Having traveled hundreds of miles with Aiger, who was without limbs, the Heavenly Mountain Poison Immortal King and the Crooked Dragon finally stopped.
Aiger's face was filled with relief. He had even been contemplating how to shout most impressively before his death.
"Thank you both for saving me. Your great kindness is beyond words. If you ever need me in the future, I will definitely..." Su Dan Novel Network
Before he could finish speaking, the Heavenly Mountain Poison Immortal King and the Crooked Dragon exchanged a smile, a smile that made Aiger's scalp tingle.
The Heavenly Mountain Poison Immortal King, Pi Yanping, was a bald man dressed in white. A white scorpion perched on his head, its venomous tail held high, resembling a pig's tail braid from a distance.
"Brother Crooked Dragon, does this man truly possess what you spoke of, something that can take us out of here?"
The Crooked Dragon nodded, "Of course. Otherwise, I wouldn't have risked being killed by a True Immortal level expert to snatch him back."
Pi Yanping rubbed his hands, his eyes gleaming as he looked at Aiger. Once that thing was taken out, this fellow would be useless. He could then be used to test newly refined poisons.
This fellow's flesh and blood were also excellent materials for refining poisons. The poisons refined with his flesh and blood might even be several times more potent than his strongest 'Poison of the Human Heart'.
The Poison of the Human Heart was Pi Yanping's most powerful poison, and he only had two doses.
Each dose required the heart's blood of hundreds of great villains. Such great villains were not easy to find; they had to be so wicked that they oozed malice.
In a sense, Pi Yanping had made a significant contribution to the stability and peace of the Xia Prefecture.
He was a poison fanatic. Although a formidable evil expert, he had little interest in harming others outside. He only enjoyed researching poisons.
However, as his research deepened, he found himself hitting a bottleneck. This bottleneck was not related to him, but rather the world was restricting him. From then on, Pi Yanping realized that this world was incomplete.
Later, he accidentally met the Crooked Dragon, who was exploring this world. Upon learning that the Crooked Dragon was from the outside, Pi Yanping proactively sought his friendship.
This time, when the Crooked Dragon reappeared, he mentioned that a 'divine artifact' was hidden within someone, and as long as they retrieved the artifact from that person, they could leave this world.
However, Aiger was, after all, a True Immortal level expert, so Pi Yanping had been hesitant, unsure whether to join the Crooked Dragon's plan.
This time, while lurking nearby and seeing Aiger at his weakest, he finally made up his mind and joined the Crooked Dragon's plan.
"If you can leave here, can you take me with you too? I am a Cataclysm-level super-powered being. As long as I am willing to help you, the benefits you can gain are unimaginable."
The Crooked Dragon shook his head, "Before, I might have given you this chance. But after seeing what you've done since arriving in this world, I know you are a thoroughly dangerous individual."
"Collaborating with you, I might be killed off stealthily at any moment. No matter how many benefits there are, I won't be alive to enjoy them."
With that, the two began to erect a small altar and threw Aiger into the center of it.
Taking out the projection of the Bronze Wedge was not as simple as just killing Aiger. If killed, the projection would transfer to someone else. Instead, it required a simple ritual to extract it.
The first person to hold the projection of the Bronze Wedge could choose whether to return alone or to bring everyone with them.
Pi Yanping bustled about, filled with joy, never imagining that the Crooked Dragon had never intended to bring him out from the start.
The Crooked Dragon's true desire was to forever imprison this world with Ishna and the Night Knight.
Aiger's expression turned ashen. He now regretted not being killed by the Night Knight.
If he were to die at the hands of these two minor characters, his illustrious reputation would be ruined.
Thinking this, Aiger completely forgot that he himself had been a minor character not too long ago.
However, Aiger had not given up hope. He was working hard to recover his strength. As long as his strength recovered to a certain extent, he could escape from here.
Mere True Sequence super-powered beings could not comprehend the terror of a Cataclysm-level expert!
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While the three were harboring their own schemes, Wen Wen, hidden behind a tree, observed the entire scene. Wen Wen kept everything they said in mind.
When Wen Wen initiated the pursuit, he used the spatial abilities of the Blue Monster and the shadow abilities of Nie Ying. Even without activating Cataclysm mode, his speed was far superior to that of the Crooked Dragon and his companion.
Therefore, in the latter half, Wen Wen had been following the three of them, using the ability of 'Mystery' to conceal his aura, making it impossible for them to detect his presence.
Wen Wen's delay in acting was not due to his fear of their strength, but rather his desire to secretly observe how to leave this place.
Once the altar was half-built, Wen Wen had already deduced how to extract the phantom of the Bronze Wedge from Aiger's body.
The ritual to extract the projection used only an introductory rune formation. As a quasi-rune master, Wen Wen knew the entire formation the moment the Crooked Dragon drew the first stroke, how it should be activated, and what effects it would achieve.
This was why knowledge was power. If Wen Wen did not possess profound knowledge of runes, he would not have dared to easily act against the Crooked Dragon, as he would have no way to restore the ritual and would have thus cut off his path to leaving.
Confirming that he had thoroughly understood the entire ritual, Wen Wen quietly drew out the Blood River Sword, ready to strike a heavy blow against Pi Yanping and the Crooked Dragon at any moment.
These two were top-tier within the True Sequence level, and Aiger was lying there injured. Wen Wen's Cataclysm time was only ten minutes per day. To ensure no mistakes, he needed to first understand their abilities to ensure he could quickly subdue both of them after transforming.
The Crooked Dragon's lips were almost touching his ears with joy. This time, it was an accident that allowed a Cataclysm-level expert to infiltrate Yuliannu.
Previously, he had kept the Yuliannu passage open to ensure monsters could move freely in and out, as he believed that without his permission, no one from the Hunter Association could enter Yuliannu.
Once they were out, he would close the Yuliannu passage. Monsters entering and exiting would require his personal approval. Who else could possibly infiltrate?
He stood before the altar, carefully inputting energy to ignite the energy nodes of the rune formation.
Meanwhile, Pi Yanping continuously injected poison into Aiger, suppressing Aiger's ability to recover and preventing him from struggling forcefully.
Seeing this, Wen Wen couldn't help but curl his lips. Such a simple introductory formation was being treated as if it were some forbidden ritual.
As the last energy node was about to be lit, and the projection of the Bronze Wedge was about to be extracted from Aiger's body, Wen Wen flicked a booger at the altar.
The small altar immediately erupted in sparks, leaving Pi Yanping and the Crooked Dragon bewildered, completely unaware of what had happened.