World-Ending Demon Emperor-Chapter 68 - 65 Rescue Jingyu Again Outwit and Kill the Gang of Thieves!
68: Chapter 65: Rescue Jingyu Again, Outwit and Kill the Gang of Thieves!
68 -65: Rescue Jingyu Again, Outwit and Kill the Gang of Thieves!
Lanling suddenly remembered that in the inn at the South Barbarian Border City, there indeed was a handsome yet sinister man whose gaze towards Ye Jingyu was filled with absolute possessiveness.
Unexpectedly, he had also come to the Shadow Spider Queen’s cave, and, against all odds, had survived to become a scourge.
That bastard Tuoba Ye, who claimed he would come to hunt the Shadow Spider Queen, ended up being absent?
Lanling’s mind raced as he closed his eyes to sense the situation inside.
Inside, there were about a dozen bandits, leading them was that sinister man with the cultivation of a high-ranking samurai.
His gang was also mostly of intermediate samurai level, otherwise they wouldn’t dare to come to the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
Although Lanling was now a third-level samurai archer, any of the villains inside could effortlessly kill him, not to mention the high-ranking samurai.
What to do?
How to rescue Ye Jingyu?
One could not win by force, only by wits.
Lanling’s mind raced, thinking of how to save Ye Jingyu.
“Alas, it’s a pity that the head of the Shadow Spider Queen was taken by that woman, otherwise we would’ve really struck it rich,” said that sleazy voice.
“It’s more than a thousand Gold Coins, enough for all of us to live a life of luxury for several years.”
Right, the head of the Shadow Spider Queen was now in Lanling’s hands, which could be used to kill all the villains inside at once.
Lanling suddenly realized that the head contained a deadly poison, which Meng Tuoluo had specially left a note to warn about.
So, was there a way to use this poison to kill a dozen people at once?
Was there a method to make the head suddenly explode, spewing all the poison inside?
Lanling examined the head of the Shadow Spider Queen carefully; it was truly just the head of a spider, with nothing but a shell outside, seemingly no skull within.
Inside the head was the Shadow Spider Queen’s brain matter, which, if not surprisingly, should be poisonous.
He held it in his hand and gently shook it; the volume of the brain matter was substantial, nearly filling the entire head.
Lanling racked his brains, pondering how to make the Spider Queen’s head explode and spray the deadly brain matter everywhere.
Suddenly, Lanling’s eyes lit up.
There was a way: when limestone meets water, the temperature rises instantaneously, boiling over.
The head was a sealed space, and once the brain matter boiled, it could burst open.
Yes, this was the way to do it.
Without making a sound, Lanling left the Shadow Spider Queen’s cave and began searching for limestone in the mountains.
In these Hundred Thousand Mountains, what wasn’t lacking was stone, and of course, limestone was also abundant.
Before long, Lanling came across a large pile of limestone.
He dug out some undamped pieces of limestone and tossed one into a water trench.
Immediately, the limestone reacted violently, emitting heat and disintegrating.
That’s right, this was limestone of exceptional quality.
Lanling broke the large limestone into numerous granules and put them in a bag.
Then he took out a dagger, carefully making a small hole in the Shadow Spider Queen’s head.
The shell of the Spider Queen’s head was more brittle than Lanling had imagined, and the Blood-Coated Wujin Dagger easily carved a hole.
After all, it was a spiritual creature, and its shell wasn’t impervious to weapons.
However, as the Blood-Coated Wujin Dagger dug into the head of the Spider Queen, it stuck to the brain matter inside.
A stench wafted through, and when withdrawn, the dagger had corroded more than an inch away.
“How utterly poisonous must the brain matter of this Shadow Spider Queen be?” Lanling marveled.
Once the hole was made, he filled the head with water, almost completely filling the interior space.
Then he carefully placed the Spider Queen’s head into a bag, making sure to secure it so that no water would spill out.
After all preparations were made, Lanling took a deep breath and headed back towards the Shadow Spider Queen’s cave.
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Meanwhile, inside the Shadow Spider Queen’s cave, things had reached a critical juncture.
The sinister man’s envoy who had gone to purchase Vein-Severing Soul Water had returned, and now the man was forcing Ye Jingyu to drink it.
“Girl, if you don’t want to die, drink it willingly,” the sinister man sneered.
“Don’t force me to get rough.
It’d be such a waste if your beautiful face were to be ruined.”
Ye Jingyu clenched her mouth shut, struggling desperately to break free from the spider silk binding her.
But obviously, this was impossible.
The Shadow Spider Queen had cultivated for hundreds of years; the silk binding her could be thousands of strands strong, an amount that could not be broken even with a force of ten thousand pounds.
The sinister man pressed the cup of Vein-Severing Soul Water against Ye Jingyu’s lips, desperately trying to pour it down.
Ye Jingyu bit down hard, her eyes seeming to shoot fire.
“Drink the toast or face the consequences,” said the sinister man coldly, then he produced a dagger and stabbed it between Ye Jingyu’s teeth, forcibly prying her mouth open to pour the Vein-Severing Soul Water inside.
Once she drank the Vein-Severing Soul Water, Ye Jingyu’s veins would be destroyed, and her cultivation would be completely wasted.
She would then become nothing more than a plaything for this brute in front of her.
Witnessing this scene from outside, Lanling almost exploded with anger.
Who was Ye Jingyu?
Apart from his sister Suo Ningbing, she was the closest person to him, she was practically his family.
These people deserved to die a thousand times over!
Taking a deep breath, Lanling called out from the outside, “Gentlemen inside, do you not wish to have the head of the Shadow Spider Queen?
You should know, it’s worth more than a thousand Gold Coins.”
