I Have Medicine

Chapter 515 - Many Battles

Since Gu Zuo could sense this, the numerous prodigies keenly watching this battle naturally didn’t miss it either. They quickly noticed the abnormality while Huo Li and Mu Baizhi were fighting, and couldn’t help their astonishment.

Some people opened their mouths and said:

“Hey, this seems strange.”

“Prodigy Huo Li’s martial skills are much weaker.”

“According to reason, he shouldn’t have used up his energy this fast…”

“It looks like that woman’s methods are somewhat bizarre.”

Afterwards, other people speculated:

“Could it be that the martial skills of that Ice Phoenix Goddess can transform Prodigy Huo Li’s released internal qi for her own use and empowering her martial skills?”

“That must be the case. Otherwise, if the two of them were fighting this fiercely, how could the Ice Phoenix Goddess not exhaust herself, but become stronger instead?”

“The Ice Phoenix Goddess probably had some fortuitous encounters…”

“Among prodigies like us, who hasn’t had fortuitous encounters? Although, this method is indeed somewhat powerful. If anyone met her in battle, and they became weaker as she became stronger, how could there be any reason to lose?”

“No matter what kind of martial skill, there will always be a weak point. We just haven’t found it yet. The method of this Ice Phoenix Goddess is quite novel, so let’s increase our first-hand knowledge.”

Of course, Gu Zuo also heard these words.

The prodigies on the scene all thought that this was a miraculous martial skill that Mu Baizhi obtained during a fortuitous encounter. While it was very powerful, it wasn’t to the point that they were overly fearful.

Naturally, no one thought that Mu Baizhi was thief who had done many heinous and hair-raising things.

Thinking about it, if Gu Zuo hadn’t experienced that incident personally, he wouldn’t have known these things either. Perhaps, his own notions would’ve been the same as that of the prodigies here, only feeling that it was interesting.

In this way, the battle situation on the raised platform was also clear. Huo Li became increasingly weak and enfeebled. The fight was incredibly frustrating. No matter how powerful his martial skills, if his internal qi was insufficient, he would eventually lose.

After that, the Ice Phoenix Goddess lightly raised a silk-white hand, and a gust of bitingly-cold, icy wind passed by. Huo Li’s entire body was covered in a layer of white frost. Although he quickly removed this layer of frost, the Ice Phoenix Goddess had already appeared in front of him by that time. A finger gently tapped his throat… He had lost.

The Ice Phoenix Goddess withdrew her finger. Her voice was light and courteous: “A good battle.”

That graceful bearing really was like a goddess.

Only Gu Zuo noticed that, the instant the Ice Phoenix Goddess retracted her finger, there was a glimpse of a smiling expression in her eyes. That moment seemed like the ice and snow had melted… Once Huo Li saw that, his rage appeared to dissipate right away.

Gu Zuo furrowed his brows: “Big brother, could it be that Mu Baizhi’s next target is Huo Li?”

One couldn’t blame him for making this guess because many people would be confused by Mu Baizhi’s attitude. However, he carefully observed as though facing a formidable enemy. He found that this smiling expression seemed natural, but in fact, it had a hint of beguiling charm, which made him feel even more that Mu Baizhi had ulterior motives — What were better weapons for her than the appearance and temperament she stole?

Gongyi Tianheng faintly nodded his head.

He also discovered that Mu Baizhi had been silently radiating her “charm.” From the beginning, she had been painstakingly building up her outward image, and her intentions needed no explanation.

Women with cold temperaments were always the ones men wanted to conquer the most. At the same time, they were also the easiest for men to trust. Because of this, although everything about Mu Baizhi was fake, even though there was certainly falsehood, few people could sense it.

Gu Zuo sighed: “After we go back, we must question the palace master.”

Tianheng smiled: “Okay, I’ll listen to Ah Zuo.”

After Huo Li lost to Mu Baizhi, he walked beside her. Seeing that Mu Baizhi’s attitude toward Huo Li had eased, and that she still seemed to treat other people differently, he felt a sense of pride in his heart and let go of the emotions caused by his defeat. Turning to Mu Baizhi, Huo Li chatted with her and enjoyed this type of intimacy, which was closer than what others could experience — Even though, from an outsider’s point of view, Mu Baizhi didn’t show much at all. Unfortunately, he himself could feel this stark difference.

This was Mu Baizhi’s skill.

