Shadow immediately reacted to my words, appeared in front of Ye Xiu and thrust a lethal cut to his neck. In the few seconds that it simple action took, I watched as five translucent barriers were shattered with Sombra's slash.

The edge of the sword relentlessly approached Ye Xiu's neck. But as expected, it could only leave a one-centimeter cut. Being stopped by a force apparently greater than his own. After three seconds of intense confrontation, both parties were repelled to a distance of a few meters.

A ghost-like being emerged from Ye Xiu's pendant. She had beautiful white hair, along with a dress of the same color. Interestingly, her eyebrows were also the same color. In some peculiar way, the color white seemed destined to be worn by this woman; perfectly complementing her beautiful face.

But her appearance was altered by the fury she felt right now.

"Scoundrel! "You put poison on the blade."

The simple cut that did not seem to have done any damage caused severe bleeding along with an increase in the volume of the boy's scream. But that was not all it triggered; mauve lines began to extend from the open wound. This unleashed a scream of fury from the woman.

"You wretch, you used a method as vile as poison."

"Hmph, quite an arrogant tone for a mere soul remnant."

"Tch. You would have lost in a fair fight."

The white-haired woman took out a pill and stuffed it into Ye Xiu's mouth. Shadow did nothing to stop her, only watched with hidden amusement in his eyes. The reason for his carefree attitude was quickly revealed, as Ye Xiu was affected by a poison, I made myself.

It spreads little by little through the body of the affected person, prioritizing damage over the speed of infection. Once infected, the person's Qi will be consumed quickly. Once every last drop of Qi has been squeezed out, it will begin to reduce its cultivation to its lowest point.

Best of all, this is not its only effect. One of them is that the poison can be removed without complications by quickly amputating the affected limb. But the severed limb will never recover, as it also permanently injures the soul.

The only way to temporarily stop the poison is to supply it with a continuous flow of high-quality Qi. Although there is a cure, it is not something that is easy to figure out. The only option she has right now is to supply him with Qi in the middle of battle to keep him alive.

Since poison is going to be used, it should be at least something of this level. While they don't seem that difficult, it affects all cultivators below the 'Immortal' realm.

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It's not like they fight fairly either. Who in their right mind would expect, a small Void realm cultivator to have an 'Immortal Tribulation' realm spirit remnant as a personal bodyguard. For God's sake, life was never fair.

If you want to become a cultivator, you have to strive to reach stages that many have already achieved. And you only have that opportunity because of the benevolence of the strongest. If 'The Heavenly Court' were entirely made up of cold-blooded and dark-hearted people, the world would already be under their feet. Not even I would exist, since it was founded before I was even born.

If you want to succeed today you need many resources, a good teacher, or a great iron wall that protects you from any danger. In this case, it turned out that the MC's background was inferior to Shadow's.

'Sigh, 'a fair fight,' she says. How funny hehe.'

"You…"

The remnant seemed to realize the draining effect of the poison, as it began supplying Qi to the trash that continued to complain of pain.

'Finish her and keep her fragments of memories.'

Putting aside his passive attitude, Shadow began to counterattack. Like a wisp of wind, it appeared in a blink of an eye in front of Ye Xiu and slashed towards his back. This unexpected action caused a cut on the woman's face.

Shadow continued to aim the attacks at Ye Xiu, deflecting him at the last moment. Sigh, the opponent's state could not be more disastrous. In a few short minutes, the intensity of her aura dimmed a lot.

'Convey this to her...'

"Is a man like Ye Xiu worth sacrificing so much for?"

"Somebody like …"

"Haaai, like me, what? For someone who has lived for millennia, it seems that your intelligence is not as high as your age. How an old witch like you falls in love with a young womanizer like him. Wait a minute, the truth is that you fit in quite a bit."

"A boy who fucks any living creature, and an old harpy who dreams of being one of those who get fucked. Sigh, you are one for another."

"Bastard."

I think I have touched a sensitive point. Despite her moribund state, she tried to fight back with any possible method. According to my will, Shadow only passively dodged her attacks.

Through his eyes, I saw the woman's crazy and desperate expression. It's surprising that there was a time when she came close to reaching my realms. I wonder if her failure to ascend to the 'Immortal' realm caused her some cognitive decline. It wouldn't be strange if the tribulation lightning made some people stupid, haha.

'Let's stop playing games and catch the remnant.'

Upon hearing my orders, Shadow grabbed her by the necks with his left hand, and with his right he chained her with special chains. After immobilizing her, he used the bracelet to keep she in them. After finishing off the woman, he focused on the supposed protagonist of this world.

The boy was giving my subordinate a murderous look, as if he was going to bite him to death. From his point of view. Shadow is nothing more than a passerby whose identity he doesn't know and who kidnapped his beloved master.

'Do it.'

He slowly approached his prey, there was no longer any visible obstacle. One would expect a trace of fear in the boy's eyes, but he only showed an expression of injustice and rage.

'Injustice, your fucking mother.'

Have a little awareness in your last moments, unfair is what happened to your enemies. You dress and act like a homeless, and then you kill them because they treat you like one. It's like you're encouraging them to challenge you.

Sigh, I'm no longer sure if I should complain about his behavior and attitude. Since his life was never in his hands, he was nothing more than a puppet.

With a swift movement, Shadow thrust him a fatal blow to his forehead. Before the weapon made contact with the body, the world seemed to freeze for a short time.

"Fiuuuuuuu."