God-Devouring Gu Poison!

Ning Chuan opened his eyes. The Purple Spirit Spring around him had dried up completely, and only scraps remained of the Purple Dawn Lotus.

The vast reserves of purple dawn spiritual energy in the Purple Spirit Spring, together with that Purple Dawn Lotus, would have been enough for anyone else to reach the ninth level of the Spirit Sea Realm.

For Ning Chuan, however, they had only barely brought him to the first level of the Spirit Sea Realm.

Yet he had opened a ten-thousand-zhang spirit sea and established a supreme foundation. At just the first level of the Spirit Sea Realm, he already possessed two hundred thousand jin of divine strength, rivaling martial artists at the seventh or eighth level. What formidable combat power!

Such was the heaven-defying power of the Chaos Gods and Devils Art!

Time to leave! The Spirit-Seizing Battle between the Shen and Li Families should be starting soon. This time, I'll definitely give Qian Xun a surprise!

Ning Chuan thought to himself.

He prepared to leave and return to Flame Dragon City.

"Strange. Why are there so many more demonic beasts?"

Ning Chuan frowned, a trace of gravity entering his eyes.

As soon as he left the valley, he sensed something amiss. This was only the outskirts of the Great Wilderness Mountains. Monster-Hunting Martial Artists should have already hunted down most of the demonic beasts here, and there should not have been any powerful ones.

Yet Ning Chuan discovered quite a few more demonic beasts outside the valley. They were not just first-tier beasts, either; there were plenty of second-tier beasts among them.

Terrifying beast roars even shook the forest ahead, carrying an incomparably dreadful aura. They very likely came from third-tier demonic beasts!

Third-tier demonic beasts rivaled Dao Foundation Realm martial artists. They should only have appeared deep within the Great Wilderness Mountains, and they were far beyond what Ning Chuan could handle now.

Something must have happened!

Ning Chuan thought to himself. He suppressed his surging blood and qi, using the dense forest to conceal himself as he slipped silently toward Flame Dragon City.

Boom!

Roar!

Just then, Ning Chuan heard fierce fighting up ahead. The sounds mingled with the roars of demonic beasts, making even the ground tremble slightly.

Amid them, he also heard a little girl crying.

Ning Chuan's heart stirred, and he quietly darted over.

In a dense patch of forest ahead, trees toppled and shattered rocks flew. An imposing old man in black robes, his hair whipping wildly, was locked in a fierce battle with two demonic beasts!

One beast was fiery red all over, covered in crimson scales and resembling a lion made of flames. The other was a leopard, its entire body as black as ink.

A Flame Lion!

A Wind-Chasing Leopard!

Ning Chuan's pupils abruptly contracted. He recognized them at once. Both were third-tier demonic beasts with exceptionally formidable strength!

Not far away, a little girl of about seven or eight was crying, her small face deathly pale and her eyes filled with terror.

The two guards protecting her had already died gruesome deaths. More than a dozen jackals surrounded her, staring at her viciously.

"Luo Luo!"

The old man roared, trying to break through and rescue the little girl, but the Flame Lion and Wind-Chasing Leopard held him fast. He could not get away.

The little girl was about to end up in the jackals' bellies.

Ning Chuan frowned. He had not wanted to meddle, but the sight of the frail little girl stirred a flicker of compassion in him.

As someone who had transmigrated into this world, he still could not bring himself to be so cold and heartless.

They're all first-tier demonic beasts. They won't be hard to deal with!

A sharp glint flashed through Ning Chuan's eyes. Without the slightest hesitation, he shot toward the little girl like lightning.

Boom!

Blood and qi surged throughout his body. Vast spiritual energy poured from his spirit sea into his palms, rumbling like thunder as he unleashed a strike of Thunderclap.

Crack!

Two jackals that had nearly reached the girl had every bone in their bodies shattered by Ning Chuan's palm. They flew sideways and died on the spot.

"Die!"

Ning Chuan's gaze was hard as iron, and his shout burst from his tongue like thunder. He unleashed the Great Wind Thunder Palm, striking as swiftly as lightning as he attacked the jackals.

The jackals stood roughly a zhang tall. All were first-tier demonic beasts, comparable to ninth-level Meridian Opening Realm martial artists, with tough bodies, immense strength, and astonishing speed.

Yet before Ning Chuan, they seemed utterly powerless to resist. Like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep, he killed a jackal with every palm strike.

In the blink of an eye, Ning Chuan had slaughtered all dozen-odd jackals!

"Young man, please take Luo Luo away first! Words cannot express my gratitude. Once I deal with these two brutes, I'll come find you!"

The imposing old man's eyes had nearly split with anguish, believing the little girl was doomed. He had never expected Ning Chuan to charge out so suddenly. Overjoyed, he hurriedly shouted to him.

"Senior, my strength is too meager to handle third-tier demonic beasts. I'll take her away first and wait for you at the Ten-Li Pavilion outside Flame Dragon City!"

Ning Chuan picked up the little girl and spoke quickly to the old man. Then he immediately employed the Wandering Dragon Movement Technique, pushing his speed to its limit. Covering several zhang with each step, he raced toward Flame Dragon City.

Roar! Roar!

Behind him, the two demonic beasts' furious roars shook the forest as another ferocious battle erupted.

Ning Chuan did not know whether the old man could handle two third-tier demonic beasts, but it was not a fight he could intervene in.

Third-tier demonic beasts possess a million jin of divine strength. That old man is a Dao Foundation Realm martial artist. Even if he can't defeat them, he should be able to escape!

Ning Chuan thought to himself.

Holding the little girl, he sped through one dense stretch of forest after another like the wind chasing lightning. Before long, he reached the Ten-Li Pavilion near Flame Dragon City.

He was beyond the Great Wilderness Mountains now, and Ning Chuan breathed a sigh of relief.

"Big brother, thank you for saving me!"

The little girl in his arms looked at Ning Chuan timidly, her eyes full of gratitude.

"You're welcome. Are you all right?"

Ning Chuan smiled gently and set Luo Luo down.

"I'm all right! Big brother..."

Luo Luo shook her head. But just as she was about to say something, several black lines appeared eerily between her brows. Her whole body shuddered, and she fainted.

Those black lines were profoundly sinister, spreading like poisonous insects. Even Ning Chuan's expression changed sharply at the sight.

"This is... God-Devouring Gu Poison?!"

Ning Chuan hurriedly laid Luo Luo on the ground. Without hesitation, he sent the silver needles at his waist flying out. Thirteen needles landed with unerring accuracy in the acupoints on Luo Luo's head. At the same time, strands of spiritual energy flowed into them, forming a great net to seal off the black lines.

God-devouring gu poison was an exceptionally potent and cruel gu poison. It devoured the soul and consumed vitality, entrenched itself between its host's brows, and was extremely difficult to remove.

Ordinary spiritual pills were not merely useless against god-devouring gu poison; they would instead become nourishment for it.

Ning Chuan had never imagined that someone would implant god-devouring gu poison in this little girl. Who could have been so cruel?

Even Ning Chuan had no confidence that he could remove the god-devouring gu poison now. But this was an emergency. The poison had erupted, and if he could not bring it under control in time, Luo Luo would surely die!

Ning Chuan's gaze grew intensely grave. Drawing on his immense mental power, he employed the Thirteen Life-Taking Needles, trying to bring the god-devouring gu poison under control first!