Ye Lin's single sentence laid bare the truth.
The true use of the Poison Dao was to use poison to enslave all living beings, then, in the end, sacrifice every living being one had enslaved and use the power gained from that sacrifice to take the final step.
Though this method was exceedingly cruel, there were three thousand Great Daos, and plenty were even more brutal than the Poison Dao. The Poison Dao was merely one of them.
Yet he had never dared to use this method openly, because once it was discovered, he likely would not live much longer.
Moreover, this method was part of Poison Venerable's inheritance. Even ordinary prodigies who walked the Poison Dao could not possibly know of it, for this information had long since been lost.
How did Ye Lin know something so secret?
"You needn't worry about how I know. Are you really willing to keep being hunted like this?"
Hearing Poison Venerable's question, Ye Lin merely gave a mysterious smile and asked in return.
"What do you mean?"
Seeing Ye Lin's unusually "kind" smile, Poison Venerable's heart skipped a beat.
"What's the point of hiding and running? We'll kill our way through—kill until they tremble with fear, until they no longer dare pursue us."
Ye Lin's voice brimmed with killing intent. The icy chill within it made even Poison Venerable shudder.
Ye Lin had already decided to gather momentum—kill his way onward and build an invincible bearing for himself, then crush Jian Unrivaled with absolute combat power. In this way, he would advance from the Hundred Cities Alliance toward the Thousand Cities Alliance.
This Central Domain of the Demon Domain would be the first step on his path to invincibility.
Looking at Ye Lin's back, Poison Venerable was full of confusion. Weren't they