Keyboard Immortal - Chapter 2793

1306: Humiliating Compromise

Zuan didn’t bother to waste time on them. “Do you have the Holy Fire Token?”

Cult Leader Shi and Yi Zuoshi were startled. They’d thought they were reinforcements, but they hadn’t expected them to come for the Holy Fire Token.

Treasure Tree King and Fengyunyue Sanshi couldn’t help but laugh. This guy had the audacity to demand the Holy Fire Token. “Give me back the parchment scroll, and I’ll spare your life!”

Even the renowned Ming Cult leader and Guangming Zuoshi had been subdued by them. He didn’t believe this young man, who looked to be in his twenties or thirties, could surpass them in martial prowess.

Zuan shook his head. “That won’t do. I need this ‘Great Shift of the Universe’ for a friend.”

Isabella, lurking in the shadows, smiled, a sweet touch filling the darkened chamber.

“You’re looking for death!” Treasure Tree King, unable to contain himself any longer, launched a palm strike.

Zuan didn’t dodge, remaining where he was, meeting the blow with a direct blow.

“Be careful, his internal energy is extremely strange!” Patriarch Shi couldn’t help but warn. Although this guy seemed to have bad intentions, the Persians were no match for him.

Just now, he and Yi Zuo Shi were deeply troubled by the opponent’s strange power, which had led to their subjugation.

“Too late!” King Baoshu sneered, and the internal energy in his hand transformed into fine needles, piercing the acupuncture points on the opponent’s palm.

It turned out that their unique martial art was called Bone-Piercing Needle. The principle was to condense the cold internal energy into a fine hairline, transmitting it into the enemy’s body, creating a repeated piercing effect, causing the opponent to suffer from excruciating pain. They also had the Yin

Feng Blade. When attacking, internal energy could be transformed into an invisible blade. The force was like a knife, a sword, a dagger, or a chisel, capable of penetrating the opponent’s acupuncture points and causing substantial damage.

The swift subjugation of Patriarch Shi and Yi You Shi was due not only to the cunning Persian martial arts, which were significantly different from those of the Central Plains, but also to these two unique martial arts, which caught the enemy off guard.

Unexpectedly, Zuan stood still and took the blow without a trace of pain.

“How is that possible?” thought the Treasure Tree King. He had just launched several Bone-Piercing Needles, but they seemed to have fallen on deaf ears.

Unconvinced, he launched another Bone-Piercing Needle strike at the opponent’s acupoints. However, this exertion of energy didn’t matter; he felt his own power burst forth like a dam breaking, surging into the opponent’s palm.

Fortunately, the three envoys of Wind, Cloud, and Moon had already attacked, forcing Zuan to release him to deal with the others.

Alas, this world’s abridged version of the Taotie Swallowing Heaven Art couldn’t hold a candle to the original; otherwise, the Treasure Tree King would have been sucked dry in that instant.

Even so, the Treasure Tree King broke into a cold sweat, and he shouted, “Be careful of his magic! Avoid physical contact.”

The three envoys of Wind, Cloud, and Moon were startled. Their attacks relied on physical contact to deliver the Yinfeng Blade and Bone-Piercing Needles into the acupoints; without physical contact, their power was greatly diminished.

However, they had also observed the Treasure Tree King’s unusual behavior, and they all obeyed and changed their tactics.

The martial arts of the three envoys, Fengyun, Yue, and Fengyun, were indeed cunning, but only to the people of this world’s Middle-earth. With Zaun’s current vision, he could spot the flaws and solutions to those intricate techniques at a glance.

At that moment, the three of them changed their tactics, and the flaws became even more obvious. With lightning speed, he struck Fengyun and Fengyun with two palms. The two men, who had just been so proud and confident, instantly collapsed to the ground like a puddle of mud.

Seeing this, Huiyue was horrified and quickly turned to flee, but she found herself unable to move, as the other party’s palms suddenly pressed down on her shoulders.

