A Medicine Spirit

"That's only if you catch up!"

Ning Qi glanced back with a cold smile. There were only a dozen or so pursuers behind him, which wasn't actually that many.

The more troublesome issue is that you yourself have been poisoned.

After Ning Qi looked towards the black water area ahead.

Once you reach this area, you usually need the protection of Flying Vessel; it would be very dangerous for an individual.

Firstly, they have to face the Twisted Monsters that may appear at any time, and secondly, they have to deal with the erosion caused by the black water here.

When he first came out, he was protected by Flying Vessel, but now he has put his Flying Vessel away.

If they were to use it, it would mean they would also use Flying Vessel to pursue them.

Then we'll also have to face their powerful crossbows on their Flying Vessel.

If it gets hit, the Flying Vessel will be destroyed.

In this dark water area, the odds are against them.

What to do? Ahead lies the Blackwater area, behind are pursuers.

Both sides were still Meteorite Region, but the situation was unknown, making it difficult for him to run.

So, it's only a matter of time before they catch up.

"Haha, there's no way out now!"

"Where do you think you're going to run now!"

"The Blackwater area is just ahead, kid! You're finished!"

"..."

The pursuers behind them realized that the situation was in their favor, and they began to mock them.

They wanted to take this opportunity to disrupt Ning Qi's decision and create a chance for them to catch up with him.

"Hmph! A clown!"

Ning Qi snorted coldly, then continued to flee towards the Blackwater area.

Meanwhile, his pursuers became even more brazen.

"This is like going to your death."

"Hmph, keep chasing! Once we're out of this Meteorite Region, we can use the Flying Vessel!"

"Good, go for it!"

The group used all their strength to continue pursuing Ning Qi.

He was given no chance to catch his breath.

At this point, Ning Qi was already far from the Meteorite Region; if he continued forward, he would reach the Blackwater area.

Upon arriving here, he had no choice but to take out his Flying Vessel.

After activating the system, he continued to escape in the Flying Vessel, but there was one advantage to being on the Flying Vessel.

That means I can now meditate, but I'll have to face their crossbow attacks.

This prevented him from fully concentrating on dealing with the poisoning.

"Whoosh!"

"Bang!"

"..."

And so, the pursuers behind them began firing relentlessly.

Ning Qi, relying on his anticipation, repeatedly dodged the fire from their Flying Vessel.

"Damn, that's cunning!"

"Keep going, don't let him escape!"

Everyone hated Ning Qi to the core, yet they still couldn't kill him.

This gradually made them anxious.

"Call!"

Ning Qi felt the wind whistling past his ears and glanced at the pursuers behind him.

They continued to relentlessly pursue him, but they had lost their previous arrogance.

Each of them carefully controlled their crossbows and Flying Vessel, firing continuously while relentlessly pursuing their pursuers.

Ning Qi observed his surroundings, trying to find a breakthrough.

Before them stretched vast areas of black water, not a continuous expanse of it.

However, as they ventured deeper, they encountered increasingly larger stretches of blackwater.

In some places, the black water has become a continuous expanse, and if one does not carefully maneuver the Flying Vessel, rushing in will only lead to certain death.

This is formed by the condensation of countless wisps of gray fog, and its erosion on them is devastating.

Upon arriving here, his pursuers slowed down, but Ning Qi maintained his speed.

Gradually, I distanced myself from these people.

"Damn it, is he crazy?"

"If you accidentally get into this black water, you're doomed!"

"Never mind, just keep chasing him. I don't believe he'll dare go inside!"

"..."

The pursuers were hot on their heels, but they had changed their strategy.

They stopped chasing relentlessly and instead scattered like sheep being herded.

They relentlessly pursued Ning Qi, giving him no chance to catch his breath.

At this moment, Ning Qi also felt a headache.

It's not a reaction to poisoning, but rather that the gaps between the adjacent black water areas are getting smaller and smaller.

Some were even fully connected, and we had to force our way through.

Fortunately, the connection points between these areas are not large, so you can get through them with your eyes closed.

However, as they went deeper, the connection point became increasingly solid, and rushing through it was no longer something they could do with their eyes closed.

Many times, Ning Qi had to circulate his internal energy to resist in order to get through it.

This was adding insult to injury for him.

The deadly poison in his body had begun to rage, and he desperately needed a place to recuperate.

To avoid being completely eroded.

"Damn it, isn't he afraid of dying?"

