Shen Qiang's tone was calm, yet it subtly contained a kind of unbelievable confidence. The burly man already several hundred meters away was stunned, then exclaimed, "You say something's not right, do you mean this? But how is that possible, in the Cultivation World, the common methods of poisoning are nothing more than three types."

"The first type, poisoning through food and drink, is the most despicable, the method with the least integrity, and also the easiest method to execute. The second most common method is coating weapons or hidden devices with poison, the effectiveness of which depends on the user of these poisonous devices. The third method is through the air, poisoning through breathing, which is the most advanced poisoning method."

"In the Cultivation World, there have long been underground rumors that Shen Qiang's most formidable poisoning technique is this one. But now, gas masks are very easy to buy, and everyone who came here tonight has made full preparations. So, under these circumstances, does Shen Qiang still have a way to poison us?"

The cultivator who previously gave the warning, and stepped back earlier, said solemnly, "Something's not right. I don't know exactly what he's planning, but I feel a danger like never before. Trust my intuition; this Shen Qiang might be far more powerful than we imagined."

Just as he spoke,

Now, in the wild field by the riverbank.

The man who spoke before burst into laughter.

"Shen Qiang, there's no need to put on an act. We all know quite well that your poisoning methods are useless against gas masks. This was already spread throughout the entire Cultivation World when Qingyun Sword Pavilion and Carefree Valley set an ambush. So you say if we think a gas mask can render you powerless, we'll pay with blood; it's clearly just to buy time."

"But it's all in vain, because we know that the demons of Heshenghe travel fast, but from gathering people, then rushing from the Provincial City to here, it takes at least about forty minutes. And from the time you discovered we were gathering at your house until now, it's been no more than twenty-something minutes, so we still have plenty of time to kill you."

"So be smart, don't waste time. Hand over the Black Blade and your Storage Ring, and we'll spare your parents. If you dare utter a word of refusal, we'll kill you and then go to your house and kill them all."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed.

In fact, what this person said was true.

Back during the treasure exhibition, on the return trip, when the Great Elder of Qingyun Sword Pavilion and the Young Master of Carefree Valley jointly set an ambush, their gas masks indeed troubled Shen Qiang.

Because at that time, Shen Qiang really had no way to let the bacteria controlled by the Plague Source penetrate the layer-through-layer filtered protection of the gas masks, so at that time Shen Qiang indeed won through force rather than poisoning.

But now things are different.

These cultivators dared to approach Shen Qiang so boldly, likely because they believed that with gas masks, they no longer feared Shen Qiang's poisoning, and away from the demons of Heshenghe, Shen Qiang was weak and easy to bully.

But unfortunately for them.

While rescuing Zhuzi, Shen Qiang had already acquired Anthrax Bacteria.

And they had already completed the final seventy-two-hour evolution.

So for Shen Qiang now, relying on gas masks to block the Plague Source is simply a joke.

Because in terms of time from virus outbreak to death, Anthrax Bacteria clearly surpasses Botulinum Toxin.

But if we talk about infectious power, Anthrax feels much stronger than Botulinum Toxin.

Because Anthrax Bacteria can spread not only through food or breathing, but more devastatingly through skin contact.

And depending on the method of transmission, Anthrax Bacteria will manifest in three clearly different clinical responses.

If infected through nasal or oral inhalation of Anthrax Bacteria, the clinical manifestations usually include chills, high fever, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, wheezing, cyanosis, bloody sputum, chest pain, etc. Sometimes, there will be subcutaneous edema in the neck and chest, often accompanied by sepsis and septic shock, with death from respiratory or circulatory failure generally occurring within 24 to 48 hours after severe symptoms appear.

This is commonly known in medicine as pulmonary anthrax.

And if infected with Anthrax Bacteria through ingestion, the incidence will be different.

Severe vomiting, abdominal pain, watery diarrhea can occur. Severe symptoms include severe toxic blood syndrome, persistent vomiting, diarrhea, bloody watery stools, abdominal distension, abdominal pain, with tenderness or signs of peritonitis, often leading to sepsis and septic shock and death within 3 to 4 days after disease onset.

This is intestinal anthrax.

And aside from the above two different clinical reactions,

Anthrax through skin infection, which is cutaneous anthrax,

The initial characteristic is papules or macules, which then develop into blisters containing pale yellow fluid, with hardened and swollen surrounding tissue, eventually becoming hemorrhagic necrosis, slightly sunken, with clusters of small blisters, the edematous area continues to expand, the blister necrosis ruptures into shallow small ulcers, and the bloody secretion forms black scabs resembling coal, with granulation tissue forming anthrax carbuncles underneath.

The overall toxic blood syndrome is obvious, and the condition is very serious, with delayed treatment possibly leading to death through circulatory failure. If the pathogen enters the bloodstream, sepsis may occur, with secondary pneumonia and meningitis.

Now, not only does Shen Qiang possess Anthrax Bacteria, but more importantly, they have completed the final seventy-two-hour evolution within the Plague Source.

Moreover, what Shen Qiang has released, enveloping the surrounding fierce-looking cultivators, is an evolved version recommended by the Plague Source.

So almost instantly,

Shen Qiang keenly perceived that those Anthrax Bacteria had infected the surrounding bounty hunters through exposed skin.

Moreover, Shen Qiang was even more astonished to sense with his Divine Sense that those skin areas contaminated with Anthrax Bacteria were rapidly developing blisters, and those blisters ruptured unusually clearly within just two breaths, producing even larger areas of necrosis.

Pop!

In the uneasy commotion among the bounty hunters, the bounty hunter who seemed to be the leader slapped his own neck, then continued, "Shen Qiang, stop stalling, it's useless. I'll give you the last ten seconds to think."

"Hand over Black Blade Youying, Evil Spirit Armor, and your Storage Ring, and we'll leave you a complete corpse, and promise not to harm your parents. If you refuse, not only will you die, your parents will also die."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed, "While I'm alive, you're already this vicious, if I die, how could you possibly leave them alive? So you all must die."

The man leading them laughed loudly, "Shen Qiang, you're at death's door, yet you still dare to speak like this, truly overestimating yourself."

Before he could finish speaking,

Many bounty hunters around, already scratching their skin painfully, couldn't hold back and tore off their gas masks, howling, "It itches, itches, it hurts so much!"

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