"Little beast, since you're c death, I'll grant your wish!" Xiao Yan's words enraged Zhang Wu beyond measure. With a fierce shout, he waved his hand, scattering a cloud of poison powder while cealing a poison dart that shot out from his sleeve.

  Xiao Yan leisurely leaped back to avoid the poison powder and slightly tilted his head to dodge the poison dart hidden within.

  He lightly patted his coat as if the powder had dirtied his clothes.

  "Where did this mad dog e from? Your verbal skills are much better than your Poison Master skills."

  Xiao Yan's tone and demeanor screamed for a beating!

  Zhang Wu's face torted with rage as he angrily shouted, "Don't think you're so great just because you have strong Spiritual Strength! Our Poison Master methods will definitely make you wish you were dead!"

  Xiao Yan suddenly uood in his heart that the reason Zhang Wu couldn't bee an alchemist was likely due to insuffit Spiritual Strength.

  Possessing Dou Qi with both fire and wood attributes was just the foundation for being an alchemist; having ily strong Spiritual Strength was even more crucial.

  Whether one could possess the Spiritual Strength o bee an alchemist without the aid of a Soul Trainihod urely up to fate.

  "Poison Cloud Palm!" Driven by a heart full of jealousy and murderous i, Zhang Wu's entire body surged with poison Dou Qi. He densed a poison palm with his right hand and pushed it toward Xiao Yan.

  Xiao Yan waved his hand and unleashed the invisible heat wave of Fme Splitting Tsunami. The high-temperature wave pletely ied the poison gas of the Poison Cloud Palm, turning Zhang Wu's attato nothing more than harmless vapor.

  Seeing his Dou Teique so easily tered, Zhang Wu roared in anger as dark purple Dou Qi surged around his body.

  "Poison Energy Cloak!" The poison Dou Qi gradually expanded from his body, f a thin, venomous yer around him. This was far more dangerous than the Dou Qi cloak of Lu Xing from the Xuan Css; toug this poison energy cloak was out of the question.

  Zhang Wu, seeing his aggressive approach proving effective, decided to press the attack. Xiao Yan quickly pulled out the Heavy Xuan Ruler to front him.

  Even though he had a 2nd-tier detoxification pill, a 2nd-tier detoxification pill couldn't ralize all 2nd-tier poisons. Detoxification pills could only be refined as a base. On alchemist oisohey o treat the specifidition by adding ingredients to the basic detoxification pill, thereby quickly refining a suitable antidote.

  Zhang Wu let out a low shout and stomped on the ground in a violent mahen, he trated strands of poison in his palms to prevent Xiao Yan from breaking his Poison Cloud Palm again. After that, he lunged wildly toward Xiao Yan.

  His palm strikes were overwhelming. They ingly and viciously targeted Xiao Yan's vulnerable areas such as the heart, neck, and face. A sirike that could force the poison into Xiao Yan's body would ensure his victory! Xiao Yan would iably succumb to the poison, a fact that he was fident in with his Poison Cloud Palm.

  Zhang Wu was no ordinary oppo. As a 6-star Dou Master with strange poison powders and hidden ons, he was much strohan Lu Xing.

  Fag Zhang Wu's vicious attacks, Xiao Ya stepping back while using the broad surface of the Heavy Xuan Ruler in his hands to parry and block the onsught of the Poison Cloud Palm.

  The Heavy Xuan Ruler was desigo be used in jun with the Di Css Dou Teique, Fme Splitting Tsunami. It was alsed from meteorites. Naturally, it was impervious to poison.

  Thud, thud, thud, thud!!!

  As the two of them exged blows in attad defense, bits of poison gas spttered into the air with each csh between the Poison Cloud Palm and the Heavy Xuan Ruler. As a result, Xiao Yan iraces of poison with every breath he took.

  Zhang Wu finally gauged Xiao Yan's strength after engaging in close bat for a while. To his surprise, Xiao Yan wasn't even a Dou Master but just a Dou Practitioner, and an 8-star Dou Practitio that!

