Ch. 2221..2230

Chapter 2221

Sir Ares' consciousness was fleeting. He could hear a clear and elegant voice calling out to him in a daze," Daddy! Daddy!"

The voice was familiar yet somewhat strange at the same time. While in a trance, he felt as though he had heard this voice before.

After pondering it for quite some time, Sir Ares suddenly had an epiphany.

Since the other party was calling him 'Daddy', did that not mean it was one of his daughters?

His mind started scanning through all of his daughters from the military intelligence division. Out of all of the girls, which one of them had such a tender, sweet voice? Ultimately, Sir Ares realized that this voice belonged to Baby Zetty.

Yes, this voice was somewhat similar to Baby Zetty's three years ago. Baby Zetty must have restored her young self, which meant that her progeria was fully healed, right? This pleasant surprise was inexplicably stirring Sir Ares up. Although he was in a dire state, Sir Ares suddenly opened his eyes after mustering all the

strength in his body.

What he saw in his field of view was blurry and shaky. Then, it slowly became clear.

He saw a beautiful and gentle face.

It was a face filled with compassion and kindness.

Tears were flowing down the girl's cheeks, and her clear pupils were sparkling and translucent while she looked at him worriedly.

"Daddy." When Baby Zetty saw that Sir Ares was awake, she quickly wiped her tears and squeezed out a bright and brilliant smile at him.

Sir Ares stretched out his hand and gently wiped the tears from the corner of Baby Zetty's eyes.

"Don't cry, Baby Zetty. Daddy will be alright.

"Imagine how happy Mommy will be if she sees that our Baby Zetty has become such a slender and elegant young lady," said Sir Ares.

Baby Zetty's frame of mind became dark and gloomy when Mommy was mentioned.

She thought to herself, 'Maybe Daddy doesn't know that we're currently the Poison Doctor's prisoners?'

It was still unknown whether they would be able to see Mommy in the future.

Sir Ares quickly realized how serious the state of his body was. The poison in his body had penetrated too deep, making him unable to move his body.

Moreover, they were in an enclosed yard, which meant they were imprisoned.

However, at that moment, Sir Ares was not worried about his situation. Instead, he was worried about his daughter. He gently comforted Baby Zetty, "Don't be afraid. Daddy's here, Baby Zetty. I won't let anything happen to you."

Inside his heart, Baby Zetty would always be his little girl.

She would forever be a child who needed his protection.

Baby Zetty sobbed and said, "Daddy, I'm all grown up now. I can protect you."

Sir Ares smiled and said, "Is that so? Then tell me, how do you plan to protect me?"

Baby Zetty stretched out her hands and rubbed on Sir Ares' vital points while saying, "I'll unblock your chakra across all your limbs. That way, even if the poison in your body isn't fully eliminated, you can still stand up relying on your strong willpower."

Sir Ares did not want to place a psychological burden on Baby Zetty, so he calmly said, "There's no need to force yourself."

Baby Zetty proudly said, "Your daughter is very smart, Daddy. You have to believe in me. I can do it."

Sir Ares happily said, "I do believe in you."

As he was talking, Sir Ares had already felt his body becoming warm. It felt as though parts of his body began to have certain perceptions.

Sir Ares looked at Baby Zetty's technique as she heated her palms by rubbing them before massaging his energy channels.

Sir Ares said emotionally, "Did Mr. Boye teach you this, Zetty?"

Baby Zetty said, "Yeah. Mister's method usually requires needles. But since I don't have any extra needles, I can only treat you with a different method."

Sir Ares was filled with praises as he said, "My Zetty sure is clever."

Chapter 2222

Chapter 2222

Sacred Land.

The green hills were luxuriant and it was misty now. The creeks were babbling.

With verdant trees and dense shrubs, it was an undeveloped natural environment where everything was mysterious and tranquil.

Who would have thought that the beautiful plants in this serene place were highly poisonous and the fresh air contained deadly toxic gases? Jenson, Zayne, and the others had finally escaped from prison. However, they soon realized that this great poison sect was a city of death.

As they could not defend themselves against the poisonous gas' attack, their bodies became weak again.

Zayne repeatedly sighed in frustration. "Crap! I guess we're going to die here."

Jenson said, "Although we've been poisoned, we're still lucky that no henchmen from the poison sect are going after us. At least we still have our freedom." Zayne said pessimistically, "Without a healer to detoxify us, we'll only end up dying along with our freedom."

Jenson grew silent.

Zayne was right. They could not survive this without a healer.

