Chapter 24: This Isn't Destroying Evidence

Xiao Tian paid no attention to Xiang Yuanbai's nearly dazed gaze.

He stood beside the Nether Poison Swamp, curiously staring at the purple-black muddy bog.

"Speaking of which, is this thing of yours really that impressive?" Xiao Tian asked with curiosity, then turned and walked toward Gu Hongmao's direction.

Seeing Xiao Tian actually walking toward him, Gu Hongmao was scared out of his wits.

His legs frantically kicked at the ground as he scrambled to escape, half-crawling and half-rolling.

But just as he managed to get up and before he could dash away, Xiao Tian grabbed him by the back of his collar and lifted him up.

"Let me go, let me go!" The panicked Gu Hongmao kicked his legs wildly while reaching for his waist.

From a gap in his waist robe, Gu Hongmao suddenly pulled out a dagger and stabbed it toward Xiao Tian's eyes.

Xiao Tian didn't even bother dodging, continuing to carry Gu Hongmao toward the Nether Poison Swamp on his own.

The next moment, Gu Hongmao clearly saw his dagger stab into Xiao Tian's eyeball.

But the blade's tip, upon striking the surface of Xiao Tian's crystal-clear eyeball, simply shattered apart.

"..." Gu Hongmao was dumbfounded. Looking at the broken dagger in his hand with only the short handle remaining, he began to question his existence.

His dagger broke when stabbing the other person's eyeball?

With his mind completely in chaos, Gu Hongmao suddenly felt himself being thrown through the air.

Then his entire body made intimate contact with the Nether Poison Swamp, sinking into it.

Almost the instant he fell into the Nether Poison Swamp, Gu Hongmao began to corrode, and in the blink of an eye, he was gone.

This showed just how terrifying the Nether Poison Swamp truly was.

This scene made both Zhong Ling and Liu Yan's faces turn deathly pale, once again recalling the terrifying reputation of the Poison Swamp Elder from the legends.

One of the Six Evils of the Black Soul Hall, the most troublesome to fight against.

Because you never knew when you might fall into his poison swamp.

Even if you took to the air, you couldn't avoid him creating toxic zones in midair.

However...

The two looked toward Xiao Tian, who was dusting off his hands with a completely nonchalant expression.

Compared to the pervert Xiang Yuanbai, the Poison Swamp Elder, His Highness the Prince was clearly an even more outrageous pervert.

"Just who are you? Who are you?!" Xiang Yuanbai was nearly going mad, roaring at Xiao Tian.

His emotions were on the verge of collapse. He had burned thirty years of his lifespan, paying such an enormous price.

Only to give the man before him a full-body whitening treatment?

However, facing his roar, Xiao Tian simply ignored him.

He just reached out and scooped up a handful of the Nether Poison Swamp mud, smearing it on his face for a mud mask.

"You... you..." Xiang Yuanbai's hand trembled as he pointed at Xiao Tian, too angry to speak.

This humiliation was even more excessive than when he'd been slapped earlier!

But Xiao Tian continued to completely ignore his existence, peeling off the somewhat dried toxic mud from his face and turning to look at Zhong Ling. "Little girl, am I whiter? More tender?"

"Your Highness, why are you worried about looking pretty at a time like this?" Zhong Ling's face darkened, unable to understand Xiao Tian's thought process.

"Little girl, you don't understand shit. Being more handsome makes it easier to seduce the Empress." Xiao Tian shook his head and turned back to Xiang Yuanbai. "Would it be convenient to ask how much lifespan you have left?"

Xiang Yuanbai's whole body trembled as he looked at Xiao Tian before him. "What do you mean?"

"This Nether Poison Swamp of yours has a very nice skincare and whitening effect on me." Xiao Tian extended his hand, indicating a range. "So, with your remaining lifespan, how many more times can you use it?"

"If I were to find you life-extending pills, would it be possible for you to keep making this toxic mud for my skincare?"

Xiang Yuanbai's mouth hung open, his whole body trembling as he pointed at Xiao Tian. "You... you beast!"

"A warrior can be killed but not humiliated!"

"I... I..."

With that, Xiang Yuanbai suddenly slapped his own crown with a palm.

He committed suicide.

"..." Xiao Tian was a bit confused. Why did this old man just kill himself?

Behind him, Zhong Ling and Liu Yan had already turned to stone.

As one of the Six Evils of the Black Soul Hall, a murderous and cruel villain, in a sense, his mental fortitude was also extremely resilient.

Otherwise, having committed so many evil deeds without going mad, his mental stability was extraordinarily strong.

But Xiang Yuanbai had been driven to suicide by Xiao Tian's anger.

This showed just how excessive the Prince's every action had been.

"Why? I was being very sincere." Xiao Tian didn't understand. Looking at Zhong Ling and Liu Yan, he spread his hands. "I was even thinking of sparing his life. Why did he commit suicide?"

Hearing Xiao Tian's words, both Zhong Ling and Liu Yan's mouths twitched, unable to speak.

They really wanted to advise Xiao Tian.

Be human!

"Your Highness, what we need to consider first right now is how to destroy the evidence, right?" Zhong Ling spoke up again, changing the subject.

Xiao Tian nodded, looking back and realizing the commotion this time seemed a bit large.

Destroying the traces might be rather troublesome.

Liu Yan beside them also spoke up, echoing, "The Young General is right, Your Highness. Most importantly, this Nether Poison Swamp—if its deadly toxins aren't dealt with..."

The Nether Poison Swamp was nothing to Xiao Tian, but for the common people of Qingyan Town, for ordinary people, it was an extremely terrifying thing.

Touch it and die.

"If I remember correctly, going straight in this direction leads to the Great Yan Dynasty, right?" Xiao Tian suddenly asked Zhong Ling.

"Yes, that direction is indeed..." Before Zhong Ling could finish speaking, she saw Xiao Tian crouch down in front of her, drawing back his fist to gather power, and her expression changed drastically.

"Your Highness, what... what are you doing?!"

"Destroying the evidence!" A gleam flashed in Xiao Tian's pupils as he suddenly punched forward.

BOOM!!!

A terrifying explosive sound instantly rang out, and a violent hurricane swept forth, directly blowing Zhong Ling and Liu Yan away.

The two flew through the air until they crashed into the formation barrier of Qingyan Town before finally stopping.

The earth-shaking commotion made it nearly impossible for Zhong Ling and Liu Yan, who slid down the barrier to the ground, to stand steady.

Soon the commotion disappeared. After the two finally managed to stabilize themselves, they hurriedly rushed forward, returning to Xiao Tian's side.

Dust filled the air ahead, making it impossible to see clearly.

"Whoosh!!"

At that moment, the two saw Xiao Tian's lungs swell high, then he blew forcefully forward.

In an instant, a gale swept past, revealing the scene ahead.

Zhong Ling swallowed, her whole body trembling as she grabbed onto Xiao Tian to avoid collapsing to her knees.

Thud!

Beside her, Liu Yan had already sat down on the ground, staring ahead with a blank expression.

"Your Highness, just how... do you understand the term 'destroying evidence'?" Zhong Ling asked with a trembling voice.

Xiao Tian stood with his hands on his hips, looking ahead with satisfaction and answering with complete confidence, "As long as you completely change the terrain and environment so that not a trace of the past can be seen, that's called destroying evidence!"

Zhong Ling's face showed terror. "Your Highness, this is called reshaping heaven and earth!"