Zhao Wumian was disgusted by Yue You and loudly called for guards to come in and take Yue You away.
Hearing his call, more than a dozen ability users rushed in from outside, surrounding Yue You.
One wood-element ability user attempted to summon vines to bind Yue You.
"My ability is gone."
To their horror, their abilities were completely unresponsive. Not only were there no vines, but not even a single leaf appeared.
"Hahaha, Wumian, stop struggling. Don't you know yet?
They've been given ability inhibitors by me. Now they're weaker than ordinary people. Calling them in is useless."
Seeing the ability users collapse to the ground as the drug took effect, Yue You laughed maniacally.
"Including you. Didn't you ask what I put in the chrysanthemum tea? I added a concentrated inhibitor.
I know your level is high, so I bribed a laboratory pharmacist to condense a hundred doses of inhibitor into a single pill.
I put it in your chrysanthemum tea. You want to make a move on me? Don't bother. With such a strong dose, you can barely stand.
I'd be heartbroken if you fell. Rest for a while.
When Yin Qing controls the ability users outside, I'll take you with me. We'll live together forever, just the two of us."
Thinking of the future days with Zhao Wumian, Yue You danced with excitement, his eyes shining.
"Yin Qing, she was involved too? You want to take me away?
If you say you love me, why betray me? What is this for?"
After hearing Yue You's words, Zhao Wumian's emotions calmed down. He asked with interest.
He couldn't understand what Yue You was thinking. If he loved him, shouldn't he wholeheartedly assist him?
Why did he want to take him away? He suspected Yue You was being manipulated by Yin Qing.
"I found Yin Qing. I wasn't manipulated by her. I want to take you away, to control you.
Because I discovered that you haven't told me everything. You've been hiding things from me.
I want to control all of you. You are mine, mine! I won't allow you to have secrets I don't know.
I always thought you were special to me, that you'd share everything with me.
But I was wrong. I'm not important to you at all. You've been hiding many things from me.
To avoid losing you, I can only take you away from here.
Don't blame me. Everything I've done is because I love you!"
Yue You understood Zhao Wumian very well. Seeing his confusion, he explained with a look of disappointment.
"What are you waiting for? I've already controlled the ability users outside. Hurry up and take him away."
At this moment, a vast power of mountains and rivers spread in from outside the room, and Yin Qing's figure appeared.
She had been observing from the shadows, preparing for both scenarios. If Zhao Wumian was controlled, she would make her move, and the Azure Dragon Base would be hers.
If Yue You failed, she would flee immediately, far from the Azure Dragon Base.
Fortunately, Yue You succeeded. She immediately summoned her Azure Lotus, spreading the power of mountains and rivers throughout the entire base, suppressing all ability users.
Seeing Yue You dawdling and confessing his feelings to Zhao Wumian, she grew impatient and came in to urge him.
Zhao Wumian's abilities were suppressed. Within the entire base, only her ability level was the highest, so Yin Qing spoke without reservation.
"We'll leave immediately. The Azure Dragon Base is yours."
Yue You didn't care about Yin Qing's attitude. His mind was entirely on Zhao Wumian.
He walked over and tried to grab Zhao Wumian's arm and put it on his shoulder.
He knew Zhao Wumian was weak now, so he wanted to carry him away. The car was already outside the room, he had prepared everything.
Before his hand could even touch Zhao Wumian's clothes, a powerful force directly sent him flying.
"Your ability wasn't suppressed?"
Yin Qing cried out in shock. It was Zhao Wumian who had sent Yue You flying.
Yin Qing's previously joyous heart plummeted to the bottom, and she felt a chill run through her.
She suddenly remembered something they had overlooked. She had long suspected that Zhao Wumian was not human.
Calculating from when Cui Wei was placed in the underground of Yuncheng, it had been hundreds of years.
For a normal human, even with longevity, several generations would have died by now.
But Zhao Wumian, who looked no older than twenty-something, or thirty at most.
This all indicated that Zhao Wumian was not human, but a monster.
Even with a high dosage, the drug used to suppress human abilities would have no effect on him.
Yin Qing's guess was correct. The inhibitor Yue You put in the chrysanthemum tea had no effect on Zhao Wumian.
He was merely disgusted by Yue You, not wanting to see him or touch him, lest he dirty his eyes and hands.
So he summoned the ability users outside to take Yue You away. Little did he know that Yue You had not only drugged him but also the guards outside.
Not only that, but he had also colluded with Yin Qing to deal with him.
And he was disgusted by Yue You trying to grab his arm. Zhao Wumian could no longer hold back and sent Yue You flying with a palm strike in mid-air.
Yin Qing, after understanding the situation, unleashed the power of mountains and rivers, surging towards Zhao Wumian.
Ignoring the spitting blood Yue You, she retreated rapidly, attempting to escape.
At this moment, her only thought was to leave the Azure Dragon Base quickly, or she would be the one to die.
"Still trying to leave?"
Zhao Wumian roared. Five-colored light flickered in the room, and a feather appeared.
The mountain and river power from the Azure Lotus instantly dissipated. The wind element sealed the entire room, trapping Yin Qing inside.
A flash of light appeared on Yin Qing's forehead. The Azure Lotus detached itself and slammed towards Zhao Wumian.
She was desperate, willing to sacrifice the Azure Lotus for a chance to escape.
Zhao Wumian extended his right hand, and a vortex of wind appeared, trapping the palm-sized Azure Lotus within.
Yin Qing felt the connection between her and the Azure Lotus severed. However, she couldn't concern herself with that now.
Zhao Wumian was thoroughly enraged and would surely kill her. The immediate priority was to escape.
So her wood-element ability erupted, and countless vines appeared, attempting to break through the wind element's seal.
However, as soon as the vines appeared, they were shredded by the wind element. She felt a stinging pain within her body.
All the blood in her body transformed into steel needles, shooting out from her heart and blood vessels.
It was Zhao Wumian using his metal-element ability, converting her blood into steel needles through elemental transformation, piercing her internal organs and body.
Yin Qing let out a howl. Her body was riddled with holes, yet not a drop of blood flowed out.
She lay on the ground, recalling all the scenes from her past and present lives. She closed her eyes in unwilling resignation.
She finally understood. Cannon fodder was just cannon fodder. Without the protagonist's halo, a comeback was impossible.
"Do you know why I saved you, kept you by my side, and didn't kill you even though you disgusted me?"
After killing Yin Qing, Zhao Wumian, holding the Azure Lotus, approached the dying Yue You and looked down at him.