The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 38
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Chapter 38: Jirisan Monster Subjugation Operation (2)
Elite monsters live deep in the jungle.
They are very intelligent.
They knew well who their most threatening enemy was.
Humans.
Those who traveled in groups trying to hunt them.
Even when humans appeared, elite monsters rarely revealed themselves.
Because they knew that while humans had invaded their territory, they wouldn’t settle down permanently and would eventually leave.
But suddenly things changed.
An enormous number of humans appeared in the Jirisan Wilderness.
And not from just one direction.
They came from all sides, surrounding and closing in on all of Jirisan.
Moreover, they didn’t return at night.
As a result, the elite monsters were being provoked by human behavior.
Human movements they had never experienced before.
The Elite Blade-Toothed Ferret was no exception.
So it revealed itself first.
To confirm who dared to invade its territory.
Tae-ju started with a deep breath.
‘Whew…’
Finally, they met.
This was what he wanted, but he had to be careful, extremely careful.
Leading the fight in a direction favorable to himself came first.
Elite monsters are similar to the spiritual creatures of the Gangho Murim.
Among animals and plants, those that receive heavenly fortune and live for a very long time become spiritual creatures when something called spirituality dwells within them.
For example, the Spirit Snow Cat, Ten Thousand Year Golden Turtle, White Crane, Thousand Year Snow Ginseng…
There are also demonic creatures similar to spiritual ones.
Nine-tailed foxes, human-faced spiders, imugi, and so on.
If there’s a common characteristic of spiritual creatures and demonic creatures, it’s that they’re so strong that even supreme martial artists find them difficult to catch. And if you’re lucky enough to catch them, you can obtain their inner core, a treasure of ages.
Elite monsters are closer to demonic creatures, but the Elite Mana Crystals that can be harvested from their bodies – aren’t those just like inner cores?
Of course, inner cores and crystals aren’t exactly the same.
Rather, Elite Mana Crystals have far more uses.
They’re used as spiritual medicines and also in weapon crafting.
Tae-ju was preparing for Honweonmusangdokryeongong 7th level.
He was still at 6th level, but at his current pace, he would advance soon.
When that happened, he too would be able to imbue his hidden weapons with gang-qi.
Hidden weapons coated with poison, with gang-qi on top of that.
The problem was that when gang-qi was injected into weapons, they didn’t last long.
Ordinary mana steel broke quickly.
Steel containing Elite Mana Crystals – weapons made from that were absolutely necessary.
Lee Jeong-hak’s sword also contained Elite Crystals, and the great sword that Oh Jin-hyeong carried was also Elite grade.
The weapons the Emperor bestowed upon generals who reached Master level were also all Elite weapons.
Tae-ju wanted them too.
But he carried quite a lot of hidden weapons, didn’t he?
Willow Leaf Flying Daggers, Soul-Taking Flying Daggers, Blood Butterflies, Storm Plum Blossom Needles…
For now, let’s just make a few of each type.
Hidden weapons dedicated to gang-qi injection.
Once he reached 7th level, he could retrieve ranged weapons, so there was no worry about losing them.
The Elite Blade-Toothed Ferret was slowly circling around, examining Tae-ju before its eyes.
‘Is this bastard testing me?’
Tae-ju also didn’t rashly charge first.
Swoosh, he took off his coat.
Thud, he set it down beside him.
The fox fur coat was only cumbersome for moving his body.
Hidden weapons?
He didn’t need many.
For restraining purposes, just the Willow Leaf Flying Daggers and Soul-Taking Flying Daggers at his vest, wrists, and waist were sufficient.
Tss tss tss tss…
The friction sound of mana and air heard with every movement.
The bluish membrane covering the creature’s body.
It was a gang-qi protective barrier.
In the Gangho Murim, it’s called protective gang-qi.
Among human awakeners, only a very few Masters could deploy gang-qi protective barriers.
However, elite monsters had protective barriers equipped as standard.
They could only be broken with gang-qi alone.
Throwing hidden weapons wouldn’t even pierce through.
However, if not hidden weapons but poison, he was confident.
Honweonmusangdokryeongong at 6th level.
