Undying Life

Chapter 117: Hundred Days Drunk

The scholar, his eyes chilling, gazed at the massive block of ice. He wasn't in a hurry, for he had all the time in the world to wear down this ice.

Rubbing his hands together lightly, a faint smirk graced the scholar's lips. "Found you, trapped you. Now, let's grind away at you slowly."

The sorrowful green threads continuously drew moisture from the surrounding earth, causing the ice wall to expand. For the sorrowful green threads, as long as there was time, they could escape. Because the ice was under their control, they could afford to take their time, expanding outward towards the valley and slowly moving themselves out from within the ice, step by step.

Though it was a bit slow, they could definitely retreat back to the wolf territory.

Indeed, the strategy of the sorrowful green threads succeeded. Zhongshan and the sorrowful green threads were gradually moving outward from the valley, and as they moved, the ice expanded outward as well. Of course, to save ice, the ice behind them quickly melted, filling in the front to once again create an ice city, protecting Zhongshan and the sorrowful green threads in the center.

Zhongshan frowned deeply. He felt something was amiss. The scholar outside showed no signs of nervousness, no attacks on the ice city, no more orders for archers to shoot down the arrows. Instead, he just allowed Zhongshan and the sorrowful green threads to move outward. What was going on? Even if they were about to leave the valley, the scholar didn't make any attempt to stop them.

It didn't make sense, absolutely didn't make sense.

Zhongshan's heart was filled with tension, and the sorrowful green threads' eyes flashed with seriousness. They didn't know what went wrong, but there was a sense of impending doom pressing on their hearts.

"Hmm?" Suddenly, the sorrowful green threads let out a soft sound of surprise, their expression becoming incredibly tense.

"Hundred Days Drunk?" The sorrowful green threads exclaimed.

"Haha, exactly, it's Hundred Days Drunk. You should feel honored to experience it," the scholar finally revealed a triumphant smile.

Upon hearing the scholar's words from outside, the sorrowful green threads' eyes filled with despair. A sense of hopelessness rushed into their hearts after hoping for something different.

"If you're going to kill me, I hope you spare those around me," the sorrowful green threads immediately spoke up.

Hearing what the sorrowful green threads said, Zhongshan's heart turned cold. Did the sorrowful green threads just compromise? Hundred Days Drunk? What was that? What was going on?

"My style is to eradicate thoroughly, even if it's just a weed," the scholar's tone was cold.

Clearly, he wasn't planning to spare Zhongshan either. Kill, kill, kill!

Watching the wolf territory, which was just a short distance away, the sorrowful green threads' eyes flashed with sorrow.

"What's Hundred Days Drunk?" Zhongshan couldn't hold back anymore and immediately asked the sorrowful green threads.

"Haven't you smelled the fragrance around? That's Hundred Days Drunk. Take a whiff, and you'll sleep for a hundred days," the sorrowful green threads said with a bleak expression.

"Fragrance?" Zhongshan furrowed his brows. He didn't smell anything.

A hint of doubt flashed in his eyes. What's going on? Why didn't I smell it? But then Zhongshan suddenly noticed something unusual at his brow center, where the Vermilion Phoenix Flame was flickering with a slight anomaly.

Vermilion Phoenix Flame? Vermilion Phoenix Mist? Could it be that it's blocking my senses? Is it immune to Hundred Days Drunk?

If Hundred Days Drunk, as the sorrowful green threads said, was true, then wouldn't the sorrowful green threads fall asleep immediately? Once they fell asleep, what use was there? It's a sure death.

What to do? Zhongshan touched his storage bracelet, but the strongest things inside were only the two jade talismans, the Ice Phoenix Jade Talisman and the Fire Phoenix Jade Talisman that Tian Xingzi had given him.

However, these two jade talismans could only deal with early Golden Core stage cultivators at most. How could they possibly handle all hundred Golden Core stage experts here? Zhongshan narrowed his eyes. At this moment, Zhongshan was exceptionally calm. He reached out and took out the two jade talismans, no matter what, he had to take them out first.

"Hmph, let's see how long you can hold on," the scholar said coldly.

Sure enough, after just a moment, the sorrowful green threads beside Zhongshan suddenly swayed, as if intoxicated, their steps becoming unsteady.

Damn it!

As the sorrowful green threads became slightly intoxicated, the movement of the entire ice city seemed to slow down significantly, and the thick ice city also seemed to thin out slightly.

Outside, the scholar smirked slightly.

"Archers, get ready," the scholar said coldly.

"Click, click, click..." A row of archers quickly took aim with their breaker arrows, ready to shoot at the ice city.

The massive ice city, in the midst of the sorrowful green threads' sudden intoxication, became alternately thick and thin.

The sorrowful green threads' projection, which was originally one, suddenly turned into dozens of projections in different directions, making it increasingly difficult for the sorrowful green threads to control.

Zhongshan took a deep breath, feeling extremely nervous. What to do? What to do? Slowly, he looked at the two jade talismans in his hand. This was the only way.

"Fire~!" The scholar suddenly shouted.

"Huff, huff, huff..." Eighteen breaker arrows instantly pierced through the suddenly weakened ice wall, dividing into eighteen parts and shooting towards where the sorrowful green threads' eighteen projections were.

