The hard mud could resist the penetration of bullets and weaken the attack of energy beams. However, the terrifying chill of this blade was like a ghost, instantly freezing the mud beneath Qi Yuan's feet. Following the gaps in the mud, it directly froze everything within a radius of ten meters.
The piercing chill wreaked havoc in the underground cavern. The man who had passed through to Qi Yuan's feet stiffened, his face full of fear.
The berserk chill instantly flooded in. In less than half a second, the entire cavern was frozen, and his body was also frozen into an ice sculpture.
How could this be!
The man who had been frozen in an instant looked in despair at the world of ice that was wreaking havoc with the chill. He was completely unable to comprehend the scene that he had just experienced.
How could a Rank 1 slash out such a terrifying blade?!
How could a Combat Domain control such a piercing chill?!
Even a Rank 3 Ice Elemental Domain would not be able to cause such a terrifying spread of frost in an instant!
Under the dumbfounded gazes of the three, Qi Yuan pulled out the Beheader from the frozen ground beneath his feet and put it away at his waist.
"It's settled!"
The first real battle of the Energy Torrent did not disappoint Qi Yuan. In fact, it was even more lethal than a simple test. The only drawback was that it could only be used once, and it was a little expensive.
A single impulse and 20,000 dollars was gone!
It was settled!
Xiao Hei looked at the ground beneath Qi Yuan's feet that was like the frozen ground as if he was looking at a monster. Although he had repeatedly raised his evaluation of Qi Yuan's strength, this extremely terrifying blade told him that he had still underestimated Qi Yuan's strength.
With just this blade, Qi Yuan had enough strength to instantly kill most Rank 3 powerhouses!
Chestnut's eyes were already filled with little stars of worship. He could not help but want to praise, but when he opened his mouth, he realized that he did not know what to say.
Luan spat out a mouthful of turbid air. She also did not know how to evaluate the power of Qi Yuan's blade.
The terrifying power of this blade was even stronger than the full power of the Steel Rose in her hand!
Although the power of frost that descended like a glacier was caused by the explosion of the Beheader's energy, she still could not help but be shocked when she saw this miraculous slash with her own eyes.
The power of this slash was so shocking that she had subconsciously overlooked a problem. The timing of Qi Yuan's slash was extremely precise. How did he manage to do it without any detectors or tactical eyepieces?
Qi Yuan, the young man who had surprised her many times, had once again created a miraculous surprise.
"Is he still alive?" Luan asked.
Although the tactical detector showed that the other party's life signs had not disappeared, they were very weak and had not moved. She suspected that the other party had been killed by Qi Yuan's slash.
"He has been frozen down there. He should still be alive for the time being," Qi Yuan said calmly.
When a second level ability user was frozen by ice, they might be able to hold on for a short period of time, but after a long period of time, the icicles condensed from their blood could pierce through their organs at any time.
Luan clearly sensed the situation of the person below as well. She jumped down from the jeep's roof and directly pulled the trigger, shooting a pitch-black hole in the ground.
"Chestnut!" Luan shouted.
Chestnut nodded. He instantly turned into a shadow and entered the hole. Only a kacha sound could be heard from inside.
Even without using the area detection, Qi Yuan could imagine the scene that happened inside the cave: Chestnut looked at the frozen enemy, unable to make a move. In order to bring him away, he could only forcefully break his body from the spreading icicles.
Who knew if he broke his leg or not?
Qi Yuan silently thought to himself.
A shadow stood up from Xiao Hei's shadow. At the same time, a frozen man with only a pair of eyes that could move appeared.
Qi Yuan subconsciously looked at the man's four limbs. His legs were still there, but his palms were gone, only a bare arm left.
The broken part of the arm was also frozen, and not a single drop of blood flowed out.
The moment he saw them, the man's eyes were instantly filled with fear. He was very clear about his fate. According to Wolf's Teeth Hunt's style, he would definitely die.
"People from Lionheart Castle!" Luan's eyes flashed with a cold killing intent.
The man's eyes darted around, but because his mouth was frozen, he couldn't say a single word.
"Is there any way to make him speak?" Luan glanced at Qi Yuan.
Qi Yuan pressed his right hand on the man's head, directly transferring the icicles that froze his head.
Clatter!
The cold and fear made the man's teeth chatter.
"Who told you to come?" Luan asked in a deep voice.
The man looked at Luan and suddenly cursed, "Stupid woman, who do you think you are? No one told me to come!
I just haven't played with a woman like you in a long time, so I want to bring you back and have some fun! "
Luan's eyes were cold, and her expression didn't change as she said:
"Don't try to provoke me!"
