--- Chapter 32 ---
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!"
Yi Xian shrieked and released intense poison Dou Qi into the air, shaking the building around her. She scowled at Mu She with a murderous glare, swinging her claw-like finger.
"How dare you! How dare you use those innocent people as magical beast's baits!" Yi Xian screamed at the top of her lungs.
Her hatred toward Mu She is "literally." exploded.
Mu She coughed a mouthful of blood and stared at Yi Xian solemnly. He is about to offer this woman a job to ambush Lan Rou, but when she hears his other plan to avert the magical beast's attention by using recruits, she suddenly becomes furious like this.
Everyone in Qingshan City knows Yi Xian. She's known as Little Fairy Doctor, who helps injured people without expecting a return.
And under that sweet demeanor, Mu She knows Yi Xian is a cold-blooded person like him. However, He incorrectly judged Yi Xian's moral compass and ignited her anger.
They are in the same 2-rank Dou Master realm, but Mu She believes Yi Xian's presence is more menacing and dangerous than before. He could only grit his teeth and face her cautiously.
Baek Ain landed on a tower's roof and looked down, observing the fight between the Little Fairy Doctor and Mu She. They approach each other slowly, not giving a single opening to the opposite side.
Mu She moved first and tested the water. He launched a flurry of palm attacks, changing the air current in the area.
"Soaring Killer Wind: Piercing Wind!"
Facing the wind attack, Yi Xian maintained her frown and waved her hand down. She launched a poison Dou Qi like a projectile, sending a wave of purple energy.
SWOOSH! BOOM!
"Oh?" Baek Ain was "actually." amused by Yi Xian's fighting style.
After all, Yi Xian used her Dou Qi, similar to how Baek Ain used Energy Blast by concentrating in her palm before shooting it away. The only difference is their attributes.
"Kuugh." Mu She tackled several meters away and felt his skin wriggling in pain. The poison Dou Qi has entered his body, invading the bloodstream and veins rapidly like a burning flame.
Yi Xian took her chance and attacked Mu She again.
However, several members of Wolf Head Mercenary arrived and surrounded her.
"Go away... Or I'll kill you guys too." Yi Xian indifferently said. Her fingers have turned into purplish color, radiating with toxicity.
"ATTACK HER!" Mu She shouted and sealed his subordinates' fate.
Yi Xian's expression becomes unbearably cold as she must take more lives now. Surprisingly, several hidden weapons flew at lightning-like speed and killed all of the Wolf Head Mercenary except Mu She.
"Arggh!"
"Kuargh!
"Aaaah!"
The mercenary couldn't react and turned into lifeless bodies, falling to the ground with hidden weapons struck into their vital organs. Some got their body parts chopped and painted the area with red color.
Mu She was speechless, catching a glimpse of a blue flash.
"Hi there." Baek Ain choked Mu She from behind and lifted him casually like a sack of rice.
"Uugh-!"
Mu She's eyes widened in disbelief when seeing Baek Ain.
"You created some problems, didn't you?" Baek Ain smiled at the infamous Little Fairy Doctor. Now that he saw her clearly, Yi Xian was indeed beautiful.
"You..." Yi Xian remembered Baek Ain immediately. She hit him on the street accidentally at noon.
Baek Ain shook his head and commented, "We don't have much time, Little Fairy Doctor. Your condition worsened because of the prolonged usage of poison Dou Qi."
"At this point... Woeful Poison Body will become uncontrollable and kill everyone in Qingshan City."
"Of course, you'll also suffer." A bitter smile appeared on Baek Ain's face because Woeful Poison Body is either a blessing or curse for people in BTTH's world.
Yi Xian clenched her hand and returned, "Are you telling me to stop here? Stop here and spare that trash's life?"
"Oh? Not really." Baek Ain laughed in amusement. He threw Mu She at Yi Xian and added, "Here, you can kill him."
"I caught this guy to stop him from screaming nonsense."
Yi Xian saw the fingers mark on the trash's neck and noticed he couldn't utter a word. She let out a vicious laugh and punched his chest through with melting poison.
"Die..." She could see the disbelief on the face of Wolf Head Mercenary's Leader. After all, this man had the worst moment in his life today.
Baek Ain clapped at this sight and said, "Okay, you have finished your business here. Let's get out of this place."
"You don't want to witness the Qingshan Town's civilians see you as a monster, no?"
"Why should I trust you?" Yi Xian tossed Mu She to the ground.
"Fair, I guess. You don't have to trust me, but either way. You'll die sooner or later without me." Baek Ain said calmly. "Your choice is to follow me from now on."
"Or life in shame, where people see you as a poisonous walking disaster."
'I laid the bait down.' Baek Ain handed his right hand and waited for Yi Xian to make her choice. After all, He doesn't have a problem with failing this quest.
Yi Xian hesitated for a moment and noticed several people approaching this place. Her eyes shut in fear, recalling how people saw her indifferently in the past.
'Monster.'
'You killed us!'
'You killed us, you monster!'
'Rot in hell, you brat!'
'I shouldn't have let my wife birth you!!'
Yi Xian trembled, clutching her head in fear.
Baek Ain sighed and wrapped his arm around Yi Xian's waist, using Super Jump to leave the scene. He has burned all traces of Yi Xian's Dou Qi, so there shouldn't be any problem related to her.
"Here." He fed Yi Xian with a sleeping pill. It also put her Woeful Poison Body in a passive state.
Baek Ain jumped from roof to roof and arrived at the inn where Lan Rou had been waiting for him. She saved all the civilians and returned beforehand.
"Is she the source of that ominous Dou Qi?" Lan Rou questioned while staring at Yi Xian in Baek Ain's arm. "Isn't she the same lady who accidentally hit you on the street?"
"This is too good to be a coincidence, Ain..." She suspiciously moved her gaze to Baek Ain.
"It's a coincidence." Baek Ain helplessly replied.
"Hmm, still suspicious."
"Yeah, whatever. We should leave now."
"Like, right now?"
"Yeah..."
Baek Ain placed Yi Xian on his shoulder and hugged Lan Rou with his right arm. "Here we go." He jumped and soared to the sky, reaching the small mountain behind Qingshan Town.
Heavenly Gryphon greeted them with a small yet happy cry, rubbing its head against Baek Ain's clothes. Baek Ain patted the magical beast and ordered it to fly away.
"Where are we going next?" Lan Rou asked while fixing her hair.
"Tager Desert." Baek Ain answered casually.
[Ding! You have finished the "Woeful Poison Body's Disaster." quest]
[Rewarding 2x Senzu Bean]
"Nice."
As they flew away from Qingshan Town, Baek Ain remembered something important. He abruptly ordered the Heavenly Gryphon to turn around and check the border of the magical beast forest nearby.
"What are you doing?" Lan Rou tilted her head in confusion.
Baek Ain grinned at her and answered, "Treasure!"