Chapter 379: Who Says Medical Cultivators Don’t Kill

The young leader immediately sensed trouble. He didn't know what they had truly encountered, but it was clear his group had been afflicted by a highly concealed, potent poison. Before the poison took effect, no one had even noticed.

This was truly alarming.

His first instinct was to quickly leave this place. However, as soon as the thought arose, he felt his spiritual energy dissipate. He instinctively reached out to Hua Ci, who was nearby, muttering, "Save..."

His eyes suddenly widened. Within his vision, a dozen points of red light flew in from all directions, landing on the back of the medical cultivator's hand in front of him.

He was all too familiar with this situation; it was a sign of gaining merit points after defeating an enemy.

The dozen or so people who had died from the poison were all killed by this medical cultivator!

The young man's eyes were filled with disbelief as he stared at Hua Ci in horror, "You..."

He suddenly looked down at his hand. In his desperation, he had just grabbed the female medical cultivator's arm, but now that hand had completely lost all sensation.

He suddenly remembered what the female medical cultivator had said before they came in: now, he had truly entrusted his life to her.

"Why?" the young man gritted his teeth and demanded. He simply couldn't understand why this female medical cultivator would ruthlessly kill his group when there was no previous grudge or animosity between them.

Hua Ci smiled gently. "I forgot to introduce myself," she said. "I am a disciple of the Blood Sect!"

The young man's pupils sharply contracted. His expression flickered, and he seemed unsure whether to cry or laugh.

A Blood Sect disciple...

He had actually brought a Blood Sect medical cultivator into the Myriad Poisons Forest to search for Lu Yiye's whereabouts. No wonder she had secretly poisoned them.

But how dared a Blood Sect member openly appear outside the Myriad Poisons Forest? He was now filled with regret for not having verified Hua Ci's faction at the time. However, given the circumstances, he hadn't even thought to check such information.

"I'll kill you!" As his consciousness faded, the young man desperately mustered his strength to raise a palm and strike at Hua Ci.

Hua Ci simply drifted back a few steps, causing the strike to miss its target.

Thud...

The young man's body heavily collapsed to the ground. A point of red light flew out and landed on Hua Ci's hand.

Looking at the bodies scattered around her, Hua Ci couldn't help but feel a sense of unreality. She knew the legacy she had inherited was powerful, but now it seemed even stronger than she had imagined.

Previously, her only method to deal with enemies was to plant mushrooms. This method was effective against low-level cultivators, but as cultivators' cultivation levels increased, it became much harder to use. If an enemy flew on a spiritual artifact, her method would have little room to be effective as she had to plant the mushrooms.

But after she obtained the complete legacy, her means of killing enemies were no longer limited to planting mushrooms. If she wished, she could poison anyone, anytime, anywhere.

These Myriad Demon Ridge cultivators had been with her for so long that she had silently planted potent poisons within them a long time ago.

Looking down at her hands, Hua Ci could feel her heart pounding violently in her chest.

Who said a medical cultivator couldn't kill?

Dispelling her protective spiritual energy, Hua Ci deeply inhaled the surrounding poisonous mist. The mist, which cultivators in the core circles avoided at all costs, was better than even spiritual energy to Hua Ci. Her mouth and teeth were filled with a sweet fragrance...

She collected herself, took light steps, and collected the scattered storage bags one by one.

A moment later, Hua Ci departed, leaving behind only rapidly decaying corpses.

Deep within the Myriad Poisons Forest, Lu Yiye, who was carefully recuperating under Yi Yi's care, suddenly looked down at the back of his hand, where his battlefield mark felt unusual.

He quickly checked it.

It wasn't someone sending a message; it was someone challenging him!

Only then did Lu Yiye remember that three days had passed since he ascended the Spirit Stream Rankings.

Earlier, when he had messaged his second senior sister, she had mentioned this.

Cultivators who first ascend the Spirit Stream Rankings have a three-day adjustment period. After these three days, they gain the qualification to challenge those ranked higher and to be challenged by those ranked lower.

In other words, cultivators who first ascend the Spirit Stream Rankings cannot be challenged within these three days, nor can they challenge others.

The challenge range is limited to a rank difference of no more than five positions.

For example, Lu Yiye is currently ranked thirty-three. The strongest he can challenge is the one ranked twenty-seven. Correspondingly, among the cultivators ranked below him, those from thirty-four to thirty-eight can challenge him, but not those ranked thirty-nine or lower, as that exceeds the five-position limit.

Spirit Stream Ranking challenges are very interesting because Heavenly Secrets are involved in facilitating and maintaining them, leading to various unbreakable rules.

These challenges do not require an in-person confrontation. After all, most Spirit Stream Realm cultivators are active on the Spirit Stream Battlefield, while some remain in the Nine Provinces. If someone were to constantly hide in their own station or sect, an in-person challenge would be impossible.

Such challenges can simply be initiated via the battlefield mark; Heavenly Secrets will then operate within it, making it very convenient.

Take the current situation as an example: it's unknown who initiated a challenge against Lu Yiye via the battlefield mark. Lu Yiye now has two hours of preparation time, during which he can adjust his state to optimal readiness to face his opponent.