Making up yesterday's fourth update: 2514! 4/4!
"So soon? Looks like even Zhou Xin couldn't hinder you in the slightest."
The moment the two stepped into Seventh Mountain, their first impression was... heat!
It was not pure heat, but a dry, stifling heat that involuntarily made one restless and irritable. Wu Meier, in particular, felt uncomfortable all over. She tugged at the tightly fastened collar around her neck and, if not for Xu Kun shooting her a glare, would have nearly torn it off.
"Remember, this is your life-saving charm. If you dare take it off, I guarantee you won't live past the next second."
Pah! What an ugly, vile man!
Wu Meier grumbled inwardly, but no matter how irritated she felt, she did not dare gamble with her own life.
She would just treat the collar as his way of caring for her.
Within the bizarre space inside the mountain, the red-haired, thick-bearded Southern Plague God Li Qi appeared, carrying the Irritation Banner on his back and riding a Unicorn Rhinoceros, accompanied by the forty Plague Witches of Seventh Mountain.
"This junior, Xu Kun, greets Senior Southern Plague God Li Qi."
"No need for formalities. Since you have come to Seventh Mountain, do you dare enter my Irritation Banner?"
Li Qi removed the Irritation Banner from his back and gave it a wave.
Ripples spread through the air. Though they felt no change in their bodies, heat waves seemed to churn within their hearts, as though blazing flames were scorching them from the inside.
Xu Kun sensed the Wuzhong Heart Flame beating rapidly at that moment. Smiling, he said, "Why wouldn't I?"
As he spoke, he tightened his grip on the end of the rope.
Wu Meier stumbled. Ignoring the suffocating sensation around her neck, she glared at