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Chapter 1732 - 1752: Hand over the Huo Ye Long Cao, or face the consequences!_1

Chapter 1732: Chapter 1752: Hand over the Huo Ye Long Cao, or face the consequences!_1

Poison Mist Valley is perpetually shrouded in a grey mist. The further down you go, the denser the fog becomes. Sunlight has a hard time penetrating it, even at high noon, it feels like the twilight after sunset.

This little bit of red light, although very subtle, stood out against the grey surroundings, making it more noticeable.

Lin Chen steps forward and flies towards the red light, closely followed by Chu Yue.

Meanwhile, the disciples of Five Poison Hall trailing behind them also notice the red light up ahead.

"Huo Ye Long Cao!"

One of them recognized the plant on sight and exclaimed it–before the whole group of disciples from Five Poison Hall charged forward.

Huo Ye Long Cao is a highly valued medicinal herb, which is incredibly hard to find. Since they’ve come across it today, how could they let Lin Chen and Chu Yue take it away, especially when they have numbers on their side!

"Whoo"

Before Lin Chen managed to get close to the Huo Ye Long Cao, a huge object suddenly burst out of the grey fog and charged at Lin Chen.

Caught by surprise, Lin Chen swiftly moved to the side to avoid the creature’s assault.

The huge figure revealed itself through the fog–it was a demonic beast that resembled a spider!

Chu Yue’s voice echoed from behind Lin Chen: "Be careful, that’s the Demon Eye Snake Spider. Don’t look into the eyes on its back!"

Lin Chen’s pupils contracted, this creature was a renowned dangerous beast!

The Demon Eye Snake Spider had the appearance of a spider with a line of eyes on its back, and a snake-like body trailing behind it.

The strength of a Demon Eye Snake Spider varies, the most powerful ones can rival fairies while the lower-ranked ones can take on Golden Immortals. They possess strong combat abilities and most importantly, the eyes on their back have the ability to create illusionary realms. When their eyes are fixed on you, you will be plunged into an illusionary realm, falling into your own inner demon’s hell, unable to control yourself. Who could withstand its attack under such conditions?

There is often a beast protecting a natural treasure, so it was not surprising for Lin Chen that a demonic beast would appear next to the rare Huo Ye Long Cao.

Chu Yue drops the corpse of the Xuan Water Toad and conjures his Seven Swords: "I will hold it off, while you collect the herb. After that, we retreat!"

This wasn’t the time to be polite. Lin Chen swiftly dodged to the side.

"Alright!"

Lin Chen didn’t initiate an attack on the Demon Eye Snake Spider because aggravating it would result in it relentlessly hunting him down.

Chu Yue has greater strength, distracting the Demon Eye Snake Spider was the better option!

The Seven Swords fell like storm and thunder. They deadly slashes were deflected through the frightening speed of the Snake Spider and was brushed away with ferocious waves of power, creating a violent clash.

A glance at this scene from Lin Chen sent a wave of shock through him.

This Demon Eye Snake Spider’s combat power was menacing, it could possibly be on par with a fairy’s. Otherwise, it wouldn’t be able to fend against Chu Yue’s Seven Swords so easily.

Chu Yue didn’t bother to continue fighting. He lured the Demon Eye Snake Spider and started to retreat.

As expected, the Snake Spider took the bait and instinctively chased after Chu Yue, while Lin Chen in the meantime, silently approached the Fire Dragon Medicine Grass.

Under the effect of Death Mark, he appeared to be as inconspicuous as a rock when he was not using his spiritual power. Easily ignored by the Demon Eye Snake Spider.

Lin Chen quickly walked towards the source of the fiery glow and saw a large batch of the Medicine Grass resembling orchids, their shape diffusing a hazy fire glow, right in front of him.

It’s indeed Huo Ye Long Cao!

Lin Chen was overjoyed, who would have thought that he would find the medicinal herb that he had failed to find in the mountains, right here while looking for the Seven-colored Jade Rhinoceros.

What could this mean?

Was it a case of despair turning into hope?

Just as Lin Chen was about to start gathering the herbs, a flying sword suddenly appeared beside Lin Chen, thrusting towards him at lightning speed.

Startled, Lin Chen retreated as swiftly as lightning.

The sword thrust of the attacker missed its first target and in an instant, the sword was redirected for a second severe attack on Lin Chen.

The flying sword carried a terrifying spiritual energy fluctuation. Evidently, the attacker was a Golden Immortal!

Lin Chen retreated again.

Right at that moment, a spectral figure abruptly emerged from the fog and landed in front of the Huo Ye Long Cao, which was exuding a fiery light. The figure made a grasping gesture.

A large patch of Huo Ye Long Cao, along with the soil beneath, were pulled out of the ground and flew towards the disciple from Five Poison Hall, who had suddenly appeared. He placed the lot in his Spatial Ring neatly.

"Haha, I’ve got it!"

Lin Chen, who was forced to retreat twice by the flying sword, turned around and his eyes instantly turned cold.

With a flick of his hand, the Five Elements Immortal Slaying Banner flew into the five directions of the dense fog, disappearing from sight.

Due to his position in the fog, nobody saw his actions.

The flying sword that attacked Lin Chen retreated swiftly, hovering in front of an old man with vicious-looking, triangular eyes.

The two sword attacks clearly intended to land a hit, but also forced Lin Chen away from the Fire Dragon Medicine Grass, providing an opportunity for the others to snatch it. Now that they had successfully obtained it, he did not initiate another attack.

More than ten disciples from Five Poison Hall stood in the fog, looking at Lin Chen, their eyes full of mockery and triumph.

They had lost to Chu Yue before, and due to the terms of the bet, they had to comply. But now there was no bet or rules, the person who was stronger would get the spoils of victory!

Lin Chen coldly stared at the disciple from Five Poison Hall who took the Huo Ye Long Cao, memorising his features. He then looked at the rest, and coldly said, "Hand over the Huo Ye Long Cao, and I’ll drop this matter. If not...consequences will be on your own head!"