Poison Master's Curse

Poison Master's Curse

With Xiao Lin's strike, the earth shook and the mountains trembled as more than a dozen Dou Lings and a hundred Da Dou Shis died without so much as a ripple.

This force, which could originally have been used against a Dou King, was as fragile as children before a Dou Emperor.

It had to be said that the gap between Dou Lings, Da Dou Shis, and Dou Emperors was truly immense.

After all, among the nations of the Northwest Continent, if Dou Kings were considered second-rate peak experts, then Dou Emperors were true top-tier powerhouses, beings capable of ruling an entire region.

As for Dou Zongs above them, they were already exceedingly rare and generally did not involve themselves in worldly affairs.

Therefore, apart from the Central Continent, a Dou Emperor could be considered a powerhouse on any continent.

Just like now, after Xiao Lin used the power of a Dou Emperor, these dozens of Dou Lings and over a hundred Da Dou Shis could be wiped out with the turn of a hand.

And this was not even Xiao Lin's full strength.

At most, it was equivalent to a casual strike from a Dou Emperor.

"H-how could this be?"

At this moment, the Eight-Star Dou Ling from the Cloud Empire whom Xiao Lin had deliberately spared was utterly dumbfounded.

One strike. It had truly taken only one strike!

So many of them had died, leaving only him alive?

Right now, he had no doubt that if that mysterious man wished it, he too would be unable to escape death.

At that moment, he understood that his life was no longer in his own hands.

Judging from that mysterious man's attack just now, the other party was at least a peak Dou King, perhaps even a Dou Emperor.

Before an expert of such strength, an Eight-Star Dou Ling like him was simply insignificant.

Therefore, before the other party made a move against him, he felt that he ought to leave behind some insurance.

That way, even if he died, he could still leave useful information for the Cloud Empire!

With that in mind, he directly took out a specially made pill from his robes and swallowed it without hesitation.

Do not misunderstand. This was not some pill that enhanced one's strength. No matter how heaven-defying a pill might be, it could never bridge the gap in strength between himself and that mysterious man.

Likewise, it was not poison meant for suicide. As long as he could live, he had no intention of dying a heroic death.

The pill's sole purpose was to make the person who killed him become tainted with his scent.

Ordinary people could not smell this scent. Only poison masters stronger than himself could use special methods to draw it out.

This was a customary method among many who cultivated Poison Dou Qi.

That was why the poison masters of the Cloud Empire struck such fear into people's hearts.

It was not merely the fearsome reputation brought by Poison Dou Qi, but also their ability to mark those who killed them!

Once a poison master with some standing in the Cloud Empire was killed, it often led to a whole crowd of people coming after the murderer to avenge him.

At this moment, this Eight-Star Dou Ling poison master of the Cloud Empire was preparing exactly that move.

Indeed, he was no match for this mysterious man.

But even if he died, he would not let the mysterious man before him have it easy.

Once he died, countless poison masters in the Cloud Empire who knew him would seek revenge for him.

However, this Eight-Star Dou Ling poison master from the Cloud Empire had no idea that every one of his actions had fallen into Xiao Lin's eyes.

Rather, this was exactly what Xiao Lin wanted to see!

Do not forget, Xiao Lin had merely awakened his Past-Life Wisdom; he had not just transmigrated.

With twenty years of life experience, and with the Jia Ma Empire and Cloud Empire constantly at war, how could he possibly not know some of the poison masters' methods?

Naturally, that included this method of marking the person who killed them!

"Heh. I hope you won't disappoint me."

Seeing the Eight-Star Dou Ling swallow an unknown pill, Xiao Lin smiled and muttered softly.

At this moment, Xiao Lin looked nothing like someone who had just wiped out more than a hundred people with the turn of a hand. Beneath his black face covering, the curve at the corner of his mouth could not be suppressed.

Because everything before him was progressing according to his plan.

"Phew... Friend, I do not know who you are. Perhaps you are reinforcements invited by the Jia Ma Empire. But I advise you not to continue meddling in the war between our two nations. Otherwise, even if you are a Dou Emperor, you will not be able to bear our wrath!"

Though he was speaking fiercely, this Eight-Star Dou Ling was clearly putting on a brave face.

Naturally, Xiao Lin did not take it to heart.

"From the sound of it, is there still room for reconciliation between us? After I killed so many of your Cloud Empire's people, would you truly let it go without pursuing the matter?

Do you believe that yourself?"

After that string of questions, the Eight-Star Dou Ling from the Cloud Empire fell silent as well.

At this point, he truly could not bring himself to claim that the Cloud Empire would not pursue this matter any further.

Moreover, if he survived, he would certainly report today's events!

By then, not only the Cloud Empire's imperial family, but even the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect would send people to hunt down the other party.

It could be said that from the moment Xiao Lin made his move, regardless of his identity, reconciliation between the two sides had become impossible.

"What? Nothing to say now? Then please, go die!"

Since the other party had already swallowed that special pill, Xiao Lin naturally had no intention of keeping him alive any longer.

"Damn it! Even if you truly are a Dou Emperor, you cannot control my fate! One day, the Cloud Empire's experts will come and kill you, avenging us!

Now, accept my final curse!"

As the Eight-Star Dou Ling from the Cloud Empire finished speaking, his body began to swell.

"Self-destruction?"

Even though he had seen through what the other party intended to do, Xiao Lin remained completely calm.

It was merely a Dou Ling self-destruction. It might cause some trouble for a Dou King, but for Xiao Lin, who possessed the cultivation of a Dou Emperor and Heavenly Realm Soul Power, it was nothing at all.

Rumble!

Finally, once the body of the Eight-Star Dou Ling poison master from the Cloud Empire had expanded to a certain extent, he exploded.

Along with the powerful shockwave came a cloud of purple mist carrying a faint scent of blood, enveloping Xiao Lin from head to toe.

Besides allowing themselves to plant a mark when they were killed, poison masters of the Cloud Empire could also plant such a mark through self-destruction.

The key lay in this blood-scented purple mist.

However, just as the blood-scented purple mist was about to envelop Xiao Lin, azure starlight surfaced across his body, isolating the purple mist outside his skin.

Astral Dou Qi's property of resisting all methods instantly came into play.

Because of Astral Dou Qi's unique nature, Xiao Lin was not worried about being marked by the poison masters of the Cloud Empire.

At the same time, another enormous palm gleaming with starlight appeared from thin air and seized the purple mist produced by the Eight-Star Dou Ling poison master's self-destruction.

As the stellar giant palm closed, the cloud of purple mist condensed into a sphere the size of a fist.

Faint starlight shimmered across the sphere's surface.

"With this, everything is ready. All that remains is the east wind."

Turning the purple sphere that glimmered with faint starlight in his hand, Xiao Lin knew that his plan was already more than half complete.

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