"Where the f*ck is Baby Robbie? Why didn't the kid come to save us?" Zayne fell to the ground, groaning desperately.

Only then did everyone else think of Baby Robbie. Roxie said, "Baby Robbie is immune to all kinds of poison. If he's around, perhaps we can still be saved."

"You're right. Where on earth did Baby Robbie and Gale go?" Cole also felt extremely puzzled.

Just as everyone was sighing and doubting the two, Baby Robbie's languid voice was heard.

"I'm right here," he said while walking out from behind a big tree.

Jenson saw Baby Robbie and asked in amazement," Have you been following us, Robbie?"

Baby Robbie replied, "What else would I be doing? Do you people truly believe that I'd live a carefree life on my own?"

The military intelligence division sisters started cheering. "You have to save us, Baby Robbie!"

Baby Robbie scratched the back of his head in annoyance. "I want to save all of you too, but if I get you out of here, you'll still die if there's no one around to detoxify the poison." Zayne howled in agony, "Then are you just going to watch us die?"

Baby Robbie said, "Don't worry. Gale went into the poison sect to steal the antidote."

At this moment, Jenson was slightly stunned.

Gale was a youngster around their age. He looked rather frail and petite; appearing somewhat mediocre and peculiar. Only after getting to know him did Jenson realize Gale was a treasure.

His skills were extraordinary, and he was able to contend against the unusually gifted Baby Robbie. Moreover, he was able to avoid getting poisoned by the poison sect.

Gale's secrets had aroused Jenson's curiosity.

The thing that puzzled Jenson even more despite pondering it a hundred times was that Gale used to protect Baby Zetty in the past. Now, he was guarding the Ares family. This made the scrupulous Jenson wonder if there was any relationship between Gale and the Areses.

It seemed that he had to carefully question Gale regarding this matter another day.

Zayne did not believe in Gale's strength very much. He shouted, "So many of us have been overturned by the poison sect. How can Gale confront the entire poison sect all alone?"

Baby Robbie said, "Perhaps Gale alone may be able to

save all of us here."

Baby Robbie would not say such a thing without basis. He and Gale had gone up against each other before. No matter how Baby Robbie attacked, Gale was able to defend against him perfectly. It appeared as if the two were on par with one another. However, Baby Robbie knew that he had exerted all of his strength while Gale might not have shown his full capabilities.

Gale had deliberately hidden his strength when they fought. Baby Robbie could not even begin to imagine his true power at all.

He could only hope that Gale was on their side.

At this moment, inside the living fossil's bedroom, the Poison Doctor and several more of his confidants were gathered. They were discussing something together.

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Chapter 2223

The Poison Doctor said, "Sir, it's undeniable that Rozette Ares has some talents. She developed a special medicine for rejuvenation and her progeria has been cured. But since we've monitored her progress in developing the medicine from beginning to end, we don't need her anymore. What should we do with her?"

There were deep wrinkles all across the living fossil's face. The wrinkles looked as if countless caterpillars were crawling all over his face whenever the slightest expression was shown. It was immensely horrifying.

"Rozette can't die because her special medicine doesn't work on me for some reason."

The Poison Doctor was taken aback. "How could this be?"

The living fossil said, "She was a young girl from the start and her progeria was a disease. The medication could cure her disease. However, I'm different from her as I'm aging naturally. Recovering my youthful vigor is always easier said than done."

The Poison Doctor said, "Then what do we do? If Rozette Ares stays in Sacred Land, Jay Ares will never leave. In order to capture them during this time, we've wasted a huge amount of workforce and material

resources."

The living fossil thought for a while and said, "I guess that the medication won't be produced for quite some time, so Rozette Ares must not be allowed to leave the poison sect. As for the others... I noticed all of them have outstanding and elegant characters. It'd be a wonderful thing if I could use the hormones in their bodies for myself."

"I understand. I'll bring Sir Ares over to you right now." The Poison Doctor nodded her head to the men next to her. The two guards turned and walked to the backyard where Sir Ares was being detained.

Backyard.

The two guards kicked the backyard's door open and yelled out, "Your time's up, Sir Ares. Come out and meet your demise."

When Baby Zetty heard this, her beautiful face lost its color. She shielded her father behind her and held onto a few silver needles between her fingers.

It was just that she had not expected that the guards would be the ones facing a more significant danger.

After the two guards finished speaking, they felt their necks turning slightly cold. Then, they could feel their breathing growing tense. Then, their necks were snapped to the side and they were sent to meet their maker.

Baby Zetty was astonished as she called out, "Gale!"

