System: I Can Open Martial Arts Chests

Chapter 352 - 207: Poison of a Drop of Water (Part 2)

"Do you believe I could tear you apart bit by bit right now?"

As he spoke, the killing intent spiraled within his eyes.

This deep, intense killing intent filled not just Tie Xiaoyang, who bore the brunt of it, but even the surrounding people couldn’t help but be horrified in their hearts.

However, upon closer thought, it seemed only natural.

Chu Qing was exceedingly efficient at killing; no matter the number of opponents, he showed no mercy when he struck.

For someone like him, with such an aura of murderous intent, wasn’t it normal?

However, he was unfathomable, usually concealing his murderous nature, only letting it surface when he was enraged.

Tie Xiaoyang’s face instantly turned pale, fear as vast as the sea; he seemed like a humble creature drowning in this sea, fear seeping into every inch of his flesh.

"I... I understand..."

A trembling voice came from Tie Xiaoyang’s mouth.

He waved a hand, and the chess pieces in the building, as if receiving some command, suddenly raised their hands in unison and slapped their crowns fiercely.

There were at least a few hundred chess pieces that died at the same moment, just from a single thought.

This scene was quite spectacular.

Chu Qing clicked his tongue in amazement:

"Who taught you this technique?"

"Chess... Chess Prince."

Tie Xiaoyang’s psychological defense crumbled entirely under Chu Qing’s deterrence.

He muttered:

"This is the Chess Control Technique, which allows control over the Chess Slaves, making them obey orders."

"Oh? Then explain the content of this Chess Control Technique?"

Chu Qing spoke casually, his attitude full of indifference, as if chatting idly after a meal.

But Tie Xiaoyang dared not disobey.

The best game he played today was intended to harm Chu Qing near the Poison Pool.

To achieve this, he began scheming as soon as he knew Tie Lingyun intended to come to the valley bottom... and continued to plot after arriving here.

He pretended to be captured to lure them here.

Though they were bound to come, the key was bringing them to save people by the Poison Pool.

Only then could he have a chance to kill the vital threat that was Chu Qing.

To prevent Tie Lingyun from intervening, he even poisoned his own father; otherwise, Tie Lingyun wouldn’t still be unconscious.

The sole flaw was that the entanglement lasted too long, alerting Chu Qing to the problem.

Had he executed the plan only after reaching the building, Chu Qing might not have been able to detect it in advance.

But had he acted then, secretly poisoning Tie Lingyun wouldn’t have been easy.

It might have backfired.

Had he really managed to kill Chu Qing by the Poison Pool, using these chess pieces, he might have controlled the situation today.

Even if Chu Qing survived, he didn’t think he lacked the power to fight.

Little did he expect that Chu Qing disregarded the script he provided.

Face up against the Chess Pieces?

Chu Qing captured him directly, using his life to force the Chess Pieces to commit suicide.

Was this something a decent person would do?

Yet this person was utterly terrifying; Tie Xiaoyang had no doubt that if he dared defy him, he would be dismembered piece by piece.

Whether his flesh would separate from his bone, skin from flesh, he wouldn’t know when he would die during the process.

Compared to this possible suffering, any obsession in his heart instantly shattered Tie Xiaoyang’s psychological defenses.

He revealed everything hidden word by word.

But after Chu Qing heard about this so-called Chess Control Technique, he couldn’t help but curl his lips.

The Life and Death Chess martial art should be one of the Seven Secrets and Three Treasures of the Six Profound Sect, with clear hierarchical distinctions.

Just like Prince Mei’s Cloud Rain Order, it has always required higher-level help for lower-level people to practice.

The Chess Control Technique is the same, requiring the Chess Prince to intervene with Life and Death Chess for practice.

According to the secret manual, once the Chess Control Technique is practiced, one becomes a chess piece in the Chess Prince’s hand.

Thinking of this, Chu Qing sighed and casually struck a palm on his Dantian Sea of Qi.

