The Time Had Come, Standing By

Jade Valley.

Near the pale green lake, countless poisonous insects continuously gathered, crawling toward a patch of open ground by the shore, as though something there was drawing them closer.

After some poisonous insects approached a certain spot, they collapsed one after another and stopped moving. Yet the poisonous insects behind them still crawled forward in wave after wave, fearless of death.

The direction in which these poisonous insects crawled was where a jade box had been placed. Inside the jade box lay a pitch-black pill, with wisps of black medicinal vapor occasionally rising from it. Once those poisonous insects came into contact with the black vapor, they fell dead one after another.

The black medicinal vapor contained a deadly poison, enough to poison all those insects to death.

Yet not far away, a Black Nine-Segmented Long Snake saw this and still continued crawling toward the black pill.

It was not only the Black Nine-Segmented Long Snake. Crimson Centipedes, Colorful Spiders, Black Ice Silkworms, and other creatures were also drawing close to the black pill.

A broad stretch around these poisonous creatures had been left empty, for every poisonous insect that approached had died. Even the poisonous plants had suffered the same fate.

Wherever it passed, not a blade of grass remained.

After several poisonous creatures neared the black pill, they immediately began fighting one another, all for the black pill at the center.

As the black medicinal vapor drifted over these poisonous creatures, expressions of contentment appeared on their faces. None of them were poisoned into collapse.

Fight already!

Eunuch Cao watched the many poisonous creatures gather, silently urging them on.

His gaze remained fixed on the Azure Horned Serpent. He hoped it would suffer some losses during the struggle and sustain some injuries in the end. That way,