Chapter 86.3

Editor: Kat

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‘Quick, come to my side.’

At this point, the devil’s whisper became clearer, as if it was standing behind Wei Xun and whispering in his ear, ‘I can’t wait to show you all the treasures that I mentioned.’

‘Wait a moment,’ Wei Xun said perfunctorily.

He felt that both the gusin thangka and the nine-eyed dzi beads were heating up, but the degree of heat differed between the two objects. The gusin thangka felt like it was so hot it was on fire, while the nine-eyed dzi beads felt like a steady stream of warmth

This warmth could even partially dispel the cold in Wei Xun’s body.

In contrast, the wet corpse with the golden eagle head and the gold-plated silver-inlaid skull became colder and colder. They were clearly placed in the belly of the young fox and did not come into direct contact with the outside world, but changes had still occurred to them.

Especially after going down to the ninth story, the golden eagle head that had originally been sewn on the wet corpse actually fell off, and it became a headless wet corpse again, as if it was waiting for the return of its real head.

It seemed that Wei Xun had made an accurate guess, and these items were related to the sealed devil, or the human skin the devil was possessing. They should be the true body of the human skin. However, Wei Xun pondered why the descendant of the eagle flutist thought it was the remains of the Xiangxiong King, who said that he would be reincarnated from the belly of the aquatic reptile?

As the pathfinder of this tour, what did he want to achieve?

However, Wei Xun couldn’t actually calm his mind now and think, because he was really hungry. The canned red meat and compressed biscuits he had eaten before were equivalent to him not eating anything, and he was starving.

He was now clearly a “tourist,” and this hunger should be the influence of the “tour guide’s mutation.” Yet, its effects were still reflected on him now.

Wei Xun felt that this had something to do with the butterfly tattoo. Was it because he desired to obtain more energy to become stronger and evolve, or did the butterfly tattoo need more energy and needed him to become stronger and have a higher degree of mutation?

I’ll find out in just a few moments after I eat the devil.

The corners of Wei Xun’s mouth twitched slightly, revealing a pleasant smile. The entrance to the basement story of the crystal tower had been closed, and it was necessary to shovel these human skins that were thickly glued to the ground away to enter. Wei Xun circled the story again because he didn’t have any tools at hand, and he didn’t want to use his hands because he was a germaphobe.

The cold wind was coming from the southeast direction.

‘Actually, I’m very curious,’ Wei Xun asked in a chatty tone, ‘Did you really not realize that I am a demon?’

The demon was stubborn. ‘Rakshas Tal is omnipotent, so of course I discovered it long ago.’

‘So why do you want me to call out your real name in the first place? Are you trying to make me your slave?’

‘Hoho, don’t we demons all act this way?

‘When the hell are you coming down?’

Rakshas Tal was impatient.

‘Don’t worry, let’s talk about the topic of demons first,’ Wei Xun unscrewed the thermos cup and took a sip of blood.

‘Are you really stuck underground and unable to leave?’

‘Yes! Otherwise, what do I need you for? I can’t get rid of the shackles on this damn human skin!’

‘Then how did you devour the Xiangxiong King?’

‘Pft, that’s just a slight show of my power.’

Wei Xun said slowly, ‘There was a Garuda crown in the golden box that was placed on the temple at the top of the tower. It was taken away by you. You can already touch the crown, right?’

The other party stopped talking, Wei Xun took another sip of blood, and then put away the thermos cup.

‘You can actually move freely in the crystal tower, and even leave the ruins, right?’

It was all bullshit when the devil said that it couldn’t leave and it was still being suppressed by the crystal tower. Wei Xun knew from the first sentence that what the devil said were all lies.

In the beginning, when Wei Xun was talking to Amala, who was guarding Qianzong Mountain, she said, “the human skin is alive.” Looking at her shriveled and blackened legs, Wei Xun had expected that the human skin that the devil possessed might have been unsealed long ago. The devil could not only move in the crystal tower, but it could even leave the ruins of Qianzong Mountain.

When Wei Xun descended the nine-story 卍 crystal tower, or even before this had happened, the devil was already paying attention to him and observing him. Especially when Wei Xun returned after helping Dog IV-1, at the time when he saw the illusions. The black haired skin had tried to take advantage of the fact that Wei Xun was bedazzled by the illusion to steal the gusin skin thangka in his arms.

However, the black haired human skins weren’t intelligent at all, and they only had an instinctive desire for flesh and blood. Especially after Wei Xun arrived at the crystal tower, he confirmed that this black haired human skin was a special kind of parasite without intelligence. When he was surrounded by hundreds of black haired human skins, he did not see the slightest illusion.

There was only one answer. This illusion was not the ability of the black haired human skin, but the ability of the devil. It showed Wei Xun the shadow that sat on the throne and wore the Garuda crown. Wei Xun was afraid that after entering the crystal tower, he had been under the influence of the devil.

Including how Wei Xun didn’t feel afraid of those mummified corpses at all, and kept going downwards (in fact, Wei Xun was honestly not afraid without the devil’s influence), including how he did not flee immediately after hearing the strange voice, but started a dialogue with the strange voice (in fact, Wei Xun really wanted to chat), including the fact that there were treasures that Wei Xun would be able to use at every story of the crystal tower (and he’d really made a winning), which could stimulate the greed in people’s hearts the most. And his greed would grow as he moved down story by story.

That much wealth would be equivalent to a high level of danger!

‘Yeah, with the blood of a strong sacrifice, I can get rid of the shackles of this damn human skin,’ the devil said with a low chuckle.

