The villain also has spring 2

Chapter 1991 1.1990 Myriad Manifestations Take the Blade
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!
As mentioned before, martial arts are not limited to simply following a set of moves and executing them step by step. With practice, one can adapt to changing circumstances and not be bound by rigid rules. However, the "Spider Flower Manual" requires strict adherence to the energy circulation path, ensuring that the flow of true energy through the eight extraordinary meridians is completely unobstructed.

The reason for this is that this divine skill is simply too incredible. This skill cannot be cultivated through ordinary meditation and qi cultivation. One must be with the "Five Poison Heavenly Net Spider" and the "Hundred Poisons Thousand-Year Flower" day and night, drawing the poison into the body and using a unique method to transform the most poisonous things in the world into the purest and most refined internal energy.

Therefore, the nine forms of the "Heavenly Net Binding: Thousand Threads of Poisonous Hands" technique must be strictly matched with the nine levels of the "Heavenly Net Binding" internal energy. Simply put, you can only learn a specific move when you have reached a certain level of internal energy. In combat, the specific move you can use depends on the level of your internal energy.

Similarly, the same applies to the "Hundred Flowers Killing - Burning Heart Gu Finger" technique. The nine forms of the "Burning Heart Gu Finger" technique must be strictly compatible with the nine levels of the "Hundred Flowers Killing" internal energy. Otherwise, one of the three major weaknesses will inevitably occur: "mutual dependence," "poisoning oneself," or "the calamity of dissipating energy."

This is the only shortcoming of the *Spider Flower Manual*. Of course, in terms of the power of the technique, these minor flaws are negligible. Looking at the entire North Fortress Brothel, those who can rival Hong Xiaocui, the Toad Hall Master, are extremely rare. However, she encountered the Emei Sect Leader, Abbess Jingyin, who grew stronger with each battle on the arena, forming her Five Elements Inner Core and stepping into the threshold of cultivation. And there was also the Yin-Yang Sacred Fire Token, which, given time, could be refined into a natal magic weapon.

So much so that not long ago, when the Emei Sect Leader, Abbess Jingyin, used the ninth move of "Heavenly Net Binding - Thousand Threads of Poisonous Hands," "Interlocking Heart Threads," to force her to use the lower move of "Vermilion Bird Burning the Sky" from the fourth level of "Sacred Fire Scripture - Four Symbols Returning to Origin - Pearl Exploding Galaxy," Abbess Jingyin, the Emei Sect Leader, used the first move of "Hundred Flowers Killing - Burning Heart Gu Finger" to once again use the first level of "Sacred Fire Scripture - First Level - Yin Yang Initial Separation - Gathering Yuan and Refining Pearls," and used the Yin Yang Double Command.

It's like we had to compete all over again from the beginning!

You should know that Hong Xiaocui, the leader of the Toad Hall, only regained her fighting power because her potential was stimulated by the Ten Thousand Poisons Piercing the Heart, causing her power to double!

If we cannot achieve a swift victory, and wait until our potential is exhausted, we will surely die a gruesome death.

Taking advantage of her abundant inner energy, Toad Hall Master Hong Xiaocui, before her moves were fully utilized, changed to her second move: "Bone-Rotting Finger." The poison penetrated to the bone, and those struck felt as if thousands of ants were gnawing at their bones, causing unbearable soreness and weakness.

With lightning speed, she unleashed a barrage of attacks on the vital points of Abbess Jingyin, the head of the Emei Sect. Streams of fire swept across the battlefield, their power comparable to a heavy machine gun volley. The Xuanbing chains, unable to withstand the onslaught, crumbled inch by inch. However, before completely piercing the protective chain array, Abbess Jingyin conjured a series of hand seals, unleashing the second layer: Yin-Yang Flow, Pearl Control of the Eight Desolations. The upper form, Yin-Yang transformation, focused on defense; the lower form, Kan-Li escape, focused on offense.

Hong Xiaocui, the leader of the Toad Hall, who had anticipated this, used her other hand to unleash the third move: "Bewitching Finger." The finger strike carries a hallucinogenic poison, confusing people's minds and creating illusions.

Left hand: "Bone-Corroding Finger"; Right hand: "Bewitching Finger". A combined attack on Yin and Yang, seizing the initiative in one fell swoop.

Before the onlookers upstairs could even gasp in surprise, Hong Xiaocui, the Toad Hall Master who had been striking with both arms, suddenly switched to a four-handed rapid-fire attack.

"Newborn's" two hands each unleashed the fourth move: "Soul-Stirring Finger." A single finger contains a hundred poisons, unpredictable and ever-changing, like a riot of flowers, disturbing the soul. The fifth move: "Pulse-Severing Finger." The finger's force is insidious, specifically designed to break internal energy and sever a person's meridians.

"Look, six arms have appeared!" someone with keen eyes shouted.

The sixth move: "Burial of Flowers Finger". Those struck by it experience a rapid decline, their life force dissipating like withered flowers. The seventh move: "Thousand Illusions Heart Gu". The finger conjures a thousand shadows, both real and illusory, directly attacking the heart meridian, slaying the spirit and destroying the soul.

