"Hmm...?"
As Zhen Jiu's words fell, everyone looked startled and uncertain.
"Hehe... take a look at your own right hand." Zhen Jiu looked smugly at Gu Chenfeng.
Following his gaze, everyone's attention settled on the back of Gu Chenfeng's right hand.
A black needle as fine as a hair had pierced the spot where his dark gold astral qi flowed.
Threads of writhing black liquid seeped along the needle into Gu Chenfeng's body and blood.
"Hahaha...!"
Zhen Jiu could not help laughing wildly.
"This is a secret treasure I refined from a venomous fang and various special materials. It contains the Ancient Secret Poison extracted from the bloodline of our Nine-Infant Clan.
"Even a Late Source Venerable Realm expert who is poisoned will suffer damaged meridians, with eighty to ninety percent of their internal power frozen.
"Gu Chenfeng, you're finished."
Zhen Jiu's cold, serpentine eyes remained fixed on Gu Chenfeng, watching several black lines wind along his arm and spread throughout his body.
Zhen Jiu's smile grew colder and more smug, as though he were looking at prey caught in a trap with nowhere to escape.
"You're a target Lord Mingluo specifically ordered killed, yet now you're going to fall into my hands.
"The enormous price I paid wasn't in vain."
Seeing this, the Darkborn Clan's old man and black-robed woman were also overjoyed.
The old man sighed in admiration. "Your Divine Ability is truly extraordinary, Fellow Daoist Zhen Jiu. Even Gu Chenfeng has become your prey!"
The black-robed woman was beside herself with joy as well.
"If we kill him, Lord Mingluo will surely reward you handsomely, Fellow Daoist Zhen Jiu. Even we will bask in your reflected glory."
Jin Kuang and Bai Qi, however, paled at the sight.
"This is bad!"
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