CHAPTER 354: CHAPTER 354: POISON

Fortunately, the destructive power of low-level Secret Spirits is limited. As long as you don’t get hurt by them, their toxins are difficult to invade the body.

Chen Guan has the Azure Heaven Dominating Body, so he’s not afraid of the deadly poisons of low-level Secret Spirits. However, he’s still somewhat concerned about those high-level poisonous creatures with strong destructive power.

Worry about what would come indeed, that poisonous frog, while eating small insects, quickly noticed Chen Guan and Fu Tianji.

It leapt up fiercely, instantly jumping over a distance of more than ten meters, reaching within a few steps of Chen Guan and Fu Tianji, glaring with its eyes, looking left and right, as if choosing which big meal to eat first.

Chen Guan was ready to activate the Pure Yang Sword Immortal at any time. The reason he didn’t take the initiative was that he was afraid Fu Tianji would rush up again.

His wounds had just begun to coagulate, and another fight with Fu Tianji might cause them to split open again.

"Bite him... bite him..." Chen Guan silently prayed in his heart, hoping the poisonous frog would bite Fu Tianji to see if Fu Tianji would know how to counterattack.

The poisonous frog looked around for a while, then suddenly bounced, charging towards Chen Guan.

"There’s a road to heaven that you won’t take, and no gate to hell, yet you come on your own. Looks like my pet Maomao’s gonna have an extra meal." Chen Guan prepared to use the Pure Yang Sword Immortal as the poisonous frog leaped over.

Chen Guan didn’t particularly like Poison Secret Spirits. Even naming the Ten Thousand Poison Insect Emperor was done carelessly.

The reason for the dislike primarily stems from the danger of Poison Secret Spirits. Many cultivators with Poison Secret Spirits accidentally get poisoned by their own pets and just die like that.

These things can poison but can’t detoxify, and even their owners are not immune to their toxins. One wrong move and they might kill their owners.

Given how much Chen Guan values his life, naturally, he doesn’t fancy this type of spirit.

Just as Chen Guan was about to activate the Pure Yang Sword Immortal, a flash of purple light appeared. The Purple Gold Gourd Hammer hammered the poisonous frog directly in mid-air, exploding it into a burst of blood and flesh everywhere.

After smashing the poisonous frog, Fu Tianji retrieved the Purple Gold Gourd Hammer and stood there, still staring at Chen Guan.

"What’s the meaning? You just won’t let me die easily, and want to torture me to death yourself, right?" Chen Guan sighed inwardly, "How much do you hate me?"

However, this made Chen Guan discover a business opportunity, thinking, "Can I lure Fu Tianji to a place with powerful Secret Spirits, and use his subconscious to avoid my easy death to eliminate those attacking Secret Spirits, hunting down high-level Secret Spirits this way?"

Chen Guan thought it might work, as Fu Tianji was only just in the Third Awakening, but he was fused with four Secret God Purple Profound, so even regular Third Awakening Secret Spirits might not be his match.

Though he thought so, Chen Guan knew he still needed to heal his own injuries first.

While Chen Guan was pondering, he noticed something was off with Fu Tianji.

Fu Tianji, who was originally staring at him closely, was now struggling to keep his eyelids open, nearly closing his eyes several times, his body not as tense as before, like someone extremely sleepy trying hard not to fall asleep.

"Is he poisoned? Is the poison from that frog so potent?" Chen Guan immediately understood and looked at Fu Tianji.

When Fu Tianji smashed the poisonous frog earlier, his body got splattered with a lot of its blood.

In his current state, Fu Tianji wasn’t even aware of the poison, nor did he avoid it. He was covered in poisonous frog blood.

"Fu Tianji is a Third Awakening Cultivator, extremely powerful himself, plus he has Purple Profound Body Protection. The frog’s poison was still able to affect him, so it must be quite formidable." Chen Guan looked around, relieved seeing he wasn’t splattered with the frog’s blood.

Thud!

Fu Tianji surprisingly fell down, and Chen Guan watched as he laid his head down to sleep, soon snoring loudly.

"Is it that poisonous?" Chen Guan was both shocked and delighted, quickly getting up and retreating to a safer distance from the frog’s corpse.

Fu Tianji being knocked out by a poisonous frog was something Chen Guan could hardly believe.

However, judging by Fu Tianji’s appearance, it seemed to not be a life-threatening poison, merely putting him to sleep, as his breathing was still deep and strong.

"Should I take him out while he’s down?" Chen Guan hesitated.

Previously, he really wanted to deal with the troublesome Fu Tianji, but now with Fu Tianji in such a state, he posed no real threat and could potentially be used.

Ignoring Fu Tianji for now, Chen Guan first summoned the Ten Thousand Poison Insect Emperor, Maomao, to consume the frog’s toxins.

Maomao sustains itself on toxins, requiring poison blood to level up.

With the frog’s venomous blood so potent, Maomao should be able to gain several levels from it.

Once Maomao emerged, much like a chubby kid finding a cake, its body squirmed rapidly, crawling over to the poison blood and sucking vigorously.

Before long, Chen Guan received a notice of Maomao’s level increase.

It seemed the frog’s poison was indeed a great supplement, as Maomao’s level continuously climbed, soon reaching level 7.

And the frog’s blood wasn’t even fully absorbed yet; Chen Guan pondered if Maomao would directly reach level 10 after finishing all the poison blood.

As Maomao upgraded, it grew continuously larger.

Originally only about a foot long, Maomao would grow a few centimeters with each level and was now over two feet long.

The larger Maomao appeared less pleasing to the eye, with its once vibrant body becoming more intimidating as it increased in size.

Once it looked quite cute when smaller, but the bigger it gets, the more terrifying it becomes.

As Chen Guan had anticipated, after absorbing all the frog’s toxin, Maomao’s level indeed reached 10, its body surpassing a meter, and it appeared quite frightening, being plump and round.

Unfortunately, its speed, strength, and body toughness hadn’t improved significantly, it moved faster than before, but compared to other Secret Spirits, it was still lagging.

Chen Guan estimated that the frog might have been a Third Awakening Secret Spirit, hence having such a potent effect that boosted Maomao straight to level 10.

It remains unclear what conditions Maomao would need for a Second Awakening; theoretically, more toxins would be needed.

Chen Guan decided to let Maomao hunt around on its own, as its own toxicity was strong, and poison-type Secret Spirits of the same level shouldn’t be able to harm it.

He then walked over to Fu Tianji, picking up a Purple Gold Gourd Hammer that had fallen to the ground, feeling its substantial weight.

This was a Secret Divine Artifact; if Fu Tianji were killed, perhaps nothing else could be obtained, but these four tridents and four hammers were sure to be left behind.

In an instant, he could gain eight Secret Divine Treasures, which would undoubtedly be unexpected wealth from heaven for Chen Guan.