“Kid, are you from the Lu Family or the Heart Poison Sect?”
Others might have thought of it, but Gu Zhixuan, known as the Poisonous Evil, naturally did too. With a grim expression, he directly asked, as the answer was almost certain in his mind.
When Gu Zhixuan mentioned the three words “Heart Poison Sect,” there was clearly a bit of gritting of teeth. It wasn’t just because the former Sect Master of the Heart Poison Sect betrayed the Wansu Sect.
Gu Zhixuan knew that back in Erosion City, the girl who disgraced him and almost poisoned him to death was taken away by the Eating Heart Master of the Heart Poison Sect. Now, she’s probably a Poison Vein genius in the Heart Poison Sect, right?
The Wansu Sect and the Heart Poison Sect have had old grudges, and with Gu Zhixuan, new vendettas were added. If this white-clothed kid truly came from the Heart Poison Sect, Gu Zhixuan might lose control and strike him down instantly.
“Stop guessing blindly. I’m neither from the Lu Family nor the Heart Poison Sect, just a lone wanderer!”
When mentioning the Lu Family, a gleam flashed in Yun Xiao’s eyes, but the next words made the observers feel perplexed.
They knew that the Wansu Sect, the Heart Poison Sect, and the Lu Family were considered the three strongest Poison Sects in the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud. But this white-clothed youth claimed not to be from any of the three, leaving them puzzled.
“Since Brother Du has already displayed the Poison Meridian Skill, why not try my poison?”
Yun Xiao had no such reservations. After his shout, a rush of Meridian Qi surged forth, attacking Du Xin angrily. The moment this Qi appeared, the faces of the observers, including Gu Zhixuan, changed multiple times.
“It’s actually… Half-step Holy Rank?!”
Gu Zhixuan himself was a Half-step Holy Rank genius of the Wansu Sect, so he was highly sensitive to the presence of Half-step Holy Rank Qi and immediately sensed Yun Xiao’s true Meridian Qi Cultivation.
This fact caused a tumult in Gu Zhixuan’s mind. He had only broken through to the Half-step Holy Rank level in the past year, fully aware of how difficult it was to reach this level.
He endured extreme pain, besides the pressure Liu Hanyi once exerted on him, to finally break through by sheer luck.
But this white-clothed kid, seemingly a couple of years younger, had also reached the same Half-step Holy Rank. How could Gu Zhixuan accept this?
“Junior Brother Du Xin, be careful!”
Though jealous, Gu Zhixuan didn’t forget to warn his junior brother, as the other person also had a Half-step Holy Rank cultivation, not one to be trifled with.
“Hmph, I don’t believe his poison is more potent than my Heart Shattering Poison!”
Du Xin chose to ignore Yun Xiao’s Half-step Holy Rank cultivation, sensing that the Qi wasn’t particularly strong. At least in the Poison Meridian Path, he didn’t think he was that inferior.
Du Xin’s Heart Shattering Poison had lost earlier, so he was determined to regain face and not tarnish the Wansu Sect’s reputation as the leading Poison Vein Sect.
Seeing Du Xin’s actions, Gu Zhixuan did not dissuade him, as he too sensed that the Meridian Qi within Yun Xiao lacked true Half-step Holy Rank power and might not significantly harm Du Xin.
If it were purely a contest of Poison Meridian Skill, Gu Zhixuan didn’t believe Du Xin would lose, especially not to an unknown kid.
The Meridian Refining Technique and Meridian Qi Cultivation are different pathways; reaching Half-step Holy Rank in cultivation doesn’t guarantee the same in Meridian Refining, which also depends on the cultivator’s Power of Soul.
But Gu Zhixuan didn’t know that the young man before them, not only much younger, possessed Poison Meridian Skills so profound that even a Half-step Holy Rank Poison Vein Master like himself couldn’t match.
From Yun Xiao’s perspective, using his Poison Meridian Skills against a Heaven Rank Advanced Poison Vein Master seemed almost unfair.
Among Poison Vein Masters of the same level, perhaps only Liu Hanyi with the Immortal Poison Body could truly contend with Yun Xiao’s skills. But even Yun Xiao had no idea where Liu Hanyi was now.
“Is this guy overly confident?”
Upon seeing Du Xin mimic his previous move, Yun Xiao chuckled internally, a hint of helplessness appearing on his face.
