Such humiliating tactics were far more disgusting than even the deranged Chu Xuanzhi.
Whenever Shen Yangge recalled Chu Xuanzhi arrogantly declaring that he should have been on their side, he could not help wanting to roll his eyes.
If that were true, he would have died without an intact corpse ages ago.
How could he still be standing here, safe and sound?
Someone seemed to have forgotten how he had courted death every step of the way, reflecting on life with a sense of undeserved relief.
As the saying went, the mantis stalked the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind it.
But everything that had just happened went far beyond that. It was an astonishing reversal on a grand scale.
Chu Xuanzhi laughed. He covered his mouth and nose with his hand, blood flowing between his fingers, but his gaze shifted from Chu Xuanzhen to Shen Yangge.
"Kneel and surrender?"
He pointed disdainfully at Chu Xuanzhen's arm. "Although I don't understand why you're fine after being infected with such potent Gu Poison..."
His lips spread into a deeply mocking smile.
"I imagine you aren't entirely fine. You crushed the creature I raised on poisoned blood. The toxins throughout its body have already seeped into your internal organs."
Shen Yangge had no time to speak. He climbed off the bed, walked over to Chu Xuanzhen, and seized his hand. Sure enough, somewhere he had not been able to see, blood-red, spiderlike markings were silently spreading. At the same time, the white venom of the Five Poison Insects showed signs of spreading again. The two kinds of Gu Poison were seeping into each other in Chu Xuanzhen's hand.
As they were about to merge, Chu Xuanzhi's smile slowly widened.
Just then, Chu Xuanzhen gripped the middle of his wrist with his other