Chapter 178: Remaining Courage.

Leaving other things aside, just this one arrow was enough to make Xiao Fen gasp in admiration.

Just think, how long is a three-foot arrow shaft? And then think, to pull such a long arrow completely to the full, how wide must the bow be drawn?

I fear that with just a little more force in the next step, the entire large bow would shatter into pieces. Such strength, even if that Lux were to do it, I’m afraid he would fall short. As for not using a thumb ring for protection and pulling the bowstring with bare fingers, that was actually nothing. Under such great force, any jade thumb ring would shatter, and even a metal thumb ring would deform, unable to protect the finger.

On the contrary, Daoist Yuan watched from the side, chuckled, and said, “Still haven’t put it down, Eunuch Wei, still haven’t put it down.”

The corner of Wei Zhongxian’s mouth raised slightly, as if he was smiling, but his face suddenly showed a look of sorrow. He did not answer, but took out two more long arrows from the hands of the lads behind him. He fired them one after another, the arrows like lightning. With two “thud thud” sounds, he nailed the giant python’s head to the rockery from different directions.

In the end, three arrows were nailed firmly onto the python’s head in the shape of the character ‘pin’. The arrowheads sank deep into the stone. Even if that python head had a thousand strengths and ten thousand means, it could not hope to struggle free from this cage of long arrows.

Xiao Fen turned his head to glance at that Blood Python. The data before his eyes changed slightly. Although it didn’t say what damage Wei Zhongxian’s three arrows had caused to the Blood Python, it only said that the Blood Python was constantly recovering its vitality, but from this, two things could be seen.

Wei Zhongxian’s arrows did not cause high damage to the Blood Python. Although they caused penetrating wounds that looked terrifying, the actual lethality was not as good as the Qigong used by Daoist Yuan and Xiao Fen. In other words, this Blood Python was just like the two monsters Xiao Fen encountered in the Buddha Hall of the Pan Family before; it had a obvious damage reduction effect against physical attacks, while Qigong damage would actually deal bonus damage to them.

On the other hand, although Wei Zhongxian’s bow and arrows could penetrate the Blood Python and nail it to the rockery, they had no continuous damage effect and still could not interrupt the Blood Python’s vitality recovery. The final work still needed to be done by Xiao Fen and Daoist Yuan.

Thinking of this, Xiao Fen stepped back two steps, glanced at the Commandants still paralyzed on the ground, frowned slightly, turned around and walked to a corridor in the distance where the terrain was slightly higher. Seeing no one around, he sat down and began to fill his Staff with Skills, oblivious to his surroundings.

On the other side, although the Blood Python’s head was firmly nailed, its body below thrashed more and more violently. Every thrash brought more blood water gushing out from underground, splashing in this courtyard. Before anyone knew it, the amount of blood water in this courtyard had gradually increased, approaching the ground near the pavilion, and even completely covering it.

Looking at the blood water filled with black Qi, Wei Zhongxian frowned and waved his hand. A group of lads and Eastern Depot Agents acted together, moving the shattered stone tables and stone benches from outside. Some even directly dismantled the original wing rooms, removing the pillars and placing them in this courtyard.

These tasks had obviously started before Wei Zhongxian entered this backyard. By now, it was just a matter of course. In a flash, these Agents built a small embankment near the entrance of this backyard, blocking the gradually approaching blood water at their feet.

Wei Zhongxian lowered his head to look at the spreading speed of the blood water, nodded slightly, and casually handed the large bow to a little eunuch beside him. He strode onto the embankment and said, “Tell the Agents and Imperial Guard outside to be careful. This blood water is not good stuff. A moment of carelessness, and I fear it will bring fatal disaster.”

Everyone answered in unison and walked to slightly higher ground one after another. They watched the blood water in the blood pool surging out. In just a few breaths, it had slowly approached the place where everyone was standing before. Looking at this blood water up close, dark red with bits of flashing green everywhere, it looked like eyes in the blood water. Coupled with the black smoke lingering above from time to time, it was truly unspeakably weird. Moreover, this blood water looked more like lumps of blood jelly, extremely viscous. Just looking at it could give one a creepy feeling.

Just then, someone suddenly shouted, “Commandant Hou, Commandant Hou, wake up quickly, you cannot stay here.”

Wei Zhongxian and Daoist Yuan turned to look together. On the other side of the corridor, that Commandant was sitting on the ground with a dazed look, mumbling something incessantly. His body did not move, letting the blood water slowly soak his feet and legs.

Wisps of black smoke kept coming out from under this Commandant’s body. From the constant twitching of this Commandant’s face, it could be seen that the erosion of the poison caused him extreme pain. However, even so, his expression did not change much; he just kept muttering to himself, continuing to be as numb as before.

Wei Zhongxian swept a glance at that Commandant, curled his lip slightly, and said, “Let him be. Dying here is better than facing the Emperor together in the future. We can spare him, but can that man spare him?”