Gale walked in and said, "That old immortal monster has decided to make a move on your father and the others. We can't stay here any longer. Quick, follow me."

However, Baby Zetty was concerned about Finn who was still lurking around the poison sect. She said anxiously, "What about Brother Finn?"

Gale teased her, "You can't even protect yourself, but you're worried about your boyfriend?"

Baby Zetty's face flushed red with embarrassment as she retorted, "I'm just afraid that your capabilities will be limited when you're alone. When the time comes, you might even lose your own life. How will you save my father then?"

Gale looked at Baby Zetty who was folding her arms at the moment. Seeing her beautiful appearance, he suddenly muttered without thinking, "Zetty, if you're this gorgeous, your sister must be beautiful too, right?"

Baby Zetty rolled her eyes at him. "My sister, Angel, has looked like my mommy since birth, so of course, she's a true beauty. However, my little sister is a child, so don't you dare have any wicked thoughts about her."

Gale said, "Zetty, don't forget that your Brother Finn is also 12 years older than you."

Baby Zetty was dumbfounded.

After thinking about it, Gale had taken good care of her throughout her journey here. If it had not been for Gale, she might not still be alive today.

Moreover, Gale did not only help her alone. He had also gotten Daddy and the others out of their predicaments. This sort of great kindness had to be repaid somehow.

Baby Zetty kindly warned Gale, "You've been kind to u s Areses. My father and mother will definitely repay you for your kindness. But if you dare to have any sort of ideas about my little sister, I can say a couple of unpleasant words about you and my daddy won't let you off."

Gale smiled at her without speaking.

Baby Zetty continued, "Enough of this nonsense. Let's talk after we leave this place."

Hence, Gale carried the unconscious Sir Ares on his back and walked outside with Baby Zetty.

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Chapter 2224

As soon as they walked out of the backyard, the Poison Doctor was already waiting outside with her troops.

The living fossil was lying inside a palanquin carried by eight people. Once the palanquin was placed on the ground, the living fossil bent his body slightly as he fixedly stared at Gale with a pair of dry and yellow eyes.

"How peculiar. Why aren't you poisoned?" the living fossil asked.

Gale curled his lips and made up some crazy nonsense, saying, "Because your poison is too weak for me. I found an antidote for it."

The living fossil pondered for a while and shook his head. "That's impossible. If you had truly worked out a n antidote for the poison, you wouldn't be leaving with Jay Ares on your back."

Gale sneered and said, "Well, you aren't so dumb after all."

The Poison Doctor snarled at Gale. "You're not to be rude to our master!"

The living fossil raised his hand and stopped the Poison Doctor from speaking.

His wretched gaze shifted toward Baby Zetty. He sighed, saying, "How beautiful."

Baby Zetty's beautiful face became distorted upon hearing this. She slipped out the needles from her sleeves, holding them between her fingers while fiercely glaring at the living fossil.

"You old fart! You have one foot in the coffin now yet you're still utterly shameless," cursed Baby Zetty.

The living fossil said, "Rozette Ares, if you stay, I'll let them leave."

Baby Zetty looked at the crowd on the opposite side and thought that Gale might not be able to fight against so many enemies with Daddy on his back. She hesitated slightly out of consideration for Gale and Daddy's safety.

Gale teased her, "Why? Do you want to stay in this damned place?"

Baby Zetty scoffed back at him. "I'm just scared you'll not be a match for them. I don't want you to die an untimely death."

Gale's handsome face showed a sneer. He was determined to win this fight and said, "These people? They're not even well-matched opponents for me. But I'm worried about your father. He might die before we can leave this place. Your top priority should be to find a way to dissolve the poisonous gas in the air instead of worrying about whether I can beat them."

This was so that he and Baby Zetty could each perform their duties.

Gale was confident in his fighting skills, while Baby Zetty was optimistic in her art of detoxification. The two quickly reached an understanding and she said," No problem."

"So let's go all out on this fight, alright?" Gale asked.

Baby Zetty nodded. "Okay."

Then, Gale gently and cautiously placed Sir Ares aside before walking over. He rolled up his sleeves for battle.

The Poison Doctor raised her hand and gave an order," Kill anyone who resists."

This was the moment Baby Zetty took out the pocket-sized laboratory from her arms. It was one of the living fossil's treasured objects that Baby Zetty had brought along with her. Although the laboratory was small, it was completely functional. As long as the drug was added, a chemical reaction would quickly occur and the results could be achieved at the fastest speed.

"Drop the Mighty Pharmacy, Zetty!" said the Poison Doctor angrily.

