Cold-Blooded Green Scale Snake Venom

Four snake people emerged from the darkness, swishing their tails as they approached Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng.

"You... very good."

The tallest snake-person leader in the middle looked down at Xue Lin. Speaking in clumsy Imperial Language, his yellowed, narrow snake eyes glinted with cunning and mockery.

Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng lowered their heads, their eyes filled with deep pain and guilt.

"Xue, Wang, don't be sad."

The snake-person leader grinned, revealing two rows of sharp teeth. "They'll soon be just like you, loyal to Lord Ig."

Xue Lin clenched his fists tightly, his nails digging into his flesh as his entire body trembled faintly.

As an Imperial soldier, he was not afraid of death.

From the day he enlisted, he had been prepared to die for his country.

Yet despite believing he possessed a will of steel, he had still been ruthlessly broken by the snake people's cruel torture.

He had become the traitor, the human turncoat he despised most.

"Where's the antidote?"

Wang Tiancheng said hoarsely.

The snake-person leader flicked out his tongue and said sinisterly:

"This time was merely a test of your loyalty. Next, follow Lord Ig's arrangements and lure them into Hujian Grand Canyon. Once it's done, the antidote will be given to you."

"Think carefully about what you should say when you see your companions next. I'll be taking these people away."

With a wave of his large hand, the snake-person leader signaled for the nearby snake people to take away those lying on the ground.

Just as the snake people swished their tails and headed toward the Earth Dragon Squad, the snake-person leader's pupils suddenly contracted.

Something was wrong.

There was one person missing from the ground.

Pfft~

A blue laser beam pierced through the back of the snake-person leader's head and emerged from between his brows. His body stiffened, his eyes full of shock.

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Three laser beams followed, blowing the heads off all the remaining snake people.

This sudden turn of events made Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng's bodies shudder as stormy waves rose in their hearts.

They turned around and saw a figure slowly emerging from the shadows.

"It's you!"

When they saw the newcomer's face, Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng's pupils shrank sharply. They immediately turned back to look.

Sure enough, one person was missing from the ground.

"You... how are you okay?"

Xue Lin stammered. The humid air was mixed with poisonous gas created by the Myriad Poison Snake Person—almost colorless and odorless, yet extremely hallucinogenic.

Even a Psionic User's physique would immediately fall into dizziness and unconsciousness after inhaling a small amount of it.

The two of them were unaffected because their bodies contained other toxins injected by the Myriad Poison Snake Person, allowing poison to counter poison and resist the hallucinogenic gas. But how was this guy immune?

Qin Tian looked coldly at the two of them. He had escaped harm partly because the powerful physique granted by [Steel Muscles and Bones] allowed him to rapidly metabolize the poison gas he inhaled. More importantly, the Green Talent [Rapid Recovery] had also played a vital role.

[Name] Rapid Recovery (Green)

[Type] Passive Talent

[Description] Those with this talent possess cellular vitality far surpassing that of ordinary people, granting them powerful self-healing abilities. At the same time, their resistance to all types of toxins is greatly enhanced.

Tap, tap, tap~

Qin Tian walked toward them step by step. His footsteps were crisp, yet they struck their hearts like the drumbeats of death.

Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng went pale. Fine beads of sweat appeared on their foreheads, and their hearts raced as though they were about to leap from their chests.

Tap~

Suddenly, Qin Tian stopped. He pressed the laser gun's muzzle against Xue Lin's temple and said coldly:

"Wake them up, or die!"

The icy gun barrel pressed against his skin, and the air was thick with tension.

For some reason, Xue Lin suddenly calmed down. After a moment of silence, he said:

"They were poisoned by the Myriad Poison Snake Person's gas. Only the Myriad Poison Snake Person can cure this poison."

"He's right."

Wang Tiancheng said hoarsely, "We also have the Myriad Poison Snake Person's poison in our bodies, which is why we're immune to the gas."

Qin Tian stared at them. Only after a long while did he slowly lower his gun and ask, "Where is the Myriad Poison Snake Person?"

"The Myriad Poison Snake Person is a fourth-rank Beast Spirit Warrior. Going after him is no different from seeking death."

Xue Lin said dejectedly, "Notify the Military Department and have them send experts. If we can take down a Myriad Poison Snake Person, then the two of us will have died for a worthy cause—for the Empire."

Xue Lin knew very well that once the Empire's reinforcements arrived, his and Wang Tiancheng's betrayal could no longer be concealed. By then, the two of them would inevitably be sent before a military tribunal.

However, before they ever reached the military tribunal, the Deadly Poison in their bodies would erupt. Either way, they were doomed to die.

"You only need to tell me where the Myriad Poison Snake Person is."

Qin Tian spoke coldly.

He had inhaled some of the poisonous gas earlier and had clearly sensed the damage it caused to the nervous system. If the toxins were not expelled for too long, they would cause irreversible harm to the body.

For Transcendents especially, such damage was unacceptable.

Besides, even if the Military Department's experts could truly arrive quickly, battle was unpredictable.

What if they accidentally killed the Myriad Poison Snake Person? Who would save the Earth Dragon Squad then?

Therefore, he had to find the Myriad Poison Snake Person as soon as possible and seize his snake venom talent.

Xue Lin heard the determination in Qin Tian's voice. After hesitating for a moment, he said:

"The Myriad Poison Snake Person is at the very deepest part of this cave."

"Besides him, there are dozens of Azure Scale Snake People. Going alone is just courting death."

Qin Tian said coldly:

"That is my own decision."

With that, Qin Tian suddenly grabbed Xue Lin's hand and violently twisted it.

Crack—

His palm twisted ninety degrees, and the bones shattered.

"Ah!"

Xue Lin let out a pained scream, but the agony was far from over.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Qin Tian broke both his hands and both his feet.

The intense pain crashed through his nerves like a tidal wave. He hurt so badly that he could no longer make a sound, lying on the ground with his body trembling like a sieve.

"What are you trying to do?"

Wang Tiancheng glared furiously at Qin Tian and roared.

Qin Tian said coldly, "I won't kill you, but I won't let you stay unharmed with my teammates either."

"Also, sparing you doesn't mean I'm soft-hearted. If the information is wrong, the pain you suffer will be ten times, even a hundred times worse than this. I'll make you—"

"Wish you were dead."

Qin Tian's voice was cold, like the biting wind of winter, capable of freezing one's soul.

He did not want to know why Xue Lin and Wang Tiancheng had surrendered to the Orcs, nor did he care whether they had their own hardships. That was for the military tribunal to worry about.

The only thing he cared about was his teammates.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Qin Tian broke Wang Tiancheng's limbs one by one. However, Wang Tiancheng was far tougher than Xue Lin and did not make a sound throughout.

Qin Tian did not let the two continue suffering. With two chops to the neck, he knocked them both unconscious.

Then, Qin Tian dragged his teammates out of the cave to keep them from inhaling more poisonous gas.

Standing before the pitch-black cave entrance, Qin Tian's gaze was deep as a Cold Pool, his thoughts sinking into his mind.

After killing four snake people, he had obtained two new talents.

[Name] Cold-Blooded (White)

[Type] Passive Talent

[Description] Your body temperature changes with the ambient temperature, granting you relatively keen perception of nearby heat sources.

[Name] Green Scale Snake Venom (Green)

[Type] Passive Talent

[Description] Your body can secrete extremely venomous snake venom, while greatly increasing your resistance to toxins.