214: I’m afraid you won’t be able to absorb it well, so I’ll add some ingredients for you…

Behind the mountain col.

Li Si looked at the indignant-looking Wang Chen and was left speechless.

"Conscience? Brother!"

"You are a cold-blooded, villainous Bounty Hunter!!"

"And you're talking to me about conscience?"

A look of astonishment flashed across his face, and Li Si instantly became vigilant.

"Brother Wang Wu, what exactly are you plotting?"

Li Si asked coldly, staring at Wang Chen.

"Uh..." Seeing this, Wang Chen blinked.

Oh no! I overacted!

"Haha!"

"Big Brother Li, your Wisdom Eye is like a torch; truly, nothing can be hidden from you."

Wang Chen laughed it off, took a few steps back, and sat on the ground.

"I'm just a little confused."

"Didn't we say there was a 5th Rank powerhouse hidden in the shadows for this operation? Why didn't this 5th Rank powerhouse make a move when we were besieged by the adventure group?"

The information he had interrogated from Zhou Qing indicated that among the unknown forces that created the Skeleton Lord, a 5th Rank Awakener had entered the Barren Land.

Later, when he mingled with the Bounty Hunter group, Li Si had patted his chest and guaranteed that if the situation turned dire, the 5th Rank Awakener would eventually step in to help.

But the result...

The Bounty Hunters were beaten to a pulp by the adventure group, suffering heavy casualties.

The 5th Rank Awakener? I didn't even see a single hair of theirs!!

Therefore, as he finished speaking, Wang Chen intentionally adopted an impatient tone.

"This..." Hearing his words, a flash of realization crossed Li Si's eyes, followed by a subtle expression.

"It's not that the lord didn't want to act, but he was intercepted."

"When we made our move, he intended to join in, but he was targeted by those two observing guild teams."

"Although that lord is 5th Rank, running into two teams consisting entirely of Rank 4 members meant he couldn't spare the energy to support us."

Li Si explained casually. While speaking, he checked the safety of the recovery potion and downed it in one gulp.

"Hoo!" Feeling the Life energy repairing his wounds, Li Si exhaled a breath of murky air.

Having tanked the skills of two Rank 4 Awakeners from the adventure group and then traveled a long distance to get here, he had less than a tenth of his strength left.

Now that the wounds in his body were constantly being repaired, even though it was painful, it gave him a sense of security again.

However... what Li Si didn't notice was that after he drank the recovery potion, a strange look flashed in Wang Chen's eyes opposite him.

"He drank my doctored recovery potion, now he's done for!"

Wang Chen thought with a wicked smile, engaging Li Si in conversation while waiting for the potion to take effect.

A moment later.

When Wang Chen asked about how to contact the other Bounty Hunters, Li Si finally sensed that something was wrong.

"Wang Wu, who exactly are you?"

"Having been in the Barren Land for so long, it's impossible for you not to know the contact method for the others!"

Li Si looked at Wang Chen with icy eyes, one hand already gripping his weapon.

It felt as if he would cut Wang Chen down on the spot if he gave the wrong answer.

"Heh..." Hearing his words, Wang Chen sneered. Instead of answering Li Si's question, he replied with something irrelevant:

"The time should be about right!"

"What?" Li Si was startled upon hearing this, his eyes instantly becoming extremely cold.

However, he wasn't panicked. The effect of the recovery potion was quite powerful; his strength had already recovered by half, and he had great confidence that he could handle the guy across from him.

However... just as he tightened his grip on his weapon and before he could take a step, he suddenly felt a sharp, twisting pain in his abdomen.

"Something's wrong..."

"I've been poisoned?!?"

A flash of panic crossed Li Si's face, and his gaze towards Wang Chen was filled with astonishment.

He had personally checked the recovery potion; there was absolutely no toxicity in it. How, exactly, had he been poisoned?

"Congratulations, you guessed right!" Seeing his ploy take effect, Wang Chen stood up with a grin.

"Impossible!"

"Poison detection spells had no reaction to the recovery potion; how on earth did you poison me?"

The twisting pain in his abdomen grew more intense. Li Si forced himself to stand straight through the pain, speaking in disbelief.

As he spoke, he even quietly took out a bottle of antidote, preparing to drink it when Wang Chen wasn't paying attention.

However... Wang Chen didn't care at all about Li Si's small movements.

"Who told you I poisoned you?"

"What I gave you was indeed a recovery potion, non-toxic and harmless. It's just that I was afraid you wouldn't absorb it well, so I added a teeny-tiny bit of laxative inside."

Wang Chen said with a grin, looking at Li Si.

"What?" Hearing his words, Li Si felt his rear tighten instantly, as an unstoppable torrent madly assaulted his flower bud.

"You..." Even a Rank 4 Awakener could not escape the most primal of human reactions.

Li Si clamped his legs together, relying on his weapon for support to keep from collapsing.

Seeing that he had reached his limit, Wang Chen didn't hesitate any longer, lest the other party really transform into a "jet warrior" and dirty his own eyes in the process.

"Do you want the antidote?" He suddenly spoke up.

"Give it to me!"

"I... I'll trade my spatial equipment for it."

Li Si gritted his teeth, looking at Wang Chen with hopeful eyes.

However... what he saw at this moment wasn't that plain, unremarkable face, but a pair of peach-colored eyes.

Scarlet Eyes!

Buzz, buzz, buzz!! Almost in an instant, Li Si's consciousness fell into a trance.

The next second. Swoosh! Wang Chen moved.

Slash, slash!! With just two sword strikes, he severed Li Si's head and arm.

Then, before the torrent could erupt, he quickly took the two trophies and left the scene.

Not long after he left, the foul stench attracted monsters roaming the Barren Land, and a few Dark Jackals had a midnight snack.

...

...

"Hoo!"

"I'm back!" At the break of dawn, the dusty Wang Chen appeared outside the checkpoint of North Wind City.

At this moment, the square, which had been noisy when he first arrived, was silent, with only the guards on duty at the checkpoint passage.

"Please present your pass and go register over there!" The guard raised a hand and pointed towards the registration desk next to the checkpoint.

Wang Chen handed over the data terminal in his hand.

"Officer, after killing a Bounty Hunter in the Barren Land, where should I go to claim the bounty?"

He asked politely while the guard was registering.

"Bounty Hunter?" The guard raised his head in surprise.

He glanced at Wang Chen, who looked handsome and still carried a hint of youthful naivety, and then looked at the registration information.

"The bounty can be claimed right here."

"However..." The guard shook his head and said in a relaxed tone:

"You ran into a robbery in the Barren Land, didn't you?"

"The Bounty Hunters on the city's wanted list are at least Rank 4 in strength. The one you killed probably won't be worth any money."

As he finished speaking, he returned the data terminal to Wang Chen.

But just at this moment... Thud! A head still dripping with blood was placed directly on the table.

"Officer, then please help me claim it." Wang Chen said with a grin, revealing a mouthful of white teeth.