Pa—
Chen Xiao did not hit hard, nor did he use his true essence or even spiritual energy.
Otherwise, with this slap, Liu Rushi's head would have exploded like a watermelon.
However, while it didn't hurt, it was extremely insulting.
"You, you, you useless person, how dare you hit me?"
Liu Rushi clutched her face, her eyes wide open, and looked at Chen Xiao in disbelief.
Of course, in her eyes, the person hitting her was Li Shouzheng, the Holy Son of the Earth Sect.
And Li Shouzheng was a notoriously useless idiot.
"I, the dignified Holy Son of the Earth Sect, you call me useless? Who gave you the courage?"
Chen Xiao glared coldly at Liu Rushi and slapped her again.
Pa—
Liu Rushi's tender little face instantly swelled, turning red and high.
"You're courting death!"
Liu Rushi gritted her teeth, and the qi flow in her hands began to circulate.
Although the Hundred Flowers Sect was not known for combat, she still possessed the cultivation of the Void Transformation realm.
The reason she was slapped twice in a row by Chen Xiao was firstly because she was caught off guard, and secondly because she simply couldn't fathom that the useless Holy Son of the Earth Sect would dare to lay hands on her, and in such a humiliating way.
Of course, these were just her own assumptions. If Chen Xiao wanted to hit her, he could. With her strength, how could she possibly block Chen Xiao's slap?
"You scoundrel, I'll kill you today!"
Liu Rushi finally revealed her true colors, no longer pretending to be innocent. Two thorny vine whips suddenly appeared in her hands.
The vine whips grew from her skin, a part of her body, a unique technique of the Hundred Flowers Sect disciples.
Pia—
Liu Rushi sprang back more than two meters and whipped towards Chen Xiao.
Wrapped in a dense and peculiar qi, the vine whip transformed into a green light, lashing fiercely at Chen Xiao.
Liu Rushi's whip was very fast, exceeding the speed of sound. Before the "pia" sound had even finished, the whip was already close to Chen Xiao's body.
However, Chen Xiao's speed was even faster. Just as the whip was about to strike him, he reached out and firmly grasped the emerald green vine whip.
"Too slow, too slow... You need to practice more when you go back!"
Chen Xiao shook his head, his face full of disdain, as if he were educating an untalented disciple.
Li Miaozhen was stunned, because with her strength, she would absolutely not have been able to dodge Liu Rushi's whip just now. While it wouldn't have injured her, she would have had no choice but to block it head-on.
However, to imagine the Holy Son Senior Brother casually catching it was impossible.
After all, the opponent was not to be trifled with, but the genuine Saintess of the Hundred Flowers Sect, possessing solid Void Transformation realm strength.
Although the Hundred Flowers Sect was not comparable to the super sects like the Heaven, Earth, and Human Sects, it was still among the top-tier ordinary large sects.
Thinking of this, Li Miaozhen suddenly cried out, "Oh no, Holy Son Senior Brother, let go quickly!"
Only then did Li Miaozhen remember that while the Hundred Flowers Sect was skilled in using plants for combat, their truly formidable techniques were poison.
And Chen Xiao, by casually holding the vine whip, was undoubtedly falling into a trap.
"Heh, you only realize it now? It's too late!"
Liu Rushi let out a triumphant cold laugh.
The thorns on her vine whip were formed from true essence. The disciples of the Hundred Flowers Sect had been feeding themselves with poison since childhood, so the toxins had long flowed through their blood, spiritual energy, and even their true essence.
Seeing the thorns formed from true essence piercing into the Earth Sect Holy Son's hand, Liu Rushi became even more smug.
"Li Shouzheng, if you want to live, kneel down and kowtow to me three times, then bark like a dog until I'm satisfied, or else, you'll wait to die from festering skin!"
Liu Rushi commanded in a sweet voice.
"You... you wicked woman, how venomous! Hand over the antidote quickly, or this grandmother won't be polite to you!"
Seeing the Holy Son Senior Brother fall for this bitch's trick again, Li Miaozhen, the Saintess of the Earth Sect, was furious. How could she tolerate this bitch running wild in front of her?
"Heh, not polite to me? If you want to watch your Earth Sect's Holy Son die from festering skin all over his body, then go ahead!"
Liu Rushi felt that the situation was completely under her control and didn't care about Li Miaozhen's threat at all.
"You..."
Li Miaozhen gritted her teeth but was helpless.
She glanced at the Holy Son Senior Brother. At this point, only by compromising and kneeling to bark like a dog could the Holy Son Senior Brother obtain the antidote.
However, what she didn't expect was that a smile suddenly appeared on the Holy Son Senior Brother's face.
How could this person still smile at a time like this?
Li Miaozhen couldn't understand!
Chen Xiao smiled slightly and said, "Festering skin all over? Like this?"
As he spoke, he yanked the vine whip in his hand.
Then, with a "pia," before the sound had finished, the whip, at a tricky and bizarre angle, struck Liu Rushi's face.
