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Chapter 940: Chapter 940 Serpent Gall
"No!"
Lennon Cook hurriedly took his hand away from his face, looking at his palm in horror.
The color of the skin was turning black at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Then, the muscles began to detach from the body, falling to the ground.
Turning into a pool of blood.
In the blink of an eye.
Only stark white bones remained in Lennon Cook’s right hand.
But strangely, it didn’t hurt much!
He was stunned.
He just stared straight at the exposed white bone.
His expression was vacant.
Clang!
Julius Reed picked up a banana from the fruit platter and knocked it against his hand bones.
Crash!
Bones scattered on the ground everywhere.
But Lennon Cook couldn’t feel any pain.
Because his arm had lost all sensation.
It was just numb...
He stared at the pile of bones on the ground as if they belonged to someone else.
But more than that—
He was scared stiff.
"Brother, your face..."
Marvin Cook exclaimed in shock, his eyes widened, and he hurriedly covered his mouth with his hand.
He could even see his teeth inside.
Lennon Cook’s face...
"Bro, I..."
Lennon Cook tried to speak, but it was muffled and unclear.
He turned around, wanting to look at himself in the mirror.
"Stop, don’t move!"
Marvin Cook drew the dagger from his waist and fiercely cut into Lennon Cook’s poisoned arm!
Splat!
If he didn’t act now, the whole arm would be gone!
After that, life and death would be uncertain!
"Hiss... Ah!"
Lennon Cook howled in agony.
Amputation!
Even warriors who amputate their own limbs find it hard to bear, let alone Lennon Cook, who had lived a life of luxury in Abernathy all year round?
He leaned on the sofa, blood gushing unstoppably.
His face turned ghostly pale.
But in his eyes, there was malice!
"Stop the bleeding!"
In a panic, Marvin Cook yanked a white cloth from his waist, sprinkled some medicine on it, and pressed it against the wound.
The medical skills of Abernathy were peculiar, and although they couldn’t compare with those of Medicine King Valley, stopping bleeding was a minor issue that they could easily handle.
The blood that had been gushing out at first, upon contact with the medicine.
Stopped seeping out miraculously.
But...
But Lennon Cook’s face was disintegrating bit by bit.
Surviving through amputation was possible, but beheading would mean certain death, wouldn’t it?
Thankfully, there wasn’t too much medicine on his face, so it was disintegrating more slowly than his arm.
But death was probably just a matter of time.
And just as the bleeding was being stopped, the arm that had been chopped off Lennon Cook had already turned into bare bones.
"The antidote, bring it out!"
Marvin Cook, drenched in sweat, stood up and glared fiercely at Julius Reed.
He knew he was facing a formidable enemy.
But what of it?
He himself was full of poison, a spit from him could kill the opponent.
Furthermore, the brothers had with them venomous snakes personally raised by Jensen Cook!
"There is no antidote."
Julius Reed sat on the sofa, lightly tapping his right middle finger.
"I think he quite likes it."
"You..."
A chill ran through Lennon Cook’s heart as he seemingly foresaw his facial muscles gradually disappearing.
"Then go to hell!"
Whoosh!
He raised his arm!
A dark shadow whizzed out!
Smack!
Julius Reed caught the black snake in midair.
"Speaking of which, I haven’t had snake gallbladder in a long time; I wonder how this thing tastes."
Finished speaking, he forcefully opened the black snake’s body with his fingers, extracted the gallbladder, and threw it into his mouth.
Crunch!
After that, he tossed the snake’s carcass to the ground.
"Bitter..."
Julius Reed slightly furrowed his brow as he ate, and said to Lennon Cook, "Thank you for the delicacy. I shall stew snake soup tonight."
Dead silence.
Lennon Cook’s throat bobbed.
He tried to speak but found his throat somewhat dry.
Poisonous snake!
This was no ordinary poisonous snake...
Jensen Cook was known as the Poison King of Abernathy, and the Cook Brothers’ snakes were the result of Ignacio Cook throwing tens of thousands of them together.
