Keyboard Immortal

Chapter 2467: Temptation

The Mermaid Queen's eyes widened in astonishment. The Aurora Poison Dragon was known for his lethal poison. Even though she was some distance away, just catching a whiff of his poison’s faint stench had already robbed her of her strength. She couldn’t even take out her Deep Sea Harp to play some poison-expelling melodies.

She regretted getting so caught up with the Soulfall Bell that she forgot about the Aurora Poison Dragon’s poison prowess. That was how he'd taken down the Dragon Palace’s experts in the first place. Now, Zu An was in danger, being so close to the other party’s poison fog.

While she was panicking, however, Zu An chuckled. “Is this the basis of your confidence?” With a wave of his sleeves, he transported the Mermaid Queen, Peacock Princess, and the others backward, out of range of the poison fog. 

Both the Mermaid Queen and the Peacock Princess were delighted to see that Zu An was fine. Indeed, how could someone as formidable as him fall to the Aurora Poison Dragon’s poison?

In truth, Zu An wasn’t as relaxed as he appeared. 

The Primordial Origin Sutra had made his constitution impervious to a hundred poisons, but there were far more than a hundred poisons in the Myriad Worlds. His consciousness had started drifting off just by coming into contact with the poison fog, as if he was drunk. It finally dawned on him that the Primordial Origin Sutra didn’t make him immune to poisons; it merely granted him an extremely high resistance against most poisons. The Aurora Poison Dragon’s poison was so formidable that even he, despite his current cultivation, was unable to shrug it off. 

On the other hand, the Aurora Poison Dragon was so scared that goosebumps covered his body. He was already channeling his poison as much as he could, and he couldn’t believe that someone could be so unfazed by it. Frightened, he hurriedly tried to retreat and put some distance between him and Zu An, but he was unable to shake off the latter’s iron grip. 

“What poison formation did you use? Hand over the antidote!” Zu An eyed him coldly. He had noticed formation flags planted around the Dragon Palace, and each of them emanated bizarre poison energy. He had already destroyed the flags he came across, but there had to be more in the Dragon Palace. Furthermore, destroying the poison formation wouldn’t cure the already poisoned Ocean races’ experts. 

“Antidote? The only fate awaiting those who are afflicted with my poisons is death!” the Aurora Poison Dragon sneered. He whipped out a dagger and sliced off his own arm before swiftly retreating from Zu An. He unleashed his true form, transforming into a massive black dragon. He bared his fangs at Zu An. “You are formidable, but you can’t save all of the Ocean races. Watch as everyone dies! Hahaha!”

Arrogant laughter followed as his silhouette became faint, and he looked as if he would disappear at any moment.

Zu An’s expression turned cold. “Do you think you can leave?” He directed his palm toward the Aurora Poison Dragon and exerted a powerful suction force that caused the space around the latter to suddenly constrict.

“How is this possible?” The Aurora Poison Dragon was horrified. He had just activated an escape artifact that should have have transported him to somewhere safe. He hadn’t expected the other party to even be able to control space. 

Zu An was secretly glad he had learned Secrets of Spatial Distortion from the Monster World, or else he wouldn’t have been able to pull this off. 

The black dragon struggled with all his might, but he was unable to break free, it was as if an invisible hand was clutching tightly onto him. 

Zu An was worried the Aurora Poison Dragon had other tricks up his sleeves, so he absorbed the other party’s cultivation with the Taotie’s Heaven-Devouring Sutra before asking again, “Where is the antidote?”

The abrupt loss of cultivation caused the Aurora Poison Dragon to regress from a massive dragon into a withered python. His heart turned cold, but he spat, “There’s no antidote. They will die with me. Hahaha.” 

Zu An frowned at his warped smile. He tried to pass the Aurora Poison Dragon to the Mermaid Queen in hopes that her seduction art would work on him too. 

The Mermaid Queen discreetly told Zu An, “I would never have used the seduction art if not for the urgent situation. It might not work on the Aurora Poison Dragon; his cultivation is too high.”

“It’s fine. He’s as good as a cripple,” Zu An replied.

The Mermaid Queen was taken aback. Despite witnessing the Aurora Poison Dragon withering from a majestic dragon into a python, she didn’t expect him to lose his cultivation. She composed herself and started questioning the latter. 

The Aurora Poison Dragon’s eyes became dazed. “There is no antidote to my poison formation. The only one who can lift my poison is the successor of the Human race’s Firecloud Cave…”

Zu An had been planning to visit the human side to find their power insignia, so he could visit the Firecloud Cave while he was at it. 

Hold on, could the Human Path’s power insignia be my Human Emperor Seal?

While he was in a daze, an eerie voice echoed from afar, “How incredible. Not even the seal could hold you in.”

The Aurora Poison Dragon finally regained consciousness and called out, “Save me, Incestuous King!”

Zu An and the others looked over and saw a figure outside the Dragon Palace. Who else could it be other than Mojard? He was accompanied by many monster experts, too.

Zu An’s heart sank. He spread out his divine sense and discovered that the Dragon Palace was filled with monster troops. They had been encircled!

Mojard eyed the Aurora Poison Dragon and sneered, “You’re already a cripple. Why should I save you?”

The Aurora Poison Dragon was stunned for a moment, but then he was overwhelmed with fright. “I can still help you control the Ocean races! You promised to make me the next Ocean races’ king!”

Mojard couldn’t be bothered to look at him. “How can you control the Ocean races in your current state, let alone be crowned their king?”

The others were amazed by how cold-hearted the monsters were, to cast the Aurora Poison Dragon away so quickly. 

The Aurora Poison Dragon realized he was no longer of any use to Mojard and exclaimed, “Incestuous King, without my help, you wouldn’t have been able to kill the North Sea’s crown prince, drive a wedge between the Ocean races and Fiend races, and bring down the Dragon Palace so quickly! How can you abandon me like that?!”

The expressions of the remaining Ocean races’ experts turned cold. Mojard was indeed behind all these things. It was finally clear how he had been able to pull them off so easily. It turned out that he'd had the Aurora Poison Dragon as his spy!

Mojard smiled. “What’s the point of saying that? I would have honored my promise to make you the Ocean races’ king if you had the capability to back it up. But you don’t. I can’t prop you up even if I want to.”

He finally turned to Zu An and suggested, “Why don’t you work with us? You can be the next Ocean races’ king and take the Mermaid Queen and the Peacock Princess as your concubines. I’ll even take care of their races on your behalf. All you have to do is nod, and you can have everything the East Sea Dragon King and the Aurora Poison Dragon dreamed about.”