Chapter 374

Beast Venom Temple .

The figure lying at the bottom of the blood pool was motionless, resembling an ancient monster in slumber .

A middle-aged man stood beside the blood pool and observed the bottom of it . The man was approximately forty years old . He was thin and weak looking,his face was pale-white and his eyes were sunken . The scholar’s robe that he wore was wrinkled .

This seemingly haggard and sloppy middle-aged man had single-handedly established Beast Venom Temple . He was also the one who devised the blood catastrophe that struck Induction Ground . A lot of policies in God Nation today were planned by him .

He was the master of Beast Venom Temple, Nangong Wulian .

Nangong Wulian stared at the figure lying at the bottom of the blood pool . Without turning his head, he asked, “How many times have you changed the blood water?”

One of his subordinates quickly replied, “Six times . We have to keep on increasing the concentration of the blood water . Up till now, the concentration of the blood water has broken the all-time record, so much so that it has surpassed the concentration used for most of the blood fiends . Will it be too dangerous?”

The most important material in the blood water of the blood pool was blood core . Blood core was a material that was of a higher grade than a blood crystal . It could only be produced by using high-level blood fiends . The price of a blood core was not cheap in God Nation as well . For a blood pool like this, the number of blood cores used was astonishingly huge . And Beast Venom Temple was the only department that could spare no effort in carrying out such an operation .

Nangong Wulian’s eyes lit up with a demonic glow, as if he was admiring an exceptional treasure . Without turning his head, he replied, “Continue to increase the concentration . Don’t underestimate his limit, he will be a legend in Beast Venom Temple . “

His voice seemed to contain an indescribable excitement and anticipation .

After a slight hesitation, the subordinate replied, “It seems that he does not want to wake up . “

Nangong Wulian burst into laughter as his eyes filled with fervent joy, “Don’t worry, he will wake up . I have already found the key to wake him up and I have spent a lot of effort finding it . “

All of his subordinates looked at each other with blank looks on their faces .

“Everyone has a weakness . If one loves money, then you give him money . If one values comradeship, then you will use comradeship to move him . “

A water coffin was carried over and placed beside the blood pool . Indistinctly, one could see a female figure lying in the water coffin .

“Even though I don’t know how to make grass-lotus puppets, my understanding towards human anatomy far surpassed Dai Gang’s,” Nangong Wulian muttered . He shifted his gaze from the water coffin to the blood pool and grinned, “This is my present to you . As long as you are willing to open your eyes and start a new life, she will be yours . “

The blood pool remained tranquil, resembling a smooth mirror . The figure lying at the bottom had no reaction .

Nangong Wulian chuckled and turned around to leave .

After a few minutes, the peaceful blood pool suddenly tossed and turned frantically .

… . .

An intense battle was a disaster for the ancient Ye Residence . Its old structures had received irreversible damage and the fragments of its old, moss-covered walls could be seen everywhere .

Upon sensing that Ai Hui had not completely lost the ability to retaliate, She Yu became energized and focused on fighting Old Ling . Gradually, she recovered from the difficult situation she was in previously .

Qing Feng’s awful voice could be heard incessantly, making one feel as if his or her head was going to explode .

The beams of green light from the lotus leaves on the ground became thicker and stronger . These beams of green light converged at the body of Ai Hui .

Faint flames were emitted from Ai Hui’s body . When the beams of green light made contact with the flames, they immediately turned into wisps of black smoke .

What kind of flame was this?

Qing Feng widened his eyes . He could not believe what he had just seen .

Since he was a grass-lotus puppet, he naturally did not have the system of five residences and eight palaces . However, his master was an exceptional genius . Using the technique of making elemental elixirs from dire beasts as a reference, his master produced a man-made elemental elixir for him . Possessing the man-made elemental elixir, Qing Feng could train like a dire beast . Furthermore, after his master made some modifications to him, his training efficiency was higher than the usual dire beasts’ .

Elementalists had a wide variety of fighting styles and the system of five residences and eight palaces was just a framework . Everyone used the framework differently and uniquely . The training method and fighting style of a dire beast was much more simpler . A dire beast usually had a few killing moves and these killing moves complemented their natural instincts . Daily training would make their strength terrifyingly powerful .

Qing Feng, being a grass-lotus puppet, had a human head . His killing moves were extremely powerful . With three ultimate killing moves and a unique and unmatched grass-lotus body, he possessed the strength of a Master .

And [Nether Lotus Glow] was one of his three ultimate killing moves .

These lotus seeds were not the usual lotus seeds . They were the lotus seeds of the extremely rare nether lotuses . Reportedly, the nether lotuses only grew in the Yellow Springs of Netherworld . They were exceptionally precious . Of course, no one knew where the Yellow Springs was . In reality, nether lotuses grew on dead lands that were completely devoid of life and vitality . For example, a necropolis .

Dai Gang had obtained the nether lotus seeds in Qing Feng’s body by chance when he was roaming across Wilderness in the past .

The nether lotus seeds might have come from Dai Gang, but [Nether Lotus Glow] was created by Qing Feng himself . Even Dai Gang marvelled at this technique . After so many years, countless experts had been killed by this move .

From Qing Feng’s perspective, even though Chu Zhaoyang’s swordsmanship was rather good, his base level was only at Second Elemental Realm . The moment [Nether Lotus Glow] was unleashed, his hands would be tied and he would only wait to be captured .

As such, when Qing Feng saw his time-tested ultimate killing move facing resistance from Chu Zhaoyang, he was startled .

[Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] was not a very well-known inheritance and not a lot of people practiced it . When Qing Feng saw the weak flames on Chu Zhaoyang’s body, he did not recognize them .

