Chapter 529 - 383: Desolate Thought Phantom, Those Who Tread on Others’ Fates Must Die!

It was only at this moment that Zheng Qi truly awoke from her dream.

Looking at Su Mu, who wore a calm smile, and staring at the familiar business carriage.

It turned out that she never left this business carriage from the beginning, and Su Mu hadn’t drunk the tea. Everything was merely an illusion.

For a moment, Zheng Qi’s heart turned upside down with surging waves, but she forced herself to remain calm, summoning all her strength to squeeze out a smile, "Previously, Zheng Qi only heard about your unparalleled Sword Dao and Flesh, today I’ve truly gained knowledge. Your Spiritual Power in martial arts is equally divine..."

Though she said this, Zheng Qi still harbored a sliver of hope.

"Perhaps it hasn’t been exposed, there’s no need to frighten myself. Otherwise, facing someone who intends to poison me, he couldn’t be so composed,..."

As this thought crossed Zheng Qi’s mind.

Su Mu also smiled, the silver phantom beside him slightly swayed with a frightful aura.

"They say the human heart is unpredictable. Let me guess what you’re thinking at this moment."

"What you are probably thinking is: Perhaps it hasn’t been exposed, there’s no need to frighten myself. Otherwise, facing someone who intends to poison me, he couldn’t be so composed,..."

Su Mu recited each word calmly.

While Zheng Qi couldn’t control her emotions any longer, her heart surged to its utmost fear. She, a Sixth Level Peak martial artist, felt powerless and cold, her body instinctively retreating, crashing into the water dispenser.

"Oh, let me guess again. Now you’re thinking: Impossible, this is impossible, could it be that Su Mu can read minds?"

The words fell.

Zheng Qi’s face turned ashen, staring at Su Mu with disbelief.

Could there truly be someone in this world who can read minds?!

At this time, Su Mu’s long fingers grasped the void, and a sparkling transparent small bottle appeared with flickering Spiritual Light, containing a few drops of equally transparent liquid.

"If you speak of gaining knowledge, today I’ve truly gained knowledge."

With a thought, Su Mu slightly twisted open the bottle cap with his Spiritual Power, and the transparent liquid immediately came alive, stretching like claws and fangs, provoking his admiration:

"Such is the Wound of the Sage; in a millennium of human martial arts, only one Saint Level Rune Master known as the Great Sage was born. Even a Ninth Level Alchemist never emerged, yet unexpectedly, centuries ago, poison capable of killing a Martial Saint was birthed."

Seeing the little bottle in Su Mu’s hand and hearing him mention ’Wound of the Sage,’ Zheng Qi completely lost control, her expression changed dramatically.

Instinctively reaching into her pocket, she found that the bottle containing the Wound of the Sage was already gone.

In that moment, Zheng Qi’s complexion changed completely, and she began to recall everything that had happened recently.

Then her throat moved abruptly, coming up with a horrifying guess.

Reviewing everything that had transpired, she realized she was already ensnared in the elaborate trap Su Mu had set for her.

Moreover, Zheng Qi clearly understood that Su Mu didn’t aim to catch her with this net; the real target was the person behind her, Su Mu’s layout was meant to capture everything in one go.

"Chief... You knew all along?"

Su Mu responded neither affirmatively nor negatively.

Zheng Qi’s body trembled violently, her pupils suddenly constricted.

"You, when did you start to suspect?"

As soon as she asked, remembering how Su Mu precisely recited her thoughts earlier, her fear intensified.

"I figured it out, it was the first time. The first meeting with you revealed everything, right? Everything was your arrangement."

"You are indeed very clever."

Zheng Qi’s body shook as if in convulsion, then, after several deep breaths, she surprisingly relaxed, her complexion returning to normal.

She then knelt before Su Mu with a thud.

"Zheng Qi only begs for death, Commander, please kill me."

Su Mu didn’t act, instead, he shifted the topic, "Zheng Qi, sit."

The tone was calm, without any apparent authority, but as soon as his words fell, like a primal bell reverberating in her ears, she conscientiously stood up and sat beside Su Mu.

"Sir, please kill me, I know nothing."

"The Phantom Demon will wait for me at the junction of two provinces, he’s mostly coming for me, yet you acted first, so the person behind you likely isn’t the Phantom Demon, but also related to him."

"With the ability to engage the fourth on the Dark Demon Society’s Demon List, the Phantom Demon, while wishing to kill me, I guess it’s Sima Jingshu behind it. Is she the one instructing you?"

Su Mu casually picked up a piece of Fierce Beast Flesh and spoke.

All Zheng Qi could think of was seeking death, her body quivered unnervingly, not daring to meet Su Mu’s eyes, her gaze filled with terror.

In that instant, Zheng Qi suddenly realized her ignorance reach its peak, Mu Feng left the War Zone due to family changes, making her believe everything was in her favor, allowing her to easily replace Mu Feng’s position.

She had planned for so long but knew nothing about Su Mu.

Against a being who could see through hearts, everything was futile, and Zheng Qi believed she was truly pitiful.

At this moment, the image of Su Mu in her heart kept extending, sometimes majestic and unbearable to behold, sometimes overshadowed by blackness, revered like a ghost and deity.

The silver phantom beside Su Mu was transformed from the Third Form of the Great Wilderness Four Forms, Desolate Thought, and it was the first time Su Mu unleashed the full force of this form, perceiving every thought within Zheng Qi’s mind.