Chapter 012: Poisoning

“The situation looks very bad—be careful!” Du Fan shouted.
“Nai Xiu, stay close to me and don’t get separated,” he added, turning to her.
Nai Xiu nodded and closely followed behind Du Fan.
As the fog grew thicker, sharp shrieks could be heard from within it! The sounds seemed to be both near and far away, making it impossible to determine exactly where they originated.
Just as everyone was lost as to their location, attacks with swords and knives began pouring in!
With only a one-meter visibility range, long-range attacks by archers and magicians were completely ineffective.
There were twelve people, plus Six Wings, making a total of thirteen!
Du Fan, Moses, Basha, and Six Wings surrounded Nai Xiu and the three magicians from four directions—red, yellow, blue, green, purple.
The three magicians stood at the innermost circle, with six archers surrounding them.
Compared to magicians, archers still had some capability in close combat and were not as helpless in battle as warriors.
Moreover, these six elite archers of the elf race had bathed in the waters of the Spring of Life, greatly improving their physical strength.
Enhanced by the Spring of Life, their physical condition was now on par with that of elite warriors. They drew their elf short swords, blocking any attacks that managed to get through.
When these swords and knives were swung, Du Fan and his group occasionally saw their owners—faces that were utterly stiff, looking like dead people!
Judging from the combat energy on those weapons, none of these “dead people” were below level six in terms of cultivation.
Seeing the appearance of those attacking them, Du Fan had an idea—could these people also be among the evil beings?
If they were evil beings, then they should fear his Light Combat Energy!
With that thought, he unleashed a massive cross-cutting strike!
Sure enough, under Du Fan’s powerful strike, several agonized screams were heard, followed by the sound of something being severely corroded.
“Huh? There’s someone who uses Light Combat Energy!” an astonished voice came through.
It seemed that Light Combat Energy had some kind of attraction effect on them.

“However, this light combat energy is still below the level of a saint. Such a level of light combat energy can’t pose any threat to me either,” the voice continued.
“Who are you?” Du Fan shouted loudly.
“Who I am? Haha, who cares who I am? Today, you all will die here. Haha! For daring to intrude into the Gods’ Graveyard, death is the only way to atone for your sins! I really don’t understand how those two fools—those who only know how to eat and herd sheep—allowed such god-desecrators to get in! It’s really unacceptable.” the voice cried out.
“Hmph, what an arrogant attitude!” Moses suddenly snorted coldly.
With Moses’ snort, a red-and-black glow suddenly appeared around him.
As soon as this glow appeared, the mist around them dispersed instantly.
A domain! Moses had unleashed his domain skill!
Within that domain, Moses was the omnipotent god!
All the mist within the domain, along with those strange arrays that could confuse directions, were completely destroyed!
Within a hundred meters, hundreds of ugly creatures were running around. These things looked human, but they showed no signs of life at all—just moving corpses!
Zombies!
“Zombies!” Moses immediately cried out. Among the group, although Du Fan was the most noticeable, Moses, who was hundreds of years old, had the most experience. The moment he saw these ugly creatures, he immediately recognized their name!
“Haha, I didn’t expect that someone among you would recognize zombies,” the voice laughed heartily.
A group of zombies, each holding swords, rushed at Du Fan and the others.
With Moses’ war domain dispersing the mist, the zombies’ forms became visible to Du Fan and his group. Six archers shot their arrows one after another, which kept piercing into the zombies’ hearts.
“Haha, such attacks are useless against zombies. Your archers shouldn’t waste their energy,” the voice said as if offering kind advice.
“Everyone must remember that these zombies, just like skeletons, can only be killed by completely destroying their heads. Otherwise, they won’t die,” Moses said.