Baby Zetty said, "Don't worry, I don't want any of your things. I'll return it to you after I cure my daddy."

The Poison Doctor flew into the air and was about to land a kick on her. "You're courting death!"

Baby Zetty had no martial arts skills. When she saw the Poison Doctor's shadowless foot, she merely backed away.

When she was at her imminent peril, a hand suddenly pulled Baby Zetty away. The next second, the person used his other hand to grab the Poison Doctor's ankle as though it was an eagle's claw. He twisted

it lightly, forcing the Poison Doctor's body to spin before pushing her away. The Poison Doctor was sent flying quite a distance away and fell onto the ground hard.

"Finn!" Baby Zetty exclaimed joyfully.

As soon as Finn appeared, Baby Zetty grew utterly fearless for no reason.

Finn smiled at her and said, "These attacks can hurt you, Baby Zetty. Stand a little farther back."

"Okay." Baby Zetty retreated to Sir Ares' side.

At this time, the living fossil suddenly took out several medicinal materials from his palanquin. He crushed them in the palm of his hand and then sprinkled the powder into the air.

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Chapter 2225

Upon seeing this, Baby Zetty placed the Mighty Pharmacy in her palm. Almost instantly, a magnetic force was generated in the Mighty Pharmacy, which sucked the surrounding floating powder inside it. After a series of decomposition and synthesis reactions, it was released in a steady flow from the outlet.

This formed a virtuous circle. Soon, the color of the air slowly changed and the dense black mass was diluted.

The living fossil was utterly caught off guard. He never thought that the Mighty Pharmacy he had tossed aside would serve such a tremendous purpose in Baby Zetty's hands.

"How did you do that, Rozette? The Mighty Pharmacy is nothing more than a pocket-sized laboratory, but you manage to use it for so many different things."

Baby Zetty showed him a smug smile. "Oh, this? My daddy helped me make some changes to it so that the pharmacy could circulate the air."

The living fossil lamented, "Sir Ares has always been said to be extraordinarily wise and farsighted. Now that I've seen this for myself today, I suppose it must be true. It's a pity that Sir Ares has been seriously poisoned now. Even if your medical skills are

exquisite, Rozette, I'm afraid you're not someone who can turn around a hopeless situation."

Baby Zetty said, "You're wrong. I've already contained the poison inside my daddy's body."

The living fossil was astonished. "How did you do it?"

Baby Zetty retorted, "I'm not telling you."

Sir Ares was able to overcome this calamity because i n addition to Baby Zetty's superb medical skills, the other more important thing he possessed was his incredible willpower. He had the tenacity to keep living.

This allowed Baby Zetty to comprehend a principle. Sometimes, a patient's ardent love for life and reluctance to leave this world was the best medicine they could receive.

Baby Zetty had neutralized the living fossil's poison. Gale and Finn were exhibiting their powerful combat skills. Gale was still moving rather languidly and did not give it his all. He was obviously still hiding his true strength.

On the other hand, Finn was giving it his all as he wanted to protect the two most important people in his life. One of them was the love of his life, while the other one was his foster father. When Baby Zetty saw so many henchmen from the poison sect rushing toward Gale, she became extremely frantic.

It was precisely at that moment the Poison Doctor suddenly grabbed onto Baby Zetty and said, "You're coming with me." Then, while the others obstructed Finn, she forcibly took Baby Zetty away. Finn shouted anxiously, "Zetty!"

Baby Zetty turned around and yelled, "Finn! Take my daddy out of here!"

Finn was fuming with rage, and his punches grew more ferocious.

He said to Gale, "Gale, take Sir Ares away from here. I'll stay and deal with them."

Gale said, "Can you handle it?"

Finn shot a ruthless look from his eyes and said," Don't worry. Leave it to me."

Then, Gale hurriedly left with Sir Ares on his back.

The Poison Doctor imprisoned Baby Zetty inside the castle. They brought the living fossil in again. The Poison Doctor said wickedly, "Master, we'll leave Rozette to you now."

The living fossil said, "Head out."

The Poison Doctor and the others walked out in a line.

Now, only Baby Zetty and the living fossil were left inside the castle.

A vulgar gleam burst out of the living fossil's eyes. He was eager to get into action and said, "You're so beautiful. Come here, Zetty. As long as you promise to spend the rest of your life with me, I promise you that I'll teach you all of the things I've learned throughout my life."

Baby Zetty spat out, "Pah! I wouldn't dream of learning anything from the likes of you!"

An ominous glint appeared in his eyes as he said, "If you're refusing, your only other option is death."

