Chapter 1342: Toxin

Toxin

Jian Changsheng only felt a weight on his back; a venomous spider had descended from the sky and sprawled directly on his back.

Jian Changsheng instinctively reacted in an instant. Without even a backward glance, his hands grabbed the spider's two legs like lightning. Surging Killing Intent stirred, directly throwing it over his back to his front. Its hideous mouthparts were only a fraction of an inch away from biting his neck.

"These Poisonous Insects look way too scary!"

Jian Changsheng cursed, his eyes recalling the fear of being dominated by this group of Poisonous Insects when he accidentally fell into the Ghost Mockery Abyss before...

Before his voice fell, a venomous snake shot out and bit toward his arm. He dodged sideways, but in the next moment, a millipede hiding in the ground beside him suddenly spat out a mouthful of poisonous gas, catching Jian Changsheng off guard and being inhaled into his body.

Even though Jian Changsheng's reaction was already extremely fast and he immediately held his breath, this small mouthful still made his vision go dark, and everything around him began to spin.

"Damn it!"

Jian Changsheng forced himself to support his body, his reddened eyes staring fixedly at the overwhelming swarm of Poisonous Insects surrounding him.

Jian Changsheng swatted that millipede to death with a slap. Turning his head to look behind him, he found that Sun Bumian had also been bitten by a centipede, an ant, and a venomous rove beetle respectively. At this moment, his face was purplish, and his entire body had swollen a size larger...

As for Jiang Xiaohua, his figure could hardly be seen anymore; he was drowned by the dense swarm of Poisonous Insects.

Jian Changsheng knew that if they didn't Risking One's Life, they would all die in the Ghost Mockery Abyss!

He forcefully suppressed the toxins in his body, took a deep breath, and grasped toward the nothingness behind his waist... as if grasping an invisible sword hilt.

Just at the moment he was about to draw his sword, a booming loud noise erupted from the cliff above!

Bang——!!!

The booming rumbled, but looking up, they only saw pitch-blackness. The Ghost Mockery Abyss was truly too deep; they could only vaguely see masses of black shadows rapidly crawling down along the cliff, cascading down like a waterfall.

Immediately after, those black shadows began to crawl out from the darkness, and Jian Changsheng and Sun Bumian finally saw their outlines clearly...

Those were dense swarms of scorpions.

"A second Eighth-Tier Calamity..." Sun Bumian staggered in place as if he had drunk fake alcohol, feeling dizzy and bloated, muttering to himself, "It's really over this time."

Jian Changsheng's eyes were bloodshot. Blackened veins bulged on his hand holding the invisible sword hilt.

If it were only these Poisonous Insects, he still had confidence in carving out a bloody path, but adding that Toad Poison Chief, the chances of survival were very slim. Now another Scorpion Poison Chief arrived, equivalent to directly pronouncing their death sentence.

At the same time,

A majestic voice filled with oppressive feeling rang out from above like thunder!

"——All of you, stop for this King!!"

The moment this voice rang out, whether it was the overwhelming swarm of Poisonous Insects or the Toad Poison Chief ready to strike, they all trembled simultaneously and lay prostrate on the ground without hesitation.

The abyss, which was originally a chaotic mess, instantly fell into dead silence.

Sun Bumian, who just had several Poisonous Insects sprawling on his body, pulled them all down in one breath, his face becoming even more black and purple. He looked up at the cliff, and a huge scorpion carrying a figure wearing a Theatrical Robe was slowly outlined...

Seeing this scene, Sun Bumian's tense heart instantly relaxed, and the Reincarnation Cycle mark that had just gathered in his eyes also gradually dissipated.

Dizzy and dazzled, he gave the middle finger to the person on the scorpion's back:

"Hearts... your granduncle..."

As his voice fell, his eyes rolled back, and he pitched forward, collapsing to the ground on the spot.

The Scorpion Legion surged like a black tide. Chen Ling stood on Xie Yi's back and landed lightly on the earth. His gaze swept over Sun Bumian, who had fainted from poisoning, Jiang Xiaohua lying motionless on the ground, and Jian Changsheng with a pale face gripping the nothingness behind his waist, his eyes filled with surprise and bewilderment...

These three, why would they appear here??

Jian Changsheng, who hadn't activated his ancient Killing Intent, was also unable to endure the poisoning right now. The Chen Ling and scorpion before his eyes began to double.

He blinked hard again and again, staring at that figure in the Great Crimson Theatrical Robe, a look of confusion surfacing on his face...

"Hearts... your... face..."

Chen Ling's gaze focused, subconsciously turning his head to hide his face in the darkness.

He frowned and asked:

"Why did you guys come to the Ghost Mockery Abyss?"

"We... dreamed of you... so... came... to see... you..."

Jian Changsheng tried hard to stay awake, but after saying the last word, the spreading toxins still breached his consciousness. His pupils began to dilate, and he fainted straight to the ground.

Chen Ling immediately turned his head back, jumped down from Xie Yi's back, and checked the condition of the two.

Both were poisoned, and it was a mixture of toxins from multiple Poisonous Insects. Jian Changsheng was a bit better off; the vitality of [Asura] was already extremely tenacious, plus his body was filled with ancient Killing Intent. He should be able to recover himself after a period of time. But Sun Bumian's situation was more troublesome...

He was poisoned the most. If it weren't for the Auspicious Omen Physique's suppressive power against poisonous substances, he probably would have kicked the bucket by now.

"Croak——!!"

The toad looked at Chen Ling in confusion and asked tentatively.

"They are not enemies, they are this King's... guests." Chen Ling stood up, his face somewhat solemn, "Carry them all to the Underground Palace for me, think of a way to detoxify them!"

With Chen Ling's order, the Poisonous Insects that were originally besieging Jian Changsheng's trio swarmed forward, directly hoisted the two onto their backs, and rushed toward the direction of the Underground Palace in a mighty contingent...

The Toad Poison Chief realized it seemed to have made a mistake. It hung its head in front of Chen Ling, not daring to utter another croak.

"Chan Yi, I don't blame you for this. It was this King who asked you to guard the Ghost Mockery Abyss well." Chen Ling waved his hand, "You... did very well."

Only then did a trace of light return to Chan Yi's eyes, but it still didn't dare to look directly into the King's eyes.

Chen Ling was about to say something else when a burst of chaotic rustling came from the side. He saw a few small Poisonous Insects seemingly trying to carry Jiang Xiaohua onto their backs as well, but despite using all their strength, they couldn't lug him away, getting into a fluster for a time.

Seeing this, Chen Ling walked straight over there.

"What's going on? If you can't lug him, let those ants..."

Before Chen Ling finished saying "lug", his whole person suddenly froze in place...

He saw Jiang Xiaohua lying neatly on the ground, his hands folded on his chest, without the slightest sign of poisoning on his body. Instead, those few Poisonous Insects that had just bitten him were all stiff, facing the sky belly up, dead as a doornail...

At this moment, Jiang Xiaohua was staring at Chen Ling with wide open eyes, eyes full of innocence and clarity.

"You..." Chen Ling was momentarily speechless.

Jiang Xiaohua hesitated for a moment and spoke tentatively:

"How about... I get up and walk myself?"