Chapter Eighty-four: Escaping the Predicament

  Bai Cang Dong unfolded his emerald green wings, and amidst the twisting and turning in mid-air, he dodged one blade of light after another, incredibly evading the sixth strike from Zi Guangzi's almost certain hit.

  The Violet Duke and the Violet Earl only thought that Bai Cangdong's body method was incredibly powerful, but Hua Qianwu and others almost exclaimed in shock, because the body method that Bai Cangdong had just shown was clearly one that only the Masked Duke should have.

  At this moment, they didn't have the mind to care whether Bai Cangdong was a fake viscount or not. They just hoped that Bai Cangdong wouldn't be killed, and perhaps they still had a glimmer of hope to complete their plan. Otherwise, they would undoubtedly die, because the strength displayed by Viscount Ziguang was simply too terrifying, and it was something they couldn't handle.

  Zigong Viscount saw Bai Cangdong use an incredible and strange body technique to dodge his sixth knife, and without caring about his pale face, he directly used the most overbearing seventh knife.

  The blade's light surged from the blade itself towards Viscount Purple Light's body, the human and blade's splendor merged into one, transforming both man and sword into an unmatched blade of light that slashed towards White Vast in the air.

  Bai Cangdong looked at the purple light, his heart filled with wild joy, but his face revealed an unstoppable tragic expression. He directly summoned Po Xie and Ling Luo Sword, fully mobilizing his Ben Ming Shen Guang, using the saw-toothed knife's technique to transform into a blade of light that slashed towards the Purple Light Viscount.

  Boom!

  Even when the Violet Light Viscount had reached the moment when his divine light was about to run out, Bai Cangdong still found it hard to match his unparalleled sword light. His own sword light was directly shattered by the other's sword light, and then the Violet Light Viscount charged straight into Bai Cangdong's embrace.

  Bai Cang Dong suddenly leaned back and dodged the sword light of Purple Light Viscount, then when Purple Light Viscount passed by him, he threw away his double swords, opened his arms and hugged Purple Light Viscount.

  Zigongzi was caught off guard and his heart skipped a beat. His knife momentum dissipated instantly, and he shouted angrily: "Let go... Cough cough..."

  Before he could even get the words out, Bai Cangdong had already spat out the Thousand Mechanism Life-Taking Pill that he had been hiding under his tongue, shooting it into the mouth of the Purple Light Marquis like a hidden projectile, passing through his throat and falling into his abdomen.

  From the start of the duel, Bai Cangdong didn't say a word from beginning to end. It was because he had secretly hidden the Qianji Duoming Dan under his tongue before the duel started, just looking for an opportunity, but unexpectedly succeeded.

  Just as Huajianwu said, the purple light viscount who swallowed the Qianji Duoming Dan instantly entered a state of apparent death, his body soft and limp, slamming into Bai Cangdong's body, and the two fell to the ground together.

  "You're looking for death!" Earl Zixiao was furious, his body flashed and he appeared in front of Bai Cangdong, one hand holding onto Viscount Ziguo, the other grabbing Bai Cangdong's neck and lifting him up. He hated that he couldn't squeeze him to death with one hand, but Viscount Ziguo's appearance made him unable to do so. He shouted loudly: "What did you feed Guang'er? Give him an antidote immediately, otherwise I'll flay you alive, make you wish for life and death!"

  "Cough... I'm dead... Cough... Your son... Cough... Will be buried with me..." Bai Changdong was choked, and it was very difficult for him to finish a sentence.

  "You're going to die!" Earl Zixiao slammed Bai Cangdong to the ground, raised his hand to kill him, but ultimately didn't bring it down. He asked with hatred: "What did you feed Guang'er?"

  "I've taken a poison that only I know about. You just need to keep me from dying, and once I return to Fenghuacheng, I'll naturally save the Zi Guangzi Viscount." Bai Cangdong smiled.

  "How dare you threaten me?" Earl Zixiao was furious: "This earl can get the antidote by killing you, and even if I can't get the antidote, this earl doesn't believe there's no one who can detoxify your poison."

  "You can come and search, the antidote is not on me. As for you saying that you want to find someone else to detoxify, you can kill me first and then try it out, maybe it will work, maybe it won't. Are you willing to gamble with your son's life?" Bai Cangdong said calmly.

  The Earl of Purple Night was about to say something, but the entire swamp suddenly shook violently. Not far away, a gigantic undead creature emerged from the mud, its head alone as large as a house, and its body stretched for hundreds of feet. Its whole body shone with golden scales like gold, without horns on its head, and four legs grew on its abdomen, resembling a snake but not quite a snake.

  The Hunyuan Jiao unexpectedly revived at this time.

  Boom!

  The Hunyuan Jiao proudly raised its head, facing the direction where the crowd was located, and opened its big mouth to spew out a golden divine light that was like a shocking wave, almost submerging the entire swamp with its endless divine light.

  The Earl of Purple Dusk held the Earl of Purple Light in one hand, and with the other, he struck out a purple divine light that was as boundless as the sea. The two forces collided, almost overturning the entire swamp.

  "Protect the light well, if even a single hair of the light is lost, I will make you regret coming into this world." With a fierce struggle, the face of Earl Zixiao changed slightly, and he threw Viscount Ziguo to Bai Cangdong, shouting loudly, then went all out to deal with the rushing Hunyuan Jiao.

  Bai Cangdong caught up with the Viscount of Purple Light, hugged him and ran outside. Hua Qianwu and others also rushed over, they knew that only beside Bai Cangdong was safe at this time.

