At that moment, over the walkie-talkie, Su Wei's cursing voice came through, "Damn it, we've been duped; this residential area is nothing but an empty shell of that stack of straw. The damn intelligence division, I'm gonna kill them."

"Damn it, we lost so many people only to find a pile of useless straw!"

Listening to the curses coming from the walkie-talkie, Lin Chen gave a faint smile, "Turn off the walkie-talkie. Now we start cleaning up the trash from the Five Poisons Sect!"

A few individuals were lying prone on a small hill, overlooking a mountain villa in the valley.

The villa was nestled in a hollow in the mountains, enveloped by mist all around, no wonder even airplanes failed to find the hiding place of the Five Poisons Sect.

"Bao'er, you've lived with the Five Poisons Sect for so many years; you should know the situation inside," Lin Chen asked, turning his head.

Tang Bao'er nodded and said, "There are about a hundred core members of the Five Poisons Sect. We wiped out more than twenty last time; there should be still over eighty remaining. Most of them are of Golden Core strength, but they have four elders who are in the Nascent Soul Realm. The Poison Centipede is already dead, so now there are three elders."

"What's the strength of their Sect Hierarch?" Lin Chen inquired.

"The Sect Hierarch of the Five Poisons, Wufeng, has just advanced to the mid-stage of the Innate Realm; he is the hardest to deal with," Tang Bao'er said seriously.

"Mid-stage of the Innate Realm, huh?" Lin Chen nodded.

In the martial world, poison is the most troublesome; it kills invisibly and can even kill across levels without much difficulty. An expert at using poison at the early stage of the Innate Realm turns one's entire body into a vessel of poison, and even powerful fighters in the late stage of the Innate Realm do not dare to confront them head-on.

However, Lin Chen possessed a "human spirit system" that protected his body, and he was particularly immune to poison, so although his opponent was at the mid-stage of the Innate Realm, Lin Chen was not afraid.

Lin Chen nodded and said, "Xiaohua, you lead Heimo and the others to take out the Five Poisons Sect members outside, while Bao'er and I will go straight into the dragon's lair and meet this Sect Hierarch of the Five Poisons."

The reason Lin Chen made this arrangement was that the Sect Hierarch had become a poison person, and if one was not protected by some means, coming into contact with him could very well be fatal. Both he and Tang Bao'er were immune to poisons.

"Can you two handle that guy?" Zhao Xiaohua asked anxiously.

Lin Chen smiled and said, "Don't worry, both Bao'er and I are immune to poison. The Five Poisons Sect still has three Nascent Soul experts who are not easy to deal with, so you'll also need to be careful."

As he spoke, Lin Chen took out several medicinal pills from his bosom and handed them out to everyone, "These are Detoxification Pills I've made, which can resist all poisons. Everyone should take them."

The members of the Five Poisons Sect were experts at using poison, and without preparation, one could easily fall victim to their underhanded tricks, possibly dying without even knowing how.

After swallowing the pills, Lin Chen nodded and said, "Then let's split up. Remember, we must find the infants they've abducted."

Lin Chen looked at the group with a faint smile, "This is the Dragon Tooth Unit's first operation. We'll let everyone know that we are the real aces!"

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, their eyes glittering with a fierce killing intent.

Meanwhile, inside the Five Poisons Sect, Wufeng looked very upset.

He bellowed at three elders, "Twenty elites and one elder went into Capital City and completely disappeared without a trace. Are you all incompetent?"

"Sect Hierarch, it's likely that Elder Poison Centipede and the others have encountered misfortune, or they would have made contact with us by now," a bald elder said with trepidation.

Hearing the bald elder's words, Wufeng's expression grew even darker, and his triangular eyes flashed with a cold chill, "The last intelligence reported that Tang Bao'er was with Lin Chen. Could Lin Chen really be that formidable?"

The bald elder nodded and said, "According to our intelligence, Lin Chen's strength has already reached the Innate Realm."

"What Innate Realm? Wasn't he in the Nascent Soul Realm just a while ago?" Wufeng asked with a cold gaze.

One must know, advancing from the Nascent Soul Realm to the Innate Realm takes at least a decade, often several decades, and many people never get the chance to advance in their entire lifetime. Yet, Lin Chen has managed to reach the Innate Realm before even turning twenty years old, a talent comparable to the scions of the eight great powers.

"This guy must possess Tianyan. Once the selection competition for the poison child is over, I will personally take action and must get my hands on Tianyan," Wufeng squinted his eyes, his face twisted with a ferocious grin.

Thinking about how his strength would greatly increase after obtaining Tianyan and possibly even ascend to immortality one day, Wufeng's face revealed a devilish smile.

Just as he was lost in his fantasy of ascending, suddenly, a flustered cultist burst in: "Sect Hierarch, it's terrible! The people from the foreign dragon have invaded."

"What!" Wufeng leaped up from his seat, and the core members of the Five Poisons Cult also looked suddenly displeased.

Wufeng hurried forward a few steps and grabbed the cultist by the collar: "How many of them are there?"

"A total of nine people, including Tang Bao'er," that cultist said.

"Tang Bao'er... that means Lin Chen is in there too," A wild joy flashed across Wufeng's face.

"Hahaha, the heavens are on my side, very good, Tianyan will be mine. Command everyone to seal all the exits. I want to make sure they can't return the way they came," Wufeng said with a cold sneer.

The bald elder nodded, leading people as they rushed out.

"Humph, nine people dare to barge into my Five Poisons Cult. Since they've come, they shall all stay to feed the poisonous snakes in our Ten Thousand Snake Pit!" Wufeng laughed loudly, leading his followers toward the outside of the great hall.

When he reached the door and saw the scene outside, his pupils shrank tightly.

He saw chaos all around, the cultists of the Five Poisons Cult strewn about defeated.

Wufeng's gaze hardened as it fell on the leading young man, and he snorted coldly, "You must be Lin Chen!"

Lin Chen smiled faintly, "Indeed, Wufeng, to think you would use babies as bait for your poison, your methods are simply too cruel. Today is the day you die."

"Hahaha, Lin Chen, hand over Tianyan, and I'll spare your life; otherwise, all of you will stay to feed the snakes," Wufeng said with a vicious look on his face.

A mocking smile tugged at the corner of Lin Chen's mouth as he looked teasingly at Wufeng and the Five Poisons Cultists crowding around, "Sorry, today I came with Bao'er to seek justice for her and the children who died at your hands."

Hearing Lin Chen's words, Wufeng burst out laughing, "Good, since you're seeking death, then I'll fulfill your wish."

With a wave of his big hand, nearly a hundred Five Poisons Cultists surrounded the nine people.

"Kill them, leave no one alive!" Wufeng's high-held hand came crashing down, and suddenly the cries of battle rang out all around, as the cultists, each holding a poisoned weapon, rushed toward the nine people.

The blades in the hands of these cultists were coated with poison, the sinister blades gleaming with a black luster.

Apart from Tang Bao'er and Lin Chen, the other seven roared and charged at the Five Poisons Cultists.

Lin Chen took Tang Bao'er's hand, smiled faintly, "Bao'er, today your brother will help you seek revenge. We'll make this demon pay with his blood!"