"Tell me, and I'll let you die a quick death. Otherwise, I'll inject you with a dose of Epiphyllum Potion and slowly interrogate you!"
Hearing about the Epiphyllum Potion, the man's eyes changed again. He knew that he couldn't escape death, but there was a difference in how he died.
The Epiphyllum Potion, which cost more than 100,000 yuan, could be used to keep the patient alive when he was seriously injured. If it was used to torture someone, it could also greatly extend the torture time when the person was awake. It could definitely break a person with a strong will.
Looking at Luan's cold eyes, the man slowly lowered his head.
"I accepted a mission to assassinate The Abyss. I don't know who the employer is."
The Abyss!
Luan was obviously stunned. She originally thought that the enemy's target was Wolf's Teeth Hunt, and that Qi Yuan was just forced to get involved. She never thought that the enemy's real target was Qi Yuan.
"You should know the consequences of lying in front of me!"
"I'm not lying." The man smiled bitterly.
"I'm one of Venom's men from Lionheart Castle. I did receive a mission to assassinate The Abyss."
The man deliberately concealed the number of times he was entrusted with the mission. He turned around and glanced at Qi Yuan.
"I don't know who the employer is, but he once reminded me that although you're only a rank 1, you're very strong. I should treat you like a rank 3 ability user. I didn't expect that I would fail in the end."
"Your method is those Sand Otters?" Qi Yuan smiled.
Are you too arrogant?
Or am I too weak to hold a knife?
I can even kill a rank 3 insectoid with one slash, and you're only using a few rank 1 and rank 2 insectoids to deal with me?
"The Sand Otters suddenly can't deal with you. My real killer move is the poison smeared on the Sand Otters' claws. I extracted the poison from the poison sac of a rank 3 Black Widow, and the leader of Venom, Venom, used the Toxic Touch to concoct a potion for me. It has a very strong corrosive effect on flesh and blood. As long as the poison enters the body, even a rank 3 ability user will die very quickly!"
The man looked at Qi Yuan with a trace of regret in his eyes.
"I didn't expect you to be so strong. Seven rank 1 Sand Otters and a rank 2 Sand Otter surrounded you, and the poison didn't enter your body!"
Chestnut's eyes trembled. Others didn't know the situation of Qi Yuan and the Sand Otters fighting, but he clearly saw that the Sand Otters left several hideous wounds on Qi Yuan's body.
Although they didn't injure any vital parts, if the Sand Otters' claws were really smeared with poison, then Qi Yuan would definitely be poisoned.
Whether it was the rank 3 Black Widow or the rank 3 Toxic Touch, they both had terrifying lethality. As the man said, even a rank 3 ability user would have a hard time surviving once poisoned.
Luan also noticed Chestnut's strange behavior and seemed to have thought of something. She looked at the wounds on Qi Yuan's body and couldn't help but ask:
"Did you get scratched by the Sand Otters?"
Qi Yuan nodded doubtfully. Although the Sand Otters left a few wounds on his body, he didn't feel like he was poisoned at all. Even the frozen blood on his wounds was bright red. There were no signs of poisoning at all.
"Xiao Hei, take out the No.7 Antivenom Serum!" Luan said in a hurried tone.
Although the Antivenom Serum might not be able to cure the poison of the rank 3 Black Widow, it could at least slow down the time it took for the poison to flare up. As long as they returned to the Iron Chariots, there would still be a glimmer of hope.
Xiao Hei also realized the seriousness of the problem. With Qi Yuan's great strength, if he was really poisoned to death by the people of Lionheart Castle, it would be a loss to the Iron Chariots.
"Not for now. I don't feel like I'm poisoned!"
Qi Yuan moved his body a little to show that he wasn't affected in any way.
"How long does it take for the poison to flare up?" Qi Yuan couldn't help but ask.
The man fell into silence. Although he didn't want to believe it, he knew that Qi Yuan had no reason to lie to him.
He was originally shocked by Qi Yuan's strength and how he wasn't scratched by the Sand Otters, but now, he wished that The Abyss wasn't scratched at all.
An aptitude user who was unscathed after being poisoned by his poison was more terrifying than an aptitude user who was unscathed under the siege of eight Sand Otters.
The latter only proved that The Abyss was strong in close combat, while the former meant that the powerful deterrence that Venom was most proud of was useless in front of The Abyss.
Now that The Abyss had become Venom's enemy, The Abyss, who was not afraid of poison, would become Venom's nightmare in the future!
"Depending on the physique, the time it takes for the poison to flare up will be slightly different. The shortest is only a few seconds, and the longest is not more than a minute." The man's voice was trembling.
Luan instantly fell into silence. Xiao Hei, who was looking for the Antivenom Serum, also stopped what she was doing.
