Li Changfeng's tired eyelids kept drooping. The potent poison had rendered him weak and unconscious, but he stubbornly held on with his strong willpower, refusing to let himself pass out.
"I can't fall down! If I pass out, I'll be close to death!"
Li Changfeng suddenly bit his tongue, the intense pain instantly waking him up. He gritted his teeth and struggled to sit up cross-legged, forcefully circulating his Indestructible Divine Skill to expel the deadly poison from his body bit by bit.
Two hours later.
Li Changfeng breathed a sigh of relief. He saw that the ground was covered with foul-smelling poisonous blood. He had cleaned all the poison from his body, and the bleeding from his wounds had stopped.
Then Li Changfeng slowly stood up and observed the centipede corpse for a moment. "As the saying goes, the more poisonous something is, the better it tastes when soaked in wine. This centipede would be excellent for making wine! If we brought its whole body back, how many pots of wine could we make! Just thinking about it makes my mouth water!"
Li Changfeng's heart stirred slightly, and his thoughts suddenly enveloped the centipede corpse. The centipede corpse shrank dramatically and instantly flew into his Storage Ring.
"Hahaha! Master's Storage Ring is indeed awesome!" Li Changfeng laughed loudly, his face full of joy.
"I never expected that such a centipede corpse could fit inside, and it's even shrunk dozens of times, taking up almost no space at all. It's truly a treasure!" Li Changfeng happily stroked the ring on his finger before preparing to leave.
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Li Changfeng noticed two unidentified round beads on the ground, emitting a chilling poisonous gas. The surrounding flowers and plants were being forcibly corroded by this poisonous gas, which was extremely domineering.
Then Li Changfeng released a burst of true energy from his palm and slowly lifted the cylinder. "This... is this the inner core of Two-Headed Giant Centipede?"
Li Changfeng examined it for a moment, then put it directly into his Storage Ring. "Forget it! I'll ignore it! Anyway, this thing is definitely a treasure!"
"I've wasted so much time! I wonder how that girl is doing. Let's go check on her!" With that, Li Changfeng transformed into a series of afterimages and left the place.
At the same time.
Zhou Zhiruo and Hua Xinglian were in a misty forest, surrounded by wisps of white fog that enveloped them. The fog reduced visibility to a minimum, making it impossible to see anything within five meters, which was extremely dangerous.
The two women walked hand in hand, cautiously and slowly, each step carefully taken as if afraid of suddenly stepping on something terrible.
"Zhiruo! Why did you come to such a dangerous place to train?" Hua Xinglian wanted to say something to relieve the pressure in this tense environment.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Zhiruo's face darkened, and she slowly said, "I want to become stronger, strong enough to keep up with that person's pace! I hope I can help him!"
Hua Xinglian sighed upon hearing this, "What's so good about men! Are they worth all this for? You know the rules of our sect, it won't end well at all, why bother!"
Zhou Zhiruo was slightly surprised upon hearing this, "How did you know he was a man?"
Hua Xinglian sneered upon hearing this, "Most women from sects like ours get into trouble because of men, and I believe you are no exception. However, I advise you to give up and focus on your own cultivation. It's no big deal if you don't have them. We are no worse than other men!"
Zhou Zhiruo's face darkened upon hearing this. "You don't understand! I know perfectly well that this isn't good, but there are some things you can't help but think about. Perhaps you haven't met someone who makes your heart flutter!"
Upon hearing this, Hua Xinglian's eyes flashed with murderous intent. "I will never fall in love with any man. I only have two goals in my heart: one is to become the most outstanding person in the world, and the other is to kill Li Wuyai to avenge my sister! I will not care about anything else!"
Zhou Zhiruo nodded upon hearing this. "I see! So you came here to become stronger too?"
"Not entirely! I came here to find a medicinal herb to treat my sister's Latent Injury!" Hua Xinglian said firmly, her gaze resolute.
Zhou Zhiruo nodded thoughtfully upon hearing this, "I see! What kind of medicinal herb is it? I'll help you!"
"What I'm looking for is the inner core of a powerful poisonous creature. Killing them is very difficult. Are you sure?"
"I'm sure! I'm just here to train, I don't have any other purpose, so I can help you kill these poisonous creatures!"
"Really? Thank you so much, Zhiruo!" Hua Xinglian's eyes lit up with joy as she grasped Zhou Zhiruo's slender hand.
"Of course! You're my best friend, of course I'll help you!"
"Hehe! Thank you, Sister Zhou!"
"Alright! The environment here is extremely harsh, we need to be careful and observe our surroundings!"
No sooner had they finished speaking than a dark shadow suddenly burst out of the white mist, and a foul-smelling maw lunged at the two of them, putting them in a very dangerous situation!
Hua Xinglian was startled upon seeing this and shouted, "Zhiruo! Be careful!!"
Hua Xinglian suddenly pressed Zhou Zhiruo behind her and immediately attacked. Her true energy erupted, and she used the second move of the "Flower Shifting Grafting" technique, "Penetrating Three Points into the Wood". Streams of sharp pink true energy gathered throughout her body, and she struck out with both palms, unleashing a sharp and penetrating eighty-foot-long blue and red palm print.
The palm strike Yin Softness and continuous, like a century-old flowering tree exuding a heavy and powerful aura. Wherever it passed, bursts of air explosions rang out. It suddenly attacked that foul-smelling maw with extremely fierce power!
"Bang--"
A low, booming sound rang out as Hua Xinglian's sharp, penetrating eighty-foot-long blue and red palm print slammed into the stinking maw, smashing it into the ground and creating a large crater. Cracks appeared around the crater like a spider web, demonstrating its extremely domineering power!
A Yin Softness sharp palm strike, like the gnarled roots of a giant tree, forcefully penetrated the unknown monster's body, forcibly creating strands of true energy roots that pierced through the monster's head, drawing out streams of blood.
The monster roared in pain and thrashed about on the ground, revealing the vague outline of a huge crocodile.
Seeing this, Zhou Zhiruo suddenly attacked, unleashing her full inner energy and using the first move of the Emei Swordplay, "Trickling Stream." Streams of Yin Softness, silvery-white inner energy condensed in her sword, and she thrust it out with a sudden strike.
The sword Trickling Stream, seemingly slow but actually extremely fast, unleashing a burst of sharp sword energy like splashes of water. The power Yin Softness yet carried a shockwave, suddenly striking towards the crocodile!
"Sizzle!"
A cutting sound rang out as Zhou Zhiruo's sword energy was sharp and continuous. With a sudden slash, she cut open the crocodile's head. A shockwave exploded in its brain, turning its brain into mush. It lay motionless on the ground, dead!