Bang! Bang! Bang!
The remaining three rat demons didn't dare to meet the gaze of Fang Yuan. They quickly and neatly crawled on the ground, burying their ugly rat heads as low as possible.
"Master, please spare our lives!"
In the face of such a terrifying existence, escape was impossible. The only way to survive, perhaps, was to beg for mercy.
Fang Yuan didn't answer their plea, but instead asked:
"I'll ask you this: in the entire Henglin Mountain Range, who is the strongest demon?"
The good deed value given by the rat king was quite generous, and now Fang Yuan wanted to pursue an even greater reward.
The three rat demons looked at each other, and one of them spoke first:
"Actually, we all came from Jiayi Province and have been wandering along the outskirts of the Henglin Mountain Range, never daring to venture deeper, so we don't know much."
"But, if we're talking about the strongest one we've heard of... it should be the Crocodile Lord, who resides in the Yunshi Swamp."
"That's right. His strength is much greater than our king's. He's a real demon lord!" another rat demon agreed.
Humans need to reach the Fifth Realm to absorb spiritual energy and communicate with the heavens, and demons are the same.
Demons that reach this level are called "Demon Lords."
That means this Crocodile Lord is at least a Fifth Realm demon!
"Fifth Realm, huh..."
This made Fang Yuan a little hesitant. To fight someone two realms higher would be quite troublesome...
He wondered if he could kill him now...
He noted the location and thought about it.
With that in mind, Fang Yuan asked again, "Where does the Crocodile Demon reside?"
"In a vast wetland to the southwest..."
Fang Yuan nodded and then asked, "Are there any demons of the same level as your king nearby?"
He'd need to be cautious with the Crocodile Lord, but demons like the rat king could be dealt with more easily.
"There are. To the northwest, about thirty miles away, there's a group of snake demons. Their king's strength is similar to ours..."
Wow, they even gave up their natural enemy.
How clever these rats are, trying to drag their nemesis down with them before they die.
"Master, feel free to ask us anything! We'll answer everything you want to know!"
"Yes, please spare our lives!"
The rat demons kept pleading, kowtowing to Fang Yuan, showing great sincerity.
It seems these rat demons have learned a human custom—they even know how to kowtow now.
"I don't have any more questions for you..." Fang Yuan shook his head. The rat demons' hearts skipped a beat. This implied that they were no longer of any use to him!
They immediately kowtowed even more desperately, but Fang Yuan changed his tone and continued:
"However, seeing how hard you're begging for mercy..."
"I've decided to give you a chance."
With that, Fang Yuan looked down from his high position at the three kneeling rat demons and pointed to a distant white peak, saying calmly:
"If you three can kill him, I'll spare you!"
"..."
The three rat demons wondered if they had heard it wrong. Wasn't the other guy their comrade?
Why would Fang Yuan give such an order?
Is this infighting?!
Bai Feng also wondered if he had heard it wrong. Wasn't Fang Yuan his comrade?
What did this mean?!
"Move quickly if you want to survive!" Fang Yuan smiled as he stepped back.
He made it clear that he would not participate in this battle.
The three elite rat demons immediately got up from the ground, each staring fiercely at Bai Feng, their faces full of cruel killing intent and a strong will to survive!
They had to kill him to survive, and naturally, they would fight to the death!
Bai Feng swallowed hard. Under the threat of death, he raised his bow and arrow with a resolute look in his eyes!
...
Outside the cave, the rat demons had been completely eliminated by Lin Jing, and the clearing dust had been taken back. She stood quietly in front of the cave, waiting for Fang Yuan and the others to return victoriously.
Lin Jing didn't even consider checking because she trusted Fang Yuan's strength—there was no way he would lose!
As expected, moments later, Fang Yuan and the others came out of the cave. Bai Feng was covered in blood, breathing heavily and looking a little fatigued.
But Fang Yuan looked completely different—he appeared just as energetic as when he entered, and there wasn't a trace of blood on him.
But the biggest difference was that he had changed clothes!
His original cloth clothes had been replaced with a fur coat!
"What's going on?" Lin Jing was confused when she saw Fang Yuan's appearance.
"Why did you have time to change clothes?"
But as soon as she asked the question, she realized how foolish it was—Fang Yuan was clearly wearing the fur of a demon!
"My old clothes were gone, so I had no choice but to borrow someone else's clothes," Fang Yuan said with a smile.
"Did they agree?" Lin Jing asked in return.
"Uh, they should've agreed... at least they didn't object," Fang Yuan nodded.
After this exchange, the two of them shared a smile.
Nice, Fang Yuan realized that his favorite hell joke from his past life could now be understood by the people of this world.
At that moment, a voice sounded from not far away:
"Master! Master!!!"
Turning around, they saw the traitor Yu Fengnian, a middle-aged man, scrambling desperately through the mud toward Fang Yuan and the others.
With his Fourth Calamity, Fang Yuan had already seen through Yu Fengnian's ill intentions the moment he laid eyes on him.
He claimed to be from a nearby village, but his name showed that he was a refugee from Jiayi Province.
Moreover, his name was orange, meaning... an enemy!
Jiayi Province and Jianghai Province were separated by the Henglin Mountain Range, and this person had followed the rat demons here, likely having already become their pawn.
He had probably lured innocent passersby and allowed the rat demons to ambush and kill them, all while getting a share of the spoils.
With this thought, a chilling coldness appeared in Fang Yuan's gaze.
However, logically, this traitor should have been fleeing in fear, but instead, he was heading straight for Fang Yuan and the others, which was strange.
At this moment, Yu Fengnian's arms and legs were scratched by the rat demons, but he seemed to feel no pain as he crawled in front of Fang Yuan and the others, leaving two blood trails on the ground.
"Masters, masters! When you were in the rat demon's lair, did you see my wife and daughter?!"
Yu Fengnian asked urgently, gesturing frantically:
"My wife is blind in one eye, has long hair, and my daughter is about this tall, with a round face and a mole on her forehead!"
"Do you really have a wife and child who were captured?" Lin Jing asked, surprised.
She had originally thought he had long since betrayed humanity, but perhaps there was another story?
"Yes, yes!" Yu Fengnian nodded quickly, a look of hope appearing on his face that had never been there before:
"The rats said that if I helped them deceive a hundred people, they would let my wife and child go..."
"So, masters, did you see my wife and child in the cave?"
Bai Feng felt as though his heart had been struck hard. He opened his mouth, but no sound came out because he suddenly didn't know how to answer.
After all, in that dark cave, there were only a pile of white bones—there were no living people left!