Instant Kill

Zhao Wu's appearance came as something of a surprise to Zhou Feng.

Because he had always heard others address Zhao Wu as Young Master, he had assumed Zhao Wu would look like the scion of some great family.

But that was not the case at all.

Zhao Wu wore simple black martial clothes and had an utterly ordinary face, the kind that would disappear into a crowd.

He was not particularly tall either, standing about a head shorter than an average person.

He even gave off a somewhat honest and simple-minded air.

Judging by his appearance alone, he looked like an honest farm laborer.

Very soon, Zhao Wu made his move.

"Blood-red spiritual power?"

Zhou Feng raised his brow slightly when he saw the color of Zhao Wu's spiritual power.

"So impressive! His Bloodthirsty Demonic Art must have reached perfected mastery of the second layer!"

"Even from this far away, I can feel my own blood qi being tugged!"

"The Blood Gu inside Zhao Wu has evolved quite a few times too!"

"..."

The people nearby began discussing him as well.

Zhao Wu cultivated the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art, and the Gu insect within him was called the Blood Gu.

This was the most orthodox evolutionary path for the Bloodthirsty Gu.

Cultivating the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art made it exceptionally easy to control one's own blood qi, and it also allowed one to manipulate an opponent's blood qi.

When fighting such a cultivator, the most troublesome part was having to constantly keep one's own blood qi under control.

Otherwise, a single Blood Qi Reversal would leave one seriously injured.

Moreover, the Bloodthirsty Demonic Art could devour blood to recover from injuries.

Its survivability was completely maxed out as well.

Seeing this, Zhou Feng noticed a rather interesting pattern.

As long as they belonged to the Bloodthirsty Gu lineage, their recovery and survival abilities were extremely strong.

Most of them also possessed great physical strength, without too many glaring weaknesses in other areas.

As for the Five Poisons Gu lineage, they were more like students who excelled in only one subject.

They devoted all their effort to nurturing their Gu insects.

What puzzled him the most was that, according to the information he had gathered,

in the struggle between the Bloodthirsty Gu lineage and the Five Poisons Gu lineage, the Five Poisons Gu lineage had always held the advantage.

Within the Three Gu Sect, the conflict between the Bloodthirsty Gu lineage and the Five Poisons Gu lineage was extremely severe.

One only had to look at how the two factions had directly divided up the Gu Mountain Range.

There were basically very few people from the Five Poisons Gu lineage where Zhou Feng lived.

If not for the Inner Sect Martial Arts Tournament, he would not have seen so many people from the Five Poisons Gu lineage.

"Could it be because of cultivation costs?"

Although the Bloodthirsty Gu lineage appeared stronger and was formidable in actual combat, their numbers were not large.

In any case, Bitter Bamboo Peak had never had many people. When he had first joined Bitter Bamboo Peak, its numbers had been at their highest.

After several months, there were fewer and fewer people.

He felt that Bitter Bamboo Peak did not even have twenty people left now.

This Martial Arts Tournament gave Zhou Feng an even deeper understanding of the Three Gu Sect.

At the same time, he had seen many things. The only faction that still interested him now was the Sect Master's lineage.

The Three Gu Sect was supposedly founded upon three kinds of Gu insects, so why were there only the Bloodthirsty Gu and Five Poisons Gu?

Where was the Ice Spirit Gu of the Sect Master's lineage?

With the Bloodthirsty Gu and Five Poisons Gu lineages holding such immense power, would they not fight over the position of Sect Master?

All these questions were worth pondering.

"Number ninety-nine!"

Just as Zhou Feng was lost in thought, a voice jolted him awake.

It was his turn to fight!

In that short span of time, many people had already been eliminated.

Because in the Martial Arts Tournament, everyone basically went all out from the very beginning, regardless of how much strength they would have left afterward.

The priority was to eliminate one's opponent. Every place one advanced meant a chance to obtain more cultivation resources.

One might even gain the genuine favor of an elder.

