With Xu Ye dead, the remaining dozen guards were no match, and under the joint attack of Chen Tang and Ye Yushi, they were slaughtered as easily as chopping vegetables, leaving no survivors!
Having decided to leave Hermit Continent, Chen Tang didn’t waste ti searching the bodies. After retrieving the arrows, he set the courtyard ablaze.
Then he and Ye Yushi moved swiftly towards the western port of the city.
This place was unsafe to linger, as the commotion here was likely to attract Gu Chun from the Shadow Tower.
The two took the opportunity to board a cargo ship and leave the island.
"How’s your injury?"
Ye Yushi had just seen Chen Tang get hit by a palm strike from Xu Ye, spitting blood, and was a bit worried, intentionally slowing down his steps.
"It’s nothing."
Chen Tang said, "It was just an isolated strike, and most of the palm power was blocked by the inner armor. My internals are only slightly disturbed, not significantly affected."
ntioning this, Chen Tang added, "Speaking of which, my taking that strike is all because of you."
"Huh?"
Ye Yushi was a little stunned.
Chen Tang said earnestly, "You kept disrupting him with the Jade Flute, so he sealed his ears with inner qi, preventing from unleashing a world-shaking ultimate move..."
Ye Yushi initially thought that Chen Tang was blaming her for not stopping Xu Ye, causing him to take a hit.
But hearing Chen Tang’s tone, she realized he was joking.
Ye Yushi followed up, "What kind of ultimate move, so powerful?"
"It’s also a kind of Sound Strike Technique."
Chen Tang said, "Once released, even a Third Grade Martial Artist would be dumbfounded by my shout."
Though spoken half-jokingly, during the fight with Xu Ye, Chen Tang indeed didn’t release the "Lion’s Roar" for this reason.
Xu Ye sealed his ears with inner qi, rendering the Lion’s Roar ineffective.
Ye Yushi seed to think of sothing and curiously asked, "My flute music doesn’t seem to affect you?"
Chen Tang had cultivated the Horizontal Training thod, lacking inner qi, so it didn’t affect him.
But her flute music targeted not only inner qi but also bloodlines!
That’s why so Fifth Grade Martial Artists felt their hearts racing uncontrollably, as if about to explode.
Chen Tang laughed, "It does have so effect, but I suppressed it. My martial arts involve not only horizontal body training but also cultivating the bloodline."
As he spoke, he circulated his bloodline, and a sound of crashing waves instantly emanated from within.
During his cultivation ti under the sea, Chen Tang had advanced his bloodline to another level.
Even surpassing the blood described by Emperor Wu as heavy as lead and rcury!
Thus, his bloodline was able to suppress the Hasshaku’s secret technique, expel the poison from his blood, and resist the Jade Flute Fairy’s music.
This is why, when Chen Tang and Ye Yushi tead up, their combined power was massive, appearing as if they were seasoned partners, with perfect synergy and harmony.
In the battle, Xu Ye couldn’t have anticipated this.
He thought that the Jade Flute Fairy’s music recognized Chen Tang as an ally and attacked selectively.
In reality, the lodious flute couldn’t distinguish between friend and foe.
Chen Tang and Ye Yushi sped along, inadvertently exchanged a glance, then simultaneously avoided each other’s eyes.
Both of them thought of the scene in the courtyard earlier.
It seed they truly had a tacit understanding, like a telepathic connection.
Ye Yushi shook her head slightly, stopping that thought, and said, "Lady Yun ntioned that Wind Mastiff has four Upper Concealnts, but only three have shown up. Where’s the other one?"
Chen Tang and Ye Yushi initially thought that Wind Mastiff had two Upper Concealnts by his side.
But when Chen Tang killed Wind Mastiff, Xu Ye was the only one there.
This ant the fourth Upper Concealnt was definitely not at the courtyard!
Was Lady Yun’s intelligence wrong?
The two did not stop as they passed through the dense bamboo forest, getting closer to the western port, and they could vaguely see the cargo ship’s outline.
Chen Tang suddenly realized and said, "I know where the fourth Upper Concealnt is!"
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Shadow Tower.
Gu Chun sat sternly in the hall, eyes half-open and half-closed, expressionless.
"You’re just sitting here for half the night, aren’t you tired?"
Lady Yun glanced up, chatting intermittently.
Gu Chun said, "Lady Yun hasn’t slept tonight either."
Lady Yun replied, "I can’t sleep; I have to keep an eye on the two upstairs, making sure they don’t escape."
Gu Chun blandly said, "If I guessed correctly, the two upstairs have already fled."
"Huh?"
Lady Yun pretended not to know, asking in surprise, "How could that be, I didn’t hear any commotion!"
"Heh."
Gu Chun opened his eyes to look at Lady Yun, sneering slightly, "Lady Yun, you know very well whether those two have escaped."
Bang!
Lady Yun imdiately turned hostile, pounding the table and shouting, "What do you an? Speak plainly, don’t beat around the bush!"
Gu Chun had no intention of falling out with Lady Yun, only responded leisurely, "I will report the cause of this to the Elder Council. Moreover, the Young Master, though young, is ticulous and has made comprehensive plans against this."
"Even if they escape the Shadow Tower, they can’t escape Qianzhu City."
Lady Yun coldly laughed, "Don’t speak so prematurely."
Gu Chun said, "The Young Master has blocked all their escape routes, including the cargo ship at the western port!"
Lady Yun’s phoenix eyes narrowed slightly.
Noticing the change in Lady Yun’s expression, Gu Chun continued, "All the seafaring ships on the island are in the hands of the Elder Council. The only ship capable of leaving the island is the Shen Family’s cargo ship at the western port."
"Once we control that cargo ship, no matter where they hide, they cannot escape. How could the Young Master overlook this crucial step, just waiting for them to fall into the trap."
Lady Yun coldly said, "That’s the cargo ship transporting weapons and armor for the Shen Family of Celestial Cauldron Continent. Aren’t you afraid of causing a rift between Hermit Continent and Chuansi Country by targeting the Shen Family?"
"Rest assured."
Gu Chun said, "Zhe Er and his n know what they’re doing, instructed by the Young Master to rely take control of the people on the ship."
"You four Upper Concealnts, one is here, one near the Shadow Tower, one guards the cargo ship, and one accompanies Wind Mastiff, each defending a side. It seems flawless."
Pausing slightly, Lady Yun laughed to herself and changed the subject, "However... these arrangents are based on the assumption that those two will choose to escape once they leave the Shadow Tower."
"If not?"
Gu Chun hadn’t yet caught on.
Lady Yun smiled slightly and didn’t bother with him any longer.
At this mont, the Shadow Tower’s door was suddenly slamd open.
Several hermits rushed in, panting. Upon seeing Gu Chun in the hall, they hurriedly reported, "Elder Gu, the Elder Council’s courtyard outside the city is ablaze, bodies are strewn everywhere, over a hundred guards killed, and Wind Mastiff..."
Gu Chun stood up with a start, his expression dramatically changing, and said harshly, "Continue!"
"Wind Mastiff is dead, shot through the head with an arrow."
"Elder Xu is dead too, decapitated."
"What!"
Gu Chun was furious.
He finally understood Lady Yun’s unspoken words earlier.
Those two left the Shadow Tower not to escape but to return and wipe out their base!
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