After becoming a Poison Assimilating Ghost King, the Myriad Poison Ancestor had gone from being a living being to a ghost, so he could hide very well. When Ru Xin came to see Gongyuan, she had already guessed this worst-case scenario, so why would she not make any preparations?
"Hmph, Myriad Poison Ancestor! How dare you interfere with the matters of our royal court? "
Gongyuan saw the Myriad Poison Ancestor, but not only was she fearless, but she even swung her tail and immediately approached the Myriad Poison Ancestor. Her eyes became as deep as an abyss. She refused to believe that everyone possessed a wondrous ability like Li Qingshan.
Sure enough, the Myriad Poison Ancestor was slightly taken aback. He sensed the iciness and deathly stillness of Ruin's End. Because ghosts did not possess bodies, they were even more susceptible to mental attacks like this.
Gongyuan turned into a streak of blue light, making her way around the Myriad Poison Ancestor and straight for Ru Xin. At this moment, an inhuman roar exploded in her ears.
The Myriad Poison Ancestor returned to his senses. His expression twisted and changed, and his body swelled up, going from a dignified, gloomy old man to a vicious ghost with a green face. A ghost claw the size of a millstone swung towards Gongyuan.
Gongyuan struck back without even looking back. The flowing water froze into ice, but it was unable to stop the ghost claw at all. Countless pieces of ice spattered, but they directly passed through the ghost claw.
Gongyuan shivered inside. After becoming a Ghost King, not only has this old monster's cultivation not weakened, but his close combat abilities have actually become so powerful! It's just a small trick. How can it stop me? "
Boom!
The entire Giant Ship island shook gently. The Merfolk palace shattered loudly, and the lakewater surged, surging towards the horizon.
The Poison Assimilating Ghost King's colossal body staggered back a few steps. A layer of frost covered him, and even the poisonous flames in his eyes dimmed. Although he could incorporeal his body and avoid the direct attack of the ice, the coldness it contained could directly freeze the soul.
As for Gongyuan, she took advantage of the situation and grabbed Ru Xin. She turned around and said coldly, "Myriad Poison Ancestor, I respect you as a great cultivator, so I'll show you some respect. Don't be so ungrateful. I have to keep this person!"
"No one has ever stolen anything from me. If you don't want these small fries to die, you can leave them here! Jiejiejiejie! "
The Poison Assimilating Ghost King's eyes burned with green poisonous flames as it let out a creepy laugh.
"Your Majesty, this is bad! There's poison!"
Gong Kun said with difficulty, his lips turning blue. The merpeople in the surroundings all lost their senses and fainted. Their bodies were dyed in a layer of green. Even the merman elders had to circulate their magic power to resist.
Since it was called the "Poison Assimilating Ghost King", it naturally did not focus on close combat, but on controlling poison.
Killing without a trace. The Myriad Poison Ancestor knew he was not Gongyuan's opponent, so when he appeared to help Ru Xin break out of the ice prison, he treated the merfolk as targets and silently dispersed his poison.
After he became a ghost cultivator, his methods of poisoning became even more insidious and secretive. Even an Asura Commander could not endure his poison. Not everyone possessed a body as tough as Li Qingshan's.
"You-" Gongyuan also felt her hand turn numb. She lowered her head and took a look. Her face had turned green too. The Myriad Poison Ancestor's silent release of poison was already startling, let alone forcefully taking a palm strike from him.
"You otherfolk think you're some" god "or something, but you're nothing in my eyes. If you touch my disciple, I'll kill all of your elders. If you're so capable, come to the Mist province and attack the Myriad Poison cult. Hmph, I don't think you have the courage either. Cut the bullshit and release her, or I'll make them all die from the poison with a single thought!"
The Myriad Poison Ancestor reverted to his original appearance and stood with his hands behind his back, displaying his true nature as a demonic cultivator.
"I'll release her if you remove the poison, or your disciple will die with them too!"
Gongyuan grabbed Ru Xin's shoulder with her left hand and squeezed it gently. The sound of ice shattering immediately rang out. Ice condensed on her right hand, and with a gentle shudder, the ice shattered. The colour of her hand had already returned to normal. The other merpeople clearly did not possess what she was capable of. If it were not for the Myriad Poison Ancestor's intentional control, the weaker merpeople would have been reduced to a puddle of water a long time ago.
"You're still threatening me? She's just a disciple. If she dies, then so be it! I've already poisoned her. Even if you don't kill her, I'll kill her. Don't even think about getting me to give away what she's developed for free. I'll count to three. If you don't release her, I'll leave right now. Can you really make me stay? "
This was the "strength" of demonic cultivators. They did not care about benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom, emotions, or morals. Let alone capturing a disciple like him, even his own son would be useless. If Ye Duanhai were a demonic cultivator, Li Qingshan would never have come to discuss a deal with him. It was not without reason that even gods and ghosts feared the wicked.
"You can leave, but can the head caretaker of the King of Yue's estate leave?"
Gongyuan frowned. She understood that someone like the Myriad Poison Ancestor was definitely capable of something like that. She could defeat him, but killing him was basically impossible. Once they fell out, he could poison all the merpeople present to death before running back to the Myriad Poison cult. No matter how powerful the merpeople were in the South sea, they would not be able to do anything to him.
"As long as I can leave. If you're willing to fall out with the King of Southern Yue's estate, what does that have to do with me?" The Myriad Poison Ancestor cut right to the chase before beginning to count. "One!"
"Is this what you want?" Gongyuan stared at Ru Xin closely. Her familiar face remained calm and cold the entire time. Even when the coldness had cracked her shoulder, she did not show the slightest hint of pain.
"What do you think?" Ru Xin replied with a smile.
