Chapter 28: The Poisonous Beast in the Early Stage of Tribulation

After refining the Soul-Nurturing Crystal with mixed True Energy, all soul power could fully enter Qu Yi’s soul, enhancing its strength while also increasing the speed of his spiritual perception by ten times!
Previously, when Qu Yi refined the Soul-Collecting Stone, he had already doubled the speed of his spiritual perception, cutting the time needed to scan the First Principle in half. Now that his spiritual perception speed had increased by another ten times, it would take no more than eight months to fully scan the Second Principle.
It would take a year to fly out of the Poisonous Star Region, so Qu Yi could confidently assume that his soul realm would soon reach the late stage of Divided Soul.
“Tool God, you’re really great for telling me such an important thing,” Qu Yi exclaimed excitedly.
The Tool God, hiding on the soft chair, replied indifferently, “Enough, stop being so sentimental with your thanks. That group of five from the Xiao family, four from the Azure Flame Peak, and four demon cultivators from the Hundred Beasts Peak are currently fleeing together on the Inner Eight Stars, under constant attack by poisonous beasts. Now that the poisonous beast in the middle stage of Fusion has left its cave, send Wu Yuan out with the Tiny Realm Ball to leave the poisonous cave and join those thirteen people as well.”
With the Tool God’s spiritual perception strength at the middle stage of Tribulation, it naturally knew everything happening inside and outside the cave.
However, the speed at which the Tool God controlled the Tiny Realm Ball was still too slow, roughly equivalent to that of a cultivator in the late stage of Yuan Ying. Naturally, the Tool God wanted to reach those thirteen people as quickly as possible, which is why it sent Wu Yuan, who was immune to poison, to fly.
Wu Yuan was already at the early stage of Fusion, and if he fully spread his Peng Wings, his speed could reach that of the middle stage of Fusion.
Soon, Wu Yuan was sent out, carrying the Tiny Realm Ball toward the outside of the poisonous cave.
“Woooh, I, Wu Yuan, am so smart! By using Earthly True Energy to attract poisonous gas, I can prevent my own beastly aura from being emitted. Those poisonous beasts will think I’m also one of them!” Wu Yuan cheered happily as he flew inside the cave.
It turned out that while on a border planet, Wu Yuan had flown in a poisonous environment for a month and discovered that his body was special—not only was he immune to poisonous gas, but he could also draw in the poisonous gas from the Poisonous Star Region to envelop his entire body, preventing his beastly aura from being detected.
Now, Wu Yuan immediately used this special ability, and soon a ten-meter-tall mass of poisonous gas, like a cloud, rushed rapidly toward the cave entrance.

When Wu Yuan left the Poison Gas Caves, he received a reminder from the Artifact God and immediately rushed to the group of thirteen people from the Xiao Family, Biyan Peak, and BaiShou Peak. Along the way, those countless Poison Fiend Beasts indeed showed no suspicion toward the massive pool of poison gas where Wu Yuan was, and they followed him to the location of the Snake-Body Poison Fiend.

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Tan Xiu and the four members of the Xiao Family, the four from Biyan Peak, and the four demon cultivators from BaiShou Peak all headed to the location of the spatial teleportation array set up by the Xiao Family. According to Xiao Long’s estimate, it would take another day of flying to reach their destination. Thus, these thirteen people had to endure another day, fighting off the Poison Fiend Beasts that kept blocking their path, in order to escape danger.

“Tan Xiu, why didn’t you set up the spatial teleportation array closer to the Poison Gas Caves?” Yan Guan swung his red sword in anger, creating a sea of fire that covered an area of a mile square. After killing ten thousand Poison Fiend Beasts, he shouted loudly. At this point, the three groups no longer had time to worry about competing for the Poison Soul Beasts; they had fully united to break through the encirclement and escape.

Tan Xiu was too lazy to answer. He didn’t have the sparking robes like the four from Biyan Peak, nor the Poison-Consuming Fruits like the four from BaiShou Peak. In addition to attacking the surging Poison Fiend Beasts, he also had to constantly use his vital energy to protect himself, which depleted it rapidly. As a result, both Tan Xiu and the four from the Xiao Family had to keep taking out high-quality spirit stones from their spatial rings to replenish their vital energy.

Relatively speaking, the four demon cultivators from BaiShou Peak had it much easier. Each of them had Poison-Consuming Fruits, allowing them to ignore the poisonous gas up close. Moreover, they gathered together and only attacked the Poison Fiend Beasts that came close, saving a significant amount of their vital energy. While attacking, these four also constantly exchanged spiritual awareness.

“Golden-Horned Green Dragon, should we use our combined attack technique to kill everyone from Biyan Peak and the Xiao Family, seize the Poison Soul Beasts, and fly into space?” AoTian Falcon asked.

“At this moment, we can only rely on the Xiao Family’s spatial teleportation array. Even if we escape into space, we still can’t avoid the attack from that mid-stage fused Poison Fiend Beast,” Golden-Horned Green Dragon replied immediately.

“Green Dragon, if we use the Ten-Thousand-Poison Fruits, we can definitely wipe out the Xiao Family, Biyan Peak, and that mid-stage fused Poison Fiend Beast all at once. Then we can fly into space and escape the Demon Poison Star Region,” ShuLinApe said right away.

