The SSSSSSSS-level Mad Dragon is released from prison!

The echo of the horn faded into the woods.

Immediately following were countless subtle sounds of wind being cut.

Dozens of figures painted with oil paint, gripping vines, swung down from the tall tree canopy and landed silently around the group.

They each held a blowgun more than a meter long, its mouth gleaming with a ghostly green light.

The leader was not masked. He jumped off the back of a giant, blood-red spider with eight blood-red eyes. His spider legs landed with a screeching sound as metal scraped against rock.

The man was young, with skin tanned from years of sun exposure, adorned with ornaments made of animal bones and feathers, yet his eyes were filled with undisguised greed and lust.

His gaze swept back and forth between Xiao Ruoye, Shen Suxin, and Jun Yao, and drool almost dripped from the corner of his mouth.

"Tsk tsk, the mountain god has opened his eyes, sending three such beautiful women today."

"The big one is hot enough, the sick one is pitiful, and the little one..." His gaze lingered on Junyao for a moment, his brows furrowing slightly, as if he sensed something, but it was quickly replaced by desire.

"If we raise the younger one for two years, he'll be a top-quality specimen too!"

The Black Miao warriors behind him let out a suppressed jeer.

The man's gaze finally fell on the simple sedan chair woven from vines and banana leaves, carried by four giant apes.

He sniffed hard, a look of ecstatic joy spreading across his face.

"Such a strong smell of blood! And there's also a... smell of impending death."

"Bring it over here so I can take a look!"

The four giant apes let out low growls, but instead of moving, they adopted an attack stance.

"Hey, how dare a few beasts bare their teeth?"

The young man sneered, took out a small bamboo whistle from his waist, and blew it.

An invisible sound wave spread out.

The four giant apes, which had been incredibly fierce, seemed to have heard some terrifying sound. They let out a mournful cry, dropped the sedan chair, and fled into the depths of the jungle with their tails between their legs.

"Bang!"

The sedan chair crashed heavily to the ground.

"Jiang Chen!"

Xiao Ruoye and Shen Suxin exclaimed in surprise at the same time and rushed over without thinking.

"Don't move."

The young man waved his hand, and the Black Miao warrior beside him immediately stepped forward and aimed his blowgun at the two women.

"My name is Wu Lie, and I am the future king of the Black Miao."

"Now, the three of you, and that dying man, are all my spoils."

Wu Lie walked to the broken sedan chair and kicked the black cloth wrapped around Jiang Chen.

"Tsk tsk, not bad physique. Although the blood and qi have deteriorated, the foundation is still there. Perfect timing. I'm currently refining a 'Flying Corpse King,' and I'm just missing a top-quality main material."

"Strip him clean, soak him in 'corpse oil' for three days and three nights, then implant my natal Gu. In less than seven days, he will be my most powerful weapon!"

Upon hearing this, the warriors behind him revealed awe and fervor in their eyes.

Xiao Ruoye's eyes turned completely cold.

Dragons have scales that cannot be touched; to touch them is certain death.

Jiang Chen is the Achilles' heel of all three of them.

"You're courting death."

She said it word by word.

Wu Lie burst into laughter, as if he had heard the funniest joke in the world.

"You little wench, you've got quite the nerve."

"You? A cripple whose internal energy is almost depleted?"

His laughter stopped, and his eyes turned sinister.

"Shoot! Don't kill them, just cripple them! Tonight I'm going to really taste what a woman from the capital is like!"

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh—"

Dozens of blowguns coated with potent poison and anesthetic shot towards the three women from all directions with a sharp whistling sound.

Xiao Ruoye moved.

She shielded Shen Suxin and Jun Yao behind her, the broken knife in her hand drawing an arc.

"Clang clang clang!"

The remaining Gengjin sword energy formed a pale golden barrier in front of her, deflecting all the blowguns.

After doing this, her face turned even paler.

"Huh?" Wu Lie was somewhat surprised. "You're actually quite skilled."

"However, even a tiny bit of my 'Green Widow' poison will knock down a Grandmaster of Internal Energy."

He looked at the blowguns that had fallen to the ground and were beginning to corrode the vegetation, a smug smile on his face.

"Brother."

Shen Suxin stepped out from behind Xiao Ruoye, bowed slightly to Wu Lie, and spoke in a weak voice.

"We were just passing by and had no intention of offending you. I have some medicinal pills here that can heal wounds and detoxify. How about we make a deal? You let us pass, and you can have all of these."

She opened her hand, revealing several pills radiating a soft, precious light in her palm.

When Wu Lie saw the pill, his eyes lit up, but then he turned his gaze back to Shen Suxin's pale yet exquisitely beautiful face.

"I want the elixir, and I want you too."

He licked his lips, revealing a set of yellow teeth.

"Look at how sickly you are, and you even know how to prepare medicine, not bad. When I get tired of you, I'll make you my hundredth concubine, to prepare medicine specifically for my precious Gu worms."

"you!"

Shen Suxin was so angry that she trembled all over.

Ulie ignored her and took out a transparent crystal jar from his pocket. Inside was a beetle that was entirely golden and had three pairs of thin wings on its back.

"See that? This is our Black Miao's most precious treasure, the Three-Turn Golden Gu!"

He showed off, his face radiating undisguised pride.

"If it bites you, even the toughest man will become my most obedient dog."

"Once I've turned that man into a Corpse King, I'll implant my love potion into all three of you, and then..."

He didn't say anything more, but just let out a nauseating, lewd laugh.

Xiao Ruoye's knuckles were white from gripping the broken knife, and the Geng metal energy within her body was frantically gathering.

Shen Suxin kept her head down, and no one saw her secretly crush a red pill hidden in her sleeve.

A peculiar fragrance, colorless and odorless, quietly spread amidst the miasma in the forest.

After laughing enough, Wu Lie walked to Jiang Chen's side, stretched out his foot, and was about to lift the black cloth covering his body.

"I want to see what kind of pretty boy is so protected by these three beauties."

In the surrounding woods, there had been no birdsong or insect chirps for some time now.

At that moment, all the animals fell into a deathly silence.

Jun Yao, who had been silent all along, suddenly raised her head.

She tilted her head, looked at Wu Lie's arrogant face, and gave him an innocent smile.

A row of fine, white teeth looked particularly sinister in the dim light.

She asked softly, in an almost curious, emotionless tone:

"You want to see him?"