“Take your life with my own hands?”
Seeing Ye Ling abandon his defenses, Ji Ning couldn't help but be stunned. “Have you resigned yourself to fate?”
She had clashed with Ye Ling many times and knew that he was the type of person who would never surrender, even in a desperate situation, and always found a way out.
Although the current situation was Ye Ling's most dire predicament, Ji Ning had a nagging feeling that Ye Ling must have a plan.
Ye Ling was bluffing!
For a moment, Ji Ning hesitated, not daring to strike.
Meanwhile, Zhou Wen, who was watching the spectacle, frowned slightly and urged Ji Ning, “Boss Ji, Brother Ye has already given up resisting and handed the blade to you. Why haven't you acted yet?”
“What are you hesitating for?”
Prompted by Zhou Wen, Ji Ning trembled slightly. She then condensed an ice spear in her hand and simultaneously formed an ice armor around herself, guarding against a sneak attack from Ye Ling.
Seeing Ji Ning’s cautious demeanor, a hint of impatience flashed in Zhou Wen’s eyes. He roared, “Ji Ning, Ye Ling isn't even a peak expert now, and he's already given up resisting. As a peak expert, why are you being so indecisive?”
“You're a disgrace to peak experts! If you don't dare to do it, let me!”
Angered by Zhou Wen's outburst, Ji Ning no longer dared to hesitate. She gripped the ice spear and thrust it towards Ye Ling!
A flash of ice light streaked across, and the ice spear pierced Ye Ling’s chest!
Purple blood splattered from Ye Ling’s body.
“Ten Thousand Poisons Blood?”
Upon seeing the purple blood, Zhou Wen’s expression shifted slightly. He immediately retreated, fearing he might be contaminated by Ye Ling’s blood!
“This madman, he hid the toxins of the Ten Thousand Poisons Beast within his own bloodline?” Zhou Wen saw through Ye Ling’s stratagem at the first moment and exclaimed.
At this instant, he felt incredibly fortunate that it was Ji Ning who had made the move, not himself!
“Cough!!!”
Ye Ling seized the opportunity to spit blood onto Ji Ning. The purple, poisonous blood rapidly melted Ji Ning’s ice armor and came into contact with her skin.
*Sizzle!*
Ji Ning’s skin was quickly corroded by the poisonous blood. The toxins of the Ten Thousand Poisons Beast invaded Ji Ning’s vital meridians at an extremely rapid pace.
Intense pain furiously stimulated Ji Ning’s nerves!
The poison of the Ten Thousand Poisons Beast was a supreme toxin from the Upper Realm, capable of killing peak experts. Furthermore, Ji Ning had been completely unprepared for it, falling victim immediately!
“This, this is…”
Sensing the invasion of the potent poison, Ji Ning’s face turned fearful, and she tried to distance herself from Ye Ling.
“Senior Ji, don’t be so hasty to run…”
Ye Ling tightly grasped Ji Ning’s hand. A large amount of venom surged from Ye Ling’s palms, coiling around Ji Ning and piercing her skin.
“No, no… Let go of me! You scoundrel!”
Ji Ning roared and struggled frantically. However, from the moment the potent poison invaded, Ji Ning had lost most of her strength.
She was utterly unable to break free from Ye Ling!
“Ji Ning! You’re beyond saving! Kill Ye Ling quickly, and at least I can regain my freedom!” Zhou Wen, who had retreated to a safe distance, saw Ji Ning entangled by the Ten Thousand Poisons Beast’s deadly toxin and assumed Ji Ning was doomed. He hastily urged Ji Ning.
Ji Ning, already in a state of extreme panic, became even more flustered upon hearing Zhou Wen’s words. She tightened her grip on the ice spear, preparing to deliver a final blow to Ye Ling.
“Kid, since you want to drag me down with you in death, I’ll grant your wish. Let’s perish together!” Madness flickered in Ji Ning’s eyes as she prepared to use her remaining strength to destroy Ye Ling’s soul!
However, just as Ji Ning was about to strike, Ye Ling suddenly transmitted his voice, “Senior Ji, you don’t actually want to die, do you?”
“We’re in this situation, what’s the point of saying that to me?” Ji Ning retorted angrily.
“I just want to say, if you let me live this time, I’ll help you get rid of the poison you’ve contracted. How about it?” Ye Ling chuckled.
“Why should I believe you? You’ve lied to me countless times.”
“You’ve lied to me quite a few times too,” Ye Ling lightly laughed. “But this time, we are sharing life and death together. Either we both die, or we both live. I want to live, anyway. I just don’t know if Senior Ji has lived enough?”
“I…”
Ji Ning fell silent.
She… had been swayed by Ye Ling once again.
Seeing Ji Ning’s silence, Ye Ling knew he had successfully grasped her weakness. He pressed his advantage, saying, “Senior Ji, I know you desperately want to kill me, but there’s no need to pay with your own life… We can survive this together. Next time, you can still kill me.”
“As the saying goes, a gentleman’s revenge is never too late… Senior Ji, are you sure you want to stake your life here?”
Under Ye Ling’s subtle persuasion, Ji Ning finally wavered.
She did not wish to die. She transmitted her voice to Ye Ling, asking, “What do you want me to do?”
“It’s very simple. You teleport me away, and as I leave, I will take the toxins from your body with me,” Ye Ling said quickly.
“Why should I believe you?” Ji Ning asked coldly. “If you teleport away, what if the toxins remain in me?”
“Wouldn’t that be fulfilling your wish for nothing?”
Ye Ling smiled. “Don’t worry, these toxins are all connected to me. As long as I distance myself from you, the toxins in your body will also distance themselves with me. If you don’t believe me, you can carefully observe those toxins.”
Hearing Ye Ling’s words, Ji Ning immediately calmed her mind and looked inward at the toxins invading her vital meridians. She discovered that those toxins were indeed still connected to Ye Ling’s soul.
“Did I lie to you? After all, this concerns my own life and death. You save me, and I save your life. We’ll still be enemies in the future, and our relationship won’t change.”
“Senior Ji, let’s have a true collaboration, shall we?” Ye Ling said earnestly, his tone incredibly sincere.
Ji Ning felt her vitality weakening by the moment. She took a deep breath and then said, “Alright! Let’s collaborate! I’ll open a spatial channel for you later, and you get lost quickly!”
Ye Ling chuckled. “Remember not to let Zhou Wen detect it beforehand. He definitely won’t let me leave. If I don’t escape successfully, Senior Ji Ning, you’ll be finished too.”
“You don’t need to remind me of that. Prepare yourself!”
Ji Ning said coldly, then activated her remaining strength, preparing to teleport Ye Ling to a distant location.
“Ji Ning? What are you still hesitating for? Kill Ye Ling quickly!”
Zhou Wen, seeing that Ji Ning had not yet delivered the killing blow to Ye Ling, his eyes grew darker. He urged her sternly.
However, at this moment, Ye Ling was surrounded by poisonous mist, and Zhou Wen dared not approach him easily, only able to shout from the sidelines.
“Stop the nonsense!”
Ji Ning roared, then, in front of Zhou Wen, opened a spatial channel behind Ye Ling and pushed him into it!
“Ji Ning!!!”
Zhou Wen’s pupils contracted sharply, and he roared furiously!
The instant Ye Ling entered the spatial channel, he immediately used runes to conceal his aura and disrupt Ji Ning’s teleportation coordinates.
“Senior Ji, pleased to collaborate!”
Ye Ling smiled weakly at Ji Ning, then, carrying Ji Ning’s toxins, vanished into the spatial turbulence.