Chapter 880 - 721: The Consequences of Telling the Truth

Chapter 880: Chapter 721: The Consequences of Telling the Truth

"Puh--!"

Shadow Scorpion felt a sweetness at his throat and suddenly spewed a mouthful of hot blood, the blood mist splattering onto his face, creating a blur.

He lowered his head in disbelief, looking towards his chest.

He saw a familiar piece of metal, glinting with a cold shine, emerging diagonally upward from the location above his heart, piercing through his body.

It was none other than the half of the scorpion tail... the one he resolutely broke off himself in a desperate bid for survival, aiming it towards Feng Mu.

The metallic tip of the tail was still dripping with his own hot blood.

The broken end of the tail flickered with sparks from a short circuit.

As if saying to its scorpion master — How could you abandon me and run away? Luckily, I am spirited enough to chase after you.

"Huh... huh..."

Shadow Scorpion tried to breathe, but his throat emitted a sound like a broken bellows.

Again, he heard Feng Mu’s gentle and polite voice from behind:

"Thank you for the broken tail, it’s quite sharp. If not, I might really not have been able to punch through that external skeleton of yours."

"Puh--"

Hearing this, Shadow Scorpion’s eyes nearly burst with rage, spewing another mouthful of blood.

He thought himself clever and sly all his life, manipulating illusions and hearts, yet at the end, he made such a foolish mistake.

He personally offered up the weapon that killed him!

With the last bit of strength, he turned his neck to look at Feng Mu behind him. His mouth opened several times, mixed with blood mist, as if there were countless words to say, but finally, all strength rapidly drained away with the passing of life, leaving only a raspy whisper:

"I... I didn’t deceive you... the fireworks on the highway... weren’t set off by us..."

Shadow Scorpion was truly aggrieved.

Feng Mu looked at Shadow Scorpion indifferently, as the malicious highlighter displayed on his glasses slowly faded away, along with the health bar above Shadow Scorpion’s head, already showing empty, and the gradually disappearing black line.

Feng Mu squinted slightly, as if confirming something, then spoke gently, his voice still steady:

"Hmm, it’s clear to see, you weren’t lying, everything you said was true."

Upon hearing this, Shadow Scorpion’s originally unfocused pupils suddenly glowed once more with a last glimmer of hope and absurdity:

"Then why did you still..."

"Shhh--"

Feng Mu did not immediately answer his question but gently moved his wrist, softly pulling out the scorpion tail that pierced through Shadow Scorpion’s chest.

It brought out a shower of warm blood rain and some fragmented internal organs.

The tip of the scorpion tail was still hooked onto a ragged heart, faintly beating.

He extended a clean hand, gently plucking the ragged heart from the barb, holding it in his palm, slowly closing his five fingers.

"Splish..."

That heart, which once sustained Shadow Scorpion’s madness, anger, and cunning, was slowly crushed between his pale, slender fingers, transforming into a white dust.

Feng Mu opened his palm, letting the dust slip through his fingers, floating into the air.

He lifted his eyes, looking at the already completely dilated pupils, but the face still frozen in great doubt and confusion, of Shadow Scorpion, explaining with a merciful and gentle smile:

"Since it’s not your doing, there’s no use in keeping you around, isn’t it?"

"..."

The last glimmer of light in Shadow Scorpion’s widened eyes finally extinguished completely.

This answer, he found easy to understand.

His mouth trembled slightly, stuttering out his last words in this world:

"Yes... yes, I was foolish!"

Shadow Scorpion’s head tilted, lifelessly.

The heavy body covered with external skeleton lost all support, crashing sideways to the ground, heavily falling on the muddy grass, causing a dull thud and stirring a cloud of dust.

Lying on the ground, He instinctively turned his head to the side, inadvertently facing the right eye of Shadow Scorpion, who died with his eyes open.

A chilling shiver crept through him, an indescribable sense of unease.

There was joy over Shadow Scorpion’s death, but also... fear of his death!

Feng Mu, he believed Shadow Scorpion’s words, recognizing them as truth.

Thus, he must also realize that I am lying!

Yet...

He still mercilessly killed the truth-speaking Shadow Scorpion.

So, for me, the liar... what will he do?!!

...

He held his breath, all attention focused on Feng Mu, while Feng Mu’s attention was drawn to the system prompt box that only he could see.

A translucent blue holographic screen hovered before his retina, with clear and cold words that carried an indescribable allure.

[You are a merciful villain BOSS, you allowed Shadow Scorpion to die well-informed.]

[Your final words deeply convinced Shadow Scorpion, he was persuaded by you!]

[Rational persuasion activated! Your Strength Attribute permanently increases by 0.01.]

[You looked at his scattered heart, accepting his "thanks."]

[Residual ability detection in progress.....]

[You glimpsed three as-yet-unsipated abilities from this heart.]

Scorpion Poison Refinement Lv3

Traits Description:

Fusing multiple biological toxins with chemical compounds, utilizing vital energy and blood to condense a unique "Shadow Scorpion’s Poison."

This poison possesses both neural paralysis and energy erosion traits, capable of being conducted through weapon contact. Those affected feel as if stung by Shadow Scorpion; at first, they are unaware, then followed by limb numbness, stagnation in circulation of vital energy and blood, progressing to hallucinations or entering a state of persistent life degradation.

Ps: Shadow Scorpion’s over-reliance on the external skeleton for combat has resulted in reduced proficiency in poisoning techniques, requiring 0.8s of "charging" preparation for toxin synthesis and conduction.