On the ground.
Liquid.
Zong Biao revealed his original form, a massive and fierce black wild boar.
His necklace was snapped by his thick neck, and that piece of Obsidian also fell to the ground.
Lin Xue picked up the Obsidian and examined it in her hand.
This black gemstone was semi-transparent, and a mass of something could be faintly seen inside.
It seemed Hei-Feng had not lied to Du Niangzi; this Obsidian was indeed hollow.
The liquid inside was likely the nectar of the Nine-Leaf Crimson Pearl Flower that Du Niangzi had dreamed of.
Lin Xue could understand Du Niangzi’s desire to become beautiful.
However, she had no intention of giving this Obsidian to Du Niangzi for the time being.
Lin Xue glanced at the Spider Nest that Du Niangzi had generated.
This female spider clearly wasn’t of one mind with her; moreover, she was cold, brutal, and bloodthirsty, giving Lin Xue a poor impression of her.
Du Niangzi hadn’t reported Hei-Feng’s plan to her Master at all, and had even used that Soul-Confusing Soft-Bone Fragrance on her, leaving her to the frenzied Zong Biao; her intentions were extremely malicious.
If not for the fact that this venomous spider was still somewhat useful, she would have considered killing her directly.
She wondered if this female spider was currently inside gorging herself and devouring people?
In the original plan, these men were supposed to be killed by the maddened Zong Biao, but Du Niangzi had intercepted them.
But it didn’t matter much.
These men were going to die sooner or later anyway; it didn’t matter whose hands they died by.
If they were kept alive, and the Secret Realm closed automatically in two days to transport everyone out, if the Hei Pi Yao Wang happened to still be lingering on the brink of death, wouldn’t he force them to absorb the Yang Energy of these men?
So, it was cleaner for them to die in the Secret Realm.
Recalling the sixteen men’s unrestrained and aggressive gazes from earlier, Lin Xue felt she wasn’t noble enough to sacrifice her own purity just to let those lechers live for two more days.
Looking at the tightly sealed, soundproof Spider Nest, Lin Xue felt slightly curious.
Using the Soul Link between master and servant, she sensed a little of what was happening inside the Spider Nest.
She saw Du Niangzi riding a man, surrounded by a group of impatient men; her hands, feet, and mouth were hardly idle, and she was moaning incessantly. The scene was incredibly shocking.
Lin Xue instantly felt as if her eyes had suffered tons of damage.
She hurriedly disconnected the link in a fluster, her heart pounding.
She hadn’t expected this venomous spider to have such a hobby.
Thinking of how those men had looked at her before, Lin Xue felt quite vindicated.
Letting these lechers mess around with that female spider like that could be considered their punishment.
She turned her attention back to her own side.
Only then did she see that Hong Yanzhi and the six Yaojing were all flushed, panting, and their eyes were blurry.
They were still suffering from the effects of the Soul-Confusing Soft-Bone Fragrance.
Lin Xue operated the Wood Spirit Detoxification Technique and grew several more Spirit Needles, absorbing the confusing fragrance from their bodies one by one.
The group of Nüyao finally began to regain their senses slowly.
Seeing that Lin Xue had actually killed the Zong Biao Demon General, they were all filled with shock.
Zong Biao Demon General was the son of Er Touling Zonglie of Erlong Mountain and a capable subordinate of the Hei Pi Yao Wang, yet he had been slaughtered by Lin Xue.
What would happen after they left?
Could she withstand the wrath of the Hei Pi Yao Wang and Zong Lie Leader?
At the same time, they were also worried about their own impending fate.
They had been brought here specifically to absorb the Yang Energy of those men for the Yao Wang’s Yin-Yang Harvesting.
Now, those men were sealed away by Du Niangzi.
They couldn’t absorb even a trace of Yang Energy; they didn’t dare think about how they would be treated after leaving.
The Yaojing looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.
Lin Xue didn’t explain anything to them.
