On the overgrown cliff, a black shadow appeared mysteriously, completely cloaked in a dark cloak, making it impossible for ordinary people to distinguish its gender. Only a pair of indifferent eyes peeked out from the hood, staring emotionlessly at the three people in the valley. Xiao Yan and the other two were taken aback by the sudden appearance of the black figure; they hadn’t expected that there was indeed someone in the valley.
Xiao Yan squinted his eyes at the black shadow, and his soul force spread out like lightning. However, after a moment, he furrowed his brows in surprise. He found that his soul force could not penetrate further than a few meters away from the shadow, an anomaly he had never encountered before in all these years.
“Stay? No one has ever had the right to speak to this queen in such a manner!” Medusa quickly composed herself, her face coldly sneering. A sinister killing intent flashed in her eyes. In an instant, she snapped her slender fingers, sending a rainbow-colored energy bolt shooting from her fingertips, slicing through the air towards the shadow.
Under the cloak, the indifferent gaze glanced at the approaching energy bolt. The robes rustled without wind, and a dense gray mist poured out from within. As the mist surged, the surrounding grass began to wilt visibly, turning yellow and losing its vitality almost instantly.
The changes in the grass did not escape Xiao Yan’s attention, and his pupils contracted. This person was indeed extremely skilled in poison attacks; even the Dou Qi emanating from their body was toxic.
As the gray mist swirled around the black figure, the energy bolt pierced through it, but it decomposed strangely upon entering the mist. In a few breaths, it vanished into nothingness.
“Leave the valley within ten breaths, or die!” With the destruction of the energy bolt, astonishment flashed in Medusa’s eyes. She then heard the voice of the black figure, and her expression grew even colder. A powerful aura surged from within her.
“Whether you stay or leave today, I will have your life!” With a cold smile, Medusa turned to Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, speaking softly, “Stay back. This person is full of poisons; a single touch could be disastrous!”
Xiao Yan frowned, his thoughts racing. Who could this mysterious black-clad figure be? With such formidable strength, they couldn’t possibly be a nameless entity in the empire. But why had he never heard of them before?
While Xiao Yan was deep in thought, the ten breaths were up. The eyes of the black figure on the cliff turned grim, and with a wave of the sleeve, a dense gray mist erupted, surging towards the valley.
“Courting death!” Seeing this, cold light flashed in Medusa’s eyes. She moved, appearing in mid-air, her hand gripping a rainbow-colored energy snake sword. With a slight movement of her foot, she shot towards the black figure as a thin streak.
During their initial clash, the mysterious black figure had sensed Medusa’s prowess, but did not retreat. Gazing indifferently at the approaching form, the sleeves stirred, revealing an extraordinarily pale but long-fingered hand. Gray mist rapidly churned in the palm, condensing and turning deep purple, emitting a noxious odor.
As the gray-purple mist condensed, the black figure flicked it silently towards Medusa.
The pungent smell diffused from the mist, and Medusa, inhaling a slight whiff, changed her expression slightly. She swiftly formed a seal, and the rainbow energy coalesced into a colossal seven-yard-long serpent. The serpent’s mouth opened wide, swallowing the purplish-gray poison mist.
Upon being swallowed, the poison mist exploded, and both the energy serpent and the mist were annihilated in a flash.
“Such potent poison…” Narrowing her eyes, a serious look appeared on Medusa’s cold, beautiful face. She had encountered users of poison before, but none as exceptionally skilled as this one.
With a thought, a layer of rainbow energy membrane seeped from Medusa’s body, enveloping her. In a flash, she reappeared on the cliff, and with a sneer, her sword lunged straight for the black figure’s throat.
Facing Medusa’s fierce assault, the black figure shifted, taking a series of strange, light steps that evaded the sword. During the evasion, the hand clasped, and the gray mist condensed into a sword, faintly emitting a noxious scent, indicating it was also highly poisonous.
*Clang! Clang!*
Swords clashed, creating sparks, and small cracks rapidly spread across the cliff. Despite the black figure’s formidable poison, Medusa, using most of her power, still struggled to defeat him, and the battle seemed to reach a stalemate.
“Who is this person, able to fight Medusa to a standstill?” Watching the two figures on the cliff, Xiao Yan’s eyes narrowed. Medusa’s power was even greater than Yun Shan’s, and yet, this mysterious figure could match her.
“He’s so strong… managing to fight Sister Cai Lin for so long, and his stench is dizzying,” Zi Yan frowned, rubbing her forehead, feeling slightly disoriented.
Xiao Yan sniffed, shocked to detect a very faint, abnormal smell in the air. “Don’t breathe for now!”
Frowning, Xiao Yan quickly retrieved a pill from his ring and gave it to Zi Yan. This poison was horrifying; it made Zi Yan dizzy within moments. Breathing more could prove fatal.
“We can’t let him release more poison, or all life in the valley will perish…”
Xiao Yan pondered, then raised his palm, summoning a jade-green flame. The temperature rose rapidly, and the air dried, dispersing the noxious fumes.
“Zi Yan, stay here and don’t move!”
Assuring the environment was safe, Xiao Yan flew towards the battle, his eyes flashing with cold determination.
High above, the two shadows clashed, energy bolts and eerie gray mist erupting and colliding, filling the air with a pungent smell.
As Xiao Yan joined the fray, his heated fist aimed at the black figure, who deftly dodged, and Xiao Yan’s blow just grazed the cloak. Xiao Yan retreated, regrouping with Medusa, his eyes on the black figure, asking, “Who are you, sir?”
The figure drifted back, looking at Xiao Yan. The gaze seemed to falter when recognizing Xiao Yan, but then hardened.
“Leave this place!”
“Friend, I am Xiao Yan. This place was found by a friend of mine. You are not welcome here,” Xiao Yan said coldly.
“Xiao Yan… friend…” The gaze under the hood flickered, the gray mist weakened slightly.
“Do not waste words. Though this creature is strange, it is not hard for me to kill,” Medusa’s eyes flashed with killing intent.
Xiao Yan remained calm, his brows furrowing again at the strange behavior of the figure. “I do not know your name. Perhaps I have heard of it.”
The gaze beneath the hood fixated on Xiao Yan, then closed. The figure slowly backed away.
Xiao Yan, watching the figure’s strange behavior, felt a sense of caution. As the figure retreated, it stopped and threw a small object towards Xiao Yan.
Startled, Xiao Yan caught the object with a gentle force, finding it to be a jade vial.
“You two are strong, perhaps impervious to the poison. But the little girl below is not. This is an antidote; it will cure her…”
After throwing the vial, a raspy voice issued from the cloak.
Xiao Yan and Medusa exchanged glances, hovering the vial closer without touching it.
“Since this place was found by you and your friend, I will return it to you…”
The figure turned and disappeared into the mountains.
Xiao Yan, startled by the figure’s departure, suddenly realized something. Lifting his head, he shouted, “Little Healer Immortal? Is that you?!”
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