Chapter 023: Plenty of Ways

Hela, as the goddess of death, could extract even the souls of Asgardians, let alone the soul of a witch. Although Zi Yuan was somewhat powerful, she was nothing before Hela.

Hela effortlessly extracted her soul and forcibly interrogated her about the location of the strange book.

In an instant, Zi Yuan's soul suffered severe damage.

After all, the soul, once deprived of the protection of the body, was still very fragile.

"I... I... really... don't... know..."

However, Wang Bo was somewhat surprised that even after suffering severe damage, Zi Yuan still refused to hand over the strange book, insisting she knew nothing. If Wang Bo hadn't seen the plot, he might have been fooled by her.

Hela's eyes flickered with cold light. She had seen many stubborn people, but few could hold out before her for several days. She could repeatedly whip the soul until the other party broke down.

Then, no matter what it was, she could make the other party confess everything in detail.

Yet Wang Bo couldn't bear to watch. He stepped forward, appearing beside Hela in an instant, pushed her hand away, and sent Zi Yuan's soul back into her body.

"Enough, let's go," he said, grabbing Hela's hand and wanting to leave.

Hela sneered coldly, "Don't you want that strange book? I saw you seemed quite eager to get it earlier."

Wang Bo said calmly, "If she won't give it to me, fine. I have plenty of ways to get that book."

He could simply use the Moonlight Box to go back to before the unification of the Qin Dynasty, beat Zi Yuan to the book, and avoid wasting words with her here.

Hela glanced at Wang Bo in surprise, nodded, and followed him out.

But before leaving, Wang Bo collected some of the Fountain of Eternal Youth.

This stuff was quite useful.

As for the disheveled Zi Yuan, neither of them paid her any attention. Wang Bo didn't continue to persecute her; she had already been tormented by Hela and had received her due punishment.

After leaving the cave, the two returned to the Himalayas. Only then did Wang Bo tell Hela his purpose.

"Soon, the Scorpion King will be resurrected. Do you want to join the fun?"

Hela said calmly, "I'm not interested in the Scorpion King."

Wang Bo said, "Forget it then."

He was about to open a portal back to the manor when he heard Hela say, "But I might as well join the fun."

Wang Bo: "..."

Couldn't she finish her sentence in one go? Wang Bo rolled his eyes but didn't dare to say anything to Hela, after all, the two had signed an agreement.

"Do you want to come back with me?" Wang Bo asked.

"I'll come back when it's time to leave," Hela said, indicating she had things to deal with and wouldn't return with Wang Bo.

Wang Bo nodded, teleported, and left the Himalayas directly.

Hela watched where Wang Bo had disappeared, then turned and left as well.

...

Meanwhile, Wang Bo returned to the manor to see Evelyn looking helpless, while O'Connell held his head in his hands, all ten fingers buried in his hair, looking as dejected as a famous painting.

Wang Bo sensed a strong aura of utter despair from him.

It seemed Evelyn had told O'Connell everything she should and shouldn't have.

His wife of eight years had loved someone else in her past life, loved him to death, and would cheat on him eight years later, cuckolding him.

If Wang Bo were O'Connell, he would be just as haggard.

When Evelyn saw Wang Bo return, she glared at him, as if blaming him for leaving all the talking to her, putting her in such an awkward position.

Wang Bo was also helpless. If Evelyn wasn't embarrassed, then he would be, right?

Sorry, sorry. Wang Bo gave Evelyn a look for her to interpret.

Evelyn twitched her mouth, gave Wang Bo a cold smile, then pointed at O'Connell for him to handle, and got up to leave. She didn't want to stay there a moment longer.

Wang Bo sighed softly and asked, "O'Connell?"

O'Connell looked up at Wang Bo, his eyes bloodshot, frighteningly red.

Wang Bo thought for a moment and said slowly, "I think Evelyn has told you everything she should. What do you plan to do?"

O'Connell hesitated, then shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Wang Bo said, "I think Miss Karen was probably influenced by her past life memories, which is why she resurrected Imhotep. If you're a man, what you should do now is pull yourself together, go straight to Imhotep, take Karen back, and then I can help you seal her past life memories."

"Once Miss Karen loses her past life memories, she won't be Anck-su-namun anymore. She'll still be Karen, your wife, Alex's mother. You'll still be a family."

O'Connell was stunned, suddenly feeling that Wang Bo's reasoning made sense.

Karen loved him; O'Connell could vouch for that. He had lived with her for eight years and had seen the deep love in her eyes more than once.

She was so beautiful and generous; how could she betray him? So she must have been influenced by her past life memories.

As long as those memories were sealed, she would still be his good wife.

"You're right. I should pull myself together," O'Connell encouraged himself. "I should take care of that bastard myself. Mummies belong in the grave; that's their home."

Wang Bo nodded vigorously. "Exactly, you're absolutely right. Mummies should stay put in their graves; that's their home. Any mummy trying to crawl out is not a good mummy."

O'Connell said, "So what should I do now?"

Wang Bo said, "Go back, get a good night's sleep, and conserve your energy. In two days, we'll head to Ahm Shere. Trust me, Imhotep will go to Ahm Shere too. He'll definitely challenge the Scorpion King, and Anubis will take away his powers. Then he'll be just a mortal."

O'Connell's eyes lit up at this.

Wang Bo continued, "Once Imhotep becomes a mortal, you go deal with him, and I'll handle the Scorpion King. What do you think?"

O'Connell said that was a great idea.

He couldn't wait to smash his fist into that bastard's nose. If the guy had powers, O'Connell knew he'd be walking to his death.

But if he lost his powers, O'Connell didn't think he would lose.