U-Shaped Swamp (Part 2)
“Argh!”
Jiao Dahu, who spearheaded the assault, crashed into the ground, face turning yellow.
Jiao Dalang and Jiao Guanwen stopped as fast as they good, with the latter informing, “My Lord, we cannot get any closer.”
“I also breathed some in!” exclaimed Jiao Dalang, still able to stand on his feet but yellow lines started to emanate on his face.
“Stop crying over every small thing! Go around it!” ordered Jade Wyrm.
What could they do besides grit their teeth and try going around the poisonous mist. Mu Yu, of course, only left the opening to lure them into a hail of reeds. In addition, Mu Yu expedited the growth of every plant in the swamp, extending their reach toward his opponents.
“I won’t forget this! Retreat!” commanded Jade Wyrm, taking off the fastest.
Jiao Dalang wanted to save Jiao Dahu. Alas, Jiao Dahu was already surrounded in yellow mist, deterring Jiao Dalang.
“Good job, reeds,” praised Xiaoshuai.
Mu Yu tapped Elder Tiantu and his wife. “It’s all good now. We should get out of here now.”
“We’re dead. We’re dead. We’ve been poisoned,” cried Elder Tiantu.
“How? Your kind is born with a strong immunity to ruins poison,” Mu Yu notified.
“Really?”
“Okay, you tell me when a divine silkworm has been poisoned when other fiend races have.”
“There was… That… is true…”
Parasites never went near divine silkworms, let alone ruins poison. Thus, the two checked their status, then reverted to their human form.
“Can you hurry up? I need to help the doctor excrete his poison.” Mu Yu whipped out herbs that he prepared in advance and stabbed a reed into Elder Tiantu without a heads up. “I’m going to need to borrow some of your blood.”
“Ow!” screamed Elder Tiantu.
“Blegh! Once the doctor coughed up the last trace of poison in his body, he questioned, “That was a close call. Where are those unscrupulous dragons?”
“We kicked their behinds back to their den,” Xiaoshuai declared.
“Y-you drove them off?” stuttered the doctor, not privy to what occurred while he was in a daze due to the poison.
“How? Jade Wyrm is an Ascension Realm fiend!” contested Elder Tiantu.
“How do you think we rescued the fiend kings? You think they just woke up one day and strolled out like any other morning? It was all thanks to my amazing skills and Mu Yu’s courage,” claimed Xiaoshuai.
Mu Yu flicked Xiaoshuai’s head then asked, “Your two kids must still be asleep.”
“Doctor, can you please check my children?” begged Elder Tiantu.
The doctor injected the kids with a tiny amount of spiritual energy to inspect them. “They’re just weak. They must’ve had some blood drawn from them. Please tell me you know who’s responsible for your child’s death now.”
Hugging her child, Mrs. Tiantu tearfully conveyed, “Mu Yu, we apologise for falsely accusing you. We also owe you an apology for saving us despite the horrible things we did.”
“I… I… I’m sorry, Mu Yu. I lost my mind when I saw my child’s corpse. We’re sorry…” expressed Elder Tiantu, going pale in the face from embarrassment.
“Don’t worry about it. Anyone would’ve reacted similarly. You can ask them what happened during the kidnapping once the two come to,” replied Mu Yu, feeling somewhat guilty for turning the kids into instruments of revenge due to his grudge with Long Xingyun.
“Jade Wyrm won’t stop at anything to come after Sunshine Valley now that Archfiend Phoenix is out,” the doctor pointed out.
“Don’t worry. I gave him some more ruins poison, so it’ll take him a few days before he can start anything up again,” responded Mu Yu, taking one last vengeful glance at Jiao Dahu.
“They took a good amount of blood from us when they kidnapped us and know the formula now. Doesn’t that mean they’ll recover in no time?” voiced Mrs. Tiantu.
Mu Yu tugged up the corner of his lip. “Let them try.”
Mu Yu and the doctor exchanged eye contact. The doctor shook his head. “They will pay for their heinous deeds.”
***
“Jiao Guanwen, you remember the formula, right?” asked Jade Wyrm.
“Yes, My Lord,” replied Jiao Guanwen, maintaining formality despite his own suffering.
“Hurry up and concoct it, then! What are you waiting for? Once you’ve cured me, you can use the spare divine silkworm blood for yourself.”
After doing as he was told, Jiao Dalang and Jiao Guanwen looked on enviously as Yu Jialong consumed the antidote because the both of them were also in pain.
Jade Wyrm, feeling his blood roiling, told himself through his teeth, “This is normal.”
“It’s working… It’s working!” Jade Wyrm cheered, feeling the poison excretion.
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