Nine Chapters of Strange Cases

Chapter 89 Qin Tianying! Death

Is that all?
Zhou Zhao looked at Qin Tianying in front of him. Qin Tianying had managed to dodge her stab to the neck, but Su Changying had stabbed him in the heart from behind.

wrong!

As Zhou Zhao thought this, he suddenly slashed downwards with the dagger, and instantly Qin Tianying bled profusely as a chunk of flesh was sliced ​​off his shoulder.

"His heart is in a different place than ordinary people! Continue!" Zhou Zhao shouted.

Qin Tianying let out a cold laugh, "You only realize it now? Too late! You're very capable, but God has always been on my side!"

As the excruciating pain struck, Qin Tianying regained full consciousness. His left hand moved suddenly, striking towards Yan Junyu's chest before he could draw his sword. Yan Junyu's expression changed as he tried to dodge, but the palm strike was like a tornado that would stick to a person, leaving no escape.

Yan Junyu's forehead instantly broke out in a cold sweat. He suddenly drew his longsword, took a deep breath, and tried to use his sword energy to break the palm strike!
But at that moment, a figure flashed by and blocked his way.

The palm strike landed, sending the attacker flying. Yan Junyu's eyes widened as he blankly reached out and caught Yuheng, who had blocked the attack for him. They retreated several feet before stopping. Yuheng's body went limp, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Zhou Zhao and Su Changying exchanged a glance, their hearts tightening, and simultaneously launched a second attack on Qin Tianying.

Qin Tianying looked around and sneered, "Very well! I never expected that the seven people I chose, apart from Kaiyang, that blockhead, would all be traitors."

Tianquan, Xu Yuan, and Ye Bai were not bound by iron shackles. Tianquan's shouting earlier was just to mislead him.

Only Kaiyang, an outsider, was truly preoccupied with the matter of stealing underwear!
Kaiyang, who was tied to the pillar all alone, blushed when he heard the voice and cursed in his heart: of his seven colleagues, he was the only one who was a fool!
Qin Tianying easily dodged Zhou Zhao and Su Changying's storm-like attacks, his gaze growing increasingly sinister. "Even if you all attacked together, you wouldn't be a match for me. Don't tell me you already think you've won, Yaoguang. Have you forgotten the poison you took?"

Su Changying remained silent, her longsword wielding itself with ever-increasing precision and precision.

Qin Tianying was unaware that the three of them, through constant shifting of positions, had already reached the edge of the blood pool.

Although the old man boasted a lot, how could he be unaffected by the three serious injuries he had sustained? If he were at his peak strength, even if he and Zhou Zhao joined forces, they wouldn't have been able to withstand so many moves from this old man!

Moreover, he's getting slower and slower.

Just then, Su Changying received a glance from Zhou Zhao. He was startled and wanted to stop him, but he saw that Zhou Zhao seemed to be seriously injured and had revealed an opening. Qin Tianying was overjoyed and immediately seized the opportunity, throwing a punch at Zhou Zhao in that moment.

Zhou Zhao barely dodged the punch, but the force of the blow still swept across her arm, and almost instantly, her left arm became immobile.

Zhou Zhao felt a sharp pain in her body and knew something was wrong. She suddenly shrank back and fell into the blood pool like a falling leaf.

Seeing that his attack had been effective, Qin Tianying couldn't help but smile. "I told you..."

But then, with a snap, something cold and hard instantly locked his right wrist.

Qin Tianying's pupils constricted sharply, and he glared at Zhou Zhao with fury. "You did this on purpose! What a clever trick of trading injury for injury! You think you can trap me like this?"

As he was speaking, Zhou Zhao grinned at him and scooped up three pieces of tortoise shell floating in the water.

"Put down the Six Paths Heavenly Book!"

Zhou Zhao clicked his tongue twice. "Want it? Here you go!"

As she spoke, she used her still-functioning hand to violently throw one of the tortoise shell pieces to the side.

With one hand bound, Qin Tianying immediately reached for the tortoise shell with his other hand. Just as he grabbed the shell, another cracking sound rang out. Before he could feel at ease, he discovered that his other hand was also handcuffed with black iron.

Seeing this, Zhou Zhao chuckled and teased, "This is a thousand-year-old black iron. With your pathetic skills, you have no chance of breaking free!"

