Chapter 428: Exhausting Every Scheme

"It's fine, go ahead! You don't need to go easy on me, just use your full strength!"

After agreeing on a strategy, the double pupils in Student Zhuge Ni's eyes bloomed with two rays of brilliant golden light.

"A mere level eighty-something dares to act recklessly? I think you're looking for death!"

Keisuke let out a cold shout and locked onto Student Zhuge Ni with the Yasaka Magatama.

But Student Zhuge Ni had no intention of dodging at all; she perfectly replicated Keisuke's attack and returned it directly in kind.

No matter how Keisuke attacked, he could never harm Student Zhuge Ni in the slightest.

After all, facing Student Zhuge Ni was like playing rock-paper-scissors with one's own reflection in a mirror; it was impossible to determine a winner.

Duan Ling had already seized the opportunity to bypass Keisuke and released toxins toward Mother Shenshan and the others, her eyes instantly flashing with a dark green light.

"Burning Moon Fierce Poison Miasma!"

A colorful, mottled poisonous mist spread out at this moment, covering the sky and earth as it enveloped Mother Shenshan and the others.

Wherever the poisonous mist passed, vegetation withered and rotted, filled with a thick aura of death; no living creature could survive under the shroud of such terrifying toxins.

Even the hard stone slabs were corroded until countless fine pits appeared.

After executing this move, Duan Ling's complexion also turned somewhat pale; clearly, using this technique was an extremely exaggerated drain on her.

That terrifying toxin caused the expressions of Mother Shenshan and the others to change one after another.

"Increase the distance and continue pouring power into the Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron!"

Mother Shenshan shouted sharply, and the experts of the Sang Kingdom retreated one after another; no one dared to come into contact with that terrifying poisonous mist.

But they did not stop driving the Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron, and Ye Lin remained suppressed tightly.

This resulted in Duan Ling's poisonous mist only enveloping Ye Lin alone.

"Hehehe, little girl, we really have to thank you; your poison is truly useful!" Mother Shenshan laughed triumphantly.

Under the shroud of Duan Ling's toxins, Ye Lin, who was already at the end of his rope, began to rot continuously.

The speed of the decay and the speed of Ye Lin's regeneration formed a bizarre balance.

But anyone could see that Ye Lin was already unable to hold on much longer.

"Ye Lin!"

Duan Ling was burning with anxiety; she rushed directly toward that three-legged, two-eared large cauldron, attempting to flip it over.

But no matter what methods she exhausted, she could never shake the large cauldron in the slightest.

The large cauldron was like Mount Mount Wuzhi, suppressing Ye Lin firmly.

"Don't waste your energy, Duan Ling... I think, I'm not going to make it."

Ye Lin dragged his constantly rotting body and revealed a bitter smile.

"You won't die! You definitely won't die!"

Duan Ling struck the bronze cauldron with all her might, and even though her fists were beaten until they bled, she had no intention of stopping.

"Can you forgive me... don't be angry with me anymore; this is my only request before I die. I don't want to die with regrets."

Ye Lin's body rotted even more severely, to the point where he was almost unrecognizable as human.

"I forgive you! I forgive you for everything! As long as you can survive, anything is fine!"

Seeing Ye Lin's miserable appearance, Duan Ling's heart twisted together; tears fell like rain as she desperately tried to shake the Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron.

Student Zhuge Ni, standing to the side, couldn't help but roll her eyes at this.

Being love-struck really should be classified as a terminal illness; once this thing flares up, one's IQ drops to zero. How could Duan Ling believe such nonsense?

From Ye Lin's affected, dramatic appearance, Student Zhuge Ni could guess that this guy must have already thought of a way to escape.

"Hehe... you finally forgave me... that's great..."

Ye Lin let out a few weak coughs.

"Then I can also... leave without any regrets."

Ye Lin slowly collapsed to the ground and closed his eyes.

A pair of scales, pitch-black all over and exuding a mysterious, ancient aura, emerged from above his corpse.

As soon as these scales appeared, all the Sang Kingdom experts widened their eyes, their gazes filled with greed.

"Ancient Origin Artifact, Eternal Scales!"

Mother Shenshan's eyes glowed with a green light, like a lone wolf that had found a piece of raw meat after starving for three days.

Had they not gone to such great lengths and sacrificed so many people for the sake of the Eternal Scales before them?

"Get lost!"

As soon as Mother Shenshan made a move, she sent Duan Ling flying directly, and the surrounding poisonous mist was also torn open by her, creating a path.

With greed in her eyes, she reached directly for the Eternal Scales.

Little did she know, this was exactly the moment Ye Lin was waiting for.

With the loss of Mother Shenshan, a level 99 Fierce Sun Realm expert, driving the cauldron, and Keisuke being held back by Student Zhuge Ni,

there were now only two Fierce Sun Realm experts left driving the Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron.

Ye Lin's clone immediately rushed out from the darkness.

"Forbidden Spell: Eternal Freeze Eye!"

"Forbidden Spell: Eternal Geng Metal!"

"Forbidden Spell: Wall of Sighs!"

As soon as the clone appeared, it unleashed a triple combo of forbidden spells.

First, it froze one of the Fierce Sun Realm experts, making him unable to continue driving the Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron, and then used the golden spears of the Eternal Geng Metal to force the other Fierce Sun Realm expert to dodge.

Finally, a massive black wall rose from the ground, blocking Mother Shenshan, who was attempting to approach the Eternal Scales.

After finishing all this, the clone threw a dark golden banner toward Ye Lin's main body.

The Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron, driven by only one Fierce Sun Realm expert, clearly could not stop the resentment-filled Renhuang Banner; after all, the Renhuang Banner was also a nine-star divine artifact.

The rapidly approaching Renhuang Banner broke through the suppression of the Bronze Dragon Vein Cauldron and returned to the side of Ye Lin's main body.

Ye Lin held the Eternal Scales in one hand and the Renhuang Banner in the other, a happy smile appearing on his face.

"Finally took the bait!"

This move of his was also a dangerous gamble; if Mother Shenshan hadn't taken the bait, he, having been separated from the Eternal Scales, would have truly died on the spot.

Feeling the powerful enhancement coming from the Renhuang Banner, the corners of Ye Lin's mouth were harder to suppress than an AK at this moment.

Although the risk taken this time was a bit large, the gains were also extremely exaggerated.

"My dear Sang Kingdom friends, guess how many of your compatriots are in this banner of mine right now?"

The expressions of Mother Shenshan and the others were all incomparably ugly at this moment.

They had calculated every move and exhausted all their schemes, yet they never expected to fall short at the very last step.

This time, their Sang Kingdom had truly lost both the lady and the soldiers!

Seeing that no one answered him, Ye Lin took the initiative to raise three fingers and thoughtfully provided them with the answer.

"Three and a half million!"

"There are three and a half million of your compatriots in this banner of mine right now. Dongjing City is now the only city within your Sang Kingdom that still has living beings."