Chapter Thirty-Eight: Slaughter

  Bai Cangdong was indeed formidable, but the Viscount Giant Snake wasn't doing much better. He had never struggled so hard when facing a mere Baron before. As a Viscount, he was used to easily killing Barons with just a wave of his hand, and had never met any resistance. Now, he didn't know how many spears he had thrust out, but Bai Cangdong still fluttered around him like a fly, always managing to evade his attacks, even though it seemed that just one finger could crush him, yet somehow he couldn't even touch a single hair on his head.

  "If it weren't for this solitary cliff, he would have been killed by me countless times already. But here, his 'Eight Steps in the Sky' and 'Leaping into the Clouds' martial arts are really annoyingly strong." The Viscount of Giant Snake was irritated in his heart, seeing Bai Cangdong jump up again on the mountain wall, borrowing force to leap and fly away, looking like a pesky fly no matter how you looked at him.

  "If this continues, I won't be able to kill him and my divine light will be exhausted. I need to think of a plan." The Viscount of the Giant Snake thought for a while, but couldn't come up with a good solution: "His footwork is indeed extraordinary, but it's just that he can borrow force six or seven times in mid-air. When he runs out of strength and needs to borrow force again, if I rush over and attack him with all my might, making it impossible for him to step on the mountain wall to borrow force, then even if I don't behead him, he'll fall off the cliff and shatter into pieces."

  "If I do that, I must abandon the vines and use my full strength. If I can't get back in time to grab the vines, I'll definitely fall off." After hesitating for a moment, Viscount Giant Snake suddenly made up his mind: "That kid will never expect me to also practice the 'Returning Swallow' technique of borrowing power in mid-air. Although it's not as amazing as the 'Eight Steps in the Sky', it can still be used twice in mid-air, which is more than enough to take care of that kid."

  With a decision in his heart, the Viscount of Giant Snake intentionally forced Bai Cangdong to be unable to get close to the mountain wall for support. When Bai Cangdong took the fifth step of the Heavenly Eight Steps and was about to borrow force from the mountain wall, the Viscount of Giant Snake suddenly let go of the vines and flew towards Bai Cangdong, with a brilliant light on his long spear, swinging out dozens of cyan lights, wanting to destroy Bai Cangdong in one fell swoop.

  Bai Cangdong was not surprised, but instead delighted. He had been waiting for this opportunity for a long time. If it were a real battle, he would not be the opponent of the Giant Snake Viscount, but in the isolated and perilous place of Gu Tian Ya, who would live or die was hard to say.

  Seemingly cornered, Bai Cangdong could only use Ping Bu Qing Yun to distance himself from the mountain wall. The giant snake viscount naturally wouldn't let go of this perfect opportunity, his body paused in mid-air for a moment before chasing after him like a flying swallow, also distancing himself from the mountain wall.

  Bai Cang's face showed an expression of extreme shock, but deep in his eyes, a hint of joy flickered. As the giant snake viscount's long spear was about to strike, he suddenly spread his arms, and a layer of emerald green transparent wings appeared below him, causing his exhausted body to float up strangely. Then, he drew a beautiful arc, narrowly avoiding the giant snake viscount's attack.

  Viscount Giant Snake was shocked, his waist and back inserted in the air, about to counterattack towards the mountain wall, but he didn't have the ability of Bai Cangdong to stay suspended in the air for a short time.

  Bai Cang Dong had gone through a thousand hardships to wait for this opportunity, how could he let the Viscount Giant Snake go back to the mountain wall like this? The silk sword directly stabbed at his throat, and the other hand also summoned the pure white knight's double-handed greatsword, heavily smashing towards the Viscount Giant Snake's skull.

  "Haha, you've finally fallen for it, kid." The Viscount of the Giant Snake suddenly turned around with a ferocious smile, his body radiating a brilliant light that directly shook off the silken sword and the pure white knight's greatsword. Then, with a long spear swinging in a whirlwind, he enveloped White Cao in its midst.

  Bai Cangdong used the Xiu Luo Wing to its extreme, amidst the spear shadows he drifted left and right, those swift as stormy rain spear shadows couldn't even touch a corner of his clothes.

  The Viscount of Giant Snake changed color at this time, he used the Swallow Return Body Method, trying hard to return to the mountain wall.

  "It's too late to leave now." Bai Cangdong swung the large sword in his hand fiercely at Viscount Snake, who no longer had the ability to dodge in mid-air and desperately rushed towards the mountain wall, without even having the strength to block.

  The viscount was indeed a viscount, and even if he were a baron, Bai Cangdong's flying sword would have been able to pierce through his heart. However, the giant serpent viscount released his divine light shield, directly deflecting the great sword without suffering any injury.

  The Viscount of Giant Snake was self-satisfied, but only felt a heaviness on his head, and his body involuntarily fell downwards.

  Bai Cang Dong stepped on the head of the Giant Snake Viscount with one foot, fiercely trampling him down. He himself borrowed this force to lightly jump up, rushing onto the mountain wall and grabbing the vines. He watched as the Giant Snake Viscount let out a miserable cry and fell down, becoming smaller and smaller in his eyes.

  "A viscount-level strongman is truly formidable." Bai Cangdong wiped away the cold sweat on his forehead, he had used up all his tricks and even taken advantage of the terrain, yet he was only able to make the giant snake viscount fall off the cliff without being able to harm him in the slightest.

  Bai Cang himself was shocked, but he didn't know that others were even more shocked than him.

  "That baron actually knocked a viscount off the cliff!" Everyone who witnessed this scene was stunned, their minds feeling somewhat inadequate.

