When Tian Zhiyun stepped into the swamp, she almost fainted from the pungent miasma. She quickly took a sachet from her waist, brought it to her nose, and the Yakumi inside instantly overpowered the stench of the miasma—this was her specially made " Miasma-Clearing Powder," which could neutralize hundreds of poisons.
The mud beneath her feet was bottomless, and with each step she sank half a foot. From time to time, vines with poisonous thorns would emerge from the mud, and if you were pricked, your skin would immediately swell and blister. Tian Zhiyun, however, did not care at all. Her Taijutsu were the strongest among the six women of the Ten Family. She walked on the mud as if it were flat ground, and if any vines attacked, she would cut them off with a wave of her hand.
" Tsubasa said there's ' Hell Poison Dragon Grass ' here, which can be used to refine pills that help one break through realms." She walked along, observing the plants around her. The plants in the Poison Miasma Prison all grew in strange shapes; some bloomed with skull-shaped flowers, while others had fangs growing along the edges of their leaves. The spores floating in the air could instantly corrode a small pit when they landed on the ground.
In the center of a muddy swamp emanating purple miasma, she finally found her target—a Poison Dragon Grass with seven leaves shaped like a dragon, each leaf adorned with a black dewdrop, the key to refining the elixir. Just as she reached out to pluck it, the mud suddenly boiled, and a Poison Oni Flood Dragon with countless tentacles emerged from the mud, its poisonous thorns gleaming eerily.
"As expected, there's a guardian beast." Tian Zhiyun took out a small jade bottle from her sleeve and tossed it into the air. The liquid inside splashed onto the Poison Oni Flood Dragon, which let out a painful hiss as the poisonous spikes on its tentacles began to melt. "This is my ' Poison-Dissolving Water,' made from a hundred kinds of poisons. Perfect for dealing with you."
Taking advantage of the moment, she rushed to the Poison Dragon Grass, carefully plucked the dewdrops from the leaves, and put them into another jade bottle. The Poison Dragon, enduring excruciating pain, pounced, but Tian Zhiyun had already leaped into the air on a vine, holding a "poison crystal" she had taken from the Poison Dragon's lair—this thing, though highly poisonous, was an excellent material for refining certain elixirs.
A growing hiss echoed from the depths of the swamp, as if more venomous dragons had been alerted. Tian Zhiyun stuffed the jade bottle and poison crystal into her cloth bag, then turned and ran towards the spatial node. She glanced back at the boiling mud pit, a smile playing on her lips—this harvest was far greater than she had anticipated.
The path to the spatial node was ten times more difficult than the way there. When the Poison Oni Flood Dragon was causing trouble, it stirred up the mud, and the originally sturdy vines were washed away. Blood-red bubbles would occasionally rise from the mud underfoot, and when they were broken, a sweet and cloying poisonous gas would waft out—much more poisonous than the miasma before. Even the Yakumi of the Miasma-Clearing Powder couldn't suppress it. Tian Zhiyun quickly squeezed the sachet tightly to avoid coughing from the fumes.
Hiss--
Suddenly, dense hissing erupted from all directions. It wasn't the sound of the venomous dragon; it was sharper and more shrill, like countless poisonous insects crawling across the grass. Tian Zhiyun stopped abruptly and turned her head. The hairs on the back of her neck stood on end instantly—the swamp, which had been empty just moments before, was now filled with green Kageko.
They are the Hell Poison Oni Clan.
At the forefront were some half-human-sized green imps, their bodies covered in sticky green skin, clutching poisoned bone spears, their murky yellow eyes fixed intently on her; behind them were ghost generals, half a head taller than the green imps, their green skin covered in black poisonous scabs, some carrying poisonous forks, others with wrist-thick poisonous vines wrapped around their waists, and blood-dripping fangs in their mouths; further away, in the miasma deep within the swamp stood ten dark figures, a head taller than the ghost generals, their bodies enveloped in a thick, impenetrable poisonous mist—were they ghost commanders? No, she counted, there were at least a hundred.
Behind the Ghost General, five enormous creatures slowly rose from the mud. The one on the left had three heads, each face dripping with green venom; the one on the right had no feet, its lower body a writhing venom sac covered in countless poisonous spikes; the three in the middle were even more terrifying: one was covered in venomous tumors with skull-shaped flowers blooming on them, one carried a venomous dragon skeleton as a weapon, and the thinnest of them all had six arms, each holding a different poisonous weapon.
" The Five Poison Oni Kings..." Tian Zhiyun's apple bobbed, and her grip on the sachet tightened. These five Poison Oni Clan were the overlords of the Poison Miasma Prison, having lived for nearly 20,000 years. Not only were they covered in poison, but they also knew how to use combined attacks.
