Chapter 325: Capturing the Witch Beast, the Fierce Scorpion Gu

"Ge Erbudan has lost face; he couldn't win on his own and had to have a Witch Beast help."

A hunter shook his head and said.

Among the few onlookers, he was the only one who had mastered a fist technique with elemental attributes, and he believed he could neutralize the power of the Poison Palm.

Seeing that the strongest, Ge Erbudan, actually couldn't take down the Poison Man and had to resort to a group attack, was quite a sight.

The massive, slender Witch Beast moved as fast as lightning, its limbs constantly waving and stabbing, the passing force carving deep grooves into the ground.

Nearby rocks were continuously popped and shattered with crackling sounds, appearing incredibly fragile.

Ge Erbudan himself, his face purple and blue, was clutching his wrist and muttering incantations.

The ground beneath his feet was piled with the corpses of poisonous insects, the sacrifices that had died absorbing the Palm Poison.

Witch people raise poisonous insects just as the people of Zhong Yuan raise livestock like pigs and sheep; besides food, they have many other uses.

The overlord of insects, known as a Gu, is a king that has fought its way out from among thousands of troops and horses.

There are even special cases where Witch people feed poisonous insects with the essence blood from their own hearts, forming a relationship as close as siblings born of the same mother, regarding them as Life Gu.

Ge Erbudan values martial strength and does not possess any particularly powerful Gu insects, so he can only rely on sacrificing poisonous insects to remove the poisonous miasma bit by bit.

"Attack!"

The remaining hunters exchanged glances and, in unison, stomped the ground, kicking up dust and raising a yellowish-brown mushroom cloud.

One figure after another joined the battlefield, throwing punches into the gaps of the Witch Beast's attacks.

The pressure on Zhou You increased sharply; these were five genuine martial masters, plus a Witch Beast with even greater strength.

He had already consumed quite a bit of Qi and blood in his fierce battle with Ge Erbudan just now; fighting many alone was still too much of a stretch.

"Swish!"

Zhou You struck with a palm, summoning a cloud-like poisonous miasma, brilliant and inexplicable, covering the fist winds of several hunters.

In the blink of an eye, the poisonous miasma was torn to shreds by the fist winds.

Any one of these hunters, taken individually, could fight Zhou You for over ten rounds, let alone when they joined forces.

Witch people take hunting as their primary profession and are most skilled at teamwork and division of labor, winning against the strong with the weak; they have deep insights into coordinated, multi-pronged attacks.

They coordinated with the Witch Beast's attacks without the slightest lack of harmony or interference, their movements in and out rhythmic.

The rate at which Zhou You consumed Qi and blood increased suddenly; to contend with his opponents, the range of the poisonous miasma shrouding his body expanded by a fist's length.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!"

The Witch Beast hissed and raised a pair of sharp forelimbs, slamming them down like a crusher; the earth shook upon impact.

Zhou You, being the target of the attack, raised his palm and struck the forelimbs; a layer of dense, fine hair like steel needles pricked his muscles and bones, causing numbness.

Utilizing the force of the rebound, Zhou You retreated a few steps and pulled an object from his sleeve.

Snake-scaled in texture and as large as a fist, it was precisely the Poison Nest he had refined using shed skin.

The Poison Nest can contain Golden Money Scorpions, Blood God Leeches, and Heart-Bewitching Blood Qi Gu; perhaps it could also contain this giant Witch Beast that looks like a poisonous insect?

Let's try it.

"Talent, Hunger, activate."

The poisonous miasma swirling across the sky, under the reflection of the sunlight, presented a bizarre and fantastic scene.

Seven colors and five hues flowed like liquid, morphing into various forms; one moment it was a horse, the next it was a cloud—in short, completely unrelated things.

Amidst this brilliant poisonous miasma, the Witch Beast remained unaffected, coming and going like the wind; every attack was like an activated excavator, its destructive power hair-raising, enough to cause severe injury even to a martial master if hit.

The Witch Beast was being arrogant, but suddenly hearing Zhou You's voice, a look of mockery appeared on its inverted triangular head.

However, the next moment...

A powerful suction force dragged the Witch Beast's massive body, causing it to slide forward, its body shrinking at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss, roar, roar, roar!"

