[Plague Envoy]!

Although Ruan Xian was famous far and wide in Wunan, Su Tai had also heard of him.

He was an emotionally detached person, an absolute pervert and murderer who enjoyed raping and killing others for pleasure. He did this not only to his enemies and outsiders, but sometimes even to his own relatives, forcing the Ruan Clan clan to flee to Wenqian Prefecture.

His deceased daughter, Ruan Wen, was rumored to have had an affair with him as well...

The thought of this made Su Tai feel nauseous.

"Let's change the terms."

He forced a smile, suppressing his disgust, and said, "I might agree."

"This is the only acceptable condition."

Ruan Xian chuckled, picked at his ear with his little finger, and said casually, "Speaking of which, on my way here, I heard an interesting story from Nabang Province. Would you like to hear it, Master Su?"

Su Tai frowned but remained silent.

Ruan Xian continued speaking to himself, "... About a week ago, a young man from Wuda Prefecture, carrying a broken stone he had picked up from who-knows-where, boldly went to ask Wengzan's Peng La slayer for a reward."

As a result, he clashed with the Peng La army, and tsk tsk tsk, he was beaten to death right there in the street...

Ruan Xian blinked, staring at Su Tai, and asked curiously, "Master Su, that kid who came from Wuda Island, could he be related to your Black Killing Style?"

"?!!"

Upon hearing this, Su Tai was stunned and speechless.

If Su Tai still held a sliver of hope for the missing Sha Lie, that hope has now been utterly shattered.

"... I know what you wanted to do by sending someone to Nabang to request an audience with Peng La?"

Ruan Xian squatted down, staring at the mouthful of black blood that Su Tai had just vomited, where white maggots were wriggling.

"I just wanted to remove the poison from your body, you should have told me, Master Su."

The antidote isn't something only that Nabang has...

Are you telling the truth?

Su Tai suddenly looked up.

Ruan Xian smiled and raised a finger, then shook it.

"Only if you agree to my conditions first..."

Su Tai didn't speak, standing there in silence for a long time.

Finally, turning his back, he slowly uttered, "I... I'll think about it."

I'll give you time to think about it.

Ruan Xian clapped his hands, stood up, and strode out of the dojo.

But... don't think about it for too long.

My patience is limited...

In the blink of an eye, Ruan Xian disappeared at the entrance of the dojo. Inside the broken and chaotic dojo, only Su Tai and the cold corpse of the maid lying on the ground remained.

"[Plague Envoy]?"

In a warehouse belonging to the Red Ba Gang in the Pawan District, Cheng Sheng had just completed a small ritual, stared with a strange light at the grayish-white fly that had landed on the back of his finger.

He "inquired" with his Abyss "encyclopedia," and the answer he received was that his Hell Plague Fly had transformed into a more powerful Abyss species— the Plague Envoy!

"... Generally speaking, there is only a very small chance that one ' Plague Envoy ' will be born from one of the ten thousand fly eggs laid by the Hell Fly Mother."

The "Plague Envoy Plague Fly" is more powerful and terrifying than ordinary Hell Plague Fly; it is almost a physical manifestation of the "plague" itself...

"I didn't even have a female fly, yet out of twenty-one Plague Fly, one became a ' Plague Envoy '."

The remaining twelve survivors also clearly showed signs of transforming into "Plague Envoy"...

"This can't be explained by simple good luck."

Cheng Sheng exhaled softly, and the white fly on the back of his finger folded its wings, like a piece of burnt white paper ash, and gently hid in the seam of his clothes.

The high probability of the Hell Plague Fly undergoing such a mutation can only be attributed to the mysterious Black Tide.

"The Black Tide contains a certain energy that greatly promotes the growth and mutation of Abyss creatures. Therefore, I must be even more vigilant during every Black Tide eruption in the future..."

Similarly, Cheng Sheng became increasingly interested in the causes of the Black Tide.

Based on the information he currently possesses, the Black Tide can foster the birth of Evil Spirit, creating bizarre and powerful Black Tide creatures, and even greatly benefiting Abyss creatures...

How did this thing even appear?

What are the specific ingredients?

