Chapter 522

Cemu Xue was captured, and Cemu Long, fearing for his son's safety, sought to negotiate first to win him back.

"Hah! Chief Cemu is truly magnanimous!"

Shangguan Yun burst into wild laughter,

"If any scoundrel dared treat my Zhongxin Hall this way,"

"I'd make sure they never leave the western reaches of Yunzhou!"

"But! Cemu Long, do you truly think I have only this one bargaining chip?"

As he spoke, a sudden upheaval erupted among the Cemu clan.

Several young clan members suddenly gripped their own throats from behind, their faces twisting rapidly.

Before long, their skin turned purple, then collapsed to the ground, blood gushing from all seven orifices as they died.

"How could this happen? When did you poison them?"

Cemu Long instantly recognized it as a deadly poison.

"For these past days, every single item we traded was rigorously inspected."

In the span of just these two sentences, several more Cemu clan members succumbed to the poison, clutching their throats in agony.

The clan elders rushed over at once, stepping forward to channel their inner energy to purge the poison from the afflicted.

But the moment they began to channel their inner power, pressing it against the backs of the poisoned clan members,

a green mist surged rapidly into the elders' bodies.

"Such a formidable poison!"

These elders, the highest among them already at the Heavenly Being Realm, the lowest still at the Earthly Immortal Realm.

Their strength rivaled that of the Six Major Sects' Paizhang Sect.

Yet once afflicted by this poison, their true energy and inner power were swiftly corrupted.

The Heavenly Being Realm elder could still channel energy to resist, temporarily avoiding collapse—but clearly lost all combat capability.

The Earthly Immortal Realm elders, however, turned color all over their bodies at once.

They barely held back the poison with their true energy, but the toxicity grew fiercer by the second; clearly, unless a far stronger force intervened,

these Earthly Immortal Realm elders would almost certainly die from the poison.

"What kind of poison did you use?"

Cemu Long was truly stunned—how could this poison affect warriors above the Earthly Immortal Realm?

One must understand: those at the Earthly Immortal Realm have transformed their inner power into true energy, capable of abstaining from food and drink.

Ordinary toxins could never affect them.

As for the Heavenly Being Realm experts, let alone.

At this level, warriors can draw upon the power of heaven and earth.

Most toxins known to mortals originate from the natural world.

A poison capable of harming a Heavenly Being Realm warrior was almost unheard of.

Witnessing this terrifying scene, the five Paizhang Sects were gripped by deep fear.

They naturally knew when Shangguan Yun had poisoned them—but they had never seen such a terrifying poison before.

Even the Cemu clan's Heavenly Being Realm elder could only defend himself.

Then what if Shangguan Yun turned this toxin against them?

In that moment, their gazes toward Shangguan Yun grew filled with dread and awe.

"Heh!"

Shangguan Yun, focused solely on subduing the Cemu clan, did not notice the shifts behind him.

"Cemu Long, surrender!"

"We only wish to open the Long Yin Cave; we've already made calculations."

"We'll need only about a hundred of your clan members' blood—and it will be done."

A hundred living souls. A blood sacrifice.

Such a cruel act sounded effortless in Shangguan Yun's mouth.

"Shangguan Yun, give me your life!"

Cemu Long could endure no more—half his clan's elders were now incapacitated.

Countless clan disciples had already been poisoned.

Only he himself still possessed combat capability.

Now was no time to spare his son.

As chief, he must embrace the duty and resolve of a chief!

"A Xue, I'm sorry!"

Cemu Long cast a guilt-ridden glance at Cemu Xue, then surged forward with the force of Lei Ting.

Shangguan Yun had made the Heaven's Dao Golden List, but Cemu Long's strength surpassed his.

With one punch, he engulfed all six Paizhang Sects and most of their disciples within its range.

"Good! Attack together—kill Cemu Long!"

Shangguan Yun, thrilled that Cemu Long had finally moved, immediately ordered the assault.

Under their Paizhang Sects' coercion, the disciples of the Six Major Sects charged at Cemu Long without fear of death.

Among them, Lei Zhenzi, leader of the Jinqianbang Gang, and Xuanwu Shangren, Paizhang Sect of Qiancang Sect, launched their attacks together.

In fierce combat, not a single disciple of the Six Major Sects could withstand Cemu Long's single punch.

Even Lei Zhenzi and Xuanwu Shangren could only manage to restrain him.

It was just that Cha Mulong was now like a mad demon, vowing to kill Shangguan Yun and the Liudamen Sect.

After him, the still unharmed Cha Mu clansmen also rushed out one after another, scrambling to be first.

"Good!"

Watching the Liudamen Sect disciples retreat step by step, with people dying one after another.

Shangguan Yun, on the contrary, smiled even more brilliantly.

Reaching out to take Cha Muxue, he said to the remaining three sect leaders,

"Now is the critical moment, stop holding back — strike together!"

"Good!"

The three sect leaders had long since plotted with Shangguan Yun and knew that now was indeed the time to act.

With these three sect leaders joining the fight, and the Liudamen Sect disciples far outnumbering the Cha Mu clansmen who had charged out.

Although Cha Mulong was still as fierce and invincible as ever, no one could last a single exchange against him.

But gradually, he sensed something was wrong.

The elite Cha Mu clansmen who had charged out, after fighting for a brief moment, would suddenly clutch their own throats as a deadly poison took effect.

They would then be hacked to death by the Liudamen Sect disciples surrounding them.

"It seems this dog Shangguan Yun actually poisoned everyone?"

Cha Mulong's divine might remained, but he had already grown deeply worried.

Since so many of his clansmen were poisoned, then what about his beloved wife Fenghuang, and himself?

Just as Cha Mulong thought of this, a feeling of heart-palpitations came over him.

Then the fierce and domineering power within his body began to slowly dissipate.

"What kind of deadly poison is this…"

Not only does it require a Heavenly Being Realm expert to circulate their power to resist it, how can it even work against a supreme Mythical Realm cultivator?

How could this be possible?

The dissipation of part of his power was immediately reflected in Cha Mulong's offensive.

"Haha! Everyone, Cha Mulong's Blood Absolute poison has taken effect!"

Lei Zhenzi was the first to notice that the deadly poison in Cha Mulong had begun to act, and immediately cried out in delight.

The other sect leaders were also overjoyed.

"Good! Take Cha Mulong down!"

Seeing that Cha Mulong had already begun to suffer from the poison, Shangguan Yun no longer held back either.