Chapter 31
"Oh? You mere humans want to test their skills against me?" Yi Liu said with a half-smile.
Su Mu also drew his sword and stood in front of Jing Tao.
"It seems this is a trap set for me," Yi Liu said, looking at the two people in front of him.
"Today is your death day!" Su Mu was the first to draw his sword and step forward.
Yi Liu remained completely calm, only defending and not attacking, as if he were toying with Su Mu.
Although Su Mu was not injured at all, even Ren Dong could tell that Su Mu was at a disadvantage.
Yi Liu seemed to be getting bored as well. He secretly transformed his right hand into a branch behind his back, rolled up Su Mu's body, and threw it aside.
Honeysuckle immediately stepped forward to help Sumu up.
Dongfang Jin then stepped forward to exchange blows with Yi Liu.
Dongfang Jin's sword struck directly at a vital point, and Yi Liu still didn't defend, but this time Yi Liu found that he was under some pressure to dodge.
Yi Liu countered with branches, while Dongfang Jin tried her best to defend and counter with every move.
After several rounds, Dongfang Jin was also struggling. Yi Liu lashed out with his whip, and Dongfang Jin used his sword to block it. Although he was not injured, he was still thrown quite a distance by Yi Liu.
Honeysuckle picked up a knife from behind her and threw it to Jing Tao, saying, "Little Tao, catch!"
Jing Tao looked at the knife that was thrown at her and easily caught it with her right hand.
Yi Liu watched as Jing Tao obtained the knife, and in a flash, he appeared in front of her, smiling as he said, "So, my wife knows martial arts too."
Dongfang Jin thrust her sword forward, separating the two. "Didn't I tell you to stay away from her?"
Seeing the angry Dongfang Jin, Yi Liu lost all interest in toying with her. "Today I'll break your legs and make you watch us get married!"
Yi Liu closed his eyes and transformed back into his original form. His limbs gradually turned into branches, and his body grew wildly. In no time, a towering willow tree filled the entire cave.
The other lesser demons all fled.
Countless branches materialized from Yi Liu's body and attacked the group. Su Mu told Ren Dong to hide in a safe place, and he used his sword to cut down countless tree trunks.
While dodging, Dongfang Jin charged towards Yi Liu's body, determined to kill him.
Under Jing Tao's protection, Dongfang Jin leaped onto a tree trunk and plunged her sword into Yi Liu's body.
Just when Dongfang Jin thought he had succeeded, another tree trunk came hurtling towards him. Dongfang Jin wanted to draw his sword to fight back, but the sword was stuck firmly in Yi Liu's body and could not move. Dongfang Jin had no choice but to abandon the sword and roll backward to avoid the impending attack.
Dongfang Jin landed steadily, but had no way to attack, so she could only rely on her agility to dodge the tree trunk.
The three of them had already exhausted a lot of energy just by dodging the attacks.
Dongfang Jin glanced at the two fighting, took out a tinderbox from her bosom and quietly blew on it, then ran towards Yi Liu as if her life depended on it.
Tree trunks lashed out at Dongfang Jin, but he dodged them all. Then, he grabbed a tree trunk with his right hand, flipped himself onto it, and ran rapidly towards Yi Liu.
Just as Dongfang Jin got closer and closer to Yi Liu, she used all her strength to swing her left hand, which was hiding a tinderbox, at Yi Liu.
The tinder, spinning in the air, struck Yi Liu in the right eye in less than two seconds.
Yi Liu, who had been injured by the fire, instantly became enraged, and his roar filled the entire cave.
Dongfang Jin also lowered her center of gravity and squatted down.
Yi Liu opened the gaping maw of the abyss, attempting to suck everyone here into his belly.
Dongfang Jin clung tightly to the tree trunk to prevent herself from being sucked in.
On the ground, Su Mu and Ren Dong hid behind a large rock to avoid the danger.
Jing Tao kept running towards Dongfang Jin.
Yi Liu broke the tree trunk that was carrying Dongfang Jin, causing Dongfang Jin to lose her balance and fly towards Yi Liu.
As Dongfang Jin drew closer to Yi Liu, he saw a patch of darkness in the abyss, and soon he would be swallowed up.
But the sudden warmth behind him wouldn't allow any of this to happen.
