31 Corrupted by poison. (2/2)
For something so small to carry poison potent enough to kill such a large Demonic beast, not even giving it a chance at resisting the poison. Li Yang shuddered at the thought of how strong its poison must be. If it managed to increase its strength even further, would it one day be able to use its poison to kill fully grown divine beasts?
While Li Yang was musing over such a terrifying possibility, the sky grew dark, faint rumbling sounds ringing out. Li Yang glanced at the sky, towards the direction of the rumbling sound. Black clouds were starting to cover the sky, even swallowing up the black smoke that was already present in the sky. The faint rumbling sound came from these clouds.
”This hidden realm even has rain? Seems like Zhao Feng and the others really wanted this place to be like a completely separate world.”
Li Yang only glanced at the clouds before he returned to keeping an eye on the tiny Demonic beast. He was slightly interested in why the clouds were coming from the direction of the Thunder Flower Memorial, but it was more important to keep an eye on the tiny Demonic beast for the moment.
As Li Yang's eyes landed on the tiny Demonic beast, he could not help but furrow his eyebrows. The tiny Demonic beast, upon noticing the gathering clouds, started panicking. It separated from the dying Demonic beast and hurriedly fled into the distance vanishing from sight. As for the dying Demonic beast, as it looked at the gathering clouds, its eyes filled with despair.
As Li Yang was about to voice out his confusion, the ground around him lit up with intricate runes and lines, an array that covered the entire forest activating. As the array activated, a deafening rumbling sound rang out, a massive bolt of golden lightning shooting out from the black clouds and splitting apart the air.
”Golden lightning!?”
Li Yang could not help but call out in shock. Golden lightning was the lightning he used in his last life, the strongest lightning he was capable of using back then. It was what gave him the title of Thunder Monarch. Golden lightning would only occur during a heavenly tribulation, or in people, Demonic beasts, or places that had managed to harness the power of the golden lightning.
None of Li Yang's old comrades were capable of harnessing the power of golden lightning, so how could it be present in the hidden realm that they had created. Despite the bolt of golden lightning striking down on the forest where Li Yang was residing, the array that covered the forest lit up and protected it from harm.
What followed after the golden bolt of lightning was rain. But it was not normal rain that fell down from the clouds. Faint purple drops fell from the clouds and covered the land, golden bolts of lightning occasionally lighting up the sky and reflecting in the purple drops.
It would have made for a breathtaking sight had it not been for the carnage it brought. Anything that was not protected by an array, when touched by the purple drops of rain, started melting and corroding. The golden bolts of lightning tore apart the earth, while the purple rain melted everything it touched.
”Ah, so that is why it was so familiar.”
Li Yang let out a low mutter as he looked at the spectacle. The dying Demonic beast had already completely vanished, not even leaving behind bones. What spread out as the purple rain melted everything it touched, was the faint smell of flowers and wood. To Li Yang, it was a very dear and memorable scent.
It was a scent that Li Yang was far too familiar with, a scent that only one person in the entire world could produce. It was the scent of the poison that Fang Ying could create. Her poison did not have the normal fishy or rotten stench, but the faint aroma of flowers and wood, it was her trademark.
Li Yang now realized why the poison that the Demonic beasts in this area used looked familiar because they used the various types of poison that Fang Ying had once used. Li Yang had seen every poison that Fang Ying could use, so he could only call himself stupid for not realizing earlier.
After the rain and lightning continued for a while, it slowly died down, retreating into the distance, towards the Thunder Flower Memorial. Seeing it retreat in that direction, he could not help but wonder, not only his golden lightning but even Fang Ying's poison, was it all located inside the Thunder Flower Memorial?
”I wonder, did the Demonic beasts in this area always use poison? Or were they forced to adapt because of that rain?”
Li Yang could not help but wonder aloud. Since he could not remember Zhao Feng and the others having a poisonous Demonic beast companion, could it be that the Demonic beasts in this area had been corrupted by Fang Ying's poison?
”I guess I'll find out once I reach those volcanoes.”
Li Yang turned his gaze towards the emerald volcanoes in the distance as he muttered. Upon meeting the guardian of the emerald volcanoes, he would probably get an answer to his question. If not, he could always try asking the bald golem once he returned to the town.