Chapter 391: Chapter 389: A Tender Side
A Nascent Soul Cultivator had fallen!
From the moment Jiang Jichen brandished the tattered Soul Refining Banner, it was all over in the blink of an eye.
The coordination between Suu Luo and Jiang Jichen was absolutely perfect.
The two elders who had retreated into the distance were still in a daze.
They simply found it hard to accept this reality!
Two Foundation Establishment Cultivators had actually killed a Nascent Soul Realm existence.
If word of this got out, no one would believe it!
Even if their Cultivation Realms were suppressed, they could still unleash some of the power of a Nascent Soul Realm Cultivator.
But just now, the elder from the Five Poison Sect had no opportunity whatsoever to use those Nascent Soul Realm techniques.
He was beheaded, his Spirit Infant shattered, and his Divine Soul refined!
This scene struck fear into the hearts of the two remaining elders.
They knew that if they had been a step slower, the outcome would have been no different.
The ones who died... would have been them!
They truly regretted it. They never should have let Jiang Jichen take the Soul Refining Banner.
Finally, the two remaining elders from the Five Poison Sect snapped back to their senses.
What followed was a towering rage.
"Jiang Jichen, I never thought your Divine Soul would be so extraordinary! But forcing yourself to swing the Soul Refining Banner once must have been your limit. Now that your Divine Soul is weak, killing you will be as easy as crushing an ant!"
One of the Five Poison Sect elders roared in fury and charged forward.
The other held nothing back, lunging for Suu Luo.
They had underestimated the pair before and didn’t dare make the same mistake again.
They struck with their strongest Ultimate Killing Skills.
They even emanated the might of a Nascent Soul Realm attack.
This land did not permit existences above the Spirit Infant Realm. Anyone who surpassed it would suffer a heavenly punishment brought down by the rules of this place, blasted into dust with no hope of survival.
But their true Cultivation Realm was, after all, the Nascent Soul Realm. Even with their power suppressed, they could still barely unleash an attack approaching the level of the Nascent Soul Realm.
A Nascent Soul Realm attack was terrifyingly powerful. It harnessed the Majestic Power of Heaven and Earth, threatening to immobilize both Jiang Jichen and Suu Luo.
The might of the incoming attacks was unimaginable; it could truly annihilate them!
Jiang Jichen’s face was deathly pale, a result of expending too much Soul Power.
Just as the Five Poison Sect elder had said, his Divine Soul was incredibly weak right now.
Suu Luo’s situation was also dire.
No matter how extraordinary she was, her Cultivation Realm was too low. She was bound to be defeated in a direct confrontation with such powerful opponents.
The attacks from the two Five Poison Sect elders were both boundlessly terrifying Poison Skills.
At this moment, poisonous runes filled the sky and descended, while a venomous rain swirled and shot toward Jiang Jichen and Suu Luo from all directions.
They were completely surrounded—above, below, and on all sides—by poisonous light, runes, mist, and rain.
Moreover, the void trembled as two enormous phantoms—a Cyan Serpent and a scorpion—materialized.
The phantom Cyan Serpent opened its massive maw, its venomous tongue lashing out to kill.
The phantom scorpion swung its giant tail, sweeping toward the two of them!
The attacks of the two Five Poison Sect elders were truly terrifying and astounding.
Caught in the middle of it all, Jiang Jichen wasn’t worried about Suu Luo. He knew she possessed a protective power that would definitely emerge at the moment of life and death, capable of sweeping away or frightening off any enemy and keeping her safe.
’But... this power can protect Suu Luo once, but not twice!’
’If she uses it up on this life-or-death crisis, what about the next time she faces even greater danger?’
Although he was incomparably cruel and ruthless to his enemies, he would always show his warmer side to those who showed him kindness.
He had only known Suu Luo for a few short days, but they had journeyed together across ten thousand miles of endless yellow sand.
They had fought together, laughed together, and... they had become friends.
