Chapter 114

Chapter 114: Let’s Make a Deal
Long One, Long Two, and Long Three were three brothers born of the same mother. They had the same spiritual root, cultivated the same cultivation technique, and even used identical magical artifacts.

The three of them showed the same cruel smile. With a flick of their arms, three black crescent-moon scimitars with a faint red sheen howled through the air toward Yu Zhao.

The air, already thick with the smell of the sea, now carried the stench of blood as well.

Yu Zhao frowned and shot backward. Her right hand slapped her storage pouch, and a thick stack of spirit talismans fell into her hand.

Yu Zhao, who clearly was not short on money, showed that she had more than one way to attack.

She lifted both hands, and the spirit talismans scattered like flower petals thrown by a fairy.

Hidden behind the cover of the spirit talismans, bits of plain-looking incense ash also flew out.

Yu Zhao shouted: “Explode!”

All the spirit talismans detonated at once.

A blinding ball of golden light burst out, and wave after wave of violent energy spread quickly in all directions.

Jutting rocks were leveled in an instant. Driven by the shockwaves, countless clouds of dust slammed toward Long One and the other two, rolling like a great tide and blotting out the sky.

The three of them were both shocked and furious as they turned and fled in panic.

Even Lady Hua and the others, who were locked in a fierce fight, were drawn by the huge commotion and all turned to look this way.

Long One gnashed his teeth in hatred as he snarled: “What on earth is this woman’s background, that she can casually throw out hundreds of spirit talismans?”

Although he was a Golden Core cultivator, he had no sect or family clan to rely on, and his savings were pitiful.

Seeing how Yu Zhao treated spirit talismans as if they were not money at all, his jealousy nearly burned away his reason.

Luckily, he relied on his extraordinary willpower to hold those wicked thoughts back.

But his two younger brothers, who had always been under his protection, clearly did not have minds as firm as his.

Long Three had already been seething with resentment because of Lady Hua. Now, lured by Yu Zhao’s illusion art, his desire immediately took over.

He stared at his elder brother and second brother’s backs. His gaze flickered, and he suddenly made a shocking move.

There was a soft puff as the curved blade pierced a chest, the sound almost too quiet to hear.

Long One really did not notice until he heard Long Two’s painful cry.

He turned his head, his eyes splitting with rage as he shouted: “Long Two!”

Long Two lowered his head to look at the blade going through his chest, then raised it to glance at Long One. He opened his mouth as if to say something, but bright red blood poured out from between his lips.

His eyes slowly dimmed, and his fingers dropped weakly.

Long Three yanked out the blade and shoved Long Two’s body aside, his face calm and indifferent, as if it were nothing.

Long One was heartbroken and furious as he roared: “Third, what are you doing! He is your elder brother!”

Long Three’s expression did not change as he said, “Elder Brother, I have long had enough of the hard days of three people sharing one set of resources. Second’s talent is worse than ours. He should have withdrawn long ago, but he never knew his place. I am doing this for the future of us two brothers.”

Long One felt cold all over.

Long Three’s behavior was very abnormal, but every word he said was exactly what was in Long One’s heart.

Long One had long found Long Two an eyesore, but usually he kept himself in check, only daring to complain a little now and then, never daring to actually do something so out of line.

But this time, Yu Zhao had drawn out all the demonic thoughts in his heart and smothered his reason, so he had done something this extreme.

Long One roared, “Yu Zhao!”

His face twisted hideously, his features contorted. The hatred in his heart surged like endless waves.

He refused to accept that Long Two had been killed by Long Three, and pushed all the blame onto Yu Zhao.

His eyes turned blood-red, his breathing grew rough, and as his chest heaved violently, his vision became seriously warped and twisted.

The scene before him kept overlapping. He saw Yu Zhao holding his younger brother’s dark moon scimitar, walking toward him step by step.

He screamed, “Ah! Yu Zhao, you should die!”

He swung the dark moon scimitar as he charged forward.

Sharp blade light poured out wildly, cutting through the air with a series of shrill whistles.

Long One looked completely insane, putting all his strength into every strike.

As for Yu Zhao, she looked flustered, retreating again and again with no power to fight back.

Yu Zhao thought, [Hit him while he’s down.]

Long One lunged forward again. The dark moon scimitar in his hand swept out afterimages, and in the blink of an eye, several more blades of light flew free.

Bright red blood splashed across his face. He stuck out his tongue to lick it, then burst into wild laughter, growing braver the more he fought, completely unaware of his own injuries.

Zhao Xian and his wife and Boss Wu were still stuck in the shock of Long Three killing Long Two when they saw Long One suddenly go mad and hack Long Three to death, stroke after stroke with his blade.

No matter how Long Three cried out to him, he did not react at all.

The three of them sucked in a cold breath.

[Could there be something strange about this island, so that everyone who comes ashore will eventually die from losing their minds?]

[Then what about us…]

After a while, Long Three collapsed.

Long One used his blade to support himself, swaying on his feet as he muttered, “Long Two, I have avenged you.”

A calm voice said, “Very good. You can go down and join them now.”

Long One slowly lifted his head.

The last thing he saw was a flash of pale blade light.

There was a dull bang.

Yu Zhao hooked her finger, and the storage pouch at Long One’s waist flew into her palm.

She casually stuffed the three storage pouches into her sleeve, lifted her eyes to Lady Hua and the others, and smiled slightly as she said, “Everyone, how about we make a deal? I am also quite interested in the treasure hidden here.”

It was killing the chicken to warn the monkeys.

The same four words flashed through Boss Wu and the others’ minds at the same time.

At the same time, their fear of Yu Zhao sank deep into their bones.

This was exactly what people meant by a master who hid her true strength. That was Yu Zhao.

An early Golden Core stage cultivator had effortlessly taken care of two mid Golden Core stage and one early Golden Core stage opponent without even getting a scratch.

What kind of terrifying strength was this?

At this moment, Boss Wu and the other two thought of something and quickly looked at Lady Hua.

There was no sign of Lady Hua’s usual flirtatiousness or the grievance from earlier on her face now. Instead there was a mix of seriousness and dread. She had clearly broken free from the illusory realm.

Zhao Xian and his wife let out a great sigh of relief. They really did not want Lady Hua to latch onto them again.

Seeing that they kept silent, Yu Zhao said unhurriedly, “You formed an alliance with the three Long brothers before. Now you are just changing allies from them to us. It will not affect the result.”

Boss Wu and the others thought to themselves: [How is that the same? You alone are harder to deal with than those three put together.]

Never mind that the seven of them had come to this island in a group. By the time they left, it would be good if even three of them were still alive.

The three Long brothers had looked strong, but they were the most likely to be eliminated first.

But with Yu Zhao joining, the outcome would be very different.

No one knew when or where Yu Zhao might cast her illusion art. By the time it happened, they might not even know how they died.

[Refuse Yu Zhao?]

What a joke. The three Long brothers were already lying dead over there. Did they want to follow in their footsteps?

Lady Hua was the first to speak up in agreement: “I agree.”

After personally experiencing Yu Zhao’s illusory realm, she really did not want to be Yu Zhao’s enemy again. She even felt like running away whenever she saw her.

She did not even dare meet Yu Zhao’s eyes now, afraid that if she was careless, she would fall into her illusion art again.

Zhao Xian and his wife exchanged a glance and said, “We have no objections either.”

Boss Wu could not stand alone, so he could only nod and accept.

Yu Zhao smiled and said, “Now you can tell me the story of this place.”