I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, So I’ll Max Out My Defense

Chapter 803: Chapter 804: You Think You’re Watching the Play, But You’re Already in the Game
 

Senior Brother Huo’s eyes blazed with fire. Once again, three hundred thousand Lower Grade Immortal Stones were collected, depleting nearly half of the fortune in his private treasury. He swore that once he got out, he would definitely ask his Senior Brothers to properly handle these ignorant newcomers.

Extorting him? They would surely pay back tenfold!

“Can we leave now?” Senior Brother Huo said.

“You may go now; take care.”

Xiaobai smiled and said, yet another wave of a million Lower Grade Immortal Stones had entered his account. It goes without saying, the cultivators of the Great Sect really were wealthy.

“The green mountains will not change, the green waters will forever flow; we shall meet again!”

Senior Brother Huo dropped a line and, leading his group, turned around and left.

But just then, Xiaobai slowly raised the longsword in his hand above his head and brought it down slowly.

Hundred Percent Barehanded Blade Catch, activate!

In an instant, the whole group knelt down on both knees, lifting their hands above their heads, bowing deeply in worship. The Immortal Yuan, surging ceaselessly within their Dantian, was forcibly suppressed, and the surrounding Sword Intent brutally assaulted them, striking several people into severe injuries amidst a spray of blood and flesh.

“Pugh!”

Senior Brother Huo spat out a mouthful of blood violently; his vigor, energy, and spirit collapsed to an extreme in an instant.

Unable to mobilize the Immortal Yuan to resist the surrounding Sword Intent, his Primordial Spirit was nearly obliterated directly, and within a breath’s time, his foundation was damaged.

“What… what have you done to us?”

“You are dishonorable; you actually ambushed your fellow sect members!”

“Deliberately harming fellow disciples, making moves on Sword Peak, if the Elders of the Sword Sect come to know of this, you will face the severest of punishments!”

Senior Brother Huo was both shocked and furious, his eyes revealing intense fear. He found that not only was he unable to move his flesh, but he also couldn’t mobilize the Immortal Yuan in his Dantian to resist the Sword Intent. He was completely suppressed in every aspect, and if this continued, he would be slowly worn down by the Sword Intent.

“Sorcery, this is sorcery; to be able to control a cultivator’s body like this is simply the practice of the Demon Path!”

The group started howling, never before had Sword Peak felt as terrifying as it did at this moment. They felt the fear of death.

“Hmm?”

“Did anyone see it?”

“Do you have any evidence?”

Xiaobai sheathed his sword and deactivated the skill, speaking faintly.

“All the brothers here on Sword Peak can testify for me. You’re finished. This matter will certainly be reported to the Elder Hall, and you’ll receive the most severe punishment!”

Senior Brother Huo roared with all his might, but scanning around he suddenly froze. Right then, there was no one behind him; the large group of disciples that had been there upon their arrival was now gone.

Sword Peak had become eerily empty, not a single soul in sight!

“What’s going on?”

“Why has everyone disappeared?”

“Damn it, where are they!”

Senior Brother Huo was utterly flabbergasted. There were no disciples nearby, which meant that now, only they and Xiaobai were left.

If they were killed here, no one would find out; a deep, involuntary shiver enveloped his entire body.

“Junior Brother Li, let’s talk this through, please don’t be rash!”

“Everything is negotiable huh!”

The group squeezed out smiles uglier than crying.

“Several Senior Brothers are now severely injured and probably can’t return on their own. Luckily, I happen to have a few nice Healing Saint Medicines here, just 300,000 Lower Grade Immortal Stones each. Would you like one?”

Li Xiaobai chuckled as he took out a small bottle and said with a faint smile.

“Another 300,000 Lower Grade Immortal Stones?”

“What do you take us for, ATMs?”

“Why don’t you just rob us?”

Upon hearing this, Senior Brother Huo became furiously angry, accidentally aggravating his wounds and grimacing in pain. His eyes filled with a crimson rage, his family fortune was nearly cleaned out.

The others turned deathly pale. Honestly, they had no Immortal Stones left; the 600,000 Lower Grade Immortal Stones they just paid were all the savings they had gathered over several years.

Now Li Xiaobai was squeezing them yet again. Not even the farm’s donkeys would dare to be so exploitative, right?

“Robbery?”

“Where is the convenience in trading with you, Senior Brothers?”

“This is Healing Saint Medicine, a life-saving treasure. Compared to life, wealth is but an external possession. How you choose, I believe, needs no further elaboration from me, does it?”

Li Xiaobai smiled nonchalantly, revealing his chillingly white teeth.

“I’ll buy, I’ll buy, but this is the last time. All my possessions are now yours!”

Senior Brother Huo suddenly seemed a decade older, speaking in a weary tone.

His body had been shredded by Sword Intent, suffering severe injuries that he could not withstand. Ordinary Healing Pills couldn’t rapidly heal his injuries, and knowing well Li Xiaobai was fleecing him, he had no choice but to begrudgingly accept.

His heart was filled with resentful venom, and he swore to make this fellow pay a price!

“Give me all the Immortal Stones you have on you. Once I’ve regained my strength, I’ll protect you all!”

Senior Brother Huo said to the surrounding disciples in a tone that brooked no argument. Although the disciples were reluctant, they eventually obediently handed over all their belongings.

Pooling together with difficulty, they once again gathered 300,000 Lower Grade Immortal Stones and exchanged them for an elixir from Li Xiaobai’s hand.

Without another word, Senior Brother Huo tilted his head back, swallowed the elixir, and started to refine the elixir using his Immortal Yuan. Then, without looking back, he and his group turned and ran, not wanting any further contact with Li Xiaobai for fear of falling once again into his clutches.

But a few steps later, he realized something was wrong. The elixir was refined almost instantaneously, but the expected powerful recovery effect did not occur. Instead, the surrounding Sword Intent intensified the injuries on his body.

“Pfft!”

A large mouthful of blood spurted out, causing everyone’s face to change.

“Damn it, we’ve been had!”

“That wasn’t some miraculous medicine he gave us, just the most ordinary elixir!”

“We’ve been deceived!”

“I hate, I resent, I cannot accept this!”

Senior Brother Huo roared in fury toward the sky, intending to go back and fight Li Xiaobai, but he was no longer able to resist the Sword Intent. Under the relentless assault of Sword Intent, he was minced into a heap of flesh.

In the void-space, more than ten treasures burst from their Dantians and scattered on the ground, only to be pulverized into dust by the sweeping Sword Intent.

Li Xiaobai briskly ran over, picking and choosing from the ground, adhering to the principle of not wasting, and pocketed the few remaining Immortal Stones.

“Kind of poor, eh? Not even one medium-grade Immortal Stone; these guys really were just nobodies.”

“But no big deal. With me drawing the attention of the cultivators here, Xiao Ji should have already captured those spectators from the Immortal Realm by now. Just a little effort and we’ll be wealthy again. This is truly an excellent way to make a fortune!”

“Those who watch, thinking it doesn’t concern them, little do they know that they were drawn into the game the moment their attention was caught by me!”