When Jun Changxiao grabbed Miao Saifeng by the throat to interrogate her, Tan Huiying had already pulled down the crank.
Although he rushed over at the fastest speed and violently broke through layer after layer of formations, he was still a step too late. Xi Jingxuan had been too deeply poisoned and had long since lost her life force.
All five poisons combined meant certain death.
Once they seeped into a martial artist’s body, even immortals would find it difficult to save them.
Seeing the Palace Master’s hands hanging down, Changsun Fanghua and Leng Xingyue were overcome with grief, their eyes blurring with tears.
They had thought that with Sect Master Jun’s arrival, the Palace Master could turn danger into safety, but the result still couldn’t be reversed.
“I’m sorry…”
Jun Changxiao stood in place holding Xi Jingxuan, self-reproach and pain flooding his consciousness like a deluge.
If only he had taken Nine Poison Palace seriously at the time and personally come to rescue her, how could she have met such a tragic end…
My fault.
All my fault!
Jun Changxiao and Xi Jingxuan weren’t as Miao Saifeng had imagined.
But after all, they had known each other for a long time and were friends—how could her death not pain his heart?
“Whoosh whoosh—”
Suddenly, an intense killing intent surged around Jun Changxiao. Only one thought filled his mind—destroy Nine Poison Palace, burn all the poison here to ashes!
Changsun Fanghua and Leng Xingyue looked at the man brimming with murderous aura, their eyes revealing terror.
At this moment.
They seemed to see not a person, but a demon walking out of hell!
“Cough…”
Suddenly, a light gasp sounded.
Jun Changxiao, who was preparing to set the mountain ablaze, froze in astonishment.
He hurriedly looked down to see Xi Jingxuan opening her small mouth and breathing rapidly, as if she had been holding her breath for a very long time, and her pale complexion was gradually returning to a healthy color.
She wasn’t dead!
She was still alive!
“Whoosh whoosh!”
Suddenly, a powerful air current erupted from Xi Jingxuan’s body. Her three thousand strands of black hair blew open, revealing her porcelain-smooth left cheek covered with red lines, like some kind of eerie tattoo!
Jun Changxiao was stunned.
Since meeting and getting to know Xi Jingxuan—though not falling in love—this woman’s face had always been half-covered by her bangs.
At first, he thought it might just be that kind of hairstyle design, but now with marks appearing on her face, it was clear she had been deliberately concealing it!
Time didn’t allow Jun Changxiao to consider further. His hand grabbed Xi Jingxuan’s wrist. Though he sensed a faint pulse beating, inside her body five types of poison and another strange energy were madly fighting each other.
The situation.
Still extremely precarious.
“Ding! Host has spent 1000 contribution points to obtain Magic-Modified Multifunctional Vacuum Cleaner ×1, delivered to spatial ring.”
“Ding!…”
Before the notification finished, Jun Changxiao laid Xi Jingxuan on the ground, pulled out the newly purchased vacuum cleaner, pressed the flat nozzle against her face… smack, against her wrist, and directly activated third-gear mode.
The system had never seen the host purchase items with such lightning speed!
If only he could buy things this fast every time.
This concerned a life.
Jun Changxiao naturally couldn’t delay in the slightest!
“Whoosh—”
Under third-gear suction, the five types of poison in Xi Jingxuan’s body that were fighting with the other energy were immediately pulled out.
Jun Changxiao breathed a sigh of relief.
However, Changsun Fanghua and Leng Xingyue were dumbfounded.
What was that guy doing to the Palace Master with something resembling a broom?
There were many methods of detoxification.
The common one was for the detoxifier to sit cross-legged behind the poisoned person, palms pressed against their back, using deep internal energy to force the poison out of the body.
The most impressive was the Yin-Yang harmonization method, ascending Mount Wu together to detoxify.
This situation required the poisoned and detoxifier to be male-female or female-male.
If anyone thinks male-male or female-female works, please go to the hospital for a psychological examination immediately—medical fees are on me.
Jun Changxiao didn’t follow the conventional path.
Using a vacuum cleaner to detoxify a beautiful woman in desperate straits, and the effect was extremely good—in just a moment, all five poisons were completely sucked away.
However…
The other attribute existing in her body was also being sucked over!
Jun Changxiao was astonished.
Through multiple tests, the energies absorbed by the vacuum cleaner were all improper types, like evil energy, demonic energy, and toxic energy.
