HIDDEN EVIL [XIAO SHUXIANG THE SERIES]
228 - Worrying Conditions

During his fight against Hei Lian, Xiao Shuxiang thought of a way to how to put on this Zhang Xiao Lian-made potion.

He couldn't just use his potion straight away, Xiao Shuxiang needed a mature plan. In his hands there were only a few herbs, of course, it should be used well and at the right time.

Hei Lian clucked in annoyance as the young man who was his opponent was extremely nimble in dodging every attack from his poisonous acid. He disliked Xiao Shuxiang, but he disliked this young man's talent even more.

"Mirror ... That mirror really bothers me!" Hey Lian yelled annoyed. He moved both of his hands and his attacks began to form the mouths of large animals.

The serpent-like figure of the animal was made of poisonous red clouds. Hei Lian shook her hands and mercilessly attacked the young man in front of her even in a blind manner.

Xiao Shuxiang moved reflexively and unhesitatingly took out his Moving Mirror. The shape of the heirloom was larger, enough to swallow the attack from the dragon snake Hei Lian.

"It can't be ...." Hei Lian was stunned for a while before the veins on her forehead stiffened. He gritted his teeth and then attacked directly.

!!

Xiao Shuxiang flinched, yet he was still very sprightly. Yinng xiong directly collided with Hei Lian's weapon which turned out to be a spear. The weapon belonging to the little girl was formed from a dense red cloud.

At first Xiao Shuxiang was worried that Yinng xiong would be eroded, especially when considering that this Hei Lian weapon was formed from acid. However realizing the change in his sword now, Xiao Shuxiang no longer thought too much about it.

!!!

Hei Lian was wide-eyed as she felt her strength being sucked by the sword of this young man. He snarled and then jerked to be able to escape. It was just that when it succeeded, a huge mirror formed on it and instantly unleashed an attack that was none other than his own.

Xiao Shuxiang heard a loud cry, a sign that he had managed to hit Hei Lian and even made a huge hole in the little girl's artificial clouds. However there was no time for him to celebrate this, the fight was still not over.

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"Nurse ..." Xiao Shuxiang held the ringisan. His chest ached from overstimulating himself, "It seems that it has almost reached my own limits..."

Honestly speaking, the Transferring Mirror Technique was a technique that used the most Qi and was also mentally draining. Xiao Shuxiang really had to control these two things in order for any attacks that wore the Moving Mirror to not be misdirected.

Although Xiao Shuxiang was able to absorb the Qi from nature directly, but it also needed high concentration. After all, he was not like Dai Chen who was favored by Qi. Especially at this moment, there was still a seal binding his strength.

Xiao Shuxiang's body floated somewhat low, almost touching the red clouds that were beneath him. He tried to pay attention to the balance and not to drift further down, or this condition will not improve.

While gathering energy and breathing, Xiao Shuxiang suddenly heard Hei Lian's voice. Only, he did not see the human form of the girl.

"Can't ... I can't accept losing like this..!"

Xiao Shuxiang was wide-eyed, he heard a rumbling sound on the red clouds below him and was shocked when he saw the clouds churning out bursts of fire and lightning.

"He .... Have this much power..?" Xiao Shuxiang flinched. It felt like he wanted to laugh bitterly because he had awakened the monster.

"What a creature is .... I'm with this?" Xiao Shuxiang swallowed. He knew this was the Upper Cultivation Realm and knew that the cultivation practices in this place were higher. Yet it was unexpected that it was even far from what he could imagine.

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The hole formed in the clouds due to Xiao Shuxiang's previous attack made the moonlight finally look back. It illuminated a place in the forest of the Cloud Sea Sect, right at the location where Elder Xie Yanran and Wang Zhao were.

Elder Xie Yanran was quite jolted because the formation of a hole in the cloud had made the fiery acid rain around him suddenly stop. But still the tension he felt still did not disappear.

The moonlight illuminated Elder Xie Yanran, including Wang Zhao. The young man was still unconscious, it was obvious that he had actually experienced a trauma that shook his soul.

Just as Elder Xie Yanran was looking at the changing red clouds above, something happened to Wang Zhao. The young man's body began to be shrouded in thin smoke and strange carvings formed on his right temple.

