Absolute Gate

Chapter 115 Brother, I was just kidding!
Wu Zhong was unable to simulate the red-haired effect and remained paralyzed for the time being, waiting to see how things went.

After everyone was poisoned, their first reaction was that an enemy had arrived!

"A mercenary group has come knocking on our door, and Michelle and Long Qi didn't even notice?" Au Ching was shocked.

Both Michelle and Long Qi are masters of perception. They didn't even know someone had sneaked onto the ship and poisoned them. The newcomer must have extremely strong stealth abilities, or even have absolute special characteristics.

“I’ve been… I’ve been monitoring the ocean, unless… unless it flew over,” Michel said hoarsely, trying to pluck out the red hairs, but they just grew back.

This red fur was constantly devouring and transforming his body's vitality, causing his life force to continuously diminish and weaken.

Long Qi's face was gloomy: "But I have always covered a radius of 10,000 meters with my divine sense, and there was nothing unusual before I was injured by the Yellow Spring Water."

"Could it be that in such a short time, an enemy took the opportunity to fly in and secretly poisoned us? Is it really that coincidental?"

He once again unleashed his divine sense, monitoring all directions.

"Who goes there? Show yourself! Why hide your face?" Long Qi's voice, as loud as a bell, echoed through the cabin.

However, after a long time, nothing happened.

If an enemy attacks, this is the time to reveal yourself. Does this mean that the attackers are weak except for their ability to infiltrate and poison?
So they had to hide until they died before showing themselves?
Everyone's faces turned pale immediately, and their second reaction was to find an antidote.

"Viper! You're just a poison enthusiast, what kind of poison is this?" Parsley, a multi-faceted magic user with superpowers, was completely helpless against this kind of thing.

The viper had already begun trying to detoxify. After a series of actions, he said coldly, "I know this kind of red-haired venom. It's available on the platform. It's an energy poison with its own toxicity laws!"

"It will continuously erode our lives, by a percentage; at this rate, we will die within five minutes."

Parsley exclaimed in horror: "Damn it! Who did this?!"

The viper suddenly swallowed a red pill, and its complexion instantly improved, and the stiffness disappeared.

Although red hair was still growing on his body, he was able to move freely.

The viper walked over to the overturned containers and examined them. A moment later, he discovered something: "The poison... it was in the wine... we all drank it..."

Everyone frowned. In order to create an atmosphere, apart from Michel pouring wine for everyone at the beginning, everyone basically poured their own drinks afterward, and the wine jug was shared.

If poison is put in alcohol, then no one who drinks it will be spared.

However, this also suggests that the poison was most likely not from outside sources, since it had been prepared long ago.

At the same time, Wu suddenly realized: "Luckily, I don't know how to imitate Red Hair, otherwise I would have been exposed."

At the previous banquet, he claimed to be abstaining from alcohol but didn't drink any alcohol at all; he only ate food.

It wasn't that he was wary of drinking; after all, he possessed a deadly poison, so there was nothing to be wary of.

It was purely because of what happened to Luo Yi that he really quit drinking, and he hasn't drunk any since.

Wu Zhong noticed that Long Qi finally looked away from him. No one paid attention to him, but Long Qi immediately noticed that Wu Zhong didn't have red hair.

However, since the poison was put in the wine, and Wu Zhong didn't drink any wine, it's quite normal that there was no Red Hair.

“It’s not an outsider, it’s you! Michelle!” Parsley exclaimed in shock and anger.

Michelle said coldly, "You yourselves poisoned Aba, I wasn't involved, and now you're blaming me?"

"Viper, how did you get up? Are you all better?"

Parsley looked at the viper in surprise. Indeed, it was the viper who poisoned Aba. Could it be that he added an extra poison to poison everyone?

You just took the antidote, so you can move around freely now?
Viper said coldly, "Paula prepared the drinks; I didn't touch them."

"Moreover, I can definitely control my poison. This kind of red-haired poison was definitely not administered by me; it's too expensive."

"But you, Michelle, when you went to Honiara to resupply a week ago, you insisted on buying things on the platform, saying that it was useless to keep money at this critical time and that you wanted to spend all the hundreds of millions you had saved, even at the risk of being discovered by the mercenary group."

"I suppose that's when you bought this red-haired poison?"

Michelle gritted her teeth and said, "You said it was very expensive. I only bought some protective gear at the time, and I showed it to you later. That equipment alone cost me 600 million. Where would I have extra money to buy poison?"

