Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

A shrill wail instantly filled the secret passage! Splashed by the venom, the Rot Heart Willow Guards let out inhuman screams! Their vine armor quickly blackened and festered under the venom! Their skin, as if drenched in strong acid, instantly blistered, charred, and peeled! Muscles and bones spasmed and twisted in excruciating pain! Even more terrifying, the venom seemed to contain a potent neurotoxin, driving those infected into a frenzy! They brandished their withered willow vines and pounced on their companions like mad dogs, biting and scratching!

Chaos! Absolute chaos! The narrow secret passage instantly turned into a bloody meat grinder of cannibalism!

"Retreat! Retreat quickly!" Helian Tieshu swung his giant axe, splitting a crazy guard who was rushing towards him and roared loudly!

"No!" Hua Yunhong's eyes beneath his ghostly mask flashed with a frenzied rage! His withered hand suddenly reached into his bosom and pulled out a bone box carved from black animal bones, covered in strange runes! "Qin Ming! Do you think this little trick can stop me?!"

He suddenly opened the bone box! A very fine off-white powder with a strong smell of sulfur and a sweet smell of corruption drifted out!

"Heart-Eroding Willow Miasma...mother seed!" Hua Yunhong's voice was filled with deep resentment and madness, "Explode for me...!!!"

He flicked his withered finger, and a spark shot into the bone box!

boom--! ! !

With a heart-stopping, dull thud, the bone box instantly exploded! A thick, viscous, gray-green mist, swirling and wriggling like a living thing, suddenly erupted from the shattered bone box like an awakened poisonous dragon, instantly filling the entire secret passage!

"Uhhh-!!!"

More shrill, more desperate howls echoed through the secret passage! Wherever the gray-green fog passed, the moss on the stone walls instantly withered and carbonized! The frantically biting Rot Heart Willow Guards felt as if they had been plunged into strong acid, their skin rapidly festering and dissolving, revealing their white bones! Without even a chance to scream, they were reduced to pools of bubbling dark green pus!

This motherfucking miasma! It even devoured its own people... too!

The moment the mother seed exploded, Hua Yunhong and Helian Tieshu had already covered their mouths and noses with cloth soaked in a special medicinal solution, while their bodies suddenly retreated sharply! Even so, the poisonous gas at the edge of the gray-green fog still pierced into exposed skin like red-hot steel needles, bringing piercing pain and numbness!

"Let's go!" Hua Yunhong's voice was hoarse, with a hint of fear after surviving a disaster and a deeper madness! His withered finger pointed deep into the secret passage, "The mother seed miasma... can clear the way! Quick! Now is the time! Charge forward!"

The dozens of remaining Rotten Heart Willow Guards endured the severe pain of being corroded by the poisonous gas, and like desperate ghosts, they stepped on the melted corpses and sticky pus of their companions and ran desperately towards the depths of the secret passage!

The gray-green fog rolled and devoured them like a greedy beast, annihilating all life in its path!

The end of the secret passage... is just ahead!

The heart of Qin Ming’s camp... is right within reach!

Hua Yunhong's eyes beneath his ghostly mask burned with hatred that could burn everything and the madness of being about to succeed!

"Qin Ming... your death... has come!"

however!

Just when they were about to rush out of the secret passage!

At the exit of the secret passage! That seemingly ordinary boulder suddenly caved inwards, revealing behind it... a cold, metallic, gleaming black iron gate!

Above the gate! From countless tiny holes! Poisoned crossbow arrows gleamed with a cold, blue light—poisoned crossbow arrows!

Behind the gate! Ying Qi's cold face was like a stone carving in the torchlight! His skinny hand slowly raised!

"put--!!!"

A cold command! Like the sentence of death!

The secret passage's exit! The seemingly ordinary boulder suddenly caved inwards, like the bared fangs of a giant beast! Behind it, a cold, heavy, dark iron gate gleamed with a dark metallic gleam.

Above the gate! From the dense, honeycomb-like holes! Countless crossbow arrows, gleaming with a cold blue light and laced with deadly poison! Like the fangs of a venomous snake! They shot out in an instant! The arrows pointed directly into the depths of the secret passage! The icy murderous intent was like a concrete cone of ice, piercing the marrow of every Rotten Heart Willow Guard!

Behind the gate! Ying Qi's withered, cold, stone-like face, illuminated by a few flickering torches, looked like a judge crawling out of hell! His withered hand slowly rose! No roar! No roar! Only a sound like the friction of ice, without a trace of warmth—

"put--!!!"

“Buzz——!!!”

The air shrieked as it tore apart! Not just one arrow! It was a death storm of hundreds and hundreds of poisoned crossbow arrows simultaneously launched! A dark blue, cold light merged into one! Like a torrential downpour! With a piercing sound of piercing the air, it instantly filled the narrow secret passageway!

“Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff! Puff—!!!”

The dull thuds of arrows piercing flesh were as dense as popping beans! The dozen or so Rot Heart Willow Guards at the forefront didn't even have time to scream! Their bodies were like rag dolls torn apart by the wind! Countless poisonous arrows instantly pierced them! The vine armor was as soft as paper in front of the specially designed armor-piercing arrows! Dark green juice mixed with blood and broken flesh, like an exploded poison sac, splattered on the stone wall and his companions! The parts hit by the poisonous arrows instantly turned an ominous dark blue! The blood vessels under the skin turned dark purple in an instant, like a venomous snake coming to life! They twisted and pulsated wildly! The body of the person shot by the arrow twitched violently, and black blood with foam gushed out of his mouth and nose. He collapsed like mud with his bones pulled out!

"Shield! Raise your shield!" Helian Tieshu's eyes were bloodshot! His massive body charged forward like a wild bull! He suddenly raised the heavy rattan shield in his hand and slammed it hard on the backs of the two Rot Heart Willow Guards in front of him, pushing them into the rain of arrows like sandbags!

Puff puff!

A dense stream of poisonous arrows fiercely pierced the giant vine shield and the bodies of the two Rot Heart Willow Guards! A dull crashing sound was heard! The giant shield trembled violently! The two Rot Heart Willow Guards were instantly shot into hedgehogs! Their bodies twitched wildly under the erosion of the poison! But Helian Tieshu's burly body took advantage of this moment of resistance and rolled backwards!

"Your Majesty! Retreat!" he roared!

Hua Yunhong's pupils suddenly contracted beneath his ghostly face! The chill of death was like a drenching of ice water! His withered body exploded with astonishing speed, suddenly lunging towards a protruding rock behind him!

Chi Chi Chi!

Several poisonous arrows whizzed past his dark green coiled dragon soft armor, creating a sharp scraping sound! Several dark blue scratches were instantly left on the armor! A pungent, sweet and fishy smell filled the air!

"Ugh!" Hua Yunhong groaned! A poisonous arrow pierced through the gap in his arm armor! The cold arrowhead pierced his flesh fiercely! Sharp pain! Then came a tingling sensation like a thousand ants gnawing at his heart! The dark blue poison instantly spread along his blood vessels!

"Damn it!" Hua Yunhong's eyes erupted with mad hatred! With his withered fingers, he yanked out the poison arrow with lightning speed! A trail of dirty blood flowed out! Simultaneously, his other hand yanked out a small black jade bottle from his bosom! He bit off the cork with his teeth! He smeared the sticky black ointment, which exuded a pungent sulfur stench, onto the wound!