Hearing Moses’s words, the hands of several archers gripping their bows began to glow with arrow energy. As they released the strings, arrows wreathed in that energy shot straight at the zombies’ heads! The arrows, infused with arrow energy, exploded upon hitting the zombies’ heads! The six archers’ shooting speed became incredibly fast, and hundreds of zombies had their heads blown off in no time! Blood—red and white—spattered everywhere! Seeing the mess of brains on the ground, several female elves covered their mouths in disgust, as a strong stench filled the air. “Du Fan, I can’t take it anymore! These things smell so awful!” Nayixiu said, covering her nose and mouth. “Yeah, Du Fan, it’s really stinky, looking at all this,” Moses added, frowning. Suddenly, several magicians staggered. Soon, with three thuds, three elf magicians collapsed and could no longer stand. “These things are poisonous!” Du Fan realized immediately! The collapse of the three elf magicians was the first time anyone had fallen since they entered the Divine Ruins! Nayixiu rushed over and examined them carefully. “It’s indeed poisoning! But we need to treat them quickly, or they’ll really die from the poison!” Nayixiu said anxiously. The three magicians on the ground had terrifying green hues on their faces—a green so eerie it was frightening to look at. “What a powerful poison!” Moses said. Just by smelling it, it could poison someone to this extent! “What should we do, Du Fan?” Nayixiu asked. “Put your life gem necklaces on them first. We’ve bathed in the Spring of Life and are immune to all poisons, but they’re not!” Hearing Du Fan’s words, Nayixiu, Moses, and another elf archer took off their life gem necklaces and put them around the three magicians’ necks. Soon, the life gems on the necklaces emitted a brilliant green light! The green light penetrated the magicians’ skin, and the green hue on their faces gradually faded! Though both were green lights, one represented deadly poison while the other could cure it! One was a vibrant, life-filled green, while the other was a sickly, dull green! The poison was fading, but the three magicians still hadn’t awakened.

“I’m too poisoned; I can’t wake up for now,” Nayixiu said after taking another look at the three magicians.
“Guard them and make sure they don’t get hurt!” Du Fan ordered.
As they spoke, several fire magic scrolls were thrown at them, causing the chaotic piles of zombie corpses ahead to ignite violently! Soon, everything was completely burned!
Stinky! It’s still stinky!
Du Fan quickly cast a wind magic spell, and gusts of wind dispersed the foul smell in no time!
Just as Du Fan and his group finished these tasks, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from ahead!
A group of over a hundred necro knights on black horses reappeared!
These necro knights all held gleaming battle axes and charged at Du Fan’s group!
“There are so many!” Basha exclaimed.
“Necro knights! And they’re all level nine necro knights!” Moses added!
Running? There’s no way we can run!
The necro horses these necro knights rode were extremely fast!
“There’s no other choice; we have to fight our way through!” Du Fan said before charging forward with Frostfall!
We definitely can’t wait for those necro knights to get here!
On our side, there are only four melee fighters; the rest rely on ranged attacks! Moreover, there are three fallen magicians who need care!
As he ran, Du Fan felt streams of red light radiating toward him! Soon, his body was filled with strength and an unprecedented fighting spirit!
Before he could adjust, he heard the roars of six-winged creatures!
This skeleton, glowing with a strange pink light all over its body, spread out its six wings and rushed to the front!
With six wings, this skeleton, whose intelligence was equivalent to that of a three-year-old, was spurred on by Moses’ War Domain enhancement and charged at the necro knights like a tiger descending the mountain!
“Basha, your little skeleton has become really brave this time!” Du Fan called out to him.
In just a few dozen meters, they reached the necro knights. Basha slashed at one of the necro horses, causing the necro knight on it to lose balance and fall off.
Basha raised his axe and beheaded the necro knight in one swing!
“Haha, Du Fan, this War Domain is amazing! I feel like my strength has increased by nearly a third!” Instead of answering Du Fan’s question, Basha cheered happily!

“Roar, roar!” Six Wings shouted repeatedly, as if in response to Du Fan’s question. In just a moment, Six Wings had already knocked over two Necro Knights!
How excited Six Wings was!
All along, everyone Six Wings had encountered had stronger cultivation levels than him. This situation had led to another severe sense of inferiority in him.
It also gave him a wrong idea—that the Holy Rank was the most basic level of cultivation in the world!
This time, encountering something with a lower cultivation level than himself, he felt an inexplicable excitement, a strong urge to vent his anger!
Coupled with the stimulation from Moses’ War Domain, Six Wings became even more frenzied, waving his pair of pale claws around wildly!
His six wings were like six sharp swords, slashing and cutting everywhere!
Among the four of them, Six Wings turned out to be the one causing the most damage!