Chapter 998 - Using Poison (1/2)

Chapter 998: Using Poison

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Dark clouds still occupied the sky even though it was the time for the sun to rise from the East, covering Bangkok in the dark. Rolling thunderclaps felt like they were coming down from the Ninth Heaven. The atmosphere was like being suppressed, as though a storm was brewing, giving off a suffocating feeling in everyone’s heart.

The smell of blood was as though covering everyone’s nose, while vague killing intent permeated in the air, making the hot summer bring out a chill. Tang Xiu looked like he was sitting calmly in the car, yet his mind was thinking rapidly. No matter how heartless the path of the Great Dao was, he was still a man with emotions. Unfortunately, the higher he wanted to reach, the more he must make himself treat his enemies with ruthlessness.

‘Dark Shaman Clan.’

His finger kept tapping on his thighs as he kept thinking about how to cope with this clan’s patriarch, Singtuo. From the information he got from Singluen, he learned that Singtuo was a powerful wizard, said to be the first expert of his clan.

Tang Xiu himself was not afraid to face this man head-on in a fight. However, he didn’t come to annihilate the entirety of the Dark Shaman Clan, just to make Singluen take over the patriarch seat. Yet, Singluen didn’t want to resort to murdering his father directly. Therefore, the only option was to rack his brain to find another means to make Singtuo step down from his position as the current patriarch of this clan.

It was best if it could be achieved without any bloodshed!

Tang Xiu slowly raised his head, and his eyes shifted to Tang Guang next to him before turning to Mo Awu who sat in the front seat, and then changed again to Jin Shi who was driving the car. After a few minutes of silence, he asked indifferently, “Got any ideas of how to cope with the Dark Shaman Clan’s patriarch?”

“How about we capture him directly, Boss?” said Mo Awu from the front seat coldly. “Just finish him off mercilessly if he dares to resist. Besides, swords have no eyes and Singluen won’t be able to say anything if he dies in the fight.”

“What about the two of you? Got any suggestions?” asked Tang Xiu again.

Jin Shi spoke without turning his head, “I agree with Awu, Boss. We can just force the current Dark Shaman Clan’s patriarch to step down since we have enough power to do so. Singluen is his own, it’s only natural that he has the rights to inherit that position. We can stomp down those who resist and raise up those who follow, as Singluen is the one who’s the most concerned about this patriarch seat anyway.”

Tang Guang glanced at Tang Xiu first before saying his piece slowly, “I’m actually against the option of killing the current patriarch of the Dark Shaman Clan. In fact, it’s best not to kill him. Right now, we only have a relationship of cooperation with him. If we kill his father, it would create a hole in his heart no matter how good we treat him. He won’t dare to oppose us now since he’s aware that his clan’s power is too weak. But there’s no guarantee that he won’t betray us once his clan becomes formidable.”

“Tell me more,” said Tang Xiu.

“I suggest to use a strategy,” said Tang Guang. “The best means is to have the Dark Shaman’s current patriarch under our control. As long as we can control his life, there’s no need to fear that he won’t obey and he will step down from his position.”

A smile crept up on Tang Xiu’s face and he asked again, “Do you have any suggestion as to what method we should use to control the life of this clan’s patriarch?”

“If memory serves, don’t you have similar techniques like the one you used to control that Japanese female, Kuwako Yamamoto, Boss?” asked Tang Guang as he continued, “If you could cast this technique on the current Dark Shaman Clan’s patriarch, it could be said that we have struck a nail in this clan even though Singluen will be the new patriarch. Additionally, we can make his father replace him should he turn his back on us in the future.”

“Using this technique is definitely a good idea, but it’s only effective in a case like Kuwako.” Tang Xiu shook his head and said, “It will be very difficult to cast it on the current head of the Dark Shaman Clan.”

The technique was the Soul Ruling Spell! But casting this art on someone required two prerequisites. First: one must have powerful strength to suppress the target before piercing the target’s soul, exerting power to rule over the soul. The caster must be much more powerful than the target. Second: the target must cooperate in accepting it, which was equivalent to taking the initiative to hand over his or her life to the caster.

Although Tang Xiu had never met the Dark Shaman’s current patriarch, he could tell that this person would never take the initiative to open his soul and let him control his life with the Soul Ruling Spell.

Tang Guang was silent for a short while and then slowly spoke again, “Since your previous method is not feasible, then we only have one method left, Boss.”

“Say it!” said Tang Xiu calmly although he had guessed Tang Guang’s idea.

“By using poison,” said Tang Guang.

Tang Xiu nodded and said, “Using poison is indeed a good way. I can concoct a lot of types of powerful poison pills. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough time, so it’s kinda unrealistic to refine them. Unless..”