Facing an opponent at the tenth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, this was the first time Shen Xiang had encountered such a high-level expert, and this was someone from a martial sect. However, instead of fear, Shen Xiang felt a surge of excitement because he had yet to meet a worthy adversary.
"What do you want me to hand over?" Shen Xiang asked. Although his expression was serious, he appeared very calm, which slightly surprised Jiu Duzi.
"The Thousand Year Fruit, Thousand Year Beast Core, Hell Spirit Mushroom, your martial techniques, and all your pills... I want them all," Jiu Duzi said, his eyes filled with greed. Even in his martial sect, such treasures were extremely rare, and he believed he would soon have them all.
"Come and take them if you can," Shen Xiang said with a faint smile. The stern look on his face was suddenly replaced by a fierce battle intent, and his muscular body radiated a palpable killing aura.
Seeing this, Jiu Duzi hesitated. Shen Xiang didn't seem like someone who had exhausted his True Qi.
"Hmph, cocky brat!" Jiu Duzi waved his hand, and a black cloud of poisonous powder surged from his sleeve, transforming into a whirlwind aimed directly at Shen Xiang. At such a close distance, Shen Xiang couldn't dodge and was engulfed by the black poison in an instant.
"Kid, the Hundred Poison Sect is one of the Five Great Demonic Sects, renowned for their poison techniques. Even though they might possess the power of the tenth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, they can't unleash half their strength if their poison fails. Once their poison doesn't work on you, they're much easier to defeat," Bai Youyou's voice echoed in Shen Xiang's mind.
Shen Xiang had already learned how to resist poisons from the two mysterious beauties. His body was wrapped in dense Wood-attributed True Qi, but the poison still seeped in. If it weren't for his thick True Qi shielding him inside and out, he would have been poisoned long ago. This showed just how advanced the Hundred Poison Sect's techniques were.
With a shudder of his body, the poisonous fog around Shen Xiang dispersed, blowing back toward Jiu Duzi. At the same time, Shen Xiang took a step forward, appearing in front of Jiu Duzi. He opened his mouth and unleashed the **Azure Dragon Roar**, a thunderous roar of Qi, mixed with lightning, which blasted toward Jiu Duzi along with the poison mist.
Immediately after, Shen Xiang executed **Dragon Qi Fist**, transforming his True Qi into Dragon Qi, followed by a barrage of **Sky Tiger Devastation Fists**, with each punch unleashing explosive Dragon Qi.
Jiu Duzi hadn't anticipated that Shen Xiang would be able to resist his poison and counterattack with such speed and terrifying True Qi. In an instant, he was caught off guard and struck by several punches. Every punch landed with a violent burst of Qi, causing the ground to tremble, leaves to fall from the trees, and Jiu Duzi to spit blood.
Despite being at the tenth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, Jiu Duzi was still an expert. Even though he often relied on poisons, his True Qi was still formidable, and he managed to circulate enough to defend against Shen Xiang's fierce strikes.
"Brat, I underestimated you! But don't think so little of me." Jiu Duzi sneered, releasing dozens of pitch-black short daggers that sliced through the air, aimed directly at Shen Xiang.
Shen Xiang quickly condensed a Qi wall in front of him to block the black daggers. But unlike the poisoned needles he had encountered before, these daggers, infused with venom, slowly penetrated his Qi wall. Jiu Duzi was using his spiritual sense to control the daggers!
"You're still too young, boy! Explode!" Jiu Duzi sneered. Suddenly, the daggers detonated with explosive Qi bursts. These special daggers had been infused with compressed Qi, and their explosion tore through Shen Xiang's Qi wall, releasing a cloud of poisonous mist.
Jiu Duzi's endless tricks made him an extremely difficult opponent. Had it been any other expert at the tenth level of the Mortal Martial Realm, they would have already been dead.
"I am not like the others you've faced. You may have easily defeated them, but in my eyes, they were just trash!" Jiu Duzi walked slowly toward Shen Xiang, who had been blown back by the explosion.
Jiu Duzi assumed that Shen Xiang had been seriously injured and poisoned, but to his surprise, Shen Xiang suddenly leaped from the ground, charging toward him like lightning. Shen Xiang's right hand transformed into a dragon claw, its sharp edges formed by Azure Dragon Qi, capable of tearing through anything.
The sudden, lightning-fast assault caught Jiu Duzi off guard. He quickly gathered True Qi to defend, but he underestimated the power of Shen Xiang's Azure Dragon Claw. The claw pierced directly into his abdomen!
**Devouring Evil Art!** Shen Xiang roared internally as he activated the terrifying demonic technique passed down by Bai Youyou, absorbing Jiu Duzi's tenth-level Mortal Martial Realm True Qi!
Jiu Duzi was horrified. He could feel his vast reservoir of True Qi surging out from his wound like a raging river, and he could see the veins on Shen Xiang's face bulging as they absorbed his True Qi.
Shen Xiang was absorbing his True Qi! Jiu Duzi was in shock and terror. This was the kind of martial technique the demonic sects dreamed of but had only ever theorized. Yet now, Jiu Duzi was experiencing it firsthand!
"You…" Jiu Duzi roared in anger, pulling out a short dagger and stabbing wildly at Shen Xiang. But Shen Xiang had already summoned his strongest Qi barrier for defense. With his True Qi being drained, Jiu Duzi's strength plummeted, and he could no longer gather enough energy to penetrate Shen Xiang's barrier.
The enormous amount of True Qi flowed into Shen Xiang's body, surging through his meridians and wreaking havoc on his internal organs. Meanwhile, Jiu Duzi's complexion turned pale as his energy drained rapidly. Within moments, over half of his True Qi was gone!
Shen Xiang withdrew his hand from Jiu Duzi's abdomen and delivered a fierce punch with his left hand, unleashing a violent burst of Qi that shattered Jiu Duzi's frail body.
Although his upper body was blown apart, Jiu Duzi hadn't died yet. His face, pale and twisted in fear, anger, and despair, stared at Shen Xiang. "You… what have you done to me? My True Qi is gone… gone… that was decades of cultivation… gone…"
"Go to hell!" Shen Xiang's distant punch unleashed a black Qi wave that struck Jiu Duzi's body, obliterating his upper half.
Shen Xiang quickly retrieved Jiu Duzi's storage bag and fled. The absorbed True Qi was rampaging inside him, wreaking havoc on his meridians and internal organs, and his face was turning pale.
"Kid, I told you not to devour someone too much stronger than you! If you can't control the power you've absorbed, you'll explode!" Bai Youyou's voice was filled with cold anger but also a trace of concern.
"Don't worry, Sister Youyou, I've got this under control!" Shen Xiang activated the Taiji Divine Art, attempting to refine the absorbed True Qi while swallowing several pills to aid in the process.