Chapter 24: Ruthless Infighting

  "Hiss......" At the moment when the snake's body was severed, a mournful hiss came from the mouth of the mysterious snake, with a resolute color in its blood-red eyes.

  The serpent's body was severely damaged and could slowly recover, but now it was directly severed. The hundred-year cultivation of the mysterious snake was destroyed in an instant. At this time, despair filled the heart of the mysterious snake, and anger overflowed from its mind.

  Suddenly a violent breath burst forth from the snake's head, and the surrounding spiritual energy all became violent.

  "Not good, the mysterious snake is going to self-destruct its spiritual core!" Liu Kai exclaimed, but before he could retreat, a loud explosion sounded, and the massive snake body wrapped in white light bands exploded violently.

  A terrifying force rolled out in all directions, and within this terrifying force, a faint green light was hidden, without drawing anyone's attention.

  At the same time as the explosion, Liu Kai and several others had already released their defensive light shields. The terrifying power surged forward, causing the light shields outside of them to fluctuate violently. Only Chen Yuan's spiritual power shield managed to hold on, while the other five people's spiritual power shields were all shattered by this horrific power.

  "What the hell is this?!" Suddenly, a scream came from beside him, and the scream was filled with terror. At that moment, Zhao Ting's face was full of horror, and a green mist stuck to his body, drilling into it.

  "Not good, I have it here too!" On the other side, Fang Jin let out a cry of surprise at the same time, and saw that his right shoulder was also wrapped in a ball of green mist, which drilled into his body.

  "This is the Xuan Snake's Dan poison, it's not good! I didn't think this beast wanted to perish together with us!" At this time, Shi Feng also let out a cry of surprise, and saw a green mist the size of a palm wrapped around his body.

  Apart from Chen Yuan, the five people here had all been poisoned by the Xuan Snake's Dan toxin and began to exert their spiritual power to resist.

  Dan toxin is the essence of the poisonous gas that Xuan Snake has cultivated for hundreds of years, its power is not trivial, even Liu Kai's red silk flying needle was melted by Dan toxin. Now Dan toxin directly penetrates into several people's bodies, Fang Jin and others' souls are all gone.

  "Ah, Brother Chen Yuan save me!" Just then, by the edge of the pool, Zhao Ting's face was emitting a green glow, and he fell to the ground with a painful expression, stretching out his hand to ask for help from Chen Yuan.

  Zhao Tengzhong's body was most severely affected by the poison, and at this point he could no longer withstand its invasion. He fell to the ground, rolling around in agony. The people beside him also looked pale and flustered, hastily taking out some life-saving antidote pills and swallowing them one after another. However, this poison was too overbearing, and ordinary antidotes were completely useless.

  In just a few breaths' time, Fang Jin and Yan Song also fell to the ground with green lights on their faces, rolling around in agony.

  Only Shi Feng and Liu Kai were a bit thicker, with spiritual light flickering on their bodies as they worked to resist the elixir poison inside them. Chen Yuan stood far away, his external spiritual energy still not dispersed, and had not been invaded by the elixir poison.

  "Chen Yuan... Brother, save... save me!" Zhao Ting's face was twisted in agony, his eyes filled with pleading as he stretched out a hand to Chen Yuan for help. Here, Chen Yuan had the highest cultivation and hadn't been poisoned by the Dan toxin. If he were to make a move, he could force the Dan toxin out of Zhao Ting's body. However, Chen Yuan stood not far away, his expression cold and indifferent, showing no intention of intervening.

  "No way, if we continue like this, we'll all die here!" Liu Kai shouted loudly, attracting the attention of Shi Feng and others.

  "What do you want to do?" Shi Feng looked at Liu Kai and asked hastily.

  "Now we can only send out distress signals, here in the temple, sending out distress signals will definitely be seen by someone, as long as they can arrive on time, we still have a chance of survival" Liu Kai's face was increasingly covered with green light, his expression twisted, and he could barely hold on.

