"Brother Feng, I was wrong..."
"I don’t want to die... I really don’t want to die..."
Xu Haoran broke down again, crying like a child who had done something wrong.
Zou Feng said expressionlessly, "Then let me help you. Time to take off your hands."
He started to step forward as he spoke.
In truth, Zou Feng had already crushed the bones in both of Xu Haoran’s wrists just now. They were already useless.
But he still clung to a sliver of unrealistic hope, sobbing, "Before, the Third Young Master... uh, no, that son of a bitch Yang Yanpeng said that you only need one hand for the Refinement..."
"So, Brother Feng, can you... leave me one hand?"
"I’m begging you! Just treat me like a fart and let me go..."
As he spoke, Xu Haoran rolled over, got on his knees, and kowtowed to Zou Feng repeatedly.
"One hand is enough?" Zou Feng was speechless. "You actually believed that!"
Xu Haoran said hurriedly, "It’s true, it’s absolutely true! Yang Yanpeng showed me the Refinement method in the Five Poison Palm manual..."
Zou Feng shot the guy another look, as if staring at an idiot.
When he was torturing Yang Yanpeng just a moment ago, he had, of course, already asked about the Refinement method in detail.
He was originally going to wait for Yang Yanpeng to recite it from memory, but the guy had actually been carrying the complete Five Poison Palm manual on him.
This wasn’t surprising.
After all, the final moment of Refinement was too critical. Yang Yanpeng was terrified of even the slightest mistake.
Therefore, it was perfectly normal for him to carry the manual to refresh his memory at any time.
Just now, Zou Feng had picked out the important parts and read the section on the Refinement method.
There was absolutely no mention that only one hand was sufficient.
’Of course, if I want to be pedantic, it doesn’t explicitly state that both of the other person’s hands are required either...’
Zou Feng couldn’t be bothered to waste any more words on him. He turned and picked up a steel knife that Yang Yanpeng had prepared.
Then, with two swift cuts.
He obtained four hands.
Now, the room was once again filled with the agonized screams of Yang Yanpeng and Xu Haoran.
If they had been ordinary people, having both hands severed at the wrist like that, they would have certainly died without immediate medical attention.
But they were Martial Artists, after all, and could temporarily stop the bleeding by Cultivating.
But just as Yang Yanpeng and Xu Haoran worried that Zou Feng would deliver the finishing blow and end their lives in the next moment...
They were stunned to find that Zou Feng had no intention of doing so.
He took the "four hands" and went straight to the large ceramic basin filled with the refinement solution.
Of course, neither of them thought Zou Feng intended to spare them. He was probably just too eager to refine the Poison Hands and couldn’t be bothered with the finishing blow for now.
In this situation, although Xu Haoran remained despair-ridden, feeling he could only wait for death,
a glint of hope flashed in Yang Yanpeng’s eyes!
’Perhaps... there’s a decent chance I could live...’
’How could refining the "Poison Hands" of a Human Gu be so easy?’
’Even with the Refining Heart Skill and having also practiced the Five Poison Skill, the problem is that the Five Poison Skill Zou Feng cultivated is, ultimately, the incomplete version.’
’Yes, Zou Feng has managed to do new tricks with the incomplete version, making it seem even more powerful than the original.’
’But illegitimate is still illegitimate.’
So in Yang Yanpeng’s view, Zou Feng being so impatient and immediately starting the Refinement was basically a death wish.
The Human Gu Poison from cultivating the Five Poison Palm was countless times stronger than ordinary poisons.
’Even I can’t guarantee that nothing will go wrong during the Refinement process...’
At this point, Yang Yanpeng began to curse Zou Feng relentlessly in his mind.
Cursing that Zou Feng, in his rush to die, would most certainly succeed!
However, Yang Yanpeng was ultimately worrying for nothing.
How could Zou Feng not have thought of what he had?
It was precisely because Zou Feng was worried the side effects of the Refinement would be too great that Yang Yanpeng and Xu Haoran were still alive.