"I'd rather die," Baby Zetty retorted as she gritted her teeth.

The living fossil stepped out of the palanquin and Baby Zetty proceeded to back away.

As the living fossil slowly approached Baby Zetty, he started boasting about his deeds. "Look at the black smoke that's filling up Sacred Land's entire sky. Only I can create such a masterpiece. I can save a city and completely destroy it. Wouldn't you like to learn my skills?"

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Chapter 2226

Baby Zetty resentfully scoffed. "Your talents are useless. You inflicted suffering upon countless people. You're nothing but a degenerate who massacres the living. As for us, those from the Boyes' bloodline, the purpose of our skills is to cure diseases and save people. Our goals are different, and I'll not work hand in glove with someone wretched like you."

The living fossil's withered eyes looked fixedly at Baby Zetty. Her upright and awe-inspiring appearance somehow reminded him of his young self for some reason.

The living fossil said faintly, "It's so lovely to be so young. Back then, I was just as ambitious as you are and wanted to study medicine to save the world. But I ultimately gave up my original dream."

As he was speaking of this, the living fossil sighed sadly. "In order to save the people from that plague, m y mister had to develop a new type of drug. But no patients were willing to cooperate for this experiment, so I volunteered to be his guinea pig. At that time, I was still a passionate young man. Unfortunately, Mister's experiment failed and my mind underwent changes due to the drug's effects. I started feeling like being a healer was too unrewarding."

When Baby Zetty heard the tragic story, she could not help but feel a wave of pity and sympathy in her heart.

Although she hated the current living fossil, she still admired that boy who had a sincere heart. It would take quite a considerable amount of courage to be a guinea pig to save the lives of common people. Baby Zetty said, "You used to be a great healer. When confronted with such a disaster, you sacrificed yourself to help the people. I do admire that version of you, but now, you only have blood on your hands. You even forced a passionate youngster like me to experiment on myself by doing Bodily Disguise just so I could escape your evil clutches. When all is said and done, you've become the person you hated the most."

The living fossil looked at Baby Zetty indistinctively. He was struggling with his thoughts and hesitating at that moment.

"Although you're smart, Rozette, I'm still so much older than you. You're not a well-matched opponent for me in terms of medical skills." The living fossil's voice sounded as if it was coming from a tomb, making one feel as though their blood was running cold.

Baby Zetty was already scared witless from looking at the living fossil's demonic and old face. Upon hearing his voice that was filled with disdain for her, Baby Zetty's legs were going limp as well. "Rozette, if you can persuade me not to hurt you, you'll be the victor. I'll let you leave this place safely. Otherwise, you'll stay here as my slave forever."

Baby Zetty swallowed her saliva and pondered it for a while before saying, "When you were bullying those weak women, haven't you ever thought of the woman you loved so dearly and who had loved you as well? Imagine what sort of despair she must be feeling now?"

The living fossil smiled and said, "That woman? She's been dead for too long. I forgot what she looked like a long time ago."

Baby Zetty said, "You've forgotten because of how fickle you are when it comes to feelings. She might not have forgotten about you. Perhaps she's waiting for you somewhere in the afterlife. Day after day and year after year, she's suffering from the pain of loneliness. Yet here you are, one foot in the grave and still yearning for worldly affairs. Are you worthy of her?"

The living fossil seemed to see a young woman in a white wedding dress walking toward him while letting out a peal of clear laughter.

"I love you, Cindi Boye."

"My darling husband, I don't despise you for being poor, nor will I look down on you for not having fame. I believe that one day, you'll become the most famous doctor in the entire generation.

"My husband, when I die, bury me in the back mountain of our house. I want to look at you every single day and protect you."

Ultimately, he ended up being a wicked doctor.

The living fossil remembered now. After going through all kinds of suffering in his life, there was indeed a bright and beautiful young woman who once brought a ray of light to his life. It was a pity that they were only married for one year before she ultimately died of dystocia.

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Chapter 2227

After she died, he had been utterly aggrieved as well. Hence, in the years following the plague when his mister could not find anyone to experiment on, he mustered up the courage amid his depressed state to volunteer himself as the lab rat.

When his mister injected the drugs into his body one at a time, the worst outcome he thought would befall him was death. However, he did not lose his life. On the contrary, he became hyper-stimulated. He tried hiding his shameful habits, but his dedication and love moved his mister. Hence, his mister taught him everything he had learned in his lifetime. The living fossil ultimately became a famous doctor. After having power, then came his golden age. The women who previously looked down on him flocked over to see him, and he never refused those who came to him.