In fact, Gu Zuo didn’t feel the slightest bit of sympathy for Huo Li. So what if Huo Li was really harmed by Mu Baizhi in the future? There wasn’t anything good about Huo Li, and it would be to everyone’s satisfaction if he suffered a little more. What Gu Zuo wanted to figure out the most right now was how Mu Baizhi’s advancement came about. It was clear that her aptitude was still in accordance with the identity of a “prodigy.” As such, she must’ve harmed another prodigy during this period of time.

Then, who was the one she harmed? When did she do it? Was it possible to start the investigation from the people who traveled with her but later perished?

At this moment, many thoughts were going through Gu Zuo’s mind. Meanwhile, on the raised platform, another person came up to issue a challenge. And the one he challenged was none other than — Gongyi Tianheng.

That’s right. There was finally someone who couldn’t bear to watch Tianheng, who hadn’t done anything the entire time. He stood with a saber in hand, wanting to challenge this all-star prodigy!

“Long have I heard of the all-star prodigy’s distinguished name. It’s just that, are you worthy of that reputation?”

That person’s figure was tall and robust, and looked like he belonged to the strength faction. His physical body was certainly extremely formidable. As for the long saber in his hand, it shone with a dark light, and seemed very heavy. The qi emissions released from his body were coarse and wild, so one could assume that he was quite obsessed with respect to the path of martial arts.

Currently, he was confronting Tianheng, and his face was filled with provocation: “Leaving your name on the stone tablet doesn’t amount to much. If Prodigy Gongyi can defeat me, Han Lang, this Han will be genuinely convinced. From then on, if we cross paths, I will give way and show my respect!”

These words were really powerful and resounding. They contained great courage and valor.

For a time, many prodigies couldn’t help but focus their attention.

Tianheng was originally right next to Gu Zuo. He was using this seemingly invisible intimacy to suppress the restless desires in his heart. Unexpectedly, just as he was adjusting his mentality, such fierce words suddenly came out from the raised platform, causing the emotions he constrained to surge up again.

After that, he closed his eyes and his figure faintly swayed. He had already appeared on the other side of the platform. At the same time, he softly said: “As you wish.”

Han Lang boisterously shouted: “Good! Have a taste of my saber!”

As his voice fell, he swung the saber. The body of the saber erupted with a streak of reddish-colored saber radiance. This saber radiance was more than 30 meters long. Piercing straight out, it was as though it was going to slice this platform into two halves!

Ferocious, too ferocious!

Soon, Tianheng was about to be drowned by the saber radiance. All of a sudden, Tianheng also moved.

His movements weren’t as swift and fierce as that of Han Lang. He simply pushed out his palm and closed his fingers — In that instant, an enormous blood-red palm appeared in front of him and gripped that saber radiance.

Crack!

After a crisp and brittle sound, that gigantic blood-red palm crushed the saber radiance into pieces, rendering it powerless and incapable of touching Tianheng’s body at all.

Below the platform, numerous prodigies witnessed this scene, and couldn’t help nodding:

“That sword radiance is extremely vicious. Taking it on truly isn’t an easy feat.”

“Prodigy Gongyi’s palm is also incredibly powerful. It seems to be a commonly-used method of the palace disciples of the Blood Transformation Palace Hall. But when he uses it, it’s much stronger than that of other disciples.”

“In addition, it seems to contain other powers that leave one feeling apprehensive.”

“I wonder how much strength it would take if I had to take on that palm?”

Many discussing voices were commenting on this battle.

Because Tianheng had previously competed for the qi veins and performed various deeds, he already wasn’t a hidden and unknown prodigy. Coupled with his reputation as an all-star prodigy, he was destined to attract more attention than the rest.

Now that he was fighting against someone for the first time, it was only natural that each and every move was seen by everyone.

Although Han Lang used some strength in his first slash, it was just to sound out his opponent. Upon seeing Tianheng accept his attack, he gave a clear laugh and slashed out again!

“Hahaha! Take a look at my second form, Snowy Shadow Mad Saber!” In a loud voice, he said, “Last time, I used eighty-percent power. This time around, I’ll use one hundred percent — Can you catch this?”

The second saber strike arrived even faster than the first one.

The saber radiance was more than sixty meters long. After this saber slashed out, countless snow-white saber shadows suddenly appeared in the surroundings. Every saber shadow carried a dense chill. Combined with the saber radiance’s cutting edge, it showed an unstoppable momentum!