Parsley paused, realizing that everyone knew how much money Michelle had.

Six hundred million is his entire fortune, and he would have to sell everything he owns to survive; he couldn't possibly have any extra funds.

Parsley looked at the viper suspiciously: "Viper! You still haven't answered me, what did you eat? Why are you alright now?"

The viper said coldly, "Although I don't have the red-haired venom, I know the toxicity of all the poisonous creatures on the platform."

"Although the poison of the red-haired creature takes away our lives in percentage form, it can be resisted and replenished."

"The purification pills on my body can effectively suppress it, eliminate the negative effects of stiffness and weakness, and replenish my life force. As long as I keep taking them, I can delay the time it takes to be poisoned to death."

As he spoke, he took out another red pill and swallowed it.

Seeing this, Parsley hurriedly said, "Viper, quickly give me some too."

The viper shook its head and said, "I don't have much either. If I give it to you, we'll all die."

"And what about me?" Long Qi suddenly asked quietly.

The viper glanced at Long Qi: "Excuse me, Senior Long Qi, would you share something as life-saving as this?"

Long Qi smiled knowingly.

Viper hurriedly said, "But I really didn't use that red-haired poison, it was Michelle!"

"This poison is deadly. Without any means to replenish life, anyone will die within five minutes."

"If I couldn't find out the whereabouts of the Fountain of Youth, why would I use such a deadly poison? What good would it do me if Abara died?"

"As for Michel, he is also someone who might obtain the Fountain of Youth. Perhaps the leader foresaw his defeat and gave it to him in advance, which is why Michel did not return for the final battle and instead went to live overseas."

Everyone was awestruck; this was indeed one of the reasons why they followed Michelle.

Michelle roared, "Nonsense! Why are you bringing up old grievances? I've already proven this to Long Qi; I didn't get the spring water!"

Long Qi nodded. Indeed, he had verified it long ago. Not long after the leader died, he found Michelle and mentioned the matter. Michelle's willingness to be hypnotized and questioned was the truth; there was absolutely no such thing.

Viper Parsley also knew about this, which is why they truly believed Michelle hadn't received it.

It's illogical to say that Michelle wanted to kill Abba.

Michelle said coldly, "Dragon Kirin, Viper, Parsley, I know perfectly well that the three of you want to harm Aba and take the Fountain of Youth, and I will not get involved."

"But haven't you all considered that some of you might take an extra step and try to keep the treasure for yourself?"

"The viper was in charge of administering the poison. He added extra red-haired poison and prepared a purification pill as an antidote. He wanted us all dead so he could enjoy the poison all to himself."

"As for Aba... he doesn't really want to kill him. Viper is a poisoner, and he'll just give Aba a red pill to prolong his life if necessary."

"With everyone dead, his purpose was to torture Abba alone and ultimately take all the spoils."

This argument is reasonable and well-founded. Indeed, administering such a deadly toxin might not necessarily be intended to kill Aba. After all, everyone was poisoned, so the real purpose was likely to eliminate the sharer.

Once we find out the location of the Fountain of Youth, it might be too late...

So poisoning beforehand is a good choice. Anyway, Aba is already here and can't escape. Poisoning the others and interrogating them alone would be wonderful.
"Viper! You're ruthless!"

"Bring me the antidote!"

Parsley unleashed a surge of shockwaves, instantly propelling him towards the viper like a cannonball.

The viper, however, retaliated with a swift and merciless slash.

"Boom!" Parsley was slashed and sent flying, crashing into the wall. The steel was dented, and a gruesome, bone-deep knife wound appeared on his body.

Michelle shouted, "Long Qi, you saw it, didn't you? He's the one who poisoned us!"

Long Qi coldly replied, "A viper?"

Viper's face darkened: "I'm too lazy to explain. Humph, Michelle must have the antidote on her. I'll go get it myself."

He exuded a fierce aura and charged straight at Michelle.

"Long Qi! Are you going to just stand by and watch him kill everyone?" Michelle's expression changed drastically. A bone chain on her chest suddenly lit up and hummed, forming a white bone shield that protected her.

"clang!"

The viper's slash only managed to create a crack in the bone shield, failing to completely break through its defenses.

At the same time, Parsley spread her five fingers wide, condensed dense air, and blasted out a violent shock cannon, hitting the viper squarely in the back.

"Oh!"

The viper was also forced to wear multiple protective gear, with black and purple venom armor covering its entire body, resembling a samurai's armor.

