Fiancée Stolen by MC, I Trip Them up-Chapter 264 - 166: Witch Demon

Zhao Yi rode the Taotie to Sumeru Mountain and immediately sensed something different about the place.

Hui Yan was missing.

Zhao Yi remembered that when he left, this ambitious monk was busy rebuilding Little Leiyin Temple. However, after sweeping the entire Sumeru Mountain with his divine sense, he found no trace of Hui Yan.

There were two possibilities in this situation.

One, he had temporarily left; two, he was dead.

Zhao Yi felt the second possibility was greater because he caught a whiff of a smell similar to the stench of decaying corpses in the air.

This odor Zhao Yi hadn't encountered elsewhere, not even on a demon cultivator practicing demon techniques, was it so foul.

Zhao Yi speculated that it was likely an undead mage from the magic world.

Those people dealt with corpses year-round and were always surrounded by undead creatures, so it was normal for them to carry the stench of decay.

Zhao Yi recalled the undead rule from the Treasure Tower Secret Realm that controlled the skeleton warriors, which even he found troubling.

If the one who came from another plane world was indeed an undead mage, then it would not be surprising for Hui Yan to have died at their hands.

"Taotie, find the source of the stench."

Knowing this trip was a search for someone, Zhao Yi had specifically brought the Taotie with him.

On one hand, the Taotie had strong regenerative abilities and was not afraid of attrition battles.

Even if it was chopped to just a head, as long as it had a breath left in it, its body could grow back.

On the other hand, the Taotie was famous for its insatiable greed and had an incredibly keen sense of smell.

When the Taotie was at the Crown Prince's Mansion, even the cooks didn't dare to steal ingredients.

Because no one could fool the Taotie's nose, even if they hid sausages in the grain, they could not escape its tracking.

Hearing Zhao Yi's order, the Taotie responded quickly, sniffed the air, and soon pinpointed the source of the stench.

"Master, the stench is coming from over there!"

Zhao Yi looked in the direction the Taotie was pointing and discovered it was a rock wall.

If the protagonist were here, he would recognize that this rock wall was the one where he picked the Arhat Fruit at Sumeru Mountain in the Treasure Tower Secret Realm.

The real rock wall clearly had something hidden inside; otherwise, the undead mage from the magic world wouldn't have gone straight into the rock wall after arriving.

"Turns out it was in the stone; no wonder my divine sense couldn't detect it."

Zhao Yi glanced at the rock wall, then retreated a kilometer with the Taotie, found a millstone-sized rock on the ground, and hurled it at the rock wall with great force.

Zhao Yi possessed immense strength; the kilometer distance was like being face-to-face for him, but it provided a sufficient buffer to avoid any possible ambush.

The stone whistled as it flew, crossing the space almost instantly, and smashed heavily into the rock wall.

Boom!

Even standing a kilometer away, Zhao Yi could feel the vibrations under his feet.

A kilometer away, a cloud of dust billowed as if the entire mountain was shaking, like it might collapse at any moment.

At this moment, the Taotie at Zhao Yi's feet suddenly stood up.

Its eyes widened, and its ugly, long face was filled with a disgusted expression.

"Master, that stinky thing has come out. Ugh, how can something be so smelly, even worse than stinky tofu!"

Taotie was not picky; it could eat anything, even excrement.

Stinky tofu was the only food it couldn't accept.

Comparing the undead mage to stinky tofu, it seemed genuinely nauseated.

Zhao Yi ignored the Taotie and kept his gaze fixed on the rock wall.

Through the rolling dust, a small gray-black figure emerged from the collapsed part of the rock wall.

The gray-black figure flew out from the dust and immediately spotted Zhao Yi standing in the distance. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

It screeched like a giant bat, glaring with small grayish-white eyes full of malice, and charged at Zhao Yi.

"Damn underworld worm, how dare you ambush the noble Sakhir the Lich, I will turn you into a zombie and make you endure the cruelest tortures of this world!"

A lich?

Seeing the small, gray-black figure, Zhao Yi immediately lost interest.

He could tell that this lich was at least at the Tier Ten Void Realm or higher in cultivation.

Its physical body was strong, likely soaked in special potions, and was unharmed by the intense collapse just now.

Zhao Yi remembered that liches weren't particularly adept at undead magic; they prided themselves on their undying bodies and their speed and physical strength, which far surpassed humans.

If it encountered someone else, they might have had no way to handle it.

For example, Hui Yan was completely restrained by it.

But it met someone like Zhao Yi, someone just like itself, and was heading right into the line of fire.

The distance was closing fast, and Sakhir the Lich's withered, ghastly face twisted into a weird, grotesque smile, as its clawed hands opened to reveal sharp nails.

As if it smelled the tantalizing aroma of Zhao Yi's hot blood, Sakhir couldn't help but lick its lips, eyes fixed on Zhao Yi's neck, as if about to feast eagerly.

"You underworld worm smell so good, Lord Sakhir has changed his mind! I won't kill you; I'll keep you alive and brew your blood into wine, the taste must be intoxicating... huh?"

