Lord Shenxiu
Chapter 197: Poisonous Palm (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 197: Chapter 197: Poisonous Palm (Please Subscribe)

Five Poison Sect Headquarters.

Atop the many bizarrely shaped buildings of Miaojiang, flags embroidered with the emblems of the five poisons were gradually engulfed by beacon fires, slowly burning to ashes.

This place, the headquarters of the Five Poison Sect, was unmistakably plunged into utter chaos.

What sort of horrific damage could be inflicted when twenty-seven Grandmasters joined forces to invade?

Ordinary sect members, even the Blood Swapping Warriors, were no match for them, often being critically injured or killed by a single punch or palm strike.

And the numerous mechanisms and poisons, could also be forcibly dismantled by the Grandmasters, whose very essence of life had undergone transformation.

The only ones who could truly withstand them were other Grandmasters!

Zhong Shenxiu watched as the Iron Blood Divine Catcher took the lead, his Iron Melting Hand unstoppable, creating an unmatched spectacle amid the many Five Poison Sect disciples, and couldn’t help but secretly calculate in his heart.

’According to the intelligence from the Divine Capture Sect, below the Sect Master of the Five Poison Sect, there’s the Saint Heir, the left and right Envoys, the four great protectors, and the Five Poison Envoys, followed by the Ten Directions Wanderers...’

’Black Widow Hua Miao is one of the four great protectors, while the Five Poison Envoys mostly possess top-tier skills, ranking high on the martial artists’ list; the Ten Directions Wanderers are also Blood Swapping Warriors, likely at the bottom rung of that list... Besides them, there might be a few hidden Grandmasters, but definitely not many... There’s only one hidden Great Grandmaster, confirmed to be the Elder Tiancan of old.’

Currently, with the Sect Master of the Five Poison Sect absent and the Saint Heir dead, naturally, the affairs of the sect were presided over by the two Envoys of Wind and Thunder.

Although the Five Poison Sect had settled here for a long time and could slightly hinder many Grandmasters momentarily with their mechanisms, traps, and Five Poison Gu Worms, they couldn’t stop them forever.

Even now, the Great Divine Catcher Tie Xue had already taken the lead in storming the Five Poison Sect’s square, wantonly slaughtering the sect members.

Watching this scene, the two Envoys bearing the patterns of wind and thunder on their faces could no longer contain themselves, and with a roar, they stepped forward to intercept Tie Xue.

The exotic martial arts they both practiced complemented each other perfectly, and when the left and right Envoys joined forces, they even managed to stop the Iron Blood Divine Catcher in his tracks, preventing him from advancing even an inch.

The three great protectors and several unknown Grandmasters also roared as they leaped into action, pouncing on their respective enemies.

Zhong Shenxiu scanned the scene, only to see Jinkehuan harnessing the void energies of water, fire, wind, and thunder, delighting in his battle against the fierce poisonous insects released by the Five Poison Sect. The other three Grandmasters from the Six Void Sect did the same.

Jing Fan was formidable, resembling a warrior Buddha descended from heaven, his body hard as iron and stone, invulnerable to the myriad poisons. Every time he chanted a Buddha’s name, with a single point of his finger, a Five Poison Sect disciple would fall dead.

It seemed like the three Grandmasters from Stone Buddha Temple were quite interested in bullying the weak.

’Stone Buddha Temple and the Six Void Sect are indeed here just to observe...’

Zhong Shenxiu’s eyes shifted and landed on the Lingnan Seven Swords. These seven swordsmen drew their swords, their killing intent astonishing. Each stroke felled a man. Seeing this, the Five Poison Envoys and the Ten Directions Wanderers, desperate not to die, led a large number of Five Poison Sect disciples to form formations, barely managing to contain these seven deadly swords, but it was enormously strained, teetering on the brink of collapse.

At a glance, the many Grandmasters looked like fierce tigers descending the mountain.

But for the moment, aside from the Divine Capture Sect, all other Grandmasters were bogged down in the mire.

Next came the three great protectors, leading three other unknown Five Poison Sect Grandmasters, pouncing toward the people of the Divine Capture Sect: "Invade our land, kill our people, we will fight you to the death!"

"Evil Demons, to death!"

Yan Wushuang roared loudly, his face covered in frost, fighting alongside another Grandmaster of the Divine Capture Sect against a protector of the Five Poison Sect.

’The protectors and hidden Grandmasters of the Five Poison Sect are not lacking in strength, it seems they could all rank on the land’s list... The "Chart of the Exotic" from the Four Great Strange Books is indeed unfathomably mysterious...’