Qi Yuan had finished the battle more than ten minutes ago. Judging by the longest time it took for the poison to flare up, it was enough time for Qi Yuan to die ten times over!
"You're not poisoned?" Luan looked at Qi Yuan in confusion.
"I shouldn't be poisoned." Qi Yuan shrugged. "Maybe the poison he applied is fake."
"That's impossible!" The man laughed bitterly.
"I've tested it on many insectoids and aptitude users. Whether it's a Rank 3 insectoid or a Rank 3 aptitude user, they would all die within a minute!"
"Before applying it, I also tested it on a Sand Otter. A Rank 1 Sand Otter would die within three seconds after being infected."
"If you were really injured by the Sand Otter's claws, then the problem must be with you. My poison can kill any flesh and blood lifeform below Rank 3 as long as they come into contact with it!"
Qi Yuan did not explain further, but he could vaguely guess the reason. After consecutively activating multiple Steel Series talents, his flesh and blood body had undergone changes at the cellular level. Although he still maintained his human form, he was already different from ordinary flesh and blood lifeforms.
Whether it was the Black Widow's Venom or the poison concocted by the Toxic Touch, their targets were all flesh and blood lifeforms. It was very likely that they would be ineffective on him.
Luan walked to the corpses of the Sand Otters and squatted down to examine them carefully. Soon, she found a trace.
Some of the Sand Otters' claws had pierced into the corpses next to them. Under the corrosion of the poison, the blood flowing out of the corpses had turned into a shocking dark green color. It was obvious that they had been infected with the poison.
Since there was no problem with the poison, it meant that Qi Yuan's body had resisted the outbreak of the poison!
Thinking of Qi Yuan's strong defense, Luan suddenly felt that it was acceptable that Qi Yuan could resist the outbreak of the poison.
Although Enhanced Defense had a weak poison resistance, it did not have much effect on the Black Widow's Venom. Therefore, the hunters in the nearby gathering points did not dare to provoke the gangster Venom from Lionheart Castle.
Perhaps there was some ability that could resist the invasion of Venom's poison, but it must be very rare. This meant that Qi Yuan might have awakened a rare ability that could resist the poison in addition to the abilities that he had already displayed.
If Venom's people knew about this, they would definitely kill Qi Yuan at all costs.
Luan glanced at the corpses on the ground and said to Chestnut, "Gather all the corpses and destroy them together!"
Chestnut nodded. Although Luan did not say it explicitly, he could guess what she meant. She wanted to hide the fact that Qi Yuan was immune to the poison and eliminate all clues.
Although this would reduce the reward of the mission, it would protect Qi Yuan to the greatest extent.
If Venom really had his eyes on Qi Yuan, then hiding the information this time would very likely be a trap that would bury Venom.
Chestnut used Shadow Bind to pile up the corpses of the Sand Otters and then poured a barrel of gasoline. Amidst the thick black smoke, a burning flame instantly rose to the sky.
Luan stared at the burning flame, as if there was a flame burning in her eyes.
"That incident half a year ago, were you the ones who did it?" Luan suddenly asked.
The man's eyes trembled and he shook his head.
"I've already told you everything I know. Kill me!
Give me a quick death! "
"You're lying!" Luan suddenly stared at him with a sharp gaze.
"Although you didn't leave any clues, there are some things that you can't hide. On the day of the incident, Venom's rank 3 subordinates did not appear at Lionheart Castle. Are you trying to tell me that this is just a coincidence?"
Luan's voice gradually became dangerous.
"Whether you say it or not, just based on today's incident, Venom will definitely be finished. Why are you helping them hide it? Is it because you still have family members in their hands?"
Lionheart Castle's gangs were even more ruthless than the Iron Chariots when it came to controlling their subordinates. Betraying and slaughtering one's entire family was not just a matter of words.
The man's eyes trembled and he seemed to be at a loss.
"I don't know!
I'm just a rank 2!
I don't know about them! "
"If you don't know, then how do you know what I'm talking about?"
Luan's gaze was like a knife, ruthlessly piercing through the man's lies.
"You said that Venom's gang might not do anything to your family. If you don't say it, tomorrow morning, your family's corpses will be hung in front of your house!"
"Just like how you planted people in the Iron Chariots, you know that we also planted people in Lionheart Castle. Take a guess. After you die, will Venom send people to protect your family?
Will they be able to escape from our pursuit? "
Under Luan's threat, the man's psychological defense finally collapsed.
"I can tell you what I know. Can you guarantee the safety of my family?"
"No!" Luan said coldly.
"I can only guarantee that our people won't do anything. As for whether Venom's people will do anything, that's their business!"
The man was silent for a long time and finally chose to give in.
"I'll talk!"