Chapter 853 - Aphrodisiac Poison (1/2)
Chapter 853: Aphrodisiac Poison
Translator: Exodus Tales Editor: Exodus Tales
Inside the destroyed building, Tang Xiu propped himself up as he spurted out a mouthful of blood in a frenzy. The extremely cold energy in his body had turned into an extremely hot one, causing unimaginable discomfort even though he had tempered his internal organs numerous times.
“I got poisoned.”
Tang Xiu’s hands quickly sealed the arteries into his heart. Little did he expect that the enemy possessed cultivation at the Golden Core stage. Even he was nearly unable to believe that he had made a ridiculous mistake such as putting his guard down and not guarding against the possibility of the enemy to use poison. He was now sure about the identity of this enemy. The old man should be the person mentioned by Bai Zhen and Bai Biao as their Master… Dao Master Poison.
“This poison won’t kill me, but…”
Tang Xiu clenched his fist and looked up to the sky at Dao Master Poison, who rushed down toward him. His figure instantly blinked toward the open window in front and he came outside nearly in a flash. As the attic behind him shattered and crashed into the ground, Tang Xiu’s shadow instantly disappeared into the distant woods.
A vexed look flashed in Dao Master Poison’s eyes. If this guy were to fly into the sky, he believed that Tang Xiu could never escape from his palm given that he had been poisoned and heavily injured by him. But if this guy were able to get away deep into the forest, it would be hard to find him, even if his cultivation was at the mid-stage of Golden Core.
“I must capture him. The secret arts this little beast just used to control lightning and electricity is much more powerful than the arts I’ve mastered. If I can squeeze it out of his mouth, the power I can unleash in the future will be greatly improved. Absolutely.”
Dao Master Poison gritted his teeth and quickly chased toward the direction where Tang Xiu just disappeared.
Outside the courtyard.
After Mo Awu trio killed Bai Zhen and Bai Biao, they immediately hurled into the courtyard. But their complexion greatly changed since the entire pavilion had turned into ruin and their Boss’s figure had vanished.
“A powerful enemy must have appeared a while ago. From the two outbreaks of power we felt just now, one was unleashed by Boss, and the other one must be from that powerful enemy who appeared all of a sudden,” murmured Mo Awu in a heavy voice.
“Then what should we do now?” asked Jin Shi hurriedly. “Is Boss being chased and running away, or did he leave to pursue the strong enemy?”
Mo Awu fell into thought for a moment and said, “We’ll leave and immediately meet up with Xue Sha’s group and head northward. The enemy is quite powerful, so we must gather together to become stronger.”
“Roger that!”
At the mountain peak in the distance.
Zhang Xinyue looked worried and restless as she watched the soaring flame in the sky to the north, while Xue Sha and Hei Xiong looked grim and vigilant as they kept an eye on the situation in the surroundings.
“Who is it?” suddenly, Xue Sha shouted loudly and instantly unleashed his flying sword.
Mo Awu’s figure then appeared in front of him and said in a heavy voice, “It’s us. Huh? Where’s Wang Tao?”
Xue Sha paced forward and said in a deep voice, “There were some people from Qingcheng Monastery who escaped from the north. Wang Tao knew two people among them, so he followed those two.”
“It’s fine that he left,” said Mo Awu indifferently. “But then, we must head to the north at once to find the whereabouts of our Boss…”
The worry on Zhang Xinyue’s face turned more visible after hearing Mo Awu’s words and she interjected, “Why don’t you go then? I’ll be just a burden if I go with you.”
“No! You’re going with us since we can’t leave you in this dangerous place.” Mo Awu shook his head and said, “Let’s go! I’ll hurry along the road.”
The northward area of Qingcheng Monastery.
Tang Xiu dashed lightning fast through the forested mountains, but his eyes and face gradually turned redder and his veins began to protrude with a green color and visibly throbbed on his forehead the longer he ran. He had been suppressing the poison that invaded his body, but to his frustration, the 10,000 Dragons Poison from Dao Master Poison contained a very potent aphrodisiac hormone. He could suppress the poison, but there was no way to force that powerful aphrodisiac hormone out of his system whatsoever.
Serpents did have an excessive urge for sex in nature.
He wouldn’t have any fear if it were only the aphrodisiac hormone extracted from the serpent’s body, but refining and extracting out the aphrodisiac from the aquatic dragon’s system with his current cultivation level was outright madness. Yet, the most infuriating thing was that he was being chased by Dao Master Poison at the moment.
He had been confident that he could kill Dao Master Poison before he got poisoned and badly hit by the ambush. Now, not only had he been poisoned, but his internal organs had also been displaced, causing very serious internal injuries that led to the situation where he had no other means than to escape.
Given his situation at the present, clashing with Dao Master Poison head-on only gave him a minuscule chance of winning. Even if he did come out as the winner, it was very likely that he would have to pay a very heavy price.
‘I’ll remember this debt and feud!’
Tang Xiu gritted his teeth and his speed rapidly accelerated again. Yet, the more his speed accelerated, the faster the aphrodisiac poison in his system erupted. When he had run for over 100 km away from Qingcheng Monastery, Tang Xiu suddenly changed his fleeing direction.
He could hardly manage to keep sober and soon realized that escaping from Qingcheng Mountain in this state was not a good option. The aftermath, in case he did something irrational outside, would be unimaginable and it would be too late to regret later. Hence, he decided to take a long detour and circle back to Qingcheng Monastery.
‘This is bad.’