  "Alright, hurry up then, it'll be too late if you don't," Shi Feng urged, gritting his teeth. At this moment, he couldn't care about the treasure hunt anymore, even though he knew that even if they were rescued, they would still face punishment from their sect. There was no other choice but to do this now.

  Time waits for no one, Liu Kai sat up straight, his right hand stretched out, a flash of light, a fist-sized red orb floated in the palm of his hand, then he gathered his last bit of spiritual energy and threw the orb into the air with great force.

  The red sphere flew out of his hand and rose into the air, but just as it had risen less than ten zhang, a sword light shot over from the side, instantly cutting the red sphere in half.

  The sphere was cut in half by the sword light, fell down, plunged into the water, and disappeared without a trace. Seeing the sphere being shattered by the sword light, Liu Kai let out a cry of surprise.

  "Brother Chen Yuan, what are you doing?" Liu Kai's gaze shifted and he looked in the direction where Chen Yuan was standing. The sword light from just now had come from Chen Yuan's hand.

  "Chen Yuan, are you trying to cut off our path of survival? Go find treasure on your own!" On the other side, Shi Feng's face turned gloomy and he stared at Chen Yuan, saying in a cold voice.

  Chen Yuanyi curled his lip, his icy gaze sweeping over the five people by the water pool. "If you want to blame someone, it can only be blamed on your weak strength, unable to withstand even this trivial poison."

  "Master Chen Yuan, we are fellow disciples, are you going to stand by and watch us die in front of you?" Liu Kai frowned, his eyes filled with a pleading expression.

  "Haha, considering you're all from the same school, I won't let you continue to suffer. You can all rest in peace now." Chen Yuan's face flashed with a sinister smile, his eyes gleaming with cruelty as he swept his gaze over the few people before him. Suddenly, his right hand shook, and a sword beam shot out from it, flashing brightly as it coiled around Zhao Ting's neck.

  Zhao Ting's skull rolled to the side, his eyes still wide open, a green toxic mist covering his face, as if he couldn't believe Chen Yuan would actually kill him.

  "You... you actually dare to attack a fellow disciple, are you not afraid of being punished with extreme penalty?" Seeing Chen Yuan being so ruthless, Liu Kai's heart began to tremble.

  "Haha, of course I'm afraid of being punished severely, but do you think anyone else will know about this? I won't go around talking about it, and the dead person won't speak nonsense either." Chen Yuan walked away with a smug expression, strolling towards Fang Jin.

  At this time, Fang Jin's whole body was stiff and his consciousness was dizzy. Looking at Chen Yuan walking towards him, he also had a bad feeling. He could only make a weak cry in his mouth: "Master... brother... don't, don't kill me, please, I beg of you." However, the response to this was an emotionless sword light. Fang Jin's head rolled to the side, with a strong sense of unwillingness still in his eyes.

  "Hmph, Brother Chen, I'm also doing this for your own good. You've suffered from the poison of the Dan." Chen Yuan said with a sinister tone, looking at Fang Jin's unyielding expression.

  "Chen Yuan, you beast, how can you be so ruthless to your fellow disciples? You will suffer retribution!" At this moment, seeing Chen Yuan's ruthlessness, Liu Kai's eyes showed not only fear but also deep resentment.

  When Liu Kai spoke, Chen Yuan sneered and turned his head to look at Liu Kai, saying slowly: "Earlier, didn't you want to join forces with me to deal with Shi Feng and then divide the treasure together? Now you're talking about brotherly affection, it's really laughable. Let me tell you, this is what cultivation is all about - strength is everything." Chen Yuan's words left Liu Kai speechless, his face flickering uncertainly. Just as he was spacing out, a sword light flashed by, and Liu Kai felt a chill on the back of his neck, gradually losing consciousness.

  "Chen Yuan, if we all die here, the sect will definitely investigate and it will all point to you. Don't forget that there are still people who know we came to the outside of the forbidden land. If you can spare my life, I can help you keep this secret and guarantee that the sect won't find out about this matter. Also, all the treasures at the end of this secret passage will be yours."

