only saw the sword drawing and sheathing, and Xie Jiuniang’s opponent had fallen.

So fast that it was impossible to save.

This display of strength stunned a large part of the audience in an instant.

The powerful individuals from the Sects in the shadows were very observant.

Someone spoke out, "That was a very impressive Sword Drawing Technique."

"Does the Main Peak have this technique?"

"I heard that Lord Guangluo once gifted her a swordsmanship technique."

"Could it be this one?"

Powerful figures are also curious, with impressive sources of information.

Xie Jiuniang put away her Magic Sword.

The injury on her arm was not severe, it was a cut that bled, and the blood gushing out had a faint trace of black in it, not noticeable unless looked at closely.

"Yuanxi! You’re so detestable, resorting to murder without arguing? You owe Cong Donghua her life!" Some people who were close to Cong Donghua below, or rather, her admirers, exclaimed.

Several people jumped onto the platform in succession, raising their magic artifacts ready to kill Xie Jiuniang in revenge.

These people started with their strongest killing moves!

Amidst the chaos, someone took advantage of the confusion to throw a Thunder Explosive Bead at Xie Jiuniang!

Xie Jiuniang’s response was rapid; she quickly leapt off the platform.

Boom!

An explosion sounded.

However, the noise wasn’t very loud.

A Nascent Soul Elder intervened, containing the explosion within a small area, but the previously intact platform was destroyed.

Those who had just jumped onto the platform were left with two dead and three seriously wounded, coughing up blood; even the body of Cong Donghua that had been on the platform was blown away.

The spectators seated closest to the platform either retreated rapidly or used their skills to block the shock waves, fortunately avoiding any casualties.

It was always a risk to watch the platform from up close.

Even though strong experts might block any danger, there would still be a shock, right?

Xie Jiuniang was covered in ash and dust from the explosion.

It was reasonable to suspect that this was caused by more than a single Thunder Explosive Bead; these people were employing every vicious method possible to kill her.

The troublemakers were captured.

The one who threw the Thunder Explosive Bead and attempted to escape was interrupted while activating a teleportation talisman by a Nascent Soul True Lord, who then sealed his Dantian. In a short while, the disturbance was quelled.

The surrounding people all sighed in admiration, "As expected of a Great Sect."

Their speed in dealing with the situation was simply rapid.

Just as Xie Jiuniang formed a Dust Cleansing Technique for herself, she noticed an additional presence beside her, a faint medicinal fragrance drifting over, very familiar. She looked up, sure enough, it was Mo Chuan.

Mo Chuan gazed solemnly at the wound on her arm, "You’ve been poisoned."

"Yes, I’m not sure what poison it is," Xie Jiuniang admitted, choosing not to staunch the bleeding and allowing the wound on her arm to continue flowing.

The blood flowing out was poisoned.

Their brief conversation was not concealed, letting the nearby people hear clearly.

"Little Profiteer, you’ve been poisoned? Did that person just now poison you?!" Xuanyuan You was startled and quickly crowded in.

Kuangguan hurriedly examined Xie Jiuniang’s injuries. Seeing the poisoned blood, his complexion changed dramatically, and he exclaimed indignantly, "Shameless scoundrels! To use poison in a tournament, death is not enough of a punishment."

For those who were harboring doubts about Xie Jiuniang’s act of killing, they finally understood the reason.

It turned out that Cong Donghua had actually poisoned Xie Jiuniang!

With a despicable tactic, he had smeared a potent toxin on his magic artifact.

Using poison techniques on the platform was regarded as shameful in the Cultivation World. Many had felt that Xie Jiuniang’s sudden burst of lethal force was too harsh, inevitably breeding some prejudice; now, all such thoughts dissipated.

Xie Jiuniang was about to ingest a Detoxification Pill when Mo Chuan stopped her.

Mo Chuan said, "If you want to die quickly, then keep taking random pills."

"This is a Detoxification Pill..."

"Not all poisons can be treated with a Detoxification Pill," Mo Chuan observed, noting the blood oozing from her arm, "Let me check what kind of poison this is."

"You can’t tell at a glance?" Xie Jiuniang asked doubtfully.

Mo Chuan patiently explained, "Based solely on the blood that’s black with strains of red, it’s not possible to identify the poison. In the Cultivation World, many poisons, once contracted, will turn the blood black. You’ve only recently been poisoned, so the characteristics are not yet clear."

Kuangguan said with concern, "Then please, Nephew Mo Chuan, assist us."

"Uncle Kuangguan, you are too kind, I will do my best," Mo Chuan responded, taking out tools to test the poison.

A Pill Master and a Medical Cultivator are different after all.

A Pill Master focuses on the art of Alchemy, while a Medical Cultivator learns medical techniques, with an emphasis on how to cure various diseases, etc.

Within Danfeng, if anyone’s medical skills were sublime, it was Mo Chuan.

Xie Jiuniang merely had a basic understanding of poisons, capable of concocting a few toxicants, but was far from being an expert.

After Mo Chuan finished checking, he said solemnly, "It’s One-Day Termination."

The people present changed their expressions at once; Cong Donghua’s malicious intent was appalling. He clearly wanted Xie Jiuniang dead.

One-Day Termination was the name of a poison.

Anyone afflicted by this poison would die within a day.

Xie Jiuniang had perused the Poison Scripture she obtained from Wu Tong, which contained a brief description of "One-Day Termination."

A deadly toxin, incurable; within one hour of poisoning, the skin turns dark, within three, the flesh bubbles thickly, ulcerates, and there’s excruciating pain throughout the body; after twelve hours, the victim dies.