Damn it, strike while the iron is hot even in death! (Seeking monthly votes, seeking collection)

"Hong, Hong Tao, I, I warn you... you, you had better not do anything reckless!"

"I, Little Fairy Doctor, have friends in Green Mountain Town!"

"If you dare to kill me, the others won't let you get away with it!"

Little Fairy Doctor had lived in Green Mountain Town for many years, always priding herself on her kindness and generosity.

Most of the mercenary squads in all of Green Mountain Town had been treated by her at some point, and all these people owed her a favor; if Hong Tao truly intended to kill her, there would inevitably be someone to avenge her.

"Hmph! Little Fairy Doctor, I admit that you have indeed helped many people, but..." Hong Tao said with a malicious glint in his eyes, "Compared to a Tier 2 medicinal herb, this price is one I am willing to pay!"

"After all, I am a powerful Dou Shi!"

"How many people do you think would make an enemy of a Dou Shi like me just for your sake?"

"Even if we take a step back, even if others were willing to avenge you, they would still have to know that it was I who killed you..."

"This is the Tier 3 zone of the Magical Beast Mountain Range; if you die here, who would ever know?" Hong Tao inched closer to Little Fairy Doctor, his face filled with ferocity.

"You, you, you... don't do anything reckless!" Looking at the menacing Hong Tao before her, Little Fairy Doctor's face turned pale, and she became flustered.

Her voice trembled, and her eyes darted around uncontrollably, searching for a way to escape.

"Enough, I don't have the patience to waste words with you anymore!"

"Hand over the Tier 2 medicinal herb in your hand immediately, or this time next year will be the anniversary of your death!" Hong Tao grew impatient and issued his final ultimatum to Little Fairy Doctor.

If Little Fairy Doctor remained stubborn, he would have no choice but to be ruthless!

"Boss, to just kill her like this would be such a waste."

"The brothers have been out with us for a long time and haven't had any fun."

"Why not let the brothers enjoy themselves first?"

The deputy captain of the mercenary squad spoke up suddenly.

He looked at Little Fairy Doctor with burning eyes, staring at the curves of her slender, graceful waist, and couldn't help but swallow hard.

Who in all of Green Mountain Town didn't know that the Little Fairy Doctor of the Myriad Medicine Pavilion was a beauty? It would be a pity to just let her die like this.

It would be better to let his men have their fill first.

"Oh?" Upon hearing this, Hong Tao raised an eyebrow, turned around, and said with a laugh, "Is that what you all think?"

"Yes!" the mercenary members behind him cheered excitedly.

"The captain is wise and mighty!!!"

"I want to be first!"

"I'll be second!"

"I..."

"You, you all stay back!" Pushed into a corner, Little Fairy Doctor looked at the twenty-plus men before her, her small face turning deathly pale as she screamed in terror.

"I'll give it to you! I'll give you the item, isn't that enough?!"

With tear-filled eyes, she hurriedly took the Tier 2 medicinal herb out of her small satchel and threw it to Hong Tao without hesitation.

"Hmph, if you had just handed it over so readily, wouldn't that have saved us all this trouble?" Hong Tao caught the Tier 2 medicinal herb and said unpleasantly.

"I've given you the item, can you let me go now?"

Although it was a pity to give up a Tier 2 medicinal herb for nothing, compared to her life and her purity, it didn't matter.

"Let you go?" Hong Tao stepped aside, clearing a path, "Of course, no problem!"

Little Fairy Doctor breathed a sigh of relief and was just about to turn and leave.

Suddenly, she saw the twenty-plus mercenary members surrounding her in a tight circle.

"Hong Tao, you went back on your word!" Little Fairy Doctor's face turned deathly pale as she roared angrily at Hong Tao.

"Of course I kept my word!" Hong Tao let out a booming laugh, "I promised to let you leave."

"But whether my men let you leave or not, that is none of my business..."

Hong Tao waved his hand with feigned helplessness. Little Fairy Doctor pressed her body tightly against the rock wall, watching in despair as the group of mercenaries slowly closed in on her.

"Stop! If you take one more step closer, I will swallow poison and kill myself!"

