The Self-Torture Scheme

The Devouring Magic can devour them, but it is not as flexible as Snake Princess and Feiqin. If you are not fully prepared, you may fail.

The flames crackled as Snake Princess rolled her eyes. Thinking of Yi Wu's identity, she tried to ask, "As a Saint of the Demon Tribe, you must know that my son is from the royal family. How dare you attack a member of the Demon Tribe? Aren't you afraid of causing a dispute between the two tribes?"

If this was not Yiwu's personal act, Jiufang Mingyuan must have already noticed the demon clan's plan.

Yi Wu frowned, vaguely remembering that the tiger demon had said that he was the demon king's nephew, but he replied, "I didn't know his identity at the time."

Whether she knew it or not would not change the outcome. She did not regret killing the tiger demon, but only regretted that she did not disguise her identity at the time, which caused so much trouble.

Thinking of what her demon subordinates had investigated, the Snake Queen sneered, "This is truly hilarious! You, a demon, are actually imitating the ways of the immortals, punishing evildoers and protecting weak mortals? Does your master, Jiufang Mingyuan, know about this?"

When Yi Wu mentioned Jiufang Mingyuan, her heart stirred slightly. As soon as those chaotic thoughts emerged, she immediately suppressed them. Now was not the time to overthink things; she needed to come up with a solution as soon as possible.

The iron burned red, Feiqin couldn't wait to pick it up and handed it to Sheji, "My lord, the iron is ready."

She Ji took the iron, walked over to Yi Wu, and raised it to her cheek, seeming distressed. "Where should I put it? You have such a beautiful face. It would be a shame to ruin it if it's burned."

She said this as the red-hot iron in her hand was less than half an inch away from Yiwu's skin. The scorching heat made the hairs on Yiwu's skin curl up. She could even imagine the sizzling sound it would make if it landed on her own face.

Even so, she always looked nonchalant. Even when her face was about to be burned, there was no fear in her eyes, which made Snake Queen very dissatisfied.

Yi Wu was so calm, she must be relying on something. She Ji threw the branding iron back, picked up the dagger, and suddenly stabbed it into Yi Wu's right wrist, grinning grimly: "It's safer to cut your tendons first, so you don't do anything weird later."

The knife pierced through Yi Wu's tendons and veins, and blood immediately gushed out. The pain made her fingertips tremble and sweat broke out on her back.

Yi Wu frowned, then suddenly concentrated and summoned her sword, forcing the Snake Queen back several steps with one sword.

Unfortunately, Feiqin immediately jumped up, waved her claws to knock the sword away, and supported Sheji, "Are you okay, sir?"

"Hold her, little one, and you continue."

Yi Wu was alone after all, her body was tied to the rack, and her sword was blocked by Fei Qin, so she had no hands free to deal with Snake Queen.

Seeing the Snake Queen coming towards her again with a dagger, she secretly gathered her demonic energy.

"You little bitch, you have so many tricks up your sleeve." Snake Queen tapped her cheek with the dagger, and moved it down along her shoulder and arm, preparing to stab the blade into Yi Wu's left wrist.

Just as the tip of the knife penetrated half an inch, the shackles that handcuffed Yi Wu's left hand were suddenly corroded. She quickly hooked her wrist, snatched the dagger from She Ji's hand, and slashed it across the other's neck in one go.

Snake Queen reacted and raised her head suddenly, but the dagger still cut the side of her neck, leaving a finger-long blood mark.

She touched her neck and stared in surprise. Yi Wu had already blocked the dagger in front of her.

The Snake Queen was enraged again. She stretched out her tail to grab Yi Wu's left arm, and swung her arm to slap her twice, causing her cheeks to swell up and leaving several clear fingerprints.

She raised her hand again, ready to bring it down hard, when a sudden gust of wind blew up from the cave. A shadowy figure rushed in at full speed, and the massive impact sent both Sheji and Feiqin flying backwards, slamming into the wall.

