Xiao Heng glanced at Nan He. Such an obvious attempt at provocation—did she really think he would not see through it?
"Fill in the details."
"Mm!" Nan He nodded. At this moment, she no longer harbored any petty schemes and explained the rules to Xiao Heng in full detail.
First, the fastest and most convenient publicly recognized method was to initiate a Poison King Battle—a duel. A duel could be initiated by a vote among all candidates, or by a single person. However, if it was initiated by one person alone, the challenger had to face everyone else. Though the battles were still one-on-one, facing consecutive opponents made the difficulty self-evident.
This was also why the Poison King, the strongest among them, had yet to seize the Poison Emperor's position through this method. He was confident he could defeat either the First Prince or the Second Prince, but if the two fought him one after another, he had no absolute certainty of victory.
As for Nan He, she had previously been an insignificant nobody. Though she occupied Myriad Poison Mountain, it was precisely because she was the weakest of the four candidates that she had been left here. Do not mistake occupying Myriad Poison Mountain for an advantage; it was actually nothing more than a restriction.
After all, under the watchful eyes of the other three factions, it was far too difficult to recruit allies or make other moves on Poison Emperor Mountain.
Naturally, their public explanation was that this was for her protection. Yet only a small number of people knew that this was really nothing more than a cage.
After hearing Nan He out, Xiao Heng looked at her again and said, "It seems your situation isn't as bad as you made it sound before."
"Hehe! I merely