Chapter 37: Viscount Giant Snake

  Bai Cangdong arrived at the foot of Gu Tianya in the attire of a masked baron, and after circling around the mountain foot, not to mention Sanxingcao, any useful flowers and grasses had already been picked clean by people.

  "Old brother, want to go up the Lonely Sky Cliff? I have all sorts of flying body techniques here. As they say, 'whetting one's sword on the battlefield is not swift but radiant'. Buy two books and practice them, guaranteed you'll rush to the top of the mountain in one breath, without your face turning red or gasping for air."

  "Want a bottle of Longhuandan? It's guaranteed to boost your energy and make you a real man, strong as a dragon and fierce as a tiger. You'll be able to climb mountains in one breath without feeling any back or leg pain."

  The Sanxingcao was nowhere to be seen, but the peddlers at the foot of the mountain were numerous, mostly selling tonic medicine and martial arts techniques.

  Bai Cangdong himself did not prepare any tonic medicine, couldn't help but impulsively bought a bottle of Longhu Dan, and only after trying one pill did he discover that the effect was disappointingly small, almost negligible.

  "Hey you, stop right there!" A voice rang out just as Bai Cangdong was about to climb up the Lonely Sky Cliff.

  "Are you calling me?" Bai Cangdong turned his head to look, and found that the person who stopped him was someone he really knew, it was Meng Xiaquan, the one he had knocked unconscious at San Yang Lake.

  "Who else but you? Do you know who this young master dislikes the most?" Meng Xiaoquan said to Bai Cangdong with a very unhappy expression.

  "What does it have to do with me who you dislike?" Bai Cangdong thought Meng Xiaquan had gone mad, biting people like a mad dog.

  "This young master hates the Masked Baron the most. Why did you learn from him, and not someone else? Your attire makes me very unhappy, so you must pay the price for this. Go ahead, don't be too ruthless, just beat him half to death." With a wave of his hand, over ten barons pounced on Bai Cangdong like wolves.

  "What have I done to provoke anyone?" Bai Cangdong cried out in laughter, but his hands didn't slow down. He transformed his palms into knives and simultaneously unleashed the Painful Blade Technique and the Knife Edge Steps, moving through the group of nobles like a ghost.

  Cries of agony filled the air, and in just a blink of an eye, more than a dozen barons were all lying on the ground wailing and rolling about, not one of them able to escape.

  Because the painful knife method was originally created to deal with humans, it is much more effective at fighting people than it is at fighting the undead.

  "What was that you just said? I didn't quite catch it, would you mind repeating yourself?" Bai Cangdong came before Meng Xiaoquan, looking at him with a hint of a smile.

  " Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding." Mong Xiaoquan retreated repeatedly.

  "Do you know who I dislike the most?" said Bai Cangdong with a smile.

  "I..." Meng Xiaquan didn't know how to respond.

  "What I hate most is that kind of person who pretends to be himself in front of me." Bai Cangdong raised his hand knife and was about to chop towards Meng Xiaoquan.

  "Don't move your hand, I'm willing to pay for my life." Meng Xiaquan was so frightened that he shouted loudly.

  "Pay for your life, how's that possible?" Bai Cangdong stopped what he was doing and looked at Meng Xiaquan with interest.

  "What's a million life points to you? As long as you're willing to let me go, I'll transfer a million life points to you right away."

  "Is your life worth only 10,000 units of life?"

  "Twenty thousand... no... fifty thousand, how about a life meter of fifty thousand?"

  "To be honest, I'm not very interested in the measurement of life. What can we do about it?" Bai Cangdong said with a pat on Meng Xiaquan's shoulder.

  "I have some armed men here, you will definitely like them." Meng Xiaquan gritted his teeth and said.

  "The child can be taught, bring him out and let me take a look." Bai Cangdong smiled very happily.

  Before long, Bai Cang left with a satisfied heart, but Meng Xiaoquan's face turned iron-green, and his heart was bleeding.

  "Masked Baron, you son of a bitch, I, Mong Xiaquan, won't let you off." Only after seeing Bai Cangdong climb up the vines to Lugu Cliff and disappear from sight did Mong Xiaquan viciously curse.

  "You bunch of trash, a dozen people can't even beat one person, how useless." Meng Xiaoquan kicked the person who was still wailing and rolling on the ground again, scolding angrily.

  The more he thought about it, the angrier Meng Xiaoquan became. He couldn't swallow this bitter insult and gave up his plan to head to Gu Tianya immediately: "Fourteenth Uncle is nearby, I'll put aside my pride and ask Fourteenth Uncle to help me kill that despicable Masked Baron."

  The vines of Gu Tianya are not like ordinary vines, they do not twist and turn, but instead hang straight down from above, without flowers or leaves, only with some small round dots scattered on the surface.

  Relying on vines to climb, one can only rely on their own strength. If they exhaust their energy halfway, falling off the cliff is also a common occurrence.

  Bai Cang Dong climbed up with both hands and feet hooked on the vines, his eyes occasionally scanning around, hoping to find flowers and grass growing on the mountain wall.

  The appearance of Tristar is very special, with three sword-shaped leaves unfolding, and the tip of each leaf has a starlight flash, hence the name Tristar Grass, which is easy to identify.

  "No wonder so many people died on Lonely Sky Cliff. I've only climbed less than 500 meters and I'm already feeling exhausted, it must be even more tiring further up. If I were to encounter the Undead again, surviving wouldn't be easy." Bai Cangdong hooked his vine and rested for a moment, looking down at the small merchants who had become as tiny as ants.

