Tinder charged over and grabbed the man by his collar. He screamed, "Cut the bullshit. My master wants to go in!"

The poor man was grabbed in the air. His neck was stuck with the collar, and he couldn't breathe. His face also turned red. He swayed his hands in the air without any rhythm. He struggled to say, "Come in."

They could proceed to move. Avery's hand, which was held by Evan, couldn't help clenching. The remaining place was kept apart by one stall. But it felt spookier.

When they moved further, they were one room after another. On the tables were put various equipment. And Avery could vaguely see squirely worms.

"This is..." Avery started to get goosebumps seeing so many these things. They were dark brown with soft bodies. And they moved slowly.

Evan took a peek of the right stall, saying, "Mudfish."

Avery answered, "Mudfish?"

Evan kept going, "Ancient country people excel at getting what they want through the poison made with poisonous insects. This is one of them. It's called mudfish poison."

Avery was slightly surprised. She heard about this before. It was used on people you hated. As long as the subject consumed the poison, he could feel mudfish squirming inside the body. It would swim to the stomach to the anal. It moved wherever they wanted. It was possible one would produce a bunch of worms inside the belly.

Evan looked at the other side and said, "That's stone poison. You put it on the road. And the stone can move and make sounds. It makes one constipate and lose weight. It can also fly in one's hands and legs. Within 3 or 5 years, one will die."

Avery couldn't help getting amazed. She knew the love spell was also a poison.

The stalls sold all kinds of poisons.

In the distance, a man in suits came over. He wore a goatee. Seeing Evan, he bent over to greet, "Mr. Lautner, I'm in charge of this place. I apologize for not greeting you sooner. Please, come inside with me."

They followed the man in an elevator. He pressed the "down" button. The door was open. It was still made of crystal with totems and unrecognizable words.

They didn't go down far and reached the destination soon.

They went in and reached an avenue in the shape of a cone. The spectator seats were circular. At the bottom was a small platform for hosting. This should be an avenue for some events.

The man took them to the observation platform and asked waiters to bring them drinks. Then he said he had to work on other things and left.

At the moment, many have come inside. Most of them wore long black robes. They sat down after coming in. Some were talking. One said, "I heard they brought a guy who was poisoned. Whoever could cure him by working poison tricks would be the king the poison."

Avery stood up and took a look. There were 12 layers of the spectator. She looked down, and it was full.

If only people with assets of over 1 billion dollars could come in, Avery had to say there were many rich people in the ancient country.

Evan stood behind Avery's back and asked, "Are you interested?"

Avery wasn't interested in such dishonest methods. She didn't know why Evan would be interested. So she asked, "Why are you interested in this?"

Evan put her jaw against Avery's head, saying, "Keep watching, and you'll know."Avery felt his hot breath that kept bursting out. She turned around to feel his forehead, saying, "Why is your forehead so hot?"

The odd thing was his body temperature was normal even if his breath was hot.

Maybe it was Avery's delusion.

Evan grabbed Avery's hands. He said with an interesting look, "My forehead isn't hot. You touch the wrong place."

Avery could feel a bulge in Evan's body. When she realized what it was, she got blushed. She got red from her face to the ear.

Avery kept some distance away intentionally, "Behave yourself in public."Evan held Avery's waist and pushed her in his arms. They were once again close to each other.

Avery was about to protest when someone stood on the hosting platform. He said, "Distinguished guests, Ladies, and gentlemen, welcome to the tryout of the king of poison. We have gathered our best poison masters in the ancient country..."

The host kept talking, and the start of the tryout began. As everyone looked forward to the beginning, a woman with messy hair and chained in her hands and neck was brought upon on the stage...

The woman's hair got down and covered her entire face. Her hair was stuck with dead grass. She wore a white robe with clustered blood. It was from the whipping.

Someone grabbed the iron chain, and the woman suddenly took a fall. She looked up and around the viewers. When she saw the light, she squinted her eyes immediately.

Avery then saw her face!

She suddenly looked behind to find Evan. She asked, "What's she doing here?"

"She tried to feed me to love poison. Isn't it normal she's here?"Evan said, looking harsh, "The love poison failed, and she got poisoned. She tried to give me the poison that was the hardest to be cured. So what she was poisoned was also the hardest to be cured."

Avery said, "So they use her to select the king of poison..." So Evan brought her here on purpose, so she could see what would happen.

Evan was silent. He kept saying, "Whoever could cure her is the worthy king of poison. But there will be so many masters working on her. It has significant side effects. It's a matter of fate whether she could get through it alive."

Avery asked, "But you won't save her? She's your..."

Evan interrupted her, "Anything tried to harm me meant nothing. Why should I save her?"

Evan sounded cruel and harsh when he said it. Avery trembled slightly and asked, "But what if I were the one wishing you harm?"

Evan answered, "I'm happy to die if you want to."

Avery glared at Evan flirtatiously, "I don't buy it."

Evan said, "Aren't you dying to find out if there is something between us? Now, are you relieved?"

Avery didn't know whether she should nod or shake her head. If Diana had to be blamed for something, she was too eager to get Evan's love and would employ harmful methods, which caused her harm in the end.

As Avery was thinking, she heard rumors from the viewers.

Poison masters came on stage one after one with props. Everyone was dressed in a white or black long robe with an earthen bowl. They were made of different materials from gold, silver, and copper.

Inside the earthen bowls were stuff they needed to work the plot. There were mudfish, snakes, poisonous spiders, scorpions, and even toads.

Each looked hideous.

Avery looked at Diana. She screamed in fear seeing those creatures. It was the fear that she couldn't deliver over words. She had to yell to express her horror...