’Considering this, the Grandmaster Divine Catchers of the Divine Capture Sect are a notch below. More than a dozen against six of their own, and they’re still at a standstill... even at a disadvantage.’

’However, as long as we hold on here, those who are slacking off can also just whittle away until all the core disciples of the Five Poison Sect are annihilated...’

Zhong Shenxiu had actually been planning to slack off, even taking the opportunity to slip away and see if he could break into places like the Five Poison Sect Secret Scripture Pavilion to scoop up some benefits.

But he wished to keep a low profile, someone else was not willing to let him.

One of the Grandmasters of the Five Poison Sect charged straight at him, "Sky-covering Hand Xun Liuyi? You killed my protector, the Saint Heir... Today, you’ll pay with blood for this blood debt!"

Seeing this, the three protectors immediately took the other two Grandmasters and desperately blocked the other Divine Catchers from supporting, it seemed they also deeply hated Xun Liuyi and wanted their colleague to claim the opponent’s life.

This hidden Grandmaster of the Five Poison Sect was named Dongmen Wang, and he practiced a secret technique of the Five Poison Sect—the Ten Thousand Poison Mixed Yuan Hand.

This toxic skill required the practitioner to start by absorbing the potency of various minerals, insects, and plants between heaven and earth using both palms.

By the time one reached the Blood Swapping Warrior stage, they would replace their blood with venomous blood!

After the refining marrow process, once the Ten Thousand Poison is completed, even the Great Divine Catcher Iron Blood might not dare to withstand this poisoned pair of hands directly.

Among the many Grandmasters of the Five Poison Sect, Dongmen Wang ranked among the top in terms of strength.

He fixed his gaze on Zhong Shenxiu, his palms crisscrossing and chaining together, unleashing the Ten Thousand Poison Mixed Yuan Hand to its extreme.

Some of the Five Poison Sect Disciples nearby simply inhaled a few breaths of the palm winds and quickly fell to the ground, clutching their throats, foaming at the mouth, and soon breathless and dead.

"I really planned to slack off... Why? Why must you force me?"

Zhong Shenxiu sighed, took off his gloves, raised his palms, and caught the continuous toxic palms from his opponent.

His hands were fair and delicate, like a statue carved from jade, casting a clear glow in the sunlight.

Ever since the duel with the King of Ten Thousand Slaves and his subsequent insight, Zhong Shenxiu had finally mastered the Ten Thousand Gu Hand to the point where he could control it freely. He no longer needed to wear gloves all day for fear of accidental harm.

The reason he still wore them was simply out of habit, and also to deceive others.

Gloved or gloveless, it made no difference to him, but the opponent was not aware, and if they established a mindset, they were certain to suffer greatly in the future.

At that moment, with a thought, myriad tiny Gu dispersed, as if they had their own lives, obeying Zhong Shenxiu’s command. They didn’t attack their own people, and all rushed toward the members of the Five Poison Sect.

Only when the Ten Thousand Gu Hand had been cultivated to this level could one truly consider it complete!

Clap, clap!

In mid-air, thousands of palm shadows overlapped as Dongmen Wang kept pushing his toxic hands, trying to inject his life’s concentrated poison into Xun Liuyi’s body, to thoroughly poison his arch-enemy to death.

But with a smile at the corner of his mouth, Zhong Shenxiu executed each move smoothly, with ease and innate grace, blocking all his attacks.

Not only that, but he also seemed to be immune to all poison, not fearing Dongmen Wang’s Ten Thousand Poison Mixed Yuan Hands at all.

Dongmen Wang’s eyes widened, "This... Impossible."

"So this is the toxic skill of the Five Poison Sect? Quite disappointing, you only know how to absorb various fierce toxicities and combine them into one, but you have no clue how to innovate, how to mix and match new poisons in a synergy, you’re nothing but a watchdog."

Zhong Shenxiu shook his head repeatedly. In his view, this mixed poison skill was conceptually inferior to the Five Elements Thief Palm.

These poisons hadn’t even entered his body before they were neutralized by the Ten Thousand Gu Hand, and he even wondered if he practiced the Heavenly Demon Great Transformation Hand, he could also use the yin and yang energies to either neutralize these poisons or turn them against each other and neutralize all.

’That’s it... Although the Heavenly Demon Great Transformation Hand is a Slave’s martial art, it is still a Secret Technique accessible to a Saint Heir, and it obviously would counter other Five Poison Sect martial arts... No wonder they prefer their own slaves, much more reliable and obedient than any protector...’

Zhong Shenxiu stopped his hands and stood still, staring at Dongmen Wang: "Moreover... you are already dead!"