This was undoubtedly a death wish, making Ye Yunzhou’s brow furrow tightly.
But it’s just as well; it saves him from having to make a move.
Ye Yunzhou silently took out a Spirit Stone from the space and began absorbing it for healing, waiting until after Jiang Lai sent herself to death to ensure he could handle this wolf.
At that moment, something warm and fishy suddenly splashed on his face, causing his brow to furrow.
Opening his eyes to look ahead, a huge wolf head rolled in front of him, its wide eyes filled with shock and fear.
Ye Yunzhou stared for a long time, feeling an unusual dead silence before slowly raising his head, and then he saw Jiang Lai straddling the wolf’s body.
The demon wolf’s farthest head had already fallen, and along with the head, its massive body collapsed, catching everyone off guard.
Carefully examining the wolf head before him, Ye Yunzhou suddenly understood.
It seemed like the wolf had three heads, but in fact, only one head controlled the body. No wonder, no wonder the three-headed demon wolf never had disagreements; the other two were merely like tails or limbs.
Jiang Lai had seen through this.
Ye Yunzhou was somewhat surprised; the woman before him seemed a bit smarter than he had imagined.
However, she was cunning and treacherous, and could not be spared.
After slaying the demon wolf, Jiang Lai continued to busy herself, and Ye Yunzhou saw that she was extracting the wolf’s Spiritual Pearl.
An eighth-rank or higher spirit beast will usually develop a Spiritual Pearl inside its belly. In general, when faced with unavoidable danger, such high-level spirit beasts will detonate the pearl to perish together with the enemy, but evidently, this demon wolf hadn’t expected to be slain by a weak woman, thus preserving its pearl completely within.
One Spiritual Pearl from a spirit beast.
It’s one of the important tasks on the Task Scroll.
Coincidentally obtained by Jiang Lai.
Watching her, heedless of the stench, nearly crawling halfway inside to find the pearl, Ye Yunzhou’s brow remained furrowed.
After a while, Jiang Lai emerged covered in blood; seeing her smiling expression, it was clear she had obtained the pearl.
Now, with the demon wolf slain and the danger eliminated, the next step was to find a way out of there.
Jiang Lai glanced at the door before her, recalling Mu Wu’s means of opening it, and then cast a deep gaze towards Ye Yunzhou.
"Do you want to go out and find Mu Wu?"
Ye Yunzhou noticed her malicious gaze, instantly understanding her intention.
"Do you want to die?"
"I don’t want to, which is why I’m asking for your help. You’ve got a grand fortune; can’t you suffer a little? Otherwise, we’ll both be stuck here."
Ye Yunzhou’s thin lips tightened. If it weren’t for the chaos within his spiritual power and worsening injuries, he would surely have tossed Jiang Lai to the door right then.
Jiang Lai saw him remaining silent and, irrespective of his agreement, strode over, while Ye Yunzhou rose to confront her, staring coldly as described in the original plot. His gaze was icy and authoritative, carrying a hint of an undeniable superior aura that made people subconsciously want to submit.
But this gaze had no effect on Jiang Lai; not only did she refuse to submit, she even desired to subdue him.
It seemed the protagonist still lacked the knocks from society, thinking a mere look could solve everything.
Thus, Jiang Lai didn’t hesitate to act. With Pudding, a fierce yet fearless bit of nose booger on her shoulder, both human and beast were fully prepared for a confrontation. Ye Yunzhou wasn’t foolish; he knew he might not be a match for Jiang Lai at this moment.
So he picked up a stone and hurled it at the stone door.
A thud echoed.
The stone door creaked open slowly.
Jiang Lai wasn’t surprised at all, merely smiled towards Ye Yunzhou.
"If you’d acted so sensibly earlier, we wouldn’t have wasted time."
With that, she entered the stone door.
Perhaps intending to trip Jiang Lai, Ye Yunzhou followed closely behind through the door, and once the door closed behind them, he stumbled a step with a pale face, his eyes shutting and lips turning purple, the sweat covering his incredibly handsome face.
It was clear to see the symptoms of venom.
Jiang Lai halted for a while, then waved her hand.
"Let’s go."
Ye Yunzhou fell in pain, even his collapsing posture retained a fragile beauty.
Jiang Lai continued onwards, believing the correlation between the male and female leads would surely lead her to find him before he died.
More crucial than his survival was that her fourth senior brother couldn’t die.
Even if Mu Wu wouldn’t kill him, she would certainly scheme against him secretly.
There was only one path ahead, and Jiang Lai kept walking forward, until she finally saw Ye Yunzhou lying on the ground, his lips cyanotic.
She frowned slightly.
"Unlucky."
Little Buding chimed in from beside her.
"If you don’t help him, he’ll die."
"What’s the benefit of helping him?"
"If the male lead doesn’t die, what’s the benefit? Have you ever seen a novel where the male lead dies at the start? Quickly, give him something to sustain his life, the female lead will find him soon."
Fear the odds, not the absolute; Jiang Lai, acting as a cannon fodder, wished to kill the leads, while Little Buding had to keep a close watch to prevent her from bringing about her own demise.
Jiang Lai, with a stern face, squatted down and directly pinched Ye Yunzhou’s cheeks to make him open his mouth, but even in a faint, the man’s teeth were clenched tight.
Jiang Lai frowned, pondered for a bit, and directly dislocated his jaw, making it easy to open his mouth. Then, begrudgingly, she squeezed a bit of honey nectar into it; just enough to keep him alive was sufficient.
"You’re too stingy."
"Any more whining and I won’t do it."
Feeding him was already an act of great kindness, and yet he still accused her of stinginess. If the male lead weren’t supposed to survive, Jiang Lai would gladly have erected a monument for him.
After squeezing in the nectar, Jiang Lai noticed he hadn’t swallowed.
Indeed, male leads are cautious, wishing they could stand guard with their eyes wide open even during sleep.
She impatiently squeezed a little more, then pinched his nose.
Soon, Ye Yunzhou swallowed the nectar.
Once finished, Jiang Lai stood to leave, suddenly realizing her clothes were soaked in blood, reeking of a bloody smell that could attract spirit beasts. She pondered briefly and stripped off her coat, tossing it onto Ye Yunzhou.
Let him suffer more.
In the original plot, the male lead wasn’t so kind; watching her near death, he wouldn’t even lift a finger.
Jiang Lai took two steps away but couldn’t resist, turning back to spit on him, then left satisfied.
"Petty."
"Peh, peh, say again and I’ll spit on you too."
"As if anyone else couldn’t; peh, peh, peh!"
"Peh, peh, peh peh!"
"Peh, peh, peh peh peh!"
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Eventually, Jiang Lai found the switch on the surrounding walls to leave this strange loop, entering into another mysterious space.
All around was pitch black, with floating glowing objects above her head. Looking closely, she discovered floating eyeballs, each connected to a thin, inconspicuous red thread.
Following the direction of the threads, Jiang Lai saw a gigantic, mysterious creature ahead.