The crowd of prodigies silently weighed the power of this saber, and simulated their own reactions after facing it. Then, they looked at Tianheng, wanting to know how he would respond to this saber — With this attack, would he still use that enormous bloody palm to catch and crush it?

At this time, Tianheng didn’t utilize that bloody palm.

Nevertheless, he stretched out his hand, and made a few strokes in the air without any fanfare.

The next moment, dozens of blood shadows burst forth. Each one was six meters tall, and all of them were bitingly-cold saber shadows that carried the terrifying power of blood poison! Wherever they passed, there was a foul wind and bloody rain, which looked treacherous and horrifying.

These saber shadows were insubstantial, but they quickly collided with that snow-white saber radiance.

The snow-white saber radiance might’ve been extremely powerful, but Tianheng’s blood-red saber shadows were densely-packed and had great penetrative power. In an orderly fashion, they targeted the snow-white saber radiance from multiple directions and continuously attacked. While the strength of a single blood shadow couldn’t match the air-breaking momentum of the snow-white saber radiance, if multiple blood shadows struck the same place in quick succession, the destructive power would be significant.

The blood shadows were divided into several groups, constantly colliding with all sides of the saber radiance. After hearing a series of sharp and clear sounds, the huge saber radiance completely collapsed and turned into flowing wind in just a single breath of time under the onslaught of such a fierce attack!

Below the platform, Gu Zuo was alarmed when he watched this. The moment he saw his family’s big brother neutralize that formidable saber technique, he slowly sighed in relief.

Truly, this was too nerve-wracking.

Han Lang made another affirmative sound, and invigoratingly said: “This Han still has another saber. It’s also the strongest saber. If Prodigy Gongyi can take it, this Han will admit defeat. I wonder if Prodigy Gongyi is willing?”

Tianheng said: “Of course, by all means.”

Once these words were uttered, Han Lang’s entire body soared into the air. The muscles in his arms suddenly trembled, his hands grasped the handle of the saber, and he lifted it up high. Then, he chopped down with great speed!

This saber strike was more terrifying than the combined might of the previous two attacks. With the gleaming cold saber light, the length and breadth of the saber radiance spanned 150 meters. As it started to spread out, it almost completely covered Tianheng’s figure. That large martial arts platform trembled slightly, and seemed as though it couldn’t bear the power of this saber radiance.

Tianheng’s expression was indifferent. He raised two fingers, and made a downward stroke in front of himself —

Swish!

At once, a ray of bloody light burst forth, forming an extremely long and expansive river of blood ahead. Stretching across the entire platform, it separated Tianheng and Han Lang at both ends of the battlefield.

The saber radiance promptly arrived right at this moment. However, the river of blood unswervingly blocked the space in front of Tianheng. Although that saber radiance was powerful to an extreme degree, it appeared insignificant before the river of blood.

Within the blood river, a wave of blood rose up and barreled towards that saber radiance. In a split second, the saber radiance completely shattered. It no longer had any of its previous majesty.

Tianheng said: “You lose.”

Contrary to expectations, Han Lang wasn’t someone who took defeat with bad grace. Since he said that was his last saber strike, then it was his last saber strike. He candidly jumped down from the platform: “This Han lost. Sure enough, an all-star prodigy is out of the ordinary. This Han accepts his loss wholeheartedly. However, if this Han advances further along the path of the saber in the future, he will certainly come back for a rematch!”

Tianheng faintly nodded his head: “Any time. I look forward to it.”

Han Lang’s figure left the raised platform, and returned to the spectating sidelines.

He failed in his challenge, so his ranking didn’t change.

Tianheng continued to stand on the platform, and swept his gaze down below. Due to the circulating bloody light in his eyes and the moving blood patterns on his cheeks, other people didn’t dare to look directly at him: “Who else will come?”

Right away, the venue plunged into silence.

Perhaps, his performances during the qi vein battles back then were too strong. After those young prodigies who previously faced him exchanged glances, one of them actually leaped onto the platform.

This person naturally wasn’t Mu Yefeng — He still hadn’t disentangled himself from his frustrations just a while ago.

The one who took the initiative to challenge was Flying Cloud Palace’s Gao Hongyu, whose figure carried raging winds. Landing on the raised platform, his body was concealed within a storm. As a result, the entire battlefield was filled with the winds under his control, making it difficult to catch a glimpse of his silhouette.