Du Xin extended his right fist, attempting to smash the Meridian Qi forcefully, but the result was entirely different from Yun Xiao’s earlier move.
Puff!
At the beginning, the actions of both looked quite similar. Yun Xiao’s meridian qi was indeed shattered by Du Xin, which undoubtedly boosted his confidence greatly.
But what happened next caused Du Xin’s expression to change dramatically, as he suddenly realized that some hidden power from the shattered meridian qi was drilling into his fist.
“It’s poison!”
Du Xin, as a genius in the Poison Vein from Wansu Sect, was exceptionally sensitive to poison. In just a fleeting moment, he understood that the energy infiltrating into his fist was a special kind of deadly poison.
However, Du Xin was not overly panicked. Being a Poison Vein Master, he naturally had his own methods of resisting and detoxifying poison. So, he released meridian qi to control the poison’s erosion while retrieving a detoxification pill from his Waist Storage and swallowing it.
The pill Du Xin swallowed was no ordinary detoxification medicine. It was a Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir he purchased from Wansu Sect Headquarters with points—something he couldn’t refine himself.
This Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir could even neutralize some half-step holy class poisons and was unrivaled against heavenly rank advanced poisons.
In the past, Du Xin only needed to sniff the elixir to suppress those heavenly rank advanced poisonous insects and toxins, proving its powerful efficacy.
Though Du Xin dismissed Yun Xiao verbally, upon sensing that the opponent was a half-step holy rank super genius, he no longer underestimated Yun Xiao and immediately used the Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir.
“It seems it should be fine now!”
Seeing Du Xin swallow the detoxification elixir, Gu Zhixuan, standing nearby, also showed a smile. As a half-step holy rank Poison Vein genius, his Poison Meridian Skill was undoubtedly superior to Du Xin’s.
Gu Zhixuan knew well about Du Xin’s Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir, believing it could easily detoxify most heavenly rank advanced poisons.
“A Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir?”
Though Yun Xiao didn’t recognize the elixir Du Xin swallowed, his acute senses told him it was surely a detoxification elixir. But such action only brought a trace of mockery deep in his eyes.
With Yun Xiao’s current Poison Meridian Skill, he didn’t even need to display Little Dragon’s One Thought to Transform Myriad Poisons to easily overpower these Wansu Sect Poison Vein geniuses.
Since the poison had touched Du Xin’s skin, the fate of this Wansu Sect genius was sealed. For those who dared to provoke or try to kill him, Yun Xiao never showed mercy.
Previously, Yun Xiao had given Du Xin a chance. If this Wansu Sect genius could recognize the situation and willingly yield a position, he would definitely not cause more trouble, and everyone could coexist peacefully—wouldn’t that be ideal?
Yet, Du Xin broke his promises like empty words and intended to use poison against Yun Xiao to finish him off. If Yun Xiao could still endure this, he would not have come this far today.
It’s also because Du Xin hadn’t sworn the Heavenly Tribulation Poison Oath beforehand. If he had, even a genius from Wansu Sect wouldn’t dare to challenge the Heavenly Dao.
With all the unexpected twists, Du Xin’s outcome was already determined. Yet he remained confident, believing that the Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir would surely neutralize his poison.
“Hmm?”
However, at the next moment, Du Xin’s face suddenly turned pale with a touch of indescribable fear, as though he’d discovered something extremely terrifying.
“Ah!”
Soon after, a tragic scream erupted from Du Xin’s mouth, resonating around Ancient Wood City’s giant tree and causing the four meditating beneath the ancient tree to glance back.
Among them, the half-step holy rank figure showed a hint of disgust but ultimately didn’t intervene, as such events occurred constantly and had become a norm within the Ancient Wood area.
Generally, once someone claimed a position, others wouldn’t disrupt them, as one could only meditate beneath the ancient tree for a maximum of three days. If nothing was gained within that time, it meant they had no chance to assist in the Saint Third Transition.
The four occupying positions remained calm, but other observing cultivators couldn’t maintain the same composure, especially given Du Xin’s contorted and nearly deformed visage, clearly indicating intense suffering.
Even the Wansu Sect genius Gu Zhixuan was shocked, never expecting such an outcome—that the Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir had no effect against the white-clothed youth’s poison?
It was a Half-step Holy Rank Detoxification Elixir! If it truly had no effect, wouldn’t that imply the poison utilized by the white-clothed youth surpassed this level, reaching an even more formidable degree?