The middle face of the three-headed demon king opened its mouth, its voice hissing like venom dripping onto stone. "Human little girl, daring to touch my Poisonous Dragon, and even stealing the Poison Dragon Grass Spirit Pearl... are you tired of living?"
The Poison Sac Oni King chuckled, its lower body's poison sacs swaying, dropping a few drops of venom that sizzled and burned small craters into the mud. "She has a scent that counteracts poison... Perfect, if I capture her and extract her juice to soak in poisonous herbs, maybe I can cultivate an even stronger miasma."
Tian Zhiyun didn't reply, but quietly Hand Seals to summon her armor, which was Tianyi's Tsubasa. Just as she finished forming a few seals, the Six-Armed Oni King suddenly moved, simultaneously unleashing a poisonous thread from each of its six hands. The thread shot over like an arrow, carrying a sweet and pungent stench of poison.
"Well done!" Tian Zhiyun advanced instead of retreating, countless silver-gray armor plates flew up, climbing up her arms and legs, and in the blink of an eye, they formed a set of armor—the armor plates were engraved with Tsubasa's specially made runes, and a dark purple gem was embedded in her chest, which lit up as soon as it touched her Chakra, and the barrier forced the surrounding poisonous gas back half a foot.
This is the " Poison-Repelling Battle Armor." Tsubasa knew she was going to venture into the Poison Miasma Prison, so he specially crafted it. Various barriers were mixed into the armor plates, so ordinary poisons couldn't get close to her at all.
The poisonous thread struck the armor's barrier and snapped in two with a "crack," leaving not even a white mark. The Six-Armed Oni King paused, then narrowed all six of his eyes. "Interesting..."
"The most interesting part is yet to come." Tian Zhiyun took out a small jade bottle from her sleeve and poured Poison-Dissolving Water into her palm—leftover from dealing with the Poison Oni Flood Dragon. She smeared the Poison-Dissolving Water on the gauntlets of her armor, and the runes on her palm shone even brighter. Then she took two steps back, stood firmly with her feet apart, and formed a hand Hand Seals.
" Taijutsu, Eight Gates Released Formation... Gate of Opening, open! Gate of Healing, open! Gate of Life, open! Gate of Pain, open! Gate of Limit, open! Gate of View, open! Gate of Wonder, open!"
With each shout, her Chakra surged, until finally, when the Gate of Wonder " opened, her Chakra exploded like flames, dispelling the surrounding miasma and even scorching the mud beneath her feet. Her eyes turned blood red, her hair stood on end, and veins bulged on her face—opening the Gate of Wonder in the Eight Gates Released Formation was already the limit; opening the Gate of Death would result in either death or crippling injury. But to deal with the current situation, she needed to be ruthless to withstand it.
"What kind of technique is this?" The Tumor Oni King frowned, and the skull flowers on his body suddenly bloomed even larger, spewing out a stream of dark green miasma that rushed straight towards Tian Zhiyun.
Tian Zhiyun didn't dodge, charging straight into the miasma. The gem on her armor's chest shone blindingly, and the Chakra the moment it reached her. She rushed into the pile of demon generals, her fist crackling with Chakra —a punch that slammed into the chest of the foremost demon general. The demon general's green skin instantly exploded, black poisonous blood splattering everywhere, and its body went limp with a "plop," turning into a pool of venom.
"Kill!" The surrounding ghost generals and lesser ghosts surged forward like madmen, attacking her with poisonous forks, bone spears, and poisonous vines. Tian Zhiyun weaved through the ghost horde like a gust of wind, her fists, knees, and elbows all becoming weapons, each strike accompanied by Sky Splitter. A ghost general raised a poisonous fork to stab her in the back, but she whirled around and slammed her elbow backward, striking the ghost general squarely in the neck. The ghost general's head snapped off with a "crack," rolling into the mud, where it was instantly devoured by poisoned fish and shrimp, leaving only bones.
Seeing her ferocity, the hundred ghost generals also moved. One of them threw out a poison net, trying to trap her. Tian Zhiyun leaped up, somersaulted in the air, and stomped her feet on the poison net. Chakra flowed into the net from the soles of her feet, and the net shattered with a "boom," splattering fragments and poison all over the surrounding ghost generals, causing them to howl in pain.
" Konoha Divine Dragon!" she shouted in the air, her hands rapidly Hand Seals. Chakra condensed behind her into a gigantic dragon shadow—its body was pale blue, its scales shimmering with Chakra light, and it spewed scorching air from its mouth. She charged down along the dragon shadow, which crashed into the horde of demon generals with a roar, "Aow!" The tornado- Tornado force tore apart demon generals one by one, and a sweep of its tail swept away a whole swarm of the Oni Clan. The scorching air sizzled as it burned the poisonous mist, scalding off the scabs on many demon generals' bodies.