His words were filled with undisguised anticipation and joy, which made Mao Duoduo feel somewhat uncomfortable.

She gritted her teeth, stepped forward and interrupted the other person, grabbing their hand and emphasizing one thing: "Leader, wake up, this is just an illusion."

"Don't stop me!" The leader of the snake demon clan easily broke free and continued carrying the load.

The Serpent Rong and its cubs were somewhat stunned. Just then, the Serpent Demon leader seemed to have stepped on something, making a crisp sound.

Cat Duoduo glanced over instinctively and nearly stared wide-eyed. There were many bones nearby, all indicating that the person had been strangled alive...

Even in death, their bodies still carry too much, and their hands are unwilling to let go of these things.

Cat Duoduo moved its lips, placing its only hope on the little beast.

She half-squatted, pleading, "Lolo, please, break this spell." Otherwise, the leader of the snake demon clan will surely die.

The little beast looked apologetic, shook its head, lowered its eyes, and looked listless.

Is this self-blame?

Are you suffering because... you can't help yourself?

Maoduo sighed and subconsciously rubbed the other person's arm. "Sorry, I was just too anxious."

“I understand what you mean. You can’t break free from it; you have to get him to come out of his own desires on his own initiative.”

It was quite obvious, however, that the leader of the serpent demon clan had been holding out for a very long time, and if he continued like this, he would inevitably die from exhaustion.

She couldn't possibly stand by and watch her leader, who had come to help her, die such a wretched death here.

Immediately, CatDodo gritted his teeth, prepared himself mentally, and turned to find SnakeRong, pleading, "SnakeRong, please knock him out and bring him out."

Upon hearing this, the snake cubs perked up. They had initially thought that Cat Duoduo had a very bad relationship with their father.

Unexpectedly, the Serpent slowly raised its head, even though its eyes were still blood red, giving people a very unsettling feeling. The cat kept struggling against the dangerous warnings of fleeing on horseback.

But, unexpectedly, She Rong got up, stepped forward and unceremoniously knocked out the leader of the snake demon clan, then easily hoisted him onto his shoulder.

Seeing this, Maoduoduo breathed a sigh of relief. "Okay, we can go now."

She made a sincere gesture to the little beast Luo Luo, "Luo Luo, I'll be troubling you all from now on."

"Chirp chirp".

The little beast nodded happily and quickly led them around the area.

They had to go around in circles and constantly climb all sorts of strange stairs.

CatDodo observed the performance of the little beast Lolo and the snake cubs several times. Very good, it seems that the beastman cubs are indeed quite strong.

After an unknown amount of time, they came to see a river.

As we continued walking, that bright light shone down, giving everyone boundless hope.

"It's outside! We've already made it out!" With that one sentence from Maoduoduo, everyone charged forward.

It has to be said that the outside world is really wonderful. This is the first time that Maoduoduo has ever felt happy to be able to stand in the sunlight.

Especially by the river, she saw the serpent demon clan leader's subordinates lying unconscious on the ground, seemingly having been lucky enough to escape.

That's good, it saves her from having to think about how to wake them up...

Cat Duoduo tried to wake them up and successfully got them to tell her what had happened. It was an accident, as everyone who fell from different places had all sorts of strange outcomes, and they were left here, unexpectedly buried at the finish line of the starting line.

But soon, CatDodo's attention fell on the leader of the snake demon clan. "His subordinates have all woken up, so why hasn't the leader woken up yet?"

The snake-like creature left its companion by the river. Cat Duoduo looked at it closely, and couldn't help but worry.

"Chirp chirp." At this moment, the little beast Luo Luo came over, took the initiative to grab the bamboo tube that the cat Duo Duo had used to hold milk, filled it with some water, and then unceremoniously splashed it on the snake demon clan leader.

"No way!"

"You little brat, don't think that just because you're too young we won't dare do anything to you."

...

The subordinates were extremely anxious.

At that moment, the leader of the snake demon clan woke up coughing and said helplessly, "Alright, I know... I'm awake. It seems like I had a very beautiful dream, which almost made me not want to wake up."

He rubbed his head, a look of nostalgia on his face.

Seeing this, Maoduo made a gesture as if to hit the other party. "Leader, calm down. If you continue to be deceived by the illusion, it looks like you'll need to be beaten up by us all."

Don't make it sound so natural that a group fight is justified!

The leader of the snake demon clan almost coughed, and saw that Mao Duoduo's expression was complicated, but he still managed to react and grasp the key point.

"Alright, let's go."

"Um."

The main reason was that Maoduoduo said they had found the item, so everyone breathed a sigh of relief and headed outside.

As for what happened to Maoduo that led him to find the Flame Fruit and the little beast Lolo who seemed to know a lot, that's a story for later.

They decided to follow the river, having a clear direction.

With a clear direction, everyone walked further and further away. Just when it seemed that they would be able to completely lose sight of the palace, CatDodo vaguely heard a helpless sigh.

She turned around abruptly, instinctively looking in the direction that should have been the palace.

"What's wrong with you?" the leader asked worriedly. Could it be that CatDodo was also bewitched by those illusions?

"N-nothing." Cat Duoduo subconsciously touched her eyes and ears.

Was it just her imagination? She always felt that this palace had a very complicated story, but she simply couldn't open it now.

She has always been a cheerful person; if she can't figure something out, she chooses to let it go and focus on moving forward.

Sure enough, after moving a little further away, the few people who had been completely bewildered by the illusion gradually regained their senses.

Even Snake Three came over and acted spoiled, throwing a tantrum because Cat Duoduo had repeatedly held Little Beast Luo Luo before...

"Actually, you can think of this as your younger brother." Cat Duoduo took the initiative to pull Snake Three and Little Beast Luo Luo's hands, trying to get them to reconcile.

In fact, it was a completely different story.

The moment Snake Three touched Little Beast Lolo, it seemed to be disgusted by something and abruptly pulled away, leaving Cat Duo Duo both amused and exasperated...

Are these two enemies from a past life?

"Well, you two could try getting to know each other."