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"Pff!"
The sudden and violent strike instantly turned Eighth Tian Zun's face deathly pale as he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood. His body then shot backward like a streak of light, retreating at incredible speed.
However, after so many years of cultivation, his combat experience was naturally vast.
After a brief moment of panic, he quickly regained his composure and turned his sharp gaze toward the source of the attack. Suddenly, as if realizing something, his expression changed drastically, and he cried out in alarm, "Xuan Kongzi?!"
"It seems the Hall of Souls has really gone all out to deal with my Pill Tower this time—sending three Tian Zuns, no less."
As soon as Eighth Tian Zun's shrill voice fell, an aged, icy tone drifted through the void, echoing across the entire Star Region.
As that voice resounded, a patch of space within the area began to ripple faintly. Moments later, several figures slowly emerged from the void and appeared in everyone's sight.
When the crowd looked closely, they realized that not only had Xuan Kongzi arrived, but trailing behind him were two other unfamiliar old men. Behind those two were none other than Cao Ying and Dan Chen, who had previously escaped the Star Region.
"Dan Zhi'an, Cao Yiping—those two old fossils aren't staying in the Small Pill Tower? They actually came too! The plan's failed—retreat, now!"
Upon seeing the newcomers, Seventh Tian Zun's pupils contracted sharply. He gritted his teeth and immediately shouted the order.
With those ancient monsters showing up—ones even older and stronger than them—there was no hope left for the Hall of Souls's group.
Thus, Seventh Tian Zun didn't even dare think about the punishment he'd face later. As soon as his words fell, he swiftly pulled out a silver jade slip from his storage ring. Without hesitation, he crushed it between his fingers.
In an instant, an immense surge of spatial power burst forth from the jade slip, tearing open a pitch-black rift before him. Seeing the spatial wormhole, Seventh Tian Zun quickly activated his body technique and darted inside at full speed.
As for the other Hall of Souls Dou Zuns, their expressions changed dramatically the moment they saw who had arrived. They didn't need him to say another word. Old Mu Gu and the two remaining Tian Zuns immediately drew out their own silver jade slips and crushed them at once.
In the blink of an eye, several more space rifts appeared across the Star Region. The moment the rifts opened, the three Hall of Souls members didn't dare linger even a second longer—they all dove into them frantically.
"Since you've already come this far, why not leave a little something behind before you go?"
Watching the four Hall of Souls experts flee so quickly, Xuan Kongzi's face revealed a cold smile.
He clenched his fist lightly, then swung it through the air toward the figures vanishing into the space rifts. That seemingly effortless punch caused the surrounding space to shatter completely along its path.
An invisible fist imprint pierced through the void, following a strange and unpredictable trajectory before slamming into the four men's backs.
"Crack!"
The moment the invisible blow landed, the sound of bones breaking echoed abruptly throughout the Star Region.
A mixture of blood and shredded organ fragments sprayed from the four men's mouths. However, propelled by that terrifying impact from behind, their speed suddenly surged even faster.
In the blink of an eye, the figures of the three Hall of Souls Tian Zuns and Old Mu Gu completely vanished into the spatial rifts, escaping from the scene.
Seeing the Hall of Souls's Dou Zuns flee in utter panic, Xiao Yan—who had been chased to the point of suffocation by Eighth Tian Zun—finally let out a long breath of relief.
"Cough, cough…"
But just as his body relaxed, he could no longer suppress the deadly poison Xiao Yixian had injected into him earlier with that palm strike.
After coughing up several mouthfuls of pitch-black blood, his vision went dark, and he fainted. Without control over his body, he plummeted downward from the sky.
"Xiao Yan!"
Sensing something was wrong, Xuan Kongzi shouted and hurriedly reached out his hand, his palm curving slightly as he pulled Xiao Yan's body toward him with a suction force.
Under that suction, Xiao Yan's body was quickly drawn into Xuan Kongzi's grasp. However, the moment his hand caught Xiao Yan by the collar, Xuan Kongzi immediately noticed that Xiao Yan's entire body was filled with a deadly poison.
Perhaps the toxic aura was too dense, because even from Xiao Yan's pores, faint strands of purple-gray poisonous mist were constantly seeping out.
"This is... the poisonous Dou Qi unique to the Woeful Poison Body?!"
Sensing those wisps of purple-gray poisonous mist, Xuan Kongzi froze for a moment.
Then, after thinking back carefully, he exclaimed in shock. When he was young, he, Yao Chen, and Xuan Yi had once known a cultivator who possessed the Woeful Poison Body.
Although that person had died many years ago, now that Xuan Kongzi was in such close proximity to this same unique poison qi, he instantly recognized it. After a brief moment of recollection, he confirmed it without a doubt.
Immediately, Xuan Kongzi lifted his head, eyes filled with disbelief as he stared at the white-robed woman protecting Lin Feng.
The Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Tian Zun of Hall of Souls as well as Old Mu Gu — he was familiar with them all. None of them could possibly possess the Woeful Poison Body. As for Old Qing Hua, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen, that was even more impossible.
Lin Feng clearly had a fire attribute, completely unrelated to poison — there was no way he could possess such a constitution. Thus, after thinking it through, the only one who could possibly have the Woeful Poison Body was that poison-attribute wife of Lin Feng's.
Realizing this, Xuan Kongzi's expression turned utterly horrified.
Because, as far as he knew, although that constitution allowed its host to advance with terrifying speed in the early stages, once they reached the Dou Zong realm, the poison within their body would begin to surge uncontrollably.
By the time they reached mid to high-level Dou Zong, the poison would inevitably erupt completely — killing not only themselves but also every living being within thousands of li!
But the woman before him had clearly already reached the peak of Eight-Star Dou Zun, only a single step away from Nine-Star Dou Zun.
Yet, her Woeful Poison Body was still perfectly under control. Even someone like him, who had once personally encountered that physique, hadn't noticed anything unusual.
If not for the coincidence of today, when he happened to come into contact with the poison qi she released, he would still have been completely unaware.
"No wonder she's so young yet possesses such terrifying strength — even the prodigies of the Ancient Clans can't compare. So, she's the owner of the Woeful Poison Body... But what kind of method did she use to keep it under control?"
Thinking of the disasters caused by the Woeful Poison Body in Central Plains history, Xuan Kongzi narrowed his eyes and muttered to himself, "Perhaps... this woman's body could be used to stir up some trouble when the time comes."
Having witnessed firsthand the terrifying destructive power of that physique when it erupted, he knew all too well what kind of fear it could inspire.
Although this woman had somehow managed to suppress her Woeful Poison Body, he was certain that most people in Holy Pill City wouldn't want such a ticking time bomb remaining among them.
Once they left the Star Region, he could immediately spread news of her identity across the entire Central Plains. By then, with countless powerful experts pressuring her, that white-robed woman would have no choice but to leave the Pill Region.
Once she was forced away from Lin Feng, dealing with her alone would become much easier. At that point, Xiao Yan could even temporarily give up the troublesome Lin Feng and focus on seizing the strange flame on that white-robed woman's body.
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