Chapter 190 - 108: Resurrection and Counter-kill
In contrast, the corpulent, tall female Enchantress, the leading Male Enchantress, and the tall, thin female Enchantress who had spotted Xu Lei when he first left the cave all chopped at the corpses less frequently.
This was normal. After all, the weaker ones were always tasked with the follow-up work of dismembering the bodies.
The leaders only needed to participate when appropriate.
As for the Male Enchantress he had now found, Xu Lei had observed him back when he was escaping.
He had noted his approximate speed, Power, and so on.
Therefore, he could make a rough guess about his Cultivation.
He probably wasn’t any stronger than Xu Lei had been at the time.
’More than three years have passed now,’
Xu Lei analyzed inwardly. ’I’ve advanced by one Small Realm!
My strength has increased!
But for them, the Demon Race, Cultivation is inherently slow!
Under normal circumstances, this Enchantress’s Power shouldn’t have increased by much!
This is a rare opportunity. Time to kill!’
「Seven days later.」
Xu Lei had arrived in Anqing.
Although killing one of them might make the other Enchantresses more vigilant in the future, it didn’t matter. Xu Lei could afford to wait.
If he waited a few more lifetimes, he would definitely become incredibly strong!
Even if they hid in the Eastern Wilderness Marsh forever, they would still die in the end!
The benefits he could get his hands on now were what was real and tangible.
Besides, obtaining another Demon Core would allow Xu Lei’s strength to increase even faster.
He wouldn’t have to rely solely on the passage of time.
The people from the Zhao Family were as reliable as ever.
After the setback they’d suffered when their investigation into Hui Cheng was discovered,
they were now acting with much more caution.
As a result, they hadn’t been discovered by this Enchantress.
And Xu Lei soon figured out why this Enchantress was lingering here.
It turned out the Enchantress was entangled with a human woman.
What’s more, the woman was married!
She was the wife of a merchant.
The husband wasn’t much to look at, but his business had been doing quite well.
Coupled with his promise not to take any concubines, he had managed to marry a beautiful young wife.
But in recent years, his business had taken a downturn.
His wife began to find fault with everything.
Later, she even started an affair with the Male Enchantress, who had disguised himself as a young master and traveling merchant from out of town.
Ever since, the husband’s health had deteriorated further, and he no longer had any energy for matters of the bedroom.
He looked much older as a whole.
He’d lost all his spirit.
He spent his days lying in his sickbed, drinking medicine.
Xu Lei found an opportunity to approach the husband, posing as a physician.
He informed the man that his sudden decline was the result of his wife’s demon lover secretly harming him.
The husband was, naturally, stunned at first.
But after Xu Lei reached out and plucked a leaf from the windowsill that had just floated in from outside, the man immediately believed him!
His face turned ashen, and his eyes filled with bloodshot veins.
Xu Lei told him to calm down and instructed him to find an opportunity to mix some medicine, which was effective against Demons,
into his wife’s cosmetics.
The husband obeyed without a moment’s hesitation.
After all, if his wife were merely cheating on him,
he could have handled it himself.
But with his wife’s lover being a Demon, he didn’t dare to act recklessly.
He naturally needed Xu Lei’s help.
After everything was in place,
Xu Lei lay in wait.
That day,
the still-charming woman came for another tryst with the Male Enchantress!
"AARGH!"
Suddenly, the Male Enchantress let out a bloodcurdling scream and roared in fury, "You bitch!"
With a loud BANG, Xu Lei kicked the door open and stormed inside.
Inside the room,
the adulterous young wife had been sent flying. She slammed into a wall, spitting up blood.
The Enchantress had already partially reverted to his true form.
"Aaah!" The adulterous woman screamed upon seeing his true form, so frightened she nearly wet herself.
She had just let out a scream.
"SLAP!"
But Xu Lei slapped her across the face, twisting her head a full two hundred and seventy degrees and snapping her neck instantly.
Her scream cut off abruptly.
As for why he killed her, it was because Xu Lei couldn’t stand her actions!
Plus, if he left her alive, other Enchantresses might come to investigate later, and she could reveal something.
So he simply killed her.
"WHOOSH!"
Simultaneously, Xu Lei threw out the Evil-Subduing Bracelet.
It flew through the air. As Magical Power coursed through it, the bracelet took advantage of the poisoned Male Enchantress’s weakened resistance. It clamped around his neck like a collar, locking on tight!