Chapter 175 Trap
At the bottom of the cliff, beside the dark river, a cool breeze blows.

Ye Ling stood on a protruding rock, his silver eyes narrowed, overlooking the dark river below.

The river meanders and twists, with many branches crisscrossing each other like a huge spider web, cutting the entire cliff bottom into a complex maze.

He turned his head to look at Mo Lin, Bai Qi, Qing Zhu, Xuan Ming and others beside him, and whispered, "The terrain of the dark river is very suitable for setting an ambush. I have ordered the orcs to set up traps and whirlpools in every branch of the dark river. There are enough to catch them in a pot."

Mo Lin condensed a pitch-black venom from his fingertips and dripped it into the tributary of the dark river. "The venom will spread to all the entrances along with the water flow."

Qingzhu leaned against the rock wall and sneered: "If Bai Ye is stupid enough to just drink water, it would be much easier."

"He will not."

Bai Qi narrowed his fox eyes slightly, and a rare coldness appeared on his usually gentle face. "But I can't say for sure about those idiots under my eldest brother."

"It would be best if we could poison those idiots. But we can't not drink water ourselves, right?"

Xuan Ming suddenly jumped down from the treetops, his wildness rushing towards him, and said lightly.

Ye Ling glanced at him and said in a cold voice, "Don't worry. There's a mountain spring deep in the dense forest near the salt field. The water flows down from the top of the mountain. It's enough for us to drink. Tell the orcs in the tribe to go there for water during this period."

"Okay, I'll pass it on later, so that no idiot gets poisoned to death by accident."

Xuan Ming rubbed his chin and nodded, then took out a wild fruit from somewhere and started to chew it.

Ye Ling's fingertips tapped against the rock wall, creating a crisp echo. His silver eyes swept across the tributaries of the Dark River. "Within three days, the venom will flow through all the tributaries of the Dark River. It will be enough to pierce the intestines and stomachs of those idiots."

Bai Qi chuckled, his nine tails casting a distorted reflection on the dark river. "My eldest brother will definitely lead an elite force this time. He has quite a few level six orcs under his command. He might even ask my father for some more men."

A wisp of purple-gold fire emanated from his fingertips, illuminating his androgynous face. "This little bit of venom alone isn't enough. My good brother's guards have an old fellow who's reached the seventh level. His true form is an armored rhinoceros. Not only is he incredibly powerful, he's also incredibly resilient."

Mo Lin suddenly ripped open the collar of his animal skin shirt, revealing the hideous python pattern on his chest.

Qingzhu caught a glimpse of this scene and scoffed, "Su Xiyue is not here, no one wants to see your eight-pack abs, if you want to show off, go to the river."

"If you are stupid, you should talk less."

Mo Lin smeared the venom on the python pattern on his chest with a cold face, and the entire skin suddenly cracked and scaled. "My blood can mutate the venom."

The moment the black liquid dripped into the river, fluorescent green foam surged up.

Xuan Ming chewed the wild fruit in his hand, the juice dripping down through his fingers: "Mo Lin, what will happen if you get infected with this poison?"

"First the toenails fell off."

Mo Lin's lips curled up into a cold smile: "Let's start with the internal organs..."

"stop!"

Qingzhu quickly stopped him from continuing and covered his mouth and nose with a banana leaf: "That sounds a bit disgusting, so you'd better save your saliva."

Xuan Ming, however, looked excited. He finished the last bite of the wild fruit and casually threw the core into the underground river. "That sounds exciting. If Bai Ye's men are really poisoned, at least half of the team will be wiped out. We can defeat the rest one by one."

Bai Qi's nine fox tails stretched out into a fan shape in the moonlight. "Mo Lin's poison is indeed very ruthless after its mutation, but it's not enough on its own. My eldest brother wouldn't be stupid enough to drink water. If he found that there was something wrong with the water source, he would definitely take a detour."

"detour?"

Qingzhu raised an eyebrow, disdain in his emerald green eyes, "Where can he go by taking a detour? Unless he can fly."

Bai Qi's fox tail shone coldly in the moonlight. "They can really fly. My eldest brother has not only eagle beastmen under his command, but also quite a few winged tigers."

Ye Ling narrowed his silver eyes slightly, and the rhythm of his knuckles tapping the rock wall suddenly increased: "How about blowing Mo Lin's poison mist into the sky?"

"what?"

Xuan Ming shook off the fruit stains from his palm, his brows raised high, "Do you think your superpower is the wind..."

Before he could finish his words, his voice froze as he thought of something.

He changed the subject: "It's not impossible, let Xuanfeng do it, his special ability is wind-related."

"We have to breathe, right? What if we get poisoned too?"

Qing Zhu frowned and looked at Mo Lin, then continued, "Does your poison only work if you touch it, or will you be poisoned just by smelling it?"

Mo Lin glanced at him coldly and said indifferently, "You will be poisoned if you touch it, not if you smell it. However, if you inhale it for a long time, it will cause slight damage to your internal organs."

Qingzhu breathed a sigh of relief, "That's not bad, as long as it doesn't poison you just by smelling it, we can still handle it."

Bai Qi's fox eyes flashed with a cold light, but a slight smile appeared on his lips. "In that case, let Xuanfeng do it. His wind-related abilities can be used just fine. He can blow the poisonous fog into the sky, making it impossible for Bai Ye's men to defend themselves."

