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The Poison Domain was layered, Chen Qing knew the deeper one ventured, the more severe the poisoning would become. However, in their poisoned state, they dared not flee outside, as the "woman" who had deceived them would surely attack them there!

Caught between a rock and a hard place, the situation had become unchangeable. Now, they could only follow the opposition’s wishes and wager it all on this clash...

"Has it come to this?"

In the midst of the toxic miasma, the man in black slowly raised his head, though part of the same split entity, he looked nothing like the lad dressed as a woman: sunny and tall, with a tough-looking face, clearly a sturdy man.

It was said that the split depended on the conflicting psychology of the individuals. At a glance, this man’s personality seemed different from that of the sly "woman", but Chen Qing dared not gamble and had to strike with full force immediately!

"Sorry, brother, I’ve got no choice!"

Chen Qing’s words of helplessness communicated some mental preparation to the other party.

This fellow was swift, but his overall strength was far less than his twin. Considering his character, he was probably not the cooperative type, but rather someone forced into this...

The grave expression on the man in black’s face grew more intense; judging from the speed of the other’s arrival and the energy bursting from him, he should be at the first stage of the Extraordinary Level, belonging to the lower ranks of the ancient forces.

It seemed his initial guess was right—something had gone awry in the outside world, and the monopoly previously held by those figures may have faced a complete upheaval.

Otherwise, with such capabilities, the opponent would never have the chance to approach his Land of Seals.

However, he would not be careless. His physical and Spiritual Power were at their limits.

Even when facing an adversary of this caliber, he was at risk of defeat, and the key was he couldn’t afford to win at too great a cost, or else his twin would pounce on him like a wolf targeting his weakened state!

Without hesitation, he ruptured a poison sac within his body!

The moment Chen Qing came within a hundred meters, a bizarre and chilling force erupted from the man in black’s body, turning the entire space grey-white with shadows, so deathly still that not even the air moved!

Witnessing all of this from not too far away, Elder Tianji’s pupils shrank violently, his mouth opened to warn Chen Qing to be careful.

This poison was practically erasing all traces of life, far more fearsome than Mister Five Poison’s spirit-consuming toxin he had encountered before.

The likelihood of even a hint of contact damaging his spirit was so high that his sense of danger peaked instantaneously at the emergence of the opponent’s poison; this sensation of soul-deep alarm and resistance was something he had only felt when he accompanied the King of Qin and drew close to the profound abyssal ice!

But with the speed Chen Qing was currently exhibiting, it was evidently beyond the reach of Tianji’s voice.

He plunged headlong into that silent darkness in almost an instant!

From a mountain hundreds of miles away, Sparrow Bee, peering through some sort of device, was also slightly taken aback. He hadn’t expected this Chen Qing to be so rash?

From initial observation to their exchanges, this man had always seemed to be the meticulous and stable type...

But this was good, too; forcing the other to break a poison sac was at least not in vain after all the effort he had put into laying the trap.

The four of them knew each other’s Divine Skills through and through.

He was naturally aware of Bai Feng’s capabilities—Bai Feng had a unique physique capable of storing poison sacs, which could seal powerful Technique formulas, allowing him to use Extraordinary Level Techniques instantly without forming seals!

This was why he had always refrained from delivering a fatal blow; in fact, he had eliminated the other two ten years ago, with only Bai Feng remaining, surviving against all odds with his unique talents for an entire decade!

Now with the barrier on the brink of collapse, once shattered, the other party would have the chance to seek refuge with another power.

It was the best moment to reclaim all of his Divine Skills, but precisely because of Bai Feng’s unique talent, like a hedgehog, he couldn’t bring himself to strike a deadly blow!

What he feared the most was the possibility that the other still held poison sacs...

In these ten years, he had exhausted all sorts of methods, making the other use more than ten poison sacs without giving him a chance to breathe or recover. The reason he went to such lengths to deceive Chen Qing into clashing was to gauge how many poison sacs the other really had left.

