Transcending the Nine Heavens

CHAPTER 88: Using Poison Against Poison, Just Like That!

Amidst bursts of laughter, the strange figure suddenly expanded, leaping down from the large tree and vanishing without a trace in the mist.

This 'Three Star Holy Clan' member was none other than Ji Mo, Master Ji Er in disguise! Indeed, the strike had succeeded.

The fourth elder was furious and was about to give chase when he suddenly saw his subordinates, each with a look of terror on their faces as they stared at the ground. The fourth elder looked down and couldn’t help but yell, spitting out a mouthful of blood...

He saw that his subordinates were all standing there like wooden statues, their faces filled with despair. Those who had previously shaken hands with that strange figure looked even worse; their hands had turned into mere bones.

Several of them, who had rolled up their pants to take a look, screamed in horror: their entire calves were reduced to nothing but a single white bone supporting them...

Not a shred of flesh was visible, and a black substance silently spread upward. Wherever it spread, the flesh began to rot silently...

And this kind of decay was completely sensationless!

“What... what kind of poison is this?” The fourth elder fumbled to take out a handful of antidote pills, shoving them all into his mouth. The antidote pills of the Ou Family are said to be the best in the Three Heavens, but even with such a large handful, he didn’t feel anything at all.

The fourth elder wanted to look down at his legs, but when he bent down, he realized that his eyes could see nothing at that moment!

In panic, he reached up to touch his face, only to feel a large piece of flesh come off, revealing bone beneath.

“Old Fourth!”

“Old Fourth!”

The anxious voices of the second elder and the third elder echoed from afar, clearly having discovered the situation over here and were rushing towards him in desperation.

“Don’t come over!” The fourth elder shouted with all his might, his voice already cracking with a sob: “The water here is poisonous! If you touch it, you die! We’re finished... Don’t come over! Absolutely don’t come over…”

By the end of his last sentence, his voice had turned hoarse, and with a sudden ‘pop’, he spat out his tongue, a muffled groan of frustration escaping his throat as he fell onto the ground.

The eight people around him scattered in fear, as if leaving this place would save them. Yet, after running only four or five steps, their calf bones had rotted away and could no longer support their bodies, causing them to fall into the water with a thud...

When the second elder heard the commotion, he had already flown over. By the time the fourth elder shouted, he had begun to dive down but quickly grabbed a branch in a flash, suspending his whole body in mid-air.

With a crack, the branch broke, but he managed to use the feeble strength to reach the top of the large tree.

The third elder also led people over, reuniting with the second elder's group. Eighteen people stared dumbfounded as they watched the nine individuals, including the fourth elder, rolling in the mud and water, slowly rotting away, unable to make any sound, gradually contorting and turning into mere white skeletons. Eventually, even the skeletons began to dissolve, rot, and revert back to the original swamp...

Bubbles started to rise in the swamp, and a mist billowed up, merging into the surrounding haze, restoring a flat surface...

It seemed like nothing had ever happened here.

Even if any detective were to come, they would absolutely not be able to discern that this quiet marsh had just swallowed nine lives! And these were lives of experts. One Imperial Throne and eight Royal Thrones!

The second elder, the third elder, and the others stood in shock as they watched their brothers die, transform into corpses, and become part of the swamp… they were left dumbfounded, without any way to act!

Though their hearts were in unbearable pain, they had no solution!

The third elder, in a daze, stared at the swamp, his lips moving nervously as he muttered, “Old Fourth... what kind of poison is this? Old Fourth... what kind of poison is this…”