Chapter 94

The suspension bridge swayed precariously and looked flimsy. As soon as Mo Xiaoxin stepped onto it, she felt as if the entire suspension bridge was about to collapse.

Zhu Jin: "Sister Mo, be careful!"

Mo Xiaoxin looked down at the bottom of the cliff, where there were countless sharp spikes. If she fell, she would surely die.

She stopped looking down and looked ahead. Leng Huai was still waiting for her to save him; she couldn't be intimidated.

Her legs were feeling a little weak, but she encouraged herself and kept walking despite the pain.

Fortunately, the suspension bridge was only a bit swaying and scary, and there were no other dangerous situations.

After Mo Xiaoxin reached the other side, she turned back to the two of them and said, "This bridge can only be crossed by one person at a time. If there are two of you, the bridge will probably break."

Xi Nanxing let Zhu Jin go first, while he kept an eye on her from behind so he could help her if she had any problems.

Zhu Jin stepped onto the suspension bridge. Her feet were indeed swaying, but what terrified her most was that the spikes below seemed to be slowly approaching her. With each step she took, the spikes would rise a little higher.

That black mist is the culprit who killed their loved ones. The person is right here, on the other side of the bridge!

They have been waiting for this day for a long time.

She can't back down now!

Mo Xiaoxin noticed this, but the spikes didn't move when she was walking. Could it be that the difficulty of crossing the bridge increases from easy to difficult?

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Zhu Jin's forehead.

Mo Xiaoxin was also worried for her.

Xi Nanxing kept staring at the spikes below, lost in thought.

When Zhu Jin reached the last plank, the tip of the spike reached the bottom of the plank.

Zhu Jin gritted her teeth and jumped ashore, only to find that her back was already soaked with cold sweat. She patted her chest and said, "I was so scared. I thought the spikes would pierce through the wooden plank."

But the next second she realized: "Oh no, the next person..."

Zhu Jin glanced at Xi Nanxing: "Nanxing, don't come over. Let Mo-jie and I go. This bridge is too dangerous!"

Xi Nanxing glanced down at the dense array of sharp spikes, her eyes showing no fear.

He seemed completely unafraid and extended his right foot forward.

Zhu Jin shouted anxiously, "No!"

Mo Xiaoxin's heart jumped into her throat.

Xi Nanxing's right foot had already stepped onto the wooden board, and the spikes pierced through it, but the bloody scene he had imagined did not appear.

The spikes that should have pierced his feet did not emerge; instead, they gradually retracted as he moved forward.

Mo Xiaoxin and Zhu Jin had a false alarm.

After Xi Nanxing was safely brought up, Zhu Jin hugged him with lingering fear, saying, "That really scared me to death."

Xi Nanxing smiled and said, "What's there to be afraid of? I'm tough as nails!"

Mo Xiaoxin stared at the spikes thoughtfully.

Xi Nanxing: "What are you thinking about?"

Mo Xiaoxin: "If these spikes aren't there to attack us, then what is their purpose?"

Zhu Jin: "Oh yeah, it feels like they're playing us for fools?"

Xi Nanxing gave a mocking smile: "If we give up at the very beginning, how will they deal with us next?"

Mo Xiaoxin felt the same way and couldn't help but feel a little angry.

Zhu Jin said angrily, "Damn it! They're making a fool of us! I'll tear their skin off!"

Zhu Jin looked up at the sky and shouted, "Hey! Come out here! I'm going to kill you!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a gust of wind swept in, blinding everyone.

When Mo Xiaoxin opened her eyes again, Zhu Jin had disappeared.

Xi Nanxing's expression changed: "Jin'er? Where are you?"

No one responded.

"Damn it, it must be that black mist that's behind this." His face darkened.

Mo Xiaoxin could tell that Xi Nanxing cared a lot about Zhu Jin: "Let's go find her quickly."

Xi Nanxing: "Don't be jealous, she's just my sister."

Mo Xiaoxin blinked. Someone still couldn't see her own feelings clearly, and she didn't want to say anything more.

A dense forest lies hidden in the mist.

The two men stood one in front of the other, cautiously looking around to prevent any sneak attacks.

Suddenly, a rustling sound of leaves came from the left.