"Available targets for transfer: Yang Ling, Yang Yanpeng, Li Li, Xu Haoran."
Glancing at the panel, Zou Feng thought, ’With these four top-listed big shots taking the heat, it should be enough, right?’
’So, for the first one up...’
’Hmm, Younger Brother Haoran, I choose you!’
Since he could only select one at a time, Zou Feng decided to use the weakest, Xu Haoran, to test the waters.
In any case, if Xu Haoran couldn’t handle it, he could switch to someone else with a single thought.
In the next moment, Zou Feng delayed no longer and immediately began circulating the Refining Heart Skill.
For someone who had practiced the Five Poison Palm, this Heart Skill was not difficult at all.
It was as they say: the difficulty of an Evil Skill mostly comes from its side effects.
After confirming the Heart Skill was circulating correctly, Zou Feng tossed the four "Poison Hands" into the large ceramic basin.
The instant the Poison Hands hit the water, it was like a splash of cold water in a sizzling pan of oil—it seemed about to explode.
And the four Poison Hands began to melt rapidly, visible to the naked eye.
After the violent reaction, the entire basin of liquid began to boil like water, GURGLING ceaselessly.
Looking at this large basin of special Gu Poison, even Zou Feng’s heart was pounding.
’If I didn’t have my top-listed big shots to take the fall, who the hell would stick their hands right into this?’
’Don’t want to put in hands of flesh and pull out hands of bone.’
Though he was complaining nonstop in his head, Zou Feng quickly plunged his hands in to avoid the medicinal effects dissipating and missing the optimal window.
After his palms entered the water, he didn’t feel much of anything.
It was hot, but it was the perfect temperature for a bath.
’Maybe I was wrong? The side effects of this stuff aren’t that bad?’
Just as this thought flashed through Zou Feng’s mind, a PUFF sound came from not far away.
He turned his head to see Xu Haoran tilting his head back, having turned into a human fountain. Gouts of blood spurted out of him as if they were free.
Furthermore, the guy’s stomach began to swell visibly, looking like it was about to explode.
’Holy crap!’
’This dramatic?’
Seeing this, Zou Feng didn’t dare hesitate for a second. He immediately switched the transfer target to Yang Yanpeng.
Less than a breath after he made the switch, with a SPLAT, Xu Haoran really did explode.
After his swollen abdomen burst open, he was nearly blown in two, and his head lolled to the side, completely lifeless.
Beyond saving, even by the gods!
Meanwhile, Yang Yanpeng watched in shock and confusion, completely unable to understand what was happening.
’There are three people in the room. Zou Feng is clearly the one with the death wish, so why did Xu Haoran suddenly explode?’
But soon, he was no longer able to ponder such questions.
After he once again became the top-listed big shot, the side effects from Zou Feng’s Gu Poison Refinement swiftly swept through Yang Yanpeng’s entire body.
Fortunately, compared to Xu Haoran, Yang Yanpeng could endure much more.
Although he was in so much pain he wished he were dead, at least he didn’t immediately explode.
Seeing this, Zou Feng breathed a small sigh of relief and continued to focus on circulating his Heart Skill.
’The entire Refinement process shouldn’t take too long.’
’On the transfer list, I still have Yang Ling and Li Li.’
’Li Li is even an Entering Grade Poison Dao expert, so no need to panic. This shouldn’t be a big problem!’
"AHHHH..."
Yang Yanpeng thrashed and rolled on the ground, the blue veins beneath his skin bulging as if they were about to burst.
He could no longer spare any thought to cursing Zou Feng; instead, he only wanted to beg Zou Feng to give him a quick death.
But after this wave of extreme agony completely destroyed Yang Yanpeng’s life force, he gradually felt less pain.
But Yang Yanpeng knew he had reached the final burst of lucidity before death.
As his consciousness faded, Zou Feng’s ecstatic voice reached his ears.
"It’s done!!"