Yet unexpectedly, when faced with the sudden assault by a stranger like Chen Qing, he had decisively used a poison sac.

This made his heart sink; he knew the other might be merely bluffing, feigning bravery to lead him to believe that there were still many poison sacs left, but he couldn’t take the gamble—what if there really were many?

Every attempt at probing would see him recuperating from poison for over a decade. With the barrier about to collapse, he had no idea what the situation was like outside. Why would he risk being poisoned and injured?

However, Chen Qing’s actions took him by surprise. This fellow dared to rush head-on into such potent toxins?

Did he have some preparation, or was he just naive?

These two were newcomers, clearly weaklings from the first generation.

Although Chen Qing possessed the power of the Dragon Palace, he had not reached the Dragon King level.

In his eyes, Chen Qing was not worthy of attention.

If he claimed to have a way to counter Bai Feng’s poison, he was somewhat incredulous. Was Chen Qing really that foolish?

As he pondered, Chen Qing had already dashed into the dark aura!

A powerful surge of wind enveloped his body, compressing into a beam of azure light, making a tearing roar around Chen Qing, as if to rip the very space apart.

"Divine Wind Technique?"

Bai Feng frowned, but then smirked inwardly. If his poison could be warded off by elemental power, he would have died countless times over these ten years targeted by it!

As expected, the concentrated whirlwind around Chen Qing could not disperse the surrounding toxins at all. The poison, like a beam of light, blackened the winds around Chen Qing the instant it made contact. The powerful winds seemed to be infected, growing weaker and weaker...

Seeing this, Sparrow Bee frowned from a distance. Was it an illusion?

Was this the extent of this fellow’s capabilities?

His divinations should not have been wrong; that fellow possessed a power that could even threaten him. How could he be performing so poorly here?

Elder Tianji’s face turned ashen. This kid had seemed so shrewd before, so why had he suddenly become so reckless? Now they were really in trouble!

If his spiritual body was injured by this poison, it was feared that much of his reincarnated memory would be lost; it wasn’t even certain if he could remember he was a player, let alone uncover the truth of who between him and the boss was Pu YunChuan.

While various thoughts about Chen Qing’s recklessness diverged in that split second, something bizarre happened!

Just as the whirlwind enveloping Chen Qing was about to be completely swallowed by darkness, quite abruptly, that layer of wind fiercely intensified, the darkness visibly dissipating as if cleaned away, instantly returning to its original azure hue.

Already within a hundred meters, amid the astonished gaze of the other party, Chen Qing, along with that whirlwind, swept Bai Feng into its midst! !

In that instant, whether it was Tianji or Sparrow Bee on a distant mountain, their eyes nearly popped out!

How did this fellow do it?

Could it be that he had a divine artifact that warded off poison?

Sparrow Bee had no time to ponder. He was not going to let Chen Qing actually kill the other party.

He needed to retrieve his avatar and had to act personally; if the avatar died at Chen Qing’s hands, Chen Qing could exploit the player mechanisms to become the new Bai Feng, something Sparrow Bee could never allow!

Without the slightest hesitation, he activated the Phantom!

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Meanwhile, Bai Feng, wrapped in the storm, stared dumbfounded at Chen Qing approaching him. He could never have anticipated that the other party would be able to counteract his Rotten Light Poison in such a way!

This Rotten Light Technique was one of the most difficult to defend against in his arsenal of poisons, meant to be used in a life-or-death struggle against Sparrow Bee.

He never expected that Sparrow Bee would cunningly send an unknown person to test him, and to keep from revealing that he only had one poison sac left, he didn’t hesitate to play this trump card.

If he could immediately take down this rushing fellow with overwhelming advantage, whether Sparrow Bee suspected anything or not, given the other’s cautious nature, he would not easily make a move against him again.

And with the barrier collapse happening today, if he could survive today, there was still a chance to escape...

But he never expected, not in his wildest dreams, that this stranger, a mere low-level transcendent, could use such a method to break his trump card!!!