Scourge Messenger

Chapter 203 Locking Dragon Master
"Helan Shou, are you playing with the cage again?"

From the first word, each subsequent word grew louder, indicating that the speaker was getting closer to Helan Shou. Along with the words arrived three gleaming golden chains!

This strange phenomenon attracted almost everyone's attention, except for Bunny Girl. This little girl with a thick braid was dancing with a sword in the pouring rain, and the dazzling sword light amazed Prajna's eyes!

As Bunny Girl landed on the ground, blood splattered from Hannya's neck. Like the other hunting dogs of the Helan family, the only consequence of opposing Bunny Girl was having their heads chopped off!
But Prajna was not dead yet, or rather, his head had not flown off yet; a thin layer of flesh on the back of his neck still stubbornly connected his head and body.

It wasn't that Bunny Girl couldn't wield her sword anymore; rather, from the very beginning, the distance between Hannya's head and Bunny Girl's attack range was right at the edge of her attack range.

Just as Yaoshi Yuan and Zhong Ji knew they needed to use the circulation trick to deceive Baoyu, Banruo, who had been Baoyu's messenger for over a decade, couldn't possibly lack similar methods. It's just that the risks were too great.

If his staff hadn't broken, Prajna wouldn't have resorted to such a desperate measure. The reason he attacked Bunny Girl with his bare hands was to deceive her sense of distance—the instant he reached out, Prajna had already dislocated his shoulder and elbow, extending his right hand by a foot out of thin air!
This is a yoga technique that Prajna learned in the temple. It is said to be a method of self-cultivation from Tantric Buddhism in other regions. Whenever he was filled with anger, he would use yoga to regulate his body and mind. Unexpectedly, this method would save his life.

Unfortunately, this was his limit. The bunny girl's longsword still pierced most of his neck and severed his arms in the process. If it weren't for the restorative power of the Foundation Establishment token and the blood on the back of his neck, Prajna's head would be on the ground spinning around by now.

But he survived!

Prajna roared inwardly, suppressing the chaos in his mind, and ran wildly toward the gate of the mountain stronghold.

When Master Dongshou failed to seize the opportunity to shoot Bunny Girl, Prajna knew things were going badly, but for some reason, Bunny Girl didn't chase after him!
God-given opportunity!

Now, if he could escape, he could slowly heal his fatal wounds; Master Dongshou still needed his hunting dog. He couldn't die. The revenge against the Medicine Master family, the survival of the Zhao family, the name of the Guzang Zhao family on his shoulders, and so many things to accomplish—how could he die here?

“Prajna.”

Prajna felt a sudden weight on his body; someone was riding on his back. Although the person behind him was very light, his heart sank, as if his body were being crushed by the lonely ghosts and spirits covering the mountain.

Bloodface grabbed his bald head with one hand and gripped the demon sword tightly with the other, slicing it into his still unhealed neck.

Prajna coughed up blood and foam, as if he wanted to say something, but his throat had already been cut off.

"Our grudges are settled," Blood Manifestation poked his head out and stared at Prajna from the side, "we've evened it out."

chap!
With a vicious slash, the Blood-Stained Demon Sword severed the last bit of skin from Prajna's nape, ending the life of this great protector!
He turned his head to look at the bunny girl running towards the pharmacist's wish, then looked up at the sky where the bloody hand was digging deep into Prajna's head.

The remaining number of demonic cultivators on Shudao Mountain is 2.

As for the Winter Hunting True Man, on whom Prajna placed high hopes, he was currently using the token to step into the air, dodging the pursuit of the Golden Lock. His expression was so fearful, as if the consequences of being touched by the Golden Lock were something even a Foundation Establishment True Man could not bear.

The moment he saw Jin Suo, Master Dong Shou realized that he could no longer keep the Shu Dao Mountain for himself. Now, the only thing he could do was to prevent the Rabbit Girl's great opportunity from falling into the hands of others, and even more so, to prevent the Rabbit Girl from escaping!

