Poison Cultivation

The next day.

Sixty miles east of Qingxiafang, the sea is filled with reefs and towering waves. The sea breeze carries a salty, fishy smell that feels like a knife.

Zhang Sheng leaped through the air and landed first on a huge rock overlooking the water.

Chen Luo followed closely behind, gracefully standing beside him. He raised his hand and lightly patted Chen Luo's shoulder, a wisp of subtle Five Poisons True Qi quietly descending. With a faint smile, he said:

"Brother Zhang, you said Hu Bao set up an ambush here, so why is there no one around? Could something have happened?"

Being touched like this by someone at the sixth level of Qi Refining, Zhang Sheng was already filled with unease.

Earlier, he was unaware that Chen Luo's cultivation had been fully restored and that he had reached the sixth level of Qi Refining, so he could still pretend to be calm;

Now that I know the full extent of the problem, I feel a tightness all over my body and a chill down my spine.

I didn't even sleep well last night.

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid! As long as the plan goes smoothly, Chen Luo will surely die!"

He tried to calm himself down, suppressing his panic, and forced a reply:

"This is the agreed-upon location, there's no doubt about it..."

It seems they are like hidden dragons concealed in the water, lying in wait in the deep abyss, patiently awaiting their opportunity.

"Oh? Is that so?" Chen Luo looked into the other person's eyes with a half-smile.

Zhang Sheng was trembling with fear, almost thinking he was about to attack immediately, and hurriedly said:

"Of course, of course!"

Before the words were finished, a raging wave suddenly appeared, crashing down like a collapsing mountain.

Zhang Sheng shouted, "If we don't act now, when will we?"

With a leap, he plunged into the depths of the waves, and in an instant, he used the force of the water to break free from Chen Luo's side.

As soon as the shout fell, the towering wave was aroused by the magic, condensing into a form and transforming into a giant water spirit python with visible scales and claws, green eyes and fangs. It coiled around the waves, bared its teeth and spat its tongue, and a foul wind swept through the water, fiercely attacking Chen Luo's body!

Chen Luo stood on the reef, his expression cold and aloof, a glint of cold light flashing between his brows. He thought to himself, "How dare you show off your meager skills before an expert?"

"Rotten Cactus!"

He slashed out with a palm strike, secretly channeling his unique Five Poisons Technique into his palm. The palm wind was powerful, and the poisonous energy was hidden within.

The water python formed by magic is an illusion; how can it withstand such powerful true energy?

With a sudden tremor, it instantly scatters into countless droplets of foam, flying in a flurry of raindrops.

Meanwhile, the five poisonous energies hidden in the water drifted with the waves, dissolving into the vast blue ocean, silently laying a poisonous net.

At this moment, the water level was not yet calm, and another huge black net broke through the water behind him, descending from the sky, its spiritual energy surging, trying to trap and kill him.

Chen Luo glanced at it, knowing full well that the magical weapon was sharp and domineering, and he absolutely could not take it head-on.

With a sudden sinking, it plunged into the deep sea, darting down like a fish.

The giant net missed its target and tangled fiercely around the reef. In an instant, a flash of light appeared, and with a cracking sound, the hard reef was crushed into fragments, almost like tofu.

Chen Luo was taken aback. "Luckily, I didn't try to resist, otherwise I would have been subjected to slow slicing and would have certainly died."

Knowing that there were still opponents lurking underwater, he quickly looked around with sharp eyes.

The underwater world was murky and dark, with a few figures vaguely visible. Besides Zhang Sheng, who had disappeared into the water, Hu Bao, along with his two trusted henchmen, A San and A Si, were all lying in ambush.

"Boy, today you'll die in these deep waters, let's see if you dare meddle again!"

Hu Bao's fierce voice swept through the rolling waves as he manipulated the Dragon-Locking Net to once again envelop Chen Luo.

This treasure is a mid-grade first-tier magic weapon. Once it covers an enemy, it can be used to entangle or strangle them.

Entangling can bind and trap enemies, making them tighter the more they struggle;

The strangulation technique can directly cut a person into pieces, making it extremely vicious.

Chen Luo was amused and angered that someone at the third level of Qi Refining would dare to make such boastful remarks. His throat tightened with internal energy.

"You scoundrel, you dare say such a thing?"

He didn't engage in close combat with the others, but instead secretly channeled his inner energy, allowing the poisonous aura of the Five Poisons to dissipate into the seawater. A circle of dark green poisonous halo spread quietly with the dark current, silently permeating the surrounding waters.

Underwater visibility was poor, and seeing that he neither attacked nor defended, but just swam around aimlessly, Hu Bao couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

The pressure from the sixth level of Qi Refining was immense. If he hadn't known that Liu Wei was hiding in the shadows, he wouldn't have dared to even face Chen Luo.

