Divine Seal: I am the Demon God Emperor's beloved granddaughter

Chapter 168 Who is the prey, and who is the hunter?

Two 16-year-olds, acting like six-year-olds, were arguing about who was older in the Tower of Eternity.

No, six years old is too many years. Even six-year-olds aren't as childish as them.

Only Saint Cai'er could watch them bicker childishly and still show a doting smile.

In the end, neither side backed down.

Bai Xi continued to call Long Haochen "Chenchen", and Long Haochen continued to call Bai Xi "Xixi".

The group remained inside the Eternal Tower until Saint Cai'er also broke through to the seventh rank, at which point they left the Eternal Tower and headed towards their mission location.

At that time, it turned out that Saint Cher had just turned sixteen.

Actually, if it weren't for the fact that the remaining few were still some distance from the seventh rank, and that breaking through would probably take half a year to a year, Bai Xi would have wanted them all to break through in one go.

However, even though Haoyue grew another head during this time, Bai Xi still felt uneasy.

During this time, to give myself more confidence, I also farmed levels and obtained both Saint Guardian 10 and Saint Guardian 9. As for how I got these two, it was naturally the same as before, relying entirely on brute force.

Finally feeling completely secure, Bai Xi led everyone towards the territory of the seventy-second pillar, the Serpent Demon God.

The seventy-second demon god is currently located in the Dark Swamp.

"The Dark Swamp was originally the territory of the Anaconda clan, but for some reason, Anacondas have been rarely seen in recent years. Instead, we have seen a lot of Serpent Demons there, as well as the aura of the Serpent Demon God Pillar."

The Sawfish King, who lived in the territory of the demons and was not far from the Dark Swamp, revealed everything he knew.

"Sounding like that, there is something strange about that place. No wonder you were always worried that you weren't prepared enough, Xixi."

Something unusual must be going on. As Long Haochen listened to the King of Sawfish recount the strange events of the Dark Swamp, he almost lost his composure.

"No, I'm not worried about the snake demon god."

Bai Xi still felt somewhat uneasy, not because of the Serpent God Andumali.

She's killed demons before, and by using certain methods to temporarily bring the Azure Dragon into maturity, she can completely suppress Andumali, who is a snake demon.

“My concern is that we are not only dealing with Andomali, or that some special situation might occur.”

Bai Xi's premonitions were always strong and accurate; she rarely felt such intense unease. Even during the bloody battle at Exorcism Pass back then, she had never felt this uneasy.

"However, perhaps my worries are unnecessary. And with all these thorough preparations, we should be able to kill even two Andumari with Demon God Pillars."

Seeing the unease on her companions' faces, Bai Xi quickly reassured them, telling them to relax.

"That's true. With our lineup, we can easily take on two ninth-tier opponents. Maybe even three."

Lin Xin quickly became arrogant and even exaggeratedly counted their combat strength.

Long Haochen then asked Haoyue, who had precognitive abilities, if she could foresee anything.

Haoyue, however, seemed very excited, but otherwise, she didn't pass on any useful information to Long Haochen.

The nine people were all very fast. When they arrived at the Dark Swamp, they were enveloped by a sudden, spreading mist.

Suddenly, the little azure dragon spat out eight beams of azure light, which landed on the people except Bai Xi.

"You vile serpent, how dare you attack us!"

"What's wrong? What happened? Why are you so angry with Xiaoqing?"

Chen Ying'er tugged at the little green dragon that was very close to her. Not knowing what had happened, she only thought the little green dragon looked cute when it was angry. "Just now, Andumali's demon god pillar tried to mark us, but the little green dragon interrupted his marking. He's really bold, actually setting his sights on us as prey."

Bai Xi rescued the little green dragon, who had been crumpled into a ball, and explained what had just happened.

"mark?"

Upon hearing those two words, the group felt a chill run down their spines.

Being flagged is definitely not a good thing.

Not only that, just as Xiaoqing made her move, Bai Xi also intervened and dispersed a certain golden object. Just now, a golden light tried to pull Long Haochen into the illusion.

As it approached Long Haochen, Bai Xi instinctively tried to stop it, but the opponent was too weak and was directly shattered.

"It's really interesting. We came here specifically to kill him. But as soon as we entered his territory, he also set his sights on us as his prey. It's quite a coincidence."

Long Haochen wasn't that flustered; you could even tell from his tone that he was somewhat expectant.

"It's not necessarily targeted at us; it could very well be targeting all living beings that appear in the Dark Swamp."

"Any living creature that dares to step into the dark swamp will be marked by him and become his prey."

"However, sometimes the prey can also turn into the hunter."

Bai Xi also made her guess.

The group continued on their way through the fog with a clear direction.

And this is all thanks to Chen Ying'er's McDull.

McDull has the ability to find treasure, and the greatest treasure in the entire Dark Swamp is currently with Andumari.

Anduma is currently refining that incredibly special treasure. He even boasted that if he successfully refines it, he can enter the top ten pillars and even have a chance to challenge the Sun, Moon, and Star pillars.

Unfortunately, everyone who heard this took it as a joke.

However, Andumari must have obtained a treasure.

McDull could sense that there was a treasure in the dark swamp.

"XiXi, this is McDull's first time using the treasure hunt feature. Aren't you worried that it might make a mistake and we'll have made a wasted trip?"

After walking for a long time without making any progress, Chen Ying'er, holding Mai Dou, said somewhat unsure of herself.

Before participating in the Demon Hunter Team selection competition, she was a summoner whose summoning was extremely unstable. She suffered a lot of ridicule in the Soul Temple, which made Chen Ying'er occasionally extremely insecure.

“Of course we believe in McDull; he will definitely help us find Andomali. And how could it be a wasted trip? We took action, so it won't be a wasted trip.”

Bai Xi, who was leading the way with Chen Ying'er, expressed her trust in McDull without hesitation.

"That's right. We can't distrust anyone but our Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Kabuto! Sakura and Heaven-Defying Demon Dragon Kabuto have helped us so much."

Taking advantage of being both girls, Wang Yuanyuan and Li Xin stepped forward and hugged Chen Ying'er from both sides.

“Young Miss, you are not the same person you were two years ago. Now, even I might not be able to beat you, and Yang Wenzhao definitely wouldn’t be able to.”

Han Yu understood why Chen Ying'er lacked confidence, but in his opinion, Chen Ying'er was worrying unnecessarily.

Sigrún has taught at the Iceland University of the Arts as a part-time lecturer since and was Dean of the Department of Fine Art from -. In – she held a research position at Reykjavík Art Museum focusing on the role of women in Icelandic art. She studied fine art at the Icelandic College of Arts and Crafts and at Pratt Institute, New York, and holds BA and MA degrees in art history and philosophy from the University of Iceland. Sigrún lives and works in Iceland.

The original novel and anime versions of the story about slaying the snake demon were not entirely satisfactory, so the two versions will be combined, and the scenes involving the anaconda clan will be cut.