"Who?" Mo Xiaoxin looked in the direction of the voice, and a leaf the size of her palm hit her face. Before she could throw the leaf away, her feet suddenly gave way and she fell straight down.

Beneath her feet was a huge, deep pit!

Xi Nanxing turned around, but Mo Xiaoxin was nowhere to be seen. The place was empty, but there was nothing else unusual.

He frowned, cautiously approached the spot where Mo Xiaoxin had just been standing, and looked around in confusion. The next second, the ground suddenly gave way, and he fell down unexpectedly.

When Mo Xiaoxin woke up, her hands were tied.

Opposite him was Leng Huai, who had been missing for a long time. His hands were also tied and his body was covered in blood.

After not seeing him for many days, Leng Huai had become much thinner. His former imposing and majestic appearance was gone. With disheveled hair and tattered clothes, he looked like a beggar.

What exactly did he go through these past few days?

She dared not think too much about it.

As they looked at each other, she seemed to see despair in his eyes, as if he had lost all hope for survival.

Mo Xiaoxin got up and tried to go over: "Leng Huai! How are you?"

Leng Huai, on the verge of death, whispered, "Be careful, don't move!"

After Mo Xiaoxin stood up, the ground beneath her began to shake and undulate, and she lost her balance and fell down again.

She then realized that they were sitting on a long wooden plank, with the two of them at opposite ends.

She looked down and saw a dense array of sharp spikes.

There is a path in the middle of the seesaw, which is the exit.

Mo Xiaoxin, concerned about his injuries, asked, "What happened to your injury? Are you alright?"

Just as Leng Huai was about to answer, a burst of snickering came from inside the room.

A cloud of black mist appeared, excitedly saying to Mo Xiaoxin, "You've finally arrived! How's the gift I brought you?"

"Who are you? Why are you locking us up here? What do you want?" Mo Xiaoxin wished she could shatter the black mist.

"Is my identity so hard to guess? You all already know the answer in your hearts, don't you?"

“You are a demon god, right!” Mo Xiaoxin said without a doubt.

"As expected of the daughter of the Demon God, you're quite clever. Now, guess what I'm planning to do by putting you here?"

The black mist's voice sounded like a half-smile, giving off a very irritating vibe.

Mo Xiaoxin scoffed: "You just want our lives. Since you brought us here so easily, why didn't you just kill us? This seesaw is the ultimate test of human nature. You want us to kill each other, don't you?"

The black mist said with satisfaction, "That's right. Leng Huai is injured now and it's difficult for him to attack you. You can easily get out by walking to the middle, but he will fall into the spikes. So, who do you choose to live?"

Mo Xiaoxin glanced at the weakened Leng Huai across from her.

She raised her eyes, her gaze slightly mocking: "Don't try to disrupt my thoughts. There's more than one solution."

The black mist seemed quite interested: "Oh? Is there another solution?"

Mo Xiaoxin: "Leng Huai, move closer to me, and I'll slowly walk towards you too. We'll both reach the middle at the same time."

The man in the dark room watched their movements with great interest.

Since Mo Xiaoxin is slightly lighter and Leng Huai is heavier, Mo Xiaoxin needs to maintain her balance at all times and can't walk too fast, otherwise the scales will become unbalanced, and she has to try her best not to fall off with Leng Huai.

Every time Leng Huai moved, he bled more, the blood sliding from the wooden board onto the spikes, a horrifying sight.

Mo Xiaoxin felt very distressed as she watched the blood swirling on the spikes.

She couldn't imagine how much pain and suffering Leng Huai must be in right now, while the black mist, which was clearly his mother, remained unmoved, its indifferent attitude making it seem like they were strangers watching them as if they were a joke.

But they can't die, they have to get out of here!

After a long period of effort by the two, they finally moved it to the middle position.

Mo Xiaoxin glanced at the black mist provocatively.

The black mist chuckled softly: "Not bad, not bad. It seems you are indeed clever. However, those two were not so lucky."

Mo Xiaoxin then realized that she hadn't seen Xi Nanxing and Zhu Jin since she woke up.

Mo Xiaoxin frowned: "What did you do to them?"

The black mist laughed wildly.

