Chapter 1603: Complex target
Sam and the Saint both started taking a break.
They are waiting for their third target.
While waiting, Sam tried to concentrate on recovering his spiritual energy as much as possible. By now everyone must have noticed his cultivation level. Even if they didn"t they will be having doubts.
So, he has to make sure that their doubts remain doubts. If a real Peak stage transcendence cultivator of the Astral plane did the same healing as he did, there is no way they would be able to recover as fast as Saint.
But Sam can at least show off that he did since his normal energy level is already way higher than a normal cultivator of the same level.
He needs to keep his ident.i.ty and strength as mysterious as possible so these people will stay away from him. At least before they could confirm anything.
After a few minutes, the third volunteer was brought up. But this time, they are heavily injured in all four of their limbs and even their spine seemed to have been attacked.
They have flesh wounds all over and Sam could literally see the flesh festering with curses as they were being brought to the stage.
He looked at them with pity. He didn"t want to torture anyone like this. Particularly the people who has nothing to do with his situation. There is not even a single good reason he could think of to make them suffer like this.
As he was thinking of healing his volunteer quickly and be done with it, the attendant blocked him. Sam was a bit confused. But soon the attendant took a vial of some weird liquid. The attendant for the other volunteer also did the same.
At the same moment, the vial was emptied into their mouths.
Sam frowned and look like the skin of the people just changed into a different color at a visible pace.
"You don"t expect the final round to be so simple, do you? This one is difficult. They are now taking in the poison that was made from the essence of eighteen poisonous herbs. They are extremely potent.
But don"t worry. Even I don"t know what exactly the mixture and concoction are. Just like you, I was also left in the dark.
Now all you have to do is heal the person. But do remember, if you don"t cure the poison within the next fifteen minutes, the poison will act up, and based on the density of it still inside, it could lead to some severe repercussions. Anywhere between organ failure to immediate death.
So, do be careful."
Saint said those words and moved to his patient.
Sam looked at his own patient and gritted his teeth. The patient is suffering. The fractures, curses and poison are all too much for him.
He just wanted to proceed with the treatment in a normal way, but as soon as he thought of the suffering this guy is going through because of his personal agenda, he felt a bit guilty.
"That is why I don"t like to be a healer."
He said as he activated his wood and light elemental energy at the same time. The saint was shocked. He didn"t expect these two elements from Sam.
Then he recalled, how Sam used water elements also and frowned. It is rare to see people with more than two elements, but it is not super rare, but to have water, light, and wood is some weird combination, that he never knew existed.
As he was thinking that, Sam closed his eyes and small vines started extending from his fingers, and then his whole arm was dispersed into very thing vines as it wrapped around the patient.
The vines coiled around him and formed a coc.o.o.n within just a minute.
After completely wrapping the coc.o.o.n around the patient, he closed his eyes and activated his observation ability while controlling his wood element to create thorns from the vines that dove deeper into the meridians of the patient.
At this moment, Sam took a deep breath. The vines are currently rearranging the bones as the light elemental energy healed them while taking care of the curses.
As all of the ailments are being slowly healed Sam felt his energy being expended at a rapid pace. He is being drained. But that is not all. His frown got deeper as he tried to forcefully use water elemental energy while he was still using the fusion.
He gritted his teeth and used all of his mental energy to tap into the water element. The fusion body resists other elements. It is already bad enough that is using the dual elemental fusion which in itself is a rarity.
There is no way, he could do this without hurting himself. But he still decided to go on and do it anyway.
After much effort and almost hurting his soul he finally managed to tap into the water elemental energy and there is one specific reason for that.
He wanted to control the flow of the blood. If possible, he would have preferred to use his vampire side to just suck the blood out of the person while regenerating the blood. Like he did in the Charbhum realm.
But now he cannot. Because of Sivan"s constant consumption of blood, his body is kind of used to it and is in a pretty addictive stage. It is already hard enough for him to not be tempted by the bleeding wounds and the dripping blood.
He is afraid that before he got any control over his body completely, by any chance if a single drop of blood was tasted, it might resort to its own means and instincts might take over.
For that reason, he has to take the hard way.
Now he is slowly controlling the blood flow into the vines and then purifying the poison in every single blood cell.
The whole process only lasted ten minutes. As Sam finished up the final touches, he couldn"t handle the fusion anymore and stopped. He just gave one final check to the patient before sighing.
The patient is perfectly fine. He woke him up and sat down on the chair as he gulped down Heavenly wine.
Meanwhile, everyone else in the surroundings is stunned.
the spectators, the attendants, and finally Saint, every one of them is stunned.
They couldn"t even wrap their head around this whole process. Saint came back to his senses as he listed to the patient"s cry for help. He is looking at Sam with respectful eyes. A gaze of pleading and request.
He is certainly asking Sam to take care of him.
Sam wanted to step in and help too, but he doesn"t have enough energy and Saint is still treating.
The compet.i.tion came to an add n just a few moments.
Saint who already lost, wanted to fling his patient away before the treatment was even complete. But too bad he made the whole fiasco public and now has to care about his public image.
Sam took this to his advantage as he smirked at him.
"Now, that I won the challenge, admit it."
"Admit what?"
"Don"t go back on your word. You have a reputation to maintain. While n.o.body even knows of my presence here. So, please see through the deal."
"You are a better doctor and healer."
"Not just that. Deliver everything you promised. Admit that you are trying to steal these people"s money without even getting any returns from them.
You are at most a swindler if not a straight-on cheater.
All the riches and prpsperity you have and you are still like this. What kind of person lives a life like that? I can never really understand a person like you.
I can understand pride. But it is beyond that. I can understand ego, but you are way past that. Your life is definitely not bad at all. I know a thousand people who want your life and they would gladly kill you for it.
But it seems like it is not enough.
Today, I will tear down that mask and shield you put and this will be the beginning of his destiny crumbling into nothing."
"How dare you? This is your plan all along?"
Saint asked Sam who didn"t reply.
"Tell me, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d. Tell me that this is your all plan along, you b.a.s.t.a.r.d."
"Even if it is, what are you going to do about it? All you can do is see through it, because you made a Gandharva oath."