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Having devoured the demonling his internal energy was restored to more than sixty percent again which also greatly helped in dealing with Eurig's poison.

"I thought it wouldn't be a big deal but that poison is really strong. It made my entire body sluggish and heavy, significantly slowing down my reflexes and even making it hard to breathe. If I wasn't a cultivator it would have been the end for me," Hao Xuan mused.

"But why do it at all, master?"

"To prove a point. His biggest card was his own poisoned blood that is refined in the depths of hell by his patron. It gave him enough confidence to go against me once and as long as he thought he had that card up his sleeve he would keep trying to pull some stupid shit like that."

"To deal with people that hold a blind belief in themselves the best way is to just tear it all down. Break them to the point that nothing makes sense anymore. Now he knows that I'm not only physically stronger but his poisons won't work on me either."