Martial artists who studied the ultimate knowledge related to the winds of nature weren’t easy to handle.

After getting on the platform, Gao Hongyu didn’t talk nonsense and simply said: “Please.”

Tianheng nodded and politely responded: “Please.”

Then, both of them took action. Gao Hongyu held a wind dragon in his palm and rode the winds. As the extremely ferocious wind dragon abruptly dropped down from above, the target of the dragon’s outstretched jaws was precisely Tianheng!

But Tianheng still looked calm and unhurried. He didn’t appear the slightest bit nervous or worried.

Numerous prodigies naturally guessed:

“How is Prodigy Gongyi going to withstand this?”

“This move of Prodigy Gao Hongyu is bold and powerful. It’s a move of ultimate knowledge, impossible to resist.”

“Judging from Prodigy Gongyi’s calm demeanor, could it be that he has long thought of a way to deal with it?”

“If it’s an uncompromising defense, I’m afraid it’ll be hard to—”

But Tianheng really defended himself unyieldingly.

When Gao Hongyu went up, he used extremely powerful moves and pressed closer inch by inch, unwilling to give Tianheng any opportunity to strike back. He wanted to push for an outcome in just a few rounds. However, Tianheng didn’t take it to heart. Seeing that the wind dragon was about to swallow him up, he only slightly raised his head and waved a finger —

At this moment, the wind dragon frantically rammed into the torrential river of blood. Above the blood river, the waves surged hundreds of meters, blocking the wind dragon from behind! In the face of that wall of blood, no matter how violently the wind dragon reacted, its frenzied roars were powerless, incapable of even shaking the blood wall!

Gao Hongyu brows faintly furrowed.

When he went up, he used a big move. Naturally, it wasn’t to see how easily Tianheng could resolve it, but it was precisely because his wind dragon was dispatched like this that his heartstrings tightened. A ball of dark-blue flowing wind quickly spun around his clenched fist. And contained within this flowing wind was an extraordinarily terrifying power.

After the river of blood obstructed his wind dragon, Gao Hongyu didn’t hesitate in the least. He immediately sent out an explosive punch, and that dark-blue flowing wind transformed into a frightening attack, blasting towards Tianheng!

As before, Tianheng remained unmoved.

His lack of motion couldn’t help but cause the expressions of those prodigies to turn subtle.

But soon, these prodigies realized that Tianheng wasn’t pretending to be calm. In actuality, the river of blood was so powerful that he could readily protect himself with this one move.

At first, while that river of blood was originally blocking Tianheng’s front, now that a powerful attack was coming from another direction, it suddenly started turning and bending like a river changing course. The opposite end of the blood river protected Tianheng’s other side.

The terrifying dark-blue attack contained a sinister and eerie cry, but when it collided with the river of blood, it was completely blocked without any traces left behind!

No. Not only had it failed to break through the river of blood’s defense, much of the power inside seemed to have been continuously absorbed during the collision. This caused the attack to weaken until it gradually disappeared into nothing. Yet, the strength of the blood river had strengthened. The river water whistled and screamed as though out of excitement and joy.

This river of blood created a copper wall and iron bastion, which gave Tianheng unparalleled defense! His guard was impeccable.

Gao Hongyu never imagined that Tianheng’s river of blood was so powerful and that his two attacks would be ineffective. However, when all was said and done, his temperament was firm and unwavering. On the contrary, he wasn’t discouraged, and attacked Tianheng once more.

It was just a pity. No matter how many times he attacked, all of them were blocked by the river of blood.

Upon seeing this, Tianheng slowly said: “After defending, it’s time to attack.”

Once he finished speaking, he pointed his finger. A beam of bloody light went straight into the river of blood.

At this moment, the river of blood suddenly surged with raging waves and stormy swells. Many whirlpools appeared amid the waves, and within each whirlpool, a strange humanoid monster quickly emerged. Their figures still weren’t very distinct, but their qi emissions weren’t weak. Moreover, their monstrous appearances would cause one’s heart to palpitate.

Numerous monsters held weapons formed from the river of blood. In a simultaneous cooperation, they exerted incredibly strong offensive power and rushed towards Gao Hongyu.

Had Gao Hongyu ever seen this kind of martial skill before? Although he beheaded some evildoers in the past, and those evildoers also practiced wicked martial skills, none had such a vast momentum or were so bizarre and unrecognizable.