Jiufang Mingyuan had just stood still when he saw Yiwu's cheeks were red and swollen, blood was hanging from the corner of her mouth, and her right wrist was still stuck on the wooden frame by the dagger. Killing intent suddenly surged in his eyes, "Who did this?"

He reached out and pulled out the dagger, swung his sword to cut the shackles, and took Yi Wu down from the rack.

Yi Wu raised her hand to wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth, and recalled her sword with her left hand. "Don't worry about who did it, just arrest them first."

At this point, she was too lazy to care about why Jiufang Mingyuan ignored her advice and insisted on meddling in her affairs. She wanted to deal with Snake Queen first.

Thinking of something, Yi Wu raised her hand to set up a barrier to block the entrance of the cave, preventing any demon from escaping.

Sheji and Feiqin had already gotten up from the ground and were looking at the new man with fear.

"What a joke! You probably can't tell whose territory this is, yet you dare to speak so brazenly."

The Snake Queen stuck out her tongue and hissed. Countless poisonous snakes instantly crawled out from the surrounding walls and ground, rushing towards Jiufang Mingyuan and Yiwu.

There was a flash of fire, and all the poisonous snakes were instantly burned into charcoal, and the cave was filled with a faint smell of meat.

Yi Wu flew up, Jiufang Mingyuan followed closely behind, and the four of them instantly started fighting.

The little demon in the cave was unable to help, and looked left and right, wanting to rush out to call for reinforcements and inform the demon king. Unfortunately, the cave entrance was blocked by an invisible barrier, and they couldn't get out at all.

Yi Wu used her left hand instead of her right hand, which was still very flexible. She quickly cut off Fei Qin's three tails, pierced her heart with a sword, nailed her to the wall, and then worked together with Jiufang Mingyuan to deal with Snake Queen.

Even though both of them were poisoned and couldn't fight at full strength, it was still much easier to fight two against one, and they soon defeated the Snake Queen.

Yi Wu dropped the sword, and a thick black demonic energy condensed in the palm of her left hand, but she hesitated to take action and looked at Jiufang Mingyuan hesitantly.

"Wait a minute," Jiufang Mingyuan stepped forward and squatted beside Snake Queen. "Let me ask you, are you, the demon race, secretly colluding with the demon race, planning something shameful?"

There is clearly a ban on demons in Yaoyue Tower, but Feiqin can enter and leave freely. The relationship between the two tribes is not that good. It is hard to understand if they are not secretly colluding.

"I don't understand what you're saying." Snake Princess turned away and threatened fiercely, "Yiwu, if you dare to kill me today, my brother will not let you go. Ever since you killed the White Tiger, you've been the enemy of the entire demon race. One day, my brother will lead his troops to attack the summit of the Clouds and make your entire demon race bury you with me."

Her threat actually had no effect on Yi Wu, but it made Jiufang Mingyuan even more furious, and he killed her with a sword.

"Lead the troops to attack the top of the cloud..." Jiufang Mingyuan unconsciously thought of the demon soldiers he had just seen in Feiqin Cave, and vaguely guessed something.

The little demons saw the Snake Queen die in their hands with their own eyes, and were so scared that they huddled in the corner and dared not move. They secretly prayed that they would not be discovered so that they could return to report to the Demon King.

Jiufang Mingyuan came back to his senses and saw that Yiwu hadn't moved yet. "Why are you in a daze? Why don't you eat them?"

The word "eat" was used delicately, and Yiwu's expression was awkward. She opened her left hand and showed him the dense demonic energy. "This is Devouring Magic, a forbidden technique of the demon race. Don't you have anything to say?"

"Are you from the demon clan?" Jiufang Mingyuan snorted and laughed, glancing her up and down. "You are a spy from the immortal clan, and I didn't do anything to you, let alone you practicing a forbidden technique?"

Everything Yiwu did was too numerous to list. Practicing a forbidden technique was not a big deal. Besides, Jiufang Mingyuan had already known about it.

