Chapter 43: Severing Half The Poison Demon’s Palm, The Jianghu Is Shaken!
“Hahaha, after such a long time, your poison has finally erupted… I have a habit of poisoning everyone around me, no matter who they are or the circumstances. But it’s just a mixed toxin. If nothing unexpected happens, I ignore it, and it naturally won’t erupt. But if an unexpected situation arises, I administer another toxin, and the mixed toxin will completely burst, becoming deadly poison.”
“You’re very clever and very cautious. You didn’t breathe, didn’t touch, didn’t get close, but earlier you still spoke to Miss Zhou and the others. The moment you opened your mouth, you were poisoned…”
Ouyang Bo stared fixedly at Ji Qing.
But he had no intention of advancing, instead being extremely cautious, even slowly increasing his distance from Ji Qing.
Ji Qing finally understood why he had been poisoned.
This Ouyang Bo was truly too cautious; the title “Poison Demon” was well-deserved!
He actually poisoned everyone around him?
Probably not just Miss Zhou; even those horse bandits had actually been poisoned.
Whether horse bandits or Miss Zhou, they were given mixed toxin. It has no effect normally, but once contaminated with another toxin, it can turn into deadly poison.
It was equivalent to Ouyang Bo always being on guard against the unexpected.
Miss Zhou and the others paled instantly upon hearing this.
Who could have imagined that the old beggar who had helped them earlier and saved the Zhou Family members’ lives had actually poisoned them?
Was this the Poison Demon? Truly terrifying.
But even knowing they were poisoned, there was no way to deal with it.
The Poison Demon’s poisons were hard to solve even if known.
Time passed bit by bit.
Ji Qing’s internal energy was frantically circulating.
He suddenly felt something strange.
His internal energy was indeed not circulating smoothly, but it hadn’t completely stopped.
Moreover, as time passed, the toxin in his body was actually slowly weakening.
“My internal energy can weaken the toxin? Even directly refine the toxin?”
Ji Qing carefully sensed it.
He understood.
It was because of his Supreme Yang Internal Energy; the “Supreme Yang” property could refine toxins.
Ordinary toxins simply couldn’t affect Ji Qing’s Supreme Yang Internal Energy.
The mixed toxin Ouyang Bo used was indeed very potent, colorless and odorless, hard to detect.
But actually, the harder a poison is to detect, the less fierce its toxicity often is.
How strong could a poison be that Ouyang Bo casually administered to guard against the unexpected?
It could only slightly hinder Ji Qing’s internal energy circulation.
But Ji Qing remained unmoved.
He was waiting.
Waiting for Ouyang Bo to lose patience.
At that time, he could deliver a killing blow!
Finally, Ouyang Bo lost patience.
He had calculated the time; at this period, the mixed toxin he administered was erupting most fiercely.
Thus, Ouyang Bo suddenly lunged forward.
He grabbed a large handful of hidden weapons with both hands.
All kinds of hidden weapons were there.
Poison needles, iron caltrops, bone-piercing nails, and so on.
All the hidden weapons were coated with deadly poison.
His hidden weapon technique wasn’t the most exquisite, but he relied on quantity; as long as one hidden weapon hit Ji Qing, Ji Qing would be struck with deadly poison and die without doubt!
“Ji Qing, die!”
With Ouyang Bo flinging both hands, a large handful of hidden weapons whistled over like raindrops filling the sky.
“Clang.”
The next moment, Ji Qing drew his saber.
The saber left the sheath, breathtakingly beautiful.
The brilliant blade light accelerated the moment it left the sheath.
Those sky-filling hidden weapons were so slow before Ji Qing’s blade light.
The brilliant blade light quickly formed a saber curtain in front of him.
“Ding ding dang dang.”
The collision of hidden weapons and blade edge; not a single hidden weapon could get close.
“You’re not poisoned? Impossible, you were clearly poisoned just now…”
Ouyang Bo’s pupils contracted, his heart greatly shaken.
He even immediately drew back in retreat.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
No matter how fast Ouyang Bo was, how could he be faster than Ji Qing’s blade light?
Astonishing Swan Saber appears, head falls; this was no empty words!
Ouyang Bo felt an extreme sense of danger.
He seemed to feel that this saber, he couldn’t block.
