Chapter 1323: The Hangover

From the moment the Centipede Poison Head crawled out of the cave, countless eyes fell upon it.

For these seven days, the news that the Centipede Poison Head was going to challenge the King had already spread throughout the entire Ghost Mockery Abyss. The first reaction of all the calamities was shock, followed by skepticism... They all thought the centipede had gone crazy.

Under the gaze of pairs of eyes in the darkness, the Centipede Poison Head crawled straight toward a certain direction. It could feel the confusion, pity, helplessness, and mockery in those gazes...

It had never felt this road to be so long.

I don’t know how much time passed,

a spacious open area finally appeared before it.

At this moment, in the open area, a centipede with a reddish glow was surrounding the place with a group of small centipedes, as if guarding something. Many poisonous insects circled the open area, whispering to each other as they watched this scene, occasionally casting their gazes toward the center of their circle...

A figure draped in a bright red theatrical robe was lying there motionless like a pile of mud, as if dead.

The Centipede Poison Head was stunned.

The King?

What happened to the King???

With the arrival of the Centipede Poison Head, almost all the calamities of the Ghost Mockery Abyss gathered here, dense pupils staring at this open area, whispers rising one after another.

Seeing the Poison Head arrive, Wu Yi took the initiative to block the front of Chen Ling’s body and spoke respectfully:

[The King drank eight jars of Five-Poison Wine yesterday and hasn’t woken up yet.]

The Centipede Poison Head looked at Chen Ling, its expression somewhat colorful.

Eight jars of Five-Poison Wine?

With that amount, all five of us Poison Heads would be unconscious for several days... Chen Ling knew he was going to fight me today, yet he drank so much in one go yesterday...

Does he hold me in such low regard???

The Centipede Poison Head hissed at Chen Ling several times, as if wanting to call him up, but no matter how loudly the centipede called, the red theatrical robe remained as if dead, without any reaction.

[Poison Head Lord, the King cannot fight you now. Let’s postpone the challenge between you to next time...]

Wu Yi spoke again.

Postpone again?

The Centipede Poison Head’s gaze hardened. After a moment of hesitation, a ruthless glint flashed in its eyes.

[It was the King himself who set today with me. Now the time has come, and you say next time?]

[Even if it is to be postponed, the King must tell me himself!]

[What are you?!]

The Centipede Poison Head absolutely did not want to postpone. For one thing, it really didn’t want to continue being shrouded in the shadow of fear; it had already decided to finish everything today, and it had to be done. For another, the King was dead drunk now, which was the perfect opportunity for it to make a move!

If the original Centipede Poison Head felt its chance of winning was less than 30%, now that Chen Ling was dead drunk, its chance of winning had undoubtedly increased significantly!

Plus, since it was the King who set the time, even if it made a move now, it couldn’t be called taking advantage of someone; it could only be said that the King was too arrogant.

The Centipede Poison Head’s eighth-order aura pressed down, and Wu Yi’s heart sank.

But facing the angry roar of its own ancestor, it didn’t retreat, but instead released its own full aura to contend with it!

Boom—!!

A hurricane swept across the Ghost Mockery Abyss.

Wu Yi itself was only seventh-order. Although it could fight an eighth-order, it was barely managing. Moreover, it wasn’t facing an ordinary human eighth-order, nor was it facing the "watered-down" eighth-orders of other calamity territories. Standing before it was a Poison Head who had slaughtered countless eighth-orders and stepped over the corpses of its own kind to get to where it was today!

If one were to rank eighth-orders, the five Poison Heads of the Ghost Mockery Abyss were definitely the top of the top. In any other calamity territory, they would be entities capable of sweeping the entire field.

Under the pressure of the Centipede Poison Head’s aura, Wu Yi felt incredibly strained. It could only barely manage to keep itself from being crushed, but the small centipedes of the centipede army behind it were all shocked unconscious on the spot...

[A little thing from nowhere, having skimmed some benefits from under the King’s hand, and now you’re qualified to challenge me?]

The Centipede Poison Head didn’t hide its killing intent at all, revealing its hideous teeth at Wu Yi.

Just then, a massive toad descended from the sky!

Thump—!!

The violent shock, accompanied by a gale, swept across the entire field, shattering the Centipede Poison Head’s aura to pieces.

The Toad Poison Head glared at the Centipede Poison Head, its chin bulging suddenly...

And then it let out an earth-shattering "Croak"!

[Centipede, do you want to take advantage of someone?!]

[How could this be taking advantage of someone! It was the King himself who set the time with me! Now I’m here, and he’s drunk himself! He’s avoiding me!!]

The Centipede Poison Head retorted angrily.

Immediately after, the earth between the centipede and the toad suddenly bulged, and a scorpion crawled out.

[Scorpion! You judge this! Is this a sneak attack by the centipede?!] the toad questioned the scorpion.

The scorpion hesitated for a moment,

[Strictly speaking, the centipede had this scheduled in advance, and the King himself knew it... so, it doesn’t count as a sneak attack...]

[You...]

Before the toad could say anything more, a cold glint had already flashed in the centipede’s eyes!

Taking advantage of the toad’s distraction in arguing, it flicked its body, turning into a black light, passing through Wu Yi and the crowd of unconscious small centipedes, its hideous mouthparts flashing with cold light as it bit toward Chen Ling’s drunken body.

The centipede’s move was too sudden. None of the poisonous insects present reacted in time. Seeing this scene, the ordinary calamities all let out shocked hisses!

[Today, I will kill you, tyrant, and revitalize the Ghost Mockery Abyss!!]

The Centipede Poison Head’s roar drowned out the sounds of all the poisonous insects, echoing within the dark abyss.

However,

just as its sharp mouthparts were about to pierce Chen Ling’s body,

that body, which had already been a pile of mud, suddenly raised a hand with lightning speed, gripping the Centipede Poison Head’s mouthparts tightly. No matter how hard the latter pushed, it couldn’t advance even a fraction!

At this moment, the Centipede Poison Head was stunned... The gasps of the other calamities also came to an abrupt halt.

In the open area, the red-robed figure stumbled to his feet, like a hungover idler regaining a trace of sobriety, shaking his head and whispering in a daze:

“Wu Yi...”

“I can still drink... I’m not drunk...”

“Bring... more wine!!!”

Wu Yi: ???

The Centipede Poison Head looked at Chen Ling, who couldn’t even stand steadily, and the hand that was firmly gripping its mouthparts. Its brain went blank for a moment...

Is the Great King drunk or not???

“Why...”

“I clearly didn’t do anything... why... does everyone want to slander me?!!!”

Chen Ling, who hadn’t even opened his eyes, suddenly roared hysterically. His expression instantly became painful and hideous. The five fingers gripping the Centipede Poison Head tightened suddenly, and the terrifying force actually gouged several cracks into it!!

The next moment, Chen Ling’s bright red theatrical robe actually began to visibly stain black!

A violent and furious aura poured out from his body!!