25: Monster Mountain

“Poisoned?” Scarface looked at the wound on his shoulder and immediately felt a bad premonition.

“Still want to come?” Wei Xun, who had flipped over and created distance, now held his long spear and asked with a smile, “Still want to come?”

“Damn it!” Scarface took a deep breath, immediately raised his palm, and slapped the edge of the wound, actually forcing the poisoned blood out of the wound.

“He can do that?” Seeing this, Wei Xun was also a little surprised; his previous attack had only left a shallow cut on Scarface’s shoulder, and he had intended to defeat the opponent with venom, but he did not expect him to force the venom out so easily.

“Phew!” Scarface let out a long breath; his face had turned somewhat pale, and the red Qi emanating from his body also disappeared.

Although he had forced most of the venom out, a small amount had still entered his body.

Even if it would not immediately cause him to be poisoned, it would still affect his physical functions, but if he continued to use his Qi to fight, the residual venom would flow throughout his body along his blood and Meridians.

Scarface looked back at the Black-faced Man who had fallen to the ground and fainted from poisoning, and he could not help but frown.

“Are you still fighting?” Wei Xun was not in a hurry to attack; although the Golden Pattern Ring could enhance his Cultivation in all aspects after being worn on his finger.

However, after wearing it for so long, Wei Xun could clearly feel that his body was starting to heat up, and his breathing had also become somewhat rapid.

The method this ring used to increase Cultivation seemed to be by compressing the Spiritual Qi in the body, making the Spiritual Qi flow faster through the Meridians, and the blood flow would also accelerate.

By accelerating physical functions, his strength would rapidly increase.

However, there was also a drawback to doing this: it was not suitable for prolonged battles.

Over time, the body would not be able to bear it, and it might even damage the body's Meridians, causing a severe burden on the heart.

“Consider yourself lucky, kid! I’m not fighting anymore.” Scarface did not want to continue the death match; he had initially thought they were just a few small Demons who had recently transformed and could be easily dealt with.

But he did not expect the Demon he was facing to be so strong; continuing to fight would be counterproductive.

“Why aren’t you fighting anymore?” Hearing this, Goatee suddenly ran forward and questioned Scarface, “Was Old Black’s death in vain then?”

“If you want to fight, fight by yourself!” Scarface snorted coldly, without much explanation, only wanting to quickly find a place to detoxify, so he turned and fled into the Forest, disappearing from sight.

The Goatee man, left alone, looked back at Wei Xun, and feeling that being alone here was not good, he quickly followed Scarface and fled from the Creek Pond.

They did not even take their companion’s corpse.

After successfully forcing the two humans back, Wei Xun then took off the ring on his finger.

“Phew!” The moment the ring was removed, Wei Xun could not help but gasp for air.

This ring was simply a Spiritual Qi supercharger; if he continued to wear it, he would probably need to recover for ten days to half a month.

After wearing it for only a short while, now that the ring was removed, all the Qi in his body became chaotic, and it would probably take one or two hours to recover.

At the same time, Si Niang, who had transformed into a black snake, crawled out from Wei Xun’s clothes and transformed back into human form.

“Big Brother, you are truly amazing!” Si Niang immediately praised him after transforming into human form.

But Wei Xun did not feel happy; the two who escaped would surely find a way to avenge the Black-faced Man who had died from poisoning.

If they continued to stay here, they would inevitably suffer retaliation.

“We must leave here!” Wei Xun slowly said.

Snake Si Niang was not foolish; hearing this, she understood the reason, so she said, “How about we find a Demon Mountain to seek refuge?”

“Demon Mountain?” Hearing these two words, Wei Xun was slightly puzzled.

“About a hundred li north from here, there is a Demon Mountain called Black Tiger Mountain!” Snake Si Niang introduced, “There is a Demon King entrenched there, with over a hundred Demon soldiers under his command, all of whom have transformed into human form.”

Si Niang said this, brushing aside the beautiful hair hanging over her forehead: “If we can seek refuge there, we will no longer have to fear these annoying humans.”

“That makes sense!” Wei Xun nodded; if it was truly as Si Niang said, finding a Demon Mountain to seek refuge and gaining protection would naturally mean they no longer needed to fear retaliation from these humans.

Immediately after, Wei Xun took Si Niang and rushed to the previous valley.

Hearing Wei Xun’s summons, Xiong Er, who was hiding in the valley, came out carrying the still weak Three-Flower Cat.

At this time, after resting, Three Flowers’s physical condition had slightly improved, allowing him to barely get up.

After telling Xiong Er and the Three-Flower Cat about the idea of seeking refuge in the Demon Mountain, they had no objections.

Any large mountain where a Demon King was entrenched would have much more abundant Spiritual Qi than ordinary places, and if they could successfully enter, it would also be very beneficial for Cultivation.

Then Wei Xun flipped onto Xiong Er’s back, while Si Niang transformed back into a small snake and hid in Wei Xun’s clothes.

The Three-Flower Cat was injured, so he also curled up on Xiong Er’s back.

Then Xiong Er, without complaint, carried the Demons and began to head north, preparing to go towards Black Tiger Mountain.

Si Niang had Cultivated in this Mountain Forest for more than twenty years before transforming into a Demon.

So she was quite familiar with this Mountain Forest.

This Mountain Forest was actually formed by countless small mountain ranges intersecting and intertwining, thus collectively called the Black Abyss Mountain Range.

In this mountain range, countless wild beasts, Spirit Beasts, Yao Beasts, and Demons who had transformed into humans lived.

Its area spanned at least several thousand li.

Hearing Si Niang’s description, Wei Xun also recalled the situation when Real Person Yi Ye threw him from the sky that day, overlooking the Mountain Forest from high above.

That was indeed a boundless sea of Mountain Forest, stretching as far as the eye could see.

Although humans occasionally ventured into this Mountain Forest, it was generally a place where Demons and wild beasts lived.

The distance to Black Tiger Mountain was less than a hundred li, and at Xiong Er’s normal full speed, it would only take more than half a day to reach.

But Wei Xun did not let Xiong Er run that fast; he had never ventured in the northern direction, and he did not know what dangers he might encounter along the way, so it was better to be careful.

As long as they left the small cave by the Creek Pool and humans could not find them, they would be safe.

Seeking refuge in Black Tiger Mountain might be a solution, but Wei Xun had only ever dealt with Si Niang and Xiong Er.

No one knew what a mountain full of Demons was truly like.

Although he was also a Demon, at his core, he still had a human Soul.

He was somewhat worried about whether he could blend in and get along with them.

On the way to Black Tiger Mountain, they also encountered many territories occupied by Spirit Beasts and Yao Beasts.

However, none of these Yao Beasts or Spirit Beasts dared to approach and cause trouble after seeing Wei Xun; ever since he transformed into a Demon, a Demonic Qi would automatically emanate from his body, which was colorless and odorless, more like a strange sensation.

Therefore, those powerful Yao Beasts, upon sensing this Demonic Qi from Wei Xun, would all choose to avoid him; this was also a form of suppression in terms of Cultivation.