The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#207 - Prey's flaw

In a few short breaths, except for Lu Jing, who was protected by his sachet, all the villagers in the mulberry forest were knocked to the ground by the strange fragrance. Soon, the forest was filled with snores.

And Jing Xiang's figure also jumped down from a mulberry tree.

He landed in front of Lu Jing and praised, "Not bad, you bought me the time to complete the formation. But you probably don't have much internal energy left now, why not take a break and meditate for a while, then we can..."

At this point, Jing Xiang suddenly stopped, because he found that Lu Jing's aura was still very stable after all the tossing just now, and there was no sign of disorder at all.

And Lu Jing's face didn't seem to show any signs of fatigue. On the contrary, he said to him, "It's okay, I'm fine, no need to meditate."

Jing Xiang couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said, "I know you want to find your companions as soon as possible, but this is just the beginning. 'Another World' is a very powerful strange object that can detect the regrets in your heart and create people and things that make you feel regret out of thin air.

"Even if those people and things can't leave it, it can almost be called a celestial method, and its history is very old.

"Although it doesn't exist for as long as [Well], it's much older than the academy, but it has always been relatively mild.

"To be honest, I didn't expect anyone to be able to break its behavior pattern. How did you do it? Are you carrying some powerful strange object that can distort memories...? Forget it, there's no point in talking about this now.

"You should hurry up and rest, I'm afraid there will be a hard fight later."

"I really don't need to rest," Lu Jing said solemnly when he heard this, "I'm not trying to be brave, the main reason is that my internal energy hasn't been consumed much."

To prove this, Lu Jing also put out his palm and slapped it on a mulberry tree with the palm technique of splitting a monument. The mulberry tree trembled, and then broke from the place where Lu Jing's palm landed and fell backward.

Jing Xiang looked at him with suspicion, "What is your realm now?"

"First-rate realm," Lu Jing didn't hide anything with the battle imminent.

"First-rate?" Jing Xiang was stunned, "How old are you this year, twenty-four, twenty-five?"

"Nineteen."

"..."

Jing Xiang couldn't remember how many times he had misspoke tonight. After being stunned for a long time, he came back to his senses and stopped talking nonsense, only saying one word, "Go."

Because Lu Jing's lightness skill was too loud, Jing Xiang temporarily left him in a small courtyard, and then went alone to the place where the banquet was set up earlier.

He planned to find a way to find out Xia Huai's whereabouts from the village chief.

In Jing Xiang's own words, he was originally from the village, and he had never exposed his identity before, so the others shouldn't make things difficult for him.

However, Lu Jing waited in that small courtyard for a full two incense sticks of time, but Jing Xiang still didn't come back.

And there was no movement in the direction he left.

Lu Jing could still calm down, but not long after, the courtyard door suddenly creaked, as if it had been pushed open from the outside by someone.

It's just that when Lu Jing looked outside the door, besides the cold moonlight and the swaying shadows of the trees, there was no figure on the open space in front of the door.

Is it the wind?

Lu Jing didn't think so, because although the wooden door was not bolted, its weight was not light, and the wind couldn't blow it open.

One of Lu Jing's hands had already grabbed the Zen staff, but he didn't expect the attack to come faster than he thought.

The next moment, he hadn't seen any enemies or any sharp weapons, but he already felt like he had been stabbed in the chest!

Fortunately, he was still wearing the golden silk bellyband he got from the Seven Heroes of Fengchen. This secret armor from Jinxiufang blocked this attack for him!

Almost at the same time, Lu Jing had already used the second move of the Mad Demon One Hundred and Eight Staffs, Sweeping in All Directions.

The meteorite iron Zen staff roared past with him as the center, sweeping across eight feet in front of him, and the strong wind it brought up made the leaves in the distance rustle.

Unfortunately, it didn't hit the sneak attacker.

However, Lu Jing's staff also forced the sneak attacker into a very embarrassing situation. With a clanging sound, Lu Jing saw what had stabbed him in the chest on the ground.

— It was a dagger.

Invisibility?

Lu Jing didn't have time to think too much, so he waved the Zen staff in his hand again to protect his face.

And as expected, the next moment, a crossbow arrow almost appeared out of thin air in front of him, less than two steps away from him!

Shooting towards his eye socket!

Lu Jing had just seen what was in the air, and the arrow had already flown to his eyes, and then it was knocked away by the Zen staff.

And when Lu Jing pounced towards the place where the crossbow arrow came from, the sneak attacker had already changed his position in advance.

Although the two had only exchanged two moves, Lu Jing was rarely at a disadvantage.

After all, being invisible is too advantageous.

Moreover, the person obviously had other spells cast on him, and there was no sound when he moved. It was understandable that he couldn't see the dagger coming, but Lu Jing's ears couldn't even hear the sound of the crossbow arrow leaving the string, which made it difficult for Lu Jing to capture the assassin's location.

It was like having his eyes covered and his ears plugged.

He had a superb martial art skill, but it was difficult to use it.

Lu Jing then narrowly avoided a crossbow arrow again. With his current cultivation of the Fire Scale Armor, he couldn't temporarily receive crossbow arrows without injury. If this continued, the situation would only become more and more passive.

So Lu Jing decisively changed his previous combat strategy, giving up chasing the sneak attacker, and once again turned the Zen staff in his hand into a ball of clear shadows, first protecting himself.

And the sneak attacker was also very patient, just quietly hiding aside, waiting for the prey to reveal a flaw again.

He was not disappointed. After a while, Lu Jing seemed to be a little exhausted, and the shadow of the staff became scattered, but the sneak attacker was not in a hurry, but waited for a while.

Then he quietly went around to Lu Jing's side.

To prevent Lu Jing from deliberately revealing a flaw to lure him, the sneak attacker didn't choose to attack Lu Jing's vitals this time, but chose one of Lu Jing's legs.

He believed that as long as he could cripple the target's leg, then there would be no suspense in the outcome.

It's just that he had just aimed the hand crossbow at Lu Jing, when he saw the Zen staff in the latter's hand suddenly come out of his hand without warning, and attacked his chest!

The sneak attacker couldn't help but be shocked. Until the Zen staff hit his chest and shattered his sternum, he still couldn't figure out how the other party found him.