As soon as these words were uttered, the bandits in the cave were momentarily stunned, never expecting the presence of others.
Immediately after, their eyes nearly shot flames, having heard of the Shadow Spider Queen’s head and over a thousand gold coins.
Ye Jingyu almost went mad, exclaiming, “Idiot, why did you come back?
Run, run…”
“Boss, it’s that pretty boy, the one who had a stroke of shit-luck and killed the Shadow Spider Queen,” the sleazy man said.
The man with a sinister look on his face changed his expression upon hearing about Lanling’s arrival.
His first thought was whether that stunningly beautiful and incredibly powerful woman, Aluo, was with him.
“Don’t worry, that demoness Aluo isn’t here.
I barely escaped from her clutches,” Lanling said.
“Do you know who she is?”
With that, the attention of the few men present was immediately drawn.
Who was that fairy-like woman?
Was she not a female cultivator from the Dragon Temple?
“She is none other than the Black Widow, Meng Tuoluo, who strikes fear into everyone’s hearts,” Lanling said.
At these words, every person there felt their hair stand on end, and the bandits who were engaged in their filthy deeds almost completely lost their nerve.
The Black Widow?
The nightmarish Black Widow, before whom any man is certain to die.
She had a thousand faces, but no one who had seen her ever lived to tell the tale.
However, this made sense, explaining why that woman called Aluo was so devastatingly beautiful.
If she had been a holy maiden of the Dragon Temple, she wouldn’t have left so carelessly after killing the Shadow Spider Queen.
“Every man who has seen the Black Widow had to die, so how did you survive?” the sinister man asked.
“Simple, because I’m handsome, and I can draw and play the lute, which charmed her.
She not only spared me, but she also became my woman,” Lanling said.
“No woman would willingly kill the father of her future children, even if she wasn’t truly pregnant.”
The sinister man looked out at Lanling and immediately felt a pang of jealousy.
This pretty boy was truly damn handsome, even more beautiful than a woman.
“If that’s the case, instead of enjoying your beauty in the Snake Tribe, what are you doing here?” the sinister man said.
“Because I have another beauty here,” Lanling said.
“So, taking advantage of Meng Tuoluo’s absence, I secretly ran out to rescue my other beauty, who you are trying to force to drink the Vein-Severing Soul Water—that’s Ye Jingyu.”
“What do you propose?” the sinister man said.
“Let’s make a deal.
I’ll trade the Shadow Spider Queen’s head for my woman, how about that?” Lanling said.
As soon as these words came out, the sinister man burst into laughter, “Your martial arts are so pathetic, I could easily kill you and then snatch the Shadow Spider Queen’s head.”
“You should know that anyone who offends the Black Widow, their whole family will die miserably, no matter where they hide,” Lanling said.
“Look, this is the gold snake mask she gave me, representing my high status in the Snake Tribe.
If you kill me, not a single one of you here will live, and your families will also be wiped out.”
At these words, the color of everyone present drained from their faces.
The Black Widow’s targets indeed never escaped her wrath, even if they fled to the East Li Kingdom or North Wind Kingdom.
Lanling continued, “Moreover, this head of the Shadow Spider Queen is very fragile.
If I smash it on the ground, it will shatter to bits, and you’ll gain nothing.”
Then, Lanling lifted the sack high, ready to smash it to the ground at any moment.
“You say you have the Shadow Spider Queen’s head, why should I believe you?” the sinister man said.
Lanling simply opened the sack and revealed the enormous head inside—it was unmistakably that of the Shadow Spider Queen, impossible to fake.
“True, Ye Jingyu is beautiful.
But in my hands, the head of the Shadow Spider Queen is worth over a thousand gold coins.
That amount is equivalent to hunting five thousand Barbarian Tribes, enough to keep your team wealthy for many years,” Lanling continued.
Over a thousand gold coins—such an astronomical sum for these wild samurai.
Each man could pocket over a hundred gold coins, enough to buy a hundred acres of fertile land, including a manor, along with a dozen servants.
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that with this money, they could just retire and enjoy life.
Suddenly, the other members of the gang all looked at their leader with eager eyes.
Indeed, a beauty was rare, but gold was eternal.
With gold came everything, and any kind of beauty could be had.
“Alright, I agree to the deal.
Hand over the Shadow Spider Queen’s head, and I’ll release her,” the sinister man said.
“Do you take me for a fool?
There are so many of you here, each one’s martial arts are ten times better than mine.
You release her first, then I’ll hand over the Shadow Spider Queen’s head,” Lanling said.
The sinister man thought for a moment and then nodded.
To him, both ways of trading were the same.
As long as he got the head of the Shadow Spider Queen, neither the pretty boy nor the beauty could escape.
Once the queen’s head was in his hands, he would immediately turn on them, capture the two again, take the woman for himself, and tear the man apart to eat his flesh.
So, the sinister man pulled out the Blood-Coated Wujin Dagger and fiercely cut all the spider silk binding Ye Jingyu.
“Thump…” Ye Jingyu fell straight down, hitting the ground.
She had been tied up too long, so her body was almost numb, and it took her a good while to recover.
After getting up, she stared coldly at the sinister man for a while, then hastened her steps toward Lanling.
Throughout the process, the sinister man and his team did not intervene, allowing Ye Jingyu to walk over to Lanling’s side.
“That’s settled, now throw over the Shadow Spider Queen’s head.
You know you can’t make any moves, or you will undoubtedly die,” the sinister man said.
Shielded by the big sack, Lanling poured all the lime pellets, weighing over a pound, into the Shadow Spider Queen’s head.
“Catch,” and with that, Lanling violently threw the head of the spider queen towards the sinister man.