"That's right." Yi Wu felt that what he said made sense, so she stopped hiding it and released a demonic energy as thick as ink, slowly crawling towards She Ji and Fei Qin.

The evil energy first spread over Feiqin's body and quickly swallowed her whole, leaving not even a strand of hair behind, and then crawled towards the Snake Queen who was lying on the ground.

"What the hell is this! Go away!"

The Snake Queen was unable to dodge and was entangled by the evil spirit. She watched helplessly as it devoured her snake tail and went all the way up. Her entire lower body was gone, and her face was horrified with pain.

She struggled to crawl back, not forgetting to threaten Yiwu: "Yiwu, even if I become a ghost, I won't let you go."

"You couldn't kill me when you were alive, let alone after you die." Yi Wu turned her head to look at the wound on her right wrist and smiled cruelly.

Immediately afterwards, several screams of panic and fear echoed in the cave and quickly disappeared. There was no living creature left in the cave except Yi Wu and Jiufang Mingyuan.

Yi Wu retracted her evil spirit and spat out a large mouthful of poisonous blood without any warning. Her vision went dark and her head felt dizzy. She stretched out her left hand to hold onto something.

A slightly cool big hand quickly pulled her and let her lean against him.

Yi Wu's body stiffened for a moment, and without caring about anything else, she leaned on Jiufang Mingyuan's shoulder.

He just didn't care about anything, and the poison took over his heart, causing him to spit out blood.

The Snake Queen's demon pill was too overbearing. It rushed around in Yi Wu's body, causing her stomach to cramp and the pain was unbearable. Her limbs gradually became weak and she slid to the ground.

Jiufang Mingyuan helped her sit on the ground, frowned unconsciously, and put his hand on Yiwu's wrist.

The pulse beat was powerful, chaotic, and irregular. He had never seen anyone who practiced Devouring Magic before, so he didn't know if this reaction was normal, but Yi Wu looked at it with genuine pain.

Jiufang Mingyuan raised his hand to heal her wound, but Yiwu noticed and pushed him away, "Wait... not now..."

She managed to utter a few words but was unable to speak any more. She fell to the ground in pain, curled up and covered her abdomen, sweat pouring down her body.

Yi Wu's body was already in turmoil, and injecting more magic power would only make things worse.

Jiufang Mingyuan became increasingly annoyed as he watched her suffer but was unable to do anything.

With her mind in a state of confusion, Yi Wu came up with an idea. She forced herself to reach out and grab the hem of his clothes, "Send me to the Underworld."

"Going to the Underworld?" Jiufang Mingyuan was furious, clenching his fists. "You're already in this state, and you still want to go to the Underworld?"

Yi Wu didn't say anything else. She forced herself to sit up, endured the pain, practiced qigong and regulated her breathing, slowly suppressing the demon pill, and let out a long breath.

"This is a rare opportunity. I ended up in this situation because I was trying to help them hold back the fox demon. If I were seriously injured and dying, Ling Hua and the others wouldn't leave me alone. They should have taken me back to Ji Ming for treatment."

Yi Wu's mind gradually regained clarity, and she transformed back into Tan Mo's appearance. She looked at Jiufang Mingyuan calmly, "Don't you want to get the Yin-Yang Universe Pearl back? I'll help you find it."

Upon hearing about the Yin-Yang Universe Pearl, Jiufang Mingyuan looked hesitant, and his clenched fists gradually loosened.

How could he forget that Yiwu was someone who would sacrifice everything to achieve her goals...

After a long silence, Jiufang Mingyuan closed his eyes and compromised, "Okay."

"I'm now filled with demonic energy and a demonic pill. If they ask, you can tell them it was all the work of the demons. They were trying to turn me into a humanoid weapon... I'm seriously injured now and desperately need a life-extending pill, but only the immortals can make one."

"The Immortals will not stand by and watch me die. As long as you say so, they will immediately take me to the Underworld."

Yi Wu hurriedly finished her explanation, then slapped herself hard on the chest with her backhand, which broke her heart pulse, made her spit out a mouthful of blood, and fainted.