txolops Chapter 45 Slaying Songyang
Chapter 45 Slaying Songyang
However, the silver spear talisman in Songyang's hand also completely dissipated after the third activation.
Zhang Tie breathed a sigh of relief. If he were facing Song Yang, who possessed a complete talisman treasure, he might not be confident in capturing him with his current abilities.
However, the roles have now reversed!
Songyang stood there panting, and when he looked up, he saw a figure fall from a shadow overhead.
It was Zhang Tie!
"Zhang Tie, you—"
Before Song Yang could finish speaking, he saw a golden ring appear in Zhang Tie's hand, and Zhang Tie looked at him with icy eyes.
"Zhang Tie, we are both disciples of Spirit Beast Mountain. If you kill me, you won't escape either. Today, let's shake hands and make peace. I'll return the Yin Sha Zhi to you as a favor. How about it?!"
Zhang Tie looked at Song Yang with a hint of mockery in his eyes.
"Senior Brother Song, do you think I'd believe such a trick that's only good for a three-year-old?"
Songyang's face immediately froze.
"Someone like you changes your mind faster than flipping through a book. I'll let you go today, but tomorrow you'll come back with people to settle scores with me!" Zhang Tie sneered, revealing Song Yang's ulterior motives.
The ingratiating look in Songyang's eyes gradually disappeared, replaced by a kind of madness.
"Heh, did you really think I had no other trump cards besides Fu Bao? I didn't want to use this trump card in the first place, Zhang Tie, you forced me to! Since you want to die now, then I'll grant your wish!"
A talisman appeared in Song Yang's hand. The talisman was entirely crimson, with profound runes. It was clearly a mid-grade talisman, with power comparable to a full-force attack from a mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Upon seeing this scene, Zhang Tie felt a chill run down his spine. This guy, just as he had expected, was hiding a trump card!
Ordinary cultivators would really be worn down by Songyang's trump cards.
But Zhang Tie was prepared; he wasn't just watching from the shadows.
With his hands forming a hand seal, six cyan array flags rose from the ground under Song Yang's horrified gaze. Their spiritual light intertwined, forming a light shield that directly enveloped him!
Six Harmonies Sealing Formation!
Zhang Tie had already secretly set up an array before he appeared.
Before Song Yang could even activate the talisman in his hand, he suddenly felt his body freeze, instantly immobilized by the sealing power within the formation.
Although he struggled desperately, the sealing power of the Six Harmonies Sealing Array was enough to suppress a Foundation Establishment cultivator in the early stage. However, to be on the safe side, Zhang Tie directly summoned the Azure Gang Tower.
The sealing power combined with the binding power of the Azure Gang Tower is enough to suppress an ordinary mid-Foundation Establishment cultivator.
Songyang was already quite exhausted, and now he couldn't even move a finger.
"Zhang...Tie, you dare to kill...me?" Songyang roared.
"Harming fellow disciples will result in the loss of cultivation, the extermination of the soul, and the dismemberment of the flesh to feed spirit beasts!!!"
Zhang Tie's lips curled into a cold smile: "Harmful to fellow disciples? Who saw it?"
Songyang's pupils suddenly contracted.
"You...you..."
"What do you mean, 'what do you mean, 'Senior Brother Song abandoned his post and went into this deep ravine to search for treasure, but was unfortunately attacked and killed by a monster!' What does that have to do with me?"
"By the time the cultivators inside find you, you'll probably have turned into monster dung!"
Zhang Tie's voice was calm, as if he were talking about something insignificant.
Songyang's face was full of terror. He opened his mouth to beg for mercy, but Zhang Tie did not give him the chance.
The Azure Gang Tower in the formation pressed down and directly struck Song Yang's crown!
"Click—"
The sound of bones cracking was clearly audible. Song Yang, who was unable to move within the Six Harmonies Sealing Formation, suddenly shuddered, spat out a mouthful of blood, and collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud, his eyes unfocused!
