Chapter 109: Lily of the Valley: Is the Demon King...dead?

Chapter 109 Lily of the Valley: Is the Demon King...dead?

"Youyu!"

Jade pressed her forehead speechlessly.

"Have you always been so funny with your enemies?"

Wonder was hanging on Shuise's body, with his usual smile on his lips, making people almost forget that they were surrounded by the despairing ninth level of the underworld.

"wonder......?"

Linglan and Youyu's attention was instantly distracted by each other, and Heitao also looked over with an ugly expression. In an instant, the thief who had just woken up from a fatal injury became the focus of everyone present.

"Have you recovered yet?"

Shuise was overjoyed, his eyes full of relief, but before he could express his questions, his expression changed.

Although Wonder has tried his best to maintain his daily relaxed image, the trembling fingertips and pale face prove that his current condition is still quite bad.

Shuise sighed helplessly. It turned out that they were just holding on. They thought that a reliable teammate who knew this place better than them had finally arrived, but unfortunately, his teammate was still in low health.

"How are you doing now?"

You Yu could tell at a glance that this temporary ally was still in very bad physical condition, but the Phantom Thief shook his head, propped himself up, let go of Shuise's shoulders, and walked forward a few steps with ease, the smile on his lips the same as always.

"Of course I'm fine now. Thank you Miss Linglan for your help."

The thief bowed slightly to Linglan. In just a few seconds, as he walked a few steps from behind Shuise, Wonder's temperament changed drastically. He changed from the weak and pale appearance just now to the high-spirited thief again. Those injuries seemed to disappear in an instant and disappeared in the dark temple hall.

Spade said sarcastically, "Oh my, this is so touching. The righteous detective agency saved the unlucky thief. How could I have such a weird dream?"

Shuise and Youyu turned their heads instantly and glared at Heitao fiercely, with murderous aura surrounding them.

Spade shrugged nonchalantly: "Hey, hey, show some respect. I am your leader. Even though my identity as an undercover demon apostle has been exposed, you can't just ignore my past and treat me as an enemy you want to defeat, right?"

This time it wasn't just Shuise and Youyu, even Feicui, who usually didn't show her joy, showed a shocked expression. Her calm look was shocked by Heitao's shameless remarks.

You Yu and Shuise stared blankly at the former leader, temporarily unable to understand what the other party said, but they quickly turned their heads away from looking at Hei Tao. When he was in the Law Enforcement Bureau, Hei Tao had this kind of personality that liked to joke around. The only things that could make him stop were a life-and-death battle or a silent atmosphere. Otherwise, nothing could stop him from making shocking remarks.

"…You saved me, this is what I should do."

Lily of the Valley stared at Wonder steadily. The other party's body was straight, and every move was still graceful, as if the terrible fatal injury just now had completely disappeared. However, Lily of the Valley herself knew that her skills could not completely heal Wonder's injuries. Now Wonder could only hold on in front of his enemies, the devil apostles, the detective agency, and the law enforcers, because of his unwilling self-esteem and pride.

Speaking of which, Wonder is really miserable. No matter whether it is the detective agency, law enforcers, or even the devil apostles, they all have people who can be called "companions" or "colleagues". Only Wonder, who is famous throughout the surface world, has to work hard every day to make plans, design magic tricks, collect intelligence by himself, and then throw himself into the chaos of a three-way fight alone, facing the most dangerous devil, and stealing the most terrifying yet most precious token of the Ten Commandments.

But no matter what, stealing is stealing.

As a member of the detective agency, Linglan originally hated this kind of guy who didn't follow the rules and had a strong desire to show off. However, she didn't expect that Wonder would not only appear at the right time in every Demon King-level mission and help them a lot, but also...

Even not long ago, he was willing to risk his own life to save her.

She... was considered by her parents and the priest family as "waste" who could only be the best sacrifice.

Even the Phantom Thief Wonder... Even the Phantom Thief Wonder would save her, but her parents, the priest family of that terrible tree house tribe, and the people whose blood was blessed by the Demon King "Mithran" wanted her to die.

Lily of the Valley bit her lower lip. She thought of Wonder's weak appearance as he fell beside the fire. His pale lips seemed like the falling snow of life, reminding her of his poor physical condition. And Wonder had fallen into this state entirely because of her.

So she stopped making sarcastic remarks and could no longer say a word with any negative emotions. Linglan took a deep breath and bowed: "I am really grateful. If it weren't for you, Spade's blow would probably have pierced my chest."

Spade had a sarcastic expression on his face. He wanted to speak, but he didn't expect that Jade's hand was faster than his mouth. She simply turned the key, and Spade found that he couldn't make any sound even when he opened his mouth.

Youyu and Shuise silently gave Feicui a thumbs up. Faust stood aside and witnessed the whole process. His eyes twitched and he showed a very desperate expression, as if he was questioning himself: Why on earth am I staying here with such a group of guys?

"...Oh? You misunderstood, Miss Suzuran."

Wonder was stunned. He didn't expect that he would get such a solemn response from Lily of the Valley. Or maybe he thought about it, but didn't dare to believe it.

You Yu felt an inexplicable pain in his heart. In order to collect the Ten Commandments, which was exactly the same purpose as the Law Enforcer Bureau, Wonder had completely turned himself into a tool. Even his first reaction to accepting thanks was to refuse.