"Two!" The Myriad Poison Ancestor was ready to go, not to fight or save Ru Xin, but to flee.
"You vile spawn, piss off!" He gritted his teeth and sent a palm strike towards Ru Xin's back. Originally, he wanted to heavily injure her, but a face suddenly appeared before him, and his heart softened. All he felt was coldness.
"Hmph, at least you know what's good for you!" The Myriad Poison Ancestor was complacent. He did not even look at Ru Xin.
"You still haven't cured her?" Gongyuan said coldly, "I've already planted coldness in her body …"
"I've already said it. She's just a disciple. If she dies, then she dies. Don't make me say it a second time. Before I cure her, let's complete our deal first! If we can't make a deal, keeping her alive is useless. Feel free to kill her! "
"You still want to make a deal with me? What do you want?"
Gongyuan was both surprised and furious. Normally, great cultivators would still have some sense of pride, whether they were righteous or evil. She never expected the Myriad Poison Ancestor to be so shameless. She gritted her teeth. She had never been so humiliated in her life.
"The Lost Stalks of the King of Yue!"
"Sure enough, it's still that ram who's behind all this. Fine, I can give you the Lost Stalks of the King of Yue, but we'll talk about it after you, my 'disciple', fulfil your promise and kill a hundred thousand fire devourers. Not a single one less."
As soon as Gongyuan heard the Lost Stalks of the King of Yue, she confirmed that this was mister Ram's scheme. After all, this item was useless to regular cultivators. She also hated herself for being agitated when she saw this "wretched spawn", which was why he managed to poison her successfully.
"Mister Ram is about to leave. I want it right now!" The Myriad Poison Ancestor extended his hand.
"Your majesty, we can die, but we can't lower our heads to humans! Spurt!" A Merfolk elder propped himself up and said, but as soon as he said that, he coughed up a mouthful of poisonous blood and collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
"You're still blabbering!" The Myriad Poison Ancestor sneered.
"We'll never lower our heads!" "Old monster, feel free to kill us!" The Merfolk all called out before coughing up blood again and fainting. They still cherished the glory of the ancient times, looking down on the despicable, shameless humans. They would rather die than yield.
"Don't worry. If you die, I'll immediately destroy the Lost Stalks of the King of Yue and bury them with you! Since the King of Yue's estate wants to restart the war, then come! "Gongyuan calmed down and stared at the Myriad Poison Ancestor coldly.
"Hehe, why must you? My 'Stoneheart' isn't fake. You should be able to tell. I've studied it painstakingly for all these years, returning without any hesitation to help the Merfolk kill powerful enemies. I'm much more 'loyal' than these elders or whatnot. Your majesty should be rewarding me! "
Ru Xin stood up on the surface of the lake and made her way over to Gongyuan, staring straight into her eyes.
"Don't you claim to be calm and rational? Don't you have to consider the entire Merfolk race? Don't you say you can't make decisions based on your emotions? Come, give me the Lost Stalks of the King of Yue. I'll help you kill a hundred thousand fire devourers, or you can kill me. It's fine. This group of Merfolk will be buried with me anyway. Oh right, I'll have to endure the King of Yue's wrath too. There's the threat of the destruction of the entire race! Hurry up and think about it, your majesty. Come! "
After the residence of the Merfolk shattered, it rapidly recovered. The entire hall fell silent. All that could be heard was the pouring rain outside. Ru Xin's voice echoed through the hall, growing louder and louder until it was almost a roar in the end.
Gongyuan fell silent for a while before taking out a handful of stalks. The black ones were dragon horns, while the white ones were dragon bones. After who knew how long, they still gave off the deep, unfathomable might of a dragon.
Ru Xin accepted the Lost Stalks of the King of Yue and turned around, arriving before the Myriad Poison Ancestor. The Myriad Poison Ancestor examined them and confirmed they were real, but he raised his head. "Why are you missing two stalks?"
There were a total of forty-nine stalks of the Lost Stalks of the King of Yue. The King of Yue's estate had thirty stalks, so Gongyuan should have possessed nineteen, but there were only seventeen here right now. She was missing a black stalk and a white stalk.
It was just like how as long as there was a hole at the bottom of a bucket, it was a broken bucket. It could still be used to draw water, but it would be much less effective. The Lost Stalks of the King of Yue were the same.
"Once we're done, I'll give you the two stalks." Gongyuan closed her eyes, no longer willing to look at them. She was afraid she would lose control and attack them.
"Alright, then it's a deal!"
Just when the Myriad Poison Ancestor was about to say something, Ru Xin could tell that Gongyuan had already backed away as far as she could. If she continued to force the issue, she would only end up falling apart, so she beat him to it. The Lost Stalks of the King of Yue were only used to keep the King of Yue's estate busy anyway. Whether they could collect them or not was the King of Southern Yue's concern.
The Myriad Poison Ancestor said nothing more. With a wave of his hand, specks of poisonous fire flew out from the merpeople, and they all returned to their senses.
Gongyuan suddenly realised this wretched spawn of hers was definitely not as simple as the Myriad Poison Ancestor's disciple. Otherwise, why would a disciple make a decision for their master without any objections from their master?
However, it was too late to say anything now, and she did indeed need the "Stoneheart" to destroy the fire devourers.
"Very good. You've triumphed over your personal feelings once again and made the correct choice. You've earned my admiration. Farewell, your majesty. Wait for my good news! Someone once told me that a person's hatred will be avenged a hundredfold, which is why I think a hundred thousand fire devourers is still a little too little. The rest will be up to you. "
Ru Xin recovered her composure. Before she left the residence, she said to Gongyuan from behind.
Gongyuan was alarmed. She also considered how the fire devourers would respond after she used the Stoneheart. This battle would probably not end until one of them was dead.
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