Chapter 291
Chapter 291
Moments after swallowing the antidote, their lucky star discovered that it was anything but simple.
The heat of desire had vanished, but his blood raced, and streaks of red light appeared around him.
There was even blood mixed into that light.
Qingqing glanced at the blood splashed nearby and backed away another two steps.
“What the fuck did you give me?”
He felt hot and cold by turns, his entire body racked with pain.
Qingqing thought back carefully.
“It all came from the royal treasury. Mostly a fiendish pill, with a little fiend blood and a few other odds and ends.”
She was being honest. She had ordered it made herself.
It had many functions. Removing poison was only one.
Its greater purpose was to make someone fall onto the fiendish path.
The Buddha’s second disciple, carrying Buddhism’s fortune, becoming a fiend?
Just thinking about it was delightful!
More importantly, once he fell, everyone would hunt him down. Not even the monkey could protect him.
After glowing red for a full five minutes, their lucky star finally settled down.
But the bald head that had once shone gold now shone red.
[Mission changed: Escape to the eighteenth level of the underworld!]
At the same time, every player heard a mission update.
[Hunt down Tang Sanzang!]
Li Yang sat in a chair, one hand pressed against the Bull Demon King’s head.
“Is Tang Sanzang still in the Kingdom of Women?”
“Yes. Empress Su has been watching him.”
“Take a few people and kill him.”
“My emperor, we’re not keeping him alive?”
“No need. Kill him outright. Scatter even the fragments of his bones.”
“Yes!”
The Bull Demon King trembled before the resurrected Eastern Emperor Taiyi.
Ever since emerging from Nüwa Palace, this figure had practically turned the Three Realms upside down.
At Tianting, they had broken through the Southern Heavenly Gate. Kunpeng was now leading the assault.
On Spirit Mountain, only the main hall remained unbreached. The immortals on the Investiture of the Gods were wearing it down with fearless, relentless attacks.
Li Yang rubbed his chin, considering his mission.
The focus of this scenario was surely Tang Sanzang.
But as the greatest villain, would he still be Li Yang if he didn’t cause trouble?
Originally, he had only one objective: seize the Investiture of the Gods and provoke internal strife in Tianting.
But after discovering his identity, he had devised a staggering conspiracy.
Backed by Nüwa Palace, he quickly gathered a large host of demons and launched a counterattack on Tianting.
After seizing the Investiture of the Gods, he attacked Spirit Mountain directly.
Conquering Tianting was impossible. There was no point even thinking about it.
For now, he was merely using the Southern Heavenly Gate as a foothold to hold its people off.
The Three Pure Ones, the Four Sovereigns, the Five Elders – he couldn’t afford to provoke any of them.
He had only been allowed to obtain the Investiture of the Gods out of deference to Nüwa Palace.
Spirit Mountain, however, was different.
It had only a handful of top-level fighters, and they had all withdrawn from the old investiture conflict.
Even with the Demon Court’s present strength, conquering it wasn’t hopeless.
Whether Tang Sanzang lived or died didn’t matter to Li Yang. Destroying Spirit Mountain was the ultimate goal.
If that little Golden Cicada wanted scriptures, he could come and get them from him!
Back in the palace, their lucky star was silent for a long time as he felt power surge through his body.
“What do you gain from this?”
Qingqing’s eyes shone with amusement. “Plenty, of course!”
“Hm?”
She took a ceramic jar from behind her and gave it a casual tap.
Agony instantly flooded his entire body.
“Fuck! What did you do?”
Qingqing shook the little jar. “I told you. I added a few odds and ends. Gu insects count too.”
Nothing more poisonous than a woman’s heart!
The saying immediately surfaced in his mind.
Sorrow washed over him.
He was screwed. People outside were hunting him, and now this woman controlled him as well.
Sure enough, she was no good!
“All right. Run east first. Your pursuers are coming from the west.”
“What exactly do you want me to do?”
Qingqing smiled broadly. “A little assignment. Go to the underworld and find the fiend race hiding there.”
“Are you mad, or am I?”
“I’m perfectly sane!”
“Ksitigarbha is in the underworld too. He’s a Buddhist!”
“Relax. Find Luo Hou before Ksitigarbha discovers you, and you’ll definitely survive.”
He took a deep breath, silently pushed open the doors, and walked out.
In the current situation, his only option was to find a way into the underworld.
Otherwise, he was certainly dead.
He had barely taken two steps when Qingqing’s voice came from behind him.
“I just received a voice transmission. The monkey reaches the battlefield in thirty seconds.”
After briefly considering Chuunibyou’s personality, he made his decision at once.
Run!
As he vanished into the distance, Qingqing’s expression grew serious too.
If her plan succeeded, she should be able to use the things recorded in the Kingdom of Women’s records.
After so long under Boss Zhang, whose heart wouldn’t be black through and through, with a hint of red?
Besides, when had any of them ever cared about their assigned missions in a game?
It would be strange if they didn’t cause trouble!
A golden-furred monkey dropped swiftly from the sky.
“Your Majesty, where is my master?”
Qingqing looked solemn. “I don’t know what happened. He ran east.”
Chuunibyou hesitated briefly, then mounted his Somersault Cloud and flew east.
First, he had to find out what had happened. He hated this damned thinking business!
Qingqing watched him leave. Then another gleaming bald head appeared in her field of vision.
The English teacher stroked her avatar’s thick beard, an icy glint in her eyes.
“Why didn’t you keep him here?”
Yes. As a professional infiltrator, the English teacher had concealed herself very well.
In this three-way struggle, Spirit Mountain had all but left the game.
What remained was between the Demon Court and Tianting.
“I couldn’t hold him. He’s become a fiend.”
The English teacher stared hard at Qingqing. “I hope that’s true. Laojun doesn’t like betrayal.”
Qingqing patted her chest. “Don’t worry. Never!”
If Monk Sha could be an infiltrator, why couldn’t she, a sovereign, be a double-crosser?
On the surface, she belonged to the Demon Court. In secret, she served Laojun.
More secretly still, this pawn wanted to step outside the board and become a player.
Besides, she wasn’t without help.
“Little Su, how did it go?”
“Smoothly. I’ve left the bald monk a way into the underworld.”
Su Daji approached, tails swaying, a cold gleam in her eyes as she watched Monk Sha’s retreating back.
“There. Once this plan succeeds, no one will be able to control you anymore.”
Su Daji wrapped all nine tails around Qingqing. “Thank you.”
“No need for that. We have to be careful from here on!”
“All right!”
One real fox and one little schemer, the two began to giggle together.