Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 322 Are You on the Wrong Medicine?

They came from the Jiao King’s Palace! They had seen tens of thousands of humans, if not a hundred thousand, but never had anyone been able to keep up with them so silently. What’s more, this time they were deliberately showing off, eager to watch the other party make a fool of themselves. But then... the three beasts instantly felt as if they had eaten shit. It was an absolutely sickening feeling.

Behind them, Ning Xuan blinked and asked quizzically, "What’s wrong with your eyes, you three? Your eyeballs have frozen. Should I dig them out for you? It might prevent the sickness from becoming incurable."

As he spoke, Ning Xuan looked eager to try.

"Fuck off!"

"Are you insane?!"

The beasts on the left and right couldn’t hold back as they regained their senses. The words had barely left their mouths when—SPLAT! Blood sprayed through the sky as their corpses plummeted down.

The remaining beast was completely dumbfounded. It never expected Ning Xuan to make a move, let alone dare to.

"You... you..." As it came to its senses, it leaped away, watching Ning Xuan warily, unable to speak coherently.

Ning Xuan shrugged and said innocently, "Sorry, my condition is getting worse."

"Ah, you have a condition? What kind?" Yuan Yurong asked, genuinely surprised. At this moment, she was the perfect straight man for his act.

"Whenever someone curses at me, I can’t control my hands. I get this urge to kill. Just as it said, I think there really is something wrong with me mentally."

The corner of the last beast’s mouth twitched. What the hell is wrong with his mind? His brain is the problem! He’s missing a screw! Otherwise, who would dare to show such disrespect to the Jiao King’s Palace? A guy like this is not to be provoked!

It instantly made up its mind to only lead the way and keep its mouth shut. Otherwise, dying for no reason would be a total waste! 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝙬𝙚𝓫𝒏𝓸𝓿𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝙤𝓶

For the rest of the journey, the beast led the way obediently and at an extreme speed. After all, the human behind it had no trouble keeping up. Besides, it felt so insecure. Four of them had set out, but now it was the only one left. It wanted to look back countless times, as a chilling premonition washed over it again and again. It felt that at any moment, the madman behind might suddenly strike and obliterate it.

Driven by fear, its speed grew faster and faster. A journey that would normally take half an hour at full speed was forcefully completed in less than fifteen minutes.

Seeing the familiar buildings ahead, the beast finally let a smile creep onto its face as it landed, breathing a long sigh of relief. Finally, home! Damn it! That lowlife kept me on edge the whole way! I can’t let this go!

Back in its familiar environment, the beast’s arrogance returned. But there was to be no "later" for it to enjoy.

SPLAT!

An invisible Sword Qi pierced its heart.

"You... you... wh... why?" it stammered, turning to face Ning Xuan in utter confusion.

"My hand slipped."

Ning Xuan shrugged. Before he had even finished speaking, the beast looked down to see it had been stabbed again.

"You... you..."

"I just thought it looked a bit asymmetrical," Ning Xuan said, looking at the two symmetrical wounds with a satisfied smile. "You don’t have to thank me. It looks much more comfortable now."

Enraged, the beast spat a mouthful of blood and fell backward, dead, its eyes wide open in disbelief.

「At the entrance of the Jiao King’s Palace」

The shrimp soldiers and crab generals on guard were stunned. They had originally assumed Ning Xuan’s group were Human Slaves being brought back. But instead, this human had dared to kill one of the palace’s experts right at the front gate.

After rubbing their eyes and confirming what they had seen, a sharp alarm cry rose abruptly.

Shortly after, Ning Xuan saw the Jiao Prince from before. The difference was that this time he was protected by several beasts in human skins, like the moon surrounded by stars. Upon seeing the corpse on the ground, the Jiao Prince showed no surprise.

Just as he was about to speak, Ning Xuan spoke first. "I heard your palace has this kind of Divine Crystal. Where is it?"

Opposite him, the beasts all looked at each other in dismay. Has this guy lost his mind?!

"Damn it, do you know where you are?!"

"Despicable Human Slave, who gave you such courage?!"

"Kneel and crawl over here!"

One voice after another rang out. Above them, the Turbid Qi loomed like dark clouds pressing down.

At this moment, every member of the Human Race within the Jiao King’s Palace was trembling. To humans, Turbid Qi was like a fatal poison. Faced with the terrifying might bearing down, all they could do was kneel and prostrate themselves.

Another human is about to suffer... This thought arose in the minds of the prostrated humans, followed by a familiar numbness. This was the Tianyang Realm. It wasn’t that no humans had ever resisted, but their fates were always exceedingly tragic. All they could do was obey.

However, they didn’t know that the one who had arrived this time was far beyond their imagination in every conceivable way.

Just as the scolding at the Jiao King’s Palace gate died down, the beasts who had spoken were already dead, their lives extinguished in an instant.

Suddenly, the group of beasts was no longer arrogant. They all tensed up, as if facing a formidable enemy. The Jiao Prince, in particular, backed away immediately. Why did I have to come out early?!

"What did he do?!"

"Did any of you see him make a move?!"

The remaining experts of the Jiao King’s Palace communicated via telepathy. None of them had seen the human move at all.

"It wasn’t him. The killing blow seemed to come from above!" an aged voice transmitted.

The next moment, a beast with keen Six Senses noticed something amiss. "I sense it! Above us in the sky, there’s a..."

Before it could finish, it was annihilated.

"A what?"

"Hey, you can’t die yet! You haven’t finished explaining!" some of the other beasts cried out, unable to hold back. Its unfinished sentence left them agonizingly curious, like an itch they couldn’t scratch.

One was more direct. Its Turbid Qi suddenly condensed into a massive hand that shot toward the sky, determined to find the truth. However, before it could probe very far, its body was sliced in half.

This time, some of them finally saw what was in the sky.

A sword.

It didn’t radiate an overwhelming aura of sharpness, yet its killing power was second to none.

"No wonder you’re so audacious! So you came prepared!"

"A Divine Weapon like this... how is a lowly Human Slave like you worthy of possessing it!"

Suddenly, two voices boomed from the depths of the Jiao King’s Palace. At the same time, an object appeared in the sky. It was a pouch stitched from animal hide, and its mere appearance seemed capable of shackling the very heavens. A terrifying restraining force immediately enveloped the Cloud Floating Sword, attempting to capture it.

HUM! HUM! HUM!

The Cloud Floating Sword vibrated in resistance, but it seemed to be losing ground.

CLANG!

Amidst the ringing, an unparalleled ray of sword light slashed toward the pouch. The beam from the Cloud Floating Sword, which could effortlessly slice through Chaos itself, failed to penetrate its target. A mysterious halo flickered around the pouch, which was now suddenly covered in a layer of black scales. It was these scales that blocked the sharp beam of the Cloud Floating Sword.

Amid a clang of metal on metal and a shower of sparks, the sword sliced off a few black scales, which fell through the void. A massive hand suddenly tore through the sky and retrieved the falling black scales.

From the depths, a voice filled with admiration arose.

"To think it could even breach the defense of the Ink Jade Pouch... truly worthy of being a Peerless Divine Weapon!"