"So, my friend, for the sake of eliminating future troubles, you should rest easy on your journey. In your next life, make sure to learn the art of language..."

Turned hostile on the spot.

"You bastard! Die for me, I want you dead! My dad will slaughter you all, will make you wish you could die!"

At this moment, he finally realized he had been made a fool.

His blood surged even more violently due to his injuries, and when faced with extreme fear, a person either loses all ability to resist or descends into madness. The disciple from the Lou Family Village in front of him was clearly the latter.

Several rings that once adorned his fingers all transformed into Gu worms, spreading everywhere. Though knowing he couldn't match the opponent in strength, he still chose to unleash all his Gu worms and their poisonous mist. Facing the onslaught of Gu worms, Jiang Feng remained calm and didn't immediately use Xu Huoyao to devour them.

Instead, he pulled out the iron wire, gathered Sword Qi, slashing left and right. He hadn't fought many Southern Border cultivators before, and most of the few he encountered were eccentric. This was the first time he was formally battling a Southern Border Gu Technique expert.

Innumerable Gu worms erupted from the churning soil beneath his feet. A palm-sized scorpion aimed its tail sting from behind, its black body and bloated tail exuding terrifying power. Without even looking back, he raised the iron wire to block it.

The hard carapace clashed with the iron wire, sparking metal on metal, the friction creating sparks that were particularly striking in the night. But it was this spark that revealed that the city gate was covered with all sorts of poisonous creatures.

A sharp screech echoed, though not loud, it was piercingly harsh. All the reared Gu worms and poisonous creatures were attracted by his flesh and blood, a sinister and cold smile on his face. He used his own flesh and blood and Spiritual Energy as bait, attempting to drag Jiang Feng down with him in mutual destruction.

"Whoa, you do have some tricks. This must be the Five Poison Gu Technique that Yue Yue mentioned."

"Wha...what?"

Upon hearing the name Yue Yue, the disciple from Lou Family Village, whose face was full of pain and bleeding from his orifices, displayed a look of bewilderment followed by deep fear.

Because in the entire Southern Border, apart from the sole daughter of the Cen Family Village, no one else could have been remembered by those two words.

He remained silent because the scorpion tail blocked by the iron wire suddenly sprayed a powerful toxin, like a water arrow shooting directly toward the face. Tilting his head immediately, he flipped the longsword, leaping high to evade the fearsome pincers, directly stabbing at the joint.

Then with a swift twist of the wrist, he severed the scorpion tail!

Black blood sprayed, the poisonous creature writhed, but the young man merely followed the force, leaping high, no longer relying on Xu Huoyao's trait of devouring toxins. Instead, he formed the Fire Rune Technique with his fingers, showcasing the fundamental disparity in strength between them.

One was tangled by Gu worms and spent ten or so seconds merely forming the Fire Rune Technique, ultimately still needing a Fire Lighter to disperse the toxins, the other effortlessly wielded various Daoist Skills, from mobilizing Spiritual Energy to pulling out a Magic Treasure, to forming incantations and casting Daoist Skills, the entire process took less than three seconds.

This revealed their basic skills' difference, where the true fire from the Demon Burning Furnace poured down, dyeing the whole ground red. This scene terrified the city defense troops, causing their legs to go weak, immediately planning to shake the alarm bell, but then.

Swoosh!

A streak of Sword Qi shot directly towards the city wall, fixing the bell in place without a single tremble.

Especially upon smelling the familiar stench of Gu worms on the city wall, fear took hold of their hearts. Their first reaction was that Southern Border people were about to launch an attack on Long Country again, intending to call for everyone to enforce martial law and summon experts for defense, but then they quickly heard a man's voice.

"Rest assured, he won't enter the city."

"I know the rules; this guy has killed quite a few within Long Country's borders. Let Purple Cloud Palace handle him, you all should just get back to sleep and rest."

"With me here, he won't stir up any trouble."

He proactively announced his affiliation.

According to Cultivation World rules, no fighting is allowed within cities, and the more prosperous the area, the stricter the management. Border areas are relatively chaotic, but usually have government agents monitoring. Upon hearing the mention of Purple Cloud Palace and the standard Central Plains accent without any special dialect, the city guards felt a notable sense of relief.

They ceased trying to shake the alarm bell, as its activation would summon the County Magistrate Mansion, ringing a bell akin to modern air raid sirens. Once it sounded, the whole city had to wake up and evacuate. Unless absolutely necessary, they wouldn't ring it.

Upon hearing that it was the Purple Cloud Palace disciples arresting the Southern Border criminal, their tense hearts relaxed a bit, with the terrifying sea of fire in the night especially stark, notably as they could see a young disciple with a three-foot Green Blade hovering mid-air, clearly identifying him as a Reputable Sect member.

The blazing sea of fire made it hard for people to keep their eyes open, some still ran into the city to find the stationed cultivators, needing to be cautious. Always keep some backup.

Retrieving the Demon Burning Furnace with his right hand, the fire gradually faded. All poisons feared flames, even Xu Huoyao, the top-class Gu worm, was no exception. However, this didn't mean all Southern Border disciples were idiots who wouldn't find ways to mitigate their weaknesses.

The disciple from Lou Family Village originally had six rings for this very reason, the standard for most Southern Border cultivators, corresponding to the Five Poisons: snake, scorpion, centipede, toad, and gecko, with the sixth ring for Gu, typically their life-bound Gu.

Regardless of their noble status, strength, and bloodline, one could discern such by their rings' color; the stronger the individual's cultivation, the more potent the poisons they bred, indicating higher status. This can be reflected in the rings' color and quality.

Currently, he only had three rings left because, during the escape, he had already used three poisons to hinder Jiang Feng, but they proved ultimately ineffective against Xu Huoyao.

Xu Huoyao is like a counterattack Gu worm against Southern Border techniques; when used against other cultivators, it is ineffective and even burdensome, but the Southern Border has no way to counter it.

"Courting death!"

His bloodstained expression full of malevolence. Since he couldn't escape, he might as well go all out. Unexpectedly, this kid refused to use the advantageous Xu Huoyao and instead attempted to contend using Daoist Skills?

Did he truly believe himself to be invincible?

As the flames receded, even though most Gu worms were devoured, many remained, their bodies still a fiery red. Hundreds of Fire Centipedes wriggled their thin bodies, somehow surviving.

Their shells were scorched red, the dark red color ablaze as if molten, but they survived the inferno. The solutions found by Cen Family Village naturally dawned upon others, but lacked the resources Cen Family Village possessed.

Because there is only one such place in the world where the fire exists; while others might recognize their weakness is fire, it's invariably beyond reach. The disciple from Lou Family Village simply hid behind countless toxins, using a copper mirror to protect himself, laughing wildly upon witnessing Jiang Feng's Fire Technique falter.

"Trash! Without Xu Huoyao, you're useless! Die alongside that Cen Family woman! My dad will throw you and the whole Cen Family Village into the well, making you forever their fodder, hahaha!"

His deranged state elicited a chill, evidencing the toll prolonged pursuit and mental strain took on his behavior.

But Jiang Feng remained expressionless, uninterested even in the identity of this person. Continuing his experimentation, since he allowed this mad dog to reveal all his trump cards, he naturally had his reasons.

So he raised his left hand, gathering Spiritual Energy, forming a gentle yet fierce force on the left side of his body.

"Mystic Water Technique, Water Yin Fiend Thunder."

A Deathly Finger.

The ground, seared to a fiery red, suddenly spewed intense steam under the Mystic Water's surge. The water brimmed with terrifying Thunder Techniques, and in an instant, the countless centipedes' fiery shells directly shattered to dust!

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