  Shi Feng appeared relatively calm, his cultivation was not weak here, and after swallowing a detoxifying spirit pellet, he seemed to be able to temporarily control the poison of the pellet.

  And just as he was speaking, his right hand casually placed behind his back had somehow grasped a handful of Thunderfire Beads.

  "Hmm, that's a pretty good proposal. It would be quite troublesome if all of you were to die here, but why should I trust you?" Chen Yuan seemed to be somewhat tempted by Shi Feng's proposal.

  "I can swear on my demon heart that I won't reveal anything about this place, just please let me off the hook," said Shi Feng with a tense expression.

  "Haha, it seems you're determined to make a vow with your life on the line. Alright, I'll take care of that insignificant fish over there first, and then we can have a more detailed discussion." Chen Yuan shifted his gaze, looking towards the rocky peak not far away, where Yan Song was lying in a daze, and walked over slowly.

  However, when he was only ten steps away from the stone peak, a hint of ferocity suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth, and his spiritual power burst out violently. A sword light shot towards the not-so-distant stone peak.

  "Hmph, what nonsense are you spouting? I only believe that the dead won't speak out of turn. You'd best be on your way to death. As for that little brat guarding the forbidden land, don't worry about it, I'll go take care of him later." Chen Yuan's face twisted in a fierce scowl as his sword shot towards Shi Feng's face.

  "Bastard, I knew you wouldn't keep your promise! Since that's the case, let's die together!" Shi Feng glared at Chen Yuan, who was charging towards him, his face twisted in a scowl, his eyes flashing with malice. With a loud shout, he suddenly pulled out a Lei Huo Zhu from behind his back and hurled it forward.

  "Not good!" Seeing the incoming Thunderfire Pearl, Chen Yuan's face suddenly changed. He didn't expect Shi Feng to have such a move. The power of the Thunderfire Pearl was not small, and since he was now very close to Shi Feng, wanting to dodge was already too late. He could only raise his spiritual energy light shield to wrap himself inside, while continuously retreating backwards.

  However, a string of explosions came, and a destructive thunderfire enveloped the surroundings. In this violent thunderfire, Shi Feng's body was instantly pulverized. In the blink of an eye, a black figure burst out from under the thunderfire, and it was surprisingly Chen Yuan, who looked extremely disheveled at this time.

  His long robe had been torn to shreds by the lightning flames, and his body was covered in wounds. His hair was charred in large patches, and his right hand grasped a turtle shell shield, which was riddled with cracks. In an instant, it shattered completely, turning into useless debris on the ground. At this moment, Chen Yuan's aura began to fluctuate violently, apparently severely injured.

  "You're too early to want to die with me, you bastard!" Chen Yuan said venomously as he turned his head towards the place where Lei Huo was rolling around, his voice low and menacing. Then, he shifted his steps to arrive beside Yan Song, a flash of sword light later, Yan Song's head had already been separated from his body.

  Having settled the crowd of fellow travelers, Chen Yuan felt at ease and walked to one side, sat cross-legged, hastily took out a bottle of elixir, swallowed it into his abdomen, and began to cultivate.

  Just as he was about to start practicing, a sense of foreboding suddenly surged from his heart, and then a sword light flashed by beside him, followed by an astonishing sonic boom, the sword light flashing once and striking Chen Yuan's body.

  "Bang" Chen Yuan's injured body flew out, smashing the two rocks behind him, and lay on the ground in an extremely sorry state, with a long wound left on his abdomen.

  Then a figure flashed by the side of the water pool, and Wang Ke's figure appeared on the edge of the water pool, looking at Chen Yuan with an icy gaze, his eyes devoid of any emotion.

  "Who are you!" Chen Yuan struggled to sit up, and hastily asked without even getting a clear look at the person who had struck him.

  However, when he clearly saw Wang Ke's face, a look of surprise appeared in his eyes: "It's you!", He had already seen Wang Ke once before, and at the same time heard Shi Feng mention Wang Ke. Now that he saw Wang Ke appear in front of him, he was suddenly shocked.