The masked man, standing a short distance away, swiftly moved to the Poison Granny’s side. He crouched down, checking her breathing. Finding she was still alive, he let out a long sigh. He then turned, his gaze chillingly fixed on Old Huang.
Old Huang, noticing the masked man’s terrifying stare, immediately filled with dread. He shouted at the man, “What do you want?”
“Heh! What do I want? You quack nearly killed my Granny. I won’t let you leave here alive,” the masked man said darkly.
“You… you’re not keeping your word!”
Old Huang quickly stood up, moving away from the masked man.
“Haha…”
The masked man suddenly burst into laughter.
“Keeping my word? Is keeping my word more important than my Granny’s and my own life? If I let you leave, our secret will be exposed, bringing us endless trouble.”
“No, no, no! I swear to heaven, if you spare my life, I absolutely will not reveal anything that happened tonight,” Old Huang pleaded in a subservient tone.
However, the masked man had no intention of letting Old Huang go from the start.
“To ensure you keep a secret forever, there’s only one way—death,” the masked man said coldly.
As he spoke, he moved step by step closer to Old Huang.
Old Huang, who had been concealing a dagger, flicked his wrist, sending it flying towards the masked man’s chest. The masked man reacted with extreme speed, a swift sidestep dodging the dagger.
Following this, Old Huang bolted out of the dilapidated courtyard gate, and the masked man immediately pursued him.
Leng Ruo Li, hidden in the shadows, quickly retrieved a pistol from her system space and fired at the masked man. The bullet streaked directly towards his chest.
Suddenly, the Poison Granny, who had been lying on the ground,’s eyes snapped open. She immediately sat up and produced a flute, playing an extremely unpleasant tune.
Instantly, a swarm of poisonous insects and creatures, large and small, converged from all directions. They tightly surrounded the masked man, blocking the bullet for him, and then in a flash, whisked him away.
“Damn, damn, damn!”
These poisonous creatures raised by the Poison Granny were too formidable.
Leng Ruo Li hadn’t expected the Poison Granny to feign unconsciousness. Perhaps she had discovered her long ago.
Leng Ruo Li’s gaze swept across the entire alleyway. To her surprise, she didn't see her old apprentice running out.
Her brow immediately furrowed, and she inwardly cried out, not knowing where that old Huang fellow had run off to.
So, Leng Ruo Li looked back into the dilapidated courtyard. What she saw made her entire being freeze in astonishment.
“Damn it all!”
This guy had been captured. At this moment, Old Huang was also trapped by a swarm of poisonous creatures.
In an instant, this situation caused Leng Ruo Li a splitting headache.
At this moment, a hoarse voice echoed from within the courtyard again.
“Who’s in the shadows, get out here immediately. Otherwise, I’ll smash this old doctor to death with a single palm strike.” The masked man roared loudly into the air.
Just as Leng Ruo Li was pondering whether to reveal herself, a chilling, icy figure instantly appeared behind her, her gaze sharp and fixed upon her.
Leng Ruo Li immediately turned around, finding Jun Mo Han standing behind her, his expressionless face devoid of emotion.
Uh…
“Jun Mo Han, why are you here too?”
Unexpectedly, Jun Mo Han didn’t intend to engage with her. Instead, his gaze swept coldly over Leng Ruo Li, and he said frigidly, “Woman, you truly have the audacity.”
She dared to trail two assassins from the Dark Night Pavilion alone. It seemed she really was tired of living.
Jun Mo Han had originally come tonight to investigate the recent disappearances of several doctors in the capital. He had been searching the area when he suddenly heard the chirping of various flying insects from this direction. He immediately flew into this alley, his sharp eyes spotting Leng Ruo Li hiding in the shadows of a dilapidated corner, muttering, “Should I go out, should I go out…”
Instantly, his heart clenched, and he wished he could snatch her over and spank her soundly to teach her a lesson. He was so infuriated.
He, Jun Mo Han, had truly never seen such a foolish woman.
At this moment, the masked man’s voice sounded again from the dilapidated courtyard, “You two, come out quickly! I know where you are hiding?”
Subsequently, Jun Mo Han glanced at Leng Ruo Li and said faintly, “You stay outside; I’ll go in.”
With that, he channeled his Qinggong and soared over the dilapidated wall.
“I’m out now. Release Doctor Huang quickly.”
The Poison Granny and the masked man said in unison, “So it’s His Highness Prince Leng! Haha!”
Jun Mo Han’s icy gaze swept over the Poison Granny and the masked man, then looked at Doctor Huang.
At this moment, Doctor Huang was tightly encased in a cocoon of poisonous creatures, with only his closed-eyed head exposed.
“However, it’s impossible for us to release him. My group of treasures hasn’t eaten their fill today yet.”
“Did you kill the doctors who disappeared inexplicably in the city these past two days?”
Jun Mo Han’s cold, purple eyes instantly became like a bottomless abyss, exceptionally terrifying.
“That’s right! They were all useless. All of them, doctors with decades of experience, couldn’t even cure my injuries. What use are they? It’s better to kill them and use their corpses to feed my treasures.”
“What a deranged lunatic!”
Upon hearing this, Leng Ruo Li, standing at the corner of the wall, was so angry she almost jumped.
She immediately climbed onto the wall and pointed at the Poison Granny and the masked man, yelling, “You two inhuman lunatics, you’ve killed so many innocent lives.”
“You little slut, you’ve finally decided to show yourself. You injured my shoulder that night, causing me days of pain, and I haven’t settled the score with you yet. And here you are, delivering yourself.”
As the Poison Granny spoke these words, her gaze was like a venomous snake’s, as if she wished to devour Leng Ruo Li.
After finishing speaking, she raised her flute to her lips and began to blow.
In the blink of an eye, poisonous creatures of all sizes from the surroundings flew towards Leng Ruo Li.
Originally, Leng Ruo Li had intended to test the effects of several new poison powders she had recently developed, and had deliberately come out to provoke the Poison Granny. She hadn't expected that before the poisonous creatures could get close to her, Jun Mo Han would gather a surge of internal energy, killing half of them.
Alas…
It couldn’t be helped; people with powerful internal energy were indeed formidable!
Seeing that so many of her beloved creatures had died again, the Poison Granny was heartbroken. These treasures had been carefully nurtured with numerous corpses, and only a small number had grown. She had come to the capital once, and more than half of her treasures had died.
She truly hated Leng Ruo Li and Jun Mo Han, wishing she could kill them immediately and feed them to her treasures.
“Tonight, even if I have to risk my old life, Poison Granny will make sure you are killed.”
Subsequently, the Poison Granny picked up her flute and played another, different tune.
A dense swarm of scorpions converged from all directions, forming a vast army of scorpions.
“Jun Mo Han, don’t steal my thunder this time. Let this old lady show off her skills once.”
“…”
It seemed his earlier concern for her had been unnecessary; she was quite formidable.
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