Chapter 86

"Have you all thought about how to trick that kid into the Immortal Spirit Mountains?" Amidst the discussion, a stern voice came from not far away, and then Yu Yan was seen walking over step by step.

"Brother Yan, that guy, for some unknown reason, is heading towards the Immortal Spirit Mountains."

"Is that so? Even the heavens are helping me." Yu Yan's face lit up with joy, and he nodded repeatedly, saying, "Very good! Very good! You two, quickly go and call Li Chong and Yi Ming over."

Soon, Li Chong and Yi Ming were called over.

Yu Yan, excited, shook his neck. "That guy has entered the mountains; we need to get ready."

"Uh-huh." The two were equally excited and nodded.

Then, the three of them headed towards the Immortal Spirit Mountains.

Not long after entering the Immortal Spirit Mountains, several low-level strange beasts surrounded Zheng Shiyi.

Zheng Shiyi drew the Shadowless Blade, and with a turn of his arm, a sharp white light slashed horizontally from the blade, cutting through the strange beasts, which were instantly split into two and fell heavily in front of Zheng Shiyi.

Zheng Shiyi put down the Shadowless Blade, preparing to take the beast cores from the strange beasts. At that moment, a loud voice came from behind, "These strange beasts were killed by us; the beast cores are ours."

"Strangers, leave quickly, or don't blame us for being impolite!"

Then, about a dozen men appeared behind Zheng Shiyi, looking excitedly at the strange beast corpses on the ground.

They brandished their shiny long swords, threatening anyone who dared to approach the strange beast corpses.

"Didn't you hear that these strange beasts were killed by us? Why aren't you leaving?" Zheng Shiyi, with his back to them, saw that Zheng Shiyi wasn't leaving, and his voice was filled with a threatening tone.

Zheng Shiyi sighed. He was really unlucky. He had just entered and already encountered robbers. However... he was no longer the rookie he was when he first joined the sect.

"Are you talking about me?" Zheng Shiyi turned around, his eyes filled with amusement as he looked at the dozen Xuanming Sect outer disciples who were closing in.

"It's not you, it's just..." The man at the front, holding a long sword, sneered, ready to act if they didn't leave.

But... before he could finish his sentence, he recognized Zheng Shiyi's appearance.

"Zheng... Zheng... Zheng Shiyi?"

A simple name made the man, who was just speaking fluently, stutter.

There was no way! Zheng Shiyi was no longer the nobody who could be stepped on by anyone when he first joined the sect!

On the风云榜 (Fengyun Board), the news of him killing Tian Kun and then Luo Tu was not only known by the outer disciples but had also reached the inner disciples.

Many disciples who had never seen Zheng Shiyi sought out those who had seen him to get a portrait of him, to avoid any fatal mistakes in the future.

This man was one of them! Therefore, he recognized Zheng Shiyi immediately.

"Y-Yes, yes, yes, I'm sorry..."

The dozen men, who were just moments ago looking fierce and threatening, stammered their apologies and then turned and ran away like rabbits.

Zheng Shiyi! The most prominent outer disciple in the sect! Some even privately called him the "Killing God"!

Faced with such a person, the dozen men regretted not having more legs.

"Am I that scary?" Zheng Shiyi was surprised by their reaction, picking up the beast cores and muttering to himself, "I'm still quite handsome, right?"

After the dozen men's hasty escape and shouting, everyone entering the Immortal Spirit Mountains knew that the "Killing God" Zheng Shiyi was also there today. They were warned not to provoke anyone walking alone, which made Zheng Shiyi's journey smoother.

As he approached the swamp, the path ahead became increasingly desolate.

After about two hours of walking, the sky ahead of Zheng Shiyi turned gray, and a foul smell wafted out. The ground beneath his feet became softer.

Zheng Shiyi knew he had reached the entrance to the swamp. Beyond this point was the swamp itself.

He adjusted his breathing and cautiously stepped forward.

Yu Yan and the other two followed Zheng Shiyi, curious about what he was doing in the swamp.

"He's entering the swamp!" Li Chong exclaimed when he saw Zheng Shiyi walk into the swamp.

The swamp was filled with toxic mists, and the poisonous gas was highly toxic. The ground was so soft that even a slight force could cause one to sink into the swamp.

There were also strange beasts living in the swamp. Encountering them would surely mean death.

"Should we go in?" Li Chong looked at Yu Yan, puzzled.

Yu Yan was unsure whether to enter. The swamp was full of dangers. If they didn't enter, they wouldn't know what Zheng Shiyi was doing inside or if he would die.

But if they entered... who knew what dangers awaited them!

