Chapter 361 - Chapter 361: Chapter 354: The Lingering Effect of the Soul-devouring Poison_1 (2/2)

After biting someone, if Fourth desperately crawled towards the distance, no matter how fast it crawled, it could never outrun someone from the Spirit Qi Realm.

In the end, it would definitely be caught up to and then killed.

The only chance of survival lay in stirring up confusion; after falling to the ground, it would take advantage of the night and the cover of leaves and branches to hide underground.

Qin Niu noticed the old man lying on the ground looking close to death, his twitching movements considerably weaker.

He really was an old fox.

If it had been a slightly more impulsive young person, they would have taken the bait ages ago.

“Like playing dead? Then taste the biting of termites.”

Qin Niu released two regular termites and directed them towards the old man to attack.

They both stung the old man with their poisonous stingers, then quickly fled.

The old man had no reaction.

He probably knew that Qin Niu had intentionally released the two termites to probe, so he had to keep up the act until the very end.

Otherwise, all his efforts would be in vain.

Qin Niu sneered, and this time directly released nearly three hundred poisonous ants, scattering them towards the old man.

Fourth was also mixed in among them by Qin Niu’s arrangement.

They quickly reached the old man’s location.

“Attack!”

The simultaneous attack of several hundred termites was terrifying.

But the old man himself was a formidable Insect Master, seemingly possessing strong immunity to such ant poison attacks.

Otherwise, he certainly wouldn’t dare allow them to sting his body with their poisons.

Now, both sides were trying to outsmart the other.

The old man hoped to trick Qin Niu into believing his act by playing dead as realistically as possible.

Then, when Qin Niu approached to check the old man’s body and loot any valuables, the old man would suddenly strike, capturing Qin Niu or even killing him on the spot.

Qin Niu’s plan was simpler, just to go along with the old man’s ruse and let Fourth test the effect of the Soul Eroding Poison.

So far, the only person Fourth had killed was Xie Laizi.

This time the target was a practitioner from the Spirit Qi Realm; whether it would succeed was still uncertain.

And it was inherently a great risk.

Possibly facing death at any moment.

Watching the termites climb onto the old man one after another, Qin Niu’s heart was in his throat.

“Attack!”

Fourth, now a Grade Six, had an extremely powerful biting ability, possessing an Advanced Armor Break capability.

It bit through the old man’s skin in one bite.

It quickly injected its venom and then fell off the old man’s body to the ground.

The other poison ants followed suit.

Their purpose in doing so was to cover for Fourth’s safe withdrawal.

The old man still lay motionless on the ground.

Even after being bitten by Fourth, this remained the case.

“Fourth, make a quick getaway.”

Actually, Fourth didn’t need Qin Niu’s reminder; it had already burrowed under the fallen leaves and vanished.

Time slowly passed, and the old man showed no signs of life.

There was no bleeding from his seven orifices, no movement at all.

Qin Niu muttered to himself, wondering if the old man could really be dead.

If the old man wasn’t faking but had truly died, and Qin Niu was still being so cautious, even he would find it funny.