The Ancient Poison Body was a type of Physique that was extremely powerful and useful to the progress of poison masters to the peak of cultivation and understanding of the poison art.
But not only was this Physique mighty, but it also had its downsides, which endangered not only its owner but all those in its vicinity.
That Physique was the kind that external resources could stimulate. In the case in question, it could be stimulated with poisons through its owner's regular training in poison art or other situations.
That is, while 'normal' people like Lothur used poisons to gain traits of affinity with the element but did not accumulate substances in their bodies, Rebecca did the opposite. Each time she trained, her Physique absorbed more poisons, and the poisonous substance in her essence became more powerful.
That was also why the Ancient Poison Body was so powerful, but that was why Elisabeth's two students were pale with fear.
From time to time, the concentration of poisons in that Physique would reach such high rates that its owner would go into hibernation mode to get used to what was developing in themselves. At the same time as this, much of the accumulated poison in this body would escape from it, releasing a hazardous, poisonous mist.
Rebecca might not be extremely powerful or a local high-level poison master. But at her level 11 and having already trained with poisons for almost ten years, the poisonous mist starting to escape from her body was not to be underestimated.
It would hardly threaten the life of a cultivator and poison master like Elisabeth. Still, for young people like those two, that was deadly dangerous!
"Mistress..." Rosa cried out in fear as she felt her knees trembling.
Elisabeth realized that those two were in mortal danger and struck a blow in their direction, aiming at a window behind them.
"Run as far away as possible!" She shouted as the two made pained expressions before they were even hit.
In sequence, two bodies flew out of that property, passing through the glass windows and falling outside that property.
As they fell outside that house, the two felt the shards of glass penetrate several different parts of their bodies, but they had no time to mourn their pain.
Immediately upon realizing they were temporarily out of danger, they gathered their strength to leave.
"Damn it!"
"This time, it will be even worse than the last time!" Rosa commented to her colleague, clenching her fists in anger, already aware that with each 'blast' of Rebecca's poisons, the level and scope of the threat grew more powerful.
She began to run towards her home, while her colleague felt she should ask the local leaders for help.
'Rebecca's Poison Body can expel a fog capable of reaching hundreds of meters from its owner...'
'Last time she experienced this, the concentration of the fog was strong enough to kill people up to 200 meters away from her... This time, I imagine that will double or even triple!' He felt cold sweat dripping from his body, afraid of what might happen.
Last time, Elisabeth had managed to predict when the poison 'explosion' would happen, and only a few villagers from the place she chose had died.
But currently, Rebecca's situation had come weeks earlier than predicted, and she was in the middle of a city of over half a million people.
Considering that she was much stronger, this colleague of hers could sense the worst happening, with thousands of dead emerging in this city in a matter of hours.
'Damn it!'
'I have to warn the local leaders... If the mortals are not retreated in time, in two hours at most, we will have people dying in several areas of the city!' He continued on his way toward the local government headquarters.
Perhaps as luck would have it, it all started in a wealthy neighborhood of Peters City, where most of the people in the vicinity were cultivators.
But still, that was not a good thing since most of the local cultivators were weaker than Rebecca.
In other words, they were at serious risk of death!
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Meanwhile, the first powerful cultivators in Peters City realized something was wrong as people ran through the central streets of that city.
No one had died so far, but people from various parts of the city could already see a purple haze spreading over the northern part of the city.
At the same time, while running through the local streets, Rosa's colleague shouted to everyone in his path that a catastrophe was about to happen.
That quickly brought several 2nd stage cultivators into the streets, with the most curious following in the direction of Elisabeth's residence.
"What's going on?" Gomeric questioned aloud while standing next to some elders of his family.
"I don't know... We'll see what it is. But I have a bad feeling about it." Hilda commented while she was also with her husband.
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Meanwhile, patriarch Baier was in his residence, looking at the situation and remembering that there was a 'time bomb' in Peters City.
'That woman... Did she really keep that girl around during this dangerous time? Is she out of her mind? Does she want to create a catastrophe?' He wondered as he planned to move with some of his elders to resolve the situation.
"What shall we do, patriarch? That woman has broken her promise, and now Peters City is under threat." One of those elders asked.
Elisabeth had made an agreement with local leaders that these people would allow Rebecca to continue living, even considering her Physique. Following her agreement with them, she was going to take that girl away from the city whenever the poison 'explosion' was going to happen.
At the same time, she would take responsibility in case the worst happened and would handle her disciple herself...
With that in mind, Alric's father said. "We cannot have any mercy on that girl today. Her existence puts the whole city and our families at risk..."
"Then we will end her miserable life if that woman does not have what it takes to do so!"
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On the other hand, the Duke of the Province was already in front of Elisabeth's house, knowing everything that was happening.
"Elisabeth, I'm coming in." He said, remembering the first time this had happened when that poison master had attacked several people who tried to enter her property after sensing Rebecca's awakening.
"Chris, what do you want here?" She asked in a worried tone, knowing that this day would not be easy.
After all, she did not know how to stop the poisonous 'explosion,' and she had made a mistake in predicting the date of that fact.
So she was feeling bad at the moment, but she was not willing to simply kill this young woman for not being able to predict the correct date.
"You know why I am here. We can't allow this to develop. Do you want us to pile up bodies in the city streets tomorrow? Are you crazy?" The Duke asked in a serious tone, so loud that several people in the surrounding area shivered.
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