Mai Xiongbo’s words caused Mu Wanjun’s pretty face to lose color.
At this moment, she could no longer hesitate. She gritted her teeth, and the Internal Energy within her Dantian Qi Sea began to surge wildly.
The only option now was to fight with her life on the line!
Autumn Water Flowing霞!
This was the forbidden Move of the sword Cultivation Technique she practiced. Once unleashed, it could directly break through the Inner Qi First Level, allowing her destructive power to barely step into the Inner Qi Second Level.
Facing Mai Xiongbo, who was at the Inner Qi Second Level, although her strength was still insufficient, she at least had a slightly better chance.
If she could successfully break out, the chances of survival would greatly increase. After all, this Weishui County City was still under the Zhenfu Division’s control. Although there was temporary chaos, it would ultimately be suppressed and quelled.
Swish, swish, swish!
Mu Wanjun had pushed the Autumn Water sword Cultivation Technique to its limit.
At this instant, the sword light surging in front of her suddenly intensified.
The autumn water was like flowing haze, Internal Energy shot out, as if possessing divine charm. It was like a sky full of purple light, pouring down.
The offensive power of this Move had already broken through the Inner Qi First Level, entering the Inner Qi Second Level Realm.
The purple light covered everything, lasting only for an instant. Then, a denser, pitch-black color covered it, accompanied by clanging sounds like metal striking metal. The originally powerful purple light quickly dissipated at a visible speed.
Mai Xiongbo’s palms were as black as ink, like palm-leaf fans, continuously suppressing Mu Wanjun’s sword Moves.
“It still failed!”
Mu Wanjun sighed inwardly.
Although her combat power had entered the Inner Qi Second Level with Autumn Water Flowing霞, Mai Xiongbo was, after all, an experienced Inner Qi Second Level master. It was not surprising for him to break and scatter her sword Moves.
“Lord Mu, such a Prodigy, to be honest, I truly feel a bit reluctant to kill her.”
Looking at Mu Wanjun, who showed despair, Mai Xiongbo’s lips curved into a sneer. Under the suppression of absolute strength, what good was it if Mu Wanjun was a Prodigy?
“Chen Ping’an…”
Mu Wanjun sighed in her heart, unconsciously looking towards where Chen Ping’an was slumped on the ground.
Would such a young talent, who had hopes of making it onto the New Talent Rankings, also perish here with her today?
Hmm?
Mu Wanjun’s heart jumped.
Flying Locust Stone!
Chen Ping’an’s hand trembled several times, and several extremely sharp stones shot towards Mai Xiongbo.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The power unleashed instantly by the Perfection-level Flying Locust Stone throwing technique, combined with the use of Internal Energy, was absolutely not to be underestimated.
Mai Xiongbo had his back to Chen Ping’an and did not see Chen Ping’an’s actions, but as the stones shot out, Mai Xiongbo’s figure suddenly flashed as he identified the sound.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three stones were avoided by Mai Xiongbo and hit the wall fiercely, creating two small pits.
The remaining stone was slapped away by Mai Xiongbo and fell to the ground.
“Run!”
Almost at the same moment the Flying Locust Stone was launched, Chen Ping’an shouted loudly at Mu Wanjun.
Although the Flying Locust Stone attack did not cause substantial damage to Mai Xiongbo, it caused his figure to shift, revealing an opening and a flaw.
Mu Wanjun naturally would not miss such a good opportunity. Taking advantage of the Autumn Water Flowing霞, which was nearing its end, she forcefully broke through and headed towards Chen Ping’an.
“You weren’t poisoned! Without Inner Qi Realm level, how could you expel the toxins from your body?”
Mai Xiongbo did not expect such an accident.
Why was that kid in front of him unaffected by his mixed poisons?
From the very beginning, even before revealing his identity, he had been judging Chen Ping’an’s martial Dao Realm. From the aura he emitted, he was indeed only at the Qi Blood Sixth Stage, and had definitely not entered the Inner Qi Realm!
“Although I haven’t entered the Inner Qi Realm, my Qi and blood are hot and full to the extreme. Although I suffered your insidious poisoned hand, fortunately, the poison did not penetrate deeply!”
Chen Ping’an stood steadily with a gloomy expression, appearing weak.
But in reality, as soon as the poison entered his body, it was forced out by his Internal Energy.