Upon hearing these familiar words, Qin Tianying realized that Zhou Zhao was studying before, and his face instantly turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

He took a deep breath, intending to break free with his internal energy, but Zhou Zhaotong and Su Changying would not give him that chance again. Almost simultaneously, three attacks arrived. Su Changying's longsword slashed sharply, severing Qin Tianying's Achilles tendon. "Your heart may be elsewhere, but your legs are not."

Liu Huang, who had been waiting for an opportunity, swung his large golden-ringed dagger directly at Qin Tianying's heart.

His earnestness was so intense, it was as if he wanted to dissect his heart to see just how he was different from ordinary people.

As always, Zhou Zhao relied on his agility and plunged his sword directly into Qin Tianying's neck.

She jerked the dagger away, but instead of spitting out a lot of blood as expected, Zhou Zhao clicked his tongue twice. "Ah Huang! You're really something! The fatal wound was that one in your chest. This time you definitely hit his heart! I didn't even spit out any blood here!"

She leaned closer for a careful look and confirmed, "That's right, these are post-mortem injuries!"

Liu Huang nodded obediently, "When I confirm the fatal wound in the future, I will also examine the deceased's heart for any abnormalities, otherwise it is easy to make a mistake based on appearance alone."

Qin Tianying's eyes were wide open, as if he couldn't believe what had happened tonight. However, he no longer had any chance to turn the tables.

Zhou Zhao nodded in agreement, then rummaged through the old thief's arms and found several bottles. "Which of you was foolish enough to take the medicine Qin Tianying gave you and then came looking for the antidote yourselves? Although I think that stuff wasn't poisonous at all, because a poisoned offering wouldn't be fresh."

Everyone, look at me, and I'll look at you.

They were all covered in blood, but it wasn't their own; it was the blood of the night watchmen in their red and blue robes.

No one came out to find the antidote. If they did, wouldn't that be saying I'm the only fool?
But if I don't come out to look for it, and then I die from the poison, wouldn't that be even more foolish?

Su Changying paid no heed to what the others were thinking. He leaped lightly to Zhou Zhao's side and looked at her stiff arm. "Your hand..."

Zhou Zhao shook her head. She took a deep breath, pushed upwards forcefully, and then gently moved her hand. "It's nothing. It was just dislocated from being swept away. I can set the bones myself."

She knows every single one of the 206 bones in a human body clearly.

As she spoke, she glanced at Su Changying's hands. The bloodstains on his hands had been cleaned up, but the splinter embedded in his flesh had not yet been removed. It is said that the ten fingers are connected to the heart, and it is unknown how this person endured it.

"Zhou Zhao, are all the officials in the Court of Justice monsters like you?"

Old Man Tianquan couldn't hold back any longer. He stared intently at Qin Tianying's corpse and asked a question.

That's Qin Tianying! In Tianying City, he's like the Heavenly King himself—he can make you live or die at will!

Zhou Zhao actually managed to escape and then turn the tables after his identity as a spy was discovered!

After he learned of Qin Tianying's purpose, he originally thought that resistance would be a futile struggle, since tomorrow would be his death anniversary. But he never expected that they would actually succeed! According to the steps set by Zhou Zhao, the first step was "timing," and they took the initiative to control the start time of the blood sacrifice.

Then there's the advantage of terrain; they strike while Qin Tianying is still dazed, aiming for a fatal blow. If that fails, they use the terrain again, trapping Qin Tianying behind a mechanism pillar that locks anyone in its path…

Finally, there's the matter of human factors. Qin Tianying values ​​the tortoise shells and won't watch them get tied to the pillars one by one. He'll definitely leave them by the blood pool and have the red and blue night patrolmen go with them. They'll kill them directly without climbing the pillars, waiting for an opportunity to strike.

It actually worked!

Thinking this, Tianquan slumped to the ground, "If there were people like you back then, what would I be doing as a master thief!"

As he spoke, he belatedly exclaimed in surprise, "Then you really did take on Tianying City all by yourself?"

Zhou Zhao shook his head upon hearing this, "It's not just me, it's us all together."

Not far away, Kaiyang, still locked to the mechanism pillar all alone, silently added, "Except for me."