Absorbing the five poisons was understandable, but the strange energy fighting the poison also coming over meant this thing wasn’t clean either!
Then fine.
Might as well suck it out too!
Though the strange energy was being pulled out, it was still stubbornly resisting.
Hey.
Quite persistent.
“Bang!”
Suddenly, Xi Jingxuan’s jade hand swept out, knocking the flat nozzle away. Her body swished upright, and a powerful air current erupted around her, blowing her three thousand strands of hair wildly.
Her revealed left cheek showed complex lines glowing with luster, extending to her left eye, the pupil gradually reflecting an eerie pattern.
“Sharingan?” Jun Changxiao frowned.
Seeing the Palace Master suddenly stand up, Changsun Fanghua and Leng Xingyue were overjoyed.
However, seeing her hair flying wildly and a terrifying violent aura erupting around her, they cried out in alarm: “The Palace Master has gone berserk again!”
Xi Jingxuan would fall into a berserk state when distressed—the two had witnessed it many times, but this time the aura she emanated was stronger and more terrifying than ever before!
If berserk states were divided into levels one, two, and three, this woman was currently in a… level ten berserk state.
“Palace Master Xi…”
Jun Changxiao had just begun to speak when the darkened Xi Jingxuan suddenly turned her head, her eyes filled with killing intent. Her jade hand lightly raised, and an energy of unknown attribute blasted forth.
“Boom—”
Strong winds rose, dust flew.
Jun Changxiao crossed his arms, receiving the energy, thinking in shock: “Her power is quite strong!”
“Swish!”
Xi Jingxuan charged over, the strange attribute behind her erupting like a great net pressing down.
If it were anyone else, Jun Changxiao would without question throw a punch to knock them to the ground, then press their head down and rub it hard against the floor. But the one charging now was his friend—how could he bring himself to do it!
“Swish! Swish! Swish!”
The pressing net instantly transformed into countless dense fist imprints, launching a wild bombardment.
“Boom! Boom! Boom!”
Jun Changxiao activated his energy wall, receiving all the fist imprints, secretly estimating: “Her current strength probably isn’t inferior to a high-grade Martial Emperor!”
“Palace Master Xi, calm down!”
“Swish!”
The completely darkened Xi Jingxuan threw a punch. The crimson pattern in her left eye grew increasingly brilliant, the power she unleashed even stronger than before!
Jun Changxiao dodged the strike, retreating several steps backward, thinking: “Palace Master Xi’s berserk state should be related to the attribute in her body and the Sharingan.”
“Correct.”
The system said: “I’ve analyzed it—this is a type of energy that can control thoughts. It might well be the Soul Clan!”
“Soul Clan?”
Jun Changxiao’s face immediately turned ugly.
He had once considered whether anyone among those he’d encountered might be possessed by the Soul Clan.
This speculation stemmed from the pattern in melodramatic plots where those closest often end up being controlled.
Jun Changxiao had considered Xie Guangkun, considered Ma Yunteng, even considered Green Turban Bro, but never considered Xi Jingxuan!
“Just now the vacuum cleaner pulled the strange energy out. If what’s possessing Palace Master Xi’s body is the Soul Clan, this device should be effective against such creatures!”
“Whoosh!”
Xi Jingxuan attacked again.
Though her power had instantly surged considerably, she still couldn’t do anything against a peak Emperor level!
Jun Changxiao circled around, raising his hand and calling out: “Vacuum cleaner, come!”
“Whoosh—”
The Magic-Modified Vacuum Cleaner immediately flew over from a distance, and he smoothly strapped it on his back, instantly transforming into a cleaning worker doing housework.
“Palace Master Xi.”
Jun Changxiao held the flat nozzle: “Pardon the offense!”
“Swish!”
Stepping with agility, he charged forward. His left hand suddenly erupted with spiritual energy, transforming into a substantial large hand that restrained the darkened Xi Jingxuan, then with the force’s momentum, slammed her against the valley wall with a bang—a princess carry against the wall.
System: “…”
Using such force against unfamiliar women like Miao Saifeng was one thing, but using it so heavily on an acquaintance was truly excessive!
Can’t blame Jun Changxiao.
He had to use the strongest and most forceful methods to control the darkened Xi Jingxuan!
“Smack!”
Pressing the red button, enhanced mode activated!
Jun Changxiao raised the flat nozzle and pressed it against the struggling Xi Jingxuan’s arm, shouting coldly: “Unclean thing, get the hell out!”
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