Chapter 283: Chapter 280: Slaughtering You Like a Dog

Qian Duoduo was shocked. ’The deadly poison that’s tormented me for eleven years... it came from this man?!’

Before he could think any further, a wave of Dark Power flowed from the middle-aged man’s finger. Like a sharp sword, it pierced into his heart.

BOOM!

The wisp of Nether Soul Flame that sealed the Soul-Draining Mother Spider was shattered. The Soul-Draining Mother Spider took the opportunity to break out, invading forcefully. With unstoppable momentum, it reoccupied Qian Duoduo’s Meridians and body.

"Ah!"

Qian Duoduo screamed in agony, falling to the ground and rolling back and forth.

The newly freed Soul-Draining Mother Spider seemed bent on revenge. The backlash was immense, tormenting Qian Duoduo to its heart’s content.

"AHHHH!"

Qian Duoduo clutched his head with both hands, roaring like a wild beast as saliva mixed with blood dripped from his mouth.

The pain was so unbearable that his fingers had dug deep into his scalp, carving out bloody tracks.

In an instant, flesh was torn away, and white bone was exposed.

The three Guards were aghast. They wanted to rush forward and stop Qian Duoduo’s self-mutilation, but the middle-aged man casually swatted them aside with a single palm strike, sending them to the ground, unable to get back up.

GRIND! CRACK! CRUNCH!

The sound of bone grinding against bone rang out, a noise that set one’s teeth on edge.

In everyone’s horrified gazes, Qian Duoduo’s body shriveled and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.

He, who was once a strapping seven-foot-tall man, had now shrunk to only five feet.

Though he should have been in the prime of his youth, he now looked like an old man on his deathbed, teetering on the edge, as if a single misstep would send him through the Ghost Gate.

BANG!

His clothes exploded, and the phantoms of eight giant spider legs extended from Qian Duoduo’s back. The details on the legs were perfectly clear and lifelike.

Qian Duoduo’s voice was already hoarse. He collapsed weakly to the ground, an aura of death spreading across the surface of his body. Only the faint rise and fall of his chest declared to the world that he was still alive.

’To think the Soul-Draining Mother Spider could be pushed this far... Since when did the Mountain and Sea Empire have such a capable person?’ the middle-aged man thought to himself.

No one knew the power of the Soul-Draining Mother Spider better than he, because he was the one who had refined the spider that was inside Qian Duoduo.

The Soul-Draining Mother Spider was a slow-acting, deadly poison. It wouldn’t fully erupt unless it was a matter of life and death.

The reason Qian Duoduo had become like this was that the Soul-Draining Mother Spider had suffered near-fatal damage and could only recover by drastically draining its host’s Life Force.

But logically, no one in the Mountain and Sea Empire should have been able to harm the Soul-Draining Mother Spider.

As far as the middle-aged man knew, not even Liu Hong had that kind of ability.

"ROAR! GRGL!"

Liu Hui’s jaw had been crushed, and he could only let out low growls from deep in his throat.

He could only watch Qian Duoduo’s tragic state, anxious and furious, but completely helpless.

The middle-aged man was simply too powerful—so powerful it was despair-inducing.

Just then, Nangong An appeared from nowhere, dragging over a dozen strong young men and throwing them in front of Nangong Yan.

"Milord, I’ve brought the men."

The middle-aged man looked at Nangong Yan and sneered, "Becoming the Young Master’s Furnace Cauldron is a blessing you’ve earned over several lifetimes. Since you don’t know how to appreciate it, you’d better enjoy the time you have left!"

With that, he waved his hand. Nangong An understood and pointed at Nangong Yan, telling the dozen or so young men, "She’s all yours!"

Nangong An had clearly done something to these young men. Their eyes were bloodshot, and they lacked all reason, filled with nothing but desire.

Hearing Nangong An’s words, they let out a wild cry and charged toward Nangong Yan.

Nangong Yan’s face was ruined and covered in blood, giving her a savage and terrifying appearance.

She first gave Liu Hui a look full of deep affection and reluctance, then her eyes cleared, and she calmly faced the middle-aged man.

"You have no idea who you’ve provoked. Your fate will be countless times more tragic than mine."

