At those words, the Hidden Star crowd, brimming with killing intent, froze on the spot. One by one, they whipped their heads around to look at Shu Guangye.
Then, all of them widened their eyes.
They saw Shu Guangye, whom Han Guanglei had thrown out, slowly rise to his feet, his face filled with grim killing intent.
Meanwhile, high in the sky...
Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor, who had been gloating, crazily widened his eyes, while Zhou Xiu and his wife, who had seemed to have everything under control, also stood there with their mouths agape.
Sikong Jing smiled and asked, "Heavenly Heart, Sect Master Shu is also very convincing when he plays dead. Don't you think?"
Crack, crack, crack...
At Sikong Jing's words, Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor stiffly straightened his neck.
His old face had turned deathly pale, and his heart sank completely to the bottom. Only then did he realize he had been played.
Zhou Xiu reacted at once as well. Unable to believe it, he asked, "Y-you, how did you discover the poison pearl? And how did you detoxify him in such a short time? That poison was made by our own hands."
Why had Zhou Xiu and his wife, Heavenly Heart Sacred Ancestor, and Han Guanglei been so confident?
It was because the poison injected into Shu Guangye's body had been personally extracted and crafted by Zhou Xiu from beast venom. It was a poisoning method that did not belong to the Desolate Sea Forbidden Land. As long as the poison pearl remained inside him, Shu Guangye was certain to die.
There simply could not be an antidote.
Even if an antidote could be developed, it could not possibly be done in such a short time.
Yet Shu Guangye had clearly been poisoned, and still he had