To Wei Xun’s surprise, the surrounding scene was dissipating, and the mountains of mummified corpses and blood-stained human skins were all gone. Wei Xun was in a narrow tomb made of wood and stone. It was unclear when Wei Xun had walked to the ninth story, the bottom of the tower, where the demon skin was sealed!

In front of him was a grayish-white human skin thangka with countless colorful gods and Buddhas drawn on it. However, the skin was twisting and wriggling, and the snake-like resentment was drilling in and out of the human skin. When the human skin wriggled, one could vaguely see the dazzling Garuda crown and bones dripping in blood wrapped in the skin.

Wei Xun didn’t know when he had fallen into this illusion, and he felt a patch of coolness on his chest. Wei Xun looked downwards, and found that his sharp nails had pierced the skin on his chest uncontrollably. If he woke up from his stupor a moment later, he was afraid that he would have gouged out his heart!

As expected of the resentment that was judged as A-class, it was comparable to the power of the spiteful ghost Pingping.

‘It’s surprising that you woke up,’ the devil smiled and commented.

Using a sort of condescending tone, as if it had everything under control, it said, ‘The abyss, and the demons that you mentioned. Whether they’re made up or not, they really aroused my interest. When I devour you, I will fuse with the main body and resurrect, and maybe I will go there to take a look. But before that-——’

The grayish-white skin suddenly unfurled and rushed towards Wei Xun like a facehugger, and Wei Xun couldn’t avoid it in this narrow space.

‘Thank you for the efforts you made to unseal me.’

The demon hypocritically said, ‘Now, you can die-——’

At this moment, most of Wei Xun’s body was wrapped in the human skin, and the black snake-like resentment was even more malicious and greedy as it climbed up to his neck and cheeks, seeking to completely destroy his consciousness. However, because the effects of the shadow’s control over Wei Xun still persisted, Wei Xun was unable to take off the human skin thangka and other objects. Facing the black snake of resentment, he could only helplessly open his mouth——

“You’re too kind, you’re really too kind,” Wei Xun bit the black snake of resentment and mumbled vaguely, “Now, you shouldn’t be able to escape.”

‘What are you doing?!’

The devil’s voice suddenly changed, full of anger and disbelief. ‘Why?! Why are you eating me?!’

Wei Xun didn’t waste any time in chewing on the pitch-black devil snake—it was the devil’s shadow’s energy.

It wasn’t easy to eat a cunning and cautious demon, especially one with A-class resentment, one that hadn’t been killed in the most prosperous period of the Xiangxiong Dynasty, and a devil’s shadow that still existed after 1600 years.

In fact, after the earthquake, when the three mummified corpses had besieged Dog IV-1, Wei Xun realized that the situation was not right, and he deliberately revealed many flaws of his. For example, greed for money and so on, but this devil was too cautious. It was not until Wei Xun entered the nine-story 卍 crystal tower and went down to the fifth story that they had their first communication.

At that time, Wei Xun had deliberately displayed “all” his means, such as the gusin thangka, the gold-plated silver-inlaid skull, the wet corpse with the golden eagle head, the nine-eyed dzi beads, the three praying mantis brothers, Xiaocui, and so on. He took them all out again and again. However, the devil was still unwilling to take the initiative, and only used his voice to tempt and coax Wei Xun.

At this time, Wei Xun intuitively understood that there might be danger. This demon was too cautious. If it felt that something was wrong, it would run away at the first moment. Because Wei Xun didn’t have another solution, he had to cooperate with it. So, he removed the title of [Strong Resentment Resistance], and he really fell into the illusion of the devil.

It wasn’t until he felt that the time was ripe that Wei Xun drank the blood in the thermos. Sure enough, he had been “tricked” into the devil’s lair, and as he expected, the blood of the butterfly tattoo was of a higher ranking than that of the devil, allowing Wei Xun to escape the control of the illusion.

This was an act of lunacy because everything was based on guesses, but Wei Xun liked this kind of excitement!

Now that he had finally eaten the devil, he was extremely satisfied.

‘Shit, you’re sly, damn—’ the demon cursed loudly, and what made it the most furious was that its energy was really being swallowed by this human being!

In fact, it has always been suspicious of the “abyss” and “demons” that this human mentioned, because the devil did not smell the aura of a demon from him, and it believed that its judgment could not be wrong!

But it was shockingly wrong. It was too late if it wanted to escape like a lizard with a docked tail, because this “human” had already eaten a quarter of its energy like he was a starving ghost reincarnated. This was the energy it had accumulated after a thousand years. The devil’s heart was dripping blood, and it would be really shameful if it allowed Wei Xun to escape!

Since they were both demons, then this should be solved in a demonic way. Wasn’t this just swallowing the other party? The devil felt that it was too early to tell who exactly would swallow who!

The black snake-like black resentment was almost completely detached from the grayish white skin, and all the ferocity and madness rushed towards Wei Xun, trying to find the demon hidden behind the human skin to devour Wei Xun’s demonic energy——

Wait, why couldn’t it eat anything from Wei Xun!

The human in front of him appeared just like a real human, but if he was a human, why was he chewing on its demonic energy? If he was a demon, then why couldn’t it, a devil, eat the slightest bit of demonic energy even when it slammed into this person’s face!

What kind of monster was this?!

“This is because I’m a tourist.”

Wei Xun sighed lightly, happily eating all the energy in the devil’s demonic body that was thrown on his face.

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