2072 Poisoned

Mo Qilin opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say. He didn't think Gu Ning was bragging because she and Leng Shaoting were indeed very strong. Therefore, Mo Qilin was amazed by their bravery.

Since they weren't afraid, he felt safe too. As time went by, Mo Qilin overcame fear.

They walked ahead separately. After walking for more than half an hour, they still didn't see any demonic monsters, because demonic monsters also walked around all the time and they wouldn't stay near the edge of the forest.

The deeper it was, the thicker the magical energy was, so they could feed themselves and cultivate.

Although Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting needed to experience this game, their most important goal was to win a prize, so Gu Ning directly used her Jade Eyes to search for demonic monsters.

Only when they ran into demonic monsters could they put their skills into practice!

"Ouch!"

All of a sudden, Mo Qilin exclaimed in pain and looked scared.

"What's wrong?"

Hearing his voice, Gu Ning and Leng Shaoting turned to stare at him at once.

"My hand is so painful," said Mo Qilin, raising his right hand. There was a black mark on the back of his hand. Obviously, he was poisoned.

There weren't only demonic monsters in this misty forest, there were also many poisonous plants, snakes, insects, rats and ants. If you accidentally encountered them, you would be poisoned.

Luckily, they were cultivators with strong resistance. If mortals met highly poisonous animals or plants, they could die within minutes.

Gu Ning slightly frowned, then immediately took out a bottle of power crystals and a bottle of magical power liquid from her pocket. She handed Mo Qilin a power crystal and told him to swallow it before applying magical power liquid to the back of his hand.

Because the poison had quickly spread into Mo Qilin's blood, the application of magical power liquid wasn't enough. Mo Qilin was a cultivator, so he needed a lot more magical power than mortals did.

Mo Qilin trusted Gu Ning very much, so he didn't hesitate to take the pill Gu Ning gave him. However, the pill melted the second it touched his tongue, which surprised him greatly. It was the first time that he had such an experience!

After it melted in his mouth, he felt the flow of coldness quickly spreading in his body and he gradually felt more comfortable.

The black mark on the back of his hand was also disappearing quickly after the magical power liquid was applied.

"Wow, Senior Qing He, your medicine is so amazing! It's even more effective than my master's antidote," Mo Qilin exclaimed.

As a cultivator, he had seen a lot of effective magical pills, but there were ordinary magical pills and special magical pills. Although it was hard to get special magical pills, it was much easier to have ordinary magical pills, because they were widely sold at medicine shops in the cultivation world.

Anyway, those magical pills weren't very effective, and it usually took over a dozen minutes to fully get rid of the poison. Gu Ning's power crystals and magical power liquid, however, were able to help Mo Qilin completely get rid of the poison within three minutes.

"There aren't only many demonic monsters in this misty forest, there are also many poisonous plants, snakes, insects, rats and ants. You must be careful," said Gu Ning.

"Sure, I know." Mo Qilin nodded with a serious expression. After what he had just been through, he would be more careful now.

"Thank you so much, Senior Qing He," said Mo Qilin.

"My pleasure," Gu Ning said.

Afterwards, they continued to walk ahead.

Because they all knew that there weren't only many demonic monsters in this misty forest, but also many poisonous plants, snakes, insects, rats and ants, they had prepared many antidotes, as did Mo Qilin.

Gu Ning only reacted faster than him, so his antidote didn't come to use.

Mo Qilin wasn't the only one who had been hurt by poisonous plants. There were several other participants who accidentally touched poisonous plants and got poisoned too.

They all had antidotes, but they weren't very effective, so they had to wait for over a dozen minutes to recover.

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After they walked for nearly an hour, a team finally met a low level demonic monster.

The demonic monster wasn't owned by the people who saw it first. Instead, no matter who saw it, the person could kill it for its crystal. If they failed, it would be a waste of time and strength.

It was a cruel reality. Only the strong could get the chance to kill the target and it also required one's abilities to protect the fruits of their labor.

Besides, only cultivators at a high level were able to deal with demonic monsters alone. So only a few cultivators at a low level dared to do that. Unfortunately, after they spent over a dozen minutes killing a low level demonic monster, they found no magic crystal, which meant they had wasted time and energy.

Even though they were aware that not every demonic monster had a magic crystal, they still felt displeased after wasting over a dozen minutes.

Anyway, whether the demonic monster had a magic crystal or not, they had to kill it, or it would attack them. All in all, they had to fight to survive.

Before long, Gu Ning and her teammates ran into demonic monsters as well. They were also at a low level and there were two of them. In the two demonic monsters, one had a magic crystal, while the other didn't.

According to the above explanation, they had to kill the demonic monsters once they met them whether they had magic crystal or not.

"You can kill that one. Leave this one to me."

Gu Ning told Leng Shaoting to kill the one with the magic crystal, while she would go to kill the one without the magic crystal. For now, she didn't tell Mo Qilin to fight, because there would be plenty of chances in a while.

Since she invited Mo Qilin to join them, she wouldn't let him go back with empty hands.

"No problem," said Leng Shaoting, then he went to beat the demonic monster. In the meantime, Gu Ning rushed to attack the other one.

Mo Qilin wasn't unhappy because Gu Ning didn't tell him to do something. He came here this time simply to get familiar with this misty forest. He actually didn't care much about the prizes.

Given Leng Shaoting's level, it couldn't be easier for him to kill a low level demonic monster. Therefore, within three minutes, the demonic monster was killed and he took the magic crystal from its body.

It was a silver, second-level magic crystal.

The colors and levels of magic crystals were: white at first level, silver at second level, yellow at third level, orange at fourth level, red at fifth level, green at sixth level, blue at seventh level, black at eighth level, mixed colors at ninth level, and transparent at the legendary tenth level.

The tenth level was called legendary, because no one had ever seen it from the ancient times till now.

Leng Shaoting was slightly surprised to see the magic crystal, because he didn't expect to be so lucky and get a magic crystal from the very first demonic monster they met. He wondered whether Gu Ning would have one too.