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“Pfft!”

Amidst the crisp sound of flesh tearing, the tattooed man’s pupils shrank as he quickly shifted his body sideways to avoid a vital spot. A strand of impenetrable finger force tore through the tattooed man’s palm, with unrelenting momentum piercing through his shoulder and creating a blood hole the size of a baby’s fist; blood splattered everywhere.

The tattooed man was thrown backward, his face filled with horror. He and the pale-faced man were both Innate Martial Artists who had unlocked three or four Heavenly Pulses. Yet in the hands of the black-robed Ghost Face man, they were completely overpowered!

Even before ascending to Innate status, Su Changkong could defeat Zhong Yue, a monstrous Innate Martial Artist. The threat that the tattooed and pale-faced men posed was even less than Zhong Yue’s. They were hardly a match for Su Changkong, who could easily crush them with casual ease.

“Hmm? Am I poisoned?”

But beneath his mask, Su Changkong’s expression changed subtly as he detected a slight change in the air, accompanied by mild dizziness!

Five Immortals Sect, a sect notorious for its use of poison. As the pale-faced and tattooed men attacked, the yellow-robed man within the sleeves of his robe had already crushed a jade bottle with his palm, using his True Qi to turn the poison inside into an airborne, colorless, and odorless gas.

“Even Innate Martial Artists will find their bones softening and become utterly vulnerable once they inhale even a bit of Immortal’s Crisp!”

The corner of the yellow-robed man’s mouth held a sinister smile.

“Heaven Silkworm Technique!”

But with a mere thought, Su Changkong circulated the Heaven Silkworm True Qi within his body. His dizzy brain instantly cleared, and his body emitted a fragrance akin to that of a hundred herbs, dispersing the miasma around him!

Heaven Silkworm Technique, a cultivation technique focused on enhancing life force, requires soaking in the essence of a hundred herbs during Foundation Establishment. The Heaven Silkworm True Qi produced can invigorate the blood, regenerate flesh, and neutralize all poisons.

For Su Changkong, who had elevated the technique to the transcendental eighth level, poisons were irrelevant; even consuming highly toxic medicine would hardly harm him.

Effortlessly dispelling the toxins, Su Changkong’s gaze turned to the yellow-robed man, and he said coldly, “You are quite powerful and skilled, why bother using such methods?”

Through the use of Guiding Technique, Su Changkong could see that the yellow-robed man was exceptionally strong, much stronger than the others, almost rivaling Bai Yunhe, the former Deputy Sect Master of East Cloud Sect, and counted as one of the most formidable Martial Artists he had encountered!

“The Immortal’s Crisp didn’t work?”

The yellow-robed man was also surprised that his poison had failed, but his expression soon turned grave, knowing that the person before him was unfathomably strong and that only his true abilities would suffice.

Without hesitation, the yellow-robed man took a deep breath, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered around him. On his body, five Heavenly Pulses surfaced visibly!

Above the yellow-robed man’s head, two dazzling, splendid flowers materialized—one green, one silver!

“Elder Huang has truly stepped into the Two-Flower Stage!”

Both the pale-faced man and the tattooed man were wounded, but upon witnessing this scene, they felt certain inside.

Innate Martial Artists have twelve Heavenly Pulses, and every four Heavenly Pulses mark a significant threshold. Elder Huang of the yellow robe, featuring among the top five powerhouses in Five Immortals Sect, had already unlocked five Heavenly Pulses, forming the Human Flower and Earth Flower!

Reaching the Two-Flower Stage, the most significant change is the tremendous increase in Essence Qi, which allows the user to fight using nature’s spiritual energy, many times stronger than those at the One Flower Realm!

The yellow-robed man’s body swelled, as if inflated, stretching his robe taut; his arms and legs thickened like logs, his cheeks pulsed, resembling a toad. A copious amount of greenish-yellow True Qi surrounded him, emitting a smell so potent that it caused dizziness and splitting headaches!

The Five Immortals Sect is adept in poison techniques, and the yellow-robed man had trained their ’Vermilion Clam Skill’ to an extremely advanced level, with each strand of True Qi containing poison potent enough to effortlessly kill venomous insects and fierce beasts.

Even Martial Artists stronger than the yellow-robed man could perish in a battle against him if they were not careful!

“Croak!”

The yellow-robed man’s body slightly bent, his robust legs kicking against the ground, launching him like a cannonball, bringing with it a foul wind. He pushed forward with his right palm, and the thick force squeezed the air ahead, creating explosive sounds and displaying impressive might.

Even greater amounts of spiritual energy gathered, blending with his True Qi, to form a massive toad phantom that opened its colossal maw to engulf everything.

“Come on!” Su Changkong felt a surge of excitement within; this was his first encounter with a Two-Flower Stage expert, and his fighting spirit soared.

Endless Furious Sea!

Su Changkong activated the Whale Five Skills’ fist technique using Turtle Breathing True Qi. While not as ferocious as when propelled by Giant Whale True Qi, it appeared deeper and more substantial.

“Boom!”

Punch met palm, and the earth trembled violently as if struck by a thousand-pound hammer. A wild wind swept through, making the miasma in the nearby air scatter in all directions like churning clouds and fog.

Trees within a ten-zhang radius were shaken to breaking and explosion, creating an awe of mountain-splitting force!

“Croak!”

Simultaneously, the yellow-robed man’s five Heavenly Pulses on his body vibrated, connecting heaven and earth. His True Qi mixed with the spiritual energy of nature forming the giant toad phantom, opened its gaping maw to bite, intent on swallowing Su Changkong whole!

But suddenly, the yellow-robed man’s pupils contracted sharply as he instinctively felt an extreme danger; he had to retreat! He must retreat, or else he’d be beyond saving!

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