Across Gloomwind Gorge, Luck at Every Turn

No one had ever crossed Gloomwind Gorge. At least, Huo Hai and the others had never heard of anyone doing it. With poison that potent, even someone in the Spirit General Realm could not hope to pass through unharmed without a way to counter it.

Aside from Huo Hai's group, probably no one had ever truly reached the heart of Gloomwind Gorge, much less crossed it. No one knew what lay on the other side. Rumor held that nine out of ten people who entered the gorge never came out alive. Thinking about it now, those who had survived surely had not gone deep or stayed long.

As for whether poison lingered in their bodies afterward, or what effects it might have had, none of them knew.

The six of them passed through the gorge's heart and hurried onward. As they put more distance between themselves and the Poison Spirit Stone Vein, the poison in the air gradually weakened.

Huo Hai and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief. The vein was only a small one, yet the poison in its stones was fierce. Even if someone beat Pang Xing and the others to death, they would never want to come back to a place this dangerous.

"They're all liars! They said this was the likeliest place to find an Icefire Bird. How could one live in a godforsaken valley like this?" As the poison thinned, Pang Xing could finally speak freely. The moment he opened his mouth, he began cursing the people who had reported the Icefire Bird. Huo Hai's expression turned awkward.

"Actually, I was the one who sold that Icefire Bird feather. I used a special method to kill it, but I didn't tell them the truth." Everyone's eyes widened at Huo Hai's words.

Then Pang