[Defeat early Foundation Establishment stage - Songyang, Karma value +500]
Current causality value: 790
"Hmm? Killing a Foundation Establishment cultivator earns 500 karma points?" Zhang Tie's eyes lit up.
Previously, killing the Scorpion-tailed Beast only added 200 karma points, but Songyang's contribution points more than doubled, which is stronger than that of the demon beast!
Not bad!
The causal value indicated that Songyang was completely dead. Zhang Tie put away the formation and the Azure Gang Tower and began to loot the place.
Songyang's storage bag contained many treasures, including spirit stones, pills, and magical artifacts. He took out a gray bead, which was the stealth bead that allowed Songyang to follow him without being detected.
Zhang Tie's eyes lit up slightly, but after thinking about it, he threw it back into his storage bag and only took the Yin Sha Zhi!
"We can't take these things right now! There's a Core Formation Elder behind Songyang. If Songyang dies, it will definitely lead to an investigation. If they find out these things are missing, they'll become suspicious, and it won't be worth it!"
He re-tied the storage bag to Songyang's corpse, then carried the body directly into the depths of the ravine.
The level-two Netherwater Toad was still alive, but it was severely injured, covered in wounds. When it saw Zhang Tie, it let out a series of low growls, but it didn't dare to attack.
Zhang Tie glanced at it, threw down the corpse, and turned to leave.
The corpse of Songyang bore traces of an attack by the Netherworld Toad, as well as signs of a battle in the deep ravine, enough to convince the investigators that he was killed by a demonic beast!
After watching the wounded toad devour Songyang's corpse, Zhang Tie cleaned up his tracks and disappeared into the night.
It's a pity we didn't find any Earthly Fiend Qi, but obtaining a Yin Fiend Mushroom makes the trip worthwhile!
...
Upon returning to the mine, Zhang Tie went into seclusion as usual, acting as if nothing had happened.
On the third day, people from Spirit Beast Mountain arrived.
The person who arrived was a mid-Foundation Establishment stage deacon surnamed Zhou from the Enforcement Peak. Only then did the people in the mine realize that Songyang had disappeared and that the soul lamps in the sect had also gone out.
"Where did Songyang go in the end?" Deacon Zhou searched the mine but found no clues, so he asked Zhang Tie.
According to Deacon Zhou, there were only two Foundation Establishment cultivators in the mine, and now that one of them is dead, Zhang Tie is the most suspicious person.
Zhang Tie, however, remained completely unperturbed: "Senior Brother Zhou, Senior Brother Song often goes out during his duty shifts. You know he's a high-ranking disciple of a Core Formation cultivator, so I shouldn't interfere!"
Deacon Zhou frowned and questioned several stewards and servants, but the answers were all the same: Song Yang was often not at the mine, and no one knew where he went!
After thinking for a moment, Deacon Zhou decided to send a message inside the gate.
Soon, another Foundation Establishment mid-stage cultivator arrived at the mine with a special magic artifact. It was said that he was Songyang's senior brother!
The magical artifact seemed to be able to locate a certain item on Songyang's body. Zhang Tie watched as the group headed straight for the abyss, secretly praising himself for not being greedy and leaving Songyang's storage bag in the deep ravine.
The two Foundation Establishment stage cultivators quickly discovered traces left by Song Yang in the deep ravine, and naturally also found two Nether Water Toads, one dead and one seriously injured.
After killing the heavily injured Netherworld Toad, they found Song Yang's nearly digested remains, confirming that Song Yang had died from the beast's maw.
"What a pity, Junior Brother Songyang is gone just like that. Senior Brother Lu, please accept my condolences!" Songyang died from the mouth of a demon beast, and the Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Enforcement Peak no longer suspected Zhang Tietou, who had just broken through to Foundation Establishment less than a year ago at the mine!
After all, one was a rogue cultivator and the other was a high-level disciple of the Core Formation stage, each with countless trump cards in their hands!