Pata! A wooden stake fell to the ground. Liu Jianling's face was extremely ugly. He looked at his left hand and saw that it had been cut off at the wrist.
Originally, Liu Jianling felt that his sword intent had an effect on the poison. He was very happy and thought that he could break the poison. However, he didn't expect that when his sword intent pushed into his wrist, his hand would fall down like a piece of wood.
Liu Jianling already knew that he couldn't feel anything in his hand. However, he didn't expect the poison to be so strong. His hand actually fell down.
What surprised Liu Jianling the most was that although his hand fell down, he didn't bleed at all. He looked at his wrist and found that the skin there had already grown dead. It was as if his hand had been broken for a long time. The wrist had completely grown.
Liu Jianling looked at his hand that fell to the ground. He knew that his hand was completely useless. However, he still had an idea. He directly pulled out his long sword and chopped at the hand that fell to the ground.
Whoosh! Liu Jianling's sword cut off the wood-like hand. However, looking at the severed hand, Liu Jianling's face was extremely ugly. This wasn't because his hand was cut off, but because there was no flesh on the hand that was cut off. It had completely turned into wood, as if it was originally a piece of wood.
Liu Jianling couldn't help but suck in a breath of cold air. He had never seen such a vicious poison. It could actually turn a person's hand into a piece of wood in such a short time. At the same time, Liu Jianling also thought of the people in his gang. Many of them had already turned into wood. After such a long time, he was afraid that those people were already dead.
Thinking of this, Liu Jianling immediately walked out of his room. At the same time, he had already integrated his sword intent into his spiritual energy. Outside his body, he formed a protective net. He knew that this could block the infection of the poison.
Then Liu Jianling went to an elder's room. The elder's room had already lit up with a defensive formation. Liu Jianling immediately focused his energy into his dantian and loudly said, "Elder Wang, quickly use your sword intent. Only sword intent can deal with this poison!"
After he finished speaking, he went to another elder's room and informed all the elders. Then Liu Jianling turned around and walked towards the gang. After arriving, he immediately shouted, "Everyone in the Sword Imperial Sect, listen up. If you can cultivate sword intent, put up a sword intent shield in your body. Quickly gather at the Imperial Sword Plaza."
After he finished speaking, he stood there motionless. Before long, people arrived at the Imperial Sword Plaza. The Imperial Sword Plaza was the largest plaza in the Sword Imperial Sect. It was usually used by disciples to practice martial arts. If there were any gatherings in the gang, they would also be held here. Therefore, everyone in the Sword Imperial Sect knew about this place.
Originally, there weren't many people in the Sword Imperial Sect who cultivated sword intent. Now, there were even fewer. Looking at the disciples in front of him, Liu Jianling's heart bled. Originally, there were more than 20,000 disciples in the Sword Imperial Sect. There were also some miscellaneous disciples and servants. The total number of people was no less than 100,000. Among them, there were about 500 people who cultivated sword intent. For a small sect like the Sword Imperial Sect, this was already a very impressive level of maturity. Moreover, all those who cultivated sword intent in a small sect like the Sword Imperial Sect would be heavily nurtured. They wouldn't be easily allowed to leave the sect. Therefore, these people were all in the sect. If the elders and stewards of the sect were included, the number of people who cultivated sword intent in the sect had reached about 700.
However, the number of people who appeared in the plaza was at most 200. Although there might be more people coming, Liu Jianling understood that at least half of the potential disciples who cultivated sword intent in the sect had been lost this time. Even if they didn't die, only a few of them had a complete body. Some of them had a broken arm, some of them had a broken leg, and some of them had the characteristics of a wooden stake. Obviously, the poison in their bodies hadn't been completely removed.
Liu Jianling looked at these disciples and said in a deep voice, "Everyone, use your sword intent to expel the poison. Quickly!" The disciples complied and all of them sat down cross-legged. They began to use their sword intent to expel the poison from their bodies. From time to time, a part of the disciple's body completely turned into wood and fell to the ground.
Not long after, Liu Jianling heard the sound of wind breaking. He turned his head and saw that the elders of the sect had all appeared in the plaza. However, everyone's complexion was very ugly. Their bodies weren't complete. More or less, they were missing some parts.
Everyone's complexion was very ugly. Liu Jianling looked at everyone and said, "Let's wait for them to expel the poison. Then we'll see how many people can be saved. If they can't be saved, then we can only give up. At the same time, all the disciples are not allowed to leave their rooms. We'll personally test and see if there is any poison left. If there is, then we'll keep waiting until there is no poison left."
