"Hey, Big Brother, look, someone's coming out!"
Lin Shuainan sidled up to Ling Feng, his true intention being to get a closer look at the commotion.
Less than two minutes later, someone emerged.
Seeing the person clutching their chest, their face a deep purple, it was clear they had been poisoned.
This person appeared to be only seventeen or eighteen, a junior from one of the thirty-six families. It was obvious they had been thrown out by their family to scout ahead!
"Young Master, I couldn't hold on for too long. Four types of Gu worms came out from inside, namely the Purple Killing Gu, the Green Ox Gu, and the Remnant Blood Gu... I couldn't withstand the toxicity of the Purple Killing Gu, so..."
Ling Feng's hearing was far superior to that of ordinary people. He could hear the person reporting one by one.
"Hmph, useless! The family didn't raise you to be fed to dogs! Die!"
A cold reprimand rang out, and the scout was struck in the chest with a palm!
Ah!
With a scream, the person's body flew towards Ling Feng with uncanny precision!
"Holy hell, they even kill their own people, how cruel!"
Lin Shuainan exclaimed, reaching out to catch the falling man.
"Elder Su specifically instructed you not to touch anything randomly!" Ling Feng said coldly.
As Lin Shuainan froze, Ling Feng had already gently waved his hand, sending the flying person crashing against the wall before falling to the ground!
Bang! With a dull thud, the floor cracked open.
Everyone's expression changed. Ling Feng's display was clearly not Gu arts, but martial prowess. Such cultivation was enough to make them wary.
The person who fell to the ground had their clothes completely rotted at the spot where the palm struck their chest. Their flesh beneath had also begun to fester, and disgusting, worm-like things were rapidly spreading across their entire body!
The man's face contorted in evident agony, but he could only stare wide-eyed and croak out a plea to Ling Feng: "Save, save me..."
Tu Jintong was not far from Ling Feng. His eyes lit up. A witch doctor?
"Now, let's see how your witch doctor skills are. The跗骨虫 (Fú Gǔ Chóng) of the Fang family among the thirty-six families is quite troublesome. Ordinary witch doctors can't dispel it!"
Although Lin Shuainan's thought process was slightly different from ordinary people, seeing the man's state, he felt a pang of pity.
He crouched down and lectured the man with a tone of disappointment: "Hey, look at you, why do something like being a lapdog? Now look, you've grown maggots all over from licking. But, you're lucky enough to have met my Big Brother! My Big Brother..."
"Hey, Big Brother, save him! He's almost completely rotten, these things are disgusting!"
Lin Shuainan seemed to snap back to reality and urged Ling Feng.
Ling Feng had not intended to intervene, but Lin Shuainan's words had already made him the focus of everyone's attention.
His identity as a witch doctor had been revealed the moment they entered. Now, with everyone whispering, there was no need to hide it any further!
Exposed?
Choosing to be low-key was the wrong move. At this moment, he should let those corpse-Gu families target him. This way, they would reveal their true colors sooner.
"Move aside."
Ling Feng flicked his sleeve, and Lin Shuainan was lifted by a surge of internal energy.
Then, with a twist of his wrist, a dark red stone appeared in his hand, looking no different from an ordinary stone!
As Ling Feng closed his fist!
Crack, the stone shattered into dust, and the dark red powder sprinkled onto the man's chest!
"Ah!" A heart-wrenching scream erupted.
The onlookers stared wide-eyed in astonishment, because the rotting flesh on the man's body was rapidly scabbed over. The previously wriggling 跗骨虫 (Fú Gǔ Chóng) seemed to freeze, quickly turning into scabs on the man's body, completely dead!
"Witch doctor! It truly is a witch doctor!"
"This isn't dispelling the 跗骨虫 (Fú Gǔ Chóng), but transforming it into nutrients that the man's body can absorb! Terrifying! The art of the witch doctor is truly mysterious and unfathomable!"
"Heh heh, you all saw Shen Yao of the Shen family earlier, right? He lost an arm, all thanks to this witch doctor!"
"But this witch doctor is different from the rumors. He's casually saving people? Heh heh, such naivety will lead to trouble!"
Discussions from the surroundings were endless.
The man on the ground, who had been wishing for death moments ago, was now able to get up.
Bang bang!
The sound of kowtowing was very loud.
"Thank you, benefactor, thank you..."
"Go!"
Ling Feng, however, reprimanded with a cold, indifferent expression.
The man paused slightly, then quickly came to his senses, got up from the ground, and quickly fled the great hall!
"Hmph, meddling in other people's business!"
The young master of the Fang family narrowed his eyes slightly and snorted coldly.
But clearly, this fellow was also intimidated by Ling Feng's methods. Despite his displeasure, he dared not step forward to cause trouble!
It was Tu Jintong whose eyes flashed with a cold light!
"There's no reason for this! This kid's martial arts are already heaven-defying, how can he also possess such powerful witch doctor skills? Damn it, it seems this guy will be my stumbling block again this time!"
The surrounding discussions did not cease.
In the eight side halls, half of them were rapidly changing. Those who could persist for three minutes were very few!
Tu Jintong did not rush in. It was not until seventeen minutes later, when Feng Wujiang emerged from one of them, shaking his fan, that Tu Jintong sneered and greeted him: "Yo, seventeen minutes, an increase of four minutes from last time, not bad! Just, why is your clothes torn?"
Feng Wujiang was not angered by Tu Jintong's words. Instead, he sneered defiantly: "Tu Jintong, come talk to me after you can exceed fifteen minutes!"
Tu Jintong's mouth twitched. Seventeen minutes, this was indeed a very impressive achievement!
After all, four of the most talented descendants from the eight great families had entered before, and the strongest among them had only lasted twelve minutes!
Although Tu Jintong was verbally displeased, he had to admit that Feng Wujiang's strength had improved by leaps and bounds!
As Tu Jintong entered, the other four side halls alternated even faster.
"That ugly guy from before was talking nonsense! At this speed, in less than half an hour, more than half of them will be eliminated!"
Lin Shuainan pouted!
In just twenty minutes, half of the participants had been eliminated. It was evident that this first trial was already very challenging.
"Ah!"
At twenty-four minutes, a scream echoed from a side hall.
Someone had died!
At the last moment, a hand stretched out from the dark side hall, but in the next moment, it seemed to be pulled in by some monster, and after a couple of cries, there was no more life!
This undoubtedly added immense pressure to everyone.
"Um... that side hall next to Shan Hanyi, why hasn't anyone come out yet? Could that mysterious woman have already died inside?"
Someone tremblingly uttered this sentence.