Chapter 437: Poison

Sam had the greatest sleep he had in a while. And he also noticed that his perception range increased. Due to constant mental stress he has been in and continuous expenditure, his spiritual sense and the mental strength increased by a lot.

Sam once again started his journey on the harbinger.

He hoped that there are no more tests out there, but he knew that it is impossible. If it is the end, there would be no resting area, he would be delivered to the island directly. Not a resting area.

His only better option would be that the next test would be the last test.

In a few minutes, Sam arrived at the third location and he moved extremely slowly.

All of a sudden, he felt a little energized even before he could see anything. The bloodline of the Hydra in his body is excited.

When he crossed the mist all he could see are green and purple vapours. The water is in a completely different color. The vapours are being emitted from the water. The intensity of the vapours is different.

They became denser as he looked deeper he couldn't see anything but the vapors. That is the densest place.

The poison vapours.

Sam knew that these tests are designed for the people of this planet. But he didn't expect it would be by this much. ON this planet, there are not many people who are versed in poisons. The poison masters are pharmacists who specialize in creating and curing poisons.

But there are not many people who cultivate poison. At least, Sam hasn't seen anyone and he even spent time with some major powers.

So, Sam could guess that this place is extremely dettermental to the normal cultivators just like the previous two stages.

He is like an anomaly. He made new type of vehicle to travel, he used new type of weapons to fight and now, he has new type of bloodline which is hydra's bloodline, which can be considered as new relative to this planet.

This place is not much detrimental to him. In fact, this is an opportunity. Sam let Mia out so that she could absorb the poison.

Any form of poison entered into her body would be useful for the cultivation. She entered the water and swam around.

Sam knew that with her current level, the amount of poison and the intensity of the poison might be too high to bear. But they are linked and the excess energy Mia generates when absorbing this poison can be transferred to him and the remaining beasts.

He is confident that by the end of this stage, if they could just absorb all the poison here, then he would break through to Nascent stage Level -3 and would be on verge of breaking through to level-4.

If by chance they could find the source of this much poison, then he could let Mia consume it and they would break through to Level-5 and even Level-6 depending on the poison's grade and level.

This is the first treasure he is going to take from this trip.

Mia swam in the waters as if she is in a heavenly spring as her skin and body absorbed the poison from the water.

Sam felt extremely excited not because of the gains, rather the hydra bloodline is acting up. He could actually empathize the feelings of Mia.

His animal instincts are acting up. There is a grin on the face which he didn't intentionally put.

All this while, Sam's own emotions kept the animal instincts in check. It is his superior mentality that made him supress his animal part in check and that happened because, he is more of a superior animal than all those beasts.

Not genetically, but emotionally. Its his confidence and his own sense of superiority that he built with his experience.

But his overexerted mentality from the past few days and the environment that is suitable for the beast, its instincts are itching. He suddenly wants to go on a rampage and claim this place as his. He wants to be recognized as the top of the food chain.

He closed his eyes and started controlling these urges. It would be a disaster if he were to encounter an opponent at this moment. If he relies on the instincts too much will get him in trouble. That too when he has to deal with the opponents of higher level.

He might either sweep the floor in this case, the sea bed or get his ass whooped.

And all of that would happen in an incredible fashion. He once again peeked at the hologram to confirm if he has any form of creatures within the certain range. He couldn't cover the whole area, but at least the extreme positions beside him are threat free.

He stood there on the harbinger floating in the air as he thought of how to swallow all the fog. The water would be swept clean by Mia for sure. All he needs is time and they have three days.

After thinking for a long time, Sam first decided to roam around for a bit, he didn't let Mia to swim deeper. It would be better to go to the centre after accumulating whatever they can.

The first thing Sam did is cover the area in which the intensity is the lowest, their current location. The whole area is completely divided into five areas with their current location being the outer most and having the lowest intensity of poison and the fifth one being the centre with the highest intensity.

He took out some formation flags and started planting in their current region and after sometime, half of the area started having some reactions.

The poison water and at the same time the poison vapours started accumulating to the centre.

Mia stayed at the centre of the formation and started absorbing the poison that is accumulated in the centre while Sam floated right above her and started absorbing the poison in the air. The poison kept on accumulating.

Only after three hours, did the surroundings became free of the poison. As soon as that happened, he let the beasts out. Yanwu carried the shadow mouse, while Sky carried Raiju on his back.

They are out here so that they could share the digested energy. Although, Sam couldn't digest the whole energy completely, with the link between him and Mia, he can do that.

The poison that was kept here for killing was being used for feeding him. He felt lucky after all, it is not everyday that he would get to enjoy a poison of such high grade that he can use it to increase his cultivation. Since, everything in this world is spiritual energy, Sam could use it to cultivate.

The beasts slowly started sharing the energy through the link as Mia and Sam started synthesizing the poison and transmitting the energy continuously.

They stayed another three hours like that.

After absorbing, he let the beasts go back inside and went to the remaining half of the first region and it took another five hours. It is already almost night. But he didn't stop this time like previous times.

There is no threat for him.

He started laying down the formation in the second region. This region is smaller than the first one and it wouldn't take as long as the previous one.

Time Passed.

By the end of the two days, Sam is absorbing the poison from the fourth one. He already finished the third one. Even though the space is less the amount of poison is actually more than the previous ones.

The fourth region was only finished after sunrise.

Before entering the fifth region which is also the final region, Sam noticed that the regions he emptied out earlier are recovering slowly. The water and the air are becoming poisonous. They are not completely recovered at this moment. But they are still recovering slowly but steadily.

He realized that if he really wants to take all the poison for himself, he has to find the source.

Sam and Mia both jumped down into the fifth region and swam around. By this time, Sam's skin is already a bit green and purple, due to the constant ingestion of poison.

He has to find a way to digest it completely so that this side effect would disappear.

But before that, he has to find the source no matter what.

When he went under the water, he saw that he couldn't find anything. His spiritual sense which was cut off in the start of the journey was still not back yet. As for his eye-sight, there is nothing he could do with it. His eye sight is not so much of an advantage. With the Roc's bloodline, he could see far and wide, but not the energy waves.

He thought of an idea though, what he need is the energy waves which are the key to find the source as the difference in the energy waves would be apparent.

So, Sam activated the water elemental fusion and started spreading his body as much as he could and closed his eyes. His body which was converted into water, tried to cover as much distance as it can.

After that, he started using his observation ability. The observation ability of his spiritual core is different than the spiritual sense. Of course, the spiritual sense gives him more wide range, but the things which have direct physical contact can be perceived directly with just the spiritual energy.

And he started perceiving the range he had covered to find the source.