Wonder's star-like blue eyes turned over the three people from the detective agency, and found that their gazes became more and more kind. He cried out inwardly that it was not good, and said helplessly: "Although I don't know what you are thinking, but don't make up your mind. The reason why I saved Miss Linglan is very simple, and there is only one reason, that is, she is an indispensable part for us to leave here and go to the real place where the devil sleeps."

Wonder smiled, and the familiar feeling of oppression returned to him, along with the softness caused by his weak body, which made the three people from the detective agency feel a little regretful for some reason.

"It's the same feeling as when Mr. Detective left the spade, right?"

Wonder raised his eyebrows, coughed twice and decided to divert the attention of everyone present, and put the responsibility of answering the question on Youyu.

"……Yes."

You Yu looked at Wonder's star-like eyes and sighed, "You guessed right."

Spade waved his hand, determined to make his presence felt: "Should I feel honored?"

Jade could no longer bear it, so she turned her key again and said in unison with Water Color, "Shut up!"

"Awakening the power of the priest of the devil requires the confluence of soul particles of both life and death. Previous events have also confirmed to me that the power of 'life and death' is the key to crossing the layers of the underworld. And every time we crossed the underworld before, we were accompanied by Lily of the Valley and Spade... the fake Thousand Faces."

You Yu sneered, Hei Tao spread his hands with an indifferent look on his face. Shuise even suspected that if he spoke, he would probably say something like "Can you blame us for that?"

"life and death……"

Linglan looked at the palm of her hand and took a deep breath: "So that's how it is. Crossing the underworld requires the power of the Demon King, and the formation that can awaken the Demon King has restrictions. It is the only existence that can temporarily replace the Demon King's power..."

Linglan sighed: "Those crazy people have been following Midlan for so long, at least they have figured out something."

Shuise raised his hand silently, pointed at Hetao, whose microphone was muted by Feicui, and asked his own question: "I have a question. I can understand Linglan, but Hetao's ability is a space gate. It has nothing to do with life and death, right?"

"Life and death only exist to replace the power of the Demon King. If we want to truly cross the underworld, we still need Spade's space gate. The power that replaces death... Of course, it is not Spade himself, but the crystal skull in his hand."

Wonder and Youyu looked at each other, the former smiled and explained to Shuise: "What else can be a better substitute for death than the crystal skull, one of the Ten Commandments?"

Shui Se: “Oh, I see.”

Something seems wrong... isn't it? Why do Youyu and Wonder have such a tacit understanding? Even he, a member of the detective agency, didn't react, so why did Wonder react?

"The situation is serious. No matter what our purpose is, we can't accomplish it if we are trapped here. In order to leave the fake ninth floor of the underworld, I can only ask for your temporary cooperation."

Wonder had a kind smile on his face, Youyu stood beside him, equally kind, and everyone's eyes were focused on Hei Tao, who shook his head to indicate that he had no objection.

"Then let's get started. As for the vehicle that will replace the Demon King's power and deceive the underworld, let's use this statue."

Lily of the Valley pointed at the dozens of meters high Quetzalcoatl statue in the center of the hall and took the lead. The winding vines followed her movements and rushed towards the huge statue. Vibrant green soul particles flickered in the air. She was ready.

"For the boss."

Spade was unexpectedly cooperative. After breaking free from the restraints of the emerald, he just silently uttered these syllables. The black and white particles intertwined around the slowly floating crystal skull in his hand, condensing into a dark green, deathly aura like the mist outside the stone gate.

Death and life were attached to the gigantic statue of the devil thanks to the efforts of the two soul tag owners. Under Hei Tao's deliberate guidance, a space door like a stone door was slowly opening.

At the same time, the stone door of the temple that blocked the death fog outside also made a whimpering sound under the heavy burden.

“Go!”

Lily of the Valley yelled, pulled up Wonder and Shuise and jumped into the opened space door. Feicui picked up Youyu. Faust looked at Heitao vigilantly, and only took a step after seeing the other party humming a little tune and disappearing into the security door with light footsteps.

The stone door behind him finally couldn't bear the weight, and the dark green mist that had been blocked for a long time suddenly poured down, approaching the rotating space door, but even in this situation, Faust still stopped at the last step.

He turned around and took a last look at the "Ninth Level of the Underworld" with a complicated gaze without saying anything.

The feeling of weightlessness was palpable. After a dizzying spin, the people who fell powerlessly to the ground opened their eyes.

What came into view was not the deeper underworld they had imagined. Judging from the deserted modern architectural style surrounding it, this was not the place where the devil was sleeping as they had imagined, but a real skeleton town.

But there was no one and no sound around, like a dead city.

"No way? We're back again?!"

Mizuki screamed, "Wait what is that?!"

He pointed to the sky in an exaggerated manner, but no one had the energy to make fun of him now.

This is indeed a skeleton town, a skeleton town surrounded by a "bird cage".

But at this moment, there was no longer a birdcage in the sky... Those pale lines and vines had turned into a huge dry skeleton at some point.

Lily of the Valley sensed the unbearable aura of death emanating from the town and the sky above it, and murmured in a broken voice, "The Demon King... is dead?"

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