So he could use ‘Poison Gas Emission’, one of the poison techniques.
Poison gas emission.
It spews poison gas in all directions centered on the caster.
Any poison engraved in the poison core would work.
They could be combined or used as single types.
All living animals breathe.
That creature does too.
Therefore, gang-qi protective barriers could never block poison.
What would happen if he mastered Honweonmusangdokryeongong and reached Toxic Spirit?
Like a radioactive human, he would poison and melt everything around him.
His martial power was still insufficient, so the amount of poison gas emitted was small and its power wasn’t strong either…
Like clothes getting wet in drizzle, like putting a frog in a pot of cold water and slowly raising the temperature to cook it to death, the Elite Blade-Toothed Ferret would slowly melt and die from the poison gas emission.
Sss sss sss sss sss sss sss sss…
Finally, poison gas began to be emitted.
Colorless and odorless.
Poison gas that couldn’t be seen or felt.
Some people often mistake this for formless poison, but that’s not the case.
Formless poison isn’t a term referring to the form of poison.
That is the realm of heart poison.
Naturally, it’s only possible after achieving Toxic Spirit.
“Kyaak!”
As if sensing some threat, the Elite Blade-Toothed Ferret bared its sharp teeth.
Right then!
Swoosh!
The creature’s form disappeared in an instant.
Swish!
Simultaneously.
Thwack!
The Elite Ferret suddenly appeared in mid-air and bit at Tae-ju’s neck.
Clack!
But only teeth clashed against teeth.
Tae-ju had already used Phantom Mirage Step to hide his body.
The beginning of the ensuing battle.
True to being an elite demonic beast, it’s incredibly fast.
Screech!
Crack!
It charged in an instant, then leaped.
Thwack!
A sudden front paw attack.
Then immediately lowered its body to bite at his ankle.
“Kyaak!”
Tae-ju didn’t just stand there either.
But keeping distance was also forbidden.
Because of the poison gas emission.
His mastery was still insufficient, so the effect drastically decreased beyond a certain distance.
Grab!
He lightning-fast extended his hand to the creature’s tail and used Golden Crow Hand to scatter its concentration, then.
Swish!
Drew two Death-Claiming Flying Daggers from his waist.
Slice slice slice!
He slashed mercilessly.
But the creature’s form had already disappeared.
Where did it go?
Suddenly the back of his neck felt cold.
‘Behind!’
Tae-ju quickly spun around and thrust a Death-Claiming Flying Dagger toward the creature’s mouth that was gaping wide before his eyes.
Stab!
But the Death-Claiming Flying Dagger didn’t move forward.
The creature’s teeth had clamped down on the dagger.
Crunch!
Finally.
Clang!
The dagger broke in half, caught in its teeth.
He hurriedly drew another one from his waist, but.
Swish! Slice slice slice!
The elite marten’s lightning-like claws covered his face.
“Damn!”
Tae-ju quickly jerked his head back.
Slash! Scrape! Scrape scrape scrape!
He avoided his face.
But not his shoulder and chest.
His leather vest was torn.
His shoulder, not wearing proper armor, was completely exposed to the creature’s attack.
“Ugh!”
Fortunately only his skin was thinly cut, but.
His shoulder burned.
Blood flowing down steadily.
Tae-ju laid his body on the ground and rolled.
“Kyak!”
The elite marten followed, baring its teeth glowing with strong energy, not wanting to let him escape.
Swish, swish swish, swish!
Phantom Tail Sweep deployed continuously.
Slice! Slice slice slice!
Six Willow Leaf Flying Daggers shot out at once.
However.
Clang clang! Clang clang clang! Clang!
The daggers bounced off, blocked by the strong energy barrier.
Flinch!
Still, it had the effect of stopping the creature.
“You’re pretty good, aren’t you?”
“Kyarrrrung!”
What if his face had been hit?
If scars remained, they wouldn’t heal well either.
“Whew,”
His breathing became labored.
A moment’s rest…
“Kyaak!”
Screech!
It didn’t give him time to rest.
The creature’s teeth persistently aimed for vital points.
“Can’t you let me catch my breath?”
He needed to apply wound medicine to his shoulder too.
