A towering wave descended, and the silver needles darted within it, instantly striking Chen Nan’s body. Those needles, as fine as cow hair, seemed to come alive, drilling into Chen Nan’s body from all directions.

Chen Nan’s expression changed, as thousands of Flame Brilliance Daggers swirled around him like guards, clashing with the silver needles, emitting a dense "ding ding clang clang" sound.

But the sheer number of silver needles was too much; even the Flame Brilliance Daggers couldn’t stop them, and a large number of needles still hit him.

"Fortunately, I wore the Jiao Long Armor in advance, or it would’ve been a real hassle."

Chen Nan muttered to himself as a faint radiance emerged from the Jiao Long Armor, enveloping his body and blocking the silver needles outside.

He coldly gazed forward, his sight fixed on Mei Gui, who controlled the silver needles. Suddenly, a dazzling lightning appeared on the surface of his body, and in the next moment, he charged forward with the waves, like a bolt of lightning!

Back in the Three Mountains Forbidden Land, Mei Gui had witnessed this escape skill from Chen Nan, whose speed was terrifyingly fast, so upon seeing the lightning emerging on Chen Nan’s body, she immediately dodged to the side.

Just as she left the spot, Chen Nan directly shattered the afterimage she left behind, causing a look of terror to appear in her heart.

A trace of regret suddenly emerged in Mei Gui’s heart, perhaps finding Chen Nan alone wasn’t enough to monopolize the opportunity. Instead, she might have walked into a dead end.

That thought popped up suddenly, but she fiercely suppressed it. As a Golden Core Realm Perfect Cultivator, she couldn’t have such thoughts.

If it weren’t for limitations in her aptitude, she might have already stepped into the Nascent Soul stage; how could Chen Nan, a loose cultivator of unknown origin, compare?

Upon seeing Chen Nan, Mei Gui unleashed another palm strike, this time releasing a dark green stream of air from her palm.

The thick and tangible stream brought even fiercer toxicity, forming a toxic miasma and instantly enveloping Chen Nan.

The toxic gas desperately drilled into Chen Nan’s body through his mouth, nose, and pores, causing a burning sensation even in his breath due to its intense corrosiveness.

Though he possessed a constitution immune to all poisons, it was limited to those used against low-level cultivators, and the fierceness of Mei Gui’s poison took time to expel.

The toxins corroded his skin, exposing the bloody flesh beneath, and further persistence could even completely corrode the flesh. At this moment, those silver needles also followed, engulfing Chen Nan.

"Hmph, just like so, looks like my worries were all for nothing."

Mei Gui relaxed seeing Chen Nan engulfed by the toxic miasma, even annoyed at herself for feeling a tinge of regret and fear earlier. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

But her expression froze in the next moment.

Because above the toxic miasma, a brilliant golden light surged up—it was blazing flames, igniting even the miasma.

A figure burst through the miasma with unyielding force; it was Chen Nan!

However, at this moment, Chen Nan resembled a ferocious ghost, his skin corroded by the miasma, exposing bloody flesh—more terrifying than any specter.

The pain alone was beyond what ordinary cultivators could endure, yet Chen Nan remained silent, his eyes filled only with cold indifference.

His corroded skin rapidly recovered as he punched through the air. Although he couldn’t use the "Black Tortoise Form," the Demon Phase Power he cultivated earlier had long integrated into his body.

Thus, when the punch landed, it even generated a piercing sonic boom!

Boom!

The sea surface exploded, and the punch wind fiercely struck Mei Gui, immediately sending her flying, scattering a few droplets of blood in the air.

After tumbling several times in the air, Mei Gui finally stabilized her posture, clutching her chest as she looked at Chen Nan in astonishment, fresh blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, her hair disheveled and looking quite bedraggled.

"Impossible, how can you be unaffected by the poison so quickly?"

Her voice grew sharp, losing its former calmness, as she was initially confident in her poison. But now, that confidence was shattered.

Even Golden Core Realm Perfect Cultivators, once afflicted by her poison, couldn’t resolve it in a short time.

Chen Nan sneered, having fully recovered by now, but just when he intended to pursue the attack, he suddenly felt his legs losing strength.

Looking down, he found that at some point, the light cast by the Jiao Long Armor had been breached, leaving several near-imperceptible tiny holes.

Through those tiny holes, silver needles had drilled inside, piercing his flesh.

The silver needles continued to bore into the depths of his flesh, while the carried toxins started spreading within Chen Nan’s body, rendering him unable to exert force.

"You indeed are a dangerous figure, but this is where it ends."

Seeing this, Mei Gui became excited, her hands swiftly dancing as she recalled all the silver needles. They bloomed with green light in front of her, weaving into a dense net.

The silver needles stirred the seawater below, causing turbulent and terrifying waves, as a stream of water suddenly surged, merging with the silver needles.

"Poison Water Dragon!"

With the silver needles as bones and the stream as flesh, a Poison Water Dragon, over a hundred feet long, formed, its dragon head snarling viciously, rushing toward Chen Nan!

Chen Nan sighed softly, realizing that if he didn’t use magic or secret treasures beyond his current realm, just relying on his own power, it would be difficult to compete with Golden Core Realm Perfect Cultivators.

Not to mention Mei Gui, who had been stuck at Golden Core Realm Perfection for countless years, possessing profound foundations.