Chapter 272

Chapter 272: Since That’s the Case, Let’s Go to Hell Together
Hua Tu was not a leopard who would sit and wait for death.

When the other demonic beasts arrived, he immediately handed over the task of looking after Little Fox.

Forced by his fierce reputation and the status of the Nine-Tailed Fox, the other demonic beast had no choice but to agree, even though it was clearly unwilling.

On the other side.

The old crone’s hoarse, low voice had almost no emotion in it, but just hearing it made one’s back turn cold: “What happened?”

The injured Wu Ying Zi and Tou Tuo glared hatefully at Old Xie: “He tried to kill us.”

“I did not!”

Old Xie, who had already regained consciousness, immediately shouted back, but mottled bloodstains still covered his hands.

Noticing the old crone’s cold expression, he panicked and hurried to explain: “Gui Lao, I lost consciousness just now. I did not do any of those things!”

Gui Lao’s brows drew together.

Tou Tuo shouted: “Gui Lao, do you really believe his excuse? He clearly couldn’t stand the two of us brothers long ago and was just looking for a chance to get rid of us!”

“Shut up!”

“You still dare to threaten me!”

As they argued, the smell of gunpowder between them grew thicker and thicker.

This group had only come together for profit, and there was no trust between them at all.

Wu Ying Zi and Tou Tuo were already injured. If they could use this chance to get rid of one more person and split the spoils, of course they would bite down and not let go.

The other Nascent Soul old fiends did not speak. They were happy to stand aside and watch the show.

“Enough.” Gui Lao spoke coldly: “This must not happen again.”

“Gui Lao…” Wu Ying Zi still wanted to say more, but Gui Lao raised a hand and cut him off: “We will talk after we leave this place.”

Wu Ying Zi and Tou Tuo were very unhappy with this result. They exchanged a glance, their eyes full of anger.

Old Xie knew he had narrowly escaped with his life. The boulder in his heart fell, and he kept replaying what had just happened in his mind.

No matter how much he disliked Wu Ying Zi and Tou Tuo, he would not attack them for no reason. That meant his body had definitely been controlled by someone.

As for who it was…

A face as cold as frost appeared in his mind.

“It was that fox demon!”

He had heard that fox demons were not only very beautiful, but also very skilled in charm arts. Otherwise, why would people call them vixens?

He must have been bewitched by the fox demon just now!

After Old Xie found a reason, he wanted to explain, but he realized that the others had already left him far behind, all acting like they could not get away from him fast enough.

Anger rose in his chest, and he simply stopped thinking about explaining anything and flew forward with his head down.

At this moment, he did not realize that he had been targeted again.

Yu Zhao had not expected that the one who fell to the back would be Old Xie, the same person she had fought once before.

But that was just what she wanted.

If she could control Old Xie once, she could control him a second time.

Just as her soul force started to stir restlessly, an overbearing aura rushed toward her at high speed.

She frowned slightly and asked: “Why did you come?”

There was a faint hint of dislike in her questioning tone.

Hua Tu found this new.

It was the first time anyone had treated him like a useless burden. Because of that, he did not notice that Yu Zhao’s way of speaking was different from that of most of the demon race.

He said in a low voice: “It’s too hard for you alone to deal with them. I came to help.”

“Where are Xiao You and the others?”

“I left them with the Iron Rhinoceros beasts.”

The Iron Rhinoceros clan was famous for their defenses. Staying with them was safer for Little Fox than staying with Hua Tu.

With that worry eased, Yu Zhao began to think about how to take the demon beast cubs back from the old crone.

The other party was a cultivator suspected to be at the Late Nascent Soul stage. She had to come up with a foolproof plan.

Yu Zhao sank into thought and stopped questioning him. Seeing that, Hua Tu started to get anxious: “What are you planning to do? They are about to leave the range of the Dragon Pool Mountains!”

Once they completely left this area, it would be much harder to take back the demon beast cubs they had seized.

Yu Zhao turned her head and looked at Hua Tu. After a moment of hesitation, she made a decision.

“You go take a shortcut and block them in front.”

Hua Tu was shocked: [Me???]

Holding off one or two Nascent Soul old fiends was no problem for him, but sending him to stop more than a dozen people was basically asking him to die.

The grudge between him and the Nine-Tailed Fox clan was not so deep that he needed to die to make up for it, right?

Yu Zhao said: “You only need to distract them. You don’t have to risk your life. I will handle the rest.”

Hua Tu stared at her, dumbfounded.

This vixen’s thinking was way too simple.

Did she really think she alone could fight more than ten Nascent Soul old fiends?

Hua Tu was now quite sure this fox had left Qingqiu Mountain for the first time. Otherwise, she could not possibly be so naive.

When Hua Tu still did not move, Yu Zhao frowned and looked at him: “Why are you still here?”

“Do I really have to go?”

The usually fearless and invincible Three-Eyed Leopard suddenly felt afraid. He swallowed hard.

“Of course. Are you going or not? If you won’t go, then I’ll go myself.”

“I’ll go!”

“Good. You go.”

Hua Tu stared blankly for a while before he realized he had fallen into a trap.

[Crafty vixen!]

He could not help cursing her in his heart as he dragged his heavy steps and went to take the shortcut.

After sending Hua Tu away, Yu Zhao summoned the Mirror of Fleeting Lives. Her soul force surged, and Old Xie’s eyes instantly went dull. His flying speed dropped, and once again he fell far behind the group in front.

A huge purple crescent scythe appeared in his hands.

The corners of his mouth slowly curled upward as he gripped the scythe in his right hand and charged forward.

The tip of the scythe scraped along the ground, sending out a string of bright sparks.

The harsh sound of metal scraping stone drew the attention of the cultivators ahead.

When Wu Ying Zi turned his head, he saw Old Xie’s twisted face as he stalked closer.

“Old Xie, you’re dead this time!” At first he froze, then joy flashed in his eyes as he shouted: “Gui Lao, Old Xie has gone mad. We have to kill him! We can’t let him live!”

Tou Tuo nodded in agreement: “That’s right, Gui Lao. Old Xie has already broken the rules once. We can’t let him break them a second time!”

Gui Lao swept her divine sense over Old Xie’s lifeless eyes, then pulled her gaze back.

“Deal with him cleanly.”

“Got it!”

Now that Gui Lao had given her permission, Wu Ying Zi and Tou Tuo invited two more Nascent Soul old fiends to help them handle Old Xie.

Those two Nascent Soul old fiends usually stayed close to Wu Ying Zi and Tou Tuo, so of course they did not refuse.

When Old Xie finally woke up, what he faced was a brutal beating from four of his own companions.

“Gui Lao, save me!”

“Still calling for Gui Lao? Even if you called us your fathers, it wouldn’t help!”

“I was being controlled by the fox demon! I was controlled by the fox demon… ah!!!”

The more Old Xie tried to explain, the worse the beating became.

Wu Ying Zi and the others had never planned to let him live.

Old Xie fell into despair.

A vicious light flashed in his eyes.

Even if he died, he would drag a few down with him.

Enduring the intense pain, he gasped out between blows: “If you… if you let me go… I can give you… all the savings I’ve built up… over the years.”

“If you die, those things still end up in our hands.”

Tou Tuo’s words were the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

The evil thought that Yu Zhao had planted in Old Xie’s heart expanded without limit.

Using the last of his spirit power, he leaped high into the air and suddenly grabbed Wu Ying Zi in a tight hug. A chilling smile spread across his face.

“Since that’s the case, then let’s go to hell together!”

Boom!