A huge rumble rang out and made Elder Xie Yanran startled. The clouds that he saw and covered the sky were now starting to contain flames. Elder Xie Yanran was about to make a sound when he turned his head towards Wang Zhao, but was surprised because the young man was no longer around.

"Where is he?!" Elder Xie Yanran was startled. Wang Zhao was not beside him, whereas the young man was lying unconscious earlier.

Elder Xie Yanran circulated his gaze around and did not see Wang Zhao's presence at all. He gasped and wondered how the young man had suddenly disappeared, let alone while under his watch.

"Wang Zhao...?!" Elder Xie Yanran called the young man, yet there was no answer. All around him were burning grasses and trees.

Elsewhere, Dao Elder Fang An was seen protecting the disciples of the Cloud Sea Sect with a barrier from his spiritual energy. Two among the disciples he protected were Li Huanshou and Jian Yang, disciples of the Thousand Sword Palace.

"What exactly is going on?" Li Huanshou gave a pale expression. Before this, he and Jian Yang attended the night classes under the guidance of Elder Dao Fang An, yet a fiery acid rain suddenly descended and shocked everyone.

"Don't you see?" Jian Yang said, "This must be the deed of the Demon Valley Sect again. They don't stop making trouble,"

Li Huanshou looked at the junior disciples of the Cloud Sea Sect who were seated with terrified facial expressions. They did not say anything, but Li Huanshou could tell that these children were going through a shock.

Jian Yang himself looked around him and did not expect that this fiery acid rain had injured many Cloud Sea Sect disciples and might even have killed quite a number of people.

At the moment when Jian Yang wanted to speak to Elder Dao Fang An, a loud voice rang out in the sky and a fiery acid rain descended even more profusely. He became worried that the barrier made by Elder Dao Fang An would not last long.

Badly, making barrier seals out of spiritual energy was not something easy and Jian Yang himself did not master this ability. He could not help Dao Elder Fang An despite wanting to.

"Chairman Dao, is there anything I can do?" Jian Yang finally asked. "I don't know how to make a barrier yet, but can I help with something else? I can't possibly keep quiet here,"

"I also want to help," Li Huanshou voiced out and a few disciples of the Cloud Sea Sect volunteered.

Elder Dao Fang An watched his disciples and these two cultivators from the Thousand Sword Palace. He breathed slowly and then said, "You guys just have to wait."

"I know," Dao Elder Fang An said. "But there's nothing you can do but wait. Enemy techniques are very powerful, you guys do not come out of this barrier. I don't want any more people to lose their lives,"

Elder Dao Fang An actually did not know how many of his disciples had died due to an impromptu attack from the members of the Demon Valley Sect. Yet he was confident this would be a great setback for his sect.

Just wanted to make a sound, suddenly there was the sound of an explosion above. The clouds that were like flames and were seen by Elder Dao Fang An now seemed to hide even greater horror.

The thing is, Elder Dao Fang An is unlikely to leave this place. He had to withstand his barrier seal because otherwise-the consequences were really very bad to imagine.

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In the sky, Xiao Shuxiang continued to attack Hei Lian using his moving mirror. He returned the attacks of the Demon Valley Sect members to double and continue to increase because Yinng xiong was also used.

Although Xiao Shuxiang could fight Hei Lian, he still had flaws and it was at the limit of his strength. This was because after all, Xiao Shuxiang's cultivation practice was still too low.

"Damn ..." Xiao Shuxiang was trying to maintain his consciousness. He tried very hard and hoped that the elders of the Cloud Sea Sect had already done something to save their disciples.

"The two Bangka must come and help or this will not be finished," Xiao Shuxiang used the moving mirror to protect himself. Without this ability, he might have finished by now.

"Tsk, where's the Crazy Beggar Boy?!" Xiao Shuxiang cursed. "Is it possible for Mo Huai to die to not meet that person?! Even if he were to die, the Mad Beggar Boy should have known about this and helped out immediately."

Xiao Shuxiang was really upset. He had already made Hei Lian go berserk and until now no help had come to him. Seriously, does he have to fight alone?!

