Murong Taxue's hand had already turned completely pitch-black. Purple-black venom patterns crawled upward along her meridians like living creatures, and everywhere they passed, her once jade-white skin withered and blackened.
The poison spread with terrifying speed. In the blink of an eye, it had consumed her entire arm, and even her shoulder beneath her sleeve faintly exuded a dusky poisonous aura. She tried to circulate the icy power of her Vast Cold Immortal Body to freeze the poison. Extreme cold surged from her dantian, yet the instant it touched the venom patterns, it was swallowed cleanly, like a clay ox sinking into the sea, unable to stir even the faintest ripple.
"Hmph! Useless!"
Gu Qing sneered, the Scarlet Flame Python Whip hanging at her side, its barbs still bearing several drops of undried blood. She tilted up her chin slightly, her phoenix eyes brimming with smug triumph and spite.
"This is the deadly poison of the Ancient Venom Scorpion. No one below the True Monarch Realm can cure it! The more you circulate your icy power, the faster the poison spreads. Murong Taxue, just wait for your meridians to shatter and your fragrant soul to perish, hahaha!"
She suddenly turned her head, her gaze stabbing toward Lu Changsheng, who sat cross-legged not far away, and shouted sharply:
"Two elders, now! Go kill Lu Changsheng!"
"Yes, Miss!"
The gray-robed elder and the burly elder exchanged a glance. Though they still feared Murong Taxue's strength, she had now been struck by deadly poison. This was the perfect opportunity. The two immediately shot forward like twin bolts of lightning, the Ghost-Head Saber and Star Shattering Palm unleashed at once, killing intent laid bare.
Seeing the two rush toward him, Murong Taxue gritted her silver teeth. The Moonlight Sword slammed into the ground as