Chapter 824 - 822: Caught in One Net

Chapter 824: Chapter 822: Caught in One Net

"You have a death wish," Xu Yang said, his expression impassive but his eyes brimming with a chilling sharpness.

Did the attacker really think he hadn’t noticed?

Sorry to disappoint.

He had pinpointed the enemy’s hiding spot the exact moment they concealed themselves.

Liou Xueyan didn’t panic either. With a shift of her feet, she smoothly positioned herself behind Xu Yang. Taking a step forward, Xu Yang swung his blade in an explosive slash.

CLANG!

The Daluo Saber clashed against a dagger. The attacker shuddered as if struck by lightning, and the dagger snapped upon impact.

"How..." The attacker’s face drained of color. His eyes widened into saucers, as if he had just seen a ghost.

His dagger was a third-grade Immortal Treasure!

How could it be cleanly severed by a single strike?

Before terror could even fully grip his heart, the Daluo Saber swept through his chest with unstoppable momentum.

SQUELCH!

His body was cleaved in two. Still carrying forward momentum, the halves fell to either side as blood spurted like a fountain, spilling his internal organs all over the ground. He thought he was launching a sneak attack, but in reality, his every move had been completely exposed to Xu Yang.

Having done all this, Xu Yang suddenly trembled. Spitting a mouthful of blood, he dropped heavily to one knee. Liou Xueyan’s face filled with panic as she hurried to support him.

To the hidden observers, Xu Yang’s prowess was terrifying. Facing an unprovoked and silent assassination attempt, he had slain his attacker in a single pass. However, none of them had seen exactly how it happened. With Xu Yang spitting blood and dropping to one knee, it looked as though he had also suffered heavy injuries from the encounter.

"What terrifying strength."

"He was bluffing after all!"

"Make a move! Kill him!"

"Damn it! Whether it’s Liou Xueyan or Xu Yang, as long as we capture one and hand them over to Situ Ke or Xue Ze, it’s a massive profit!"

"I didn’t follow them all the way here just to return empty-handed."

"Kill!"

In an instant, multiple figures shot out from the shadows.

The astonishing Evil Qi radiating from them was so intense that it even suppressed the ambient demonic Evil Qi in the area. The ground trembled and mountains shook as ancient trees were obliterated by the crisscrossing figures. Streaks of radiant energy shot out in all directions.

Over a dozen Golden Immortals closed in within the blink of an eye. They each unleashed their Divine Techniques, filling the air with immortal light. An overwhelming barrage of indescribably insidious attacks poured out all at once.

Leng Dao and Feng Ying revealed expressions of delight as they joined the fray.

Right then, Xu Yang slightly lifted his head, a mocking sneer forming on his lips. "I was just waiting for you all to swarm me."

BOOM!

Xu Yang shot up from the ground. There was not a single trace of weakness left in him. Gripping the Daluo Saber, he fiercely detonated all of the Immortal Yuan he had barely managed to restore, which was only a bit over forty percent of his full capacity.

"Wind Meteor Immortal Field!"

RUMBLE!

A violent storm, laced with terrifying killing intent, rose like a localized tornado. It tore through the demonic Evil Qi, sending sand and stones flying as it savagely expanded in all directions. Wherever it passed, space distorted, and ancient trees and massive boulders were pulverized into dust.

The several cultivators at the Early Stage of Golden Immortal at the forefront were struck with absolute terror. The moment they collided with the storm, they let out pained groans and retreated in a miserable state.

However, this tempest only lasted for a few seconds before it was completely shredded by the overwhelming wave of Divine Techniques surging from every direction. Considering Xu Yang was not in his peak state and only had forty percent of his Immortal Yuan, achieving this much was already astonishing.

"Let’s go," Xu Yang said. Seizing the opportunity, he grabbed Liou Xueyan and shot into the sky.

"Trying to run?" Leng Dao sneered, firmly locking onto Xu Yang as he gave chase.

Xu Yang grinned. With a flick of his sleeve, a cluster of pills shot out and violently detonated right beneath him. Simultaneously, he popped an Antidote Pill into his mouth.

BOOM!

A multicolored fog of poison instantly drowned the surroundings like a tidal wave. The toxic cloud was so dense and overwhelming that even the valley’s inherent demonic Evil Qi seemed almost refreshing by comparison.

Among the detonated pills was a Celestial Spirit Earth Demon Poison Elixir—a third-grade poison pill personally refined by Dan Qi. The moment it exploded, monstrous waves of toxic mist churned endlessly, unleashing tens of thousands of deadly poisons at once. It swept up the effects of the other peak second-grade pills he had thrown, including the Thousand Shadows and Ten Thousand Poisons, Myriad Purples and Thousands Reds, Spring-Frenzy Demon, and Hundred Ghosts Thousand Insects Devouring God Elixirs.

Under the amplification of the third-grade poison pill, the potency of these peak second-grade pills was drastically elevated.

In a flash, everyone was engulfed in the poisonous fog.

Even though Golden Immortal cultivators had incredibly fast reflexes, many were caught completely off guard and fell victim to the trap. No one had expected Xu Yang to pull such a stunt. He was a peerless genius with a Ninth Grade Immortal Foundation—why would he resort to such an underhanded, despicable method like poison?

Even the Golden Immortals who reacted quickly enough to summon their shields soon experienced a drastic change in expression. Their Immortal Yuan Shields rapidly shrank and collapsed at a visible rate.