Jing Tao flew towards Dongfang Jin with the pull of Yi Liu, then grabbed Dongfang Jin's belt tightly with her right hand and used her own weight to throw Dongfang Jin back.
Dongfang Jin felt herself being spun back, and then saw Jing Tao, who shouldn't be there, fall into the abyss in his place.
"Jingtao!"
Jing Tao, clutching her burning wedding dress with her left hand, fell straight into the darkness.
Burned, Yi Liu could only close her mouth and sob uncontrollably.
The wind has disappeared.
Su Mu ran to catch Dongfang Jin, who had fallen.
At this moment, Dongfang Jin seemed to have had her soul ripped out, and she sat blankly on the ground. The moment Jing Tao fell into the water kept flashing through her mind, followed by the scene of Jing Tao taking her away from Dongfang City.
Su Mu watched as the dejected Dongfang Jin took out the Taotie sword, which was thickly wrapped behind her back, and anxiously untied the strips of cloth binding her body.
Seeing the evil Taotie wrapped around the sword, Su Mu did not hesitate at all. He picked up the sword with his left hand and resolutely pulled out the Taotie.
The moment the Taotie appeared, it surrounded Su Mu. Su Mu felt a powerful surge of energy flowing through his body, making him feel light. In just a moment, he arrived in front of Yi Liu and thrust his sword into Yi Liu's mouth. With a forceful swing, Su Mu tore open a black crack in Yi Liu's mouth and lightly leaped into the crack.
Ren Dong looked at Su Mu with disbelief. Why had Su Mu suddenly become so powerful?
Su Mu couldn't see the situation in front of him clearly. After a few seconds, Su Mu realized that he had stopped somewhere.
Su Mu gripped the Taotie and swung it upwards with force, causing the Taotie to lunge forward and bite.
Before Honeysuckle and Orient Violet could discern the battle situation, they saw Yi Liu's enormous body begin to explode again and again. From bottom to top, every part of the tree trunk began to wither rapidly, gradually disappearing from the world with Yi Liu's last words, "Impossible."
The explosion caused a huge cloud of dust, and Dongfang Jin and Rendong kept pushing away the obstructions in front of them to look in Yi Liu's direction.
A figure slowly emerged from the explosion.
Once the dust had completely settled, they realized that it was Su Mu walking towards them, holding Jing Tao in his arms!
Dongfang Jin and Ren Dong immediately ran towards Su Mu.
"Don't worry, I'm fine," Su Mu said with a smile, looking at the two of them.
But the two ignored him completely and quickly put the peach on the ground to examine it carefully.
Honeysuckle checked Jing Tao's breathing and pulse, and finding nothing seriously wrong, she was relieved. "That's great, Little Tao is alright too."
Dongfang Jin gently shook Jing Tao's body and softly called, "Jing Tao, Jing Tao."
Jing Tao felt the shaking and the sound, and her eyes gradually opened.
As soon as she opened her eyes, she found that Ren Dong and Dongfang Jin were staring at her.
Before Jing Tao knew what was happening, Dongfang Jin had already pulled her into his arms.
Dongfang Jin hugged Jing Tao tightly, buried her head in Jing Tao's neck, and secretly shed a tear.
Seeing this, Ren Dong couldn't bear to interfere. She watched as the lesser demons, who had been hiding, walked towards them. "Your leader is dead. Do you still want to oppose us?" she asked.
The other lesser demons couldn't speak yet, so they could only shake their heads frantically.
Seeing that these lesser demons didn't attack them when Yi Liu attacked, Ren Dong said to Su Mu, "I feel like they were forced by Yi Liu."
Su Mu looked at the trembling little demons and said, "You can leave as long as you don't harm people in the future. However, if I find out that you still have the intention to harm people after you leave, you know what will happen to you."
The remaining lesser demons nodded to Su Mu and Ren Dong, then fled without looking back.
Jing Tao and Dongfang Jin also came to the two of them.
"Thank you, Su Mu," Dongfang Jin said sincerely.
Su Mu replied in surprise, "That's the first sentence you've ever uttered that makes you sound like a human being, Dongfang Jin!"
Dongfang Jin awkwardly tilted her head away.
Honeysuckle smiled and said, "Then let's go back."
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