The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#427 - Promise

As the lake light cut through the calligraphy and painting in Shu Hua's hand, some changes finally occurred in this vast white world.

A crack appeared above the heads of Lu Jing and Lu Ping.

At first, the crack was only two feet long, about the same size as the gash made by the flying sword on the painting.

But soon the crack began to spread around, getting bigger and bigger!

Through the crack, Lu Jing could vaguely see some of the outside scenery, including Shu Hua standing motionless in the hall holding up the painting, the whistling rain of arrows falling down, and Xia Huai and the others who had retreated to the wall and were still struggling to support themselves, as well as Yan Yun preparing to venture into the rain of arrows…

Without a doubt, the people of the Si Tian Jian were now forced into a desperate situation.

Zhu Xie in the crowd looked dull-eyed, also appearing pale, then he seemed to make up his mind, gritted his teeth, and shouted excitedly.

Lu Jing couldn't hear what he was saying, but it was probably nothing more than talk of rewards, and the few people nearby seemed a little surprised when they heard it, glancing at Zhu Xie, but that was all.

Obviously, compared to the rewards promised by Zhu Xie, everyone was more concerned about their own lives.

Lu Jing originally wanted Lu Ping, who was about to become a painting puppet, to go out through the crack first to save people, while he himself stayed here to find a way to continue dealing with Shu Hua here.

But he didn't expect that the speed of the crack's spread would increase again in the next moment, and then Lu Jing heard the sound of something completely shattering.

When he looked up again, he had already returned to the hall.

Lu Jing was slightly stunned, but quickly recovered, and immediately reached out and grabbed the last painting in the painting basket.

At this time, Shu Hua also threw away the battlefield map in his hand, turned around, and seemed to want to stop Lu Jing.

He subconsciously reached into the painting basket, still wanting to find a painting that could help him get out of his current predicament.

But before his action was halfway done, the brow bone of his left eye suddenly burst open, and then the wound extended all the way to his right waist, looking as if he had been fiercely split by an invisible sharp blade, his appearance as miserable as could be.

Moreover, Shu Hua's terrifying self-healing ability did not take effect this time.

He just stared wide-eyed and fell straight backward, and at the same time, the painting in Lu Jing's hand also burned up.

Finally, it completely burned into ashes and scattered with the wind.

And as Shu Hua threw away the battlefield map, the rain of arrows that had been raging in the hall also stopped.

Although the arrows and Shu Hua's body disappeared with the painting in Lu Jing's hand afterward, the damage they caused did not disappear with them.

As far as Lu Jing could see, the hall was full of dense arrow holes, on the pillars, on the desks, on the beams… it looked very frightening, and there were even more on the corpses, although most of the strange people and strangers who came to the banquet tonight had left halfway.

But in addition to them, there were still many palace maids, eunuchs, and guards in the hall. Without exception, all of these people died under the rain of arrows summoned by Shu Hua.

In addition, Dongxuan Zhenren's other "disciples" also suffered.

They were caught off guard by a wave of ten thousand arrows fired by their teammates, but they didn't even have a flash card in their hands, and in the end, except for Huo Xing Sun, who escaped by relying on his invincible escape technique, all the rest were taken away by the AOE.

Dongxuan Zhenren's loss this time was simply huge.

So his face is naturally not very good-looking now, it was clearly a great situation, his side gathered helpers with different supernatural powers, rubbing their hands, ready to do a big job, but as soon as Shu Hua arrived, he first exposed Huo Xing Sun's old background, and now he has directly turned him into a lone man.

On the other hand, the Si Tian Jian side seemed to be in a dangerous situation, but after tossing around, they didn't lose a single person. It seems that they were the only ones who were beaten from beginning to end.

It would be strange if Dongxuan Zhenren's heart could be balanced.

On the other side, when Xia Huai saw Lu Jing and Lu Ping return to the hall, the heart that had been hanging all the time finally fell back down, and then the girl felt a burst of fatigue. She knew that this was a sign of excessive secret power consumption.

She quickly withdrew the magic formula, and the water wall in the air scattered and fell to the ground with a crash.

But then she seemed to think of something again, the joy on her face disappeared a little, and she became a little depressed.

Zhu Xie behind her also flashed a hint of regret in his eyes. He didn't expect that he would be rescued so quickly after he just said that sentence, and it wasn't some brave man who came out after hearing the heavy reward.

Looking at it this way, didn't he just promise for nothing? Because whether he said it or not, he would be rescued in the end.

And reminded by him, whether it was Zhu Xie or the people of the Si Tian Jian who had just escaped from death, they all came back to their senses. Indeed, tonight's battle was not over yet.

Dongxuan Zhenren, the instigator, had been watching the show all night, but he hadn't made a move yet, but it could still be seen from his ease in dealing with the rain of arrows just now.

At the very least, he was also a Second Palace cultivator, which was the general level of a teacher at the academy.

And the people from the Si Tian Jian who came here tonight, although they had always claimed to be supervisors to the outside world, were actually just a group of new disciples from the academy, plus Cheng Guan, the Si Tian Jian Zhi Shi who could only talk but couldn't do anything.

So even if they had the advantage in numbers, this battle would probably not be easy.

However, what Lu Jing and the others didn't expect was that Dongxuan Zhenren didn't seem to have any intention of fighting them, and took out a talisman from his arms, and then began to chant.

And after he finished reciting the last word, he took a deep look at Lu Jing again, and then his body turned into dots of starlight and rushed out of the hall!

"Star Escape!" When Xia Huai first saw the starlight, there was some doubt in her eyes, but then she realized something and exclaimed in surprise.

Then she also explained to Lu Jing, Lu Ping, and others who didn't understand the meaning of these three words, "Star Escape is a very powerful escape technique, not in the general Five Elements Escape Techniques, but after practicing to the extreme, it is no worse than any Five Elements Escape Technique. The most important thing is that this escape technique was created by a senior of our academy, and only disciples of the academy have been able to learn it."