A supporting character in a romance anime? I became a god using a rat talisman.

"Wait, wait, wait, that fortress you're talking about, I think I know where it is."

All eyes were on him.

Qianyu raised her eyelids, revealing a surprised expression.

"You know that?"

"Of course I know."

Ximu stood up and dusted off his backside.

Xiaoyu's eyes lit up.

"You really know? How do you know where the Holy Lord's fortress is?"

Ximu curled his lip, revealing an extremely disdainful expression.

"What secret is that? Back when we eight demons were dividing up the territory of this planet, the Holy Lord talked about fairness and impartiality, but what happened? He secretly claimed the largest areas, Asia and Australia, for himself!"

"The other seven of us were indignant and went to argue with him. And guess what he said?"

"How so?"

He said there was a fortress on this side of Australia containing something important, related to the future of the devil, so it had to be under his control.

Ximu curled his lip.

"To prove he wasn't lying, he even took us to visit that so-called fortress. Of course, he only let us look at it from the outside and didn't let us go inside. Although decades have passed, I still vaguely remember the way."

"As long as you hand over control of the flying carpet to me, I will lead the way. I guarantee I will get you to the gate of that fortress within an hour."

The group exchanged glances, still somewhat skeptical of the demon's words, but it seemed they had no better option at the moment.

Qianyu stared at Ximu for two seconds, then gave a knowing smile.

"Then I'll trouble you to lead the way."

Chapter 196 Inside the Castle

Guided by Ximu, the flying carpet changed direction and began to venture deeper into the heart of the continent.

The closer you fly to the center, the denser the Qijiela flower sea below becomes, and the thick yellow vines even begin to pile up like small mountains.

About forty minutes later, Ximu pointed ahead and shouted.

"Look! It's over there!"

The flying carpet hovered over a vast plain.

The zigela flowers and vines here grow wilder than anywhere else, with vines as thick as water tanks intertwining to form a huge, almost mountain-like, dark yellow hemisphere.

Through the gaps in the vines, one could vaguely see the outlines of some black, spires that looked like huge stones.

The so-called Holy Lord's Fortress has now been completely swallowed up by these strange plants.

"Oh no! This is bad!" Old Man stared anxiously at the magic shield. "The poison gas here is too strong! My magic won't last much longer!"

Jackie Chan looked down at the dense, seamless vine ball below and was also troubled.

"How do we get in?"

Seeing this, Qianyu couldn't help but feel a renewed desire to retreat.

"See, what did I just say? This lousy place is impossible to enter."

He complained in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Not only can't we get in, there's not even a place to put our feet. I think we should just give up and, before Dad's bubble bursts, let's break up and divide the stuff."

Upon hearing this, Ximu's originally grayish-blue face immediately turned somewhat purple.

"What's wrong with you, kid! Are you even a man? You cry and beg to go home at the slightest obstacle!"

He pointed at Qianyu's nose and cursed, "I flew all day to bring you here, and you just glanced at me at the door and then broke up?!"

Xiaoyu, who was standing nearby and didn't understand what was going on, got anxious and quickly ran to Qianyu's side, grabbing his sleeve.

"Brother Qianyu, please don't be like this. We've come this far, we can't give up halfway! To save the world, to restore everything to normal, you must persevere!"

She paused, then her eyes lit up.

"That's it! The Dragon Talisman! The Dragon Talisman can breathe fire, so why don't we just set fire to all these vines and burn them all down!"

Upon hearing this, Ximu immediately nodded frantically beside him as if he had grasped a lifeline.

"Yes, yes, that's it! Don't you humans love playing with fire? Hurry up and set a big fire, burn all this unsightly weeds to ashes, and the door will be revealed!"

Qianyu pretended to pick up the stone with the dragon pattern, weighed it in her hand, and then sighed solemnly.

"I wanted to burn it too, but you didn't know."

"This dragon talisman was used too many times in the Holy Lord's bedroom last time, and it needs time to recover. It won't be of any use in the short term."

Xiaoyu was stunned.