This person practiced Demon Skill; logically, he should be killed directly.

But Tie Lingyun was still unconscious; one couldn’t kill someone’s son while they slept.

He would have to wait until he woke up.

However, Tie Xiaofeng was right; Tie Xiaoyang’s martial arts couldn’t remain.

This palm shattered his Dantian Sea of Qi, and his martial arts went to waste.

With a wave of his hand, he threw Tie Xiaoyang to the ground, leaving him to wail.

Chu Qing glanced back at Tie Lingyun:

"Still not awake?"

Cao Qiupu had been helping Tie Lingyun circulate his energy, and it was already a critical moment.

As his Five Elements Returning to the Origin Skill inner strength was sent out, Tie Lingyun coughed out a mouthful of black blood and slowly regained consciousness.

At first, he glanced around in confusion and then saw Tie Xiaoyang lying on the ground, bleeding from the mouth.

The next moment, a flash of killing intent appeared in his eyes:

"Wretch! You dare poison me!?"

Tie Xiaoyang shuddered, suddenly realizing something, and flipped over to kneel, repeatedly kowtowing:

"Father, I was wrong, Father! My mind was clouded, and I was bewitched by the Chess Prince."

"It wasn’t intentional, Father... It truly wasn’t deliberate!

"I beg you, forgive me this once, I promise, I promise to turn over a new leaf!"

Chu Qing stood by with his arms crossed and said nothing.

Tie Lingyun slowly closed his eyes and exhaled:

"Speak, when did you collude with the Chess Prince?"

"...Three, three years ago."

Tie Xiaoyang pulled a pure gold chess command token from his robe, engraved with the character ’General.’

He offered it with both hands:

"Three years ago, the Chess Prince found me... His words seemed to have some power.

"I was bewitched by him, and since then, I’ve been his chess piece."

"Well, you are truly my good son."

Tie Lingyun laughed in anger, looking around:

"What’s going on here, then?"

"They... they intend to use this to refine poison."

Tie Xiaoyang dared not conceal anything, but the plan was too deep, and Tie Xiaoyang didn’t know much.

He only knew that the Celestial Evil Cult had taken notice of the poisonous miasma within the Ghost God Gorge.

Experts in the cult used a superb Geomancy Art to find this underground cave, later constructing this building here.

Another proposed that integrating the miasma into the fragrance saliva could create the world’s ultimate poison, Water Drop!

But refining the fragrance saliva wasn’t easy and required many corpses as the main raw material, undergoing various processes to succeed.

And once completed, it needed to be immediately infused with the ultimate poison refined from miasma for finalization.

If timing wasn’t handled correctly, potency would greatly weaken.

Thus, they sought to refine Water Drop here, striving to collect corpses.

Hence, the battle of the two halls arose.

Naturally, the battle had more than just this goal; it was merely one purpose among many.

"The Poison of a Drop of Water combines fragrance with foulness to become colorless and tasteless, as pure as a water drop, clear and transparent.

"But once consumed, it instantly turns a person into a pool of clear water.

"If touched, in the blink of an eye, it will corrode a person into a pool of blood.

"This poison is incurable; whoever touches it must die!

"It must be contained in a Profound Jade Ice Crystal Bottle; other containers cannot withstand its toxicity.

"Even if they could barely contain it, the potency would gradually diminish."

After listening to this, Chu Qing furrowed his brows and asked:

"So far, how much of the Poison of a Drop of Water has been refined?"

"Not too much, not too little, a total of five drops!

"Last night, someone took them away."

The battle of the two halls reached this point, with significant casualties on both sides. Even with so many corpses and the miasma, they only managed to refine five drops of the Poison of a Drop of Water.

Chu Qing and Tie Lingyun exchanged a glance, then Tie Lingyun asked solemnly:

"They refined this poison to deal with whom?"

Now that things had reached this point, Tie Xiaoyang had no more need to hide anything and said straightforwardly:

"The Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns!"