Mo Lin suddenly dipped his entire arm into the dark river of venom, and scales appeared on his pale skin. "In two hours, the toxin concentration will be high enough to make birds foam at the mouth."

After he finished speaking, he looked at the people around him and said, "I'll get some herbs for you guys to chew and swallow to avoid getting poisoned." "That would be the best."

Qingzhu's emerald eyes swept over the vines drooping from the rock face somewhere in the dark river. "Use the juice of the Ghost Weeping Vine to smear both sides of the dark river. Even if those idiots manage to make it ashore, they'll burst into maniacal laughter when they touch it. Coupled with the boulders rolling down from above, the corpses will probably pile up like a mountain."

Bai Qi looked at Qing Zhu and chuckled, "That's a good idea. Back then, you put the Devil's Weeping Vine juice in my barbecue and made me laugh so hard that I couldn't stop. People thought I was crazy. I haven't settled that score yet."

"Shut up fox."

Qingzhu's fingertips flicked out a stone that embedded itself in a crevice. He said coldly, "You were the one who tricked me into eating the Love Fruit with your Enchanting Eyes. If I hadn't soaked in the river all night, I'd have been ruined."

Bai Qi smiled innocently, "That's all a misunderstanding. Besides, I didn't force you to eat it."

Qingzhu snorted coldly, too lazy to pay attention to him, and turned around to set up the ghost vine trap, and by the way, see if the huge rocks prepared on the top of the cliff are enough.

I get so angry whenever I think about what happened back then. I still remember that unbearable feeling that made me want to explode. Fortunately, I got my revenge a long time ago.

Xuanming naturally knew about this, and he couldn't stop laughing when he thought of Qingzhu's appearance back then.

"Hahaha…"

When Qingzhu heard Xuanming's laughter, veins on his forehead bulged. He turned to look at him with a dark face and said coldly, "If you laugh again, I'll throw you into the dark river to take a bath."

"cough…"

The smile on Xuan Ming's face froze instantly, and he touched his nose awkwardly: "I'll go tell everyone not to touch the water in the dark river, and by the way, I'll go find that kid Xuan Feng."

Bai Qi shook his head in amusement, "I'll go check it out too to see if there's anything wrong."

As soon as he finished speaking, he disappeared in the moonlight.

Mo Lin confirmed that the venom in the dark river was thick enough before retracting his arm.

He slowly stood up and looked down at his skin soaked in venom. The scales gradually disappeared and the venom was completely absorbed.

He glanced around coldly, made sure nothing was missed, and turned to leave.

……

On this side, Su Xiyue brought Mu Han, who was in cub form, riding on Leopard Fu back to the Wolf Tribe.

She told the little guy and Bao Fu to stay in the cave and not run around, and then she ran straight to find Su Lie.

The secret of the Salt Lake has been exposed. The High Prince Bai Ye of the Beast King City is about to attack with the orcs. Such a big thing must be notified to the leader Su Lie.

She hurried into Su Lie's stone house, trotting all the way, and shouted breathlessly, "Father, please come out quickly! Something big has happened in the Salt Lake."

Su Lie was using a bone knife to carve arrows. When he heard the shout, his hand trembled and the tip of the arrow left a bloody mark on his palm.

"Why are you panicking?"

He frowned, threw the arrow aside, and looked up at his panting daughter: "What happened in Salt Lake?"

Su Xiyue took a few breaths and didn't have time to explain in detail, so she just picked out the key points: "Bai Qi's elder brother, the High Prince of Beast King City somehow discovered that Bai Qi was still alive, so he sent his men to assassinate us. Although we managed to escape with our lives, I'm afraid the secret of the Salt Lake will be lost. He may have already set off with his men."

Su Lie's face darkened slightly when he heard this, but he was not panicked.

He had saved the dying Bai Qi on his way back and forth from Beast King City to the tribe, so he naturally knew something about Bai Qi's true identity.

But he was not clear about the grudge between Bai Qi and his elder brother.

But no matter what grudges there are, it is impossible to seize the salt lake.

He looked down at the bloodstain on his palm, wiped it with animal skin, and said calmly: "Go back first, don't go to the salt lake for the time being, I will arrange this matter."

Su Xiyue nodded and turned to go back, but suddenly remembered something and turned back. "Father, although Ye Ling and the others have already set a trap at the salt lake, Beast King City is very powerful and has many high-level orcs under their command. There may even be seventh and eighth-level orcs. You must be careful."

Su Lie frowned slightly, but his face remained calm. He waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, your father is no pushover. I was able to rescue Bai Qi from the Beast King City back then, so I must have had some ability."

She curled her lips and muttered to herself: Father, where does your confidence come from? When you saved Bai Qi, it was clearly luck. You only took advantage of him when he was seriously injured and unconscious.

But she didn't dare say this out loud.

He could only pretend to be well-behaved and nodded, saying, "Father is the best! I'll go back first. You better be careful."

Su Lie snorted and turned to go next door to find the priest.

It seems that this time, we need to ask the priests to take action to deal with the current crisis.

Thinking of the mysterious methods of the priests, I felt a lot more at ease.

(End of this chapter)

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