"This is like going to your death in the Blackwater region."

"Once we enter the Blackwater Zone, only giant ships can withstand the damage! Our Flying Vessel won't cut it!"

"What should we do? Should we retreat?"

"No, stay here and guard the place. Let him go in, just don't let him come out!"

"..."

By this time, the pursuers had given up the chase.

The pilots of their Flying Vessel all stopped and watched Ning Qi from a distance.

This easy prize just slipped through their fingers.

At this moment, Ning Qi also noticed that the people behind him had stopped chasing him.

So they gradually slowed down, and looking back, they could barely see them anymore.

"Call!"

I finally breathed a sigh of relief when I got here.

He looked around, observing the situation.

All around, there was black water, which had merged into one.

The previous gap no longer exists.

In other words, he has completely entered the Blackwater area.

His Flying Vessel's protective light barrier was already teetering on the brink of collapse in this blackwater region, and was beginning to falter.

"We can only try and see if the If Water Three Thousand Formation can withstand it."

Ning Qi had no choice but to try anything, even if it seemed hopeless.

Gritting his teeth and persevering, he began to inscribe the Formation on the protective light screen of his Flying Vessel.

At this moment, he completely disregarded the raging poison within his body and meticulously inscribed the Formation step by step.

After several hours, the Flying Vessel was finally covered with Formation.

"Buzz!"

Finally, under Ning Qi's control, they were all activated instantly.

In an instant, a series of powerful pressures erupted from the Flying Vessel's light screen, instantly forcing back the surrounding black water.

This created a vacuum zone in the black water surrounding his Flying Vessel, giving him a chance to catch his breath.

Meanwhile, several dozen feet outside the Flying Vessel, the black water, affected by the Formation pressure of If Water Three Thousand, also dimmed.

"Heaven has eyes."

Ning Qi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the Formation was working.

He directly controlled the Flying Vessel to stop in place and continued to observe the surrounding environment.

The area was a vast expanse of black water, and he had lost his sense of direction.

However, the path we came from can still be vaguely seen.

So Ning Qi quickly took out his Compass and used it to determine his location, making sure he wouldn't get lost.

I was relieved after the location was confirmed.

Continue to observe the situation here; the Twisted Monsters in the Blackwater area are stronger than those in the Gray Fog area.

Even the border area between the two places isn't as strong as this.

If he were to encounter this, given his current physical condition, he would simply be waiting to die.

Ning Qi sighed and began to sit cross-legged to regulate his breathing.

Gradually, I became aware of the situation within my body.

That multicolored glow wasn't actually a glow at all, but rather a radiant light with movement within it.

It was more like countless silver needles, poisoned and injected into his body.

These bright lights, in various colors, were clearly deliberately sprayed with countless amounts of venom to ensure the enemy's survival.

In this situation, survival would be virtually impossible.

"Damn it, I'm not going to give up like this, am I?"

Ning Qi gritted his teeth and cursed.

His body was in complete disarray at this point.

His bones and meridians were so badly damaged that they were like paste, causing him immense pain.

"Call!"

This left him sitting on the deck, trembling all over.

However, all his efforts were in vain; he had tried everything he could, but to no avail, he could not get rid of the poison needles.

Even Boundless Evil Qi was of no use.

Ning Qi meditated there for several hours, but the poison in his body not only did not improve, but became more severe.

"Cough!"

"..."

He coughed several times in succession, spitting out puddles of blood.

The blood sizzled as it fell onto the deck.

It should be noted that the deck of this Flying Vessel is impervious to even black water, yet the poisoned blood he vomited was able to corrode it.

This demonstrates the extreme toxicity of this poison.

If it weren't for his physique, an ordinary person would probably have died long ago.

"That's right!"

Just as Ning Qi was in despair, he suddenly thought of something.

Back in the Alchemy Palace, there were High Antiquity pills left over from the ancient Pill Furnace in that main hall.

At the time, I was studying the Formation in the backyard, so I just put it away and didn't study it.

Looking back now, perhaps it will come in handy.

Ning Qi quickly took out the previous Pill Furnace from his Storage Bag.

He struggled to his feet, supporting himself against the Pill Furnace Pill Furnace, and opened it to look inside.

In the central core area, three pills lay quietly.

It looked completely ordinary, without any ripples, and even the powerful Life Essence of the elixir could not be sensed.

Ning Qi was disappointed.

However, this was his only hope, so he could only endure the excruciating pain and reach inside.

