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The half-snake demon's actions were completely unexpected by Lin Yaoxie. Why did the half-snake demon, who had suffered such a great loss, turn around and run away? Could it be that "810" was afraid of the domineering aura emanating from Lin Yaoxie?

Unfortunately, reality often contradicts expectations. Lin Yaoxie didn't possess the domineering aura he imagined. Shortly after the half-snake demon turned to flee, he saw countless rats swarming from the wine vat.

It flew out of the pool.

Lin Yaoxie had seen this thing before; it was a small demon he had encountered on Jiuding Mountain. In the Shu Mountain Demon Extermination Manual, it was called "Winged Demon," and it was caused by rats in cultivation sites stealing lamp oil to cultivate.

Countless winged creatures burst from the wine pools from all directions, flying towards the half-snake demon's location, much to Lin Yaoxie's surprise.

Lin Yaoxie thought to himself: People often say that snakes and rats are in the same nest, but now it seems that although they are in the same nest, they are natural enemies.

Generally speaking, rats are one of the main food sources for snakes. However, if a snake is discovered by a rat while it is hibernating, the rat will not eat the snake, but it will take advantage of the snake's hibernation to bite the snake into pieces.

Although both have now become demons, their deep-rooted concept of heaven and earth seems to have not changed much.

These winged little demons seemed to be very bloodthirsty. Although there were only a few dozen of them, they were well-organized and surrounded the half-snake demon. They kept flying up and down around the half-snake demon, sometimes falling into the wine pool from the air and sometimes flying back into the air from the wine pool.

Without exception, every time these winged creatures passed by the half-bodied serpent demon, they would take a piece of flesh from its body. What's even more infuriating is that these winged creatures didn't eat the flesh they took; instead, they would casually throw it back into the wine pool.

The winged creature moved more and more wildly, excitedly flitting up and down around the half-bodied snake demon. More and more blood flowed from the snake demon's body, and the rats became even more excited, frantically biting at every muscle on the snake demon's body.

The pitiful yet ferocious half-snake demon was surrounded by dozens of lesser demons. In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, he was torn to shreds by these rats and silently sank into the wine pool.

Lin Yaoxie's expression changed drastically, and he kept urging Long Kui to row faster:

"These rat spirits have gone mad; they're tearing everything apart now."

In fact, even if Lin Yaoxie hadn't said anything, Long Kui wouldn't have dared to be careless. The half-snake demon, who had been full of energy before, was like a toy in front of these dozens of winged demons. In an instant, she was completely dismantled without any room for resistance. Although Lin Yaoxie and the others might be able to annihilate these winged demons if they fought hard, if they were not careful, a piece of flesh might be taken from their face or somewhere else by the demons, which would probably disfigure them.

Even if Lin Yaoxie could protect the two women, the bamboo raft was so large that it would inevitably be torn to shreds by Youyi. Without the raft in the wine pool, they would fall into the water, and the outcome of the battle would be uncertain.

Unpredictable.

Longkui desperately maneuvered the bamboo raft to find the Bagua Stone leading to the next level, but fortunately, the effects of the wine waves caused by the half-snake demon's use of Wind and Dust had not yet disappeared.

Although the waves hindered the bamboo rafts' progress to some extent, these creatures seemed to struggle even more against the waves, and for a time they couldn't even stay on the bamboo rafts.

Xuejian, with her eyes closed, called out from the bamboo raft:

"Rat, rat."

While throwing poisonous thorns in the direction the winged creatures were coming from, although they missed, they still made the winged little demons somewhat wary.

A large swarm of winged demons, like a child eyeing a favorite toy, relentlessly pursued the bamboo raft carrying Lin Yaoxie, before suddenly returning to calm.

It turned out that the effect of the "Wind and Dust" spell cast by the half-snake demon had worn off, and now there was nothing on the calm water surface to stop these little monsters that were destroying houses.

On the other side, since Xuejian didn't have much poisonous quinoa to begin with, and with her careless throwing it around, she had almost no more left. With the winged little demon being blocked by Wu, she quickly approached Lin Yaoxie and his group...

Xuejian pointed at Longkui and shouted anxiously:

"It's all your fault, you rowed so slowly."

While maneuvering the bamboo raft, Hongkui refused to be outdone:

"If you're so capable, then come and try. If we get destroyed by those rats, it'll be because you weren't behaving properly on the raft."