The elders didn't have any good ideas. They all nodded and then stood quietly in the plaza. They looked at the disciples who were trying to expel the poison with a sad face. Every time they heard a popping sound, their faces would twitch. At the same time, their eyes were about to spit fire.
At this time, an elder suddenly said, "Sect Master, what do you think is going on this time? Who poisoned them? Why is this poison so overbearing? "
Liu Jianling shook his head and said, "I've never heard of it. It's the first time I've heard of such a poison. It's too overbearing and too powerful. I've never heard of such a poison in the Sword Spirit Boundary that can turn a person's flesh and blood into a tree. Even in the Devil Sect, no one has heard of such a poison."
The others were silent. They didn't know the origin of this poison. This meant that they couldn't find an effective way to detoxify it. It was impossible to find an effective way to prevent it. For them, this wasn't good news.
Liu Jianling replied, "After dealing with the gang's matters, we'll immediately go out and see if there are other places that have been poisoned. If there are other places that have been poisoned, we'll take a look and see what's going on."
The Elders nodded. Then they quietly looked at the people who were forcing the poison out of their bodies. After a while, the people who were forcing the poison out of their bodies slowly stood up. However, there were only a few of them who were completely intact.
After everyone was done expelling the poison, Liu Jianling immediately said, "Everyone, open your shields and integrate your sword intent into them. Then we'll take a careful look at the situation of the poisoned people. At the same time, we'll see how many people have been poisoned. Go." The people nodded before they turned around and left. Liu Jianling and the others also followed.
After a day of investigation, everyone returned to the square. However, their complexions weren't very good. Soon, all the data was gathered together. Finally, Liu Jianling came to the conclusion that the Sword Defense Sect had lost nearly ten thousand people. Nearly ten thousand people were almost half of the official disciples of the Sword Defense Sect. Although there were also some odd job disciples who died, the number of odd job disciples who died wasn't a lot. Most of the dead were the inner and outer disciples, especially the outer disciples. This time, the casualties of the Sword Defense Sect's outer disciples were very heavy.
Liu Jianling's complexion was ugly as he listened to the report. After some time, he said, "Have you tried to see if there's any more poison in the sect? Are there still toxins in the rooms of the dead disciples? "
Everyone shook their heads. An elder opened his mouth and said, "I've already checked. The rooms of the dead disciples are devoid of poison. Moreover, there's no poison in their bodies. Even if we touch their bodies, there won't be any abnormalities. However, they're all dead. Moreover, they died the same way. Their bodies have already turned into wood. Even if I insert my sword intent into their bodies, it wouldn't have any effect. They're all dead."
Liu Jianling coldly snorted, then he said, "Are there any other disciples infected?"
Everyone shook their heads again. The Elder said in a deep voice, "No, everyone who was infected has died. No one else was infected."
Liu Jianling nodded and said, "Have all the disciples come out. First, cremate the dead disciples. Remember, they must be cremated. Don't bury them. I'm worried that the poison might lurk. Then contact the outside world and see what's going on."
The elders nodded and then immediately went to inform the outside world. Along with their notification, the entire Sword Imperial Sect came out. However, they were still trembling with fear. This was because what happened before was too terrifying. And when they knew that the poisoned people had already turned into wood, they were even more afraid. However, they had no choice but to follow the order. They gathered the people who had already turned into wood and cremated them.
It was very convenient to cremate the people who had turned into wood. This was because the bodies of these people had already turned into wood. As long as the fire was lit, it would immediately burn. It would be impossible to put out the fire. Before long, they would have turned into a pile of ashes. If they didn't know that the wood was originally human, then they would certainly sigh at how easy it was to burn wood. But now, they just felt a chill in their hearts.
After dealing with the matters in the sect, seven days had already passed. Liu Jianling also managed to get in touch with the people outside. However, there were people in five cities that he couldn't contact. This made Liu Jianling very worried. He decided to send the disciples of the sect to those five cities to take a look.
As the disciples left through the transmission formation, Liu Jianling's expression turned gloomy. He didn't know how they were poisoned this time. He also didn't know who poisoned them. This was because the poison came too quickly. In less than ten days, half of the people in the sect had died. This was too terrifying. However, he didn't know that the worst was yet to come.
Before long, the disciples that were sent out all returned to the Sword Imperial Sect. And the news that they brought back made Liu Jianling feel cold. All the cultivators in those five cities had died!
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