But no matter how you looked at it, a human Magic Cultivator’s constitution was no match for a Demon Beast of the same level.

What’s more, this Demon Beast’s level was even higher than those few Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The last thing he wanted was for the Frost Giant Wolf to still be standing after the poison...

...while those Foundation Establishment Cultivators were the first to kick the bucket.

Just as Jiang Xu was stewing in his worries, he took out the Golden Silkworm Gu and saw the seven white rings on its body.

’That’s right, the Golden Silkworm Gu’s poison can be custom-formulated!’

A sudden realization dawned on Jiang Xu:

’If I concoct a poison that only affects Demon Beasts, that’ll solve the problem!’

After that, Jiang Xu found a hiding spot far away. He watched the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators struggle against the Demon Wolf while he began pulling various items from his Storage Bag: Spirit Grasses, Spirit Medicines, and Spiritual Materials he had gathered back in the Secret Realm.

’Demon-Exorcising Grass. This Spirit Grass is harmless to humans, but extremely irritating to Demon Beasts. It can suppress the Demonic Power within a Demon Beast’s body and might even cause it to lose its combat ability for a short time.

Demon-Luring Grass. It emits a strange scent that acts as an aphrodisiac for Demon Beasts, sending them into heat and greatly weakening their willpower.

Venus Flytrap. Its secretions are like plain water to humans, but a fatal poison to Demon Beasts. Once a Demon Beast comes into contact with the plant’s juices, it will be poisoned rapidly, its bodily functions gradually failing.

And a few others...’

Jiang Xu fed these various Spirit Grasses to the Golden Silkworm Gu.

The Golden Silkworm Gu was a Spirit Insect, and thus a type of Demon Beast, so these Spirit Grasses were highly toxic to it as well.

However, the Golden Silkworm Gu had its unique properties, after all. As long as a poison didn’t exceed a certain threshold, it couldn’t harm it.

Half an hour later, the Golden Silkworm Gu slowly excreted its waste.

It was a glittering, golden bean, about the size of a pinky fingernail.

Jiang Xu stared at it for a long time but couldn’t see anything special about it.

’Is this thing really going to work?’

Although Jiang Xu was skeptical, there were no other Demon Beasts around for him to test it on, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and go for it. If it didn’t work, he’d figure something else out then.

By now, the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators on the field were struggling to hold on.

The first Foundation Establishment Cultivator to be injured had initially suppressed the frost poison in his body. However, in the ensuing clashes with the Frost Giant Wolf, the poison had gradually worsened, bit by bit, and was now showing signs of becoming uncontrollable.

Among the other three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, only Qin Muxian was in slightly better condition.

If even one of the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators lost their ability to fight, the remaining three would definitely be annihilated by the giant wolf in short order.

It wasn’t that they hadn’t considered fleeing.

Firstly, they had gone through great trouble to break the array; if they ran now, they might not get such a good opportunity again.

Secondly, even if they wanted to run, the Frost Giant Wolf was no pushover, and they weren’t even sure they could escape.

So the four of them could only grit their teeth and persevere, while each made their own selfish calculations in their hearts.

Just then, Jiang Xu chose a spot upwind and used his Insect Control Technique to change the Golden Silkworm Gu’s excretion from a solid to a gas. He then let it drift lazily over to the battlefield where the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators were fighting the giant wolf.

SNIFF SNIFF—

The Frost Giant Wolf, which had been toying with the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators, twitched its nose. It seemed to have caught a very fragrant, peculiar, and indescribable scent.

The Frost Giant Wolf had been trapped inside the array for countless years, unable to get out. Now, these human Cultivators from the outside world had broken the array and conveniently set it free.

But unlike the Lamp God from the legends, being released did not make it grant its liberators’ wishes. Instead, it wanted to eat them.

However, to prevent them from acting out of desperation, the Frost Giant Wolf had opted for the "boiling a frog in warm water" approach. After its initial sneak attack failed to kill anyone, it switched to a "cat playing with a mouse" tactic, planning to wear down the four human Cultivators slowly.

But the Frost Giant Wolf had no idea that a lurker like Jiang Xu existed.

After the Frost Giant Wolf smelled the Golden Silkworm Gu’s poison, its eyes filled with confusion and conflict. For some reason, the frigid energy inside its body seemed to be stirred up by a strange heat.

The Frost Giant Wolf tried to resist this strange sensation with its powerful willpower, but it found its thoughts growing more and more chaotic, unable to focus.

All sorts of female wolves began to flash through its mind. Their alluring postures, fiery gazes, and endless charm made it impossible for the wolf to pull itself away.

The blazing passion of the Crimson Fire Wolf, the gentle beauty of the White Jade Wolf, the ethereal grace of the Lingxiao Wolf...

Under the assault of these complex emotions and desires, the Frost Giant Wolf’s body began to have an abnormal reaction.

Even though it was a member of the Wolf Race, known for its coldness and fortitude, at this moment, its lower body uncontrollably shot straight up, a sensation it had never experienced before.

The Frost Giant Wolf’s inner struggle and contradiction reached their peak. It tried to use its last shred of rationality to control its body and emotions, but the power of the Golden Silkworm Gu’s poison seemed to be growing stronger, gradually dismantling its defenses.

In the eyes of the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators, the scene before them was bizarre in the extreme.

The Frost Giant Wolf, which had held the upper hand, had for some reason suddenly stopped attacking and was just standing there, stunned.

The Foundation Establishment Cultivators had no idea what madness had possessed the Demon Wolf. Not daring to make a rash move, they reinforced their Defense and watched the Demon Wolf, waiting to see what kind of trick it was trying to pull.

But a closer look made all their jaws drop in astonishment!

The Demon Wolf seemed to have lost its mind. Its Demonic Power had plummeted, and its lower half was erect like a baseball bat. It was repeatedly thrusting at the empty air, its mouth letting out intermittent howls of "AWOOO, AWOOO."

Question marks practically materialized over the heads of the four Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

"...Fellow Daoist Qin, this Demon Wolf... what’s going on?"

"I don’t know. Fellow Daoist Wang, do you know what’s gotten into it?"

"No idea, but it looks like it suddenly went into heat. Fellow Daoist Li, should we run now, or take this chance to deal with the Demon Wolf?"

"I say we retreat for now. If we attack and snap it out of its trance, we won’t get another chance to escape."

Hearing this, Qin Muxian didn’t hesitate for a second, flatly refusing:

"No! If we run now, all our previous efforts will have been for nothing! Just think about everything you’ve used up in this fight!"

At his words, the corners of the other three’s mouths twitched.

In the fight against the Demon Wolf, the Elixirs, Talismans, and Magical Artifacts they had consumed added up to nearly a thousand Spirit Stones per person.

If they got no return on that investment, the loss would be devastating.

From a distance, Jiang Xu’s eyes were wide.

He clutched the Golden Silkworm Gu’s poison in his hand, never imagining it would be this effective.

Through Jiang Xu’s Spiritual Eye Technique, he could see that the Demon Wolf’s Demonic Power had dropped by at least seventy percent. Moreover, it had clearly entered a state of heat and seemed to be so deep in it that even an attack wouldn’t snap it out.