“This… the Poison Fruit can only be used once. There’s no guarantee it will eliminate them all, so it must not be used at all. Hmph, as long as we capture the Poison Soul Beast and use the Poison-Eating Fruit Tree found by our Hundred Beasts Peak, we’ll have an endless supply of poisonous gas, allowing us to produce more Poison-Eating Fruits, and even the Poison Fruit. Then, our Hundred Beasts Peak will be able to rival the Taiyuan Sect,” said the Golden-Horned Azure Dragon calmly.

The four demon cultivators fell silent and continued to attack the poisonous demons together.

Suddenly, the Snake-Body Poison Demon in its mid-stage of fusion arrived, less than ten miles away from the thirteen people. It released its domineering aura, urging the poisonous demons flying in the air to attack them.

At that moment, the Snake-Body Poison Demon, which had intended to attack the thirteen people personally, began to tremble violently, followed by a roar that shook the entire Inner Eight Stars.

Tsk tsk!

This sound not only spread through the poisonous gas across the Inner Eight Stars but also penetrated the starry skies of the Demon Poison Star Region, reaching its five core planets.

The poisonous gas throughout the Demon Poison Star Region was a peculiar form of energy. Any poisonous demon with cultivation reaching the fusion stage could use its true essence to transmit messages through this gas.

On other life-bearing planets in the cultivation world, this would be utterly unimaginable—sound waves capable of reaching an entire planet and even penetrating the vast starry distances was truly incredible. Yet, in this Demon Poison Star Region, such miraculous phenomena occurred.

The Demon Poison Star Region was truly one unified whole.

Just now, the Snake-Body Poison Demon sensed that the core of the Inner Eight Stars—the black tree deep within the cave—had lost its life force, and its “Poison Spring” had stopped gushing.

With the death of the black tree, the Inner Eight Stars would soon become an ordinary planet, unable to give birth to more poisonous demons. Instead, it would have to accept poisonous demons from other planets. Moreover, the poisonous demons currently living in the Inner Eight Stars would also die in large numbers.

Undoubtedly, realizing these severe consequences, the Snake-Body Poison Demon immediately exhausted all its true essence to spread this terrifying news throughout the entire Demon Poison Star Region.

La la…

Qua qua…

Waa wa…

The various poisonous demons in the Inner Eight Stars, hearing the Snake-Body Poison Demon’s cries, became panicked and let out shrill screams, turning the entire region into a world of noise.

These poisonous demons could already sense the approaching end of their existence.

And the cries emitted by the Snake-Body Poison Demon, at the cost of exhausting all its true essence, were not meant for these inferior poisonous demons but to deliver the alarm to the core area of the Demon Poison Star Region.

Core Star 1, Core Star 2… Core Star 5.
On each planet, there was only one Poison Fiend Beast, and it was one in the early stage of tribulation.
The voice of the Snake-Body Poison Fiend came through. As soon as the five Poison Fiends in the early stage of tribulation heard it, they all flew up in fury and teleported straight to the Inner Eight Stars.
At Core Star 1, a tall man with pitch-black skin and golden eyes vanished in an instant, having already crossed most of the starry sky by the next moment.
At Core Star 2, a thin man with black skin and blue eyes took off and was almost at the Inner Eight Stars.
At Core Star 3, a graceful woman with black skin and blue eyes stepped lightly through the air; the poison gas in the starry sky turned into an ocean of stars as she neared the Inner Eight Stars.
At Core Star 4, a strong man with black skin and red eyes opened his mouth wide. A path of fire energy seemed to have formed in the sky ahead of him, and he entered that path surrounded by flames, heading toward the Inner Eight Stars.
At Core Star 5, a bare-chested man with black skin and yellow eyes was suddenly covered in flowing sand, which then flew away. His figure was no longer visible, but a straight river of sand could be seen stretching through the starry sky.
These five Poison Fiends in the early stage of tribulation had already passed through the triple-nine heavenly tribulation and fully transformed into human forms. However, since they had turned from poison gas into fiends and then into humans, their bodies were black, with only their eyes revealing the essence of energy they had grasped after the tribulation, determining their future path of cultivation.
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Inside the Dimensional Sphere, the Artifact God suddenly said, “I never expected this Demon Poison Star Region to have such amazing communication capabilities. A shout can be heard throughout the entire region. Qu Yi, the five powerful beings in the Demon Poison Star Region are coming over.”
Hearing this, Qu Yi was also shocked and immediately asked, “Could it be related to the Soul-Nurturing Crystal? I cut down that black tree and took away the most important Soul-Nurturing Crystal. Now this planet can no longer create new fiends, so those Poison Fiends in the tribulation stage are coming to take revenge?”
The Artifact God nodded and chuckled.
Realizing his guess was correct, Qu Yi immediately sent a mental message to Wu Yuan, “Wu Yuan, hurry up and get to the side of those thirteen people. I’m going to snatch the Poison Soul Beast away.”

Upon hearing Qu Yi’s words, Wu Yuan realized the urgency from his tone, so he no longer hid his speed. Peng Yi’s wings flapped vigorously, and at the mid-stage of fusion, his speed was like that of a super hurricane. The poisonous gas around him rolled outward, and Wu Yuan’s body quickly overtook the Snake-Body Poison Demon. In just a short while, he arrived near the thirteen people from the Xiao family, Biyan Peak, and Baishou Peak. Meanwhile, the four demon cultivators from Baishou Peak were about to secretly carry out their own plans.