He became lost in love.

Ultimately, he sank to oblivion.

When the living fossil thought of these past events, he could not help but sigh with sorrow.

Every step in his life seemed to have been fated. There

was nothing he could do to change those things.

He looked at Baby Zetty in frustration and said, " Rozette, it's useless for you to say these things to me because I don't want to see her. No, I don't want to see all the women who have had anything to do with me."

Baby Zetty was slightly distracted and immediately said, "It's because you're embarrassed to see them.

You feel sorry for what you've done to them since you only treated them as playthings. You're afraid of them getting even with you once you reach the netherworld."

"That mouth of yours is truly loathsome." The living fossil's eyes became fierce.

Baby Zetty was already staking all of her courage in one throw when she spat out the words, "Old man, you should be turning over a new leaf and making a fresh start. Perhaps you'll become a good person when you're reborn."

The living fossil extended his arm, and there was a huge black pill on his palm. He smiled at her wretchedly and said, "Do you know what medicine this is?"

Baby Zetty stared at the pill without speaking.

She could tell that the pill's side effects should be potent from the living fossil's face.

Just as she had expected, the living fossil said, "This was the medicine that Mister injected into my body back then. Once you take this, you'll become just like

w.n

me.

Baby Zetty was terrified now and took a few steps back.

"I won't take that."

The living fossil said, "Come on, girl, take it."

Baby Zetty was still backing away in fear.

The living fossil suddenly spat his saliva on the pill. Once Baby Zetty saw this disgusting action, what was in the pit of her stomach began gurgling up.

"You're disgusting," she said.

The living fossil's eyes sank slightly. At this time, the pill was undergoing a miraculous chemical reaction. It was producing many tiny bubbles and black smoke before ultimately vanishing into thin air. However, there was suddenly an unpleasant smell in the air.

Baby Zetty noticed something was amiss and immediately took the Mighty Pharmacy out to suck in the potent molecules in an attempt to purify them.

However, soon enough, Baby Zetty discovered that something was wrong with her body. Her cheeks slowly turned red, and the temperature of her body was rising.

The living fossil also shouted out in a perverted voice," Baby Zetty, come here. Come to me."

Baby Zetty walked a few steps toward him. When she realized that he had taken over her thoughts, she suddenly grabbed the vase next to her and threw it at the wall. Then, she picked up a sharp piece and slashed it across her arms.

Her arm was quickly severely injured.

The living fossil witnessed how Baby Zetty did not hesitate to destroy her own body to preserve the last of her sanctity.

At that moment, the living fossil suddenly felt a little ashamed.

He was not as brave as her back then.

The living fossil slowly walked toward Baby Zetty.

She ultimately aimed the sharp weapon at her heart and said viciously, "Don't come any closer. If you do, I'll kill myself."

The living fossil said, "Aren't you afraid of death? You're Boye's only descendant. Haven't you ever heard of enduring some humiliation as part of a bigger mission?"

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Chapter 2228

An ominous glint flashed across Baby Zetty's eyes, and those innocent eyes were instantly bloodshot. She said viciously, "Mr. Boye won't blame me for this. Because she taught me that if a healer wants to save others, they must first learn to cherish life. If a healer wants to help the world, they must first be able to cultivate virtue. If I die here today, even though it's unfortunate for the Boyes' bloodline, each generation of the Boye faction has lived so openly and in an upright manner. I think this is the spirit of the Boyes' existence. Our family's eternal glory will never be forgotten.”

The living fossil squinted his dry pupils, pondering the implied meaning behind Baby Zetty's words.

Baby Zetty continued, "Although you have many schools of poison doctors, your sect has deviated from the original sense of being a doctor. One day, your people will disappear as well. As the originator of poison doctors, you'll only be spat on and cursed at. Your name will go down in history as a byword for infamy."

The living fossil's footsteps halted suddenly. He closed his eyes and seemed to be lost in thought. After quite some time, he opened his eyes and said to Rozette, "Your mouth truly is ferocious, Rozette. How about this? I'll give you a chance. If you can cure my unmentionable illness within three days and let me die with dignity, I'll die in front of you. If... you can't heal me, then you'll be the one who'll die in three days."

After the living fossil finished his words, he staggered to the medicine cabinet and knocked all the potions to the ground.

The strange smell in the air slowly disappeared, and Baby Zetty gradually regained her senses.

Baby Zetty said, "Then please tell me, what's your hidden illness?"

The living fossil slowly took off his clothes. Baby Zetty initially wanted to turn her head away, but her duty as a healer made her endure the disgust she felt.

