Chapter 1789 - 1084: Ice Toad Acquired!

After leaving a secret signal, Jing Hong sensed a thread of subtle energy...

"Here it comes"

Jing Hong left the group of reeds, hiding outside...

Crash!

A hundred beams of flowing light intertwined into a net, enveloping Jing Hong within.

She didn’t struggle, knowing she couldn’t escape.

She just didn’t expect the opponent to come so quickly.

"Caught her!"

"This damn Human Race!"

After capturing Jing Hong, the Poison Vein Clan members were both delighted and secretly resentful, wishing to torture Jing Hong to death.

After all, they had painstakingly searched for a long time, under immense pressure from above...

All because of this Human Race!

But since the higher-ups wanted to use Jing Hong as a hostage, they could only suppress their murderous intent.

Bound, Jing Hong was escorted by a pair of Poison Vein Clan members, but before they walked far, a furious roar suddenly erupted from the distant Poison Vein lair.

The roar seemed to contain many Foreign Race Languages, causing all present Poison Vein Clan to kneel in terror...

Soon Jing Hong saw a beam of flowing light fly out from the lair...

The Clan Emperor appeared in the sky instantly.

He looked coldly at Jing Hong.

"Very well, finally captured one, take her back and watch her closely..."

After speaking, the Clan Emperor flew away.

Jing Hong received a message — Sui Yi and someone else had escaped.

This made her feel much better, but suddenly...

She saw one of the Poison Vein Clan members facing away from her, a hand gesture!

That was...

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"He left"

This soft, melodious voice was like a stream, washing away the stench and terror of the underground lair.

Yen Yileng looked at Sui Yi.

"Mr. Sacrificial Wine, you really aren’t sealed?"

"Sealed"

"Then Teacher is still very powerful..."

"Because you are here"

"....."

Yen Yileng felt that this gentleman, despite his serene demeanor, could make one’s heart race with just a few calm words.

However, Sui Yi really wasn’t trying to be deliberate; she was simply following her heart, speaking what she thought...

Once confirmed the Clan Emperor left, Sui Yi touched Yen Yileng’s brow, infusing Magnetic Sensation, breaking through the sealing forces one by one.

Moments later, Yen Yileng felt energy surging within, her soul fluttering...

"I might break through"

Yen Yileng didn’t feel much joy, even though she had been stuck at this bottleneck for years. In the past, breaking through this hurdle would have brought her great joy, but now she remained much calmer.

Unperturbed.

This was likely due to recent progress in her state of mind...

Thinking of this, Yen Yileng couldn’t help but look at Sui Yi, it was all because of this person...

"You’re about to break through... just by looking at me?" Sui Yi smiled slightly, causing Yen Yileng to snap back to focus and sit cross-legged on the ground.

Consolidation after a breakthrough might take much time for many cultivators, but for someone like Yen Yileng, a direct disciple of the Supreme Yun, it doesn’t require much time at all. By simply using a Formation and taking an One Long Line potion for assistance, her cultivation level was perfectly consolidated within an hour.

The Realm and energy reached a high level of unity.

"It’s done"

Yen Yileng exhaled deeply. "Now it’s your turn"

Sui Yi smiled: "I’m already ready while waiting for you"

Well... okay.

The two continued deeper into the lair...

Originally, the area they were in was filled with dead bodies, but as they moved further in, their expressions grew darker because...

Breathing.

They sensed the frequency of breathing.

"Living bodies? Inside"

Both figures flashed simultaneously, appearing before a body.

The body’s condition was similar to the original, half-decayed half-fresh, but the person was still alive because they were at Void-breaking Level, and the body’s strength wasn’t weak, so even half-rotted, they could still live. Even though the Poison Vein Clan’s eggs would absorb human essence, someone at Void-breaking Level could naturally endure for a long time.

But those at Cloud Ascendant Level might endure even longer, not to mention those at Star Fall Level...

As Sui Yi and Yen Yileng ventured further inside, they indeed saw Star Fall Level hosts, but the further they went, the air’s toxicity became thicker, nearing a liquid state, like an underwater world.

However, they were not ordinary Heavenly Venerates; Sui Yi was a Witch, and very few poisons in this world could affect her, with currently only one exception.

As for Yen Yileng, nurtured by Supreme Yun since childhood, her overall condition was very well-managed, and she had even endured the allure toxin that most women couldn’t bear. These poisons were mere trifles.

The two ignored the toxic liquids and reached the area of living host bodies in just a moment.

Soon...

In this vast space, there were countless living host bodies, yet few could speak, as they were all half-dead.

Sui Yi walked up to the strongest person...

A Peak of Starfall.

The large body had a particularly swollen abdomen, visibly hosting the Poison Vein Clan’s body...

Sui Yi appeared before him.

"What’s your name?"

"Kane"

"How long have you been captured..."

"...."

"Ah, seems like you’re out of strength..."

Sui Yi was somewhat helpless, placing his hand on the man’s head.

