Advancement Comes Fast!

"Phew... phew..."

Zhou Feng clutched his throat and rested for quite a while before he recovered.

That had been far too dangerous. According to his original plan,

he should have relied on the two Passives, Full Charge Slash and Bone Plating, to seize the initiative and take down Senior Brother Zhou in one stroke.

But Senior Brother Zhou's resistance had been far too fierce.

That physical body had been utterly monstrous. Zhou Feng had even punched his intestines out.

He had even used his muscles to lock Zhou Feng's arm in place.

And the strength he unleashed at the very end had been simply overwhelming.

If the Demon Devouring Gu inside him had not given him a hand at the end, they might have remained locked in battle for a long time.

Fortunately, though, his opening move had still played an enormous role.

At the same time, because he had kept getting injured, the defense stacked by the Old Skin Passive had become extremely strong.

Only a bite mark remained on his neck; no flesh had been torn away.

If a chunk of flesh had been ripped from his neck, he would have been in real danger.

"I still lack offensive methods!"

Zhou Feng summed up his current shortcomings.

His greatest problem now was that he had no suitable offensive techniques.

Every attack was just spiritual power coating his fists, relying entirely on physical strength and spiritual power enhancement.

He had to find a martial technique to learn, or perhaps an offensive spell.

Otherwise, his lack of attack power would become even more apparent later on.

Then there was the Combat Instinct Passive. He could not rely on it too heavily.

Combat Instinct was extremely useful. Many times, he could fight directly on instinct.

Not only were his reactions fast enough, but his decisions were also remarkably accurate.

But if his body could not react in time, then it was useless no matter how quickly his mind responded.

Just like earlier, in close combat, there was hardly any time to react at all.

Thus, this Golden Passive, Combat Instinct, had barely been of any use just now.

"I still don't have enough Passive Skills!"

Zhou Feng sighed, then began rummaging through Senior Brother Zhou's belongings.

The most important thing was naturally the Demon Devouring Gu inside Senior Brother Zhou's body.

Once the Demon Devouring Gu was dug out of Senior Brother Zhou's body, the Demon Devouring Gu within Zhou Feng awakened from its feigned death.

Suppressing his nausea, Zhou Feng swallowed the black Demon Devouring Gu whole.

In an instant, an enormous amount of blood qi and spiritual qi exploded within his body.

Having gone through this once before, Zhou Feng remained very calm this time.

He slowly circulated the Demon Devouring Art, converting the massive amount of spiritual qi and blood qi into his own.

At the same time, he glanced at the Skill Panel.

The progress bar on the Skill Panel was full as well.

"Draw!"

At his command,

the Skill Panel began drawing a new Passive Skill.

Immunity to Poisons (Level 1): You can resist most poisons. Once poisoned, your body will expel the toxins through a rejection response.

This new Passive was extremely practical.

He could directly resist most poisons. Didn't that mean he could employ some special tactics?

For some reason, the first thought that came to his mind upon seeing this Passive was poisoning both himself and his enemy.

He possessed this Passive and could resist poisons, but his enemy could not.

That way, he could instantly gain the advantage.

Just as he was thinking that, his stomach began churning.

"Bleurgh..."

A wave of nausea struck Zhou Feng, and he immediately vomited up a pile of stuff.

Several bizarre worms were actually wriggling about in the vomit he had expelled.

The sight instantly stunned him.

Yet it did not end there. His body seemed to have gone into a stress response.

He began vomiting violently, while black fluid seeped out through his pores.

Only after quite some time did the reaction finally stop.

"I was poisoned? And with so many different poisons?"

At this point, no matter how foolish Zhou Feng was, he understood.

He had definitely been poisoned. His body's reaction just now had been detoxifying him.

It had directly expelled a large amount of toxins from his body.

He had only just obtained Immunity to Poisons, yet it had already begun to show its effects.

What was even more frightening was that he had been poisoned with so many toxins, yet he had shown no reaction at all in his daily life.

He had not even felt any discomfort, nor had he noticed anything wrong while cultivating.

That was terrifying!

"Was this poison administered by Senior Disciple Brother?"

There was no need to guess who had poisoned him. Zhou Feng immediately identified Senior Disciple Brother as the culprit.

Only Senior Disciple Brother had had such an opportunity.

Senior Disciple Brother constantly sent him all sorts of cultivation resources. Those resources must have been laced with poison.

He had truly been too careless.

Zhou Feng had understood Senior Disciple Brother's intentions at the time. He was simply raising him like a pig.

So Zhou Feng's approach had been to accept everything. Senior Disciple Brother wanted to raise him like a pig?

Then they would see who the hunter was in the end.

But he had still been too naive. This Senior Disciple Brother appeared to wear all his thoughts on his face.

Yet in truth, he had many hidden schemes.

Perhaps every move Zhou Feng made had long since been under surveillance.

"Good! Let's see who the hunter is in the end!"

After learning this lesson, the last trace of hesitation in Zhou Feng's heart vanished.

None of the people on Bitter Bamboo Peak deserved to remain alive in this world.

His hunting plan had to continue.

"Already at the ninth level of Qi Drawing? That seems a little fast!"

He had devoured Senior Brother Zhou's Demon Devouring Gu, and after checking his own cultivation,

he discovered that he had directly reached the ninth level of Qi Drawing. He could now begin Gathering Qi!

This speed was astonishingly fast. From successfully drawing qi to the ninth level of Qi Drawing,

it seemed to have taken less than a few months!

The Demon Devouring Art truly lived up to its name. Its cultivation speed was simply incredible!

Of course, such rapid cultivation naturally came with many drawbacks.

For example, his spiritual power was now extremely mixed and scattered.

Simply put, the quantity had increased, but the quality was lacking.

At the same time, because he had devoured two Demon Devouring Gu in succession, his spiritual power circulated somewhat unevenly, with an occasional feeling of obstruction.

If it were an ordinary cultivator facing such a situation,

they would immediately slow down and refrain from rushing to break through further.

Instead, they would gradually temper their spiritual power, ensuring it circulated smoothly, then slowly seek another breakthrough after laying a solid foundation.

But Zhou Feng had no such thoughts, because he was cultivating a demonic art.

Wasn't it normal for a demonic art to have flaws?

The greatest advantage of a demonic art was its rapid advancement. Naturally, that advantage had to be carried forward.

Zhou Feng believed in using the strong to crush the weak. He liked suppressing others through cultivation realms, using higher levels to crush lower ones.

Fighting immortals across realms? He did not like that sort of thing.

After all, one's realm was there. No matter how trashy it was, there was still a lower limit.

It was more than enough to deal with ordinary people.

Slowly tempering his realm was simply unrealistic for him.

There were mountains pressing down on his head from every direction, and he was supposed to suppress his cultivation and advance slowly? Impossible!