When the living fossil took off his shirt, Baby Zetty saw the blisters growing all over his body.

She instantly understood what disease he had. It turned out to be-AIDS!

The living fossil said bitterly, "I had this ailment since I was a young lad. I've controlled it for many years, but I just can't seem to cure it."

"How many years has it been?" Baby Zetty asked.

The living fossil said, "This? This was passed to me by my mister."

Baby Zetty's eyes widened in horror...

The living fossil smiled sadly. "You guessed it right. My mister wasn't a good person." His eyes moved toward the memorial shrine on the opposite side, where the living fossil's teacher lay. The gaze he used to look at his teacher was viciously chilling. Even though Baby Zetty was naive, she was incredibly familiar with such a disease and understood how the living fossil was infected. "Do you know that my wife and the child in her stomach also died because of this disease...?"

Baby Zetty saw the pain in his eyes.

As a doctor who could not heal himself, the pain would be more profound than any other ordinary person.

Baby Zetty said ruefully, "So you're such a pitiful person as well."

The living fossil asked her, "Can it be treated?"

Baby Zetty suddenly felt helpless because she could only control such a disease but could not cure it.

Baby Zetty said tearfully, "I'm sorry. Forgive me for my incompetence."

The living fossil's serene gaze penetrated Baby Zetty's eyes. "Why are you crying?"

Baby Zetty said, "I can feel the patient's pain, but I can't heal the patient-whether it's your body or your mind. And as a doctor, I feel guilty. I hate myself for

being too weak. I'm sorry."

The living fossil's eyes gradually changed from cold to warm. "So this is what a doctor should be like."

He suddenly felt that his heart seemed so much younger and he was back at that carefree age. At that time, he was precisely like Baby Zetty-one who cherished the entire world.

Chapter 2229

Chapter 2229

The living fossil staggered to the shrine and the photo of his teacher. His withered pupils looked at the benevolent-looking old man on the portrait. He spoke with a hoarse voice and said wickedly, "Mister, you taught me to revere my master and respect your teachings. I abided by your mission in life and asked my disciples to respect you deeply. But it turns out the things you actually taught me..."

The tone of the living fossil turned furious. "You taught me to be inconsistent, you taught me to be crafty and two-faced, and you taught me...to live as a sham.

"I've tried to maintain the manner and etiquette of a teacher. But just like you, I only seem to be a person of good moral standing and reputation on the surface. Secretly, I've brought nothing but devastation to living beings. When all is said and done, neither of us are worthy of being a healer.

"The poison sect you've worked so hard to create are not at all deserving to exist in this world."

Once the living fossil was done with his words, the respect in his eyes turned into an ominous glint akin to a viper's. He suddenly reached out and tore apart his mister's portrait. He rolled it into a ball before throwing it on the ground angrily.

He knocked all the flowers and offerings on the shrine to the ground.

When the Poison Doctor, who was waiting outside, heard the movement inside, she took a few of her men to charge in. When these people saw the old forefather's portrait torn off and thrown to the ground, as well as the offerings rolling on the ground, the Poison Doctor was immediately indignant.

"How dare you disrespect our old forefather, Rozette Ares?! You'll see what's coming for you now!" The Poison Doctor never expected that it was their beloved mister who tore apart the portrait of their forefather.

Baby Zetty looked at the living fossil. At that moment, she had inexplicable respect for him.

The first half of this man's life was utterly miserable, and the second half of his life was filled with extreme evil. In the end, he was able to overthrow the feudal ethics that he had always followed and abandoned the poison sect he founded. It was also regarded as turning over a new leaf.

Baby Zetty revered him for coming to see the truth in the last moments of his life.

The living fossil said faintly, "I did it."

As soon as he said this, the Poison Doctor cried out in disbelief, "Why did you do it, Mister?"

The living fossil closed his eyes, and his heavily wrinkled face crumpled in resentment. He said to her, "Nephele, I'm tired. Let this all be over. It's better to dissolve the entire poison sect."

The Poison Doctor protested resentfully, "Mister, you said that you'd let me take charge of the entire poison sect after 100 years. If you dissolve the sect now, what's the meaning of my commitment to you for so many years?"

The living fossil said, "Your mind has never been in the right place. If the poison sect is handed to you, I'm afraid the name of our sect will truly go down in history as a byword for infamy."

There was a fierce, ominous light in the Poison Doctor's eyes. She turned around to convince the others. "All of you here are seeing this with your own eyes. Mister has rebelled against our forefather and is planning to disband the entire poison sect. The painstaking work I had waited for and built up for so many years will be in vain. What do you people think about this?"

