Calamity Poison Body Awakens!

The passage was dark and rugged. "Xiao Yan" (Han Feng) fled madly, relying on the last of his Soul Power.

Mu She chased relentlessly from behind, roaring again and again.

At last, a glimmer of light appeared at the end of the passage. It seemed to be another exit!

A vicious glint flashed through "Xiao Yan's" eyes as he suddenly charged out!

Yet outside was not a path to survival, but a cliff!

Below lay an abyss shrouded in clouds and mist!

"Brat, let's see where you can run now!"

Mu She caught up to the cave entrance. Looking at "Xiao Yan" standing at the cliff's edge, he sneered viciously.

"Xiao Yan" turned around and glanced at Mu She. The chill in his gaze inexplicably made even Mu She shudder.

The next moment, "Xiao Yan" leaped off the cliff without hesitation!

Mu She rushed to the edge, only to see that figure swiftly swallowed by the clouds.

His face turned livid, and he slammed a fist into the nearby rock.

"Damn it! You got lucky, brat!"

He did not believe anyone could survive a fall from such a sheer cliff. He merely regretted that he had not personally killed his opponent or obtained the other treasures on that brat.

Over by the stone chamber, Xiao Yi Xian ultimately failed to escape and was captured by the mercenaries.

Seething with rage, Mu She returned to the stone chamber. Seeing the captured Xiao Yi Xian and the room in complete disarray—especially the skeleton and the empty stone box—his expression became terrifyingly grim.

"Search! Turn this place upside down! And take that woman back. Keep a close watch on her!" he said through gritted teeth.

High above the cliff, deep within the clouds.

Gu Long stood in the air with his hands behind his back, watching the rapidly falling figure with an indifferent gaze.

"A cliff... a familiar sort of scene." The corners of his lips curled slightly. "Han Feng, I hope that wisp of your remnant soul can hold on until your 'good disciple' encounters his next 'fortuitous opportunity.'"

He did not intervene. He merely watched as Xiao Yan—or rather, Han Feng—fell like a meteor into that unknown abyss.

This desperate scene, personally orchestrated by him, had finally proceeded along its intended path to the next stage.

Inside a heavily guarded room at the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters.

Xiao Yi Xian sat on a cold stone bed, her hands bound behind her back.

The gentleness had vanished from her delicate face, leaving only humiliation and a trace of despair.

The Seven-Colored Poison Scripture in her arms had long since been confiscated. At this moment, she was like a lamb awaiting slaughter.

The door was violently shoved open, and Mu Li strode inside, his face pale and his eyes lecherous.

He still held the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, casually flipping through it.

"Tsk, tsk. A poison scripture? I never expected a little beauty like you to enjoy studying such sinister things."

Mu Li casually tossed the poison scripture onto the table, his greedy gaze sweeping over Xiao Yi Xian's graceful figure.

"But this young master likes flowers with thorns."

He advanced step by step, a nauseating smile hanging on his face.

"Don't expect anyone to come save you. That brat named Xiao Yan has probably already been smashed into pulp. Be good and submit to this young master. From now on, in Qingshan Town, I'll make sure you eat and drink well."

Xiao Yi Xian's body trembled faintly as she shrank backward, until her back pressed against the cold wall and she had nowhere left to retreat.

She bit her lower lip so hard she nearly drew blood, her eyes filled with hatred.

"You... don't come any closer!" Her voice carried a sob, but it only stirred Mu Li's beastly lust further.

"Hmph, refusing a toast only to drink a forfeit!"

Mu Li lost his patience. He suddenly lunged forward, seized Xiao Yi Xian's arm, and reached with his other hand to tear at her dress.

"Get away!!"

Xiao Yi Xian erupted with unprecedented strength and struggled desperately, her nails leaving several bloody scratches across the back of Mu Li's hand.

"Bitch! You dare scratch me!"

Mu Li cried out in pain and flew into a rage, backhanding Xiao Yi Xian viciously across the face!

Slap!

The sharp sound of the slap echoed through the room.

Xiao Yi Xian's fair cheek instantly swelled red. A trace of blood seeped from the corner of her mouth, her ears rang, and darkness swam before her eyes.

The immense humiliation and pain were like a spark igniting a fuse, instantly detonating some terrifying dormant power deep within her body!

She felt as though something inside her body had shattered!

A cold, violent energy surged wildly from the deepest part of her body like floodwaters bursting through a broken dam!

"Ah—!"

Xiao Yi Xian let out a shrill scream that hardly sounded human. Her once-clear eyes were instantly filled with an eerie grayish-purple hue!

Twisted grayish-purple markings, like venomous snakes, began to emerge across her cheeks, neck, and exposed fair arms!

A dense gray mist, so thick it could not be dispersed, uncontrollably seeped from every pore of her body!

Wherever the mist passed, the moisture in the air instantly evaporated, and even the light dimmed!

"Urgh... you... what kind of monster are you?!"

Mu Li, who had been about to continue his assault, was terrified out of his wits by the sudden change!

A piercing burning pain and numbness spread through the hand gripping Xiao Yi Xian's arm.

He lowered his head and saw that his palm was turning black and rotting at a visible rate!

In horror, he tried to release her and retreat, only to find his body stiff and numb. Breathing became incredibly difficult, as though an invisible hand were strangling his throat!

The gray poison mist wrapped around his body as if it were alive.

His clothes began to corrode, while the parts of his skin that came into contact with the poison mist rapidly blistered, blackened, and necrotized!

Mu Li opened his mouth, wanting to call for help, but could only make raspy, bellows-like sounds. His eyes were filled with utter terror and agony.

In only a few breaths, the young master of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had turned completely black and breathed his last amid the silent torment.

With a thud, he collapsed to the ground. His body still twitched faintly, his death miserable beyond compare.

Yet the poison mist did not stop spreading.

The guards outside heard that something was wrong inside. The moment they pushed open the door, a wave of gray poison mist rushed straight at them!

"Ah!!"

"What is this... save..."

The screams came to an abrupt end. The two guards had no chance to resist before following Mu Li's fate, their bodies blackening as they fell dead.

The poison mist continued to spread, flowing toward the corridor and other areas of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group headquarters!

Every mercenary who came into contact with the poison mist, regardless of cultivation—whether Dou Zhe or Dou Shi—died from the poison within an extremely short time.

The entire headquarters instantly descended into chaos, terrified shrieks and despairing wails rising one after another.

"Poison! It's poison!"

"Run!"

"The young master is dead!"

Inside the room, Xiao Yi Xian stared blankly at her hands, at the swirling gray poison mist, and at the miserable deaths of Mu Li and the others on the ground.

She felt her body filled with unprecedented power, but that power was cold, violent, and full of destruction. It felt strange and terrifying to her.

She did not understand what had happened. She only knew that she seemed to have become a monster.

"The Calamity Poison Body... has finally awakened?"

A calm voice abruptly rang out within the room.