Chapter 187 - 108: Resurrection and Counter-kill
Xu Lei watched as his own body was hacked to pieces by those Demons.
Of course, he was furious.
But Xu Lei didn’t get carried away.
He forced himself to calm down.
He wasn’t in a hurry to resurrect.
He just silently watched the situation unfold.
The Ten Thousand Lives Book allowed Xu Lei to choose a location and resurrect there directly.
But the range wasn’t very large.
It had to be near the location of his death.
But the twelve Enchantresses hadn’t left yet.
Of course, Xu Lei couldn’t resurrect so rashly.
If he was discovered again after resurrecting and they killed him once more, he would have wasted a life for nothing.
Of course, Xu Lei could also choose to be reincarnated.
However, he decided against that option.
After all, he wasn’t very old in this life.
Plus, he had married several women in this life.
He had done so to ensure he would be reborn as a man in his next life, but he couldn’t just abandon them and leave.
’If I choose reincarnation... by the time I’d wake up again, over thirty years would have passed.’
’By then, Mu Yao and the others might have already died of old age.’
’Others, like Su Chun, would be on the verge of death.’
’That would be too cruel to them.’
’So, I have to resurrect.’
Xu Lei silently observed the situation outside through the Ten Thousand Lives Book, waiting for the right moment to resurrect.
He watched as the twelve Enchantresses, after finishing with his corpse, immediately began to search the area.
They hadn’t found the Demon Core on his body.
Nor had they found any Magical Artifacts like the Locust Leaf Flying Ship.
The Qiankun Cloth Bag he carried contained many items from the Old Daoist Nun, though Xu Lei didn’t really have a use for her Magical Artifacts.
The Locust Leaf Flying Ship, however, had a rather distinctive color and shape.
Especially the portly, burly female Enchantress who had ambushed him at the beginning!
She would certainly have a vivid memory of the Locust Leaf Flying Ship.
So, when they didn’t find the Locust Leaf Flying Ship among Xu Lei’s belongings, they concluded that he must have hidden it somewhere else.
Xu Lei had actually considered this possibility.
It couldn’t be helped.
He had relied on the Locust Leaf Flying Ship to escape earlier.
So, its shape and color had inevitably been exposed.
But he couldn’t possibly have kept the Locust Leaf Flying Ship on him, letting these Demons loot it from his corpse.
After all, the Magical Artifact’s speed was truly impressive.
Now, all he could do was take a gamble.
He had to bet that the Enchantresses wouldn’t find the items he had buried.
「Several hours later.」
In the end, the Enchantresses found nothing.
After all, Xu Lei had hidden the items on another mountain over a kilometer away.
The total search area was massive.
But even though they hadn’t found anything, they continued their search without leaving.
Xu Lei frowned at this.
’If they spend months and years searching inch by inch...’
’...they might actually find everything.’
’If that’s the case,’ Xu Lei thought, ’I suppose my only option is to resurrect somewhere...’
’...then sneak away and report to the Head Temple.’
’I could bring back experts from the Head Temple to exterminate them.’
’But that would be risky.’
’They could discover me not long after I resurrect.’
’It’s not guaranteed I could even make it back alive to the Head Temple to get their masters to come over.’
Soon after, however, something surprising happened.
The twelve Enchantresses did not choose to linger for a long time.
Seeing that their prolonged search yielded nothing, they exchanged a few words in the Demon Language.
Then, they all retreated together.
Judging by their expressions, Xu Lei guessed what they were thinking.
’They must be cautious by nature.’
’After all, not every Demon is as reckless, impulsive, and audacious as that Charming Demon from before.’
’In this day and age, it’s the Cultivators of the Human Race who ultimately hold the upper hand.’
’That’s why Demons and Spirit Monsters can only lurk in the shadows of the Mortal World.’
’Normally, they must be careful to conceal their presence.’
’And the chase and fight between me and these twelve Enchantresses through the mountain forest... must have caused quite a commotion.’
’It might not have been enough to alert the human experts of the Buddhist or Daoist Sects... but they didn’t dare to risk it!’
’The consequences of losing that bet are too dire!’
’They can’t afford that kind of risk.’
So, at their leader’s insistence, the other Charming Demons left as well.
Xu Lei was glad to see it happen.
This way, the Treasures he had buried would soon be back in his hands.
If he had lost all the various Treasures he had worked so hard to obtain, Xu Lei would have been truly devastated.
Of course, he had still lost a life.
No matter what, Xu Lei could not let these twelve Charming Demons get away with it.
It was just as he’d sworn before he died.
He would kill all twelve of these Charming Demons!
He would seize their Demon Cores and refine them to augment his own power!
’My current strength isn’t enough.’
’I have to become stronger.’
Even so, Xu Lei didn’t choose to resurrect right away.
He worried it might be a trick by the twelve Enchantresses.
It was better to be cautious.
「Three days later.」
Xu Lei waited inside the Ten Thousand Lives Book for a full three days. Once he was certain there were no problems, he finally chose to resurrect.
In a hidden mountain hollow,
Xu Lei’s body coalesced once more.
He could feel that his body’s age and condition were roughly the same as they had been before he died from the poison.
At this, Xu Lei couldn’t help but marvel at the miraculous power of the Ten Thousand Lives Book.
Xu Lei had used this resurrection function once before.
Right after he first transmigrated, he had been bitten by a venomous snake and died from its poison.
That time, however, his body hadn’t been hacked to pieces.
His body had simply purged the poison, and he had recovered.