As she spoke, Nangong Yan prepared to detonate her Dantian.

Even in death, she would die with her purity intact!

"Hmph. In this Mountain and Sea Empire, there is no one I cannot afford to provoke!" the middle-aged man sneered dismissively.

"Besides, without my permission, you can’t even die!" He raised his hand and waved. Nangong Yan’s Meridians were blocked, and her Dantian was sealed.

Her self-detonation was interrupted.

Nangong Yan panicked. She would rather be sent to the eighteenth level of Hell, never to be reborn, than be humiliated in front of Liu Hui.

Just as the group of young men was about to pounce on her, a giant hammer fell from the sky.

DONG!

All the young men were smashed into a meat paste.

Nangong Yan collapsed to the ground. Seeing the two figures standing atop the giant hammer, she breathed a sigh of relief.

She was worried, yet also filled with anticipation.

The middle-aged man’s expression changed. With his level of Cultivation, he hadn’t sensed anyone making a move beforehand.

This was absolutely not normal!

’Could it be that another expert of the same level is hiding in the Mountain and Sea Empire?’

He focused his gaze and saw two figures standing on the giant hammer, one on the left and one on the right: a ridiculously fat man and an ordinary-looking young man.

A scan with his Divine Sense revealed them to be at the Vajra Realm and the Purity Realm.

’How is this possible?!’

’How could a mere Vajra Realm and Purity Realm cultivator possibly escape my notice!’

"Who might you two be?"

Out of caution, the middle-aged man didn’t turn hostile immediately, instead asking in a deep voice.

The newcomers were none other than the just-arrived External Incarnation and Jin Sanpang.

Mo Qi didn’t answer the middle-aged man’s question. He leaped off the giant hammer and went straight to Qian Duoduo’s side.

"Well, well, little prince of posers. Looks like you ran into a tough one this time, huh?"

He took out a Medicinal Pill and stuffed it into Qian Duoduo’s mouth. Although Mo Qi’s tone was teasing, the depths of his eyes were filled with a towering killing intent.

"Cough, cough!"

After swallowing the Medicinal Pill, Qian Duoduo came to.

Although he still looked old and withered, his complexion had already improved.

"Holy fucking shit, that hurt like hell!" Qian Duoduo sucked in a sharp breath. He felt as if he had been deep-fried and then boiled alive; it was a pain that stemmed from the very depths of his soul, radiating from the inside out.

Seeing Qian Duoduo recover a little, Mo Qi let out a long sigh of relief.

Without his main body and the Nether Soul Flame, he was also helpless against the Soul-Draining Mother Spider. He could only use the power of the Medicinal Cuisine to alleviate Qian Duoduo’s pain and injuries.

"Just who are you?"

Seeing Mo Qi easily revive Qian Duoduo with an unknown pill, the middle-aged man grew even more suspicious that Mo Qi was deliberately pretending to be weak.

"Me?" Mo Qi turned to face the middle-aged man and smiled. "I’m the one Nangong Yan mentioned—the one you can’t afford to provoke."

And just at that moment, Nangong An, who was standing to the side, came to his senses and sent a voice transmission to the middle-aged man:

"Milord, that’s him! The target you ordered me to investigate with all my resources—Qin Daye!"

The middle-aged man’s brow twitched. ’Qin Daye?’

’So he’s Qin Daye, the rumored brother of Liu Ruyan.’

’Well, well. I hadn’t even gone looking for you, yet you delivered yourself right to my doorstep.’

’This is the perfect opportunity to figure out the relationship between you and Liu Ruyan. I’ll finally have something to report to the Young Master.’

At this thought, the middle-aged man let down his guard. He looked at Mo Qi and sneered, "I can’t afford to provoke you? Just because you’ve latched onto Liu Hong and Liu Ruyan?"

Mo Qi shook his head. "No, no, no. It’s because you can’t kill me, and also because my talent is far greater than yours."

"Even if I’m not your match right now, in another two or three years, I’ll slaughter you like a dog!"

The middle-aged man was stunned for a moment, then burst into wild laughter.

"Hahaha! I can’t kill you? Two or three years? Slaughter me like a dog? Are you deliberately trying to make me laugh?"