Of course it wouldn’t listen.
Swish!
Dodged with Phantom Tail Sweep.
But he absolutely had to maintain a certain distance.
Slice slice slice slice!
Willow Leaf Flying Daggers shot continuously.
He’d already used up all the ones on his vest and wrists.
What remained were a few Death-Claiming Flying Daggers at his waist.
Thwack!
Clang!
The Death-Claiming Flying Daggers bounced off too.
“Fuck!”
If only he could imbue them with strong energy, they’d pierce right through.
Blood flowed steadily from his shoulder.
The fishy scent of blood spread widely across this fierce battlefield.
The more he fought, the more focused his mind became.
Moving fiercely, his poison core reacted.
Whirrrr!
Pop!
He dodged even the claw attack that came down while leaping high.
Thud!
Occasionally striking the creature’s torso with Blood Shadow Poison Palm.
It was precarious.
Life and death hung by a thread.
At least Blood Shadow Poison Palm and Golden Crow Hand mixed with the mysteries of Infiltration Scripture helped.
But being overpowered was unavoidable.
Was his poison energy infinite?
No.
The poison that escaped through poison gas emission was enormous.
It would take time to replenish.
Tae-ju pulled out dried poisonous deodeok, poisonous bellflower, poisonous bracken, and other toxins from his pants pocket and chewed them frantically.
It felt a little better.
Just by a tiny bit.
However, the toxic energy that had been continuously radiating into the air bit by bit until now. The poison composed of various combinations completely covered the battlefield where Tae-ju and the Elite Blade-Toothed Ferret were fighting.
It was like fog.
No, it would be more accurate to describe it as smog, or a cloud of fine dust.
Hissssss…
The leaves of the surrounding trees began to wither.
The grass beneath their feet turned yellow.
The Elite Ferret seemed to sense something was wrong too.
“Kik?”
Its movements suddenly became sluggish.
“…Kwaek.”
The creature shook its head vigorously.
It must have felt something going strangely wrong.
“You bastard! It’s too late.”
The Elite Ferret’s eyes showed panic.
“Kiing? Kiiiiing?”
It wouldn’t understand why this was happening.
It had attacked more, even inflicted wounds.
Finally, it started hopping on all fours, trying to escape from the area.
The tide of battle had turned.
The mosquito poison from the poison well had probably started eating away at the creature’s mana.
In fact, there aren’t many magical beasts in the jungle that the mutant three-striped mosquitoes can bite.
Especially the ferret’s long fur and tough hide that mosquito stingers cannot penetrate.
But the mosquito poison radiated into the air.
How could it block what enters through the respiratory system?
Next, the spore poison would have melted its organs, the seven-spotted poison caused bleeding, the blue-bellied frog’s poison had a sleep effect, and the recently inhaled sarin gas would have attacked the nervous system.
“Keeeeek! Keeeeee…”
The Elite Ferret staggered desperately, trying to escape from the scene.
‘It’s over.’
There was no need to hurry now.
Tae-ju slowly followed the creature while picking up the coat he had left on the ground.
From inside the coat, he took out recently made wound medicine and ointment, squeezed it out, and carefully spread it on his injured shoulder.
‘I’m also testing the medicinal effects while I’m at it.’
It stung.
At the same time, it felt cool.
The flowing blood stopped immediately.
‘Not bad.’
This was something worth selling.
No, something that would be a hit if sold.
‘But getting proper patents is the key.’
Since it wasn’t a medicine processed with Honweonmusangdokryeongong, it could be easily copied if someone knew the ingredients.
Meanwhile, the Elite Blade-Toothed Ferret was crawling away, trying to escape.
What was the rush?
The creature was already no different from a dead corpse.
Slowly putting on his coat, Tae-ju approached the ferret, which had now rolled over showing its belly as if sensing its death.
“Kiiiiing…”
The light of life faded from the creature’s eyes.
Now, shall I extract the Elite Mana Crystal?
‘If there isn’t one, this whole thing was pointless.’
Stab!
He drew the Death-Claiming Flying Blade and thrust it into the area where the heart was located.
Slice!
He cut it open forcefully.
“Oh!”
There it was.