The Witch Beast's instinct sensed something was wrong; it hissed loudly, its whole body struggling and trembling, attempting to resist the attraction of the Poison Nest.

However, could a Poison Nest with the Tianfu Decipher Confusion talent stacked 23 times be so easily shaken off?

"Receive!"

The Witch Beast was dragged along, sliding the whole way, its size becoming smaller and smaller until it shrank from 10 meters tall to the size of a washbasin. Seeing the opportunity was ripe, Zhou You shouted loudly, the Poison Nest shook twice, and an object had already appeared inside.

The Witch Beast vanished from its original spot; when it appeared again, it was already a guest inside the Poison Nest.

"Return my Witch Beast!"

The poisonous miasma was like fog, separating the hunters and concealing Zhou You's movements and the existence of the Poison Nest.

However, the moment the Witch Beast was taken in, Ge Erbudan, as its master, felt it immediately.

The Totem on his body flashed red light; this represented a warning, as the link with the Witch Beast had been severed.

Regardless of the residual poison in his body, Ge Erbudan roared in anger and continued to launch an attack on Zhou You.

Well come!

Zhou You struck with his palm, his sleeve bulging slightly; the Golden Money Scorpion darted out like lightning, circled his wrist, crawled onto the back of his hand, and raised its tail stinger.

In the sunlight, that golden line wound like a stream, finally converging on the tail stinger.

"Ah!"

Ge Erbudan's hand was pierced, and the excruciating pain swept through his whole body, causing him to freeze on the spot.

A Poison Palm strike landed solidly.

The Palm Poison poured into his body first, followed by the physical damage inherent in the palm force, directly breaking his two rows of ribs and crushing his internal organs until they bled.

At this moment, the remaining hunters rushed over to rescue him, launching killing moves at Zhou You in unison.

"Shengzhuai Xiniuwe!"

"Adversity Survival Fist!"

"..."

One of the roaming hunters had a move that made Zhou You take a few extra looks.

His fist technique was emerald green like jade, and his Qi and blood were mixed with countless floating algae as fine as dust; as he drove his Qi and blood, the floating algae proliferated wildly.

The Poison Aura was like a scraping blade, constantly weakening the green light, but it could not keep up with the speed at which the floating algae proliferated.

Therefore, his fist technique neutralized the attribute damage of the Poison Palm.

However, his strength and speed were still a notch inferior, so one-on-one, he was still no match for Zhou You.

"Hit!"

The Golden Money Scorpion performed a meritorious service again, seizing the opportunity to strike the opponent; amidst a miserable shriek, his shoulder blade was cleaved through by a palm strike from Zhou You.

The green light filling the sky retracted, and without the support of Qi and blood, the floating algae withered rapidly as if dehydrated, shrinking to the size of a needle tip.

Seeing this, the roaming hunters wanted to take out their respective bone flutes and clay whistles to summon more companions.

But it was too late.

Zhou You held the upper hand and would never give them a chance; he immediately unleashed his Lightness Skill to launch a fierce attack, bringing immense pressure that forced them to use both hands just to barely defend, leaving them no time to be distracted by other matters.

"Ah!"

Another miserable shriek rang out; although the potent poison of the Golden Money Scorpion was not fatal, the excruciating pain transcended the physical body and acted directly upon the spiritual level.

A Gu Insect, the Poison Man actually possessed a formidable Gu Insect.

The roaming hunters were terrified to the core; among the Shaman tribes, Gu Insects were legendary creatures, and only those chosen by heaven could tame them.

But how could an outsider enemy also tame a legendary Gu Insect?

Zhou You's pair of Poison Palms, coordinated with the Golden Money Scorpion providing support, were like a hot knife through butter, and he soon won in a crushing, landslide victory.

"Poison Man, you cannot escape!"

Ge Erbudan, whose internal organs had already been infiltrated by the poisonous gas, still pointed at Zhou You and threatened him.

Zhou You smiled eerily and said, "Have you noticed that this time, the Palm Poison is nowhere near as fierce as it used to be?"

What did this mean? Were you exposing your own weakness and admitting that your strength had declined?

"Enjoy it well!"

Zhou You did not deliver a finishing blow, but instead left behind a field of severely wounded men and strode away.

(End of this chapter)