Suddenly, two people fell from mid-air; it was Xi Nanxing and Zhu Jin. They were tightly bound and suspended in mid-air, looking exactly like fat pigs bound and waiting to be slaughtered.

“If you walk out of here, those two will immediately fall into the spikes!” Black Mist gave a new rule of the game, his voice full of anticipation.

Does this mean she has to choose between two people dying?

Mo Xiaoxin remained silent, while Zhu Jin's voice drifted into her ears.

"Sister Mo, she's a complete psychopath. She likes to torture us and wants to see us kill each other. I'm not falling for it! Don't worry about us, you all need to get out of here! Nanxing and I are no match for her! If you live, you can avenge us!" Zhu Jin was furious. She hated being threatened the most.

Xi Nanxing remained silent, his eyes filled with dejection. For so many years, he and Zhu Jin had diligently cultivated their skills, hoping to one day avenge their parents. But when they finally found their enemy, they discovered that their magical power was less than a tenth of his opponent's.

"Your friends are really good to you, tsk." Black Mist's tone was slightly puzzled, as if she didn't understand their friendship, and also seemed to carry a hint of anger and resentment.

Then she excitedly told Zhu Jin and the others, "She's not the only one with a choice; you do too. There's a button behind you. Just press it, and you can get out, and their wooden planks will collapse instead."

Zhu Jin and Xi Nanxing touched the rope on their backs and found a small button.

Mo Xiaoxin sneered: "Do you think this will make us collapse?"

The black mist wasn't annoyed at being exposed; instead, it became even more excited: "What a show! I really want to see what you'll choose."

The black mist swept across everyone's faces, scrutinizing the expressions of all four.

She wanted to see cunning, deception, malice, and murder in their faces.

But... it seems like none of these are there.

She gazed at their faces, trying to catch any subtle change in their expressions.

But no, there was nothing.

At the critical moment of life and death, everyone seemed to calm down.

She waits for them to make a decision and take action.

But after a long time, none of the four made a sound.

When the most crucial moment arrived, everyone fell silent.

All four knew that none of them would joke about the other's life.

The black mist was enraged, its fury reaching a fever pitch: "What are you all dawdling for? Hurry up and choose!"

Xi Nanxing sneered, "We'd rather die than be played like this by you!"

Zhu Jin looked arrogant and unyielding: "That's right, do whatever you want with me."

The black mist was puzzled: "But you don't have any deep feelings for them, why are you letting them go? Don't you want to live? You can leave as soon as you press the button!"

Xi Nanxing: "Someone like you doesn't understand feelings. What's the point of me saying anything more to you?"

The black mist instantly became agitated: "Who said I don't understand emotions? I understand you hypocrites better than anyone! Friendships, family, love—it's all bullshit! You say you love the other person, but you actually wish they were dead! Loyalty? It's all fake! Ask Leng Huai, he knows best, doesn't he?"

Leng Huai, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke up: "Mother, if you don't love me, why did you give birth to me? And why did you arrange for someone to come to my side? Why are you treating me like this?"

The voice of the black mist was laced with disdain: "You're just a plaything I created when I was bored. But you're right about one thing: those people were indeed sent by me, just to let you experience what betrayal is. I want to see you suffer, hahaha, that'll make me happy!"

Leng Huai's face was filled with astonishment and confusion. He couldn't understand why his mother, whom he had finally found, didn't like him at all.

His eyes were somewhat vacant as he recalled the past: "Then what is the meaning of my existence...?"

The black mist seemed to have gone mad, repeatedly chanting, "It's meaningless! It's meaningless! It's meaningless! Hahahaha..."

The black mist roared, "By the way, I deliberately released that demonic staff to protect Yue's daughter. So, the mother you've been searching for didn't protect you; instead, she protected someone else's child. Are you heartbroken? Are you in pain?"

Leng Huai barely managed to support himself. He knew the truth but was not at peace with it. He suddenly leaned back and before Mo Xiaoxin could react, he fell vertically to the ground.

"No!" Mo Xiaoxin tried to grab him, but her hand slipped from the hem of his clothes.

To everyone's surprise, Leng Huai chose to commit suicide.

Without a second thought, Mo Xiaoxin jumped down as well.