Summoners: One Golden Term per Level

Chapter 428 - 24: Could Jiu Li Truly Be Heaven’s Chosen?

"Celestial Poison!"

As Canmu and others had just completed their encirclement, an invisible wave suddenly swept through the surroundings.

One towering tree after another instantly fell into silence, the leaves withered, and the trunks shriveled.

Within a radius of ten thousand miles, everything rotted, even the tiniest life forms like ants perished instantly.

At the same time.

A rotten aura spread ferociously in all directions, rushing toward the soldiers surrounded by the poisonous mist.

"This toxicity..."

Canmu’s two pythons seemed to sense the power of this poisonous mist, continually flicking their tongues but dared not approach.

"What do we do?"

Zhe Yun withdrew the Black Crow, discovering that it hadn’t even touched the mist but was already languid from merely smelling it.

Their previously excited expressions turned serious; they had thought it was easy prey.

Unexpectedly difficult.

They were already at a disadvantage compared to cultivators, not to mention against Poison Immortal Techniques.

Such techniques might have weak initial bursts.

But for them, the damage was even greater compared to other types of Immortal Techniques.

"I’ll use Steel Python to absorb all the poison gas, and you seize the moment to capture it."

Canmu gritted his teeth; if this dragged on, their easy prey might be rescued, and they might not even escape.

Even if they did escape, they had disobeyed the Commander’s orders by advancing recklessly.

Capturing this person could redeem their sins, especially because the target was quite valuable.

The merits might be substantial, and they wouldn’t be held accountable.

But earning these merits was harder than expected; their straightforward plan turned into a deadlock.

The next moment.

Canmu’s arms transformed into giant pythons that swelled instantly, opening wide enough to engulf half a mountain.

A terrifying suction erupted from these gaping maws, like two engulfing black holes, wildly drawing in the surrounding mist.

The forest, which had been shrouded in mist like a fairyland, turned into a plain, revealing the figure of the Medicine Ancestor within the poison.

In this instant.

The surrounded individuals swiftly charged at the Medicine Ancestor, while Zhe Yun’s arm transformed into black shadows.

But the next moment.

The Medicine Ancestor merely sneered as the Medicine God Illusion enveloped him.

Simultaneously, Mafeisan erupted, causing those who neared him to collapse like falling logs.

Bodies stiffened, faces twitched.

And Zhe Yun’s crows fell from the sky like massive stones.

Zhe Yun shouted, "Canmu..."

He wanted Canmu to repeat his earlier trick to once again absorb the mist.

But found that the once-vigorous pythons lay lifeless on the ground, while Canmu too had turned pale.

Silent on the ground.

"Did you think my poison was so easy to ingest?" Medicine Ancestor said coldly, "Even though I couldn’t get the Soulbreaking Aconite that nearly poisoned Shennong, I’ve tried all similar poisons."

"Its toxicity can even take a Tier Ten some time to recover, yet your companion devoured my poison mist in large gulps..."

Zhe Lu was horrified; the Ancient Steel Pythons nurtured by the Residual Gang Tribe were physically strong.

Though not poisonous, being a famous snake-like Exotic Beast in the Great Wilderness, they were highly resistant to poison.

Especially with Canmu’s strength as a Ninth Rank Witch, a Tier Nine Poison Immortal Technique shouldn’t affect him.

Otherwise, he wouldn’t have suggested having him absorb the poison mist earlier.

It was beyond his imagination how terrifying the poison’s scale was.

Even Canmu fell victim.

Zhe Yun immediately felt the urge to retreat; it wasn’t worth risking his life for merits.

Zhe Yun no longer cared about those fallen on the ground.

Using his speed second only to the Clan Leader’s.

He knew at full speed, none could catch them.

And due to his status and strength, even if punished, it wouldn’t be severe.

The next moment.

Zhe Yun turned into a black shadow, disappearing from the Medicine Ancestor’s sight, but in an instant.

Suddenly, countless mists rose around, enveloping everything within a radius of ten thousand miles.

The entire sky was surrounded by vast waves; the transformed Black Crow of Zhe Yun was blocked by the endless waves.

Several Black Crows, like insects trapped in a water cage, revealed Zhe Yun’s figure once again, his face pale.

Seeing the floating figure above, "Gonggong..."

He hadn’t expected to run into Gonggong while attempting to escape, yet it didn’t seem coincidental.

After all, the energy from a Tier Nine battle was quite conspicuous.

"Mercy! Mercy!"

Facing a Tier Ten, Zhe Yun had given up resistance and could only beg for mercy.

Gonggong glanced at the Medicine Ancestor, his face somber.

He recognized him; it was this person who discovered the trailing Jiuli Tribe’s Medicine Immortal, and he was the strongest among them.

"What happened?"

"Commander Gonggong, after you left.

The Jiuli Tribe began the assault.

We were caught off guard with no way to resist.

Before long, Commander Chi Songzi was forced back by the Jiuli Tribe’s main forces, and the Vanguard Army scattered."

"Because these people relentlessly pursued us Medicine Immortals, I stayed behind to cover the retreat."

The Medicine Ancestor swiftly explained the situation, retracting the surrounding poison mist.

Gonggong’s face turned even more grim, gritting his teeth: "We’ve been deceived."

He hadn’t expected the Jiuli Tribe’s Commander to master such strategies so brilliantly, as they rushed to the logistics line.

Finding it somewhat attacked but mainly harassed.

After easily dispatching the harassers.

Gonggong had protected the line for a while to avoid its total destruction.

After sensing Chi Songzi’s battle aura, he hurried, witnessing the battle between the Medicine Ancestor and Canmu en route.

"So, Commander Gonggong, what do we do now?"

The Medicine Ancestor promptly inquired.

Gonggong’s gaze fell upon the pleading Zhe Yun, hesitating for a moment.

When he was previously captured, the Jiuli Tribe only let him roam internally before releasing him.

But capturing someone now, might that be too excessive?

Yet considering the Lie Mountain Tribe, he said, "Can you control him?"

"I can, I’ve extensive knowledge of medicine, and can temporarily paralyze him."

"Paralyze and bring him back; I want to question him."

The Medicine Ancestor used Mafeisan on Zhe Yun, who was immediately numbed without resistance.

Gonggong retracted the water prison around, gazing towards the former camp—it was the highest and most defensible point in the Mufu Mountain Range to establish a base.

Easy to defend, hard to attack.

They thought it could delay the Jiu Li for quite some time, unexpectedly, it fell shortly after.

’Could it be that the Jiu Li Tribe is truly destined?’ Gonggong pondered the Jiuli Tribe’s development.

This progress indeed echoed the Lie Mountain Tribe’s rise as the Human Race’s Common Lord.

And the Jiuli Tribe’s momentum seemed even more ferocious.