Chapter 96: Yao Ye Takes Action

After taking a detoxification pill, Ling Yun sat cross-legged on the ground again and began to neutralize the toxins in his body.

Under the gaze of the three leaders, Ling Yun stood up and let out a sigh of relief before slowly opening his eyes.

"What a terrifying poison. Even after knowing its effects and deliberately taking precautions, I still fell victim to it." After testing it himself, Ling Yun felt even more deeply how terrifying this poison pill was.

"We saw you staring at the pill without moving, then your eyes gradually began to turn red, becoming blood-red, and finally, you even attacked us. This pill is truly terrifying; even with deliberate precautions, it's no use." Laman said in a deep voice.

"After I came into contact with this pill, I first felt my head sink, then some negative emotions directly impacted my brain, and then I gradually lost my sanity. You saw the final result. Our mercenaries were precisely affected by this kind of poison pill, and then they began to slaughter each other." Ling Yun explained with a bitter smile.

"What should we do now?" Laman asked in a deep voice. Now that the people from the three mercenary groups were almost all dead, relying on just the few of them to search for Xiao Yan in this vast Magical Beast Mountain Range was like looking for a needle in a haystack.

"What else can we do? We can only wait for those pursuing Nie Feng to return. After dealing with these corpses, we will head back directly." Ling Yun said helplessly.

Because they feared Xiao Yan's future retaliation—or rather, they didn't even need to wait for the future; as long as Xiao Yan wanted, he could make them suffer heavy casualties just like these three mercenary groups, leaving only the leaders and some core members alive.

Taking advantage of the Wind God Leg briefly reaching the tenth level, Xiao Yan quickly summoned the Yin Yang Wings, drew an arc in the air, and instantly disappeared from the spot.

Xiao Yan took another Transformation Pill from his storage ring and stuffed it into his mouth. As his facial muscles squirmed, his appearance changed once again.

Liang Ye, behind Yao Ye, did not dare to be careless and quickly summoned his Dou Qi Armor to wrap around himself.

"I absolutely cannot let them know my true appearance, otherwise I will fall into an endless pursuit, and my family forces will also be implicated." Xiao Yan said to himself.

After hearing the man in black, Yao Ye knew she had indeed been too impatient. However, hearing about such a terrifying poison pill, it was inevitable to feel terrified. Because if this poison pill was truly as the man in black described, the harm to the empire would be too great.

After the people from the three mercenary groups returned to their base, the three leaders and Ling Yun met the man in black sent from the Imperial Capital in the mercenary tent.

Upon hearing the explanation from the four, the man in black was shocked and did not dare to delay. He took the poison pill from Laman, walked out of the tent, directly summoned a flying magical beast, mounted it, and flew straight toward the Imperial Palace.

However, Xiao Yan was still not quite at ease. After the people from the three mercenary groups finished cleaning up the corpses and all left, he took another Wind-Walking Pill from his storage ring and stuffed it into his mouth.

Yao Ye brought Liang Ye to a large drill ground, where nearly a hundred soldiers were training.

After hearing the report from the man in black, Yao Ye leaped in front of him and said urgently: "Quick, hand over that pill for me to see."

After those pursuing Xiao Yan returned, the deputy leaders were all terrified when they saw such a horrific scene. After hearing Ling Yun explain the reason, although shocked by the terror of the poison pill, they could only sigh and begin to deal with the corpses scattered across the mountains and plains.

"Notify General Mu Lu, stationed on the outskirts of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, at the fastest speed. Tell him to send all his iron cavalry to block this place. Tell him that if a single fly flies past him, he can bring his head to see me." She ordered the man in black loudly. Yao Ye pointed to a location on the map; that location was precisely Xiao Yan's only path.

"Yes!" The man in black knew the situation was urgent and did not dare to delay at all.

Yao Ye stood on the high platform, looking at the soldiers training earnestly. She narrowed her eyes, threw the poison pill directly into the center of the drill ground, and summoned her Dou Qi Gauze.

"The situation is actually very favorable for us now! And even if we do that thing for the Royal Family, it's hard to get any benefits. Afterward, we might very well be silenced." Ling Yun said.

Yao Ye nodded, signaling them to continue training. Seeing Yao Ye arrive, the soldiers instantly gathered their full attention and trained earnestly.

The few nodded, agreeing with Ling Yun's words.

"What? Could it be that our group members died in vain?" Dali said angrily.

Hearing Princess Yao Ye's words, the man in black did not dare to be slow and directly took out the small jade bottle from his bosom, handing it respectfully to Yao Ye.

"Not bad! Although we suffered heavy losses this time, those who died were only at the Dou Zhe and Dou Shi levels. As long as we spend some money, we can recover our vitality in a period of time. But if we stay in this Magical Beast Mountain Range, our lives will no longer be in our own hands." Ji Lei echoed.

Xiao Yan had been watching the situation from afar. Seeing them find the pill he had discarded and test its medicinal properties, he immediately knew that trouble was brewing. Such a terrifying pill had extremely horrific potential for harm. Once the people behind it knew Xiao Yan could refine such pills, they would do everything in their power to deal with him.

If Nie Feng found out that the Royal Family was behind the mischief, as long as he was ruthless enough to secretly place these poison pills in the Imperial City or directly into the army, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Just think! If such a large quantity of poison pills appeared in some densely populated human cities, wouldn't the entire city immediately become a dead city?

Inside the Imperial Palace of the Imperial Capital.

"Sigh! It was originally within expectations! But it's better this way now. The people are basically all dead, so we have no value, but we are much safer. Now that we have found the cause of death for the missing mercenaries, we can also give an explanation to that person in the Imperial Capital." Ling Yun sighed.

"Now the matter has clearly gone out of our control; it is no longer something we can influence. The conditions given by the Royal Family are indeed good, but we don't have the ability to take them. As for Nie Feng, leave him to that person in the Imperial Capital to deal with." Laman said in a deep voice.

"This should be safe now!" Xiao Yan took a mirror from his storage ring and looked at it, discovering that his appearance had changed significantly again.

Yao Ye took the jade bottle and wanted to open it directly. At this moment, the man in black hurriedly stopped her: "Your Highness, wait. This pill is extremely powerful; even if you are deliberately careful, you will fall victim to it."

"Is it a bit of an overreaction? The iron cavalry we sent to surround the Magical Beast Mountain Range already numbers 50,000. 50,000 iron cavalry should be enough, right! General Mu Lu has 50,000 iron cavalry, including 10,000 flying cavalry. If we send him again... wouldn't that be an army of 100,000!" Seeing Yao Ye send so many troops to deal with a wet-behind-the-ears kid, Liang Ye felt it was very unbelievable.

Seeing Princess Yao Ye arrive, the soldiers hurriedly stopped and saluted Princess Yao Ye.

"Also, our people are all dead, so even that person in the Imperial Capital can't say anything more. Let's just hand the poison pill to her and let her have the headache!" Dali nodded. Although he was somewhat unwilling, he still restrained himself.

"Hehe! I have my own reasons. I just want to make a big scene. Follow me first! Let's witness how terrifying this poison pill really is!" Yao Ye smiled.

Some soldiers also noticed Yao Ye's actions and the pill she threw, but they didn't care and continued their training.

"It doesn't seem to have any effect!" Liang Ye stood behind Yao Ye, frowning.

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