Momentarily, he removed it, speaking indifferently: "Lieutenant General Kane of the Blue Death Marsh was captured a month ago, then brought here as a host, living a life worse than death every day, unable to end his own life due to a total lack of ability to commit suicide... but... you seem to have witnessed some incredible things."

This Kane was almost terrified, how could someone possess such a terrifying talent to probe soul memories?

Even among those with soul talents, few have this ability.

"What things?" Yen Yileng looked around, it appeared this area was already the end.

"Starfall is not the most valuable hostage; the value differs from those like you and I. Some Heavenly Venerates’ value lies in... the host bodies."

"The stronger the host, the stronger the Poison Vein Clan it breeds... If it’s Heavenly Venerate Level, the Poison Vein Clan can also be Heavenly Venerate, saving unknown amounts of time in comparison to normal breeding development, only needing ten years to produce one..."

Ten years for one?

Yen Yileng gasped, aside from a few extraordinarily talented individuals, most take an average of a thousand years to repair to Heavenly Venerate Level, ten years for one, is simply too contrary to the rules.

No wonder the Foreign Race has developed so rapidly these years, more and more Heavenly Venerates...

"Since the Poison Vein Clan has such actions, other Foreign Races should be similar, no one knows how many years ago they started this..."

Yen Yileng gripped the sword in his hand.

"Are the true Heavenly Venerate host bodies hidden elsewhere?"

Sui Yi: "Besides the Poison Vein Emperor, probably no one knows these secrets... General inquiries can’t probe them... but... it can be known from a certain Ice Toad"

"Ten Thousand Year Ice Toad?"

"Yes"

Sui Yi flicked his fingertip, a wisp of Magnetic Sensation dispersed, floated in front of Yen Yileng, Yen Yileng had no doubts, reached out to it, the Magnetic Sensation landed in her hand, quickly forming a thin film covering and concealing her body.

Transparent, she saw herself become transparent!

In shock, Yen Yileng grew increasingly curious about Sui Yi’s identity, yet said nothing, as everyone has their secrets.

With her body concealed, Sui Yi walked toward the wall... breaking through.

Magnetic Sensation is like a pulling rope, Yen Yileng followed Sui Yi inside...

Soon, they passed through the dense wall made of unknown materials, continuously shuttling until Sui Yi stopped, and Yen Yileng also stopped, staying beside Sui Yi, although there was still a half-wall thickness in front, Sui Yi controlled Magnetic Sensation to form an eye protruding on the surface, Yen Yileng saw the spiral cocoon space, referred to as floating cocoon because every Heavenly Venerate host was wrapped in layers of poisonous threads, slowly forming a cocoon, counting from the bottom to the top, about nearly a hundred...

"Twenty-eight, the first is the smallest, the topmost one... the largest"

Yen Yileng looked up, seeing a fifty-meter-long giant poison cocoon, the cocoon threads pure black, like a black mass.

Very scary.

Moreover, isn’t the number twenty-eight very scary?

Within ten years at most, the Poison Vein Clan can have twenty-eight more Heavenly Venerates...

Wonder where the Poison Vein Clan found them.

"Should be twenty-five, three cocoons have already been opened"

Yen Yileng nodded, suddenly seeing the small Ten Thousand Year Ice Toad hopping on the fifth poison cocoon, step by step ascending...

What is it trying to do?

"The Ice Toad’s inherent attribute is ice, yet talents vary, of course, the most distinctive is its preference, this one is cunning and likes devouring, hence taking a crooked path, not cultivating the Orthodox Sect, but instead practicing by consuming the life essence of other creatures... I guess it’s focused on the strongest poison egg nurtured by the Poison Vein Clan."

Yen Yileng surveyed the surroundings... looking at Sui Yi.

"Teacher, can you deal with it without the Poison Vein Emperor discovering?"

"Actually, you’re asking if I have the capability to solve these Heavenly Venerate cocoons without being discovered by the Poison Vein Emperor?"

"Yes"

Sui Yi tilted his head to look at Yen Yileng, originally Yen Yileng didn’t understand, but being clever, quickly realized and said: "I know Teacher, you came to the Outer Domain Battlefield for achievements, seemingly not of our Human Race, thus making such requests would indeed be excessive, but, if you truly can achieve it, I can contact my Master, to reach a reasonable cooperation agreement with you"

These Heavenly Venerate Eggs pose an enormous threat to the Human Race, if unresolved, it would drastically undermine the foundation of the Human Race, which Yen Yileng does not wish to see.

Therefore, she seriously conveyed these words to Sui Yi.

Sui Yi also seriously looked at her, after a while, smiled, "I trust you"

Eh?

Yen Yileng barely had time to speak before Sui Yi stepped out...

Yen Yileng quickly reacted, promptly following Sui Yi, drawing her sword, Sword Flow blocking...

Sui Yi pressed his left palm down, the Totem Array expanded, ice and witch worlds overlapped covering completely, occupying the space perfectly for himself.

Complete lockdown. Sui Yi

The Ten Thousand Year Ice Toad screeched, its head diving to the ground, but hit a wall, its head collided producing ice crystals, unable to drill a small hole, just lay on the ground wary and frightened looking at Sui Yi...

It’s her!