Daoist Yuan also smiled and said, “On that Commandant’s body, there is still a small Tiger Tally. Is Eunuch Wei really not interested?”

Wei Zhongxian shook his head and said, “My power is already overwhelming. What is the point of having one more or one less Tiger Tally? If I take too many, I have to guard against people saying I have ulterior motives. It just brings trouble. Moreover, even with one more Tiger Tally, when the time comes in the future, if that great calamity arrives, we still cannot avoid it. Let it be, let it be. Save some trouble. Although it is not a benefit for you and me, at least it can bring a clean end.”

Daoist Yuan’s face darkened for a moment. He turned his head to glance at Xiao Fen, who was resting silently not far away, and asked in a low voice, “That kid still has some background. Can he not be entrusted?”

Wei Zhongxian also turned his head to look and said, “If he were a few years older, he could be fully entrusted. But now his age is still young. If he meets someone with truly ruthless methods, I fear he will be unable to use his hands and feet. I will watch him for a few more days. If things become urgent, I will have to entrust him. However, that Fiend has been plotting for so many years, and we few have to guard the Capital City and cannot leave without authorization. When the time comes, whether that kid can be of use is still hard to say.”

“Even if he is of no use, stalling for a while is good. As long as we get past that period of time, we will be free to act. We can surely settle that Fiend properly.”

Wei Zhongxian smiled again, shook his head and said, “What if we settle that Fiend? The layout over there has been too long. The general trend of the world cannot be reversed. It is still just idle talk. If there were a few more years, how could it be like today?”

Daoist Yuan’s face darkened for a moment, then he laughed again. His smile was truly like a blooming flower, extremely enchanting. Although he had a boy’s body, he possessed a girl’s charm. Just this smile made many Imperial Guards and Agents behind Wei Zhongxian secretly swallow their saliva. Even those constables who were still in shock were somewhat entranced.

“If there were a few more years, how could it be you, and how could it be me?”

Daoist Yuan said this and said no more. His body flashed, rushing out of the blood pool embankment, taking large strides towards that pavilion. In his hands, two soft swords had appeared at some point. Behind him, seven or eight precious swords were actually floating.

Not long after, he had already strode into the pavilion. Standing there, he was like a Ghost-God Child. Even the filth under his feet was pushed aside, unable to harm him anymore.

“Immortal Lin, do you want me to wait for you for a long time?”

The time it takes to drink a cup of tea passed quickly. Daoist Yuan suddenly shouted loudly in the pavilion. This sound was like rolling thunder. For a moment, it even covered the lightning and thunder in the sky. The entire courtyard was filled with his voice. Several constables panicked in their hearts, retreated a few steps, and fell to the ground. Their ears were still buzzing constantly.

Amidst this huge sound, Xiao Fen shook his body and stood up. One hand tightly clutched Berela’s Lingering. He looked at the rockery that was gradually collapsing due to the monster’s struggle, and then at the monster that had recovered all its injuries and was staring dead at the crowd in the garden with its single eye in the middle. He smiled, straightened his body, and strode forward, saying, “I am coming, I am coming.”

After speaking, Xiao Fen’s body suddenly bent towards the ground. The next moment, he was like a pellet shot from a slingshot, flying out of the corridor at high speed, rising to a height of about 3 meters. He reached out and grabbed a tree branch sticking out from the side, holding his falling body in mid-air. Then he suddenly pressed down on the branch. After a moment, when the branch was pulled to the limit by his body and his feet were about to touch the blood water and black smoke below, the branch suddenly rebounded. Xiao Fen used this rebound force to flip his body in the air, letting himself fly over the pavilion below, far rushing in front of Daoist Yuan, facing this huge monster alone.

“Whenever you see fire rise on this monster, do not hold back. Better to use a cattle knife to kill a chicken than to let the opportunity slip away.”

In the air, Xiao Fen spoke thus. When his body floated in front of that monster, his left hand had already raised, aiming at the monster’s single eye from a distance, and said, “Hit.”

With a “bang”, that large eye, which had healed with great difficulty, was hit by Xiao Fen’s close-range Qigong strike. It was truly unavoidable. At the same time as the Qigong explosion occurred, the entire eye was shattered again. Before it could let out a huge roar, the flames of Greek Fire had already instantly engulfed its head again.

At the same time, the Staff in Xiao Fen’s hand also began to show its power. This time, he did not choose to release 5 Qigong strikes separately, but chose to release them all at once.

A loud boom was heard. The python’s head was completely blasted open with a huge gap. Plasma and pus splattered everywhere inside the gap, looking extremely miserable.

In a short moment, Xiao Fen had caused at least 394 points of huge damage to this giant python. Moreover, the burning of Greek Fire could continue for 10 seconds.

However, Xiao Fen had lost all means of attack. His body was basically about to fall into the pool. The remaining attack task could only depend on Daoist Yuan’s methods.