  The more they fought, the more shocked Zhang Wu became. An 8-star Dou Practitioner was holding his own against him, a 6-star Dou Master!

  'No, it's his Spiritual Strength! How his spiritual perception be s?!'

  All of Zhang Wu's sneak attacks were dodged by Xiao Yan as if he knew his move in advance.

  Without the effectiveness of a Poison Master's surprise attacks, Zhang Wu was actually weaker than many other 6-star Dou Masters.

  During a moment of Zhang Wu's astonished pse, Xiao Yan violently swung the massive Heavy Xuan Ruler with a focused gaze and hurled it toward him. Then, Xiao Yan took advantage of his dodging moment to suddenly appear behind him.

  "You didn't really think that I wouldn't dare to touch you, did you?" Xiao Ya out a cold ugh that sent shivers down Zhang Wu's entire body.

  Oe Bst!

  Xiao Yan's fist suddenly filled with a shogly ferocious power. His ched fist created a ripping sound through the air as it violently struck Zhang Wu's back.

  He had been waiting for this moment, for Zhang Wu to truly believe that he wouldn't dare touch his poison energy cloak, letting his guard down for that split sed.

  The sudden surge of powerful energy from behind caused Zhang Wu's face to ge drastically. The poison Dou Qi within his body surged wildly, and the poison energy cloak on his back became denser.

  Bang! A muffled sound of tact quietly echoed within the fighting ptform. Although faint, it was den with palpable power.

  The terrifying power of the fully mastered Oe Bst turned Zhang Wu's face deathly pale. His body lurched forward, tumbling several times in the air before finally nding a few meters away, somewhat staggering.

  Xiao Yan examihe wound on his fist. Zhang Wu had a piece of armor on him that blocked part of the Oe Bst's attad prevented a fatal blow.

  He swalloill without a word. This wasn't for detoxification but to dey the o of poison until after the fight when he could deal with it.

  Zhang Wu looked at Xiao Yan, trembling, then burst into maniacal ughter. "Hahaha, your detoxification pill is useless! My poison has tainted your hands; there's no escape for you now!"

  He suddenly began to vomit violently as his voice faded. tless tiny bck poison is emerged from the vomit and swarmed out like ants.

  Xiao Yan's eyebrows furrowed deeply. Even he felt revolted by this sight.

  Most people cultivated poison attribute Dou Qi in the Chu Yun Empire. Xiao Yan had read about a special poison attribute Qi Method in some books describing Poison Masters. This method involved using one's poison attribute Qi cye as a breeding ground to cultivate poison is within the body.

  Much like breeding Gu, these Poison Masters used their bodies as vessels. Although this method could cultivate powerful poison is, the toxied by these is would accumute within the Poison Master's body, eventually leading to death either from toxin accumution or from not having enough poison Dou Qi to sustain the poison is, culminating in being devoured by them.

  Xiao Yan hadn't expected to enter ooday. No wonder Zhang Wu's plexion was so deathly pale, paler than someone who had been dead for three days. It turned out this was the reason.

  "Kekeke, my Poison Winged Ants will relentlessly attay target tainted with poison Dou Qi. Oten by a Poison Winged Ant, one would wish for death as the body loses all sensation and then slowly rots away, enduring torment for a whole day and night before dying slowly." Zhang Wu said as he wiped the vomit from the er of his mouth, his smile twisted and maniacal.

  It was enough to send shivers down one's spine and make one feel nauseous.

  tless poison is spread their wings and covered the sky as they swarmed toward Xiao Yan like ants on a rainy day.

  Fag the overwhelming swarm of poison is, Xiao Yan remained calm as he sat down. He flicked his right hand and took out the three-opening medial cauldron he had purchased at the au in Wu Tan City from his ste ring.

  Dou Qi rushed into the medial cauldron and ignited a r fme ih a wave of his hand. Xiao Yan couldn't produce real fmes on his ow, so he had to rely on the medial cauldron.

  After which, he forcefully threw a Rank 2 Fire Attribute Monster Core into the cauldron. This time, however, he didn't io refine pills, but to detohe Monster Core!