Zhao Rui

Lin Fan felt a burning sensation as the pill went down his throat.

The sensation went into his stomach, then his dantian as the pill slid down and got absorbed.

Like a furnace, warmth from his dantian radiated through Lin Fan's whole body.

He could feel strength in his limbs again.

His energy came back.

Not fully, but at least two-thirds of it.

Bai Qiao used his fingers and pressed on the acupuncture points on his shoulder, and his bleeding stopped.

Piak.

Tentacles came whipping at Lin Fan and Bai Qiao again.

Both of them ducked and rolled to the side.

"Pass me your jade pendant," Bai Qiao said and pointed at the pendant on Lin Fan's chest.

Lin Fan ripped off the string holding the jade pendant and threw it to Bai Qiao.

Bai Qiao held it and chanted some words, and it started to glow brightly.

"Now try to stay alive until senior martial sister arrives."

The jade pendant was used to summon Zhao Rui to come and help them.

Bai Qiao turned to face Master Tan and checked the status of Bai Ti.

Bai Ti had now woken up and was coughing out blood.

The blow from Master Tan had caused internal injury to Bai Ti.

However, Master Tan didn't bother with Bai Ti; he had his focus solely on Lin Fan.

"Come here!"

Tentacles aimed at Lin Fan's legs came shooting toward him.

Lin Fan quickly jumped and got out of the way.

Bai Qiao with his left hand straightened his index and middle fingers, shaping them like a sword, and thrust at Master Tan.

Without his sword, the twirling wind strike was substantially weakened.

Master Tan didn't even dodge and let the strike twirl and rip his silk robe off.

After the strike had settled, Master Tan just dusted the dust off his body as if it were nothing.

Lin Fan assessed the current situation: Bai brothers were no threat to Master Tan.

No one knew how long Zhao Rui would take to arrive.

He had to make a gamble.

With his decision, he took a deep breath and lunged at Master Tan.

"Since you've come to seek death, I shall oblige you."

Master Tan with his palm was ready to strike at Lin Fan.

Unknown to him, Lin Fan had activated his Iron Claw ability and aimed for Master Tan's chest.

"Fool."

Master Tan smirked when he saw Lin Fan trying to hurt him with bare hands.

"Argh..." Blood came out of Lin Fan's mouth when Master Tan's palm struck his chest.

But when Lin Fan's fingers came to Master Tan's chest, they went in like cutting into tofu.

Lin Fan clenched his fingers and slashed down with them.

"Damn you!" Master Tan cursed at Lin Fan and gave Lin Fan a front kick.

Lin Fan saw the scene in front of him turning, the horizon spinning as he tumbled along the ground.

Splat.

Immediately, Lin Fan coughed out blood.

The first thing he felt was pain; his internal organs felt like they had all been jumbled up.

Master Tan wasn't any better.

Ten long wounds from his chest went all the way down to his abdomen.

Blood and pus were trickling down onto the ground; Lin Fan's Iron Claw ability had dealt some serious damage to him.

With his injuries, the tentacles slowly disappeared.

Master Tan was now too weak to be able to wield them.

Lin Fan breathed in deep, trying to conjure up whatever energy he had left in him.

Before he could make the next move again, a familiar voice shouted, "Today's your death anniversary for hurting Qing Feng sect's disciples."

Zhao Rui landed from her huge leap coming in from the woods.

"Senior martial sister!" The Bai brothers shouted at the same time.

Zhao Rui stared at Master Tan, drew out her sword, and thrust it five times at him.

Five twirling winds shot at Master Tan.

Master Tan, sensing the force within the twirling wind strike was much more powerful than Bai Qiao's, quickly jumped to the side.

However, he wasn't fast enough, and the twirling wind strike drilled into his right arm, tearing his flesh and bone off.

Soon his left hand was dangling from his shoulder.

"Argh....."

Master Tan gritted his teeth and tore the dangling arm off.

He tried to lunge at Zhao Rui, but Zhao Rui slashed her sword in the figure of an X.

A gust of wind went right through his leg, and his leg broke off.

Lin Fan immediately went in for the kill.

He leaped and with his knee hit Master Tan's jaw, and the force got him off his feet.

Pressing on his belt buckle, he drew out his belt sword and swiped it at Master Tan's neck.

It couldn't cut through his skin.

Lin Fan then quickly used the Iron Claw ability and pierced his fingers through Master Tan's neck.

Blood oozed out of his artery; gasps of air mixed with blood could be heard.

A familiar sound then erupted in Lin Fan's mind.

[Ding! Congratulations on terminating malevolent intent.]

[Vengeance points + 100.]

[Current Vengeance Points: 200]

When Lin Fan saw the vengeance points in the bag, he lay down on the ground and looked up at the sky.

He did it!

He survived and bagged those 100 vengeance points.

"Are you all right?" Zhao Rui's head popped into Lin Fan's vision and asked.

Lin Fan nodded his head; he was too weak to speak.

"Let's get you back to the village. But first..."

Zhao Rui tended to Bai Qiao and Bai Ti.

She gave Bai Qiao pills for the poison and bandaged his wound.

Same thing for Bai Ti; Zhao Rui gave him pills and helped regulate his Qi in his body.

When they had recovered their energy, they carried Lin Fan back to the village.

Upon reaching Lin Fan's wooden hut, they were surprised at how little it had.

Only a table, chair, and a bed.

That was all he had.

After putting Lin Fan on his bed, Bai Qiao said to Zhao Rui, "Senior martial sister, I think we should be able to help this young man."