32: Chapter 32 A Cunning Plan: I'm the Movie King!

Damn it!

I've been poisoned!

Li Taiping's mind buzzed, and the hairs on his entire body stood on end instantly.

Who is it?

This thought flashed through his mind for only a second before he immediately locked onto one person.

Helya!

That poisonous scorpion woman who had made him feel uncomfortable from the very beginning!

She was the only one in the entire area who played with poison; it couldn't be anyone else.

Despite all his precautions, he hadn't expected to fall for her trick!

This woman's methods were far more insidious than he had imagined.

If he didn't have the bug-like Talent of [Immunity to All Poisons], he would probably already be a corpse by now.

A surge of lingering fear and rage erupted in Li Taiping's heart like a volcano.

But he didn't move.

Not even the expression on his face changed in the slightest.

He maintained the posture of bending over to reach for the loot, but his movements became abnormally slow, as if a slow-motion button had been pressed.

Act!

He had to keep acting!

It would be best to lure out everyone with ulterior motives and slaughter them one by one!

Since they dared to make a move at this time, they must have something to rely on.

Li Taiping's brain made a decision in an instant.

He took a deep breath, suppressed the killing intent in his heart, and then began his performance.

His body first swayed almost imperceptibly.

Immediately after, the smile on his face slowly solidified, replaced by a perfectly calibrated look of confusion and pain.

"Hmm?"

He let out a muffled groan, clutched his chest, and furrowed his brows tightly, as if he were enduring some immense pain.

This sudden change immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Taiping! What's wrong?"

An anxious cry came from nearby.

Li Jun rushed to Li Taiping's side in one stride, grabbed his swaying body, and his face was filled with worry.

He didn't even care about picking up the dropped treasure chest.

"Was the consumption from that sword strike just now too great?"

Li Jun asked anxiously.

In his view, although Li Taiping's sword strike just now was earth-shattering, it must have consumed an unimaginable amount of energy.

It was entirely possible for aftereffects to appear now.

As he spoke, he didn't hesitate at all, taking a few crystal-clear energy stones directly from his storage and shoving them into Li Taiping's hand.

"Quick! Use these to replenish your energy!"

Li Jun's actions and tone were full of genuine concern, without a hint of falseness.

While handing over the energy stones, his other hand had already quietly gripped the pistol at his waist, his eyes scanning the others around them vigilantly.

A warm current surged through Li Taiping's heart.

Those were ordinary-quality energy stones.

For him now, he had as many energy stones of this grade as he wanted in his treasure basin.

But for Li Jun, and for any Survivor at this stage, these were extremely precious strategic resources!

The fact that Li Jun could take them out without hesitation was enough to prove his care and friendship for Li Taiping.

But the play had to go on.

Li Taiping did not take the energy stone; instead, with a "pfft" sound, he fell to one knee, his face turning paper-white at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Cough... cough cough..."

He coughed violently, as if he were trying to cough his lungs out.

At this, everyone's expressions became strange.

Someone as strong as Li Taiping was actually weakened to this extent?

In the crowd, Helya watched Li Taiping's reaction, a trace of doubt flashing in her eyes.

Something was wrong.

This reaction was not right.

According to her understanding of the [Deadly Poison Curse Potion], the poisoned person should have been instantly eroded by the deadly poison and turned into pus, unable to even let out a scream.

Why did this Li Taiping only look weak, yet not die immediately?

"Could it be... because his life level is too high and he has strong resistance to toxins?" Helya could only think of this explanation.

She felt that perhaps it was because of Li Taiping's Good-Grade Late Stage strength that delayed the onset of the poison.

But it didn't matter!

As long as the poison had invaded, he was dead for sure!

It was only a matter of time!

Watching Li Taiping becoming weaker and weaker, to the point where he couldn't even stand steadily, the greed and excitement in Helya's heart could no longer be suppressed.

She saw that the eyes of a few players around were already starting to flicker, eager to make a move.

No!

She couldn't let them get ahead!

Everything Li Taiping had must be hers!

Thinking of this, Helya stopped pretending.

"Boom!"

A powerful aura, filled with coldness and malice, burst forth from her body!

Her good grade early stage strength was fully revealed!

"Haha... hahahaha!"

She let out a harsh, wild laugh, swaying her waist, and walked out of the crowd step by step.

With the posture of a victor, she looked down at Li Taiping, who was kneeling on one knee, her face full of disdain and mockery.

"Good-Grade Late Stage? The strongest newcomer? Nothing more than that!"

"Young man, you are still too green after all! You have brute strength, but you don't know that in this world, the most terrifying things are always the invisible knives!"

She opened her arms, as if embracing her victory.

"Now, everything of yours is mine!"

As she spoke, she reached out her hand, covered in pustules, towards Li Taiping's head, seemingly wanting to deliver the final blow.

The people around were all stunned by Helya's suddenly exploded strength and arrogant declaration.

Another good grade powerhouse!

And one who played with poison too!

They subconsciously took a few steps back, not daring to get close.

Li Jun's expression changed drastically; he instantly understood something, roared, and raised his gun to shoot.

But .357 caliber had limited lethality against good grade life forms.

Everyone thought Li Taiping was done for.

However, at this critical moment.

The man who had been kneeling on one knee, appearing so weak that he might stop breathing at any moment, suddenly raised his head.

On his pale face, where was there any trace of pain or weakness?

Replaced by a cold and mocking smile.

"Not pretending anymore?"

He asked indifferently.

Helya's movements stiffened suddenly, and a sense of foreboding instantly enveloped her heart.

"You..."

She had just wanted to say something.

A sword light, fast to the extreme, flashed past her eyes from bottom to top!

"Not good!"

Helya's pupils constricted sharply; at the critical moment of life and death, she erupted with all her potential, her body leaning backward at an incredible angle.

"Pfft!"

A muffled sound of a sharp blade entering flesh.

"Ah——!!!"

A shrill scream resounded throughout the entire clearing.

One of Helya's arms was severed from the shoulder, flying into the sky!

Blood stained her face red, making her look even more hideous and terrifying.

She scrambled backward, her face filled with terror and disbelief.

"You... you weren't poisoned?! That's impossible!"

She screamed, completely unable to accept this fact, "Spare me! I didn't mean it! No, no! This wasn't me!"

Li Taiping slowly stood up, patted the dust off his knees, and a drop of blood slowly slid off the cold iron sword in his hand.

He looked at the terrified Helya, his smile full of mockery.

"It wasn't you?"

Before his voice faded, his figure disappeared from where he stood again.

The next second, he had already appeared behind Helya, the cold sword blade catching up to her fleeing steps.

"You do have some tricks up your sleeve, so why are you still pretending?"

"You're the only one who plays with poison here; if it's not you, who could it be? You're quite insidious."

The cold and indifferent voice sounded in Helya's ear, like the judgment of the Grim Reaper.