Chapter 1091: Chapter 1091: Blood Poison
Pei Yan slowly opened his eyes as he spoke, looking calmly at Du Guangyuan, who was respectfully kneeling before him, and said, "But you’ve seen the situation. If Delacuri really disregards everything for face and honor and ends up harming your child, we won’t have a choice. What I can do is avenge your son. You need to mentally prepare for that possibility."
"If it comes to that, it means my child is unfortunate! I, Du Guangyuan, have done so many bad deeds without accumulating any virtue; heaven doesn’t bless the Du Family, and it’s unrelated to Mr. Pei!" Du Guangyuan declared as he kowtowed heavily to Pei Yan again and promised, "From now on, I, Du Guangyuan, will follow Mr. Pei unwaveringly! Loyal without betrayal, if Mr. Pei asks me to stay in the Secret Prison, I’ll stay there; if he asks me to die, I’ll go through fire and water without hesitation!"
"I haven’t reached the point of needing you to die, but Depeo had a point earlier. My friend died indirectly because of the trap you set. I remember this, and I’ll let you live, but you must achieve results that satisfy me in eradicating the main culprits of the Delacuri Clan. Only then can it offset my desire to kill you. If you need anything to achieve this goal, you can tell the guard watching you; as long as we can do it, we’ll try to meet your requests."
"I need a thousand people to refine blood poison!" When Du Guangyuan heard Pei Yan bring up this matter, he didn’t hesitate to make this request.
Everyone present was shocked by this statement. Pei Yan’s slightly open eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light, and Du Guangyuan, sensing the hidden killing intent within Pei Yan, hastily explained, "Mister! I know you value human lives highly and don’t like to harm the innocent! So these individuals can be heinous criminals or members of the Blood Slaughter; it doesn’t matter! To completely eliminate Delacuri, this is the only thing I can do!"
"Is it really that complicated?" Pei Yan, seeing Du Guangyuan’s sincere attitude, leaned forward and asked, "Do you think my current ability still can’t defeat him?"
"Mr. Pei, I can’t answer that question because, in my eyes, both you and that man possess unfathomable strength, so I can’t make a comparison. But sir, I’d like to ask you a question! What do you think is the most difficult problem to solve when dealing with the Blood Race?" Du Guangyuan met Pei Yan’s questioning gaze and asked in return.
"Hmm?" Upon hearing this question, Pei Yan hesitated for a moment and replied, "Their vitality is very tenacious, and they’re very troublesome?" Thinking of Little Vlad and the Blood Slaughter’s Nero and others, their strong healing ability among the Blood Race bloodline and magic, more or less, plays a significant role.
"That’s right; they’re not only hard to kill but also have remarkable skills of escape and resurrection. You could say they’re notorious across the planes, so why do many forces avoid provoking the Blood Race? Because they’re like wild grass; if you can’t root them out, they’ll rekindle and cling to you like a persistent adhesive, lying in wait for revenge! Mr. Pei, I’ve watched your matches and saw your companions’ abilities. Even if, hypothetically, you can’t defeat Delacuri now, I believe you’ll beat him when you reach the ninth level, especially with the help of your companions! But just because you can defeat him doesn’t mean you can kill him! Don’t evaluate Delacuri based on his two useless sons and Depeo’s strengths! If you can’t grasp the methods to completely restrain the Blood Race, I guarantee there’s a significant chance he’ll escape from your hands. Do you understand what I mean?"
"More or less!" Du Guangyuan’s heartfelt discourse raised Pei Yan’s awareness of this dangerous enemy, and after contemplating for a moment, Pei Yan pursued, "If I give you a thousand people, can you ensure he won’t escape from me?"
"I wouldn’t dare to claim certainty, but it’s definitely a higher chance than engaging him directly in battle and killing him."
"Alright, I’ll try to meet your requirements!"
"Pei Yan!" Upon hearing their exchange and Pei Yan’s final promise, Pei Jin, standing nearby, slapped Pei Yan’s shoulder heavily to stop him, saying that those are a thousand lives! Now, after the last Divine Artifact fusion event, the Secret Prison only holds minor offenders and the newly detained God-Lust prisoners, not even totaling a hundred people, so where would you gather a thousand people from! Could it be that her brother’s killing intent has surged uncontrollably, forsaking principles and targeting mortals from other planes?
Seeing his sister’s somewhat agitated emotions, Pei Yan gestured with his hand to indicate it was alright, then gently brushed his storage ring. A corpse appeared before everyone, and Pei Yan pointed to it and said, "See if this meets your requirements."
Du Guangyuan approached the slightly odorous corpse and was sure it wasn’t human upon close inspection. Carefully checking it, he extended a finger, the tip sharp as a steel blade, and slid it across its tough skin, leaving a scratch on the rigid surface. Elated, he increased his strength with source energy, finally slicing open a small cut on the skin, extracting a drop of already congealed blood with his fingertip, and, under the disgusted gaze of those present, tasted it carefully before responding, "Yes! Using someone with such cultivation would be ideal, and I sense a faint trace of Blood Race aura within him, very weak but indeed present. If I can refine blood poison from such a person, I believe it would be twice as effective. However, I must state that a corpse won’t do! The blood energy has dissipated greatly; it must be alive."
Hearing this answer, everyone breathed a sigh of relief because this corpse was that of a Red Armored Warrior from the Disaster Legion that Pei Yan had collected. This synthetic unknown creature, not only Pei Yan but also several others in the courtyard, had claimed countless lives over the years. Conducting experiments on them would carry no psychological burden.
"This matter will be handled by Xia Yu and me! We’ll head to a larger Disaster Territory on the Hell Plane and resolve it in one battle." Ye Ruozai volunteered.
"Including Old Zheng, the three of you for safety." Pei Yan urged, fearing complications.
"Okay!"
Having settled the matter, Du Guangyuan no longer needed to remain on the scene. Sensibly, he followed the Investigation Bureau agents out of the courtyard, and once there were no outsiders left, Ye Ruozai spoke, "Can your body hold up? There’s an award ceremony waiting for you at the arena."
"My body can endure, but I don’t want to go."
"Why?" Xia Yu asked, puzzled.
"For one, I don’t like being part of the crowd, and secondly, I’ve already stood out too much this time! The more famous you are, the more trouble you’ll attract! My one-against-three performance made me a sensation, and apart from the Blood Slaughter, who knows how many people envy me? If I appear lively and full of energy at the arena, won’t others be even more wary of me?"
