Chapter 589: Chapter 416: The Worm Witch Spits Blood and Passes Out
After the Worm Witch finished speaking, she looked up at the slender figure not far away, a flash of excitement in her eyes.
The Healing Witch naturally noticed her subtle movement, but only glanced over without saying anything.
A chill ran down Wu Yue’s back as she was gathering herbs. The System’s voice suddenly sounded, "Host, be careful! That old, wrinkly-faced Worm Witch behind you just released a powerful Poisonous Insect."
’Intercept it for me. Catch it.’
Wu Yue’s heart tightened. She was well aware of her own limits; the four people across from her were all of the Witch rank.
Forget her—even the Snow Tiger Witch wouldn’t have an easy time against them.
It was a distance of just over a hundred meters, and the Poisonous Insect was incredibly fast. In the time it took for the System and Wu Yue to exchange words, it had already zipped to her feet.
A twisted glee spread across the distant Worm Witch’s face, her lips curling into an eerie arc.
’Just as I thought. She didn’t even notice my little one. This Wizard’s Witch Power Level must not be very high at all.’
’And she thought she could fool us old-timers with some bizarre little witchcraft. Heh heh...’
A vicious glint flashed in her eyes as she urged the Poisonous Insect to burrow into Wu Yue’s body.
The Healing Witch opposite them had been watching the Worm Witch the entire time. Seeing such a drastic change in her expression, she naturally figured out what was happening.
She abruptly turned her head to look at the slender figure in the distance, her own face now tinged with anger.
’To think I was almost deceived by a Low-rank witch.’
"Gah—"
Just as everyone felt the eerie shift in the atmosphere, the sinister, eerie smile on the Worm Witch’s face instantly vanished. She violently spat out a mouthful of blood, and her complexion turned deathly pale at a visible rate.
As fellow tribe members who had known each other for a long time, the remaining three Wizards saw her state and immediately understood. It was a backlash from her Poisonous Insect. Their expressions turned grave as they all looked toward the slender figure who had been bent over gathering herbs.
They saw the figure slowly turn around, holding a transparent bottle in a fair, delicate hand. Inside, a hideous, black-and-red bug tumbled and struggled.
The inside of the bottle was smeared with black blood, clearly from the Poisonous Insect.
"What does your tribe mean by this?"
She opened the cap, and the Poisonous Insect, as if sensing its master’s summons, shot out of the bottle with a WHOOSH in an attempt to escape.
But a black shadow flashed past, and in the silent deep forest, only a shrill hiss that set one’s teeth on edge and a gulping sound remained.
This time, it wasn’t just the Worm Witch who turned deathly pale; the expressions of the entire Kuma Tribe contingent turned ugly.
Because the black-and-red Poisonous Insect, which the Worm Witch always cradled and stroked in her hands, had just been swallowed in a single gulp by the black viper coiled on the opposing Wizard’s shoulder.
The System swallowed the pungent Poisonous Insect with great disgust and let out a rather unpleasant-smelling burp.
"Hiss~"
For a rare moment, a different emotion flickered in that pair of cold, serpentine eyes.
The Kuma Tribe’s Beastman Warriors lowered their heads to look at their Worm Witch a short distance away. Although they didn’t want to admit it, the look in the viper’s eyes was unmistakably one of disgust.
The Poisonous Insect—which the Worm Witch had raised by her side, caring for it more meticulously than a cub—had just been swallowed... The thought sent a chill down their spines.
The Worm Witch had already spat blood and fainted the moment the System swallowed her Poisonous Insect.
The remaining three Wizards all rose to their feet, shielding her from view. Their gazes, fixed on the slender figure opposite them, were filled with gravity.
They knew how powerful the Worm Witch’s Poisonous Insect was. It had only grown to its current state after devouring countless other Poisonous Insects and rare medicinal herbs.
And just like that, it had been taken out by a snake belonging to the Wizard across from them.
The Worm Witch couldn’t accept it, of course, but even they were having a hard time processing what had happened.
"The Worm Witch’s Poisonous Insect accidentally got out. You found it, so you should have just returned it. Why did you have to be so ruthless?"
The Healing Witch’s face was as black as thunder. She was furious.
’The Worm Witch is unconscious now, but with her temperament, she’ll definitely cause a huge scene when she wakes up.’ The thought alone gave the Healing Witch a massive headache.
The look she gave Wu Yue grew even darker.
Wu Yue, however, simply chuckled. "Accidentally got out?"
Her ambiguous chuckle naturally made the Wizards’ expressions turn ugly, but her next words made their faces darken completely.
"You must be mistaken. The thing my System just ate wasn’t a Poisonous Insect at all, just a common little bug I found trying to attack me while I was gathering herbs."
She glanced playfully at the unconscious, blood-spitting Worm Witch behind them. "Judging by this Wizard’s condition, that Poisonous Insect seems to have been very important. You’d better hurry and help her find it."
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