Chapter 392: Chapter 390: Have You Calculated That You Will Die Today?
Jiang Jichen looked miserable, but his body was brimming with a vibrant life force.
This was due to the effects of the High-Level Mysterious Material.
It tempered his physical body from the inside out, causing his vitality to surge.
Previously, Jiang Jichen had guarded the women as they refined the High-Level Mysterious Material, but he hadn’t consumed it himself.
It wasn’t until he encountered the terrifying Day-Sleeping Tree Demon that he finally consumed the High-Level Mysterious Material.
He had been refining and absorbing it the entire way to the small valley.
At first, however, the tempering was only internal; it hadn’t yet reached the exterior of his body.
Just moments ago, he had been submerged in an endless barrage of Poison Skills. If he hadn’t been in the process of refining the High-Level Mysterious Material...
...then even if he hadn’t died, he would have been critically injured. His body would have melted away, and he would have temporarily lost all combat ability.
But now, thanks to the heaven-defying effects of the High-Level Mysterious Material, he was internally unharmed.
Moreover, as the High-Level Mysterious Material was refined and absorbed, his body began to change from the inside out, undergoing an astonishing recovery.
While the two elders of the Five Poison Sect were still reeling in shock, Jiang Jichen clenched the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment and thrust it toward them.
BOOM!
It was a reenactment of the Five Poison Sect elders’ ultimate killing strike from moments before.
Poisonous light, toxic runes, venomous rain, and noxious mist erupted, and even the phantoms of Cyan Serpents and scorpions began to take shape.
"Attack Reproduction!"
Jiang Jichen stated calmly.
And then, the attacks instantly submerged the two elders of the Five Poison Sect.
"Ah, no!"
"It absorbed our Poison Skill attacks and is releasing them back at us! This is..."
In the end, before the two Five Poison Sect elders could even finish their words, their physical bodies dissolved. Their Spirit Infants shot into the sky, attempting to flee!
Jiang Jichen, however, stood motionless and simply swung the Holy Sword in his hand.
POP!
POP!
The two Spirit Infants exploded, and their dissipating souls were absorbed by the Soul Refining Banner.
After doing all this, Jiang Jichen’s body swayed, and he nearly lost his footing and collapsed.
Fortunately, he managed to prop himself up with his Holy Sword in time, steadying his body.
Evidently, he was now extremely weak and in a terrible state.
No one who saw him would think he had any fighting strength left.
The last move he had made was activating one of the Poison-Devouring Pearl’s exclusive techniques: Attack Reproduction.
This was because the Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment in Jiang Jichen’s hand was a core piece, containing a trace of its inherited techniques, which he had managed to obtain.
Suu Luo emerged from the Ancient Medicine Cauldron and saw Jiang Jichen’s wretched state.
Her eyes reddened, and she looked as if she were about to cry as she hurried over to support him.
Her eyes held a mix of gratitude, worry, and a deep, soul-stirring tenderness.
She was an unparalleled beauty, and this display of emotion made her look even more beautiful and alluring.
However, before Suu Luo could speak, Jiang Jichen let out a breath.
But he paid it no mind, wiping his mouth casually and saying in a deep voice, "Suu Luo, with your Brother Jichen here, nothing can hurt you. Nothing!"
He spoke that last word with resolute, unwavering certainty.
One could feel a kind of domineering tenderness in his words.
Suu Luo blushed, lowering her head slightly. "Brother Jichen, I love hearing you say that! But... you’re so badly injured right now..."
Before Suu Luo could finish, Jiang Jichen’s body suddenly swayed, and he collapsed into her arms. His voice was faint. "Ah, you’re right. I’m so badly hurt... Suu Luo, I feel so weak, and my eyelids are so heavy... Am I going to die?"
"Um, Brother Jichen, didn’t you just say we were acting? This... this is making me feel awful!"
Just then, Suu Luo lowered her head and whispered in Jiang Jichen’s ear, using a Secret Technique to condense her voice.
Her warm, fragrant breath tickled his cheek, a heart-stirring warmth.
"Mmm, Suu Luo, we have to be convincing when we act. Otherwise, how will we lure the snake out of its hole?"
Jiang Jichen transmitted his voice back to her.
Suu Luo’s voice was full of anxiety. "Brother Jichen, don’t scare me! You’re just injured, you’ll be fine! Quickly, swallow this Healing Pill! You’ll get better soon!"
However, just as Suu Luo’s words faded, a sinister voice rang out. "It’s useless. Even if you feed him a Healing Pill, he won’t escape death today!"
As the voice fell, several figures appeared, instantly surrounding Suu Luo and Jiang Jichen.
Their leader was a man with ferocious eyes. He exuded a feral aura, like a savage beast ready to pounce and devour someone at any moment.
He was the leader of the group that accompanied Chang Xian’Er.
Back in the reception light area, he had stared fiercely at Jiang Jichen, clearly wanting to make a move on him.
"You?"
Jiang Jichen pretended to struggle, lifting his head from Suu Luo’s arms and asking weakly.
"Jiang Jichen, I bet you didn’t expect this, did you? Heh heh... Just as expected, nothing escapes Miss Xian’Er’s calculations. She let us wait here to reap the rewards!"
The ferocious leader said.
He was Canglang, ranked ninth on the Southern Continent’s list of young experts. He was a peerless figure at the Late-stage Spirit Infant Realm with immense combat power.
’Chang Xian’Er... It’s her again? A pity she didn’t come herself!’
A cold, murderous glint flashed in Jiang Jichen’s eyes.
’To think it was Chang Xian’Er again, plotting against him time after time.’
’Does she really think I’m such an easy target? She’s courting death!’
Canglang laughed ferociously. "It is a pity. If Miss Chang Xian’Er weren’t busy fighting for the Half-Immortal Treasure, she would have come personally. She had already calculated that although the three elders of the Five Poison Sect wouldn’t be able to kill you, they would surely leave you gravely wounded."
"And everything, as expected, went exactly as Miss Xian’Er predicted!"
"And as for me, I detest you. I’ve been wanting to tear you to shreds, so I came!"
"Now, it’s time for you to die!"
Canglang was supremely confident, acting as if everything was under his control as he pronounced Jiang Jichen’s fate.
But the moment his words fell, Jiang Jichen’s body snapped upright. His aura exploded outwards like a flash flood, surging in all directions.
"Did that Chang Xian’Er of yours ever calculate that you would be the one to die today?"
As he spoke, Jiang Jichen casually pointed a finger. The men surrounding him and Suu Luo didn’t even have time to react.
Their heads exploded, and they collapsed into a pile of headless corpses.
Then, wielding his Holy Sword, Jiang Jichen charged at Canglang like a tiger descending a mountain.
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