Nine Evolutions of the True Spirit Chapter 170 - Million Poisons Ominous Essence

Lu Ping looked at the black mist that returned behind the rock and finally remembered that this was a peculiar species known as the Blood-Thorn Mosquitoes. Blood-Thorn Mosquitoes only lived around the Million Poisons Pulp, and would always remain within a hundred feet radius from it, otherwise it would be difficult for them to survive.

Blood-Thorn Mosquitoes had a peculiar feature, they couldn’t be detected by a cultivator's divine sense. The Mosquitoes had been living beside the Million Poisons Pulp all year long and as a result, they carried strong toxins on their bodies. These toxins would quietly dismantle any divine sense that touched them, making them undetectable.

Furthermore, the mosquitoes were silent during flight, with most cultivators’ aegis energy unable to even stop the penetration of Blood-Thorn Mosquitoes. This applied to even Enlightened Masters.

This should be the reason why this Enlightened Master had fallen here while harvesting the spirit herb.

Now that he knew it was the Blood-Thorn Mosquitoes, things had gotten much easier. The Blood-Thorn Mosquitoes may seem scary to be able to silently kill Enlightened Masters, but once they were exposed, they may not actually be that powerful anymore.

Lu Ping held a jade talisman in his hand and threw a mid-grade spirit stone in the direction of the spirit herb. The spirit stone landed on the stem of the spirit herb, causing the spirit herb to shake. A black mist suddenly rose from behind the rock and swept towards the direction where the spirit stone had fallen.

When the black mist reached the sky above the spirit herb, seven waves of water suddenly gushed out from the jade talisman in Lu Ping's hand. The waves gradually rose to form seven water vortexes, which spun faster and faster, eventually becoming seven gigantic torrents that surged toward the black mist.

This was Enlightened Master Liu Xuan-Ling's Water Tornado talisman treasure which she had forged back when she was in the Seventh Layer Core Forging Realm!

The huge black mist seemed to be attract

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