Would this also be helpful to the world's system of subjugation techniques?

"It feels like I've struck gold..."

The greedy heart belonging to the sorcerer within Cheng Sheng's chest began to stir restlessly.

For the demons Abyss the abyss, the Black Tide of this world might also be a "treasure trove".

"We need to acquire a Black Tide creature as soon as possible for a sacrifice, to test its value in the eyes of the Black Tide, and to gauge the Abyss's attitude towards the Black Tide..."

Cheng Sheng stroked his chin, thinking to himself.

This is very important, as it concerns the gains he will reap from his "trade" with the Abyss for a long time to come.

Whether it's mistaking a piece of gold for dog poop and selling it cheaply, or mistaking a pile of dog poop for gold and thinking it's a "rare commodity," neither is a good thing.

"Ding-dong--"

Just then, my phone beeped with a pleasant text message notification.

Cheng Sheng took out his phone and opened the text message to check.

"Hello."

The sender was an unfamiliar number he didn't know.

"My name is Lin Lu, and I'm one of the girls you saved tonight. I forgot to thank you. Could I... treat you to a meal?"

Cheng Sheng looked at the text message, the faces of several female members of the "Black Curse Society" flashed through his mind, he shook his head, and casually stuffed his phone back into his pocket.

Over the next few days, Cheng Sheng kept Jia Wa in charge of keeping an eye on information about the Black Tide in Qingsha City and the surrounding areas.

He prepared offerings for the seven-day festival, and several large rhinoceroses were transported to Qingsha City three days later.

The great one-horned rhinoceros is the largest and most ferocious of the rhinoceros species. When charging at full speed, it can reach speeds of nearly 60 kilometers per hour. Combined with its size of nearly three tons, it is practically comparable to an armored tank.

The greatest advantage of the Great One-Horned Rhinoceros lies in its incredibly thick and tough armor. If everything goes as Cheng Sheng expects, he may be able to gain another property that further strengthens his body's defensive capabilities.

However, whether it was due to acclimatization or disease contracted during transport, the large rhinoceroses that Jia Wa had painstakingly purchased started having diarrhea as soon as they landed, making a mess everywhere, and they were also quite listless.

We can only have someone take care of her for now, and the seven-day festival will be postponed...

Now that Cheng Sheng's fighting system has snowballed, all he needs to do next is to continue strengthening it through rituals until it reaches its maximum potential.

Therefore, he began to focus more on exploring the Black Tide, enhancing his Primordial Mark, and even attempting the initial training of a Void Realm Master.

Five days later, at the Black Killing Dojo.

The afternoon sun was scorching, causing the leaves of the rubber trees along the roadside to curl slightly.

Cheng Sheng got out of the van and strode calmly toward the dojo.

He was dressed simply and casually, his well-proportioned and muscular physique causing his thin, tight-fitting T-shirt to bulge slightly. He wore trousers, which made him appear even taller and more handsome.

The sun was still scorching in the sky, but Cheng Sheng seemed to carry a chill, and a damp and gloomy aura emanated from him as he walked.

"Senior Brother Nalong."

Cheng Sheng walked to the entrance of the dojo and saw Nalong and two other core members of the Black Killing Style walking forward. He called out to them, and the three of Nalong immediately stopped, turned around and greeted him.

"Junior Brother."

Cheng Sheng strode into the group of three. After exchanging a few casual pleasantries, Cheng Sheng couldn't help but ask, "Do you senior brothers know why Teacher suddenly called us here?"

He had recently learned that Black Tide might break out in the neighboring Hu'an City, and he had planned to go there today. However, the boxing gym called to inform him that Su Tai was summoning all core disciples to the dojo, so he had no choice but to cancel his trip.

I don't know.

Nalong and the other two were probably discussing this topic just now, and their expressions immediately became slightly serious when it was brought up.

The last time Su Tai launched a "surprise attack," it really messed up almost all the core members except Cheng Sheng. The audit storm has only just ended, and nobody wants to go through that again.

"... The teacher just said that there would be a big announcement today."

A senior member of the core group, dressed in a suit and with a square face, spoke in a calm voice.