[Poison Dispersion: If poison can be gathered, then naturally it can also be dispersed. Otherwise, what would gathered poison be used for? Now that you've learned to gather poison, the next thing to learn is how to disperse it.]
[The first step of Poison Dispersion: Vaporization!]
[Use poison-controlling energy to manipulate the toxins inside your poison sac, converting the poison from liquid into gas. Then release it through every pore of your body. Finally, use a strong wind or some southeast wind or whatever to carry it away, and naturally you'll be able to poison people to death.]
[PS: The highest realm of poison is being colorless and odorless, killing without anyone noticing. You've only just stepped into the first stage now, invisible. Keep it up, young man!]
The next second, countless techniques and experiences related to Poison Dispersion were poured directly into his mind.
'Being able to learn a skill without having to slowly study and practice it feels great.'
Ethan tried following the experience in his mind.
The next second.
Green gas began pouring out from all over his body.
"Urgh!"
A foul smell hit him in the face.
'This smells way too awful.'
'No wonder it said I only just started,' Ethan discovered that although Poison Dispersion could produce poison quickly and release it quickly, the problem was that it smelled terrible. On top of that, he was now covered in a cloud of green mist.
Unless someone was brain-dead, even a fool could tell that Ethan was poisonous.
'Who the hell would stay near me under normal circumstances? How am I supposed to poison anyone to death?'
'This skill...'
'It looks like it is useless for anything except poisoning whoever sleeps beside me.'
———
"S-Sister Harriet, why does he look like he's f-fine?"
Charlie, whom Harriet had pulled up into the tree beforehand, was currently lying on a branch and looking down at Ethan, who had swallowed Netherworld Incense. She was so shocked that she almost fell out of the tree.
Harriet's expression was serious as she said, "We may have misunderstood him. This man may not be a spatial mage at all. Could he actually be a wizard?"
"Could it be that he's a mage who learned a poison... skill?", Charlie asked.
Harriet shook her head, "Impossible. There are only six magic elements. Besides those, there are the special elements of space and time. Poison isn't one of the magic elements, so mages naturally can't use it."
"Then what's the difference between a wizard and a mage?", Charlie looked at the nearly invincible Ethan below and frowned, "How are we supposed to defeat him?"
"As for the difference, you could say it's the source of their power."
Harriet recalled what Archmage Gonnegal had once said.
"If a mage's power comes from the elements, then a wizard's magic comes from darkness or the god they worship. You could also describe it as black magic."
"Not only are wizards different from mages, but shamans like goblins and pigmen draw their power from ancestors or totems."
"Then there are alchemists. Their power comes from making deals with demons."
"Priests draw power from holy light or the gods."
"And the last type. Treants or plant-type monsters gain their power from nature."
"As for how to defeat a wizard..."
"I don't know either."
———
After extinguishing the Netherworld Incense, Ethan's expression darkened.
Because even taking a bite of the incense had been enough to level up his poison skill. One could imagine how toxic the Netherworld Incense was.
As for those two, without even looking, Ethan could guess they were hiding on the tree branches right now.
After all... everything beneath the tree was completely exposed.
And without wind, the Netherworld Incense would definitely settle lower down. In other words, people beneath the tree would be poisoned more easily than those above it.
But inside the Third Temple, aside from this one large tree, the surrounding area was all desert. There was nowhere else to hide.
The tree was their first choice.
And their only choice.
But right now.
Ethan had no time to deal with those two.
Because his three subordinates and Daji had all inhaled the Netherworld Incense. If he didn't save them in time, it would probably be too late.
Bird One, Bird Two, and Bird Three were his only air force. Ethan didn't want them to die just like this.
He quickly walked over to Bird One and the others.
Ethan looked down at Bird One's delicate face, feeling somewhat uneasy, because the detoxification method he was about to use was a little.
"Forget it. At a time like this, I can't worry about that much."
Ethan tried to convince himself.
Then he lowered his head and kissed Bird One on the mouth.
There was no other way.
Who told him to have a brain lapse back then and choose his mouth as the organ for absorbing poison?
"Poison Gather!"
Ethan silently recited.
Though he wasn't sure whether it would work, at this moment, he could only treat a dead horse like it was alive and give it a try.