The Venom Armor was blown apart but then healed itself, absorbing the attack.

However, caught in a pincer movement, he cried out urgently, "Idiot! The antidote you need is on him!"

"Long Qi, don't interfere. Let me find the antidote on his body, and the truth will come out!"

Parsley paused for a moment upon hearing this, and her offensive slowed down slightly.

Long Qi remained unmoved, squinting as he observed the situation, waiting to see what would happen.

With no more worries, the viper's blade became even more ferocious, repeatedly slashing through the bone shield.

Seeing that the bone defenses were about to collapse, Michelle slammed her hands together!
The reservoir inside the ship's bulkhead behind them suddenly exploded, and the surging water, like a sea dragon bursting from its dam, rushed and washed away the viper.

However, the limited water storage inside the cabin meant that the power was insufficient to severely damage the viper.

"Oni-tou Rōgiri!" The viper's eyes were sharp as it went against the current, its blade cutting through the waves and unleashing astonishing power, shattering Michelle's bone shield with a single strike!
"Wow!"

Michelle's chest was slashed open with a knife. She slammed against the wall, blood trickling from the corner of her mouth, her brow furrowed.

"Tch!" He pulled out a red crystal with lightning speed and embedded it hard into the wound on his chest.

The muscles instantly contracted, tightly enveloping the crystal. The crystal, like a gemstone heart, was embedded in the flesh, with the surrounding skin veins bulging menacingly and pulsating with an ominous red light.

Michelle stood up again, and the red hair on her body no longer spread, but instead clung tightly to her skin, forming an unusual layer of crystalline flesh.

"What did I tell you? This is the antidote!" the viper exclaimed with delight.

Michelle had clearly been detoxified and was even able to control the poison.

“Oh.” Michelle replied expressionlessly.

"Bang!"

He threw a punch with lightning speed, directly clashing head-on with the viper, actually chipping the viper's knife and sending it flying!

The viper's jaws snapped open, both arms were broken, and white bone fragments pierced through its joints. It was blasted into the steel wall by the immense force.

"Ugh..." The viper vomited blood incessantly, its face filled with horror.

He considered himself superior to Michelle in close combat, although the latter was particularly troublesome in the sea, but certainly not enough to inflict such a serious injury on him with a single punch in a land battle.

"This is the power of the gold level... You actually became stronger by using this deadly poison?" Viper asked incredulously.

Michelle scoffed, "Viper, you only know how to study toxicity itself, but you don't know that it is also a form of cultivation."

"In the cultivation category of the mall, this is actually part of a fantasy-themed voodoo cultivation method. That red-haired voodoo will refine all the essence, blood and life force of others into a kind of source material crystal, which is used as a cultivation material."

"You're right, it's a percentage of refined life force, so the stronger the being, the better the crystal."

"And you, having been poisoned by the red-haired witchcraft, are my consumables, and will eventually become my cultivation resources."

Parsley roared, "What? It really is you! Michelle!"

"They said they wouldn't participate, but they secretly poisoned the wine, trying to wipe us all out and monopolize the Fountain of Youth!"

Michelle smiled without saying a word, and then punched Parsley with her backhand.

Parsley's eyes widened in fury as she desperately condensed dense gas, transforming it into an air cannon in an attempt to use offense as a defense.

Unfortunately, he was already deeply poisoned, and unlike the viper, he didn't have a purification pill to delay the poisoning, not to mention that Michelle's strength had surged at this moment.

"puff!"

Michelle's fist, wrapped in red-haired crystals, shattered the air cannon with overwhelming force, instantly blasting through Parsley's chest!

A fist encased in red crystals emerged from behind Parsley, shattering the steel wall behind him.

Parsley's blood kept flowing, his injuries were so terrible, and the voodoo continued to devour his life, causing him to grow red hair.

“Michelle… don’t kill me… I’ve always… listened to you…”

Michelle sighed softly, "I want to go solo."

Parsley clung tightly to Michel's arm, pleading tremblingly, "Please let me stay... Didn't you say you needed me to return to Gangu to avenge my father?"

Michelle looked bewildered: "Sorry, bro, I was just kidding."

"..." Parsley's eyes widened in horror, blood welling up in them.

"Pfft!"

Michelle threw another punch, smashing Parsley's head without hesitation.

Wu Zhong, who was under the table, was stunned. Well, one of them had died.

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(End of this chapter)