Published: February 12, 2025
Ordinary flames naturally pose little threat to mutated life forms, especially when they have evolved to level three or above. As long as they don’t run into a massive fire, crossing a fire wall a few meters wide generally won’t cause them serious harm.
However, flames enhanced with medicinal powder are a different story.
This toxic accelerant can drastically increase the temperature. Speaking of the origins of this medicinal powder, one must thank Ye Zhongming for a long-term initiative he implemented.
Cloud Summit Villa frequently purchases goods in large quantities, with various potions and powders being of utmost importance. These potions not only include conventional healing and injury treatment remedies but also encompass an array of bizarre and niche products.
Mainstream potions are extremely precious, with some even being priceless. Even if Cloud Summit does not buy them, others will. But niche products are a different matter; some unfortunate alchemists possess these obscure recipes, and the final products yield underwhelming results, making them nearly unwanted. Watching their peers earn fortunes, they can only envy from the sidelines.
However, Cloud Summit's purchasing intentions have provided them with a 'lifeline.' Although the prices offered are not high, they usually tightly control the cost of these potions, never allowing the alchemists to profit. There are even instances where several products, supposedly popular among ordinary warriors at Cloud Summit Villa, can exchange for a large amount of niche potions. Nevertheless, these alchemists are ecstatic because their products finally have buyers. Even if their earnings are minimal, they won’t incur losses, and through cumulative profits, they gradually accumulate funds to purchase other recipes.
Importantly, Cloud Summit's purchases are unlimited, meaning that as long as these alchemists are willing, they can continuously produce these low-failure-rate, high-skill products for sale until they have enough to invest in other recipes.
For creators of these niche potions, there is no better news than this.
Many people in this category proactively went near Cloud Summit upon receiving this news, manufacturing and selling their products nearby. Some even took strolls through Puxing Town, as they might get lucky and have their potions listed on the mission board, providing additional income.
The reason why the support team at Cloud Summit is so large is that many of these individuals have been selected for their potential and absorbed into the team.
The toxic accelerant is one of the niche potions; its creator didn’t enter Cloud Summit but has settled in Ying City, benefiting from the support of Cloud Summit, which is why so many powders are under Cloud Summit's control.
When added to the flames, the temperature can increase several times, and the special toxins produced can instill fear even in some core members of Cloud Summit. Once infected, removal can be quite troublesome.
Looking back at his results, Ye Zhongming was very satisfied. The stock of the toxic accelerant was used up in one go, but its effect was indeed impressive. These flames are inert and definitely won’t cause substantial harm to these mutated life forms, but the power contained within is enough to block them.
Perhaps it won't be long before, given the massive number of mutated life forms, they come up with a way to counteract it, such as jumping, flying, or even using the lives of lower-level mutations to pile up. However, Ye Zhongming didn’t intend to stop all of them; blocking most would suffice.
“Respected master, where are we going?” Yangos felt somewhat unsatisfied after flying around and sprinkling some powder; this is not the kind of thing a noble Dragon Race should be doing.
Earlier, Yangos sensed a powerful force suddenly disappear in Xingzhou City. For it to feel so significant, it must have been a life form of the same level engaged in combat that suddenly vanished, indicating death.