Chapter 424: Heartbreak

With the help of the Blood Lotus detoxification medicine, everyone wobbled to their feet, feeling the power of recovery.

Zhang Mu retracted the roots of the Blood Lotus, glanced at the still quiet sea of plants, and remained vigilant.

What about the Ginseng King?

Its toxins have been released, why hasn’t it appeared yet?

Is it in that sea of plants?

Zhang Mu is now considering whether to disturb the eerie sea of plants again, but he is not alone this time. There are thirty-nine second-rank evolvers here, and after expelling the toxins just now, they now only have about half of their strength left.

If a big creature comes out, Zhang Mu cannot guarantee that there will be no casualties.

“Everyone, leave this place for now. Immunity to these toxins is not permanent. The toxins in the air will invade your bodies again after four minutes.”

A group of people all nodded in agreement, nobody wanted to experience that feeling of losing all their strength again.

As for the guy named Horsey Evolver, Zhang Mu really didn’t help him. The other thirty-eight Evolvers had all been cleared of the poison once, but this guy still had a stiff body.

Most people were already starting to leave the rocky formation when this man suddenly burst out in anger.

“Zhang Mu, you…!”

But as he started speaking, he felt a strong gust of wind, and with fear, he saw Zhang Mu’s icy face silently appear in front of him, a chilling intent slowly emanating from Zhang Mu.

“No… you can’t kill me… According to the rules of the contest, if you kill me, you will be disqualified.”

Sensing Zhang Mu’s intense intent to kill, the man no longer had his earlier arrogance and tried to threaten Zhang Mu with the rules of the contest.

This rule seemed like something Hachikuju had mentioned to Zhang Mu at the beginning, but he never expected someone from Su Rui’s group, who usually relied on just brute force, to act so recklessly now.

Zhang Mu didn’t understand what was wrong with this person, why he kept needlessly antagonizing him time and time again.

“I won’t kill you, but if a mutant plant does, it shouldn’t break the rules of the challenge.”

Zhang Mu’s voice slowly rang in the ears of a man named Evolver, he grabbed him by the collar and walked towards the Plant Sea.

From Zhang Mu’s expression, it seemed like he wanted to feed him to the Plant Sea as fertilizer.

“Please, Zhang Mu, don’t do this. I spoke out of turn. Please spare me.”

Even the man hadn’t expected that Zhang Mu would actually try to get rid of him in front of dozens of second-rank Evolvers and hundreds of thousands of city dwellers, his attitude changed as he begged.

“Alright, I’ll let you go in a while.”

A nameless anger was burning in Zhang Mu’s heart, for some reason, he felt the need to kill the person in his hand to find peace. Earlier he was just a bit angry, but now he was pushed to this extreme.

The most terrifying part was that his escalating anger was influencing his actions, something he wasn’t even aware of himself.

“Zhang Mu, please, show me some mercy. I am one of your people.”

Su Rui’s calm voice was heard from behind, but Zhang Mu continued walking without slowing down, getting closer and closer to the location of the Plant Sea, until he finally stopped.

Slowly raising his arm, he grabbed the mane of the horse’s neck, ready to throw it.

The horse’s face turned red, pleading hard, “It wasn’t me… I was forced… Please…”

“Save me…”

The horse’s gaze fell on a spot behind Zhang Mu, but at that moment, Zhang Mu only saw himself and the sea of plants, wanting to calm himself by the person’s death.

“Su Rui, what are you doing!”

Suddenly, the drowsy Zhang Mu heard the cries of Hachikuju and others behind him, and he became slightly more awake.

A dagger with a sharp metal blade flashed into his back, piercing through his chest without any resistance.

There was no pain; for the first time, Zhang Mu felt a chilling sensation, as he heard a familiar voice from behind.

“I’ve been saying, it would have been nice if you had given me some face, so it wouldn’t have ended up like this.”

As his vitality slowly faded, Zhang Mu’s consciousness gradually returned. He half-knelt down, his knees heavily hitting the ground, looking at Su Rui in disbelief as he walked towards him.

Relying on the Blood Lotus to sense the gradual loss of his vitality, it slowly infused vitality into his body, helping him to barely recover.

However, the dagger pierced through Zhang Mu’s heart, and the Blood Lotus only managed to delay his death for a while.

“You used a mental attack to make me relax my guard, but you shouldn’t have.”

“Shouldn’t you have reacted even to a simple close combat attack with an ordinary dagger from me?”

Su Rui took over Zhang Mu’s words and continued calmly, “I know, dear brother Zhang Mu has an awakening ability in mental defense. It’s a pity that it doesn’t seem to trigger automatically, otherwise I wouldn’t have been able to succeed so easily.”

Without a sound behind them, the air suddenly became more potent with poison. They barely managed to warn Zhang Mu, but then lost their strength, only being able to helplessly watch as Zhang Mu, who was completely unaware of the danger, was ambushed by Su Rui from behind.

Su Rui looked down at Zhang Mu, even with fresh blood on his hands, still wearing a smile as if nothing had happened.

“I didn’t have to explain to you, Zhang Mu, but I appreciate you. I’ll tell you a bit so you can close your eyes.”

Zhang Mu snorted, “Then we should thank Su Rui City Master for his generosity.”

Su Rui looked surprised at Zhang Mu, who, despite bleeding continuously, still had strength to reply.

“I see you’re very resilient. I’ll speak slowly, let’s see if you can hold on until I finish.”

Su Rui paused for a moment, then continued speaking in a very calm tone.

“Originally, I couldn’t break through your mental defenses because of your strong will. But, Zhang Mu, did you forget about the scent of flowers in the air?”

It’s a type of poison that not only enters your body, but also your mind.

Once the person is poisoned, any hint of anger will cause the poison to spread infinitely without the person realizing it.

I made the horsehair provoke you. There are only two situations in the world where there is no emotional response.”

Robot or dead person.

Zhang Mu definitely isn’t in either of those situations. Under the influence of medicine, my illusions can easily invade your mind, so you can’t even notice my approach.”

So that’s it. The poison of the Ginseng King has grown so much compared to back then. It not only affects the body, but also has a dangerous impact on the mind.

“You’re still not dead, I really don’t want you to die, if it wasn’t for…”

At this point, Su Rui suddenly stopped talking, smiling as he looked at Zhang Mu’s increasingly pale face.

“You’re about to die.”

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