The Great Martial Arts World: Hot Topics and Great Heroes

Duan Yu instinctively looked at the chessboard, and for a moment fell into philosophical thought—Could it be that I haven't come out of the chessboard yet? The person in the chessboard, me outside the chessboard, what is me?

Chu Luren directly positions A Zi as Duan Yu's younger sister, rather than Ding Chunqiu's disciple...

Otherwise, although Chu Luren did not believe that there was any moral risk of "betraying one's master and ancestors" in the Xingxiu Sect's sect culture, the statement that "Chu Taisui protected the abandoned disciples of the Xingxiu Sect and plotted to seize the Divine Wood King Cauldron" was quite unpleasant.

Especially now that the Divine Wood King Cauldron is indeed on Chu Luren's person...

"Hehe, my disciple is a princess of Dali? Little Azi, then go to Dali and enjoy your life. I won't let you take care of me in my old age. But shouldn't you return my royal cauldron?" Ding Chunqiu said, gently waving his feather fan.

Ding Chunqiu also has a very refined and otherworldly appearance. Just by looking at his appearance, who wouldn't sigh "a master"?

After all, if someone's appearance doesn't meet the requirements, Wu Yazi wouldn't accept them as a disciple!

Upon hearing this, some people looked at A'Zi, while others looked at Duan Yu...

Azi also spoke without any hesitation: "Ding Chunqiu! According to the rules of our sect, the most capable come first. This Divine Wood King Cauldron is the most precious treasure of our sect. Before, when you were the sect leader, it was entrusted to you for safekeeping. But now... my brother Chu, my brother-in-law... and my brother are all stronger than you, so naturally I should be the sect leader! Why don't you bow to me when you see me? And you even dare to ask for the Divine Wood King Cauldron. How can you, as the senior brother, set such a good example for your junior brothers?"

Upon hearing A Zi's words, Ding Chunqiu was so angry that he almost lost his composure as a wise man. Not to mention, Mo Shenggu, who was standing to the side, turned his head and glared at Song Qingshu, who was still unconscious.

Duan Yu pondered, "Your Brother Chu, your brother-in-law... does that sound like two different people? That means..."

Chapter 433 Corpse Poison Technique

"How dare you, Azi, be so disrespectful to your master?"

"The Starry Sky Immortal possesses boundless magical power... With a flick of his sleeve, the thief is doomed!"

"Boy, don't think you're alright. In fact, your internal organs have been injured by the old immortal."

"Hurry up and kneel down, or you might still have a chance to live."

"What is Dali? If the old immortal wanted, he would have already created his own immortal kingdom on earth..."

The disciples of Xingxiu began to denounce Azi and Chu Luren, and started boasting wildly.

Those watching, after hearing Ding Chunqiu and Azi's words, vaguely understood the situation, but none of them knew whether they should intervene!

After all, this girl's profound remarks were indeed... unconventional and heretical.

Of course, helping Ding Chunqiu was out of the question.

"Old Monster Ding, you're not waiting for me to take the poison out, are you?" Chu Luren then raised his right palm, which he had just used to strike Ding, and showed it to him.

Her skin was rosy and glowing, showing no signs of poisoning whatsoever!

Seeing this, Ding Chunqiu's fanning rhythm became slightly disordered...

Chu Luren's words really hit the nail on the head—regardless of the cunning of his poison skills, Ding Chunqiu could barely be considered a peerless master, otherwise Wu Yazi would have already given Su Xinghe the empowerment and directly sent his eldest disciple to seek revenge on him.

Only when it reaches this level will Wu Yazi conclude that it simply is no good, and even the infusion of internal energy is useless...

However, Ding Chunqiu's greatest skill was his cunning poison technique!

Having just exchanged blows with Chu Luren, Ding Chunqiu was even slightly at a disadvantage. After all, the true energy of his poison technique was not suitable for head-on confrontations, and in comparison, he was only at the level of an ordinary first-rate master.

However, Ding Chunqiu still sneered inwardly, waiting for Chu Luren's poison to take effect, but now it seems that he has not succeeded.

Knowing in his heart that Chu Luren must have cultivated some kind of miraculous skill to avoid poison, Ding Chunqiu appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly he was cursing...

If it was purely due to his superior internal strength that he withstood Ding Chunqiu's poisonous palm strike, then Ding Chunqiu estimated that his situation just now was not simply a matter of being slightly at a disadvantage.

However, he possesses the extraordinary ability to evade poison, making him Ding Chunqiu's most hated opponent, much like the two envoys who rewarded good and punished evil back then—they were just as troublesome!

However, Ding Chunqiu was not unprepared, after all, among opponents of his level, those who could avoid poison were not that rare.

With a casual gesture, Ding Chunqiu pulled two lucky Xingxiu disciples over, patted them on the back, and they both flew towards Chu Luren...

