The purple talisman in Master Jiao’s hand had originally borne no markings, leading Chen Xuan to initially assume it was merely a blank sheet of talisman paper. But as the talisman began to glow, individual patterns materialized upon its surface: a centipede, a scorpion, a spider, a venomous snake, and a toad. This purple talisman was precisely the "Five-Poison Talisman" Master Jiao had just spoken of.
As the talisman brightened, layers of dark purple mist billowed out from it. The onlookers, struck with secret dread, all retreated to the corners of the hall. Though Nie Tian had not instantly identified the charm as a Five-Poison Talisman like Chen Xuan, his intuition told him that the magic imbued within it was formidable. Having temporarily lost his own combat capability, he could only shout a warning: "Brother, watch out!" The dignified "Heavenly King" had been reduced to a mere commentator on the battlefield.
Chen Xuan did not need the reminder to know how to react. As the dark, poisonous mist drifted from the talisman, he held his breath. The mist did not disperse widely; instead, under Master Jiao’s manipulation, it slowly coiled around Chen Xuan. This actually eased Chen Xuan’s mind, as he no longer needed to worry about the poison harming the others.
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