When Saqir was immersed in his own fantasies and unable to extricate himself, he suddenly felt a tightness around his neck, and then he was lifted by something.

He was stunned for a moment, instantly coming to his senses, then saw that stupid Lower Realm insect coldly staring at him.

Witch Demons don't need to breathe, so even if their neck is grabbed, they are not affected.

What surprised him was Zhao Yi's speed.

"How is this possible?"

A hint of human-like confusion appeared in Saqir's dull, gray eyes.

"How could your speed be so fast? Could it be that you've broken through to the Tier Ten Fighting God?"

"Impossible, the barrier of this world is sealed by the gods working together, how could you break through? If you're not a Fighting God, there's no way you could be this fast!"

"Damn it, those bastards set me up. They said this trip was to take advantage of a situation, but it turned out to be sending me to death!"

Held by his neck, Saqir could only raise his head with difficulty.

He looked up at Zhao Yi, his shriveled face trying hard to put on a sincere expression, "This Fighting God, I surrender! I can work with you, I'm willing to tell you everything I know!"

Zhao Yi looked at the Witch Demon in his hand, a faint smile on his face.

He shook his head, sneering, "No wonder the Undead Mages are despised, you dirty, ugly, despicable, and wretched things really are disgusting."

Having said that, Zhao Yi glanced at the position where his hand gripped the Witch Demon's neck, then at Saqir, seeing its increasingly uneasy gaze, he smiled and asked, "Trying to buy time? Are you waiting for me to die from the poison?"

Saqir's eyes widened immediately upon hearing this, "How did you....."

"How did I know?" Zhao Yi interrupted him, raising his hand. "It's no secret that the Witch Demon's body is highly poisonous, how could I not know?"

After finishing, Zhao Yi shook his head, "It's said that Witch Demons are cunning, but it seems like that's all they amount to. Since I dared to make a move, how could I not have any precautions? You fool didn't think I was as brainless as you, did you?"

Saqir's gaze finally changed.

No longer pretending to be timid, it revealed the savagery and viciousness of an undead creature.

Saqir threatened Zhao Yi, "I am an appendage of the Sage of Time, if you dare to kill me, the Sage of Time will not let you go once they find out!"

Zhao Yi nodded, thoughtfully, "That dangerous? Then just make sure he doesn't find out!"

After speaking, Zhao Yi casually snapped the Witch Demon's neck and tossed it to the Taotie.

"Eat it!"

The Taotie instinctively pinned the Witch Demon down with a claw.

Something strange happened.

The Witch Demon was a Tier Ten Returning Void Realm undead creature, while Taotie was only Tier Eight Ascension Realm.

In terms of power, the Witch Demon should have easily crushed the Taotie.

But when the Taotie's claw pressed on the Witch Demon's body, the Witch Demon froze, as if caught by a hawk, without even the courage to resist against its natural enemy.

"What, what is this freak thing?"

This time, Saqir was truly afraid.

He smelled the scent of death on the Taotie.

This was unimaginable for a Witch Demon who had survived for tens of thousands of years.

The Taotie ignored Saqir.

Pressing Saqir down with one claw to stop him from moving, it bitterly looked at Zhao Yi, "Master, can't I not eat it? This thing smells too foul, it's nauseating!"

Hearing this, Zhao Yi comforted it, "This thing is like stinky tofu, smells bad, but tastes delicious!"

Upon hearing "stinky tofu," the Taotie's narrow, ugly face turned even grimmer.

Seeing it dither, Zhao Yi irritably said, "What are you still staring blankly for? This is a Tier Ten Returning Void Realm undead Witch Demon, do you understand what Tier Ten Returning Void Realm means? No one in your Taotie clan has ever eaten anything this high-grade!"

Tier Ten Returning Void Realm?

Upon hearing these words, the Taotie finally perked up a bit.

It opened its mouth cautiously, inching toward the Witch Demon's claw.

Seeing this, Saqir's mouth twisted into a cold smile, "My body has been soaked in the Sage of Time's treasure medicine, impervious to sword and fire, and you Lower Realm insect want to eat me? Watch out for your teeth..... Ah?"

In the middle of Saqir's words, the Taotie opened its mouth and bit off half of his arm.

With Saqir's arm in its mouth, the Taotie looked back at him and asked confusingly, "What did you just say?"

"Monster!"

Being a Witch Demon, losing an arm didn't hurt Saqir, his scream of fear was mostly from the Taotie effortlessly destroying the body he was most proud of, causing him immense psychological trauma.

As Zhao Yi watched the Witch Demon, it pointed at the Taotie calling it a monster, finding the scene quite ridiculous.

Seeing the Taotie hesitate with Saqir's arm in its mouth, Zhao Yi kicked it.

"What are you dawdling for, hurry up and take care of it, there's still business at the Crown Prince's Mansion!"

The Purple Sky Divine Thunder's injury was almost healed, and it could attack at any moment.

Time was running out for Zhao Yi!

ps: Having lunch at noon, the title of the next chapter will be "Sweet Romance"!!!