He would die!
“Ah…”
There was great terror between life and death.
Ouyang Bo suddenly thrust out his palm, actually grabbing directly at Ji Qing’s blade light.
“Pfft.”
The palm was easily sliced open by the blade light.
Although the blade light continued toward Ouyang Bo, the palm provided a slight obstruction, slowing it a bit, allowing Ouyang Bo to narrowly dodge.
Ouyang Bo had lost half a palm.
Bright red blood kept flowing.
“Swish.”
Ouyang Bo fiercely flung with his half palm.
A large amount of blood turned into blood mist, flying toward Ji Qing.
“Hm? The blood also has deadly poison?”
No matter how fast Ji Qing’s saber was, how could it defend against the sky-filling blood?
Ji Qing directly removed the conical hat from his head and threw it at the blood mist.
His whole body directly retreated backward.
The blood mist was mostly dispersed by the conical hat’s stir.
But with this delay, when Ji Qing looked again, Ouyang Bo had already disappeared, even taking the half palm from the ground.
Ji Qing didn’t immediately pursue.
First, Ouyang Bo was full of tricks; who knew if he had set deadly poison traps ahead?
Second, Ji Qing had indeed been poisoned earlier; it was just refined by his Supreme Yang Internal Energy. But the toxin in his body wasn’t completely gone; pursuing now would have unpredictable consequences.
This was Ji Qing and Ouyang Bo’s first encounter.
Ouyang Bo’s martial arts weren’t weak, reaching second-rate peak.
Of course, purely in martial arts, Ouyang Bo still couldn’t match Ji Qing.
But Ouyang Bo bore the title “Poison Demon,” with poisoning techniques at a divine level, impossible to guard against.
Who could imagine that everyone Ouyang Bo encountered was poisoned by him?
Ji Qing immediately sat cross-legged to circulate his energy, first completely refining the remaining toxin in his body.
“You all have poison left by Ouyang Bo on you; within ten zhang, don’t approach me!”
Ji Qing said to the Zhou Family members.
The Zhou Family members looked at each other but didn’t dare disobey.
After waiting half a shichen, Ji Qing finally finished circulating his energy.
He confirmed the poison in his body had been completely refined.
“Whoosh.”
Ji Qing left.
He even left without a word of greeting to the Zhou Family members.
Seeing Ji Qing completely disappear, the Zhou Family members finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Now only corpses littered the ground and the Zhou Family members remained.
“The great war between Astonishing Swan Saber and Poison Demon truly lives up to the name. Either one could easily wipe out all of us…”
“This time the two ended in mutual defeat, right? But Poison Demon seems worse off, having half his palm severed.”
“Ji Qing was indeed poisoned and was circulating energy to expel it earlier; even in a poisoned state, he severed half of Poison Demon’s palm—truly impressive!”
“This time Ji Qing barely won by half a move, but it was just by surprise. Next time with preparation, Ouyang Bo would make it hard for Ji Qing to catch him off guard again…”
The Zhou Family members discussed animatedly.
This great war between Ji Qing and Ouyang Bo truly opened their eyes!
“Alright, stop discussing; hurry to Xiling Prefecture. Don’t forget we still have Ouyang Bo’s poison on us. It hasn’t erupted yet, but who knows what damage it might do? Reaching Xiling Prefecture sooner lets us find a doctor sooner…”
Miss Zhou spoke up.
Everyone’s hearts tightened.
Indeed, they still had deadly poison on them!
This Poison Demon was truly chilling just to think about.
Thus, the Zhou Family Caravan set off again toward Xiling Prefecture.
The Zhou Family Caravan had just left when several men in black appeared from behind.
They were from Dongling Prefecture Listen to the Wind Tower.
They had witnessed the entire battle between Ji Qing and Ouyang Bo!
“Go back and report.”
The Listen to the Wind Tower people also quickly vanished without a trace.
……
Yongchang 11th year, second month, twenty-third day: Astonishing Swan Saber Ji Qing pursued and killed Poison Demon Ouyang Bo outside Dongling Prefecture. The two engaged in great war; Ji Qing used Astonishing Swan Saber to sever half of Ouyang Bo’s palm, and Ouyang Bo fled in defeat!
The news spread, shaking the Jianghu!