Right away, he immediately retreated several steps, and withdrew the wind dragon. After that, he calmed down and began to deal with these humanoid monsters transformed from the blood river — This round of combat left him feeling a little overwhelmed. Although the strength of the humanoid monsters was just at the peak of the Immortal Realm, whenever they were shattered, they were regenerated in the river of blood. The strength of this combined assault sharply increased dozens of times. It was truly an extremely difficult situation to deal with. They couldn’t be eradicated!

At this moment, Gao Hongyu was entangled with these monsters. Fully preoccupied, he couldn’t to do anything to Tianheng anymore.

The battle was in full swing on the raised platform. Down below, Gu Zuo showed a smiling expression.

Sure enough, even though big brother was just an incarnation in this place, these prodigies were no match for him!

After a while, Gao Hongyu’s strength was exhausted, and his internal qi was used up to the point that only ten to twenty percent remained. This wasn’t a struggle of life and death. Until now, he still hadn’t been able to breach the river of blood’s defense and chop down all of the humanoid monsters. What good did it do him to keep going?

Gao Hongyu sullenly said: “I admit defeat.”

Soon after, he jumped off the platform, feeling very unhappy.

No matter how many times he struck the river of blood’s monsters, they kept appearing. Although the monsters were constantly cut down by him and the blood river was consumed when they reformed, the river of blood was so long and so wide. He couldn’t fight it despite his best efforts. Waiting around was simply giving up all hope!

In the end, he was an extremely powerful prodigy, too. Otherwise, how could he easily forfeit?

Gao Hongyu’s defeat caused the other prodigies suck in a breath of cold air.

Two people were defeated in a row!

And what made many prodigies even more afraid was that river of blood.

Gao Hongyu was quite strong. Those top prodigies believed that they wouldn’t have been able to observe his actions so calmly and effortlessly if they battled Gao Hongyu, but Tianheng succeeded. What kind of ultimate knowledge was that river of blood? Since it was based on blood, it should’ve come from the Blood Transformation Palace Hall. But when meeting the disciples of this palace hall in the past, none of those disciples ever used it. Could it be that their power of understanding was lacking, and it was hard to comprehend? However, the previous Blood Transformation Palace Hall disciples never released something so strange and unreasonable like that river of blood…

The crowd of prodigies was somewhat taciturn.

They knew very well that, supposing they couldn’t break through this river of blood, even if jumped onto the platform to fight Tianheng, they would end up with the same depressing defeat as Gao Hongyu.

Why go through the trouble?

Hence, the atmosphere became strangely silent.

Tianheng stood on the raised platform with his hands clasped behind his back, but no one came up to fight.

Even that young man who hit the 276-meter mark had an evasive and indeterminate look in his eyes — He was extremely face-conscious when he showed up previously. Who could’ve imagined that Mu Baizhi would step on him and Gongyi Tianheng would stepped on him again, turning him into a stepping stone. If he poked his head out once more and was able to deal with Tianheng, it would be good. However, if he failed, wouldn’t he lose face again? Besides, he had absolutely no confidence in handling that river of blood…

There was also Huo Li, who had a grudge against Tianheng. But currently, he couldn’t make up his mind.

Though, after not seeing each other for half a year, not only did Tianheng’s appearance change, his abilities had also…

In his heart, he similarly had no confidence in dealing with the blood river. It really made him feel unwilling.

After seven to eight breaths of time passed, a light voice finally resounded: “This little sister intends to learn from Prodigy Gongyi. I hope Gongyi Tianheng will be so kind as to enlighten me… Please go easy on me.”

Tianheng didn’t look back. He only said: “Let’s fight.”

His tone was extremely distant. His eyes didn’t show the breathtaking amazement that other prodigies had when facing Mu Baizhi. There wasn’t the slightest hint of treasuring perfume and cherishing jade. On the contrary, he seemed even colder than when he confronted the other prodigies.

Gu Zuo felt a little relieved when he saw this scene.

One couldn’t give Mu Baizhi any face. He needed to let big brother properly deal with her and give her a good beating!

Mu Baizhi’s body paused for an almost imperceptible moment. Then, she flew up and landed across from Tianheng like a white crane.

T/N: Sorry for the delays. The next two chapters are also double-length.

Thanks for the correction, Charysa.

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