Had someone of another race held this scepter, Qi Song would not have been so wary. But the one wielding it now happened to be a merfolk.
If an ordinary person could unleash only half a tenth of the scepter's power, a member of the Merfolk Tribe could unleash half.
Even if its wielder's cultivation was not particularly advanced, the scepter's own power could make up for much of what they lacked in combat strength.
Looking at the scepter, Su Jiu suddenly laughed. "Queen, sometimes I really do wonder how your mind works. You have such a deadly weapon, yet instead of using it against that water snake with its watered-down cultivation, you turn it on us. Do you truly think we're so weak and easy to bully?"
The Queen pressed her lips together without a word.
Jiao Zhu shot Su Jiu a fierce look, as though she wanted to slice her apart piece by piece, and said coldly, "Unfortunately, things didn't turn out as you wished. Mother passed this Magic Staff to me after all.
"And let me tell you something else. To be perfectly honest, I hate you.
"Even if you are Brother Chu's martial niece, I hated you from the very first moment I saw you."
"But what does your hatred have to do with me? Plenty of people hate me. Who the hell do you think you are?"
Jiao Zhu's eyes had gradually turned half red. Before everyone's eyes, she raised the scepter high, her face twisting viciously. "Anyone I can't stand, anyone I hate, should disappear from this world. You are no exception."
The scepter in Jiao Zhu's hand began gathering the surrounding water spiritual qi.
Su Jiu turned and retreated, simultaneously sending a streak of Sword Qi straight at the scepter in Jiao Zhu's