"Boiling blood fever?"
When Fang Xu heard the term, he vaguely felt he had heard it somewhere before, but could not recall it at the moment. He hurriedly asked Elder Xiong, "Please tell us more about it, Elder."
Elder Xiong said, "This is a Poison Dao plague that the Puppet Dao used hundreds of thousands of years ago. It is a major variant of blood-soul poison."
"You should know that the Puppet Dao has a notorious school called the Gu Poison School, cobbled together by absorbing and blending the achievements of several Dao paths, including the Nether Dao, Blood Dao, Poison Dao, and Soul Dao. This school developed a tremendous variety of viruses and associated pathogenic strains, constantly alternating their use according to the principles of immunity and mutual suppression. Thus, these poisonous substances are collectively known as seasonal plagues."
"These things are akin to an exceedingly minute form of jiaoming. They can propagate within the human body or other things possessing spiritual essence, then spread outward. Should a Puppet Dao Master refine a supreme-grade poisonous strain, it could even unleash disaster and devastation, slaughtering countless living beings."
"But to be specific, every poisonous strain, pathogen, and even the mechanisms by which a plague spreads and takes effect differ. When we encounter them, we often have to expend considerable effort fighting them."
Fang Xu asked, "I see that everyone in the sect is jumping at the cry of the wind and the call of cranes this time. Could it be that even the magic power of High-Rank Cultivators cannot withstand this plague?"
Elder Xiong said, "Judging by what we know now, High-Rank Cultivators should be able to resist it. But history has seen jiaoming poisons that specifically targeted magic power and primordial energy. Many innocent Foundation Establishment cultivators and even