Poisonous? So-so!

"Hiss... Just what kind of monster is that newcomer?"

"One move! Just one move crippled Ma Kui, Sixth Grade Undying Realm cultivator!"

"The Pioneer Team Seven... They accepted an S-rank mission! Are they crazy?!"

The murmurs were like a tidal wave, but everyone deliberately kept their voices down, afraid of disturbing anything.

With the help of his teammates, Ma Kui struggled to his feet. He clutched his right hand, which had been completely crushed, tightly. His face, twisted by excruciating pain and extreme humiliation, was devoid of any arrogance, only filled with deep-seated resentment.

He ignored the stares of everyone around him and just uttered a few words through gritted teeth.

"Chen Feng... Pioneer Team Seven..."

"Go!" he growled at his teammates, his voice hoarse, "Go find my brother!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Mad Rhino Squad, under the complex and awe-inspiring gazes of the veterans, helped their captain and hurried away in a disheveled state.

On the other side, inside the Alloy passageway leading to the war reserve garage, all was silent.

The sense of triumph I had just felt in the hall was gradually replaced by a deeper worry as my adrenaline surged and subsided.

The excitement on Lei Kun, Leng Yan, and Monkey's faces had vanished, replaced by solemnity.

"Brother Chen Feng."

Lei Kun finally stopped in his tracks, his single One-Eye filled with an unprecedented seriousness.

Chen Fan turned around at the sound and gave him an inquiring look.

"You've... gone a bit too far today."

Lei Kun's voice was deep and hoarse.

He organized his thoughts and said in a deep voice, "That Ma Kui is vindictive, but that's not the worst part. He has an older brother named Ma Long, who is the vice-captain of the Frenzied Flame Squad, ranked third overall in our War Zone 450."

The Monkey standing to the side immediately added.

"That guy Ma Long... is a truly ruthless character. His strength is said to have reached the Late Stage of Sixth Grade Undying Realm, and he's extremely protective of his own. If we've crossed him, I'm afraid things will get very bad in the War Zone..."

He didn't dare say the rest, but the meaning was obvious.

Despite the heartfelt concern of his three teammates, Chen Fan did not falter at all, as if he were listening to something trivial.

He calmly spoke after they had finished.

"Knew."

Then, as if remembering something, he turned to look at Lei Kun, his amber eyes clear and serious, without the slightest ripple.

"Our goal is to be number one. If we have to be distracted by even a few stones on the roadside, how can we keep going?"

"Now, focus on the mission."

These seemingly casual yet undeniably confident words acted like a powerful stimulant, instantly dispelling the gloom that had just begun to rise in the hearts of Lei Kun and his companions.

They stared blankly at Chen Fan's youthful face and his eyes, which were so calm they seemed to reflect the entire starry sky.

Yes.

With such a divine being by their side, what evil spirits in the mortal realm could they possibly fear?

After a brief silence, Lei Kun and the other two exchanged glances, each seeing in the other's eyes the rekindled determination and madness.

"Smack!"

Lei Kun suddenly raised his hand and slapped himself hard across the face, the crisp sound echoing in the corridor.

He grinned, his One-Eye blazing with boundless pride, and burst into laughter.

"That's right! Damn it, looking back and forth isn't our style as pioneers!"

"Get him!"

With the huge weight lifted from their hearts, the three of them once again walked with firm and light steps.

Soon, the four arrived at the spatial Teleportation Array. When they reached the S-class mission coordinates, the Black Swamp Insect Nest, a stench mixed with rotting sludge and sulfur almost suffocated them the moment the car door opened.

Before me stretched an endless black swamp.

A layer of yellowish-green toxic fog, strong enough to corrode steel, floated on the viscous mud, severely obstructing visibility.

Countless enormous bubbles churned in the depths of the mud, making gurgling sounds, and each burst released an even denser concentration of poisonous miasma.

The whole world was shrouded in an ominous, deathly silence.

"Everyone is wearing the highest level of protective clothing and oxygen supply equipment! The air here is highly toxic!"

Lei Kun looked at the desolate area Teleportation Array with a solemn expression and immediately gave the order.

Monkey and Leng Yan moved with lightning speed, almost instantly donning their top-level full-coverage protective suits the moment Lei Kun finished speaking. Their heavy helmets locked in place, leaving only their sharp eyes, still gleaming in the dim light, revealing a solemn expression.

Lei Kun quickly equipped himself and then handed a spare set of equipment to Chen Fan. The sound came from behind the mask, with a muffled buzzing tone.

"Put it on! This is no joke, the poisonous fog here can corrode even Sixth Grade Undying Realm body into a puddle of pus!"

However, Chen Fan merely glanced at him calmly and did not take the heavy helmet.

Under the astonished and uncertain gazes of Lei Kun and the other two, he instead stepped forward, facing the almost solidified yellow-green poisonous mist.

Then, I took a deep breath.

"You're insane!"

Lei Kun's One-Eye widened instantly, his soul nearly leaving his body, and he instinctively reached out to pull him back.

Both the Monkey and Leng Yan experienced a sudden stop in their heartbeats and a complete blank in their minds.

This is suicide!

A complete act of suicide!

The highly toxic miasma, capable of corroding everything, surged wildly into Chen Fan's mouth and nose as if a torrent had found an outlet.

However, the horrific scene of flesh dissolving that was expected did not occur.

Lei Kun and the other two watched in disbelief as Chen Fan, after swallowing the deadly poisonous mist, showed no sign of pain on his youthful face; instead, a hint of... enjoyment appeared?

He closed his eyes, as if savoring some exquisite wine, his Adam's apple bobbing slightly.

A few seconds later, he opened his eyes, his amber pupils still clear, and his thin lips parted slightly, giving an assessment that was enough to shatter the worldviews of three veterans from the War Zone.

"The taste is alright, but there are too many impurities."

Before he finished speaking, the 360 drops of Life-and-Death Dao Blood in his body had already quietly begun to circulate. The profound principles of the "Scripture of the 《Myriad Things Life and Death Scripture》" flowed throughout his body, easily refining the poisonous miasma that the outside world regarded as snakes and scorpions into the purest Life Origin the moment it was inhaled, which in turn nourished his limbs and bones.

"This place... is harmless to me."

Chen Fan looked at his three teammates, who were completely Petrification, calmly stated a fact, then ignored them and took the lead, stepping into the churning black swamp.

Lei Kun, Leng Yan, Monkey were like three soulless puppets, with only that one phrase echoing wildly in their minds.

They mechanically lifted their feet and followed.

Then, something even more mind-blowing happened.

Wherever Chen Fan passed, the churning poisonous fog seemed to encounter a king's arrival as a subject, and it voluntarily retreated to both sides, clearing a clean path in front of him.