He picked up a pill and gently squeezed it with his hand.

"Call!"

As a gust of wind swept by, it turned directly into ashes and vanished into thin air.

Ning Qi shook his head, picked up another one, and squeezed it again.

This time it didn't turn to ashes, but after the dregs covering it fell off, the pill that was revealed was just an ordinary pill.

Although there were some fluctuations in Life Essence, they had absolutely no effect on him.

A drop in the ocean.

So he focused his attention on the last pill.

This is his only hope right now.

Ning picked it up and gently squeezed it.

"Puff..."

Unsurprisingly, it broke again.

Although it didn't turn to ashes, it was almost like a puddle of mud.

No use, all three are discarded pills, they're completely useless.

Is this how it ends? Ning Qi is unwilling to accept it.

So he took out a dagger and began scraping the inner wall of the Pill Furnace.

I wanted to see if there was any hope left here.

He searched the entire inside of the Pill Furnace, but found nothing.

In a fit of rage, he forcefully stabbed the dagger into the bottom of the inner wall of the Pill Furnace.

"When!"

A crisp sound rang out, carrying a slightly different feel to it.

It wasn't that heavy feeling. Ning Qi's eyes lit up, and he added another blow.

"When!"

Another crisp sound rang out.

This made him even more certain that there was something fishy going on.

So he began to vigorously poke the bottom of the Pill Furnace.

If it weren't for the fact that he was poisoned and unable to exert any strength, the wound would have been opened long ago.

However, even so, through his perseverance, he finally managed to break through this hidden layer.

A Brocade Box was revealed from the bottom of the Pill Furnace.

The Brocade Box emitted a fluorescent glow, and within it surged a powerful Life Essence.

"Medicine!"

Is it an elixir of immortality?

Ning Qi swallowed hard and excitedly took the Brocade Box out of it.

He leaned against the Pill Furnace with difficulty, his breathing becoming rapid.

This was his only hope here. If he had an elixir of immortality, he might have a chance to live. If not, he could only wait to die.

Ning Qi looked at the fluctuations of the Restriction above and immediately activated his Dao Fruit.

It was destroyed in the blink of an eye.

Only one lid remains; once opened, it will determine whether the person is alive or dead.

"Phew!" Ning Qi took a deep breath, then stretched out his hands and opened it.

"Whoosh!"

After it was opened, a powerful Life Essence surged forth.

Make him open his eyes wide and look at the pill in front of him.

It is smooth and lustrous, emitting soft halos.

Ning Qi looked down and discovered that there was a child-like creature curled up inside the pill.

"This is... Medicine Spirit?"

After muttering to himself, Ning Qi reached out and picked up the pill.

With a gentle shake, the baby inside slowly opened its eyes.

Upon seeing Ning Qi, he immediately became wary.

"Who are you!"

The baby questioned Ning Qi in a childish, innocent voice.

"Me? I'm the one who's going to eat you!"

At this critical juncture, Ning Qi couldn't care less about morality.

It's just a Medicine Spirit; once you've taken it, that's fine.

A pill that can produce Medicine Spirit must undoubtedly be a celestial elixir.

As for how long he can hold on, that depends on his own fate.

You're a bad person!

The baby looked terrified upon hearing his words.

She manipulated the elixir, trying to break free from his grasp.

"Hmph, you can't escape."

"Don't worry, you saved my life, I'll remember you!"

Ning Qi shook his head, then took the elixir and was about to put it in his mouth.

"Don't eat me! I can help you get rid of the poison in your body!"

As the Medicine Spirit of the elixir, the infant could naturally see the condition of Ning Qi's body.

Upon hearing that he intended to use himself as an antidote, he quickly said so.

"I'll only give you one chance. If you can convince me, I'll spare your life!"

Ning Qi stopped and looked at Medicine Spirit after hearing her words.

He also knew very well that this elixir could not completely save his life.

Since the Medicine Spirit knows, let's listen to what he has to say. If there is truly a way to save him, then let's spare his life.

There's no longer a need to use him to prolong life.

"The poison you've been afflicted with is the Five-Colored Divine Poison, a type of poison that our Mount Buzhou once possessed."

"I've seen it! It's the most potent poison in the world."

Seeing that Ning Qi was going to let her go, Medicine Spirit spoke to him calmly.

"Let's get down to business!"

Ning Qi squeezed the elixir hard, signaling the Medicine Spirit to stop talking nonsense.