"Huh? A talisman can run out of energy?"

Jackie Chan and his father know nothing about the principles of talismans, but seeing Qianyu's confident demeanor, they have no choice but to believe him.

"Well, there's nothing we can do about it. Without fire, we simply can't clear away these vines," Jackie Chan sighed.

Xiaoyu's expression immediately fell.

Ximu looked at this bunch of hopeless people and was so angry that his teeth itched.

"No...don't you have any other ideas? Are you just going to stand here and do nothing?"

Qianyu shrugged.

"What can we do? You try it if you dare!"

Ximu paused for a moment, then took a deep breath and said.

"Fine! I'll do it!"

A hint of a smile flashed in Qianyu's eyes, but he quickly composed himself and put on a grateful expression.

"Really? You're willing to help?"

"Nonsense! We've come this far, are you expecting me to just stand by and watch you break up?"

Ximu spread his bat wings and flew towards the fortress, shouting, "You wait here, I'll clear the way for you!"

"Oh, that must have been too much trouble for you, Brother Ximu."

Qianyu watched as the gray-blue little devil flew towards the vine-covered fortress, and a smile finally appeared on her lips.

Fishing successful.

Whether or not Ximu is possessed by the Holy Lord, he is now in a precarious position.

Burning vines is a tough job, and you might even trigger some traps or mechanisms.

The correct way to use demons is to let them serve as cannon fodder for clearing mines, while you sit back and reap the benefits.

Ximu was forced to do hard labor, burning the vines covering the outer wall with magical flames for half a day before finally clearing them away.

His bat wings were trembling as he fell from mid-air.

The mighty Sky Demon was panting like a middle-aged man who had just finished a marathon.

After everyone landed, Qianyu went up and patted Ximu, who was panting heavily, on the shoulder.

"You've worked hard, Sky Demon."

Ximu lowered his head and glared fiercely at Qianyu out of the corner of his eye.

That look in his eyes seemed capable of cutting the other person into a thousand pieces and swallowing them whole.

But the moment Qianyu turned her gaze completely over, Ximu's gloom vanished, replaced by a wide smile, and he waved his hands repeatedly.

"No problem! This is just a warm-up for me! Let's go inside quickly, don't let the wind get to us."

Jackie Chan and his father ignored west Mu's urging and quickly walked to the blackened stone wall, examining it from top to bottom.

The wall was at least ten meters high, with a smooth, mirror-like surface. Apart from a few shallow pits burned by the demonic fire, there was no gap or mechanism that could be called a "door".

"Something's not right."

Jackie Chan turned his head, his face full of doubt, "This building doesn't have a door at all. There isn't even a gap big enough to slip a coin through. It's completely sealed off."

Xiaoyu turned to question Ximu.

"Didn't you say there was something in here? Where's the door?"

Ximu pretended to be stupid and spread his hands out.

"How would I know? Thousands of years have passed, and the Holy Lord may have renovated it. I'm just responsible for leading the way; unlocking is not my forte."

"A house built by a demon, who says it has to have a door?" The old man slowly walked forward, pulled a pig charm from his waist, and said, "Get out of the way."

Jackie Chan and Jade stepped aside.

The old man slightly opened his eyes, and two blazing red laser beams instantly blasted into the black stone wall.

With a deafening explosion and flying debris, a hole as tall as two people was forcibly melted out.

Dark red lava was still dripping from the rocks at the edge.

"go!"

The old man put away the talisman, put his hands behind his back, and strode into the still-smoking hole.

Jackie Chan and Jade quickly followed.

Qianyu walked at the back, and only slowly followed after seeing Ximu eagerly crawl inside.

The group followed the smoking hole and entered the fortress.

The light inside suddenly dimmed, and the air was filled with a musty smell that had never seen the light of day.

Once inside, everyone saw the situation before them.

One after another, passageways made of black boulders extended in all directions, crisscrossing like a giant spider web.

Each passage was so dark it seemed bottomless, and even echoes were swallowed up by the bizarre architectural structure.