Seeing this, Shi Jiaozhu and Yizuo envoy gaped in surprise. They had just fought those Persians and knew how formidable they were.

And yet, they were instantly defeated by him?

“Sir, please show me mercy. I will serve you…” Huiyue Envoy attempted to use her beauty to win over others. Her beauty was so powerful that even Flowing Cloud Envoy and Wonderful Wind Envoy were captivated by her. So, despite being the least skilled of the three, she was the first to die before the others.

“Every one of my women is a hundred times better than you,” Zuan said, about to strike. Isabella’s voice suddenly rang out.

“Show me mercy!” Isabella ran out, skirt in hand. Meeting his puzzled gaze, she hurriedly explained, “Sister Huiyue took such good care of me back at the Persian headquarters.”

Zuan considered the two other saints of the Ming Cult in Persia, and Isabella truly needed help in their quest for the position of leader.

He nodded, “For Isabella’s sake, I’ll spare your life.”

“Thank you, hero, and thank you, saint!” Huiyue Envoy, grateful to have escaped death from the brink of death, was overjoyed.

King Baoshu was both shocked and furious. “Isabella, you traitor! You’ve colluded with outsiders against us!”

Isabella’s expression darkened. “The leader assigned me to infiltrate the Ming Cult to obtain the ‘Great Shift of the Universe.’ You’re deliberately trying to kill me by doing this. Who betrayed the headquarters?”

Zuan secretly admired her majesty at that moment. So used to seeing her soft, cute little sister, he’d almost forgotten she was also the eldest daughter of a giant organization, so how could she lack the authority of a superior?

King Baoshu’s forehead was covered in sweat. He knew this man had a close relationship with the Saint, and he happened to support another Saint.

He roared, poised to attack, but then he quickly retreated.

The man’s display of power had already intimidated him, and he couldn’t muster the courage to resist.

But after running for a while, his heart trembled as he realized he was retreating!

Zuan didn’t give him a chance, sucking him into his grasp and unleashing a simplified version of the Taotie Heaven-Swallowing Art, draining him of all his energy.

He had avoided absorbing the internal energy of the three envoys, Fengyunyue, for safety’s sake. Now that the outcome was settled, he naturally needed to absorb more to prepare for the future.

Seeing the towering, burly Treasure Tree King shrivel up in the blink of an eye, the hairs on both Shi Jiaozhu and Yi Zuoshi’s body stood on end.

Zuan then looked at the two of them: “Where is the Holy Fire Order?”

Cult Leader Shi raised his head and said: “Kill me if you want. The Holy Fire Order is our sect’s sacred object, how can I give it to you!”

Isabella beside him couldn’t help but say: “He just saved your lives, isn’t it worth it in exchange for the Holy Fire Order?”

Cult Leader Shi said in a deep voice: “What’s the joy of life and what’s the fear of death? How can I trade a sacred object for my life?”

Yi Zuoshi echoed: “Cult Leader is right. A real man is dead in this world. Why beg for mercy!”

Isabella wanted to persuade her again, but Zuan stopped her and said in a cold voice: “You don’t have to hand over the Holy Fire Order. I will kill you two, strip you n*ked, and pile you up together. Then I will let all the Ming Cult members know that you two were fooling around in this sect’s holy place. How do you think?” As soon as these

words came out, Cult Leader Shi and Yi Zuoshi’s faces changed drastically: “How dare you!”

“Despicable and shameless!”

The two cursed at each other, and seeing the other’s expression growing colder, Sect Leader Shi finally compromised humiliatingly: “Since you are inferior in skills, I have no objection to you taking the Holy Fire Order. I wonder if you dare to leave your name behind?”

“Me?” Zuan’s expression suddenly changed, “I’m from the Beggars’ Sect.”

He remembered that in the original world line, the Holy Fire Order of the Ming Cult was obtained by the Beggars’ Sect from the hands of the 31st generation leader Shi.