"Damn you, little thief! A sneak attack and poison! I will tear you limb from limb!"

The man in black, steadily being forced back by Ji Feng, roared in fury when he saw Yang Chan making his escape.

If not for that sneak attack, he wouldn’t be in this state. The timing had been too perfect. He hadn’t been able to dodge it at all. Otherwise, things would never have gotten this bad.

He felt as if his Five Viscera and Six Viscera were on fire. The potent Poison flared up, making him extremely uncomfortable. Even with his Tempering at the Second Lungs and Spleen, he couldn’t expel the toxins while in the middle of a fight.

He wanted to retreat, but Ji Feng had sealed off his escape routes. The situation was now far worse than before.

"Yan Zhenfeng, make your move! If you don’t, I’ll die at Ji Feng’s hands!"

The man in black continued to roar, but this time not at Yang Chan. His shouts were directed at the surroundings, because the reinforcements were too slow.

Otherwise, his situation wouldn’t be this dire. The man in black knew he had to find someone to handle Ji Feng. He needed time to force the Poison out of his body, or he would die right here.

They had come to annihilate the Cyan Yuan Sect, not to serve themselves up on a platter.

The man in black’s roar made Ji Feng pull back his Fist Power slightly as he scanned his surroundings warily. Under these circumstances, the arrival of another Inner Master could change the tide of battle.

However, he didn’t stop hounding the man, giving him no chance to escape. This was the perfect opportunity to kill him.

The man in black waited, but no reinforcements appeared. He couldn’t even hear the sound of anyone coming. His heart sank.

The situation was far too dire.

He didn’t know what part of the plan had gone wrong, but he knew his body couldn’t hold out for much longer.

The sensation spreading through his Five Viscera and Six Viscera was agonizing. It felt as if he were on the verge of death.

No matter how powerful an Inner Master’s Cultivation was, how thoroughly Tempered their physical body, or how tenacious their Life Force, they were still human. If their Five Viscera and Six Viscera were destroyed, they would ultimately die.

Just like that expert of the Inner Refining of the Five Viscera from the Pharmacist Alliance—hadn’t he been killed by a potent Poison? That incident had sent shockwaves through many Pharmacists and Inner Masters.

Ji Feng’s Spiritual Sense didn’t detect any other Inner Masters approaching, and a visual scan confirmed it—no one was there. He attacked again with his full strength.

’It doesn’t matter if he has backup or not. I’ll kill him first. Even if reinforcements do show up, it’ll be much easier to handle them then.’

’Two Inner Masters at once would be difficult to handle, but if they came one at a time, he had nothing to fear.’

Not far away, the Inner Master fighting Yan Jinfeng wanted to go and help. But Yan Jinfeng knew he couldn’t let him get away. He swallowed an Elixir, unleashing a burst of powerful Combat Power to keep his opponent tied down, giving him no opportunity to provide aid.

Ji Feng’s attacks grew fiercer. The man in black kept spitting up blood—some of it forced out by Ji Feng’s Fist Power, the rest a result of the Poison taking effect.

"Let me send you on your final journey."

"Die!"

Ji Feng could see his opponent was about to lose consciousness. He sent a powerful fist strike straight at the man’s head. The impact cracked the man’s skull open, spattering Ji Feng’s fist with blood.

After killing his opponent, Ji Feng immediately went to support Yan Jinfeng. He’d seen Yan Jinfeng take the Elixir, and knew that kind of power boost wouldn’t last long. They had to kill Yan Jinfeng’s opponent first to completely stabilize the battle.

It was two against one, and their opponent’s Cultivation was weaker than Ji Feng’s. It was an easy fight. Before long, caught in their combined assault, this man in black also breathed his last.

Afterward, Ji Feng and Yan Jinfeng joined the main battlefield to clear out the remaining men in black. These last few were only at the External Refining realm, some having just grasped Power. Against the two masters, the battle ended swiftly.

Even then, Ji Feng still hadn’t seen Yan Zhenfeng, the Inner Master the man in black had called for before his death. However, he did sense a battle raging where Qi Yuansheng, the Hall Master of the Artifact Refining Hall, was located. He arranged for the other Cyan Yuan Sect Disciples to protect Yan Jinfeng, the Advanced Pharmacist, while the main group headed toward the fight.

’Splitting up now would be dangerous. It’s better to stick together.’

Soon, they saw Qi Yuansheng clashing with a master who had reached the Fourth Lungs and Spleen of Inner Refining. Qi Yuansheng had the upper hand, but he was still unable to finish his opponent.

Seeing this, Ji Feng immediately joined the fight. He knew how tenacious these men in black were; the best course of action was to surround and kill them.

No matter how well his opponent used softness to overcome hardness, it was useless in the face of overwhelming, multi-directional force.

Meanwhile, Yang Chan had stopped fleeing. He was now with Xu Gaocen, positioned in the middle of the Cyan Yuan Sect Disciples, one of the people being protected.

Next to him was Cai Kun, an Elite Disciple.

Everyone remained on high alert, wary of another attack.

Yang Chan’s gaze, however, was fixed on the clash up ahead. This was a battle between a master at the Peak of Inner Refining of the Lungs and Spleens and another who was close to it. The power they wielded was even greater than what he’d seen in the fight between Ji Feng and the man in black.

Qi Yuansheng, the Hall Master of the Artifact Refining Hall, was especially formidable. He was already at the Peak of Inner Refining of the Lungs and Spleens, and his Martial Seal was a fusion of the Tiger Capturing and Flood Dragon Catching seals. The Combat Power he could unleash was immense.

This type of Martial Seal was somewhat similar to the Nine Oxen and Two Tigers Martial Seal that Yang Chan had used before. It also combined two powerful Martial Seals, allowing it to unleash even greater Combat Power.

Every one of Qi Yuansheng’s strikes made the ground tremble. And this was inside White Jade City, where the ground was reinforced by a special Magic Array, not just soft earth. It was a testament to the Combat Power of both fighters.

’This level of strength is far beyond my own.’

’Without resorting to my tricks, I’d never fight someone like that. I’d just use the Wind-Stepping Technique and get out of there.’

After Ji Feng joined the battle, the man in black’s ability to resist gradually faded. Especially with Ji Feng and Qi Yuansheng coordinating their attacks, his ’soft’ power had no room to be used.

The moment he tried to execute a technique, an attack would strike him from another angle. Before long, this man in black also collapsed to the ground, all signs of life gone.

It wasn’t that the man in black didn’t want to escape. When he saw Ji Feng and the others arrive, he could guess what had happened elsewhere: all his comrades were dead.

He didn’t know which part of their plan had failed, but the result was clearly a disaster. Unfortunately, when he tried to flee, Qi Yuansheng had tied him down.

Qi Yuansheng’s Light Body Technique was also formidable, and he blocked his escape several times. He tried to unleash a burst of power to break free, only to be beaten back by their joint assault. He hadn’t been able to use his true strength at all.

His techniques weren’t very effective in a group fight, so he could only die filled with regret before the Cyan Yuan Pavilion.

Even in death, the man couldn’t believe their attack had ended this way. According to their plan, the people of the Cyan Yuan Sect should have been wiped out by now, and the sect left crippled with heavy losses.

’This isn’t how it was supposed to go!’