That simple yet not-so-simple, scheming yet not-so-scheming, but definitely adorable Suu Luo—she was worth treating with his warmer side.
’Perhaps she always drives me crazy and leaves me speechless, but... isn’t that the real fun in life?’
So, in that instant, Jiang Jichen moved!
The Ancient Medicine Cauldron appeared in his hand, and he immediately pulled Suu Luo inside it.
"Brother Jichen, don’t worry about me! Suu Luo is very strong, you know!"
Suu Luo’s voice came from within the Ancient Medicine Cauldron.
But this time, Jiang Jichen was forceful, directly suppressing Suu Luo inside the Ancient Medicine Cauldron.
Of course, if Suu Luo was determined to break out, Jiang Jichen naturally wouldn’t be able to hold her.
But she knew that Brother Jichen was doing this entirely for her own good!
At that moment, her heart was filled with warmth and a myriad of tender feelings!
"Suu Luo, you stay put! Brother Jichen will beat these two old geezers to a pulp for you!"
Jiang Jichen’s voice rang out!
At the same time, he flipped the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment in his hand, and the Spiritual Power in his body surged, pushing the fragment to the absolute limit of what he could currently activate.
Not only that, but with the Holy Sword and the One Corner of the Azure Heaven Killing Array in hand, he swept them forward simultaneously.
In that instant, Jiang Jichen unleashed his strongest combat power, everything short of his Seven-Colored Spiritual Vein.
He had truly pushed his Foundation Establishment Perfection Realm combat strength to its absolute limit.
BOOM!
Finally, these terrifying attacks collided head-on.
In that moment, poisonous light, Sword Auras, and Killing Intent intertwined, giving rise to all sorts of terrifying Anomalies in the small valley.
Jiang Jichen was submerged in the endless Poison Skill attacks, the outcome impossible to see.
Not far away, the phantoms of the Cyan Serpent and the scorpion were obliterated by the Holy Sword.
The two Five Poison Sect elders were wounded by the Azure Heaven Killing Array, both of them severely injured. The Killing Intent unleashed by the One Corner of the Azure Heaven Killing Array was too terrifying.
Their current power was not enough to nullify it immediately.
But the two Five Poison Sect elders finally breathed a sigh of relief, believing they had at last managed to slay Jiang Jichen.
Because under such a deluge of Poison Skills, even a Nascent Soul Realm existence would be severely wounded.
"This kid is too terrifying. Thankfully he hasn’t stepped into the Spirit Infant Realm yet. Otherwise, we would have been no match for him!"
"Yes, the commotion here is too great and will soon attract others. Let’s collect the spoils and retreat immediately. We’ll wait for the Academy’s rear mountain to close, then return to the sect."
The two Five Poison Sect elders spoke.
"Collect the spoils? Aren’t you speaking a bit too soon, a bit too arrogantly?"
However, just as the voices of the two Five Poison Sect elders faded, they heard a voice that almost made them jump out of their skin.
It was Jiang Jichen’s voice, coming from within the Anomaly of the endless Poison Skill attacks. He... wasn’t dead yet?
’This is impossible!’
They were shocked and filled with disbelief.
But then, their eyes fell upon an astonishing scene.
Where the attack had landed, all the poisonous light, runes, rain, and mist had vanished, devoured and absorbed by the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment in Jiang Jichen’s hand.
But Jiang Jichen was in a miserable state. His flesh was peeling off his entire body, as if it were melting away.
This was a sign of being corroded by a potent poison.
But faintly, from beneath the melted flesh, a soft, precious light flickered. New flesh was regenerating.
"You can actually push the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment to such a degree, enough to absorb all of our Poison Skill attacks? This..."
"And his physical body... to be able to resist poison to this extent! It’s practically a body immune to all poisons! No!"
The two Five Poison Sect elders cried out in shock. They couldn’t believe it, unable to accept such a reality.
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