Searching the Secret Realm for the Poison Fruit!

The next day, Ye Zichen declined to accompany Poison Fairy. He thought it would be boring.

So only Long Han accompanied Poison Fairy to a secret realm.

As they walked, Long Han asked, "Miss Poison Fairy, why can't you go into the secret realm on your own?"

Poison Fairy replied, "There's a Late-Stage Half-Immortal Corpse Beast in that secret realm, guarding a cave entrance. I can't beat him alone. I'm currently the only Late-Stage Half-Immortal human in the Western Continent. Now that you're here, you can help me draw him away."

The two entered the secret realm wearing veils. Although Long Han said he didn't need one, he couldn't win the argument with Poison Fairy.

Inside the secret realm,

"I didn't expect the poison gas here to be so dense too."

Long Han looked at the green mist filling the air around them. This poison gas could actually penetrate every secret realm.

"Mm, the veils won't hold up for long, half a day at most. We need to hurry."

Poison Fairy quickened her pace toward the depths of the secret realm.

About an hour later, the two finally arrived outside a cave entrance in the deepest part of the secret realm.

There stood a black bear with red eyes. Much of its body was corroded, making it a hideous sight.

"That's the one. Your task is simple. The poison gas here keeps it from dying or being destroyed. You just need to lure it away and keep it occupied for an hour. After an hour, we'll meet at the exit of the secret realm."

Poison Fairy gave him his instructions.

Long Han looked at the Demon Beast, grief and indignation filling his heart.

It should have died long ago, yet because of the poison gas here, it lived on like a walking corpse.

Long Han nodded to Poison Fairy and slowly stepped out of the grass.

"Black bear, you must be in great pain."

Long Han had once been the leader of the Demon Race, and now, seeing the black bear like this, he couldn't bear it.

But it was already dead, so Long Han wouldn't hold back!

The moment the black bear noticed Long Han, it flashed behind him, and its enormous paw came slamming down in an instant.

Long Han dodged swiftly, and a huge, deep crater appeared in the ground.

"Not bad. Now, let our battle begin!"

Full of fighting spirit, Long Han lured the black bear a little farther away, and the two began to fight.

Meanwhile, once Long Han had drawn the black bear away, Poison Fairy quickly flew through the cave entrance and entered.

"The poison gas here didn't penetrate inside!"

Poison Fairy was surprised. It seemed that thing was quite effective at suppressing the poison gas.

"I have to hurry. Someone's still waiting outside."

Quickening her pace, Poison Fairy headed deeper into the thorns.

Inside the cavern, the overgrown weeds near the entrance gave way to tangled thorns farther in.

These thorns were all coated in deadly poison. Anyone below the Half-Immortal realm could be pricked and poisoned to death.

Moving with utmost care, Poison Fairy finally reached the interior. At its very center, a fruit wrapped in a cluster of stamens was radiating its charm.

"That's it, the Hundred Poison Fruit!"

Poison Fairy spotted the fruit and excitedly stepped forward to pick it.

The next moment, all the thorny vines in the cavern began to move, protecting the fruit as they attacked Poison Fairy.

Poison Fairy dodged in time and complained, "Tch! Sure enough, it's not that easy to get."

With that, she went all out, her Late-Stage Half-Immortal cultivation bearing down on the entire area as she prepared to meet them head-on.

"There's not enough time. I'll have to take it by force."

The next second, she charged straight in.

Dodging as she went and crushing the vines she couldn't avoid, Poison Fairy charged right up to the Hundred Poison Fruit and reached out.

"I got it!"

Before Poison Fairy had time to celebrate, the vines in the cavern sensed that the Hundred Poison Fruit had been taken and went wild. The poison gas also began to seep inside.

Poison Fairy reacted swiftly, flying to the exit as fast as she could and leaving the cavern.

Long Han was still fighting the black bear. The bear was immensely strong, and in his current human form, he didn't dare take even one of its punches head-on.

The burly black bear turned out to be a Demon Beast with its attack and agility maxed out. With the boost from the poison gas, it could keep attacking even though it was fragile. How unfair.

"It really is troublesome, but my task is done."

Seeing Poison Fairy emerge behind the black bear, Long Han stopped entangling himself with it. He smashed it apart, then fled the scene in the instant it took to reform its body.

Though the black bear was dead, it couldn't escape the restraints of this place and could only give up.

Half an hour later, the two met at the entrance to the secret realm.

"I didn't expect you to be so skilled. You're in the same realm as that Corpse Beast, yet you beat it until it couldn't fight back."

Poison Fairy patted Long Han on the shoulder, acknowledging his strength.

"You flatter me, Miss Poison Fairy. I was just lucky."

Long Han cupped his hands and replied politely. In truth, if he went all out, it wasn't as if he couldn't fight a Peak Half-Immortal.

He had now fully absorbed the power of the Essence Blood Ye Zichen had fused into him. All he needed was an opportunity to break through to Peak Half-Immortal.

"How many times have I told you? Don't talk so formally. Did you learn that from your poker-faced young master?"

Poison Fairy teased him.

"Please don't talk about the young master so carelessly, Poison Fairy, or you'll suffer for it."

Long Han offered a kindly warning.

It was the truth. If Ye Zichen wanted to, there was nothing in the entire Weiyang Realm he couldn't hear.

"All right, all right, all right, I get it. Your master is incredibly powerful."

Poison Fairy didn't argue any further, and the two slowly made their way back to Poison Control City.

After returning to Poison Control City, Poison Fairy hurried to refine the Hundred Poison Fruit.

Once she refined it, her Poison Control Technique would reach a new level.

And once she broke through to Peak Half-Immortal, she might even be able to fight that Corpse King!

Seven days later, in the same inn.

Poison Fairy treated Ye Zichen and Long Han to a table full of fine food and wine to thank Long Han for his help.

"Young Master, it's all thanks to your servant! Otherwise, the plan to pick the Hundred Poison Fruit might not have been possible for a while yet! I'll drink a toast first!"

Poison Fairy raised her cup and drained it in one gulp.

Ye Zichen merely drank a cup in silence and didn't answer.

"Miss Poison Fairy, what do you plan to do next?"

Long Han took up the conversation and asked.

"I've just finished refining the Hundred Poison Fruit. For now, I'm thinking of expanding the area around Poison Control City where people can move about, clearing the poison gas from the surroundings so the people in the city have a little more room. As for killing the Corpse King and liberating the Western Continent, I'm afraid that won't be done anytime soon."

With the wine giving her courage, Poison Fairy spoke her mind.

Seeing this, Long Han fell silent, leaving Poison Fairy as the only one still making noise at the table.

After a while, once Poison Fairy had fallen asleep, Long Han asked, "Young Master Ye, are we still going to slay the Corpse King?"

"Yes, but not now."

Then he drank a cup of wine and continued, "The real show has only just begun."

Glancing at Poison Fairy, Ye Zichen felt that the real show had only just begun.

The next person might be even more interesting than that Corpse King.