Luckily, he intensified the strength of [Nether Lotus Glow] and the flames on Chu Zhaoyang’s body became much weaker .

Qing Feng heaved a sigh of relief . This was the first time he’d encountered such a situation .

Qing Feng might appear muddle-headed and careless, but in reality, he was extremely cunning and paranoid . He did not like to fight with unknown enemies . Even though he was a grass-lotus puppet that trained like dire beasts and had many marvellous tricks up his sleeves, he still had weaknesses .

His body was not as strong and sturdy as a dire beasts’ . If he was struck by a brutal attack, his body could get damaged easily .

Once his body was damaged, he had to return and stay in his master’s lotus pond for a long time to recover fully .

He did not like staying in the lotus pond at all . His entire body would be lodged under the sloshy mud with only his head left outside . That was a terrible experience .

Usually, if he sensed something was not right, he would immediately retreat and wait for a new opportunity to strike again .

Even though Qing Feng had loosened up, his gaze still did not leave the trapped Ai Hui .

He did not go and capture Xiao Shuren immediately . Since the situation was well under his control, how was it even possible for her to run away?

Ai Hui noticed that [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] was beginning to dim . The surrounding emptiness and darkness was boundless . Gradually, the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] dimmed and its operating speed became very slow .

The glimmer of hope he had just seen was being extinguished in an instant . However, Ai Hui’s mind did not falter because of this . At this point in time, his mind had already returned to its normal state .

What should he do?

Ai Hui was exceptionally calm . His brain was operating very fast as he thought of ways to break out of the green glowing ball .

[Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] suppressed illusions and psychic attacks . Since it worked against the void of darkness, this meant that the surrounding emptiness and darkness was some kind of illusion .

This illusion was so real that Ai Hui could not even budge the slightest bit when he tried to move his body,

The [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp]’s operating speed decreased . This showed that the other’s party’s psychic attack was very strong and the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] was being suppressed .

His body was imprisoned but his mind was free . What else could he do?

Eh? Ai Hui suddenly realized that the elemental energy in his body could still flow . Previously, he felt that his elemental energy was being devoured . Apparently, that was also an illusion .

It was incredible to see an illusion being so real .

Ai Hui’s eyes lit up when he knew he could still channel his elemental energy . But every time his elemental energy reached the periphery of his body, the elemental energy could not proceed on . This applied to his palms as well . When the elemental energy reached his palm, it could not escape his palm and entered the Silverfold Plum .

His elemental energy could only flow within his body . . .

Ai Hui was slightly disappointed . If his elemental energy could not enter Silverfold Plum, he could not utilize his swordsmanship .

Almost all of his fighting capabilities were based on his swordsmanship . The inability to utilize his swordsmanship was equivalent to him losing more than half of his strength . Furthermore, with the [Skyheart Flaming Lotus Lamp] being suppressed, he lost the tiny bit of strength that he was left with .

The situation was becoming worse . However, Ai Hui did not intend to give up just like this .

He kept on channeling the elemental energy within his body and the elemental energy flowed faster and faster . Ai Hui wanted to see if the elemental energy could break through the confinement of the illusion . An illusion spell that could confine elemental energy had surpassed the usual illusion spells in terms of strength and level .

Ai Hui’s movements immediately caught Qing Feng’s attention .

When Qing Feng saw what Ai Hui was doing, he could not help but laugh . He was very proud of himself .

He stepped on the lotus leaves and walked nearer to the green glowing ball . He widened his eyes and admired his masterpiece .

The fact that Ai Hui could still channel his elemental energy was a trap set up by Qing Feng on purpose . Just as Ai Hui had expected, the illusion wasn’t any ordinary illusion . He certainly did not expect that what he had encountered was a type of illusion poison .

Nether lotus seeds grew in places which had the highest concentration of aura of death . These places were also known as gateways to the netherworld . The green light emitted by the lotus leaves was actually a bizarre mixture of light and smoke .

The light could imprison Ai Hui and create illusions, but it was not deadly . The deadly thing was the smoke . The smoke was a formless and invisible poisonous smoke . It could seep into an elementalist’s body without him knowing .

The faster the elementalist channeled his elemental energy, the faster the poisonous smoke would seep into his body and the stronger its toxicity would get . It would draw the elementalist nearer and nearer to his death .

Qing Feng purposely designed the green light to only imprison an elementalist’s body and not the elemental energy within his body . By designing the green light this way, an imprisoned elementalist would see this as his only chance to escape and keep on channeling his elemental energy . Doing this would only give the poisonous smoke the chance to strike .

Therefore, when Qing Feng saw that Ai Hui kept channeling his elemental energy, he broke into laughter . It was a pity that his smile was extremely ugly and weird-looking .

The numbness caused by the poisonous smoke was very subtle, making it difficult for one to sense it . However, Ai Hui could immediately sense something was wrong .

When Ai Hui was in Wilderness in the past, other than the sword embryo, poison was the greatest helper . He had spent a lot of time and effort studying and using poison . As such, he was extremely sensitive to the presence of poison .

When the first trace of poisonous smoke entered his body, he could already sense it .

Poisonous!

The first thing he did was to stop channeling the elemental energy in his body . He knew of a lot of poisons that could use elemental energy as a medium of travel to spread throughout a body .

At this moment, a trace of weird energy suddenly emerged from his body .

Ai Hui was stunned . Wasn’t this fusion elemental energy?

In order to spend a longer time in the Hall of Ancient Records, Ai Hui trained diligently to develop his fusion elemental energy . His training progress in fusion elemental energy had improved extremely fast .

The trace of fusion elemental energy pounced towards that trace of poisonous smoke, like a predator that spotted its prey .