Those people were confidants who had followed the Poison Doctor for many years and were very loyal to the Poison Doctor. When they heard the Poison Doctor's words, they became extremely angry and said, "We'll listen to your command."

The Poison Doctor turned her head to stare at the living fossil sullenly. Her eyes appeared bloodshot when she smirked. She said, "I'm sorry for this, Mister."

Afterward, she took out a handful of poison in powder form from her sleeve and sprinkled it on the living fossil. The living fossil's eyes were suddenly scalding hot and he could not open them.

The Poison Doctor said, "Grab Rozette Ares. I'll use her as a living sacrifice for the Enthronement Hall."

Baby Zetty was horrified, and the living fossil suddenly turned to the wall, touching a button with one hand. He shouted to Rozette, "Come here quickly, Rozette."

Baby Zetty dashed toward the living fossil. When the living fossil twisted and pressed the button, a secret room opened and he abruptly pushed Baby Zetty in. Meanwhile, he propped himself against the secret door.

Chapter 2230

Chapter 2230

Immediately after, the living fossil pressed another unknown button. A massive explosion occurred in the room in an instant.

When Finn was swiftly dashing toward the castle, he heard an extremely loud sound followed by huge billowing black smoke and blazing flames. "Zetty!" Finn shouted out hoarsely.

His legs went so limp that he immediately knelt on the ground.

The large fire burned for a total of six hours as there were many inflammable and explosive items in the castle. The fire was entirely impossible to put out.

Finally, the castle burned till there were only jet-black ruins left and the fire slowly extinguished itself.

Finn stepped on the scalding hot ruins and found several burned and deformed corpses. He simply could not identify which one of the corpses was Baby Zetty's and was simply unwilling to accept that Baby Zetty was one of them.

Hence, he merely stared at them in a daze like a fool, not allowing anyone to touch a single corpse.

The people of the poison sect had lost the living fossil as their spiritual leader and the Poison Doctor as their

person in charge. They were grieving and brokenhearted for a while but quickly panicked like sheep without a shepherd.

Not long after, Gale arrived along with Baby Robbie, Jenson, and the others.

When they learned that Baby Zetty had perished in the fire, each one of them was utterly speechless from grief.

Jenson's eyes were reddened as he clenched his fists.

Meanwhile, Baby Robbie's tears were continuously rolling down his face.

The military intelligence division sisters were weeping sorrowfully.

Everyone was desperately holding back their grief, but Zayne suddenly burst into tears. "My Zetty, how could you leave your uncle like this? How could you leave before it's your time?!"

His words and cries were exaggerated, but his grief was nothing but genuine.

Jay, who was in a daze, came back to his senses from Zayne's sad and shrill howls. Hearing Zayne's wailing, Sir Ares suddenly stood up with all his strength.

He staggered forward and walked to the corpses. The curled-up corpses had been charred to the point that they could not be identified at all.

Even so, Sir Ares' eagle-like eyes were staring at the corpses tenaciously as if he was trying to look for his child among these corpses. In the end, he filtered through several bodies based on bone size. "These bones look thick and solid, so they should be corpses of men." Finally, he walked to a few petite corpses. After excluding the corpse with flawed bones, only three other corpses had small bone structures. Yet, he was utterly unable to identify Baby Zetty among these three.

Jay stumbled over mournfully, while Jenson and Robbie immediately walked up to support him. The two children said with a hoarse voice, "We're so sorry for your loss, Daddy."

Sir Ares said, "The two of you, immediately take samples of these corpses and send them back to Imperial Capital for identification."

Jenson said, "Yes, Daddy."

The people from the poison sect did not allow them to move the corpses. They protested, "They belong to the poison sect. You're not allowed to touch them."

Fortunately, Jake came over to mediate the situation. "Don't be like this. Dr. Rozette wasn't a bad person. When she was here, she also secretly helped some of our brothers and prescribed medications for us Now that she's dead, can't you let her go home?"

Hence, the people from the poison sect did not stop Jenson from taking samples anymore because of Jake's intervention.

Jake walked to Finn and asked, "Are you going to take

Dr. Rozette back to the Imperial Capital, Finn?"

Finn was dispirited and listless. His expression looked utterly miserable as he said, "Zetty is from Imperial Capital. She loves her daddy, mommy, and her brothers and sisters very much. I'll send her back to Imperial Capital no matter what as she had always yearned for a reunion with her family."

Jake said, "I respect your decision."