I Bound Myself to a Destructive Witch-Chapter 489 - 457. Little brat, you just wait

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The slap was precise and firm, its sound crisp.

He Jianzhu’s head buzzed as she saw the disrespectful child lifting his palm to strike a third time. She quickly moved her hand behind her.

She caught his big wrist.

"Stop!"

"Hmm?"

Xia Feng’s dark pupils slightly lifted. He Jianzhu’s stiff smile returned to being gentle and composed. In a soft voice, she said, "Auntie knows she was wrong. Can you leave me some face, please?"

He Jianzhu’s voice was soft with a kind of persuasive warmth. Xia Feng thought it over and seemed to relax his shoulders as if he was going to lower his hand.

Seeing this, He Jianzhu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but naturally, this wasn’t going to be the end of it!

How could He Jianzhu accept such humiliating treatment? If it weren’t for the fact that this mission targeting Xia Feng was of the highest level, she would have dissolved her diversion body right there and then... If she couldn’t beat him, couldn’t she just avoid him?

It was ridiculous for her original body to assign such a weak diversion body for a mission of the highest level. It was natural that she would only be bullied.

The power of the diversion bodies is generally based on their age. Her current diversion body was very young, with low strength and few stored memories.

But wait, brat, I’ll remember this vengeance!

Today, not only did this child repeatedly deceive and bully my diversion body, but he also audaciously slapped my side, showing no respect for his elders! This is a colossal disgrace! If there comes a day, I will surely make him kneel and present his bottom to me, blooming flowers on his buttocks!

As for the mission to gain Xia Feng’s favor...

The mission is one thing, personal grievances another!

Once the mission is accomplished, then I will settle the private grudges. There’s no conflict in that!

"Miss Jianzhu, you’re cursing me in your mind, aren’t you?" Xia Feng felt like sneezing, and the hand he had just lowered rose again.

He Jianzhu quickly moved her hands to block in front of her hips, clasping them together, her slender hands gripping Xia Feng’s five fingers, their fingers interlocking.

"Little Feng, there’s no need for you to be so hostile toward me."

He Jianzhu said helplessly, "If you had met my other diversion bodies, you would know that I have always been helping you and never harmed you."

Her words were indeed true. Xia Feng blinked, hesitated for a moment, but still lowered his hand.

However, in fact, he never really had much hostility toward He Jianzhu. Hitting her just now... well, he simply felt like hitting her.

Who could blame him? This woman looked 99.99% like Mu Qingtong, which just made him particularly want to bully her.

Thinking this, Xia Feng felt a bit helpless again. Damn, am I bullying He Jianzhu just because I can’t bully Mu Qingtong?

"Fine."

Xia Feng gripped the silver-haired woman’s delicate chin, lifting it to look from one side to the other, "I’ll let you go for now."

To be fair, the He Jianzhu he had encountered in the Garden resembled Miss Mu quite significantly, appearing more mature and even dignified, naturally inspiring respect.

Clearly, the He Jianzhu before him must represent what she looked like in her youth, looking exactly like Miss Mu.

This made Xia Feng wonder if Mu Qingtong could also be one of He Jianzhu’s diversion bodies.

Considering this, Xia Feng shook his head. It was unlikely. If that were the case, then He Jianzhu would be too incredible.

"Boom!!!"

Being played with by Xia Feng holding his chin, He Jianzhu felt dissatisfied and was about to say something when a distant explosion erupted from the depths of the dark sky.

Waves of grey surged towards them, and a terrifying blood-red mushroom cloud rose visibly into the sky.

The mushroom cloud, instead of dissipating, shimmered like a thunderous cloud layer and began to move in their direction.

As the mushroom cloud advanced, several figures tumbled out of the cloud, including strangely shaped members of the Evil Clan and some Evils.

They fled frantically toward this side, with the mushroom cloud like a thunder god administering celestial punishment, annihilating a life form with a single bolt of blood lightning.

"Kid, stop dawdling and start running."

At He Jianzhu’s urging, Xia Feng turned and ran. "What in the world is that thing?"

"Magic Mist Thunder, these things are scattered throughout the Evil Demon Sea, like mines hidden in the grass, exploding when you least expect it and then indiscriminately pursuing life forms."

"Those below the Venerable, or below the Six-eyed, perish upon contact; only at the Seven-Eyed Level can one possibly contend with it."

"Is that so..." Xia Feng glanced back at the blood-red mushroom cloud. Through the Evil Demon Heart, he could clearly feel the presence of a large number of Blood Beasts within the cloud.

These Blood Beasts seemed alive, gathering together and indiscriminately attacking life forms.

"I see not many creatures inhabit the Evil Demon Sea; have they all been killed by that thing?"

"Some have."

He Jianzhu seemed quite familiar with this area, explaining softly, "Those who enter here possess either Evil Blood Mist or Evil Heart Demon Blood. Thus, not all who enter are in search of the Divine Relics of the Evil Demon; some are purely here to snatch the Evil Heart Demon Blood from others, hoping to ultimately obtain the Evil Demon’s authority of immortality."

"Of course, some of the Evil Clan come here to devour Dead Spirits. The Evil Demon Sea wanders with numerous Advanced Dead Spirits, which for the Evil Clan, make it a treasured place."

Dead Spirits refer to souls that have lost their body, Spiritual Particles, and Spiritual Base, retaining only the Spiritual Quality of the Residual Soul, which would normally disperse quickly but remain due to the unique environment.

For the Evil Clan, leveling up is simple: they just kill and devour the Spiritual Quality of life forms, the stronger the life form, the better the Spiritual Quality, and the better the enhancement.

Thus, Dead Spirits are also on the Evil Clan’s menu, particularly as they are a nourishing delicacy too weak to resist.

Xia Feng continued to sprint toward the direction of the Refining God Tower, encountering few creatures on the way.

From entering the Evil Demon Sea until now, almost ten hours had passed, and he had encountered fewer than ten life forms.

It was as if they had all died out.

Haunted by doubts, Xia Feng wanted to ask He Jianzhu more questions when suddenly, a chill crept up the back of his neck.

Deathly chill descended fast!

His senses alerted him to a silent crack opening right above him, like a spectacled king cobra opening its vast mouth, sharp fangs bared, lunging ferociously toward his head.

Reacting quickly, Xia Feng slipped into the Holy Knight Space and reappeared a hundred meters away half a second later.

"Boom—" The snake-like crack snapped shut on empty air and rustled out of space, revealing a bizarre bone-white long snake, within which the figure of a man appeared, coiling and circling.

The man, gaunt and pale-faced with a sinister look, had the Bone Snake wrapped around his waist, slowly writhing, cold greenish vertical pupils fixating on Xia Feng.

At the same time, another man with a bone spider on his head approached swiftly from the distant sky and landed beside the Bone Snake man.

First, the Bone Snake man turned to He Jianzhu, his sinister eyes flickering excitedly for a couple of seconds before he glanced at Xia Feng, "Is this the lad Lord Peach Blossom is looking for?"

"Lord She Pan, Lord Peach Blossom will arrive soon; He instructed us not to act rashly."

The spider man spoke in a deep tone, "You need not take action at this moment."