They writhed their bodies, moving swiftly across the sea surface like dragonflies skimming water. Using his spiritual power, Ignaz could already see through the poison barrier that eleven Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes were charging toward his location. He couldn't help but feel somewhat disappointed.
"From the looks of it, these spirit beasts aren't easy to fool. But the hundred-thousand-year Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede hasn't come personally—that's the best news."
Ignaz smashed the remaining twenty-plus small porcelain bottles on the ground one by one. Twenty-plus streams of black-tinged red poison barriers spread rapidly, completely mixing with the previous toxic miasma.
Within two minutes, the eleven Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes reached the small island where Ignaz was located. The spirit beasts surrounding the poison barrier's perimeter dispersed one by one, making way for a passage and lowering their noble spirit beast heads.
Sixth Brother twisted his centipede body and let out a screech toward the sky, expressing his satisfaction with these spirit beasts.
Suddenly, the eleven Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes displayed their true strength, their spirit power fluctuations rising to the extreme. Under Sixth Brother's leadership, they quickly charged in.
Eight thousand-year-level Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes felt extremely comfortable the moment they stepped into the poison barrier, immediately absorbing the toxic miasma inside.
The other two, who had just reached the ten-thousand-year level, hesitated for a moment but couldn't resist such excellent supplements either.
The fragrance of the black poisonous fog within the barrier made them completely forget the Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede King's orders.
Sixth Brother, seeing his clan members so absorbed in the poison barrier, was quite displeased.
"Hisss—"
The intense dragon centipede screech instantly brought the ten centipedes back to their senses. They quickly occupied positions in all directions, surrounding Ignaz at the center.
Then Sixth Brother, relying on his powerful sensing ability, accurately locked onto Ignaz and the Aromatic Silk Beauty's location.
The Aromatic Silk Beauty's fragrance had made Sixth Brother completely reckless. He immediately let out a loud screech, and all the nine-segmented dragon centipedes present charged toward Ignaz's direction.
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM—
Eight thousand-year dragon centipedes fell one after another, and even the other two ten-thousand-year dragon centipedes slowed rapidly, showing signs of collapse at any moment.
Sixth Brother also lunged at empty air, finding only one or two green leaves at the poison's center.
"A mere 45,000-year earth-poison dual-attribute spirit beast thinks it can kill me?"
Just as it was about to rage and seek help from the Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede King 1,000 meters deep in the central island—
"Sea Wave Trickery: Void Echo Sea-Covering Kill!"
A sudden 60-meter-wide vacuum zone directly pushed out the surrounding poisonous fog, forcing the entire poison barrier to expand outward by two meters.
The ten Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes that had fallen inside the barrier were already dying, while Sixth Brother, now positioned within the vacuum zone, couldn't call for help at all, and even its movements became abnormally slow.
The blood-qi-solidified Blood Thunder War Spear shot toward Sixth Brother at extreme speed. At this moment, it had no way to dodge and could only use its hard body to take this terrifying attack head-on.
SPLURT—
The light-red dragon centipede shell armor cracked on impact. The Blood Thunder War Spear directly pierced through its fourth body segment. As the third self-created spirit skill's effect dissipated—
It crashed heavily to the ground. The toxins it had silently absorbed into its body suddenly took effect, making it difficult to stand up—even self-destruction became extremely difficult.
From the first Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede falling until Sixth Brother's severe injury, the entire process took less than 30 seconds.
"Strike while you're down!"
"Emperor Slaying Domain!"
Before the hundred-thousand-year Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede could react, Ignaz immediately deployed his Emperor Slaying Domain.
A powerful crimson energy spread from Ignaz's body, extending 300 meters and covering nearly half the poison barrier area.
Simultaneously, a blue-gold crown appeared floating above his head, reducing the spirit power consumed by deploying the domain by 40%.
Within the domain, the eleven dragon centipedes felt enormous pressure—all their attributes decreased by 20%, while Ignaz's directly increased by 30%. Taking advantage of his first spirit skill's remaining duration, he gathered strength in his legs and leaped up.
"Third Spirit Skill: Blood Thunder Transforms to Three Thousand!"
A black spirit ring appeared around Ignaz. Hundreds of lightning bolts transformed into Blood Thunder War Spears. With the enhancement of his first spirit skill and Emperor Slaying Domain, the attack amplification reached 70%.
Countless Blood Thunder War Spears shot toward the ground, their spear tips carrying poisonous fog.
BOOM—
The earth cracked, creating crater after crater from the spear attacks. All eleven dragon centipedes on-site died, with eight purple and three black spirit rings appearing almost simultaneously.
The surrounding black poisonous fog, disturbed by this violent commotion, spread rapidly in all directions. The ten-thousand-year spirit beasts guarding the poison barrier's perimeter scattered and fled—those too slow were completely corroded by the poison.
Inside the poisonous fog, Ignaz didn't hesitate and quickly stored all eleven Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes in his spirit tool.
"Did you really think my poison barrier was an excellent supplement for your dragon centipede clan?"
He had traveled thousands of miles to the Northern Sea specifically to hunt Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes and had made thorough preparations. First, he showed weakness in assessing the situation—if the hundred-thousand-year Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede didn't come personally, his plan could be executed perfectly.
Even if the hundred-thousand-year Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede came in person, Ignaz wasn't afraid at all. The poisonous fog in his small bottles was extracted from Dugu Bo's Poison Dragon Pill—poison dragon toxin—and within the poison dragon toxin, he had added a small portion of Snow Swan Kiss roots, stems, and leaves, amplifying its toxicity dozens of times.
Even a powerful hundred-thousand-year dual poison-earth attribute Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede wouldn't expect that poison barriers—excellent supplements for poison-type spirit beasts like them—would become their death sentence, much less withstand the super-toxic substance amplified by Snow Swan Kiss.
The lightly sleeping hundred-thousand-year Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede was immediately awakened by this disturbance. Its massive tail continuously struck the mud beside it as it raged furiously:
"Audacious human! How dare you kill this old one's clan members—you're digging your own grave!"
In an instant, the high mountain on the central island 600 meters away collapsed, ice and snow sliding down. The entire island shook constantly, as if it might explode at any moment.
BANG—
With a tremendous crash, a section of land within the island exploded like a volcanic eruption. Thousands of chunks of mud and snow scattered violently in all directions.
Two to three hundred Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipedes crawled straight out from the cave. A hundred-legged creature as thick as a towering tree, completely crimson red and nearly 50 meters long, emerged from the ground.
That overwhelming might and the fierce gleam in its four eyes scared the spirit beasts trying to escape until their limbs went weak. The spirit beasts sleeping throughout this sea region also began stirring restlessly.
"Human! Blood debt must be paid in blood—this old one wants your life!"
Seeing this scene, Ignaz couldn't help but panic. He immediately changed direction, quickly executing his Wave-Treading Mountain-Sea Steps. Before leaving, he continuously threw ten second-grade spirit tool bombs into the poison barrier.
Just as the Nine-Heavens Dragon Centipede was preparing to use its strongest long-range poison-type skill to kill Ignaz in one strike—
BANG BANG BANG—
The second-grade spirit tool bombs exploded directly. Though the explosion's flames extinguished some poisonous fog, more fog was affected by the shockwaves and spread faster.
The poisonous fog seeping into the sea directly killed large numbers of hundred-year and thousand-year spirit beasts.
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