"You..."
Liu Rushi, having been hit in the face again, was naturally furious. But then she smiled charmingly and said smugly, "You are truly an idiot. The poison is mine, how could it harm me?"
The disciples of the Hundred Flowers Sect, having fed themselves with poison since childhood, were already immune to all poisons!
"Heh, is that so? Your poison can't harm you, but what about mine?"
Chen Xiao suddenly gave a wicked smile.
"My poison?"
Liu Rushi was stunned for a moment and repeated the sentence.
In her impression, the cultivation techniques of the Earth Sect had no achievements in the path of poison. Even if they had some understanding, it was impossible for them to be more skilled in using poison than the Hundred Flowers Sect.
Just as she thought the Earth Sect Holy Son was talking nonsense, Li Miaozhen suddenly covered her mouth and exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, what's wrong with your face?"
"What's wrong with my face?"
Liu Rushi's face was burning with pain, but she assumed it was just from the whip. However, following Li Miaozhen's gaze, she touched her face and immediately felt a rough, numb texture.
She quickly fumbled for a small bronze mirror. For a beauty, such an item would certainly be carried with her.
However, when she looked into the mirror and saw her face, she let out a scream and threw the mirror to the ground.
Because where Chen Xiao had whipped her face with the whip, it had already festered and rotted, and the festering wound was still spreading.
In contrast, Chen Xiao was completely unharmed.
What was going on? Li Miaozhen looked bewildered, completely stunned.
Liu Rushi quickly took out the antidote and swallowed it.
At this moment, Chen Xiao said faintly, "Your antidote can resolve your poison, but can my poison be resolved by your antidote? What a joke!"
"Give me the antidote quickly! Let's exchange! Otherwise, you'll also die from the poison!"
Liu Rushi forced herself to calm down and said fiercely.
"Is that so?"
Chen Xiao shook his hand, which was as good as new. "I'm afraid I have to disappoint you. Your poison has no effect on me at all. On the contrary, my poison, apart from me, no one in this world can resolve it!"
"You..."
Liu Rushi was so angry she almost fainted, but for the sake of the antidote, she could only humble herself and beg, "Holy Son Senior Brother, I truly know I was wrong. Please, forgive me this once, I will never dare to do it again... You've always wanted me, haven't you? As long as you give me the antidote, I'll give myself to you!"
"Ugh..."
Chen Xiao gagged. "I say, have you seen your current appearance? If I slept with you, I'm afraid I'd wake up screaming in the middle of the night!"
Liu Rushi recalled the scene she had seen in the mirror just now, and almost threw up herself.
Moreover, the festering wound continued to spread, and she dared not delay. Resigned, she said, "Then what do you want? What do I have to do for you to give me the antidote?"
Chen Xiao smiled slightly. "It's simple. Do to me what I did to you."
"What did you say?"
Liu Rushi didn't understand Chen Xiao's meaning, but she hadn't expected Chen Xiao to force her to do this.
"Take off your clothes, kneel before me, and bark like a dog until I'm satisfied."
Chen Xiao explained in case she didn't understand.
"You... Li Shouzheng, don't go too far! If this matter escalates, it won't be good for either of us!"
Liu Rushi said resentfully.
"Is that so? Then if it were me who was poisoned just now, would you still think it wouldn't be good for either of us?"
Chen Xiao retorted indifferently.
Liu Rushi's tone faltered, and she was speechless.
If she had to blame anyone, it could only be herself. She had never taken the Earth Sect Holy Son seriously, thinking she could toy with him and trample on him at will!
Little did she know that the current Earth Sect Holy Son was no longer the Earth Sect Holy Son of the past.
Li Miaozhen was dumbfounded. The Holy Son Senior Brother had become so powerful!
Not only was his strength formidable, but his mind and methods were also incomparable to his past self.
"Senior Brother Li, I advise you not to go too far. The Heavenly Pride Competition is imminent, and it's best to prioritize peace. Junior Sister Liu was just joking with you. I believe even if you were poisoned, Junior Sister Liu would not truly refuse to give you the antidote."
Just then, a magnetic voice sounded. A man with sharp eyebrows, bright eyes, and a dignified appearance stepped forward to help Liu Rushi out of her predicament.
This person was also one of Liu Rushi's companions. As soon as the man finished speaking, Liu Rushi hastily added, "Yes, yes, Senior Brother Jian is right. I was just trying to joke with Li Shouzheng. I didn't expect this person to be so unable to take a joke. Wuwuwu, Senior Brother Jian, you must help me!"
It was clear that in Liu Rushi's opinion, this Senior Brother Jian's strength surpassed Li Shouzheng's.
"Don't worry, Junior Sister Liu, I believe Senior Brother Li will not make things difficult for you!"
The man surnamed Jian gave Liu Rushi a reassuring look, and then said to Chen Xiao in a gloomy tone, "Am I right, Senior Brother Li?"
As he spoke, he flicked his sword sheath, and a buzzing sword cry came from within the sheath...