Chapter 186 - 107: Acquisition and Dismemberment
If he could evade them, he wouldn’t have to die!
If he couldn’t, then death was the only option.
It couldn’t be helped. Life was unpredictable.
The life of a Cultivator was far longer than that of an ordinary mortal!
And therefore, even more unpredictable.
He couldn’t be the one slaying Demons forever.
One careless mistake, and he could be killed by a Demon instead.
Besides, how exactly had that large, tall Charming Demon found him before?
Xu Lei still hadn’t figured it out.
’Was it because of the Charming Demon’s Demon Core I seized earlier?
Or was it because I refined part of the Demon Core, and its aura clung to me?
Allowing them to sense my general location?
Or did that Charming Demon place some invisible Demon Curse on me before she died?
Something that would allow her fellow members of the Demon Race to track me down and avenge her?’
Xu Lei wasn’t sure which of these guesses was correct.
That was why he hadn’t buried the partially refined Demon Core from the Enchantress along with his other Treasures, like the Phoenix True Flame.
Now, after fleeing deep into a cave on another high mountain,
he finally placed the Charming Demon’s Demon Core into a different Qiankun Cloth Bag.
Using his Magical Power, he dug a deep pit inside the cave and buried it.
Then, Xu Lei hid himself in another dark corner of the cave.
At the same time, Xu Lei took out a Small Poison Pouch from one of the Qiankun Cloth Bags he carried.
He immediately stuck it in his mouth, holding it there.
Just then,
Xu Lei heard strange cries echoing from within the mountain cave.
Although he couldn’t understand them, he knew what it meant—the Enchantresses had arrived!
They were communicating!
Perhaps they were saying that Xu Lei was somewhere on this mountain!
That they had to find him!
And to be careful of something!
When they communicated among themselves, they naturally didn’t use human language.
Instead, they used their own unique Demon tongue.
To Xu Lei’s ears, it sounded like listening to an incomprehensible human dialect from a foreign land.
’I originally thought I might not die if I just hid.’
Xu Lei thought to himself, ’It seems they really do have a way to sense my general whereabouts!’
With that thought, Xu Lei stopped hiding.
The cave was winding, but it was only so big!
If he stayed here, he would be found sooner or later!
So, Xu Lei got up and tried to sneak out quietly!
It was too dark in the cave.
If he was truly going to die, Xu Lei hoped to at least get a clear look at the Charming Demons’ faces before the end!
Otherwise, after he revived, he wouldn’t know who to take revenge on.
That’s right. If he really died this time, Xu Lei would definitely choose to revive.
Not reincarnate.
He couldn’t just abandon Xu Yan’er, Shen Ling’er, Su Chun, and the others, not after marrying them.
And there was still Shi Yi; he hadn’t performed Charitable Giving to grant her a child yet.
In any case, Xu Lei began to move stealthily.
Unexpectedly, he actually managed to slip out.
The cave was winding enough that Xu Lei, by a stroke of luck, managed to avoid all of them!
"HISS! Yalimani!"
But as soon as Xu Lei left the cave entrance, another tall, thin Charming Demon not far away let out an incomprehensible shriek.
It immediately charged after Xu Lei, intent on killing him.
Xu Lei immediately used Sword Control to fly down the mountain, trying to escape!
But soon, a stream of figures—Charming Demons of all shapes and sizes, fat and thin, tall and short—emerged from the mountainside.
There were twelve of them in total!
They swarmed toward him!
"BOOM!"
One of them, a tall and powerfully built Male Enchantress, even hurled a massive boulder down at Xu Lei.
It smashed Xu Lei out of the sky and sent him crashing to the ground.
"BAM!"
The blow threw his Magical Power into disarray.
When Xu Lei hit the ground, half of his ribs shattered.
One of his legs broke as well.
His left cheek smashed against a protruding rock, turning it into a bloody pulp.
The twelve Charming Demons then flew down and stood in a circle around Xu Lei.
Their eyes were filled with a mixture of rage and glee!
"Human!"
The tall, sturdy Male Enchantress opened his mouth, revealing four sharp fangs.
He said coldly, "Hand over our sister’s Demon Core, and I can grant you a less painful death!"
"Kill me? All of you will die!"
Xu Lei just stared at them coldly and said, "All of you!!!"
Of course, none of the Charming Demons took his words seriously.
After all, under normal circumstances, when a person dies, their life is extinguished like a lamp!
Thus, upon hearing this, the tall Male Enchantress leading them merely curled his lip in a disdainful sneer!
The other Enchantresses also sneered and began to speak one after another:
"Don’t be delusional, human!"
"After we kill you, we’ll vanish without a trace!"
"Even if the powerful experts among you humans want to avenge you, they’ll never find us!"
"You were courting death by provoking us, the Dongze Thirteen Enchantresses!"
"It’s all little sister’s fault for being too willful. We told her not to enter the Mortal World!"
"It’s my fault for not watching over her properly!"
"No, this detestable human is to blame!"
"Hand over the Demon Core!!"
"Or you’ll die after suffering a thousand torments!"
"We’ll peel off your skin!"
"Then we’ll deafen you!"
"Then we’ll throw you into a pit of ten thousand venomous insects! You’ll be bitten relentlessly, begging for a death that will not come!"
"And of course, we’ll drain your Origin dry!"
As they spoke, the twelve Charming Demons lunged forward, ready to subject Xu Lei to their cruel torture!
They wanted to drain him dry.
Xu Lei watched them coldly, memorizing each of their faces.
This was because when these Enchantresses took human form, their faces weren’t something they could change at will.
They were generated based on their original appearances.
So, by remembering their faces, he should be able to find them in the future.
Of course, Xu Lei had already begun memorizing them while they were talking.
By now, he had finished.
Therefore, Xu Lei didn’t hesitate. He bit down on the poison pouch in his mouth!
The poison erupted!
Darkness quickly overcame him, and he died instantly!
He gave the Enchantresses no chance to torture or drain him!
[Host’s death detected...]
An unknown amount of time later, the Ten Thousand Lives Book appeared once more, allowing Xu Lei’s consciousness to see the outside world again.
The twelve Enchantresses saw that Xu Lei had just died like that!
They hadn’t even started the torture!
They hadn’t had time to drain his Essence Qi!
What’s more, Xu Lei had actually taken poison, meaning they couldn’t even eat his flesh!
They all roared with fury and madness!
One by one, they swung their weapons, hacking furiously at Xu Lei’s corpse.
"SQUELCH!" "SQUELCH!" "SQUELCH!"
In moments, they had practically chopped Xu Lei into a pile of minced meat!