The fact that the other party was acting so haphazardly made him feel even more suspicious.

"What the hell is this bastard doing?"

Unable to figure it out for a moment, he simply gestured to Zhang Sheng and his two subordinates, signaling the three of them to join forces and launch an attack.

At the same time, he activated the Dragon-Locking Net and pounced on Chen Luo again.

Zhang Sheng and A San and A Si had already memorized the plan. Upon seeing the signal, they each took out talismans, their fingertips flashing with spiritual light, ready to unleash their magic to attack from all sides.

Chen Luo looked at the group, a smile involuntarily appearing on his lips.

"Idiots, I'm waiting for the poison to take effect, what are you waiting for?"

Having said that, he leaped out of the water like a blue rainbow piercing the sun, soaring straight into the sky above the sea.

Upon hearing this, Hu Bao and his three companions felt inexplicably flustered.

"Poison? In such a large body of water, what poison wouldn't be diluted?"

Everyone thought he was bluffing and was about to gather their strength to chase after him when suddenly, they felt weak and powerless all over, and their limbs felt like they were being pricked by needles and burned by fire, and a sharp pain came over them.

In an instant, the four men's eyes turned bloodshot, with blood vessels bulging in their eyes, and blackish-red blood seeping from their mouths and noses.

"Oh no...it really is poisonous!"

The four were utterly horrified, never imagining that such a vast ocean could be secretly poisoned, silently invading their bodies and damaging their meridians.

At that moment, he couldn't care about anything else. He used all his remaining strength to float upwards like a madman, wanting only to break out of the water to breathe and detoxify.

No sooner had their heads emerged from the water than four balls of eerie green poisonous fire fell from mid-air, flames carrying a chilling wind and a malevolent light. Each ball covered an area of ​​several feet, overwhelming the sky and pressing down upon them!

"Damn, that's despicable!"

The fire didn't look like a good fire, so none of them dared to take it head-on.

With no other choice, he gritted his teeth, turned over, and once again plunged back into the deep water in a disheveled state.

"Split up and swim out of the toxic water!"

Hu Bao made a quick decision and fled in one direction at full speed.

However, the Five Poisons True Qi merged with "Soft Tendon Flower" and "Bone-Corroding Heart-Rotting Grass" in succession, and only because it was diluted in water did it take effect slowly.

Now that it has invaded the body, how can it be easily withstood?

The more active the four people were, the faster the poison spread. Within three to five breaths, they bled from all seven orifices and died from the poison.

The body floated to the surface, bobbing and swaying with the waves.

In mid-air, watching the four people being poisoned to death, Chen Luofeng rode the wind with a bright smile.

These rotten tomatoes and rotten bird eggs had practiced many spells, but before they could be used, they died.

"What a showy but useless weapon!"

With a disdainful snort, Chen Luo was about to collect his spoils when he slowly descended.

Suddenly!

cluster--!

Suddenly, a cold, sharp light pierced the air, and a fierce force swept through the sky!

A dark, malevolent light shot out from the depths of the vast waves, swift as a meteor, aimed directly at his vital heart!

In the split second between life and death, Chen Luo's mind suddenly tightened, his face changed drastically, and with all his might, he swayed in the air and dodged to the side.

At the same time, a hidden mechanism was activated, and the solid talisman of spiritual light concealed under the sleeve was instantly activated.

With a soft thud, a shimmering white light appeared and vanished in an instant. The spiritual energy of this dignified mid-grade first-level talisman dissipated like smoke in the blink of an eye.

However, after being blocked, the remaining force of the attack was ultimately deflected.

Chen Luo felt a numbness in his arm, followed by a burning pain. A thin line of blood appeared on his arm, and bright red blood gushed out.

"What kind of scoundrel are you!"

He was both shocked and furious, pressing his fingers to his wound and staring intently at the black light.

But the cold light's attack failed, its momentum waned, and it plummeted from the sky.

He moved swiftly through the air, catching the hidden weapon in his palm. Then, he focused his attention and looked around to find the person who had launched the sneak attack.

Then the sea surface rippled, and a figure barely floated to the surface, his eyes bloodshot and his seven orifices covered in black and red bloodstains, barely holding on with his last breath.

The man, in a hoarse voice, growled:

"Chen Luo! You have been poisoned by my bone-corroding and heart-destroying poison!"

This poison is vicious and domineering, and it will corrupt the heart and blood vessels in an instant!

Quickly take the antidote from your body, and we'll exchange lives.

If you persist in your stubbornness, you will succumb to the poison and die in a matter of moments, and then it will be too late for regrets!