The rat demon had died.
But as a first-generation demon revived by the resurgence of demon energy, its demon soul didn’t disperse after ngniang crushed its neck.
A faint gray shadow of a rat appeared within the main hall.
Yet in front of ngniang, the rat demon’s soul still trembled fiercely.
After all, it couldn’t help but be suppressed by the bloodline hierarchy.
ngniang instructed Jiang Shouzhong to take out the Zodiac Dharma Seal and, after infusing it with mystical power, absorbed the rat demon’s soul into the seal—although currently, the seal was drained of mana, it could still absorb demon souls.
If there existed a Zodiac Map later on, directly branding the demon soul onto it and stamping it would make one its master.
At this mont, everyone else within the main hall fell deadly silent, their hearts filled with panic.
They originally thought that the heavens were going to bestow untold wealth upon them, but then Zheng erged as the villain. Who knew that in the next mont, Mr. Yu, this demon, would appear, and now an even more formidable figure had arrived.
The minds of the people had shattered.
No one paid attention to the gold and silver treasures anymore; all they cared about was whether they could survive.
Chu Qi looked at the ground covered with flesh and blood, and with a grim expression forced a smile at Jiang Shouzhong, softly asking, "Master Jiang, do you... do you also desire... these treasures?"
Jiang Shouzhong looked at him with the eyes one might use for an idiot, "Isn’t that obvious? Who wouldn’t want the treasure."
Chu Qi’s heart sank, his expression complex.
The others had anticipated this reply and uniformly took a step back, fearful of being mistaken by the lady in red as covetous of the treasure.
"However, I’ll pass on these treasures," said Jiang Shouzhong casually as he nudged the glittering gold and silver treasures scattered on the floor with a teasing smile creeping along the corners of his lips, "They look nice, a pity they’re unusable."
Unusable?
The crowd was puzzled.
ngniang lightly swept her sleeve towards the stone chamber, and talismans hidden in the dimness on the four walls suddenly lit up with a ghostly glow. Then like falling leaves, they detached one after another, vanishing in an instant, turning into wisps of blue smoke.
At the sa ti, the piles of gold and silver treasures in the room lost their original luster and vitality, progressively transforming into coarse and uneven stones.
"It’s the ’Stone to Gold Talisman’!"
Leng Jing couldn’t help but blurt out when she saw this.
She looked at the puzzled crowd and explained, "This is a kind of illusionary talisman from the Taoists, which can turn stone into gold and silver, but their nature is still stone. Taken out of this place, they’ll revert back to stone."
The crowd then realized that all these treasures were fake.
Those who originally thought they could only watch as the treasures were monopolized by others now felt a sense of balance in their hearts.
That’s how people are.
When they can’t get what they want, they feel indignant.
But as soon as they learn that others can’t get it either, they suddenly feel balanced.
Jiang Shouzhong didn’t bother to explain much further.
A pile of gold and silver treasures wouldn’t appear out of nowhere in the main hall without reason; clearly, the purpose was to deceive.
This indicated the existence of real treasure within this place.
As to where the real treasure was, and whether it had already been moved, remained unknown.
"Is that golden ox also fake?"
At this mont, a woman cautiously inquired.
"Golden ox?"
Jiang Shouzhong didn’t quite understand.
Looking in the direction the woman pointed, he was stunned.
In the depths of the main hall, erging from the darkness, a monstrous figure with a bull’s head stood tall where it had not been before.
The cow demon, cast in gilded gold, shimred with golden radiance, its majestic body standing ten Zhang high. A pair of eyes, red like torches, hung in the dark space, spreading a terrifying light.
It appeared to be a cow, and even a female at that.
Even ngniang had failed to notice the existence of this cow demon just monts before.
"I’ve seen it when I was at the sunken ship!" exclaid Chu Qi in shock.
At that mont, the cow demon began to stride.
ngniang’s mind quivered slightly; even she couldn’t help but feel a sense of dread at the ferocious demon energy rampant around the cow demon, her beautiful face turning pale.
"Quick, run!"
ngniang hastily grabbed Jiang Shouzhong’s arm, intending to flee.
This cow demon was definitely stronger than her!
Boom!!
Imrsed in golden brilliance, the cow demon bellowed, and its hooves, as heavy as hamrs used to split mountains, violently struck the ground. Instantly, the main hall thundered non-stop, shaking violently as if an earthquake had arrived.
The massive stone columns supporting the hall instantly crumbled, turning into dust amidst the rumbling, as dust clouded the air like a shrouding curtain.
The ground cracked, spreading wide like a spider web.
The upper stone slabs could not withstand such intense vibrations and started peeling off, raining down like droplets.
Under the powerful shock wave, people were flung rcilessly like straw.
The air was filled with a cacophony of screams and the sound of heavy collapses.
So unfortunate ones were annihilated by the force, their bodies pulverized into unrecognizable mush.
ngniang clenched her teeth tightly, striving with all her might to take to the air with Jiang Shouzhong, using the ascending force to leap to the upper level, narrowly avoiding disaster.
However, no sooner had they landed and stabilized than a wind bearing terrifying force followed swiftly after, striking like thunder.
Excruciating pain flooded her; ngniang opened her mouth, and a stream of bright red blood sprayed forth, staining her gown. Her form wavered, yet she still forcibly kept herself from falling, protecting Jiang Shouzhong from harm.
"ngniang!"
Jiang Shouzhong called out anxiously.
ngniang tightly encircled Jiang Shouzhong, narrowly avoiding another attack from the cow demon.
In desperation, she spotted a half-ter-wide crack in the thick wall nearby. With a light tap of her toe and a push, the two of them moved as nimbly as swimming fish, vanishing into the crack.
Without a mont to catch their breath, another loud explosion ca from behind.
The wall shattered, and a towering blast wave surged out, engulfing them, throwing them forward uncontrollably until they crashed onto a hidden altar.
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