Looking at the men closing in, a flash of ruthlessness appeared in Little Fairy Doctor's eyes. She immediately pulled a vial of poison from her satchel and shouted at them, "Look closely, this is Spirit-Dissolving Powder that can kill a Tier 1 magical beast! If you come any closer, I will swallow it!"

"Even if I, Little Fairy Doctor, have to die, I will never let you defile me!"

Faced with Little Fairy Doctor's threat, the mercenary deputy captain laughed out loud, "If you take the Spirit-Dissolving Powder, you will suffer immense pain before you die."

"Your internal organs, your meridians, and even your bones will rot into blood."

"I don't believe you can endure that kind of pain!"

He laughed and shouted to the mercenaries behind him, "Brothers, it's been a long time since we've had any fun, hasn't it? Today, I'll let you all have a taste of the great beauty of Green Mountain Town!"

Amidst the cheers of the mercenary members, he stepped closer and closer to Little Fairy Doctor.

"Hmph!" Seeing that there was no escape, Little Fairy Doctor gritted her teeth and, right in front of everyone, swallowed the Spirit-Dissolving Powder in her hand. She then glared at them and spat, "See if I dare!"

"Even if I, Little Fairy Doctor, become a ghost, I will never let you off!"

As she spoke, hideous black venomous veins crawled across the surface of her body at a speed visible to the naked eye. This was the sign of the poison entering her system. The next second, her neck went limp, and she died right in front of them without any warning.

"Damn, this little wench actually dared to swallow it!" The mercenary vice-captain was completely stunned when he saw Little Fairy Doctor's corpse.

Swallowing Spirit-Dissolving Powder caused immense pain before death.

Even if an ordinary person were to commit suicide, they would never choose this method.

He never expected that someone would be so fierce as to dare to swallow such poison to end their own life.

"Damn it!" Looking at the corpse of Little Fairy Doctor lying on the ground, the mercenary vice-captain spat and cursed angrily, "So what if she's dead? I'll still enjoy myself while she's fresh!"

He had been out for so long that he was already bursting with pent-up frustration.

Now, let alone a freshly dead corpse, even if it were a female beast, he would have tried his luck regardless.

It's over, it's over. They won't even let me go after I'm dead?

What a beast!

Lying on the ground feigning death, Little Fairy Doctor felt the approaching footsteps, and her heart turned ice-cold.

Ever since she could remember, she had discovered that she was immune to all poisons.

No matter how terrifying the poison, it would not cause her the slightest harm.

At worst, it would only make her faint for a period of time, but after that passed, she would still be as lively as ever.

She had never told anyone this secret, specifically so she could "swallow poison to commit suicide" in times of crisis to protect herself.

This time was no exception.

To make it look realistic and to ensure she wouldn't be defiled after "death," she had even used Spirit-Dissolving Powder, a poison capable of leaving a large number of terrifying patterns on the surface of the body.

She had thought she could escape this disaster, but who would have thought that the person before her was a beast!

He wouldn't even spare a corpse?

It was over, it was truly over now!

Just as she lay desperately on the ground feigning death, wondering how she could escape the clutches of the devil, suddenly, a cool mountain breeze brushed against her cheek.

Lying on the ground, she had intended to make one last desperate struggle the moment the devil reached out his hand.

Yet, she waited for the duration of a cup of tea, and nothing happened.

The expected devilish hand did not arrive; instead, she was met with the cool breeze that blew through the mountain stream from time to time.

"Hm?"

She opened one eye and cautiously examined the outside.

To her astonishment, she discovered that the mercenary squad that had surrounded her in the mountain stream seemed to have been frozen, all of them stiff in place like lifeless statues.

"What is going on?"

She opened her eyes in confusion, slowly stood up, and curiously walked up to them to inspect them.

She was surprised to find that their faces still held their initial excitement, without a trace of fear.

It was as if everything had happened so suddenly that they hadn't even had time to react.

"How can this be?"

Little Fairy Doctor's small mouth parted slightly, her face filled with astonishment.

If not for the events that had just transpired, she would have found it hard to believe that these lifelike statues had once been living, breathing people.

"This place is strange; I must leave at once!"

Little Fairy Doctor's internal alarm bells rang loudly, and she looked around nervously.

Upon discovering no one else was there, she hurriedly took steps to leave.

"Leaving just like that without even saying thank you?"

"Is this how you treat your benefactor?"