As Yu Yan hesitated, Yi Ming laughed, "It's just a swamp! Let's monitor him first and see what happens. Watch my martial soul!"

"Eagle martial soul!"

Yi Ming shouted, and a strong light began to shine in front of him. A black eagle, more ferocious than a common eagle, with sharp claws, emerged from his body and flew into the sky above the swamp with a "chirp."

"My eagle martial soul will tell me everything it sees. Let's wait here."

Yi Ming said proudly, finding a rock to lean against and sit down.

"That's great." Li Chong and Yu Yan smiled at each other and sat down next to Yi Ming.

As Zheng Shiyi ventured deeper into the swamp, a thick layer of toxic mist appeared before him, and deadly poison gas continuously emerged.

The poison gas made Zheng Shiyi's breathing heavier, and each step forward became increasingly difficult. His soul seed was rapidly neutralizing the poison gas entering his body.

But the air was full of poison gas, and even though his soul seed was working fast, it was still overwhelming.

Zheng Shiyi quickly took out the medicine given to him by Su Jingdan and swallowed a detoxifying pill.

"Hiss."

The medicine's power circulated through his body, and Zheng Shiyi's body began to produce antibodies that could resist the poison gas. If nothing went wrong, these antibodies would protect him from the same type of poison gas for five hours.

"What a powerful pill." Zheng Shiyi marveled at the strength of the pill and felt fortunate to have Su Jingdan, a spirit physician, as a partner.

Knowing that the detoxifying pill given by Su Jingdan would produce antibodies, Zheng Shiyi took a handful and swallowed them.

Soon, his body produced a large number of antibodies.

With the antibodies and the neutralization by his soul seed, Zheng Shiyi quickly returned to his pre-swamp state.

"The gray mist above must be the poison gas."

Zheng Shiyi looked at the gray sky.

"What's that?" Zheng Shiyi saw a black eagle circling in the sky and frowned. "This is a swamp. Why is there a black eagle flying in the sky?"

Few fierce beasts could survive in the swamp. The black eagle couldn't possibly be searching for food here. Even if it were, it wouldn't circle this area unless it wanted to be poisoned by the swamp's gas.

"Is it immune to the poison gas?" Zheng Shiyi's eyes lit up. He had survived only because his soul seed neutralized the gas and he had taken the detoxifying pill. Why wasn't the eagle dead after flying into the poisonous sky?

"Could it be that it, like me, has taken a detoxifying pill and is here to monitor me?" Zheng Shiyi became alert.

"Roar!"

A large mouth suddenly emerged from the swamp, and a ten-meter-long swamp crocodile jumped out, lunging at Zheng Shiyi.

"The appearance of this swamp crocodile is timely. I'll see if someone is monitoring me." The swamp crocodile was only a second-stage strange beast and posed no real threat to Zheng Shiyi.

Its appearance provided Zheng Shiyi with an opportunity to verify if the eagle was sent to monitor him.

The sudden appearance of the swamp crocodile made Zheng Shiyi lose his balance, and his body swayed like a boat caught in a storm, nearly falling into the swamp.

The swamp crocodile's foul-smelling mouth was upon him in an instant, and Zheng Shiyi hastily drew the Shadowless Blade to defend.

"Boom!"

The swamp crocodile's mouth collided with Zheng Shiyi's Shadowless Blade, and the powerful impact forced him to spit out several mouthfuls of blood, his body sinking into the swamp.

Zheng Shiyi gripped the Shadowless Blade tightly, struggling to control his body, resisting the swamp crocodile's attack while preventing himself from sinking. He was not used to fighting in such an environment.

The swamp crocodile, seemingly annoyed by Zheng Shiyi's resistance, withdrew its body from the Shadowless Blade and prepared to press down on him again.

Zheng Shiyi took a deep breath and, as the crocodile's body pressed down, his body surged with spiritual energy, propelling him upward, out of the swamp, and avoiding the crocodile's attack.

The swamp crocodile roared and swung its tail, its ten-meter-long body like a whip, viciously lashing at Zheng Shiyi.

Zheng Shiyi swung the Shadowless Blade, and a sharp blade light cut through the air. Just as the crocodile's tail was about to hit his head, he slashed out.

"Crack!"

The blade struck the crocodile's neck, and its head fell like a melon, the powerful aura that had filled the area disappearing instantly.

Only the massive tail continued to swing towards Zheng Shiyi.

"Boom!"

Zheng Shiyi pretended to be unable to dodge, and the massive tail hit him, sending him flying and landing on a dead tree growing in the swamp.

"Spit!"

Zheng Shiyi spat out a mouthful of blood, as if truly injured, closed his eyes, and muttered, "Was that convincing enough?"