Even at this critical moment, Longkui and Xuejian still bickered, so Lin Yaoxie had to find a way to divert their attention, as the saying goes, "to fight external enemies, one must first secure internal stability."

Lin Yaoxie looked around and found that the wind and waves no longer obstructed his view. The Bagua Stone leading to the next level was just on an isolated island no more than three zhang away from Lin Yaoxie and the others.

Lin Yaoxie pointed to the isolated island, signaling Longkui to quickly row the bamboo raft there. On the other side, Lin Yaoxie reached out and grabbed the nearest winged demon, tore off its wings, and then threw them far into the wine pool.

The lesser demons, smelling the blood, became extremely excited. Before the injured winged creature could even fall into the water, it was torn to pieces by its own kind, the scattered skeletons eventually falling into the wine pool.

Lin Yaoxie followed suit, finally easing the pressure on the bamboo raft, but the price he paid was considerable, as he was charged 5.3 for every winged demon he captured.

Before he died, he took a piece of flesh from his fist. By the time Lin Yaoxie caught the fourth or fifth one, the back of his hand was covered in blood, and the bone was visible.

The rats seemed to have smelled the blood on Lin Yaoxie's body, and they squeaked as they pounced on him. Lin Yaoxie thought to himself, "My life is over," and prepared to fight these little demons with all his might.

But just as Lin Yaoxie was about to make a desperate gamble, a hidden weapon flew from behind him, and he was then pulled aside by a huge force. It turned out that at the critical moment, Long Kui finally brought the bamboo raft to the shore, and Xue Jian threw the Emei dagger in her hand as a hidden weapon. Then she was caught by a soup spoon and brought to the shore.

The lesser demons seemed quite wary of this deserted island. After angrily dismantling the bamboo raft that Lin Yaoxie and his companions were riding on, they once again crawled into the wine pool.

Chapter 85 The Underworld's Fate

Lin Yaoxie was still in shock when he saw a monster with a human face and a lion's body standing in front of him. What surprised Lin Yaoxie even more was that there were two large pots next to the monster. One pot was bubbling with a viscous substance of unknown origin, while the other pot was boiling with clear water and a large steamer on top.

Lin Yaoxie stepped forward, clasped his hands in greeting, and said:

"Thank you to this beautiful lady for saving my life."

Although the sphinx before them had the body of a beast, it possessed the noble and beautiful face of a woman.

The sphinx stared at Lin Yaoxie for a moment and said happily:

"Truth, truth, should be steamed."

Lin Yaoxie was utterly puzzled by the sphinx's words, but Xuejian, who was behind him, heard Lin Yaoxie praising the monster's beauty and kicked him.

"This half-human, half-beast creature, what's so beautiful about it? I bet it's in cahoots with that snake demon from before."

The sphinx stared at Xue04 for a moment, then pouted and shook its head repeatedly, saying:

"Lies, lies. We're going to use it to make soup. We've been eating soup for days on end."

The sphinx shook its head and sighed resentfully.

Although Lin Yaoxie didn't understand what the human-faced sphinx was saying, it had just saved him, so he couldn't be impolite and cupped his hands in greeting:

"I will repay your life-saving grace in the future."

After Lin Yaoxie finished speaking, he led Xuejian and Longkui to bypass the human-faced lion beast and head straight for the Bagua stone behind it.

Just as Lin Yaoxie took a step forward, the Sphinx with its ladle swept out in front of him and his companions.

Do you think you can just say thank you and call your savior off the hook?

The sphinx spoke with such alluring charm that Lin Yaoxie could hardly resist and had no choice but to compromise:

What do you want?

The sphinx waved a ladle, stirring the viscous substance in the pot. With a flash, the ladle scooped out two skulls from the pot.

While carefully tending to the pot, the sphinx addressed Lin Yaoxie and the others:

"I saved your life, so you should save mine too."

Lin Yaoxie understood the principle of repaying kindness, so he bowed to the Sphinx and said:

"May I ask what difficulties this heroine is facing? Please speak up."

The sphinx continued stirring the pot, giggling as it answered Lin Yaoxie:

"I'm starving, how about you make me lunch?"

Xuejian already disliked this alluring sphinx, and upon hearing that it was going to eat Lin Yaoxie, she put her hands on her hips and said:

"Where did this monster come from, so arrogant? If you want to eat Brother Lin, you'll have to get past me first."

"Oh, there's a free gift too." The sphinx let out a coquettish laugh. Lin Yaoxie's vision blurred, and he didn't see the sphinx make any move, but he saw Xuejian being scooped into a spoon by it.