Though there were no elders watching from the stands, every elder had actually sent people into the crowd to observe.

They were looking for promising seedlings to take under their wing.

On the path of cultivation, a genius disciple was also a cultivation resource.

In this world, the relationship between a True Disciple and their master could be even more steadfast than blood ties.

Because the farther one progressed on the path of cultivation, the lonelier and more arduous it became.

Once one broke through to the Spirit Platform Realm, one would clearly feel just how difficult the path of cultivation was.

Without fellow cultivators to support one another, it was difficult to persevere.

Zhou Feng gathered his thoughts and returned to a calm expression.

He slowly walked to the center of the arena.

"Bitter Bamboo Peak? Sure enough, another new face!"

"Yeah! Could he be another Ninth Level of Qi Condensation?"

"Most likely! There is nothing to say about those lunatics from Bitter Bamboo Peak!"

"..."

Seeing Zhou Feng step onto the stage, quite a few people around him had little interest in discussing him.

There was no need to discuss it. The people who emerged from Bitter Bamboo Peak were always different every so often.

And every newcomer who appeared was at the Ninth Level of Qi Condensation. They were simply a bunch of monsters and lunatics.

Zhou Feng ignored all the surrounding chatter and stared intently at his opponent.

His opponent wore black clothes that wrapped around his entire body, even covering his head.

He was probably from the Five Poisons Gu lineage.

"Begin!"

With that single simple word, the battle began immediately.

The moment it started, Zhou Feng's opponent swallowed several pills.

There was no telling what they were.

"Poison?"

Zhou Feng narrowed his eyes as he felt a trace of discomfort in his body.

He had actually been poisoned in that instant?

The Immunity to Poisons passive immediately began working, expelling the traces of poison from his body.

Demon Devouring Combat Method!

Zhou Feng condensed his spiritual power into a long spear.

With a simple throw, it shot forward as fast as lightning.

His opponent reacted swiftly, twisting his body forcefully like a spirit snake before opening his mouth and spewing out a large cloud of Green Smoke.

That was it?

Using poison against me?

Zhou Feng stopped probing. His body became a black shadow as he shot up from the ground.

Ignoring the Green Smoke, he charged before his opponent.

During this process, he could hear his clothes sizzling. Had they been corroded by the Green Smoke?

But the Green Smoke could not break through his Demon Devouring Armor at all.

Close in! One punch!

His opponent's head was knocked sideways. With practiced ease, Zhou Feng twisted it off, then gave it a simple kick.

Zhou Feng won!

There had been no suspense in this battle. The gap in strength between the two sides was simply too great.

His opponent was only at the Fifth Level of Qi Condensation, and all his abilities lay in poison.

Zhou Feng was completely unafraid of ordinary toxins. With his greatest advantage countered, the battle was instantly crushed.

"He is actually not afraid of the poison of the Myriad Poisons Gu? As expected, he is at the Ninth Level of Qi Condensation!"

"That was the Demon Devouring Armor, right? Another monster!"

"..."

Although they knew Bitter Bamboo Peak produced monsters year-round, many people had not expected Zhou Feng to be this strong.

After all, Zhou Feng's opponent had been a disciple of Myriad Poisons Peak.

The Gu insect within him was the Myriad Poisons Gu. He specialized in studying toxins and cultivated poison arts.

Though his direct combat ability was poor, his skill in poisoning was stronger than most. One might be poisoned without even realizing it.

Furthermore, because they cultivated poison arts, the disciples of Myriad Poisons Peak were covered in poison. As long as one got even slightly close, one would be poisoned.

If one clashed with them using spiritual power, their spiritual power itself carried poison, so one would be poisoned instantly as well.

This was why many people in the Martial Arts Tournament did not want to encounter them. Even if they won, they would be disgusted to death.

Yet Zhou Feng had won so cleanly and decisively, and he seemed completely unafraid of the poison of Myriad Poisons Peak.