  Bai Cangdong pulled Feng Xian to his side and desperately ran towards the outside of the swamp. The battle between Zi Xiao Bo and Hunyuan Jiao was too terrifying, only that life-protecting divine light as vast as the Yangtze River could casually engulf and destroy all of them.

  The Earl of Zi Xiao only spared the lives of Bai Cangdong and Viscount Zi Guang, who were in that small area, while the lives and deaths of others were not within his consideration.

  One person, one pike, clashed with the terrifying divine light of the four-shot, instantly killing most of the Knights' members. The crowd escaped from the swamp battlefield at an extremely fast speed. When they reached a safe area, only Bai Cangdong, Feng Xian, Hua Qianwu and Hua Bu Yu were left. The Knights' members and Hua Mingyang remained forever in the swamp.

  Looking at the golden and purple divine light bursting into the sky like a volcanic eruption in the distant swamp, Bai Cang East's heart still had lingering fear as he said: "Baron-level divine light is truly too terrifying!"

  "I once heard Seventh Uncle say that when all the Earls were promoted, the first privilege they had was infinity. At the very beginning, it was ten infinities, which means that their own divine light can increase by ten times, and then there are hundreds of infinities, thousands of infinities, tens of thousands of infinities, until the real infinity." Feng Xian said with a gasp.

  "You think you can just leave like this?" Bai Cangdong blocked Hua Qianwu and Hua Bu Yu, who were trying to sneak away.

  "Now that we've escaped the great calamity, are we going to stay here and wait for Count Hakushaku to come and kill us?" Hanachidori said with a hint of panic.

  "You should understand, I'm not talking about those things." Bai Cangdong's gloomy eyes stared at Hua Qianwu and said: "Having seen the martial skills and dual swords just now, you should know that I am Viscount Mask by now. How can I let you leave?"

  "What do you want?" Hua Qianwu knew that pretending was useless, so she directly tore off her disguise and stared at Bai Cangdong with a warning gaze together with Hua Bu Yu.

  "You should understand that only the dead can keep secrets." Bai Cangdong handed the Purple Light Viscount to Feng Xian, and he himself held a pair of swords and slowly walked towards Hua's siblings.

  "Wait, I have another way to make you believe that we can keep the secret. And if we die, you won't be able to get the antidote for the Thousand Machine Life-Taking Dan either. At that time, Count Zi Xiao won't be able to save his own son and will still kill you." Having just witnessed White Cao Dong's battle with Viscount Zi Guang, Hua Qian Wu knew that she and Hua Bu Yu were no match for him, so she stopped Hua Bu Yu who was about to rush out and fight White Cao Dong.

  "Tell me, what makes you think I'll believe you can keep my secret?" Bai Cangdong's face was cold and unyielding as he stared at Hua Qianwu, his eyes seeming to bore into her very soul.

  "My brother can be your knight, his life and death are in your hands, so should you trust us now?" said Hana Chidori.

  Bai Cangdong had not yet responded, but Hua Buqi was already furious. Although he couldn't speak, his expression and actions made it clear that he would rather die in battle than become Bai Cangdong's knight.

  "Big brother, second brother is already dead. If you die too, our Huahua family will be extinct." Hua Qianwu's words left Hua Bu Yu stunned, his facial expression changing unpredictably.

  Finally persuading Hana no Kotoba, Hana Senmu said to Shirahane Tō: "My brother will become your knight, so you can trust that we'll keep the secret now."

  "Your brother becoming my knight is natural enough to be trusted, but what about you?" Bai Cangdong said with a cold smile.

  "Hua Qianwu's face turned slightly red with anger: 'I am already Knight of Young Master Yan, it is impossible for me to become a knight of anyone else. If you don't believe me, I'll end my own life right in front of you.'"

  The flower does not speak, holding a sword to protect Hua Qianwu. If Bai Cangdong really wants to kill Hua Qianwu, he would rather die in battle than become Bai Cangdong's knight.

  Bai Cangdong hesitated and did not speak, Hua Qianwu grasped the antidote to the life-taking elixir, if he really killed them, it would be difficult to get the antidote, at that time he would have to face a count's crazy pursuit, this was absolutely not something Bai Cangdong wanted to happen.

  As long as Viscount Purple Light doesn't die, he and Earl Purple Dusk have room for reconciliation. Considering the existence of Earl Feng Hua, even if Earl Purple Dusk wants to kill him, it's impossible for him to rush into Feng Hua City to kill him. At least he still has a chance to escape.

  "Alright, I can spare your life, but I have two conditions." Bai Cangdong said after a moment of contemplation.

  "You say it." Hana said gritting her teeth.

  "Firstly, Hana no Koto must immediately become my knight."

  "That's no problem."

  "Secondly, I want you to temporarily stay by my side. Without permission, you are not allowed to contact anyone in Fenghuacheng."

  "I can promise you that, but if I'm seen with you by others or summoned by Young Master Yan or the Earl, I won't be able to refuse."

  "As long as you agree, I'll take care of the rest."

  "Alright, I promise you." Hua Qianwu also agreed readily.

  Although Hua Bu Si was reluctant, he had no choice but to offer his life's work, the Ben Ming Yin, and became a knight of Bai Cang Dong.

  Boom!

  A huge roar suddenly burst out of the swamp, and the shockwave of energy came rushing over, they had run so far away, but were still knocked to the ground by that wave.