"HA HA HA HA HA!" It was the arrogant laughter of the man called Brother Sun. He gloated, "You ambushed us, so now you can have a taste of being ambushed yourselves. Hmph, it’s not like we’d survive in your hands anyway. It’s worth it to take one of you down with me."

"What’s wrong with Xiao Zhang?" Qiao Wensong noticed the panicked expressions on several of his team members and hurried over to ask.

"Captain, Xiao Zhang was bitten by a snake this guy released," a team member said, pointing to a dead snake on the ground.

Brother Sun’s smile grew even more triumphant. "Don’t waste your energy. That’s a venomous snake I’ve specially raised. Not even a cobra can compare to it. It’s useless no matter how much blood you try to squeeze out."

"HA HA HA, he deserves it," the other two criminals cackled smugly.

Unable to restrain himself, one of the team members strode forward and punched Brother Sun hard. "You bastard."

Brother Sun crumpled to the ground from the blow. He casually spat out a mouthful of bloody saliva and continued to laugh wildly, infuriating the team members. But they had no antivenom on hand. The only thing they could do was squeeze the blood from Xiao Zhang’s wound and tie a tourniquet nearby to try and slow the poison’s spread. Beyond that, they were helpless.

Qiao Wensong also saw Xiao Zhang’s wound. It was on the back of his hand, marked by two distinct puncture holes. The area around the wound had already swollen up—a clear snakebite. At that moment, a team member was desperately trying to squeeze blood from the wound, but the blood that came out was black, and Xiao Zhang had already fallen unconscious.

Qiao Wensong knew Brother Sun was telling the truth. This snake was truly venomous. But they had no antivenom. If what Brother Sun said was true, then Xiao Zhang was probably...

At that thought, the anger in Qiao Wensong’s heart flared up. ’I want to go over there and beat him myself.’

"Let me try." Just then, Su Qing came over to Qiao Wensong. She knelt beside Xiao Zhang, took out two small vials, and handed one to the team member who was squeezing out the poisoned blood. "Make him drink this."

The two vials contained a powder and a liquid that Su Qing had created herself using her Wood Ability. They were specifically formulated to treat various snake venoms. The idea had come to her after Mr. Gong gave her a vial of sedative. She had bought a large number of empty vials from Mr. Gong and concocted a few powders and liquids with different effects, bottling them separately for emergencies.

"Ah, what’s... what’s this?" The team member took the vial, opened it, and frowned at the slightly bitter smell. He looked toward Qiao Wensong, his expression clearly asking, ’Will this really work?’

Su Qing urged, "Hurry up. If you don’t treat him now, he’ll lose his life."

Qiao Wensong gritted his teeth. "Give it to him."

Qiao Wensong had no idea if Su Qing’s medicine would work, but at this point, it was a desperate measure. Given Xiao Zhang’s current condition, he wasn’t going to make it out of these mountains otherwise.

"HA HA HA HA HA, it’s useless," Brother Sun cackled arrogantly again. "Whatever you do is useless. He’s a dead man. Just wait and collect his corpse..."

Before he could finish, an enraged team member punched him hard again.

Hearing Qiao Wensong’s order, the team member with the vial knew this was their only option. He immediately steeled himself and poured the medicine into Xiao Zhang’s mouth.

Seeing that Xiao Zhang had taken the medicine, Su Qing sprinkled the powder from the vial in her hand onto the wound on the back of his hand.

"Alright, just a moment. He should wake up soon," Su Qing said, standing up and turning to Qiao Wensong.

"Really?" the other team members asked excitedly when they heard her. "Is Xiao Zhang really going to be okay?"

"Yes, don’t worry," Su Qing said, full of confidence.

"Hmph, arrogant," Brother Sun sneered, thinking Su Qing was just boasting.

Hearing this, Su Qing didn’t say a word. She strode forward and kicked Brother Sun square in the face.

"AH—"

Brother Sun felt a sharp pain in his mouth. He opened it and spat out two more teeth.

"AAAAAAH, YOU FUCKING BITCH!" Brother Sun was about to lose his mind. In such a short time, this woman had already knocked out four of his teeth. Now he spoke with a lisp!

Without a word, Su Qing walked up and kicked him in the face again. And so, another tooth was honorably discharged.

This time, Brother Sun didn’t dare to speak. He just clamped his mouth shut and glared at Su Qing. This woman was truly insane. He had no doubt that if he said another word, she would kick every single tooth out of his head.

Su Qing’s actions were incredibly cathartic for the team members, including Qiao Wensong. They desperately wanted to applaud her. 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

Just then, the team member next to Xiao Zhang noticed him stirring. Overjoyed, he quickly called out, "Xiao Zhang, can you hear me?"

"Yeah." Xiao Zhang nodded weakly. "Did I get bitten by a snake just now?"

Xiao Zhang only remembered his hand being suddenly bitten by a snake. Then, he quickly felt dizzy, and after that, he knew nothing.

"You did, but you should be fine now." After saying that, the team member turned to Su Qing for confirmation. "Doctor, is Xiao Zhang out of danger?"

Because Su Qing had medicine, the team member automatically assumed she was a doctor.

Su Qing smiled and said, "I’m not a doctor. This is just some snakebite medicine I carry with me. He should be fine now. The wound should have stopped bleeding black blood. Wipe the powder off the back of his hand and reapply some more."

Hearing this, the team member looked at Xiao Zhang’s hand and was astonished. When Su Qing had first applied the medicine, he had seen that the powder was white. Now, it had turned completely black. He quickly wiped the powder away and gently squeezed the wound again, seeing that the blood coming out was red.

"This is great! The blood is red! The poisoned blood is all gone!" the team member exclaimed in joyful surprise.

"Impossible! Impossible!" Brother Sun’s lisping voice cut in. "There’s no cure for this snake’s venom! Not even antivenom works! How could he be cured? Impossible!"

But no one paid him any attention. Even the two team members guarding the three criminals were looking at Xiao Zhang with pleasant surprise, completely ignoring his words.

Qiao Wensong was ecstatic. He went over to check Xiao Zhang’s wound and ask how he was feeling. Then, he turned to Su Qing gratefully. "Thank you so much. You’ve helped us out in a huge way again. We were lucky to have you this time to catch these drug traffickers. And without you, Xiao Zhang’s injury... things would have been terrible. Thank you, really."

"It’s nothing. It was on the way. I couldn’t just see it and do nothing," Su Qing said with a smile.

Qiao Wensong smiled back and gestured to a spot a little farther away. "Let’s talk over there."