Poison Genius Consort

ou saw that, right?! Han Yunxi is clearly trying to sow discord between us!” A sinister smile flickered past his eyes.
“Yao Yao, martial uncle never expected that an outsider could drive a wedge between us.
Hmph, what a lamentable state!”

His “us” carried a tone of warning for Duanmu Yao.
Without a word, she got out of the way and aimed her sword at Han Yunxi, who backed up until she was pressed against the stone wall again.
There was no place to retreat.

“Cang Qiuzi, do you still remember the needle this wangfei jabbed you with at the top of the mountain?” she asked.
Here was her last counter.
It was a move she’d saved for Long Feiye’s sake, but now she had to bring it out ahead of time.
If Long Feiye could defeat Cang Qiuzi at the ranking matches and shock the various factions enough to dissolve Celestial Mountain’s crisis fair and square, that would be the best ending.
But in case he lost and ended up facing Cang Qiuzi openly, then her poisons could definitely aid him.

Her needle back then had relieved his stomach poison but also contained a slow-acting, hypertoxic poison of her own.
It was impossible to detect now, but once the poison flared up, the victim would die without fail.
Yet to keep Cang Qiuzi from discovering the truth, Han Yunxi had made sure it’d take at least two months before signs of the poison showed up.

Cang Qiuzi was slightly alarmed.
Although Jun Yixie never replied to his letter about the blood sample and needle, he had invited multiple poison doctors to examine him and verify that his body was now free from poisons.

“It’s a slow-acting poison.
If you don’t want to die, then get out!” Han Yunxi warned coldly.

Cang Qiuzi only laughed out loud.
“Han Yunxi, do you think this old man will believe your lies?”

Han Yunxi had no way to make Cang Qiuzi believe her, but she persisted anyways.
“Since Elder Cang wants to bet with his life, then I’ll accompany you ‘til the end!”

Cang Qiuzi wasn’t an easy opponent.
In the end, he still didn’t trust her words.
“Yao Yao, what are you still dawdling for?” As he spoke, he raised his sword to cleave at the stone door.
At the same time, Duanmu Yao stabbed her sword at Han Yunxi.
Without any way to escape or counter the blow, Han Yunxi’s death was inevitable.

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Long Feiye, in the end we couldn’t finish walking our 100 steps…

Since there was no place to retreat, Han Yunxi chose to charge forward.
She stepped towards Cang Qiuzi with her arms spread open, aiming to block his strike with her body!

Long Feiye, this step takes me towards death.
Since I took it for you, does it count as one of our 100 steps?

Long Feiye, Yunxi didn’t break my promise.
I was waiting for you the entire time.
I’ll keep waiting even after I die!

Long Feiye, are you still leaning against that wall?

Long Feiye, will you miss Yunxi?

Long Feiye, Yunxi misses you.
I miss you so much…

Cang Qiuzi didn’t stop his sword, which glowed with qi.
Its radiating waves of energy caused blood to trickle uncontrollably from Han Yunxi’s mouth.
Behind the force of the sword awn was the vicious slice of the blade itself!

BOOM!

There was a clamor as something emerged with explosive force from Han Yunxi’s body.
The power was enough to knock the sword aside and send Cang Qiuzi and Duanmu Yao flying against the walls.

What just happened?

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They saw…

They saw a massive white wolf appear in front of Han Yunxi.
It was as tall as a bear, its fur the pure white hue of snow.
The only spot of color came from a crimson, flame-shaped symbol between its brows that resembled some sort of holy fire.
It stared at Cang Qiuzi and Duanmu Yao, its sinister scarlet eyes glowing with a fierce, malevolent calm.
Both of them were stunned by the impressive strength emanating off the creature! This was simply nothing but a beast, but it gave off the same aura as a lofty king who reigned over the masses!

What…what is this thing? Where did it come from?

Han Yunxi had fallen to the ground.
Waves of dizziness washed through her head.
When Cang Qiuzi had struck with his sword, she’d felt the entire poison storage space churning with excitement.
Before she knew what had happened, she felt something fly out of that space beyond her control.
Meanwhile, the poisonous substances within her space was flying about chaotically, making her dizzier than ever.
She forced down her nausea to stare at the gigantic white wolf before her, finding it somewhat familiar.

“Lil Thing…?” she muttered to herself in disbelief.
Has Lil Thing recovered its powers? Is that its true form?

The white wolf turned towards Han Yunxi.
As soon as it saw the blood by her mouth, its fire sigil glowed bright red.
The wolf immediately turned back to howl at Cang Qiuzi and Duanmu Yao, revealing a pair of long red fangs!

“Crimson fangs!” Cang Qiuzi grew alarmed.
“The poison beast! That’s the Poison Sect’s poison beast! Only it has blood-red fangs!”

Duanmu Yao was even more stunned.
She had teamed up with Jun Yixie at the Skypit to hunt for this creature! Although she’d never seen the poison beast before, she remembered Jun Yixie mentioning the bloody fangs as well.
Anyone bitten by them would die from its poison, while the beast itself contained blood that could cure all sorts of toxins.

Back at the Skypit, all they had found were its shackles, with no sign of the beast to be seen.
Why would it appear out of thin air here, and protect Han Yunxi at that? Could it be…

“Han Yunxi, you stole the poison beast!” Duanmu Yao cried in surprise.

“No! No one’s capable of stealing the poison beast away,” Cang Qiuzi rejected her instantly.
In a voice full of disbelief, he said, “Han Yunxi, you…you’re a descendent of the Poison Sect!”