Supreme Emperor of Mist

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*Shh!!!*

The death of the female scorpion made the male scorpion went amok and attacked without bothering about its surrounding. The stinger dripping with poison went around, warning the four humans from approaching it.

In the meantime, it was evident that the male scorpion was trying to escape. The action of slowly retreating by taking three steps forward but four steps backward made Qian Shou caught the spiritual beast's intention.

Since the battle had escalated to this point, there's no longer a reason for each side to show compassion. At this moment, compassion spells death to either side.

The Flame Spitting Scorpion might be losing right now. But, the tenacity of a spiritual beast would allow it to keep going amok until the final strand of its life.

"Stop it before it trying to escape!" Qian Shou said. There's no need for him to keep hiding his strength, and there's no reason to do so either. The sword in his hand was slowly coated by his Pure Spiritual Energy as he yelled at the other three disciples.

His order made everyone attacked in tandem. While for Qian Shou, he took it further and preparing to deliver a killing blow when the opportunity arrived.

Looking at how his companion fought against the Flame Spitting Scorpion made Qian Shou couldn't help but feel nervous. As the second strongest cultivator here, he's the only one with a skill powerful enough to create a difference.

But to execute the martial art flawlessly, he had to accurately deliver the killing blow before his opponent could react to what he was planning to do.

And that opportunity soon showing itself when the male Flame Spitting Scorpion lowered its tail and created flame sparks through the pair of pincers.

"NOW!" Qian Shou yelled and attacked like an arrow released from the bow. Using almost all available Pure Spiritual Energy, Qian Shou created a few moon sickles from swinging his sword at high speed.

"Iron Flesh Sect's First-Grade Martial Art, Moonlight Blade!" Qian Shou's attack cuts apart both pincers and the head of the scorpion in a single move. But in exchange for this result, he exhausted almost all of his Pure Spiritual Energy to achieve this feat.

Kneeling on the ground weekly, he was about to faint until one of his companions came and stuffed a Flesh Tempering Pellet into his mouth. Although the Flesh Tempering Pill is for cultivation, it could also recover a small part of Spiritual Qi when taken during a battle.

The battle was finally over, but they were not entirely safe yet.

This rescue mission can only be counted complete when they safely brought the two spiritual beast corpses and people back to the Iron Flesh Sect.

"How's senior brother Qian Lang?" Qian Shou asked after he regained some energy to talk.

"Not very good..." his companion replied with a sour expression on his face. It seems that although Qian Lang managed to escape from death, the poison was working too fast.

As for what they had to do now, is to quickly recover their strength and escape. This place is not safe for them to linger as the poisonous stench and smell of blood from the two Spiritual Beasts would quickly attract hungry predators here.

If the one that came were some mere Plague Worms, they could still handle it. But things might be different if it attracted one of the three most dangerous spiritual beasts within this Hundred Poison Swamp.

After a short rest, they get ready to return.

Lucky for them, there's less trouble on their way back. The group soon arrived at the Iron Flesh Sect's entrance when it was about time for dinner.

"Fellow brothers, this is Qian Shou. And that's our senior brother Qian Lang. We just came back from rescuing some fellow disciples taken by the Flame Spitting Scorpions. Can we enter the sect and also get some help to get everyone to the Medicinal Pavilion, please?" Qian Shou said.

Everyone in his team was exhausted, including the four kidnapped disciples that's been tortured by the scorpion's paralyzing poison for the last few days.

Pretty soon, some help quickly came to the sect's entrance as they were helped by the slave disciples to move everyone to the Medicinal Pavilion.

The moment they entered the pavilion, the voice from Elder Gongsun came from the upper floor.

"I've succeeded!" the elder screamed in happiness as the aroma of medicinal pill spreads from his room all the way until it was noticeable on the ground floor.

Even the disciples that smelled the pill fragrance felt slightly invigorated.

"What... What pill did Elder Gongsun refine this time? To think that even sniffing the pill fragrance would make me feel a little energetic." said Qian Shou. Unfortunately, the current him was too weak to move, and his leg has given up the moment he reaches the doorstep of the Iron Flesh Sect.

"Fellow disciple... I can only disturb you to get either Elder Gongsun or Elder Hang to treat us. Can you... Please do us a favor?" Qian Shou said.

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Meanwhile, in Elder Gongsun's room...

"Hahaha! Brat! You're really my lucky star!" the elder was smiling widely while his palm holding a batch of five pills. Each one of the pills had a beautiful black and white marble streak on its surface. As for the pill's aroma, it was heavier inside the room.

Even the tired Qin Lan and Elder Gongsun felt energetic after sniffing the aroma as thick as a cloud that slowly gets down to the waist level.

"Do you know what this pill is?" the elder asked. Based on how happy the elder looks, he might give one of the pills to Qin Lan if he guessed it correctly. But again, Qin Lan knew that he had to make a wrong guess to make sure that his days as a disciple here went smoothly.

Because a disciple that was too smart would no doubt attract unneeding trouble. Instead, he would get more profit from acting like a pig while he's in the Iron Flesh Sect.

"Disciple has no idea. Elder, please tell." Qin Lan smiled while acting in denial. Back in the days before this, he's been refining pills like this quality using random ingredients. But it doesn't seem to be the case for now.

"This is the revision recipe of Iron Flesh Sect's Iron Flesh Pill." Elder Gongsun said.

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