South of the Divine Continent, within An Nan’s borders.
The current Family Head of the Ruan Family, Ruan Mingfu, has been poisoned.
The Ruan Family tried everything, but the deadly poison inside Ruan Mingfu could not be expelled. He was declared to have reached a terminal stage, with his days numbered.
Initially, this news was kept secret by the Ruan Family. However, today, the news spread uncontrollably, reaching the Mo Family, the Bao, and the Zheng Family.
The Ruan Family was in a state of panic, beset by internal and external troubles.
At this moment, an elder loyal to the Ruan Family stepped forward and recommended a Divine Doctor.
Hence, the Ruan Family immediately sent someone to have this Divine Doctor brought to their residence.
Then, all the senior members of the Ruan Family were poisoned.
The returned Divine Doctor was none other than Ouyang He.
The elder loyal to the Ruan Family had been targeted by the Poison Sect half a month earlier. His entire family was poisoned, and he himself was tormented by the poison. If he did not act according to the Poison Sect’s instructions, he wouldn’t mind dying, but he didn’t want to cause his family’s demise.
News of the poisoning of many Ruan Family executives quickly spread, prompting key figures from the Bao, the Zheng Family, and the Mo Family to visit and assess the situation. Updates are released by novel~fire~net
In addition, several top officials currently ruling An Nan also came to visit one after another.
Thus, the virus rapidly spread among the high-ranking officials of An Nan.
Through domineering toxins, the Poison Sect swiftly gained control over many of An Nan’s high-ranking officials.
Of course, many resisted defiantly.
However, whether it was local An Nan Martial Arts experts or elite members of special departments, all were forcibly suppressed by the Poison Sect.
Killing continuously occurred within An Nan’s borders.
As the Poison Sect gradually grasped various forces within An Nan, their control over the high levels increased, and An Nan slowly fell under the Poison Sect’s covert control.
For this small country, it took the Poison Sect less than two months to virtually control the regime in secret.
Of course, many managed to escape.
While ordinary people were unaware of the situation, some intelligence departments of Western powers quickly received the news.
Heaven immediately responded by sending several strong individuals to An Nan to resolve this trouble for An Nan.
After all, An Nan had always been secretly supported by Western forces. Now that another force sought to seize covert control over An Nan, how could Heaven agree to it?
The ones sent to An Nan this time were led by Great Priest Tian Yu’s disciple, Pudis Smith.
As a talented figure among the younger generation of Heaven, this was Pudis’ first mission outside since he began his cultivation training in Heaven.
A passionate cultivation enthusiast, Pudis originally thought he would spend his life in Heaven, continually striving to explore higher Cultivation Realms. Yet, unexpectedly, the Heaven Plane was disrupted, and since the Heavenly Entrance, the entire world’s cultivation environment had become truly terrible. Over the past year, Pudis felt his progress in cultivation had slowed markedly compared to previous years.
This trip to the East Asia region, Pudis’ primary task was to reorganize An Nan. Once An Nan’s issue was resolved, he planned to head to the Divine Continent to avenge his father.
The young man named Yang Fei had killed his father, Nord Smith.
The enmity over his father’s murder was irreconcilable, and the honor of the Smith family needed his protection.
On the second night after arriving in Hanoi, the capital of An Nan, a Judgment Department specialist named Megan approached Pudis and reported: "It’s been investigated clearly. The key location where that external force is stationed—when shall we take action?"
Pudis said, "Let’s move tonight."
Megan’s eyes flashed with a cold light, and she nodded, saying, "Yes, I will notify everyone immediately."
Pudis said, "Hold on."
Megan paused, looking at him with confusion.
Pudis took out an exquisite small box from beside him. By entering the code, he opened it to reveal six vials of blue liquid inside.
Upon seeing these vials, two greedy lights flickered in Megan’s eyes.
Pudis said, "Distribute them to everyone for advance consumption. Our enemy this time is skilled in using poison. After taking the Holy Medicine, we can prevent toxin invasion, and it will also boost your combat abilities in a short time."
"Yes, thank you, Lord Pudis," Megan said excitedly.
Pudis handed the box to Megan. She took one vial from it, then carefully closed the box and clutched it tightly to her chest before backing away.
Two hours later, Pudis, along with Megan and five other Heavenly Cultivators, appeared outside a villa complex.
One of the experts reported quietly: "According to the intelligence, their leader resides in villa number two at the center of the complex."
Pudis asked, "Which direction?"
The person pointed in one direction.
Pudis said, "Let’s go."
The group crouched down as they entered the villa area.
Soon after entering, they heard a chilling voice: "Where do these ignorant ones come from, daring to intrude here, seeking death?"
Among the six, only Pudis and Megan understood Chinese, while the other four didn’t.
But as the chilling voice sounded, a terrifying thought arose in each of their minds.
It was as if a pair of eyes from the heavens were staring intently at them, ready to strike them down if they made any rash moves.
Megan exclaimed, "Divine Travel Realm Expert!"
Pudis also gasped for breath.
To be able to create a killing threat to the enemy through a powerful Spiritual Domain is already one of the strongest existences in this world.
In Heaven, there were many such people, but they were all the top experts. Although he was a genius, he had just barely entered this Domain.
Unexpectedly, during this trip to An Nan, they encountered such a formidable enemy at the start.
They didn’t know how many of such formidable enemies were present here. If there were more than two, not only might the mission fail, but it could also result in complete annihilation.
Faced with such a level of expert, even having all team members consume the Holy Medicine beforehand would be of no use.
As Pudis, Megan, and others were secretly shocked, with the voice, a dozen sounds of something cutting through the air rapidly approached from all sides.
Pudis’ eyes flashed with cold light as he shouted, "Kill!"
Since they had come, they had to confront them to know the enemy’s real strength. If they fled without a fight, they wouldn’t be able to explain themselves upon returning.
Moreover, if there was only that one top expert, he might still have a chance to fight.
Most importantly, based on the enemy’s words just now, he could deduce that the enemy causing trouble in An Nan this time came from the Divine Continent.
Unexpectedly, despite Heaven and Penglai Realm not launching a dark war in advance, the Divine Continent made the first move.
The secular world of the Divine Continent should not have so many experts to start a dark war. Or did the forces of the Hidden Sect begin leaving the Divine Continent to establish their own bases outside?
This wasn’t good news for Heaven.
With Pudis’ command, the Heavenly strong ones who had consumed the Holy Medicine burst forth with ferocious energy, rushing out excitedly to meet and counterattack the approaching enemies.
Megan, serving as the deputy for this mission, closely followed Pudis.
Looking over, the two found that after their side made contact with the enemy, they didn’t appear to be losing, and they felt more at ease.
But soon, they narrowed their eyes again, feeling slightly heavy-hearted.
The enemy’s combat strength was also immense. In one-to-one situations, the experts on their side couldn’t gain the upper hand. Worse yet, the enemy had more than a dozen such level of strong individuals.
Megan promptly said to Pudis, "The disparity is too great. Let’s retreat."
Pudis’ eyes glinted as he looked in one direction, "It’s too late!"
As he spoke, his body shot out like a cannonball, rushing into the fray.
Since they had come, they had to fight a battle.