Chu Luren directly struck out with his palm, using his palm force from a distance to stop the two Xingxiu disciples halfway through their attack—if Ding Chunqiu didn't feel sorry for them, Chu Luren naturally wouldn't feel sorry for the Xingxiu disciples either.

However, instead of coughing up blood, the two were blown away by the force, and instead... they were blown into a cloud of colorful poisonous smoke!

The surrounding experts, including Mo Shenggu, Yin Liting, Yin Zhiping, and Xuan Nan, stepped forward and used sword energy, palm force, or even flicking their sleeves to disperse the poisonous smoke and prevent it from spreading among the crowd!

The two Star Constellation disciples... no, it should be said that after the two poisonous corpses landed, although they had clearly stopped breathing, their bodies twitched, and then they stood up in a strange and awkward way, continuing to walk towards Chu Luren. After taking two steps, they changed from walking to lunging.

His face was covered with uneven patches of poisonous spots, and only the whites of his eyes were visible in his eye sockets, making him look quite frightening!

Even more horrifying was that the other disciples of the Star Constellation Sect, upon witnessing this scene, did not hesitate or pause for a moment, and continued to utter flattering words...

The evil and viciousness of the Corpse Poison Technique are widely known in the martial arts world of the Central Plains, and the infamous reputation of the Starry Constellation Old Monster is probably due to this.

No matter how unconventional people in the martial arts world may be, they still have the idea of ​​respecting the dead and their corpses. Otherwise, the saying "Surrender now and I'll leave you a whole body" wouldn't be so popular.

"Corpse poison technique" undoubtedly directly contradicts this culture!

However, compared to the "Corpse Poisoning Technique" itself, the fact that the Xingxiu disciples were used to the "Corpse Poisoning Technique" and even used to seeing their fellow disciples as poisonous corpses was even more chilling.

Seeing this, Chu Luren took a small jar from his waist, broke the clay seal, and drank it down in one gulp...

For a moment, everyone's throats were dry from watching—wasn't it too sweet?

After drinking it all, Chu Luren smashed the jar, releasing a strong aroma of alcohol. Seeing nothing else, everyone realized that it was a jar of strong liquor, not salted fish and drunken crab.

only……

Why drink alcohol at this time?

Before anyone could figure it out, the two poisonous corpses, using strange methods of exertion, pounced on Chu Luren from tricky angles.

At first, it moved slowly, but as the poison fermented and it reacted further with the poisonous corpse, it became more and more agile!

This time, Chu Luren was engaged in close combat, making everyone hold their breath in fear...

After all, while the strength and power of this poisonous corpse might not be a problem for a master, it is extremely poisonous.

However, Chu Luren simply flicked two fingers at the poisonous corpse's chest, and a plume of black smoke shot out from the corpse's back, causing it to collapse—completely different from the notoriously troublesome Star Constellation Poisonous Corpse!

Ding Chunqiu was also taken aback when he saw this.

The "Corpse Poisoning Technique" itself should be considered an application of the "Dissolving Power Technique". It uses the highly poisonous Myriad Transformation True Qi to trigger various toxin reactions in the poisonous corpse, cultivating a highly poisonous substance that is more toxic than the Myriad Transformation True Qi itself, which is enough to harm even the most skilled masters, while using this poisonous force to control the poisonous corpse.

This toxicity was something Ding Chunqiu dared not test even in his own body, which is why he thought of using a poisonous corpse to contain it. For this purpose, he even asked his master's wife to exchange the White Rainbow Palm Force for a reference.

Ding Chunqiu had previously encountered ways to break the "Corpse Poison Technique." For example, when the two envoys of reward and punishment blocked his door, Ding Chunqiu turned most of the disciples in the sect into poisonous corpses. As a result, the two envoys "defeated" the poisonous corpses while chasing after Ding Chunqiu himself!

If the two envoys hadn't followed the rules of Xia Ke Island and left before defeating Ding Chunqiu within a hundred moves, Ding Chunqiu, despite still having some trump cards, wouldn't have dared to say he could have escaped unscathed.

However, the two envoys' "knockdown" of the poisonous corpse completely destroyed its joints. Even with the poisonous power of the "Corpse-Rotting Poison Technique," they could only control the poisonous corpse to lie down and twitch. For this reason, Ding Chunqiu had specially improved the "Corpse-Rotting Poison Technique." However... now Chu Luren's approach is completely different, and he actually neutralizes the poisonous power of the poisonous corpse.

Upon seeing this, the Starry Sky Sect members, who had been shouting loudly, immediately became less arrogant, and some even secretly glanced at Ding Chunqiu...

The people of the Star Constellation Sect are just a bunch of living insects—whoever is the strongest can control everything, have the power of life and death, including the lives of other insects.

They were indifferent to Ding Chunqiu killing his "comrade," but extremely sensitive to the fact that Ding Chunqiu was no longer the "strongest"!