  Looking up, apart from the vines, some human figures can be seen, but no flowers or grass are in sight.

  "Little guy, are you Viscount Mask?" Suddenly, someone climbed up from the side vines and asked Bai Cangdong with a gloomy gaze.

  "Who are you?" Bai Cangdong sized him up for a moment, confirming that he had never seen this person before.

  "This lord is Viscount Giant Snake. You deceived my nephew Meng Xiaquan, and this account I will settle with you." The man said coldly.

  "What do you want?" Bai Cangdong frowned slightly.

  "Will you blind yourself, or shall I do it for you?" The Viscount of the Serpent said disdainfully, not putting Bai Cangdong in his eyes at all.

  Bai Cangdong didn't say a word and directly summoned his silk sword to slash towards the giant snake viscount.

  "Looking for death." Viscount Boa also did not dodge and directly activated his Judgment Privilege against Bai Cangdong.

  Who would have thought that Bai Cangdong was completely unaffected by the trial privilege, and the sword had already flashed onto the neck of the giant snake viscount, cutting open his skin.

  Viscount Giant Snake was shocked, a blue light burst out from under his skin, and he forcibly bounced off the silk sword, avoiding the danger of being beheaded.

  "Reversal of Fate Privilege!" Viscount Snake gnashed his teeth, staring at Bai Cangdong: "So you're the masked baron who shattered the Elixir of Immortality not long ago. I didn't investigate earlier and almost got hurt by you, but now you don't have any chance. Even with the Reversal of Fate Privilege, you're no match for me."

  The Viscount of Giant Snake summoned his armor, a suit of magnificent plate mail, and in his hand appeared an eight-foot-long snake spear. His feet hooked onto the vines as he swung the spear with both hands to strike Bai Cangdong. A cyan glow shot out from the spear like a poisonous snake, aiming to cut Bai Cangdong in half at the waist.

  The Viscount-level Benming Shenguang paired with the Viscount-level weapon, Bai Cangdong didn't dare to take a hit from the giant snake viscount head-on, and instead flew up, grabbing onto a distant vine to avoid the giant snake viscount's attack.

  "See where you flee." The Viscount of the Snake Clan wildly swung his snake spear, striking out a series of cyan lights that cut off all the vines within tens of meters, leaving only the one he was standing on, temporarily depriving Bai Cangdong of any vines to borrow strength from.

  Bai Cang's toes touched the wall of the mountain and he no longer retreated, instead charging towards the giant snake viscount who was standing on that vine.

  "Looking for death!" The Baron of the Giant Snake sneered and coldly shouted, his snake spear chopping towards Bai Cangdong's waist.

  The strange figure rose three feet high, avoiding the snake's spear thrust, and Bai Cang continued to pounce on the vines.

  "Not bad, let's see how many times you can dodge." The Viscount of the Giant Snake swung his spear again, like a thunderbolt flashing, and in an instant, he thrust out several spears.

  Bai Cang Dong stood in mid-air, yet seemed to be standing on stone steps. His body dodged and weaved, avoiding the attacks of the giant snake viscount time and again.

  "What a face, Baron! The 'Eight Steps in Heaven' is such a difficult martial skill, yet you've managed to master four steps. But no matter how talented you are, today you will die at my hands." Earl Cobra was yelling savagely, his snake spear stabbing wildly without pause.

  Bai Cangdong was already close to the vines, but the situation had become even more perilous. His Heavenly Eight Steps had only been practiced up to the fifth step, and he had already taken four steps forward, leaving him with only one last step available.

  Bai Cang's eyes didn't show a hint of panic, his calmness was terrifying. At the moment when the snake spear was about to strike, he once again used Ping Bu Qing Yun to leap high into the air and avoid the attack. After that, he struck with his sword at the vine that the giant snake viscount was climbing on.

  "Good boy, you actually want to die with me." The viscount's face showed a look of surprise, and he thrust his spear at Bai Cangdong in a somewhat panicked manner.

  Bai Cangdong just stepped out of the fifth step of "Tian Shang Ba Bu", dodged the snake spear of the giant snake viscount, and cut off the vines with one sword.

  The giant snake, Viscount Snake Spear, sprang up from the mountain wall and swiftly leaped upwards again, grabbing onto that severed vine once more. He then glared at Bai Canghai and shouted: "You damned little brat, go die!"

  The snake halberd swung out in a series of green lights, wanting to cut White Canopy directly into pieces.

  Taking advantage of Viscount Snake's momentary borrowing of strength to leap, Bai Cangdong also borrowed a force on the mountain wall. When Benming Shenguang arrived, he used Tian Shang Ba Bu again to charge at Viscount Snake.

  Two men were fighting fiercely in mid-air, each blow was extremely dangerous, especially Bai Cangdong, every step could be described as precarious, and only one mistake would lead to a desperate situation.

  "That man is really good at martial arts, he's just a baron but can actually entangle with a viscount for so long." Someone in the distance who was also climbing the Lonely Sky Cliff couldn't help but exclaim.

  "'Tian Shang Ba Bu' was actually practiced to five steps by him, and with the addition of 'Ping Bu Qing Yun', this movement technique, in a place like Gu Tian Ya, he can indeed move about as freely as a fish in water. If he were a viscount like that person, I'm afraid that person would have been defeated long ago." Another person chimed in.

  "What a pity! Such a remarkable person is likely to fall here." The man in front sighed.