Huo Hu's expression darkened.
He came to a gentle stop. "Medicine is one of the most important components of this world, because the human body cannot endure every pestilence through sheer force of will."
"It's just that... medicine also carries the risk of abuse. The Crimson Family is exactly like that."
Huo Hu lightly touched the pages in his hand. "During the Great Calamity, the Crimson Family acquired a strange talent, which is also their family's sacred artifact."
"[Medicine Scales]—those who possess the bloodline of the sacred artifact's wielder will treat their own flesh-and-blood bodies as the midpoint. Before they completely collapse, medicine's negative effects will not manifest in them. Put simply, as long as Chi Xing keeps tempering his body, his physical tolerance will grow stronger and stronger, driving those of the same bloodline to grow stronger as well."
"[Qunbo Dragon], [Meidino Dragon], [Recovery Dragon]... To give off the aura of so many medicines, that fellow named Chi Nuo is truly absurd."
Zhou Zhi said nothing, merely looking ahead.
Indeed...
That Chi Nuo's strength was terrifying.
His body was both huge and solid.
With hardened spiritual power, he could even split mountains and shatter rocks.
Though he had not been granted a title, he was frighteningly powerful.
"What do you think?"
Zhou Zhi curled his lips and looked at the old man beside him.
Huo Hu watched as his own Plague Exterminators were overwhelmingly suppressed by the Crimson Family, yet his expression remained as usual.
It was just...
"What can I say, President? Consider this old man begging you, will you?"
The ancient one spoke irritably.
Huo Hu was truly a powerhouse who had lived through a thousand years in the world of pestilence. His past had been smooth and glorious, yet in the few months since encountering this