  Bai Cang had gone through a great war, where did he still have the energy to climb the Lonely Sky Cliff to pick three-star grass? He could only slide down the Lonely Sky Cliff along the vines. Those vines that were cut off by the Giant Snake Viscount, I don't know when they grew out again, and there was no sign of being cut off at all.

  At the foot of the mountain, Viscount Giant Snake was battered beyond recognition, with blood flowing all over the ground. Meng Xiaquan stood in front of the corpse, his face ashen.

  "What a pity, killing a viscount-level human can't promote to viscount, this viscount is killed in vain." Bai Cangdong took a distant glance and left the Lonely Sky Cliff.

  The power of the Shenwu Society he also recently understood some, although it is only a branch of the Knife and Tower City, but among them are not a few Viscount-level masters, which is not something he can contend with.

  "Without getting the Sanxingcao, it's a trouble to explain to Lady Honglian." Bai Cangdong did not go back to Gutan Cliff again, but returned directly to Daolun City.

  "You're really something, killing the Giant Snake Baron of the Divine Martial Society at Lonely Heaven Cliff." Bai Cangdong returned home to find Hong Lian already waiting for him.

  "Madam, you're joking. If I had the ability to kill Viscount, would I be bullied by you every time?" Bai Cangdong said with a bitter smile.

  "Are you saying that the Masked Baron who beheaded the giant serpent Viscount isn't you?" Lady Honglian looked at Bai Cangdong with a mixture of doubt and suspicion.

  "If it were me, I would have been better off. As soon as I arrived at the place, I heard that Viscount Giant Snake was killed by Baron Masked Man. At that time, I was also dressed in the attire of Baron Masked Man, so I didn't dare to stay in Lonely Cliff and hurried back. I didn't even dare to go pick those three-star grasses again." Bai Cang said with a mixture of truth and falsehood.

  Honglian lady looked at Bai Cang for a long time, finally sighed and said: "I also know you can't be the masked baron who killed the giant snake viscount, just didn't expect the real masked baron to go to Gudian Cliff too, this is really a coincidence."

  Bai Cang let out a sigh of relief and pretended to be ashamed: "I have failed to live up to your trust, madam. I was unable to gather the three-star grass. Please punish me."

  "This time it's not your fault either, and I've already gotten three-star grass from somewhere else, so you don't have to blame yourself."

  "Has the true Masked Baron already appeared at Lonely Cliff? Is that plan still going to proceed?" asked Bai Cangdong in surprise.

  "Wouldn't it be better if the real Masked Baron appeared at Lonely Sky Cliff? That way, when you show up in front of Shangfei with the Three-Star Grass, she won't suspect a thing and will be convinced that it was indeed you, the Masked Baron, who went to Lonely Sky Cliff on an adventure to pick the Three-Star Grass for her, and even killed a viscount." Lady Honglian said with a smile, narrowing her eyes.

  Bai Cangdong reluctantly accepted the three-star grass, then Hong Lian Furen explained the next steps to him.

  "Milady, is it really all right for me to sneak into the Earl's mansion like this?" White Cangdong asked quietly as he arrived at the Earl's mansion at night, looking at Red Lotus Madam who was wearing a black cloak.

  "Don't be afraid, my brother is not in the mansion, and with me leading the way, I guarantee you can come and go freely in the Earl's mansion." Lady Honglian climbed over the high wall first and jumped into the Earl's mansion.

  Bai Cangdong could only follow along, following Hong Lianfu as she dodged and weaved through the Earl's estate.

  Li Xiangfei sat in front of the dresser, staring blankly at her reflection in the mirror. A few days ago, while killing an undead creature, she had accidentally injured her left cheek. The undead creature's claws had poison on them, and ordinary medicine was unable to completely heal the wound, leaving a long scar.

  Although it may not greatly affect her beauty, for a woman who values her appearance, this is still an extremely unpleasant thing.

  However, Li Xiangfei is now staring blankly at the mirror, but it's not because of this scar. It's because she heard that Viscount Mask killed a viscount of the Shenwu Association in Gū Tiān Yá.

  "He's still as formidable as ever, even if he is just a baron, he can ignore the rules and kill a viscount without batting an eye, unlike me, who as a viscount, couldn't even beat a worthless baron." Thinking of Viscount Mask, Li Xiangfei's face turned slightly red, but thinking of Bai Canghai made her grit her teeth.

  Li Xiangfei was so absorbed in thought that she didn't even notice when someone pushed open the window and jumped in, until the person walked behind her and their shadow appeared in the mirror, at which point she was startled.

  Li Xiangfei was about to shout loudly, but when she saw the person's appearance in the mirror, she covered her own small mouth instead, and slowly turned her head around, looking at that person with surprise and delight.

  "How did you get here?" Li Xiangfei asked in a soft voice, her face flushing red.

  Because Mrs. Honglian had warned Bai Cangdong repeatedly before she came, not allowing him to speak with Li Xiangfei, Bai Cangdong could only pretend to be mute and silently took out the box containing Sanxingcao and placed it in front of Li Xiangfei.

  "Is it for me?" Li Xiangfei looked at Bai Canghai with a surprised and delighted expression.

  Bai Cangdong nodded, and Li Xiangfei happily took over the box, her eyes dazed as she asked: "What's inside?"

  "You can open it yourself and see." Bai Cangdong replied involuntarily, only to remember Hong Lian's repeated reminders afterwards, feeling extremely regretful.

  "Three-star grass, did you go to the Lonely Sky Cliff just to collect three-star grass for me?" Li Xiangfei opened the box and saw the three-star grass, first shocked, then excitedly stared at Bai Canghai, her eyes shining with tears.