Chapter 731: Dismantling the Scepter

dn't sleep at night. She came to the back garden to enjoy the scenery.Looking at the rare flowers in Jun's garden and the exquisite, ancient corridors, she felt everything was unreal. She had never im...Qiao Bao'er's eyes were filled with a strange red light, that unfamiliar majesty and disdainful gaze toward all living beings.

Glancing at the shepherds of Jun, he didn't utter a single word to them. With a flick of his right hand staff, the thousand-pound coffin-shaped boulder rose into the air and returned to its original position with a thud.

The stone coffin is put back in place.

Almost everyone felt it, because the magnetic field had changed noticeably again, and their breath came easier instantly.

Just at this moment, Qiao Ba'er casually picked up a piece of dead branch and it gradually grew green shoots, and even bloomed a small flower.

She met Junzhi's gaze with a dismissive smile.

This seemed like a provocation, telling those islanders she held life and death in her hands.

"Jo Baoer!" Lu Qinian suddenly shouted at her urgently.

She had long since lost her mind and couldn't listen, as if she didn't want to talk to them even for half a sentence. She just coldly dropped a sentence.

You islanders, you think you're something special. You're nothing but evolved pests. Since you've come here, you'll serve as nourishment for my land.

The moment the words were spoken, the ground beneath their feet collapsed once again.

Just as the ground beneath their feet vanished into thin air, they lost dozens of battles in an instant. Their entire bodies plummeted downwards with a sickening thud, plunging them into an abyss that seemed to lead straight to hell. Accompanied by their terrified screams, there was nothing but helpless descent and the utter inability to escape.

When he looked up, Qiao Bao'er stood majestically on the meteorite, her gaze sweeping over them like they were ants.

And Gu Ruqing's face turned pale as she watched the ground around her collapse continuously. Only a space less than one square meter remained beneath her feet, isolating Gu Ruqing. She was unable to move forward, trapped on this abrupt and towering stone pillar. Even a slight movement would send her plummeting into the abyss just like them.

Gu Ruqing trembled in fear, "You, you said you would let me go!"

"I'm just saying, I won't kill you."

Qiao Bao'er told her in a flat tone, then burst into laughter. She turned and walked away with her head held high, showing no reluctance whatsoever.

Gu Ruqing's face was ashen.

She knew she was trapped on this towering monolith, doomed to starve to death. But she lacked the courage to leap down with the others.

Gu Ruqing looked at the crowds who had gone west ahead of her, and she laughed in despair.

At least she is the most special, she seems to be favored, she is always the best and luckiest one.

And just as they were falling, Raphael made a difficult choice. He abandoned his own body and chose to hold his mother close. Even if they fell and were buried alive, even if they were crushed to pieces, he almost instinctively chose to protect his mother.

The chieftain also hysterically ordered those around him to protect him, protect him.

Even as he fell, the Elder Patriarch looked up at Gu Ruqing. He knew this was a final farewell, but it was a pity that Gu Ruqing would never agree to be buried with him. He simply wasn't worthy of her.

Jun, the shepherd, raised his head and watched Qiao Bao'er, who had turned around without hesitation and walked away. He was unwilling to accept this fate so easily. He clutched the roots of an old tree with all his might, and the collapsing mountain exposed the root system of a large tree, struggling for its life just as he was.

Looking up, he saw Qiao Bao'er walking away as gracefully and aloofly as ever.

"I told you, this island was cursed! From the beginning, it wasn't meant for living people to set foot on. Look at us now, all dead here!!!"

They each fell like ants, their nest destroyed and they tumbled from their heights into the muddy abyss below. While this wouldn't be fatal, the mountain continued to collapse, burying them in earth, making it impossible for them to move or breathe. In the end, they all perished, entombed beneath the earth.

Just like her, with its wild emotional swings, the sleeping beauty of Alicia finally woke up.

Perhaps it was the influence of so many emotions around her, or perhaps she was moved by the spirit of being protected by her son Rafael, that finally allowed her to wake up.

At the very instant that Alice opened her eyes, the snake god Naga seemed to sense something.

Naga's massive form, immobilized by the spell, thrashed violently. The collapsing mud softened, and the serpent god Naga struggled like a worm in the dirt. Though blind, it remained incredibly sensitive. Fueled by vengeance, carrying millennia of hatred, it burst through the crumbled mud and clamped down on Qiao Bao'er's staff as she was about to leave.

Unprepared, Qiao Bao'er was also dragged into the fall.

Furious, wanting to take revenge on Naga, but Naga was prepared to die with him. His fangs clamped down hard on the staff, even though his mouth had already been burned and eroded by the staff's molten heat, he refused to let go.

Without her staff, Qiao Bao'er's consciousness seemed to become muddled. She couldn't tell who she truly was.

And at the same time, Naga's massive body swayed, giving Junjiko and his companions a sliver of space to breathe as they fell into the mud pit.

Alisha and the serpent god Nagas are a symbiosis of life and death. The serpent god, biting down on the staff, was severely burned and rotted by its serpent's mouth. Alisha painfully coughed up blood.

Nagaga could no longer bear the intense heat radiating from the magma staff. He loosened his grip on it, and the staff fell into the abyss of mud. From her high vantage point, Qiao Bao'er seemed to suddenly lose all strength and tumbled down heavily.

As the tremors of the mountain gradually subsided.

The serpent god Naga, also heavily wounded, was gasping for breath. All of them were struggling to survive in this dark mire.

Luckily, the snake god's thrashing had given them some breathing room. Junzhi Mu and everyone else were huddled in the darkness, save for the faint blood-red glow emanating from the staff buried in the black mud.

The staff seemed to be sensing something, trembling in the mud. They all knew that it was responding to its master's call.

While on the other end, Qiao Bao'er slowly climbed to her feet. She extended her right hand and summoned her staff. Her fury was immeasurable; she would personally kill them one by one.

"Take it apart!"

Elisha sensed the anger of her former master, she knew what was going to happen and cried out in alarm.

"Crawling to the wounded leader, he cried out with excitement, "Go over there and break the scepter immediately!"

The chief felt agonizing pain throughout his body, he thought he was about to die, but suddenly he heard the familiar shout behind him, urging him impatiently. His expression was dull, he turned his head and only then noticed that the incredibly precious scepter had fallen beside him.

"Augustus! You coward, cough… you useless man!!"

Alice was very clear that if they missed it, they wouldn't even have a slim chance of survival.

Over there, Qiao Baier had already stood up. Her pupils were blood red once more, her face expressionless and cold. She moved her body slightly, and the mud on her surprisingly fell away automatically. The surrounding filthy, narrow mire parted for her, carving a path as she walked towards the staff, not a speck of mud clinging to her.

Alice was not looking at Qiao Baoer, but her former owner.

The others couldn't reach the staff, too far away as they were. They watched it loosen from the mud and spring upwards. Augustus, that selfish leader, finally did something useful. Gritting his teeth through the agony in his body, he grabbed the end of the staff and tore off the last third of it.

At the same time, Qiao Bao'er fainted.

The glow of the staff faded, silence once again descended upon them, and Junzhi Mu and everyone else let out a collective sigh of relief.int in staying here…” This time, Zhu Xiao Wei's tone was much more natural and cheerful."Summer Falling Snow..." Qiao Bao'er recited the name, her eyes filled with contemplation.Xia Chui Xue's meeting...