She planned to level up quickly first.
She used a knife to slice open Zong Biao’s abdomen and dug out a bloody Serpent Core the size of an egg.
The Secret Realm’s portal had disappeared on its own shortly after Zong Biao entered.
Now, the only key to reopening the portal was in her hands.
With no one to reopen the door, the Secret Realm would only close automatically in two days, sending them all out.
Since there was nothing else to do and no one to disturb them for these two days, she might as well take this opportunity to absorb Zong Biao’s Serpent Core and increase her strength as much as possible.
Lin Xue used the Water Control Incantation to draw out a ball of water, washed the blood off the Serpent Core, then swallowed it in one gulp, sat cross-legged, and began to digest it using the Beast Control Secret Manual.
She entered a meditative state, disconnecting from the outside world.
Hong Yanzhi naturally understood what she was doing; she came to Lin Xue’s side, sat down, and guarded her.
Seeing that Lin Xue had killed the Zong Biao Demon General, she also felt a bit panicked.
But she had also seen Zong Biao’s appearance at the time; his eyes were blood-red, and he had fallen into a state of madness and excitement, clearly intending to do something excessive to them.
Who among the various Shouling didn’t know the Zong Biao Demon General’s reputation for being a ruthless ravager of beauties?
If Lin Xue had left him alone, these Yaojing who were already caught in a state of disorientation would likely have all been ravaged by his cruel hands, ending up either dead or maimed.
Hong Yanzhi sighed sorrowfully in her heart.
Ultimately, they were just too weak.
Having come to this Erlong Mountain and being about to be used for Yin-Yang Harvesting by that Hei Pi Yao Wang, they were already in a near-death situation; the possibility of returning alive safely was extremely small.
Whether Zong Biao was killed or not didn’t make much difference.
Things had reached this point; there was no use thinking so much.
She would just live day by day.
Hong Yanzhi suddenly thought of Lang Buping.
She thought that this useless coward must be pacing anxiously right now, wanting to save her but having no way to do so, not knowing what to do.
If she could go back alive this time, she would rather live a peaceful life with Lang Buping on Xixia Mountain.
Inside Lin Xue’s body, Zong Biao’s Serpent Core was being rapidly digested.
A large amount of Demon Power followed her meridians, pouring into her Essence Core and condensing into her own Serpent Core.
Hong Yanzhi, sitting beside her, clearly felt that Lin Xue’s strength was constantly rising.
Hong Yanzhi couldn’t help but marvel at the power of that Beast Control Secret Manual.
In just a short while, it could transform another demon’s lifetime of hard cultivation into one’s own strength.
Lin Xue had taught her this Gongfa without reservation; she could have relied on this technique to achieve Jindan again and return to being a Grand Demon.
She could then improve step by step, with a boundless future.
However, before she could even try using this technique, she had been forcibly abducted by the Zong Biao Demon General and fallen into this devil’s den.
Thinking of this, Hong Yanzhi looked at the corpse of the dead pig on the ground, and her heart felt slightly better.
She suddenly remembered that in the Chu Wu Kong Jian within her tooth, she still had several Lesser Beast Serpent Cores from the Body Tempering Stage.
Now at the late stage of Body Tempering, if she just ate another Serpent Core and digested it with the Beast Control Secret Manual, she might very well advance directly to a Grand Demon.
There were no outsiders in this Hehuan Valley, and no one would come to interrupt her Thunder Tribulation.
Hong Yanzhi couldn’t help but get excited.
She decided she would also improve herself.
After half an hour, Lin Xue had finished digesting Zong Biao’s Serpent Core; the last wisp of Demon Power followed the meridians into the Essence Core, merging into Lin Xue’s own Serpent Core.
Lin Xue had already reached the Core Condensation Middle Stage realm.
She now possessed the conditions to enter the Meishan Secret Realm and could go to receive the Demon King Legacy.
She let out a long breath and opened her eyes.