"Eight arms!!" The onlookers upstairs were all horrified.

Eighth Move: "Ten Thousand Beauties Grieve Together." Wherever the finger's power reaches, all things grieve; the poison erupts like ten thousand poisonous flowers blooming simultaneously, annihilating heaven and earth. Ninth Move: "Desolate Flower Burial." The ultimate killing move; those struck are annihilated, their souls destroyed, their bodies turned into flower mud, forever condemned. What's terrifying is that the eight-armed Hong Xiaocui before them was not an illusion. She truly had six arms grow out of thin air!
Wu Chen immediately discerned the truth: "Secret Technique of the Treasure Book: Blood Gu Substitute. The arms that grow out of thin air are actually substitute arms. These substitute arms are connected to her meridians, making them indistinguishable from the real thing."

Even more terrifying is that with the addition of six arms, the pathways for true energy to circulate through the meridians also greatly increase. This allows for a continuous flow of poison into the body, using a unique method to transform the world's most potent toxins into pure internal energy!
It's like a two-lane highway suddenly being expanded into an eight-lane avenue to heaven!
The quantity was enormous and the flow was incessant. The Kan and Li gates, exceeding their capacity, collapsed instantly. Even the third level of the *Sacred Fire Scripture*, "Golden Crow Armor" and "Jade Toad Qi," proved utterly ineffective. Only the fourth level, "Azure Dragon Drawing Flames," descended, managing to stop the eight-armed onslaught. The Yang Pearl Dragon Eye shot forth a blinding golden light, and the overwhelming finger strikes within its reach exploded into flames, only to be swallowed whole. Only the dragon's eye shattered, and the Emei Sect Leader, Abbess Jingyin, preemptively changed her move, using the "Vermilion Bird Burning Heaven" technique.

Borrowing the power of the Four Symbols, the two commands combine to unleash a powerful attack, summoning the Vermilion Bird's avatar, its wingspan stretching a thousand miles. The Yin-Yang Command Pearls serve as the Vermilion Bird's eyes, their primordial flames scorching the heavens and boiling the seas. The two pearls can detach from the body to strike, exploding upon contact with the enemy, their power sufficient to severely injure even a Celestial Immortal!

No matter what kind of true energy it is, it is like fuel to the Chaos Sacred Fire!

Using "Azure Dragon Drawing Flames" as the ignition source, "Vermilion Bird Burning the Heavens" unleashed divine power. With all eight arms pointing in unison, the surging true energy instantly ignited into flames that soared into the sky.

Seeing that her soul and body were about to be annihilated, leaving no trace, Hong Xiaocui, the leader of the Toad Hall, made a brave sacrifice, using the "Five Poisons Escape: Spider Shadow Step" to escape in a narrow escape. The six substitute arms, severed at the root, were instantly burned to ashes.

As everyone can see, the Five Poisons Escape Technique is also divided into four realms: Minor Success, Proficiency, Major Success, and Perfection.

Levels 1-3 (Minor Success): Unpredictable footwork, elusive movements, leaving afterimages to confuse opponents.

Levels 4-6 (Mastery): Can move effortlessly across vertical walls or even suspended upside down from ceilings, moving with ghostly speed over short distances. The afterimages are mildly toxic; contact can cause dizziness.

Seventh to eighth level (mastery): Can glide briefly in the air using poisonous threads, achieving near-flight. With a single step, can create several clones containing real poisonous energy.

The ninth level (perfection): The "Shadow Transformation" realm. The body can completely merge into one's own poisonous mist or shadow, appearing instantly in any corner of the domain, almost like a supernatural power.

It was the first move, "Spider Step," that saved her from death. The movement was light and agile, like a spider slithering silently.

The reason she only used the first move, and didn't rush to circulate her energy unless she was on the verge of death, was primarily because her entire body's true energy had been burned away.

Seeing that even the most potent poisons couldn't bring victory, Toad Hall Master Hong Xiaocui, with a resolute gaze, unleashed another forbidden technique—

The Secret Techniques of the Treasure Book: Blood Gu Substitute!
Beginner Level (can be used after reaching the fourth level of cultivation): Consumes 30% of one's essence to create a "poisonous blood substitute" with 30% of the original's power, while the real body escapes ten feet away. The substitute's self-destruction can injure the enemy.

Intermediate Level (Can be used after reaching the seventh level of cultivation): Consumes 50% of one's essence to create a "Flower Gu Substitute" with 70% of the original's power. It possesses basic intelligence and can fight independently for a short time. The real body can use the poisonous mist to escape a hundred feet away.

Ultimate (can be used after reaching the ninth level of cultivation): "Myriad Manifestations Substitute Death Gu". No self-harm is required; a drop of one's lifeblood can be cultivated into a "natal Gu" beforehand. In the event of a fatal crisis, the natal Gu can transform into a perfect substitute to die in one's place, even simulating the aura of death to deceive the enemy, leaving the true body almost unharmed. However, cultivating a natal Gu is extremely difficult, requiring ten years!