It was at that moment they had come into contact with the powder meticulously concocted by Zhao Ya.
However, Zhao Ya wasn’t certain if it would have any effect on Martial Artists of the Fifth Realm.
In fact, if there had been no reaction from Shi Donglai and Shi Xiqu after another half cup of tea’s time, Zhao Ya would have decided to give up.
But unexpectedly, at just this time, the potency took effect, and Shi Donglai was the first to be affected.
Zhao Ya’s knife technique had already reached a level of mastery where it responded instantaneously; the moment he detected a barely noticeable flaw in Shi Donglai, the knife light sought an opening.
The crowd only saw a flash of knife light, followed by a ’puff’ sound.
The front of Shi Donglai’s shirt was sliced open with a big gash. The knife’s tip left a red mark on his skin, where the deepest part had already pierced the outer skin, with thin streams of blood seeping out.
This strike shocked everyone present.
Nobody expected that Zhao Ya, who was only at the verge of the Fifth Realm, could challenge two major Fifth Realm experts without being at a disadvantage, and even counter with a blow to injure one of them.
If this hadn’t been witnessed with their own eyes, no one would believe it was true.
Jin Zhenming even blurted out a curse.
"Damn, Ya is impressive."
Under these astonished stares, Shi Donglai’s face turned an iron-blue color, his eyelids trembling wildly, almost overflowing with murderous intent.
"Poison?" He stared intently at Zhao Ya, asking coldly.
Zhao Ya smiled, "You could say that."
In fact, Zhao Ya felt a bit of regret; Shi Xiqu also showed a flaw just moments ago, but he could only deal with one first, thus missing a good opportunity.
But this was not bad either; although he didn’t manage to kill Shi Donglai, wounding him was already quite good.
At least it uplifted the morale on their side, not being a complete failure.
He quietly made a retreat gesture to Jin Zhenming and Shang Tiefeng, and his steps began to move, preparing to leave.
Zhao Ya did not believe the poison he concocted would last very long.
Especially for Martial Artists of the Fifth Realm, their bodies had already expelled the Polluted Evil Qi, nearing a perfect Postnatal physique, even if poisoned, they could recover quickly.
But just as he moved, Shi Donglai and Shi Xiqu intercepted all his escape routes from the front and rear.
At the same time, they lifted their hands and slowly unscrewed the Tobacco Pipe they held, then twisted the pipes.
With a twang of springs, a snow-white dagger appeared at the end of the pipe.
In the blink of an eye, a tobacco pipe transformed into an Exotic Weapon with a pointed tip.
"Boy, forcing us to use such means, you can count it as an honor despite dying." Shi Donglai said sinisterly.
Zhao Ya merely smiled slightly, "Really? But I never found any honor in dying, farewell!"
With that, Zhao Ya leapt, like an arrow released from the bowstring, rushing out.
Shi Donglai and Shi Xiqu immediately followed suit, flying after him in pursuit.
At this moment, Zhao Ya shouted midair, "Here comes the Hidden Weapon."
Saying this, several black shadows flew towards the Shi Brothers.
The two were startled.
With the previous poisoning incident in mind, they dared not be careless, hurriedly dodging, but this delay allowed Zhao Ya to have already rushed far away.
Only then did the Shi Brothers realize that what flew at them were just pieces of broken stones, not any Hidden Weapon, and they couldn’t help but feel furious.
"How dare you, brat!"
With these words, Shi Donglai raised his hand, a golden light shot straight at Zhao Ya’s back, moving so swiftly it stirred an invisible gale midair.
"Ya, watch out!"
Seeing this, Shang Tiefeng, also planning to retreat, couldn’t help but shout out.
At this moment, Zhao Ya twisted his body sharply in midair, narrowly evading the attack.
The golden light struck an arrow tower ahead, with a loud bang, a large hole was forcefully blown open.
It was then that people saw clearly; the golden light was actually the dismantled Tobacco Pipe.
But due to this delay, the Shi Brothers had already closed in again, surrounding Zhao Ya.
There was no need for words at this point, as the two wielded their weapons, delivering lethal assaults.
In an instant, Zhao Ya found himself barely defending, beset with dangers at every turn.
Seeing this, Jin Zhenming and Shang Tiefeng gritted their teeth silently, about to come to his aid.
Just then, a loud laugh echoed from afar on the street.
"Ya, fall back, let me meet these so-called experts from the Capital City!"
With the voice, a figure streaked across the night sky at extreme speed, heading toward the government office.