Although he just missed Bunny Girl's opening, Winter Hunting Master can still take one more gamble. He'll gamble on Pharmacist's life!
His target isn't Bunny Girl now, but the immobile Medicine Master Yuan. That's why Bunny Girl gave up chasing Prajna, because she's the only one on Mount Shu who can protect Medicine Master Yuan!
When Bunny Girl ran to within five steps of the Pharmacist's Wish, Winter Hunt Master knew that now was the time, and that was the distance.

This distance must be calculated very precisely, because Winter Hunt Master's attack means the Taiyin Canopy Formation will be broken. If it's too late, Bunny Girl will have enough time to activate the Return Order and use its absolute defense to protect herself and Pharmacist Wish; if it's too early, needless to say, at most she will kill Pharmacist Wish, and Bunny Girl will still survive.

It has to be a distance that Bunny Girl needs to rush at with all her might, so that she doesn't have the leeway to activate the Return Order, and she also has to arrive just in time to block the deadly arrow with her own body!

But this plan has too many uncertainties. The key is that Bunny Girl cannot hesitate or be afraid, otherwise the only one who will die is Pharmacist Yuan... Is there really anyone who would sacrifice themselves without hesitation for the life and death of others?

Let me see your answer, you little beast.

The instant Winter Hunt Master released the bowstring, Bunny Girl pounced without hesitation, shielding Medicine Master Yuan with her own body. Medicine Master Yuan seemed to have just awakened from her coma; she struggled to move, but all her efforts were in vain.

Only at this moment did Dong Shou Zhenren undo the Taiyin Huagai Formation, leaving his opponent no more than a snap of the fingers to react.

I won the bet, but... you guys didn't lose either.

To show my respect, I will bury you all together.

But at that moment, Master Dongshou suddenly widened his eyes, as if he had seen a ghost.

Xue Xiang had just killed Hannya, and although he saw it, he didn't care; the infighting between demonic messengers wasn't worth his attention. But after killing Hannya, Xue Xiang even threw Hannya's head towards Yakushi Yuan!
The head and Bunny Girl arrived almost simultaneously, both in the path of the withered tree arrow!

Snapped!
First, his head was grazed by the withered arrow, and it exploded like a ripe watermelon. But this slight obstruction thwarted his sure-kill attack.

While maintaining the Taiyin Huagai Formation, the other powers of the Hunting Impermanence Bow cannot be used. Therefore, the Winter Hunting Master's arrow is a simple Foundation Establishment arrow. Although it can pierce through stone and iron, it does not have effects such as [Piercing], [Destruction], or [Tracking]. Encountering obstacles will affect the arrow's trajectory!
The seven layers of defense of the Mountain Heart Mirror shattered instantly, and the withered wood arrow pierced through the bunny girl's right chest, as if a beast had bitten off a large chunk of her flesh and bone!
But she didn't die. For a third-tier messenger, this wasn't an instantaneous fatal blow!
"You brat, I've paid back the two bitter melons I owed you!"

The voice of Xue Xiang grew fainter and fainter, filled with smugness and excitement. By the time he finished speaking, he was already at the foot of the mountain, his running speed unmatched in the Shu Road Mountains.

But neither the Bunny Girl nor the Pharmacist had time to pay attention to the Blood Phase's movements, because at the same time the Taiyin Canopy Formation disappeared, two golden locks shot in from the outside and bound the two of them, like two pythons that had been preparing for a long time, swallowing the wounded women whole.

In the open space of the mountain stronghold, a white-haired woman with blood-red antlers landed gently, and no one could see when she had arrived.

She looked at the Winter Hunting Master standing in the tree in the distance and laughed, "Why did you run so far? Are you afraid of doing something wrong and getting a beating from your aunt?"

"You attacked me without provocation, aren't you going to give me a reasonable explanation?" Master Dongshou stared at her warily.
"Locking Dragon Master... Medicine Master Yue!"

(End of this chapter)