They fought each other until only the strongest two remained!
For years after that, they were soaked in potent poison.
Their skin was impenetrable, every part of their body toxic.
Touch and die!
In the entire Cook Family stronghold, only Jensen Cook and his two sons could handle them.
But now...
Eaten?
And it seemed to smell good...
"You... who exactly are you..."
Marvin Cook stammered out the question, his forehead slick with cold sweat.
Even their father had never been this audacious!
Was he immune to poison?
"I know there’s another one in your sleeve, lend it to me for a taste."
Julius Reed extended his hand and said with a faint smile, "Don’t be so stingy..."
Stingy?
Marvin Cook felt like he had encountered a ghost in broad daylight!
Could there really be people in this world immune to poison?
He drank plain water containing poison, and then he ate the poisonous snake belonging to Lennon Cook.
Before this, Marvin Cook had admired Old Man Eight from Island City the most.
But today, he had witnessed a miracle with his own eyes...
Even Jensen Cook would die violently if he consumed that snake!
"What I am called doesn’t matter."
Julius Reed spread his hands, "A name is just a code after all, would you believe me if I said my name was Julius Reed?"
"Julius Reed?"
Marvin Cook shook his head, "Impossible! Julius Reed must be a grim-looking old brute! You, with your pretty face, how could you be that notorious criminal!"
The Cook Brothers had set out on this mission to kill Julius Reed!
Along the way, Horton Moore had also shared many stories about Julius Reed.
Including the chaos at Medicine King Valley, brutally killing many disciples there, and Alaric Moore!
Upon arriving in the capital city, they had even learned from Delilah Leocadia that Julius Reed was ruthless. In the seven days since arriving in the capital, he had committed countless murders!
Such a man was bound to have a fierce appearance!
But the young man before them was gentle and refined, in no way possibly related to Julius Reed.
"See, I told you you wouldn’t believe me,"
Julius Reed said with a smile, shaking his head as he stood up and straightened his attire. "People think Julius Reed should be the twelfth in line, yet they don’t know that combining twelve is a royal ’king’ character."
"Later, Julius Reed eliminated some who meant to harm him, and his name became synonymous with utmost cruelty."
"Does it follow then, that a murderer must look rough and vulgar, while a handsome man is naturally kind-hearted?"
"But often, things are quite the opposite. Yet people only want to believe what they wish to, that Julius Reed must be a person of vicious appearance."
"They never consider whether those eliminated by Julius Reed were good or bad."
"Later, when he struck, he liked wearing a mask."
At Seven Clouds Academy, people only knew of Mad Dragon!
They only recognized the golden dragon mask.
Yet they had no idea that beneath the mask was a handsome face.
"Who exactly are you!"
The more Marvin Cook listened, the more panicked he became, and he abruptly made his move!
Whoosh!
A black snake shot out from his sleeve like lightning!
Slap!
Julius Reed reached forward with his right hand, his two fingers firmly clamping down on the black snake.
"Just like this snake, you all think it’s extremely poisonous, deadly if ingested. But perhaps, its gallbladder is not only non-toxic but also a delicacy?"
Having said that.
Julius Reed squeezed out the snake gall and walked up to Marvin Cook, stuffing it into his mouth in one swift motion.
Gulp!
Marvin Cook swallowed the snake gall reflexively, caught off guard.
Could it be...
Could it be that this snake gall was actually non-toxic?
He had believed the snake was filled with poison...
But the next moment—
Marvin Cook’s eyes bulged, and his face turned pitch black.
"But in truth, this snake is indeed full of poison, especially the gallbladder, which is the most toxic!"
Julius Reed added.
"You..."
Marvin Cook’s eyes widened, his hand trembling as he reached out.
"If you refuse to believe I am Julius Reed, then perhaps you can call me Jorvik Reed. That name seems more like an elegant young man, doesn’t it?"
Thump!
Marvin Cook fell to the ground, blood streaming from all seven orifices.
Silently ascending West Tower alone, the moon like a hook.
The hidden Dragon King in the deep court slays two Cooks.
