Not far away, Liu Ruoxian saw this scene, wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, and smiled triumphantly. "Senior Mei, isn't it a bit too late to regulate your breath and circulate your Qi now? The poison has already entered your blood. Even if you don't die, your martial prowess will be reduced by half! Mei Shan, you—you are probably the weakest of all! Hahaha..."
Liu Ruoxian smiled with the satisfaction of a scheme fulfilled. She had intentionally taken that palm strike for two reasons: first, to interrupt Mei Bu'er's breath regulation so that the poison would penetrate his heart meridian and ultimately dissipate his internal energy; and second, to leverage Mei Bu'er's profound internal energy to shatter the gu worm within her body, allowing her to break free from the Valley Master's control.
Every assassin in Hell Valley had a child gu planted inside them, while the mother gu was always kept by the Valley Master. As long as the mother gu survived, the child gu could not escape his control. Attempting to extract the gu by force would trigger a fatal backlash.
Chapter 114