Xiao Shuxiang would naturally not expect to be helped if only his cultivation practice returned. Now, however, his opponent was difficult to deal with and it would be a bad result if help did not come soon.

Actually, that Guardian Protector from Ling Qing Zhu was already extremely outstanding. He was able to deal with Hei Lian with weak cultivation practices, where other cultivators were impossible to do the same. Moreover, Xiao Shuxiang was completely unaffected by the poison present on every attack of his enemy.

"I am limited in time. It's really bad.." Xiao Shuxiang felt a tightness every time he took out his mirror. This proved that he could hardly use the technique anymore.

"I'll kill you .... DIE RIGHT NOW!" the flames grew fiercer and the ensuing scroll of clouds created the figure of a dragon snake with a complete body.

Xiao Shuxiang flinched, yet he did not feel any fear at all. In his hand, Yinng xiong shook strongly and he darted. This was the rest of his strength and it would be very difficult to deal with Hei Lian's next attack.

!!!

Just as Xiao Shuxiang was about to lung at the dragon snake with Yinng xiong in his right hand, he suddenly weakened the attack and took out something from within his Spatial Ring.

A flash shot out from behind Xiao Shuxiang and directly pierced through the dragon's mouth until a huge explosion sounded. Hei Lian's attack was conquered by something very surprising.

"............. Finally coming," Xiao Shuxiang smiled faintly. He had actually not expected that the help that was currently before him was not the person he expected, but this was not a problem at all.

The figure of the man in black robes was seen floating on Xiao Shuxiang's back. The man's robe fluttered with a huge sword shrouded in a dark aura in his right hand.

The look in his eyes gave off firmness and although there was fresh blood flowing at the corner of his lips, the man still looked full of prestige.

"Mr Xiao .... Sorry to make you wait so long,"

The man's voice was gentle, extremely polite and as if so respectful to the young man behind him. Xiao Shuxiang who was there and heard it muttered in return.

The black-robed man before Xiao Shuxiang was none other than Wang Zhao. The young man looked different, let alone with a strange carving on his right temple.

"I didn't know that you could be of any help to me," Xiao Shuxiang said without a tone and immediately darted. He attacked Wang Zhao from behind and made the young man vomit blood.

!!?

Of course it was shocking, even for Wang Zhao himself. Xiao Shuxiang said, "Your arrival is too incredible and very attention-grabbing. Do you want to be a hero now, huh?"

Wang Zhao spewed blood again. If he had not known, he would have protested. But since he trusted Xiao Shuxiang, he only smiled.

Wang Zhao's heart beat faster for a while before returning to normal. His blood flow became smoother and spiritual energy seemed to flow profusely in every stream of his blood without any hindrance.

"Mr Xiao .... Thank you," Wang Zhao endured the pain as he made a sound.

"Don't let me down, please,"

The attack that Xiao Shuxiang had made suddenly to Wang Zhao was nothing but to give the five types of lightning to remove some roots on the young man's dantian.

Xiao Shuxiang used the same way that his adoptive uncle had done to him. Now, the roots on Wang Zhao's Dantian were reduced by quite a lot.

Xiao Shuxiang did not forget his promise. He had indeed used Wang Zhao to be able to go to the Thousand Swords Palace, but he had not forgotten to help this young man to gather the five types of lightning.

Xiao Shuxiang had already gathered everything together and even concocted it, unbeknownst to Wang Zhao. Of course gathering these five types of lightning was not done by Xiao Shuxiang himself, he was assisted by Lan Guan Zhi and also by his own lightning.

The one who equipped the lightning that Xiao Shuxiang gathered was Ling Qing Zhu. The White Cat had a rare Sun Lightning Dantian and the white-haired girl was good enough to help without Xiao Shuxiang having to give her a reason.

Wang Zhao himself had the ability he was hiding and was indeed a little difficult to control despite not being as dangerous as Xiao Shuxiang's uncontrollable strength.

Wang Zhao was able to use his hidden strength in a state that was completely shaken violently and with a strong urge to help others. He managed to do so and with the release of some roots on his dantian-Wang Zhao could now control that power without any hindrance at all.

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