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Chapter 251
Chapter 251
Chapter 251 - The Insect Controlling Arts Show Its Power
A piercing scream shattered the tranquil stillness of the untouched forest.
“Ah! Bugs, bugs!”
“Run for it! The place is swarming with venomous insects!”
……
One high-pitched scream after another filled the air!
“They're crawling inside my clothes!”
The middle-aged leader bellowed.
“Move out, now!”
With that command, he bolted, leading the way.
But it was too late. A multitude of poisonous insects had already burrowed into their garments!
The insects hadn't even started biting, and panic had set in.
The special insect repellent they carried was utterly ineffective!
Once they had put some distance between themselves and the danger, he thought he was safe.
He tossed his gun aside and frantically doused himself with the repellent, as if his life depended on it.
But to no avail. The bugs seemed immune to the repellent, frenzied and unstoppable.
“Damn it, the repellent's not working!”
“Stop wasting it, strip off your clothes, now!”
……
In a frenzy, they stripped off their clothes, desperate to rid themselves of the crawling pests.
Jiang Hao watched the chaos unfold, a slight smirk playing on his lips.
He seized the moment, commanding a wave of the poisonous insects to strike.
“Ah!”
A scream of agony rang out as one of the six-man squad collapsed, foaming at the mouth, body convulsing uncontrollably.
He had only managed to remove half his clothing in his frantic attempt to escape.
In no time, his chest was a moving mass of insects, claiming his body as their territory.
The deadliest of all was a vibrant, fingernail-sized spider perched on his neck, pumping its venom inside him.
Meanwhile, the leader was still slapping at his body, shaking violently in a vain attempt to dislodge the insects.
Suddenly, he heard a scream of terror. Looking up, he saw his comrade, Number Three, hit the ground. His expression darkened as he yelled out.
“Third brother!”
But before he could do anything else, the others collapsed one by one.
Their faces turned a ghastly shade of green, skin swollen and red, eyes rolling back as their bodies seized up in a horrific display.
One of them, struggling, turned pleading eyes toward their leader, the only one still standing.
“Big brother, save me!”
Another, overcome with despair, managed to gasp out a few last words.
“Big brother, go, go now!”
No sooner had they finished speaking than their bodies were suddenly swarmed by a mass of black bugs!
“Second, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh!”
The eldest brother bellowed in rapid succession upon witnessing the scene.
In that moment, he watched his brothers, who had stood by his side through countless battles and roamed the Jianghu for years, fall before him, while he stood there, utterly helpless.
His eyes were wide with rage, and he seethed with fury at his own impotence.
“Ah—!”
He let out a heart-wrenching howl to the heavens, then drew his pistol and fired shot after shot into the sky until the magazine was spent.
In that instant, overcome with despair, he collapsed to his knees.
A short distance away, Jiang Hao was moved by the display of brotherhood.
Initially, Jiang Hao had intended to eliminate five of them, sparing only the leader in hopes of extracting some information.
But after witnessing their bond, Jiang Hao resolved to stay his hand, contemplating whether he could turn them into allies.
If not, there would still be time to decide their fate, as their lives were firmly in his grasp.
“If I decree death, you shall die; if I decree life, you shall live!”
Jiang Hao harbored this conviction.
With that thought, Jiang Hao let his disguise fall away and stepped forward. Gazing down at the kneeling boss, he asked,
“Do you wish for them to live?”
Jiang Hao's abrupt voice jolted the leader back to reality.