Ding Chunqiu, enraged, arrested several more of his disciples, including some of his own personal students...

Chapter 434 Sneak Attack

Under pressure from the Chu Lu people, Ding Chunqiu threw out Xingxiu Sect members one after another.

One by one, they were grabbed by Ding Chunqiu and turned into poisonous corpses. Driven by the poison, they charged towards Chu Luren, carrying deadly poison all over their bodies!

Another disciple of Ding Chunqiu was much closer to him than the ordinary disciples, and his martial arts skills were also much higher. He had practiced the poison skills taught to him by Ding Chunqiu...

Stimulated by the Myriad Transformations True Qi, it immediately convulsed and transformed into a poisonous corpse with a livid face.

This special poisonous corpse did not immediately pounce on the Chu deer, but continued to "poison" in place until poisonous blood and pus flowed from its entire body, and it quickly dried into a "shell" similar to keratin!

On the other hand, Chu Luren continuously used "Ice Toad True Qi," mixed with the smell of alcohol, to neutralize the poison on the poisonous corpse.

However, Little Red was already too late to intervene, as she had already flown high into the air.

The thing controlling the movement of the corpse is nothing more than true qi, just a special kind of toxic true qi, which is not fundamentally different from Chu Luren's Six Qi Finger.

The detoxification ability of "Ice Toad True Qi" had been discovered by Chu Luren under Murong Bo's guidance.

This "Ice Toad True Qi" itself does not counteract toxicity, but it does have the characteristic of diluting toxins into the alcoholic aroma.

Although it cannot bring the dead back to life, as long as this wisp of poison is neutralized, the poisoned corpse will simply be a "corpse that died from poisoning".

Ding Chunqiu's "Corpse Poison Technique" could create even more potent poisons that could threaten experts, but it still did not exceed the limits that Chu Luren could counter.

It wasn't until Ding Chunqiu's personal disciple, transformed into a poisonous corpse—let's call it an "elite poisonous corpse"—attacked the Chu Lu people that they were finally able to cause them some trouble.

Releasing "Ice Toad True Qi + Wine Qi" was no longer enough to remove the poison from the opponent's body!

Whether it's avoiding or detoxifying, it's always relative. Even if you're "immune to all poisons," you can't withstand someone else having a deadly poison.

Chu Luren's Ice Toad True Qi is now three points weaker than the Ice Toad's own detoxification ability...

Even so, at least it's enough to protect yourself.

Every move this elite poisonous corpse made exuded a toxic fumes that would make even a top-tier expert dizzy and disoriented upon slight inhalation, yet Chu Luren remained completely unaffected.

Upon closer observation, one can see that Chu Luren is not entirely unaffected by the poison; occasionally, a flicker of poisoned expression appears on his face, but it quickly dissipates along with the fumes of the alcohol...

However, it is true that "elite poison zombies" are much more durable than "ordinary poison zombies".

Just as Chu Luren was locked in battle with the poisonous corpse, Kumārajīva glanced around with ill intent, then sneered and put his hand inside his sleeve.

While everyone else's attention was focused on Chu Luren and Ding Chunqiu, only Duan Yu noticed Kumārajīva's unusual behavior.

"The Imperial Preceptor's actions are rather reckless..."

Before Duan Yu could even utter the word "identity," Kumārajīva had already unleashed a flaming palm strike, sweeping it towards Chu Luren!

Because Chu Luren was focused on dealing with Ding Chunqiu, he didn't hear Duan Yu speak. However, when Kumārajīva made his move, Chu Luren felt a jolt of fear and immediately entered the Dao Embryo state as if it were second nature.

To outsiders, it looked like Chu Luren suddenly paused...

Then Kumārajīva's flaming blade swept across the entire area, instantly drying out the poison from several poisonous corpses and turning them into ordinary charred corpses... no, ordinary charcoal!

Chu Luren was also swept by the Flaming Blade, but after taking the hit, he only took two steps back. Normally, he couldn't move so "fast" in the Dao Embryo state. The reason he retreated was that he was passively pushed back two steps by the impact of the Flaming Blade's energy. It was just like when Chu Luren was twisting Murong Jiu's body. He couldn't move, but others could still move with a little force.

Upon seeing this, Kumārajīva paused, his expression froze...

Firstly, although Kumārajīva has been mentally unstable lately and has been doing things in a chaotic manner, he is still rational at heart. He carries a heavy burden of being a master or a high monk. It is already undignified to launch a sneak attack, and it is not good to force a counterattack if the first strike fails, especially since many people are already watching him.

Secondly... I was genuinely taken aback!

Although not exactly unfazed, there are probably fewer than ten people in the entire martial arts world who could withstand a flaming blade strike from Kumārajīva and still appear to be handling the situation with ease.

In Kumārajīva's view, even Gu Santong, who had cultivated the Vajra Indestructible Divine Skill back then, was only at this level.