"Damn it, what the hell is this?"

"Not even Immortal Yuan can block it... Poison! This little bastard is using poison pills!"

"Gasp, just how many poisons are mixed in here?"

"Ahhh!"

Amid the terrified screams, waves of agonizing shrieks began to ring out. One Golden Immortal cultivator, who had been on the periphery and hadn’t yet approached, struggled violently as he pathetically scrambled out of the core of the toxic mist. His shield was riddled with holes, allowing the poison to seep in. The skin on his body was already rotting, erupting in festering sores that looked exceptionally gruesome and terrifying. He desperately tried to suppress and expel the toxins, but even the power of a Golden Immortal could hardly contain it.

"Bastards, there are at least hundreds of poisons in here... SQUELCH!"

The Golden Immortal let out a shrill scream and spat out an arrow of blood. Watching the toxic fog rapidly surging outward, he abandoned all concern for his festering sores and scrambled away madly on his hands and knees.

For a time, sorrowful wails filled the area. It was a tragic, unbearable sight.

Caught within the poisonous fog, Leng Dao and Feng Ying initially relied on their Immortal Yuan Shields, but they were corroded and shattered in the blink of an eye. Following that, the two men successively deployed their defensive treasures. However, the surrounding toxic mist was simply endless and overwhelmingly dense. Within just a few breaths, their defensive Immortal Treasures were stained with myriad colors. The immortal runic lines on the artifacts violently shuddered before shattering with a crisp crack.

"Damn it! Damn it!"

"This little bastard isn’t human!"

"Run!" Feng Ying roared hoarsely, his fury boiling over.

The two desperately fled outward.

BOOM!

Halfway out, their defensive Immortal Treasures collapsed entirely. In a frantic bid for survival, they wildly unleashed the Immortal Yuan from within their bodies.

Yet, they had still underestimated the might of the Celestial Spirit Earth Demon Poison Elixir. Forged from various toxins gathered by a high-level Golden Immortal expert, combining them together yielded an effect far greater than just doubling their individual potencies. Anyone below the Middle Stage of Golden Immortal would perish unless they possessed a supreme treasure. Without one, even ordinary cultivators at the Middle Stage of Golden Immortal wouldn’t escape unscathed.

BOOM!

Leng Dao summoned another Immortal Treasure and forcefully detonated it. The resulting shockwave barely managed to disperse a portion of the toxic fog. But Feng Ying, trailing behind him, wasn’t as lucky. His Immortal Yuan Shield was torn open, allowing the poisonous fog to seep in.

It felt as though he was being bitten by a thousand insects and gnawed on by ten thousand ghosts. The pain was so agonizing he wished for death. Myriad illusions spawned before his eyes, and even his Primordial Spirit began to wail miserably.

Leng Dao subconsciously glanced back, only to see Feng Ying flailing his limbs as he struggled and plummeted to the ground. His entire body was rotting into a bloody, mangled mess. The squirming flesh looked as though countless maggots were writhing beneath the surface—a truly spine-chilling sight.

Covered in cold sweat, Leng Dao fled like a madman. Finally reaching the edge of the toxic mist, he was just about to break free when a gleam of cold light pierced through the fog, flying straight at his face like a bolt of lightning.

"What is that?" Leng Dao’s face drastically changed, and he instinctively threw a punch.

SQUELCH!

It was an incredibly condensed blade beam of Immortal Yuan. The strike pierced cleanly through his fist and passed straight through his body. A bloody line appeared, slanting down from the center of his forehead all the way to his waist. Right before he died, Leng Dao caught a glimpse of Xu Yang’s cold, sneering face waiting outside the fog.

"Shameless..."

GULP!

Liou Xueyan swallowed hard, her delicate body trembling uncontrollably. Watching the tragic state of the Golden Immortals trapped inside the toxic mist was an eye-opening, scalp-numbing experience.

Poison pills!

Ten thousand poisons gathered as one!

Her mind immediately went to Xu Yang’s Eldest Senior Brother. That man’s mastery of the ’Alchemy Dao’ was renowned throughout the Northern State, and absolutely no one wanted to cross him. But she immediately dismissed the thought. Xu Yang’s Eldest Senior Brother didn’t possess the skill to refine third-grade pills yet.

That meant it had to be Dan Qi!

Liou Xueyan drew a sharp breath, a flicker of dread flashing through her eyes.

Suddenly, she couldn’t help but let out a pained groan.

Xu Yang subconsciously looked over, his expression instantly changing. Liou Xueyan’s face was deathly pale and drenched in sweat. Wisps of red and black energy drifted across her skin, causing her complexion to alternate between a flushed red and a sickly black.

"Damn it, she’s been poisoned."

He had no spare Antidote Pill for Liou Xueyan. Even though they had fled at top speed, the power of a third-grade poison pill crafted by Dan Qi was simply far too terrifying. Merely being tainted by a tiny wisp was enough for the poison to take effect.

The horrific state of those Golden Immortals was a clear testament to the potency of these poison pills. What Dan Qi had said about them back then was likely an understatement. The critical issue was that Liou Xueyan was currently in an extremely weakened state and had absolutely no strength to resist the toxins.

Without a second thought, Xu Yang grabbed Liou Xueyan and sped outward. They had to leave Demon Evil Valley first.