That night, Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan sat on the branch of a great tree in the mountains. Shielded by dense leaves, dressed in black robes, and deliberately concealing their auras, they had nearly merged with the night.
Moreover, night was when many poisonous creatures emerged. Several brightly colored venomous snakes flicked their tongues as they silently climbed up the trunk, baring their fangs at the black-robed figures...
"Tch, these things are really troublesome." Xiao Yan sighed. A ball of invisible fire blazed in his right palm, and the venomous snakes spontaneously ignited, turning to ash that drifted onto the ground.
"But poison-repelling powder has been scattered around the camp. Normally, poisonous creatures like these shouldn't be able to appear here."
Xiao Shuang glanced at the venomous snakes and scorpions lingering near the camp and replied.
"Hehe, there's actually a traitor within the Poison Sect. How interesting." Xiao Yan shook his head with a smile and turned his gaze toward a tent.
Near that tent, a black shadow darted out and rose into the sky like a bird, easily crossing over the poison-repelling powder laid down by the Poison Sect's experts.
A closer look would reveal that the black shadow was a pitch-black centipede with thin wings. At night, such a centipede was indeed difficult to spot.
Even if someone noticed the centipede, they would not find it strange. After all, such poisonous creatures were far too common in the Chu Yun Empire. Of course, Xiao Shuang and Xiao Yan were exceptions.
Suddenly, a slender ice needle shot out and viciously nailed the black centipede to the ground.
Then Xiao Yan chuckled. "Someone's about to give themselves away."
With a grasp through the air, suction emerged from Xiao Yan's hand and pulled the centipede directly into his grasp.
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