A large and beautiful Elite Mana Crystal.
When he wiped it on his coat sleeve, brilliant purple light spread in all directions.
‘It would be fine to make it into a necklace and wear it around my neck.’
With this, I could make about 10 Willow Leaf Flying Blades.
About 3 Death-Claiming Flying Blades?
This was just one for now.
Let’s diligently collect them until the day I can convert all hidden weapons to strong energy exclusive ones.
That’s when it happened.
Crackle!
The sound of radio communication from the earphone in his ear.
– GS Team, Elite magical beast discovered. Type is Red-furred Wolf. No support needed. Other teams standby at current positions.
GS Team?
S means Special Raid Team.
R means the main unit.
The letter in front indicates the region name.
Hamyang Division Specialist Raid Team is HS, Sancheong is SS, Namwon is NS, and Gurye is GS.
‘That’s my team?’
While I had slipped away alone, they must have encountered an Elite Red-furred Wolf.
Baek Chang-hun and Jang Soon-cheol are also in GS Team.
Whoosh!
A strong wind blew where Tae-ju had disappeared.
* * *
Originally, Elite magical beasts can never be caught alone.
Even Masters can’t do it.
Of course, Tae-ju is a special case.
But even Tae-ju might have found it very difficult without poison.
Just moments ago, he might have had to flee due to insufficient toxic energy.
The Elite Red-furred Wolf that appeared before GS Team.
Fortunately, unlike ordinary Red-furred Wolves that travel in male-female pairs, Elite wolves travel alone.
If Military Unit Commander Oh Jin-hyeong and the Superior Experts worked together, catching it wouldn’t be too difficult.
Anyway, when he quickly arrived at the scene.
“Awoooooo!”
Four sturdy alloy wires were wrapped around each of the Elite Red-furred Wolf’s four legs.
“Pull!”
“Don’t let it bite the wires!”
“Hey! Good, that’s it.”
GS Team was pulling and releasing in all directions, immobilizing the Elite Red-furred Wolf.
And Oh Jin-hyeong stepped forward.
Holding a great sword as tall as himself, when he infused it with mana – whooom – zing! A milky white sword aura, a mana blade, glowed.
He charged straight ahead.
Slash!
He split the wolf in two.
“Wow!”
Tae-ju was impressed.
This easily?
Well, there were many people and good weapons.
Fighting is all about numbers and equipment.
“Hmm? When did you get here? Tsk tsk, you came too late.”
“That’s true. But do Elites get caught this easily?”
“What are you talking about? Do you know how hard it was to tie those mana alloy wires around its four legs? That’s 90% of the strategy. The rest, as you can see… is easy.”
“Ah.”
Oh Jin-hyeong looked disappointed.
“If you had come just a little earlier, I could have shared the Elite mana crystal with you.”
“It’s fine. I caught one too.”
“Hey, not a regular magical beast. I’m talking about an Elite.”
“Yes, an Elite.”
“…What?”
Tae-ju pulled out a brilliantly glowing purple Elite mana crystal from his pocket.
“Wh… what? This, this is… what the hell?”
Oh Jin-hyeong couldn’t believe it.
He had just said he was going to check something ahead, and now he appeared with an Elite magical beast crystal.
‘He caught an Elite by himself?’
Of course, it wasn’t impossible to catch one alone.
Well, someone like Geum Su-ho, that monster-like secretary from the Imperial Palace, could easily catch one. Not to mention the Emperor.
But wasn’t Chairman Kim Tae-ju in front of him a young man not even thirty years old?
‘Crazy…’
Was this even possible?
No matter how much he thought about it, he couldn’t understand.
Right at that moment!
Boom boom boom boom boom!
“Oh my! That scared me.”
Explosion sounds coming from over there.
Using firearms in the Jungle?
And shortly after.
Crackle! Crackle!
– This is SS Team. Elite Steel Feather Owl and multiple Orcs appeared. Situation is not good. Need support! Need support!
It was from the Sancheong direction.
The fastest person here was Tae-ju himself.
“I’ll go.”
“W-wait!”
Whoosh!
Tae-ju ran off again.
Oh Jin-hyeong could only stare blankly at his retreating figure.
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