Chapter 4679 — The Fall
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Wei Zhao hastily checked Huo Yudie's breathing and found it weak but not yet entirely gone, and only then did he breathe a little easier. So long as she did not die, all was well—he counted himself a divine physician, after all, and was quite skilled at healing wounds.
Since the root of the trouble lay with this lizard-like monster, the first order of business, before treating Huo Yudie, was naturally to kill the thing. Killing intent sharpened in Wei Zhao's eyes, and without another word he threw a punch.
The punch looked utterly ordinary, yet he had already put five-tenths of his strength into it. This sinister creature had been able to bring Huo Yudie down in a few short moments—its extraordinary nature was plain to see, and it could not be underestimated in the slightest.
As the punch flew out, Wei Zhao had expected the lizard monster either to be slain by it or to turn and attack him; but to his surprise, the creature merely dodged carelessly to one side and still showed no intention of loosening its bite on Huo Yudie's calf.
As it dodged, that pair of sinister blue-glowing eyes looked up at Wei Zhao from below, seeming to carry a hint of mockery and provocation.
A mere beast, and it dared to be so arrogant! Wei Zhao was furious at once. He cast aside all carelessness, and with a low, deep dragon's roar, a small five-element killing qi burst from his palm and struck the lizard monster in an instant.
With a bizarre, shrill "hiss," the lizard monster was knocked head over heels by the five-element killing qi. Only then did it finally release its grip on Huo Yudie's calf; after rolling several times on the ground, it convulsed violently and in the blink of an eye was dead.
Wei Zhao glanced at the lizard monster's corpse on the ground. Such a tiny thing, and it had actually forced him to resort to a killing move—the ruins of the ancient battlefield truly were riddled with danger, strange and uncanny threats lurking everywhere.
After disposing of the lizard monster, Wei Zhao examined Huo Yudie's condition once more, only to find her breathing growing ever fainter. If this kept up, she might really die!
Looking again at Huo Yudie's calf, what had been smooth and fair as fine jade was now, under the moonlight, a mottled blackish-purple, and the wound where the lizard monster had bitten her was steadily oozing a ghastly black fluid, with faint signs of further decay.
"Poisoned!" Wei Zhao's heart lurched. Though one could roughly judge as much from the lizard monster's appearance, seeing the poison take effect now—and so violently—made the situation truly thorny beyond measure.
Had it been a mere injury, even one reaching the internal organs, it would have been no great matter in Wei Zhao's hands; after all, he had his all-purpose true qi.
But poison was another matter. The all-purpose true qi alone would not suffice. One wrong move, and Huo Yudie's leg would be ruined for good—and her life might well be forfeit along with it!
Though Wei Zhao was a divine physician, that was confined to the mortal realm. The myriad strange and uncanny poisons of Cloud-Tier Isle were utterly unknown to him; for the past two years he had been busy with cultivation and had never systematically studied them—especially uncanny spirit beasts like the one before him, of which he had never even heard. How could he possibly treat the disease according to its cause?
All treatment must first identify the cause, and in curing poison especially, one must first understand its nature with perfect clarity before deciding on the proper remedy—otherwise, the slightest error could well cost a human life. (To be continued) R466