Swish! A large number of breaker arrows penetrated the interior, and one of them, by sheer coincidence, struck right in front of the sorrowful green threads. Zhongshan wanted to shout, but it was too late, too fast. It was already in front of the sorrowful green threads in an instant.

Perhaps sensing danger, the sorrowful green threads were instantly awakened, their eyes widening in shock. A thick layer of barrier suddenly formed around their body.

"Crack~!" With just a slight resistance, the breaker arrow broke through the sorrowful green threads' barrier and pierced into the area above their left chest, bursting out from their back, blood gushing out.

The sorrowful green threads' eyes widened in shock, as if they suddenly sobered up a lot. The ice walls around them thickened again significantly. A strong sense of despair flashed in their eyes.

It's over. It's over.

With a breaker arrow piercing through them, they couldn't hold on for much longer. They were as good as dead.

"Zhongshan, I'm sorry," the sorrowful green threads looked at Zhongshan with some regret.

Blood stained the sorrowful green threads' white clothes. Using their sword as support, their eyes, which had just regained some clarity, once again became exhausted. Hundred Days Drunk? To sleep for a hundred days just from the fragrance?

Zhongshan finally understood the perversion of this Hundred Days Drunk. The sorrowful green threads were seriously injured. Under such serious injuries, they couldn't resist the urge to sleep? And the sorrowful green threads were in the late Golden Core stage, yet they could still be intoxicated like this.

Zhongshan stepped forward and hugged the sorrowful green threads.

"Do your best to blow up the ice city. Blast it in all directions," Zhongshan shouted to the sorrowful green threads.

Being hugged by Zhongshan, the sorrowful green threads didn't resist at all, just a wry smile.

It's over! It's really over. Perhaps in the next moment, they would fall asleep, doomed. Just dragging Zhongshan down.

After Zhongshan finished his orders, the sorrowful green threads nodded, determined to fulfill Zhongshan's last wish, no matter what.

The breaker arrow was still lodged in the sorrowful green threads' chest. They raised a white long sword with one hand, their eyes glaring. With a swing of the sword, the entire ice city exploded, blasting in all directions, sending numerous ice spikes like sharp arrows directly at the red-clothed figures.

But the sorrowful green threads knew it was futile. They were severely injured and intoxicated; they definitely couldn't harm them. Once they caught their breath, Zhongshan would still die. Zhongshan was only at the Foundation Establishment stage after all.

"Boom~" The ice city exploded in all directions, with thick ice shooting towards the scholar. The scholar didn't seem annoyed; instead, he revealed a hint of victorious smile.

With the explosion of the ice city, everyone dodged, including the eighteen archers who quickly evaded. After all, although the sorrowful green threads were intoxicated by the Hundred Days Drunk, their strength was still incredibly terrifying. If they didn't dodge, they would undoubtedly suffer serious injuries. Those who had pursued the sorrowful green threads before had died like this.

In the instant everyone jumped away, two phoenix cries suddenly sounded. The jade talismans, Zhongshan's jade talismans, were finally crushed.

However, these two jade talismans didn't attack anyone. Instead, they flew into the air and collided with each other in midair as the ice city exploded.

"Boom~" The Ice Phoenix and Fire Phoenix perished together?

Extreme heat and extreme cold collided, producing a vast burst of strong light, an overwhelmingly powerful light.

The strength of the light was so strong that it seemed like a giant sun appeared in front of everyone. Even though everyone was at the Golden Core stage, at this moment, they were all temporarily blinded, their eyes filled with brightness, unable to see anything.

"Not good!" The scholar suddenly shouted angrily.

With a flip of his hand, he wielded a flying sword, regardless of whether there was anything at the mouth of the valley. With a swing of his sword, a twenty-foot sword qi surged forth and slashed forward.

"Ah~" A scream followed the scholar's sword swing.

And in just that moment, everyone's vision returned, and they could see the surrounding scenery again.

The scholar's sword struck a red-clothed figure, severing their arm. However, Zhongshan and the sorrowful green threads had suddenly disappeared without a trace. They were gone, just like that. Had they escaped?

The scholar looked at the spot where Zhongshan and the sorrowful green threads had disappeared, his anger surging. He didn't even care about his subordinate whose arm he had just cut off; instead, his eyes were chilling as he looked towards the valley.

"Sir, do we go in?" one subordinate asked fearfully.

Staring, the scholar took a deep breath. "Encircle. Surround this area for me. Wait for them to come out."

Obviously, the scholar didn't dare to enter this area.

"Sir, let's leave quickly. There might be wolves coming soon after the loud noise just now," another subordinate urged.

"Let's go." The scholar didn't hesitate, turning around and leading everyone away. Sure enough, not long after they left, various wolves began to gather to see what had happened.

Zhongshan ran away. Under the intense light, Zhongshan quickly deviated from the route he had planned beforehand and hurriedly left. He headed towards the wolf territory, entered it, and evaded the red-clothed figures. However, the sorrowful green threads were completely unconscious, with the breaker arrow still lodged in their chest, blood already staining half of their body. Zhongshan urgently needed to find a secluded and safe place.