Poison Water Spirit Pearl!

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

As a series of piercing whistles rang out, the four lackeys charging at Zhao Chen failed to last even a second before crashing heavily to the ground.

A deep bloody gash appeared on each of their necks.

It looked like a sword wound.

"You!"

Seeing this, the blue-clad youth Ao Tang thought his eyes were playing tricks on him. He hurriedly rubbed them, and when he saw that his four lackeys had indeed fallen to the ground, he was utterly shocked.

He had not even seen what had just happened.

He had only heard the whistle of the dead branch in Zhao Chen's hand cutting through the air, and then the four men had fallen.

"Sword wounds? What kind of technique is this!?"

Ao Tang saw the sword marks on their necks, and his pupils contracted. He had not seen Zhao Chen use a sword at all.

For sword wounds to appear, what level of strength did that require!?

"Don't worry. You'll find out soon enough."

Zhao Chen swung the dead branch in his hand and chuckled. "Slash!"

A sharp whistle tore through the air.

A streak of sword light actually bloomed from the dead branch.

The aura around him was even stronger than that of the blue-clad youth Ao Tang.

"You're also a Third-Level Spirit Body!?"

Ao Tang sensed Zhao Chen's aura, and his expression changed drastically. Then he looked at Mu Chen beside him, who also seemed to be a Third-Level Spirit Body.

With things like this, he had no chance of defeating them.

"Your last words are quite simple."

Zhao Chen looked at Ao Tang disdainfully. The other man was already trying to flee.

But how could Zhao Chen let him go?

The dead branch in his hand lashed fiercely toward Ao Tang.

Smack!

Ao Tang's clothes split open at the shoulder, and blood immediately sprayed out.

"Argh!"

The sudden pain made Ao Tang cry out miserably.

However, Zhao Chen did not stop.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

The dead branch struck Ao Tang's body with brutal force.

Before long, his flesh was torn open all over.

"I heard you like Corrosive Poison Water. Then I'll send you on your way."

With that, Zhao Chen kicked Ao Tang squarely in the backside.

Amid his screams, Ao Tang flew helplessly into the river filled with Corrosive Poison Water.

Splash!

The pitch-black Corrosive Poison Water splashed up in an instant.

"Argh!"

The scream abruptly stopped.

Gurgle, gurgle. Thick white smoke rose, carrying a nauseating stench.

Zhao Chen had already taken Ao Tang's Crimson Token and Storage Bag.

At the same time, he looked at the four corpses lying on the ground.

With practiced ease, he took their Crimson Tokens and Storage Bags as well.

Thud!

With several kicks, Zhao Chen sent the four corpses into the Corrosive Poison Water.

Mu Chen was dumbfounded by how cleanly and decisively Zhao Chen had dealt with them.

"Y-you just killed them like that?"

Mu Chen swallowed hard. Ao Tang in particular had been a Third-Level Spirit Body, yet before he had even died, he had been kicked into the Corrosive Poison Water and instantly corroded away by the poison.

To Mu Chen, it was truly shocking.

"Should we have waited for them to kill us?"

Zhao Chen dusted off his hands and merely asked in return.

If he remembered correctly, those people had been the ones who first said they wanted to kill them and throw them into the Corrosive Poison Water to murder them cruelly.

Did enemies deserve mercy?

"..."

Mu Chen was left speechless and could only nod in agreement.

Zhao Chen was right. Ao Tang and the others had wanted to kill them the moment they arrived.

Only because they had discovered that the black mud could hold Corrosive Poison Water had things changed.

Zhao Chen tossed away the dead branch in his hand and said with a smile, "Let's keep following the riverbank and slowly collect the black mud."

After all, there was no need to stay here any longer.

Mu Chen scratched his head. Smelling the foul odor drifting from the Corrosive Poison Water, he frowned and followed Zhao Chen away.

The black mud was only a thin layer. If they wanted to collect enough to hold more Corrosive Poison Water, they could only gather it as they walked along the riverbank.

Ding! Fifteen people killed in total. One sign-in opportunity obtained!

Hearing the system prompt by his ear, Zhao Chen silently said, Sign in!

At the same time, he chatted with Mu Chen and learned about what had happened to him over the past few days.

When Mu Chen had first entered the Spirit Road, he had been transported to a desert.

After a long period of fighting, along with fairly good luck that had allowed him to obtain some precious spiritual herbs, he had only broken through to the Third-Level Spirit Body cultivation level on the day the Life and Death Trial Arena opened.

Ding! Signing in. Sign-in location—Life and Death Trial Arena. Sign-in successful!

Ding! Congratulations, Host, on signing in successfully. Sign-in reward obtained—Poison Water Spirit Pearl!

Zhao Chen's heart stirred as he examined the Poison Water Spirit Pearl that had appeared inside his Mustard Seed Bracelet.

It was a mass of pitch-black liquid contained within something resembling a glass bead.

"Poison water?"

According to the information conveyed by the Poison Water Spirit Pearl, it was also a spirit artifact.

The poison water inside was extremely potent.

It was even more terrifying than the Corrosive Poison Water before them.

Even the corpse of a Sixth-Level Spirit Beast would instantly turn to ash upon touching a single drop.

After thinking it over, Zhao Chen felt that the Poison Water Spirit Pearl probably could not be used often. It was best kept as a trump card.

Only at a critical moment could it produce an extraordinary effect.

This Poison Water Spirit Pearl was fairly decent.

In his view, the value of the poison water inside the Poison Water Spirit Pearl was not especially clear, but the spirit pearl containing it was definitely no ordinary item.

All in all, it was not bad.

"This black mud really can hold Corrosive Poison Water!"

Mu Chen kept collecting black mud and fashioned it into a simple black mud jar. After carefully scooping up a jar of Corrosive Poison Water, he found that it showed no signs of corrosion, and his face was filled with excitement.

A guess was only a guess. Seeing it with his own eyes made it real.

"You can fill up some jars. If you run into stronger spirit beasts, you can use it to catch them off guard."

Seeing this, Zhao Chen smiled.

Now that he had the Poison Water Spirit Pearl, which was even more powerful than Corrosive Poison Water, he was not particularly interested in the Corrosive Poison Water anymore.

"I still need to find two companions. Once you're done, we should go look for them."

During their earlier conversation, Zhao Chen had told Mu Chen about Wu Yingying and Song Yuqing.

So Mu Chen knew what Zhao Chen's current goal was.

Everyone else was working tirelessly to secure one of the top thirty spots.

As for Zhao Chen, he did not need to worry much at all.

The points on the Crimson Tokens from the Guardian Land were still valid and counted toward the rankings.

With over ten thousand points, how could anyone compete with him for first place!

"Alright, I'm done."

Seeing that Zhao Chen had no interest in the Corrosive Poison Water, Mu Chen quickly agreed after filling two jars with it.

He had witnessed Zhao Chen's strength, so he certainly would not separate from him.

Zhao Chen and Mu Chen walked along the river filled with Corrosive Poison Water for a long time.

Along the way, they encountered quite a few people and obtained some scattered information about Wu Yingying and Song Yuqing.

However, they did not encounter anyone as eager to court death as the blue-clad youth Ao Tang.

They had probably already died at someone else's hands.

Mu Chen suddenly stopped and pointed at a snow-covered valley ahead.

"That should be the Profound Ice Valley those people mentioned. Wu Yingying and Song Yuqing may be planning to kill the powerful Ice Crystal Beasts there to earn points!"