Chapter 219: Drinking Poison to Quench Thirst

Shi Anqi winked and gestured at Ren Yidao for a long time, trying his best to convey his thoughts to him:

"My dear brother."

"It's not that your big brother is criticizing you."

"Enough is enough!"

"Don't make it so that everyone can't back down; wouldn't that be truly awkward?"

"Don't you agree?"

Shi Anqi's current line of thinking was very simple.

It was just about smoothing things over!

On one side were the people of the Eastern Wasteland, who could only be pressured, but not truly offended too severely.

On the other side was Ren Yidao, whom he was very familiar with, not to mention that he was now the Emperor's brother, so he definitely couldn't mess around.

As for why Ren Yidao would confront Chu Yiping in the middle of such a late night and block his path without giving an inch... that was a problem to discuss later.

At this moment, the commotion caused on Heavenly Street was not small; if too many people saw it, he feared it would lead to unexpected problems.

Although Li Long was always unconventional and didn't care about the process as long as the task was completed.

But you still had to get the job done; you couldn't just stir up trouble without accomplishing anything.

And Ren Yidao, after silently watching Shi Anqi's performance, seemed to understand something.

He nodded slightly at Shi Anqi and slowly closed his eyes.

"Brother Shi, rest assured, I understand."

Seeing that Ren Yidao had understood his meaning, Shi Anqi breathed a sigh of relief and said to Chu Yiping:

"Good, then that's settled, please, everyone, first... hmm?"

Sss, sss, sss...

What was that sound?

!!!

Hearing the sound of a fuse burning behind him, Shi Anqi's face turned green.

Damn it!

What exactly did you understand, you idiot?

Igniting all the Merit Bombs with Instant Body Entanglement, Ren Yidao shouted loudly:

"I will definitely make them stay here!"

"ART! IS! EXPLOSION!"

Shi Anqi turned his head in terror and roared:

"Don't!!!"

"Madman!"

"That guy is just a madman!"

"Damn it!"

Crack!

Resentfully smashing the teacup in his hand, Chu Yiping sat on his chair, furious, his mustache trembling uncontrollably.

Damn it all.

He was just walking along perfectly fine when he ran into a madman.

Recalling how the other party looked so relaxed and didn't hesitate to self-destruct, Chu Yiping felt a headache coming on.

Damn, why is this Wentian so dangerous?

You can run into a madman who ignores the rules of martial arts just by poking around.

He said he'd commit suicide, so he just did it?

I didn't even say anything, why did you have such a huge reaction?

Chu Yiping came from the Chu Family and possessed high personal strength; he was usually a tyrant in the Eastern Wasteland and always acted without restraint.

But he hadn't expected to meet his match in Beigan today.

The soft fear the hard, the hard fear the fierce, and the fierce fear the one who doesn't value their own life.

Chu Yiping, the fierce one, very unfortunately ran into that life-disregarding Ren Yidao.

If it weren't for protecting the Princes, he would never have chosen to bow his head so humiliatingly.

How hateful!

The more he thought about the pressure he had endured while swallowing his pride earlier, the more unwilling Chu Yiping felt.

Damn it, why did I have to shoulder everything alone?

You bunch of brats, if you can't win some face for me...

I will definitely not let you off!

Don't think that I'm easy to bully!

And just as Chu Yiping was rolling up his sleeves, Pang Lixing was huddled in his room, his expression flickering between light and shadow.

He was arrogant by nature, but he wasn't an idiot.

After discovering earlier that Ren Yidao was not someone to be trifled with, he had shrunk back without saying a word, leaving Chu Yiping to deal with it.

Having provoked someone who shouldn't be provoked...

By the light of the candle, he looked at the insects he had collected, gritted his teeth, and squeezed out a low curse:

"Damn it..."

These Soul-Devouring Insects were dead, dead quite thoroughly.

The opponent did not use Dharma Power, but instead relied on the purest spiritual power to directly obliterate the will of these Soul-Devouring Insects.

This really could not be counted as Pang Lixing being imprudent; it could only be counted as his luck being too poor.

Who could have imagined that he would happen to run into a terrifying Life Cultivator?

How could there be such a coincidence in this world?

Heh, there actually is!

It really is just that coincidental.

Encountering such a matter, Pang Lixing also calmed down somewhat and reined in his angry emotions.

Regardless, he still had more important things that needed to be done; he could not just remain dejected like this.

The Two Domains Conflict is of great importance and absolutely cannot be allowed to fail.

"This is the only way."

Looking at the insect remains of the Soul-Devouring Insects, he closed his eyes and manipulated the remaining insect swarm to surge out from his sleeves, pouncing toward the corpses of their kin.

Crack, crack, crack...

Amidst a hair-raising sound of chewing, those twenty percent of insect remains were quickly devoured completely.

And after the feeding was finished, the remaining eighty percent of the insect swarm showed obvious changes.

Their mouthparts became sharper, the barbs on their blades became thicker, and their body sizes were clearly a size larger than before!

However, it was not just benefits.

From just a moment ago, Pang Lixing's brows had been tightly locked, and he shook his head in pain.

"Ugh... this feeling is truly too disgusting."

These Soul-Devouring Insects were connected to his soul, and their perceptions were likewise linked.

At the same time they devoured the corpses of their kin, he also experienced that strange feeling.

But this was not the biggest problem.

The real problem was the reaction that occurred after they finished devouring...

They had become stronger.

And, they... now began to crave the flesh and blood of their own kind.

Once the desire for cannibalism was ignited, it would be infinitely magnified!

For Pang Lixing, the previous action was merely a last resort.

This was a double-edged sword that harmed others and himself.

At this moment, the insect swarm had completely fallen into a vortex of madness.

The swarm became restless, and every insect began to be filled with wariness and craving toward the kin beside it.

Wanting to kill, yet worried about being killed.

To suppress their impulses, there were only two methods.

Either increase the proportion of blood-food in the feed used to raise them, filling their desires with a large amount of blood-food.

Or, simply let them cannibalize each other until the final king is decided.

And that king can be called a Gu.

But regardless, this process is irreversible.

Of these ten thousand Soul-Devouring Insects, in the end, there would likely only be one uncontrollable ticking time bomb left.

Although over a decade of painstaking effort was wasted just like that, fortunately, he was now significantly stronger and more dangerous than before.

Is it worth it?

It is not.

But does he have a choice?

No.

No matter how hard to swallow or how harmful this cup of poisoned wine is, he can only tilt his neck and drink it down.

Although drinking poison to quench thirst has deep and lasting harm, at least it can resolve an urgent need in the short term.

Only by demonstrating his value in the Two Domains Conflict can he sit firmly in his current position and truly talk about the future.

And being forced into this current situation, he had thoroughly come to hate the culprit behind this matter.

"Chu Hairen!!!"

Right!

Pang Lixing actually did not have much resentment toward Ren Yidao; the one he truly hated was Chu Hairen.

If it weren't for Chu Hairen acting willfully and insisting on uncovering the environment, there wouldn't have been so many things that happened later at all.

"It's all your fault!!!"