It's a Trap

Yin Yang realized that whether they were transcendent items or sealed objects, they were all very friendly to him.

At first, he thought it was an isolated case, as he hadn't encountered many of either.

But counting this current sealed object, he had already come into contact with four of them.

The first was that guandao from the beginning.

The second was the lightning ball in Lyu Xiaofeng's hand.

The third was Boil Mountain.

The fourth was that streak of white light.

Since all four sealed objects had been extremely friendly toward him, it could no longer be considered a mere coincidence.

“Could it be because I'm a natural transcendent? Or is it because of the Sacrifice pathway?”

Yin Yang's true body carefully stowed away the Old Master's head; it would become a prominent decoration on his altar.

Meanwhile, he continued to manipulate the Old Master's headless corpse. Its utility hadn't been fully exhausted yet.

For instance, he could use its blood to apply a curse seal to Lyu Xiaofeng!

While Yin Yang was hard at work, Black Death Lolita rushed over.

When she saw the headless corpse busy arranging a formation diagram, her mind went blank.

She had a vivid memory of this headless corpse—the one that had snatched the Sequence 3 blood right from under everyone's noses.

“Collaboration! We can collaborate!”

The first words out of Black Death Lolita's mouth were an offer of partnership.

She had seen it clearly earlier: this headless corpse moved through the sludge with ease. This proved it must have some connection to the evil god she had summoned.

Otherwise, the sludge would have dissolved it long ago.

If it was connected to the evil god, wasn't it one of her own?

“I can help you!”

She shouted a few more times, but the headless corpse ignored her.

Black Death Lolita thought about it carefully.

The opponent had no head, no eyes, and no ears; it couldn't hear or see her.

It was only natural for it to ignore her like this.

But if that was the case, how were they supposed to communicate?

Just as she was pondering this, the figure handed her a red gemstone.

Black Death Lolita was stunned, unsure whether she should take it or not.

In the next moment, the surrounding sludge surged again, forming a line of text.

“As long as you can kill Lyu Xiaofeng, I can help you open the seal for a split second.”

Black Death Lolita narrowed her eyes slightly.

Lyu Xiaofeng wouldn't be easy to kill. He currently had an Overlord and two Baleful Stars by his side. How could she possibly deal with them so easily?

And what worried her most was that white light that had slain the evil god!

An evil god that had left other Demigods helpless had been as fragile as a dry cracker before that white light. One could only imagine how terrifyingly powerful that person was.

But the headless corpse clearly didn't intend to give her any room for bargaining. After finishing its message, its body rapidly shriveled up, transforming into a streak of red light that flew out of the sludge.

For a moment, only the red gemstone remained, spinning quietly in place.

Black Death Lolita looked conflicted, but in truth, she knew very well that she had no choice at all.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Demigods like Da Di and Jade Dog were relentlessly bombarding the sludge.

They wanted to force Black Death Lolita out. With the water curtain surrounding them, she had nowhere to run.

If they recklessly pursued her into the sludge, they might fall victim to her bizarre tricks. It was far safer to 'trap the dog in the alley.'

Massive chunks of sludge were blasted away as the three Demigods dove downward like boring machines.

Right then, a streak of red light shot out from the sludge, flying straight toward Lyu Xiaofeng!

Lyu Xiaofeng's expression shifted again as he tried his best to dodge, but the red light seemed to have a homing lock on him, pursuing him relentlessly.

“Why is it always me?!”

“Bad luck, bad luck, bad luck!”

“It seems something really is wrong with the Feng Shui of the ancestral graves!”

Lyu Xiaofeng mustered his divinity to block the red light, but his divinity was already heavily depleted. Using it again caused the toxins in his body to flare up once more.

His skin immediately turned a bruised purple, and the more vulnerable areas even began to rot.

If he stopped resisting, he would be hit by the red light.

If he continued to resist, he would be killed by the toxins!

Choosing the lesser of two evils, Lyu Xiaofeng gritted his teeth and continued to use his divinity to suppress the poison.

He didn't know what the consequences of being hit by the red light would be, but he knew exactly what would happen if the toxins continued to erode him—the butler's fate was a clear warning.

Whoosh!

The red light struck Lyu Xiaofeng and merged into his body.

Jade Dog and the others instinctively distanced themselves from him, making Lyu Xiaofeng gnash his teeth in fury.

However, after a dozen seconds, nothing unusual seemed to happen to him.

“Mr. Lyu, how do you feel?”

Red Fox asked. Lyu Xiaofeng gave a cold snort but answered anyway.

“Nothing unusual.”

Normally, he wouldn't have deigned to reply. After all, they had run faster than anyone else when danger appeared, and now they were putting on a disgusting show of concern.

But he had to answer. No one knew what that red light was.

If he didn't say anything, what if the others thought he had been possessed by the evil god?

In his current state, he couldn't withstand a combined attack from so many Demigods.

Hearing his answer, the group felt temporarily relieved, though their gazes remained guarded.

After all, at this time and place, how could a mysterious power just appear out of nowhere and target only him?

Feeling the vibrations from above, Black Death Lolita gritted her teeth and reached out to grab the red gemstone.

The moment she touched it, she felt a massive surge of humanity within it. She immediately yanked her hand back as if she had been stung by a scorpion.

But because her movement was too violent, the red gemstone had already begun to glow.

Black Death Lolita's eyes widened as she cursed inwardly. Despicable!

Even a fool could see that this was some kind of bomb!

And with that much humanity packed into it, it was clearly a bomb designed specifically to target Demigods!

It was too late to go deeper into the sludge; she was the one closest to the bomb!

Thinking quickly, she waved her hand, applying a layer of camouflage to the bomb before adding a coating of toxins on top of it.

After finishing this, she turned and bolted.

When encountering a tiger in the wild, the best thing to do is run.

It didn't matter if you couldn't outrun the tiger; you just had to outrun the other people.

It was the same with a bomb. It didn't matter if she couldn't outrun the blast radius; she just had to outrun the other transcendents. As long as they didn't want to die, they would naturally step in to stop it.

Whoosh!!!

Black Death Lolita flew at full speed, bursting out of the sludge.

Jade Dog and the others on the perimeter had been on high alert. Seeing her emerge, they immediately shifted their attacks toward her.

But Black Death Lolita was too fast, appearing behind them in an instant.

By the time their attacks reached her previous position, she was already far away.

“The surrounding area is sealed by the water curtain. What's the point of her running upward?”

“Wait, it's a trap!”

Jade Dog's eyes narrowed as he made a split-second judgment.

He looked down into the sludge. Black Death Lolita had only come out after entering that spot, which meant the problem had to be there.

Buzz—

A crimson light rose from the gaps in the sludge, accompanied by an incredibly surging wave of humanity!