"Death God, do you know what it means for you to know this?" Ziyun spoke after a long silence, gritting his teeth.
"It means I will raze this place to the ground and eradicate you inhumane vermin!" Ye Cangtian said coldly.
"Wrong!" Ziyun roared and continued coldly, "You are the ones who should die! Don't you even look at where this is? If you make a scene here, none of you will get out alive!"
After speaking, Ziyun immediately blew his whistle, which contained a trace of spiritual energy. So, even though the whistle was not loud, it was enough to alert everyone in the manor. As the whistle sounded, various corners of the manor immediately became restless, and figures began to charge towards them. Seeing the thirty to forty people who appeared before him, Ye Cangtian's cold smile deepened. "Good, very good. It saves me the trouble of finding you one by one."
*Da da da…*
Just as Ziyun was introducing the situation to his approaching companions and preparing to attack Ye Cangtian, a sound of footsteps approached again. It was a hunched old man, his face full of wrinkles and a somewhat shifty gaze. His appearance caused the people of the Five Poisons Sect to instantly make way and bow respectfully.
"I am Elder Du Ying of the Five Poisons Sect. May I know your name?" Ye Cangtian glanced at Du Ying, who held a walking stick, and his brows furrowed slightly. This person was merely an elder of the Five Poisons Sect, yet his cultivation had already reached the seventh level of the Quasi-Heavenly realm. If one added the use of poisons, even an expert at the eighth level might not be his match. From this perspective, the Five Poisons Sect was indeed a formidable opponent.
Thinking this, Ye Cangtian smiled slightly and said indifferently, "My codename is Death God. My purpose here is very simple: to kill you inhumane vermin!"
"Heh heh, young man, you're good. Straightforward and to the point. I like that!" Du Ying's gaze swept over Ye Cangtian. Although a calm smile remained on his face, his heart was immensely shaken. His cultivation was not low, yet he still couldn't sense any aura from Ye Cangtian, unable to discern his cultivation level. Such a situation was quite rare. After all, even experts at the eighth or ninth level would unconsciously release a trace of their aura. But in this case, he could only come up with two explanations.
First, the opponent's control over spiritual energy had reached a supernatural level, with no spiritual energy leaking from his body. Second, the opponent's cultivation was far superior to his, and his control over spiritual energy was also not low, so even if a trace of spiritual energy was accidentally leaked, he would not be able to detect it. He hoped it was the former, otherwise, he might be facing a calamity today.
"So, you are ready to die?" Ye Cangtian asked coldly.
"No!" Du Ying waved his hand and said, "Death God, I just want to say, you'd better mind your own business. As long as you leave and don't interfere, I can pretend this never happened."
"Heh heh, are you threatening me?" Ye Cangtian looked at him with a cold smile and continued disdainfully, "What right do you have to threaten me?"
"Death God, you'd better think carefully before you speak."
"This is my territory. There are thousands of poisonous people and hundreds of poisonous corpses around!"
"Also, I'll tell you a secret: I am from the Five Poisons Sect. If you make an enemy of me, you make an enemy of the Five Poisons Sect!" Du Ying said slowly, looking at Ye Cangtian. He had no choice; he couldn't sense Ye Cangtian's aura and always harbored a trace of wariness in his heart. Therefore, if possible, he did not want to engage in battle with him.
"Heh heh, how many poisonous insects from the Five Poisons Sect have died in my hands? Do you think I would let you go?" Ye Cangtian sneered at him.
What! Du Ying's expression immediately turned grim. From his words, it was not difficult to infer that the opponent had encountered the Five Poisons Sect before, but why had he never heard of the name Death God? Thinking this, Du Ying sneered, "Since you have already tasted the blood of the Five Poisons Sect, there's no reason for me not to accept you when you're delivered to me today."
As he spoke, he glanced at Ziyun and the others and nodded slightly. Seeing Du Ying's action, Ziyun and the others understood instantly. Without a word, they immediately signaled their subordinates to release all the poisonous corpses and poisonous people.