Xuejian had never seen such evil magic before, and she screamed in pain inside the spoon. The sphinx looked at Xuejian inside the spoon and said in a low voice:

"Heaven cherishes life, and everyone in this world is free. I will now grant you freedom as well."

The sphinx paused, then pointed to the two large cauldrons in front of it and said:

"You have one last thing to say. If you tell the truth, I'll steam you; if you lie, I'll make soup with you."

Lin Yaoxie thought to himself, "What kind of logic is this monster? In the end, everyone dies anyway. Choosing different ways to die is also called freedom."

Xuejian dared not make a sound while sitting in the spoon, afraid that if she uttered even the slightest word, the monster in front of her would throw her into the pot.

Lin Yaoxie quickly considered his current predicament, mentally calculating that if forced to, he would have no choice but to use force against this so-called savior. However, Lin Yaoxie was not very confident that he could save Xuejian before it threw her into the pot.

Lin Yaoxie's eyes darted around, and he thought of a way to stall for time. He suddenly asked:

How do you know if she's telling the truth or lying?

The sphinx chuckled:

"The woman was originally the God of Fate in the underworld, in charge of punishments. She was banished to the mortal world because she violated the laws of the underworld by being greedy. Later, I don't know which Taoist priest from Mount Shu took advantage of my mother's sleep and sent her to such a place with little food and water."

As the sphinx spoke, it revealed its extreme dissatisfaction.

Seeing that Lin Yaoxie remained silent, she felt that he seemed to doubt her abilities, so she deliberately added:

"Don't even mention you mere mortals; even gods, once they come before me, I will know the truth of their words the moment they utter them."

Hearing the Sphinx's words, Longkui frowned inwardly. Having cultivated in the Ghost Realm for a thousand years, Longkui naturally knew that the Ghost Realm's God of Fate was a ghost official who was on par with the Judge and other officials in charge of the Ghost Realm's laws. His ghostly power was probably no less than that of Hongkui.

Thinking of this, Longkui suddenly remembered something a friend had said in the Ghost Realm, and couldn't help but ask the Sphinx a question:

"Is it true that he has only one year to live?"

Hong Kui pointed to Lin Yaoxie beside her and asked, "These days when Hong Kui returned to the Ghost Realm to recuperate, she asked her friends in the Ghost Realm to help check Lin Yaoxie's information. However, the result shocked Hong Kui. One of the results was that Lin Yaoxie's lifespan was almost over. Although he did not tell Hong Kui how much he had left, Hong Kui boldly guessed that Lin Yaoxie had one year left to live."

The sphinx glanced at Red Sunflower and chuckled:

"You're lying, what an optimistic child."

Before Hongkui could react, she and Xuejian were scooped into a spoon by the sphinx.

Seeing Xuejian and Longkui captured, Lin Yaoxie felt a headache coming on. Without the Yilong Sword, saving even one of them from this sphinx would be difficult, let alone saving two.

This seems to be somewhat difficult for Lin Yaoxie.

Lin Yaoxie pondered for a moment and thought to himself:

It seems that a direct confrontation is not feasible; the only option is to outsmart the opponent. After some thought, he said:

"As the ancients said, one should repay kindness. You saved me, so how about I exchange mine for those two people in your spoon? My flesh is at least tastier than theirs." After saying this, Lin Yaoxie squeezed out a muscle on his arm and showed it off.

The human-faced beast glanced at Lin Yaoxie and said happily:

"Yes, that's the truth. I don't actually want to be a vegetarian either."

Before Lin Yaoxie could finish speaking, he saw a blur before his eyes and was scooped into a spoon by the monster.

Chapter 86 Truth and Falsehood

It wasn't until he was caught in the spoon that Lin Yaoxie realized he had made a foolish mistake. Lin Yaoxie had originally planned that once he replaced Xuejian and Longkui, with his skills, even if he couldn't defeat the Sphinx instantly, a safe retreat shouldn't be a problem.

But now that Lin Yaoxie has actually entered the spoon, he finds that there is a whole different world inside. Although he is a head taller than the spoon and can clearly see the Sphinx, Xuejian, Longkui and others outside the spoon, no matter how hard Lin Yaoxie tries, he can't jump out of the spoon. The spoon is always a head shorter than Lin Yaoxie, no more and no less.

The sphinx, seeing Lin Yaoxie jumping and leaping in the spoon, sighed softly: