Primordial World: I, an Iron-Eating Beast, Had My Thoughts Overheard by Houtu. Chapter 591: The plan failed.
When Gungun heard Zhunti beg Hongjun to grant him one of these so-called Heavenly Dao Divine Pills as well, an extraordinarily colorful expression spread across the beast's big, fat face, which was turned toward the floor.
Heavens, was the kalpa that terrifying? Even a Saint had lost the will to live and wanted to seek his own death?
That Heavenly Dao Divine Pill was plainly the red pill Hongjun had originally brought out for the Three Pure Ones to swallow after the Investiture of the Gods war. It was also called the Saint-Felling Pill, and, as its name suggested, it could kill even a Saint. If Gungun remembered correctly, Hongjun had said that if the Three Pure Ones attacked one another again, the Saint-Felling Pills would take effect and claim their lives.
If one examined that statement closely, didn't it mean that once they swallowed the Saint-Felling Pills, their lives would be in Hongjun's hands? If Hongjun wished, he could poison them to death at any moment.
"Hiss... how terrifying!" Gungun exclaimed inwardly in horror.
With three Saints' lives in Hongjun's hands, who could possibly threaten him?
No one. Not a single soul!
So...
"I absolutely cannot let the Three Pure Ones swallow those pills!" Gungun resolved inwardly, then slowly raised that head to look at the Three Pure Ones.
Nearby, as she heard one thought after another from Gungun, Houtu remained as calm as still water on the surface, but towering floods had already surged through her heart.
A Saint-Felling Pill? A pill that could poison a Saint to death? Was that really possible?
While Gungun fretted and Houtu reeled in shock, Hongjun turned toward Zhunti from the main seat and answered