*Roar! Roar! Roar…*
In an instant, roars came from all directions, and dense crowds of poisonous people and poisonous corpses appeared. The next moment, Ye Cangtian and the other two distinguished between the poisonous people and poisonous corpses. It wasn't difficult, as poisonous people were living beings whose wills had been erased, so they still retained some aura. Poisonous corpses, on the other hand, had no aura at all. Their eyes were blood-red, filled with bloodthirsty slaughter; they were pure killing machines.
"Kill!" With Du Ying's command, all the poisonous people and poisonous corpses charged towards Ye Cangtian and the others.
"Senior Sister, be careful of the poisonous creatures!" Ye Cangtian whispered a reminder. The poisonous creatures of the Five Poisons Sect were no ordinary things, and it was possible that even antidotes couldn't neutralize them. Therefore, Ye Cangtian thought it was better to be cautious.
"Don't worry." Lan Yue nodded, then drew her long sword and stood behind Ye Cangtian, protecting Yao Bao'er in the middle.
"Heh heh, you are truly bold! To come with just three people, and to bring a useless one at that!"
"It seems that even if I let you leave today, Heaven will keep you here!" Looking at Ye Cangtian and Lan Yue protecting Yao Bao'er as they fought, Du Ying's face instantly showed a smile. If all three had combat power and no weaknesses, they might have been able to survive this ordeal. But now, they had a weakness; fighting while protecting someone was naturally more difficult than fighting freely.
However, the next moment, Du Ying's expression changed. Although this group of poisonous people and poisonous corpses were doing their best and rushing forward together, Ye Cangtian and Lan Yue were handling them with great ease. They could not only block the effective attacks of these poisonous people and poisonous corpses but also find openings to counterattack. Simply put, their coordination was seamless and flawless. In contrast, their attacks were completely ineffective, and they kept losing poisonous people and poisonous corpses.
Damn it, no matter how strong they were, it shouldn't be like this! Seeing this, Du Ying gritted his teeth in anger. He couldn't understand how they were doing this. But just then, an even more incredible scene unfolded in his vision. Centered around Ye Cangtian and the other two, within a radius of about twenty meters, all the poisonous people and poisonous corpses suddenly perished inexplicably. They received no attacks, nor were they directly hit, yet they inexplicably fell to the ground. Du Ying couldn't help but rub his eyes and look at Ziyun and the others. Ziyun and the others were also wide-eyed, not knowing what had happened. It was only then that he realized this was not an illusion!
However, this scene did not stop. The poisonous people and poisonous corpses further away were still falling. In just a moment, all the poisonous people and poisonous corpses had fallen to the ground.
"This…" Instantly, all the people from the Five Poisons Sect were dumbfounded. They didn't know the reason, only that without these poisonous people, they would have to act themselves. On the other side, Lan Yue, with her back to Ye Cangtian, was also slightly stunned. The next moment, she came back to her senses and suddenly noticed a drop of sweat sliding down Ye Cangtian's neck. Realizing this, she understood that all of this was related to Ye Cangtian. However, there was no time to ask, so she suppressed her curiosity.
"What… what is going on?"
"Ziyun, didn't you say your experiment was very successful? Why did these people suddenly fall to the ground?"
"This is so disappointing. I haven't even warmed up yet!" Looking at the silence all around, Ye Cangtian smiled playfully and said to Ziyun.
Uh… Ziyun's gaze suddenly froze, not knowing how to answer. The next moment, he couldn't help but look at Du Ying, as if asking something.
"This…" Feeling Ziyun's gaze, Du Ying's face twitched, completely at a loss for words. However, in his opinion, if this was not Ye Cangtian's doing, then it meant that their methods still had some flaws. But one thing he couldn't understand was that if it were the poisonous people, such an accident would be understandable, as poisonous people were self-developed by them. But poisonous corpses should not be like this! The secret art of creating poisonous corpses had been passed down from ancient times, and it had been successfully created in the Five Poisons Sect without such phenomena!