Ten li away, several cultivators were locked in a fierce battle with a demonic beast.
Though the cultivators were all injured, the demonic beast was at its last legs.
"Junior brothers, put in more effort and take down this beast!" the senior disciple exhorted, rallying their spirits as he charged forward with his treasured sword once more.
Suddenly, a dim red light emanated from the demonic beast.
"Danger!" the senior disciple's expression changed. He retreated with even greater speed than he had advanced. "Run!"
The red light from the beast meant it was either unleashing a powerful technique or about to self-destruct.
Alas, he was still a step too slow.
An invisible pressure erupted, pinning everyone to the ground.
The demonic beast's eyes also flickered with a strange dark red hue, and it let out a low growl.
All the cultivators were stunned.
Their shock was tinged with despair.
Could their luck be this bad?
Demonic beasts below the Nascent Soul stage with innate divine abilities were extremely rare, and they had just run into one?
Their faces turned ashen, and they numbly awaited death's embrace.
The demonic beast slowly raised its head, closed its eyes, and opened its mouth.
The cultivators' hearts leaped!
Here it comes!
In the next second, it would likely spew something from its mouth to annihilate them...
"Aooo..."
The demonic beast's face twitched, appearing somewhat uncomfortable.
"Aooo..."
"Aooo... Aooo..."
The cultivators were bewildered.
What in the world was this?
Wouldn't it be better to give them a quick death?
Why torment them like this?
As if hearing their thoughts,
"Aooo... Achoo—!"
These cultivators would swear this was the first time in their lives they had ever seen a demonic beast sneeze!
Good heavens!
It sounded like a thunderclap!
"Achoo—————!"
Accompanied by an earth-shattering sneeze,
The demonic beast's mountain-like body, to the dumbfounded expressions of all the cultivators...
Flew away...
Flew away...
In less than a blink of an eye, it was gone, flying several times faster than the Grand Elders of their sects!
The cultivators, ignoring the filth sprayed upon them, collectively froze...
They had survived?
What kind of hellish technique was that?
...
A thousand li away.
A Nascent Soul stage demonic beast lay with its eyes closed.
Having just eaten its fill, it was now content.
"Rumble—!"
Its cave instantly collapsed, and an unknown object landed squarely on its face.
The demonic beast was stunned!
Did a mere Nascent Soul level 2 weakling dare to challenge its Nascent Soul level 5 authority?
Was it getting old, or did it think it could no longer wield its blade?
The previous demonic beast seemed unaware it was courting death.
Or rather, it was incapable of controlling itself.
"Achoo————!"
It opened its maw and let out another long sneeze.
Its snot and saliva directly plastered the face of the Nascent Soul level 5 demonic beast.
The Nascent Soul level 5 demonic beast was utterly enraged!
You are seeking death!
It opened its massive mouth, intending to devour the attacker.
Before its jaws could close, its nose suddenly began to itch.
The itch intensified to its peak in an instant.
"Achoo————————!"
A sneeze hundreds of times more violent than the previous one erupted within the cave!
"Rumble—!"
The entire mountainside collapsed.
...
Inside a cave.
Wu Po Xie grabbed the shoulders of her two senior sisters, preparing to leave.
"Achoo——————!"
A long drawn-out sound came from outside the cave.
The ground even trembled slightly.
Wu Po Xie froze for a moment.
This noise was definitely not a human sneeze, and she could faintly detect a trace of Nascent Soul beast aura within the sound.
She no longer had time to ponder why a demonic beast would sneeze. Releasing her senior sisters, she began to set up a formation.
While she could handle a Nascent Soul demonic beast with her strength, it would require her to use her Spirit Transformation realm cultivation.
It was not opportune for her to engage in combat with a demonic beast now, as it would expose her!
Fortunately, setting up a formation to shield herself and these disciples from detection was not difficult.
At the cave's ceiling, a small bird trembled.
It was merely a pathetic little beast, equivalent to the Qi Refining stage in human cultivation.
The powerful cultivators on the ground had already terrified it into immobility, wishing only for them to leave so it could escape.
However, before those powerful figures could depart, an even more terrifying presence arrived...
Although it was just a sneeze, demonic beasts were extremely sensitive to the aura of other demonic beasts.
This furious sneeze, emanating from a superior being, had utterly frightened it into defecation...
Bird droppings rained down towards the ground, faintly flashing with a golden light.
"Plop."
Just as Wu Po Xie was about to act, she felt something land on the bridge of her nose.
Wu Po Xie instinctively reached up to feel it.
Looking at the filth on her fingertips, Wu Po Xie felt her entire being go numb...
This was...
Bird droppings...?
Logically, no matter how much Wu Po Xie suppressed her cultivation, she should not have been hit by bird droppings.
The probability of such an event occurring was lower than being struck by a meteor while walking outside.
But that was not the point.
The point was that Wu Po Xie was a cleanliness freak...
Feeling the stickiness on her fingertips and the foul smell emanating from her nose,
Wu Po Xie's facial muscles twitched...
Bird droppings...
I've been hit in the face with bird droppings...
No—!
Wu Po Xie panted, pulling out a handkerchief to wipe the bird droppings from her nose.
After wiping, she used a water manipulation technique to wash her face.
Then, Wu Po Xie took out a mirror and vigorously scrubbed her face.
Her reflection in the mirror showed a clean face, devoid of any dirt.
But Wu Po Xie did not think so.
Because she realized the stench in her nose had intensified!
It felt as if two birds were perched in her nostrils, constantly defecating...
Wu Po Xie scrubbed her face frantically, even resorting to using her true qi.
Her face had become flushed from the scrubbing, yet the stinky sensation in her nose showed no sign of subsiding!
The disgusting odor seemed to have amplified countless times, making her feel as though she were suffocating!
If before it felt like birds were defecating in her nostrils, now it was like she was submerged in a cesspool of bird droppings!
And some had even gone down her throat...
"Gack—!"
Wu Po Xie could no longer hold it in and doubled over, vomiting.
Once she started, it became unstoppable.
Large amounts of stomach acid and remnants of food came spewing from her mouth. Her two senior sisters and the disciples of the Zhen Xie Sect couldn't help but wrinkle their noses.
How foul!
Had this person eaten feces...?
A quarter of an hour later.
Wu Po Xie's face was as pale as paper, and she had to lean on a nearby stone pillar to remain standing.
Yet, she continued to vomit.
Her stomach was already empty, and she was now dry heaving.
But she felt no relief.
The stench had not diminished in the slightest; instead, it intensified!
"Gack—!"
A large mouthful of blood erupted from Wu Po Xie's mouth.
Traces of blood also began to seep from her eyes, nose, and ears.
Another quarter of an hour later.
The vomiting of blood continued.
Worse, her vomit now contained fragments of internal organs!
Heart, liver, lungs, spleen, stomach, kidneys...
Wu Po Xie had vomited out all of her internal organs!
"Thump!" Wu Po Xie's body lurched, and she collapsed onto the ground.
The disguise on her face vanished, revealing her true features.
However, her appearance was somewhat terrifying.
Her face was paler than paper and contorted in extreme agony.
After a long while, a disciple of the Zhen Xie Sect trembling approached Wu Po Xie.
Hesitantly, he channeled a stream of true qi to check her.
"De... dead..." the disciple's face turned ashen. "The Great Elder is dead..."
"The Great Elder is dead!"
Realizing that Wu Po Xie was truly dead, the disciple madly sprinted outwards.
The other disciples did not dare to delay and followed closely behind.
Damn it!
Even the formidable Great Elder died like this, so why stay and wait for death?!