However, he naturally would not tell Mai Xiongbo the real reason. The Realm he displayed externally was merely a disguise from his Golden Finger panel.
Mu Wanjun stood beside Chen Ping’an, her eyes sparkling with joy.
“Ping’an, it’s great that you’re fine. If we two work together, there’s still hope!”
Chen Ping’an’s martial Dao Realm had advanced again, actually reaching Qi Blood Sixth Stage Perfection! Thus, by relying on his immensely powerful Qi and blood, he was able to prevent the poison from penetrating too deeply.
The gap between the Inner Qi Realm and the Qi Blood Perfection was not as ridiculously large as imagined.
Aside from Internal Energy and Cultivation Technique skills, there wasn’t much difference between the Inner Qi Realm and the Qi Blood Perfection.
Although her combat power was now greatly diminished, if she disregarded everything, she still had the strength to fight. Coupled with Chen Ping’an’s cooperation, they might not be unable to entangle and skirmish with Mai Xiongbo.
“Just with that kid?”
Mai Xiongbo’s face showed mockery.
Although he said that, in reality, Mai Xiongbo’s heart was subtly ringing an alarm.
Mu Wanjun was right. Indeed, if the two of them cooperated well, and he was careful with his life, he wouldn’t be able to take them down quickly.
After all, this place was within Weishui County City. If the Zhenfu Division reacted, then he would be the one in a passive position.
“Decisive battle!”
Mai Xiongbo made up his mind.
Even if it meant sustaining minor injuries, he had to take them down as quickly as possible.
Mai Xiongbo’s palms once again turned as black as ink, and he was about to strike at the two of them. However, he saw Chen Ping’an pull Mu Wanjun and run towards the prison.
Mai Xiongbo’s expression froze, then a hint of sarcasm appeared.
Want to run?
Let’s see where you can run to!
Nancheng Prison had only this one exit. If they ran inside, they would only become turtles in a jar.
Mu Wanjun ran into the prison with Chen Ping’an, feeling confused.
Her thoughts were the same as Mai Xiongbo’s. If they were outside, using the open space, the two of them could still skirmish with Mai Xiongbo. If they were incredibly lucky, they might even break out. But if they entered this prison, not only was the space confined and difficult to skirmish, but having only one exit cut off any hope of breaking out.
Did he want to delay time inside?
This thought flashed through Mu Wanjun’s mind.
Doing so could indeed delay time, but the greater possibility was that Mai Xiongbo would directly block the exit, gradually shrinking the encirclement, and capture them directly.
Such an operation carried extreme risks.
Although her heart was full of doubts, at this moment, Mu Wanjun gave Chen Ping’an her absolute trust.
“Where are you running?!”
Mai Xiongbo shouted loudly, his voice echoing through the narrow prison corridor.
Chen Ping’an led Mu Wanjun through the dungeon, constantly moving. Mai Xiongbo had indeed not lied to them; many jailers were lying in the dungeon corridor, clearly having been poisoned by the same toxin.
At this point, if he wasn’t mistaken, someone should already be going to rescue Wu Haihua!
However, he couldn’t worry about that much right now.
Chen Ping’an did not continue running to the second basement level, but instead turned into a guard’s office.
“Ping’an, this is…”
Mu Wanjun didn’t understand why Chen Ping’an had come here. Before she could ask, Mai Xiongbo followed, laughing loudly.
“You know our people are below, so you don’t dare to run down? Are you planning to surrender here?! Hahahaha…”
As Mai Xiongbo just stepped into the office, several Flying Locust Stones flew towards him. Mai Xiongbo reacted extremely quickly, his figure flashing, dodging a few, and then swatting away two more with a palm strike.
“Petty tricks!”
Before he could stand steady, he looked at Chen Ping’an with a sneer, about to mock him, when he saw Chen Ping’an, who was standing in the corner, suddenly pull a lever on one side.
A cage made of refined iron suddenly dropped from above. With his speed, he could have completely avoided and escaped. But just now, in order to dodge the Flying Locust Stone throws, his body was unsteady, and for a moment, he couldn’t Move out of the way.
Clang!
The refined iron cage fell, trapping him firmly inside.
“Go!”
Without bothering to see Mai Xiongbo’s reaction, Chen Ping’an whispered to Mu Wanjun, then ran past the refined iron cage where Mai Xiongbo was, and out of the office.