“Pu!”
The Devil, who had been grinning viciously and speaking, was suddenly plastered in the face with a takeout attack by Ling Xiaoyou, even having a good portion of the food forcibly stuffed into his mouth.
[Devil’s profanity]
This damned condensed little Ghost dares to toy with me like this!
I’ll make her pay!
The Devil’s heart was filled with fury, both because Ling Xiaoyou had smeared him with takeout and because he felt provoked.
He was stronger than Ling Xiaoyou, and in Hell, the weak must submit to the strong.
Just like the ‘downfall of the strong by the weak’ often mentioned in some Island Nation stories, in Hell, if you can’t defeat the strong, the weak will face a storm of rage.
In such rage, death is already considered the easiest outcome.
The Devil, who had been smeared with takeout, was only a small figure in Hell, but in his own eyes, he was the strong one here.
For one born from Hell, the strong can dominate everything of the weak—even their lives!
That’s why he had treated Ling Xiaoyou with such arrogance before.
And now, the Devil was like boiling magma, furious!
He tore the takeout box from his face, crumpling it into a ball of scrap metal.
The food inside splattered from the violent action, scattering over his entire body, but he didn’t care at all.
His vertical pupils, reddened with anger, stared deathly at Ling Xiaoyou, as if wishing to tear her to pieces!
Yet what unsettled the Devil even more was that, under his aura of oppression, Ling Xiaoyou showed no sign of panic.
Instead, she smiled at him, even finding the time to gently comfort the little girl he’d scared.
Does she have some backing?
Or is she just bluffing?
Such thoughts flashed through the Devil’s mind, but he quickly brushed them away.
No matter what, he had to take the little girl away.
And to do that, he had to deal with this little Ghost first!
Thinking this, the Devil bared his teeth and let out a roar.
Then, his thick arms—wider than Ling Xiaoyou’s waist—lunged out like lightning, grabbing toward the little girl and Ling Xiaoyou.
But Ling Xiaoyou remained calm, smiling at the Devil as if watching a joke.
That gaze made the Devil even angrier, yet his unease grew.
Soon, that unease became reality, bursting across his body.
“Chichi!!”
Instantly, a burning pain, like being set on fire, erupted all over him, accompanied by a corrosive ‘chichi’ sound and white smoke.
“Gah!!! You damned little Ghost, what did you do to me?!”
The Devil clawed at his skin where the pain came, as if trying to tear away the burning, corroded flesh.
“I didn’t do anything to you~”
Ling Xiaoyou made a face that seemed perfect for calling someone ‘small fry~’ and said, “I just treated you to a specialty from our Underworld—Youquan Shaofan.”
She paused, looking at the Devil whose body now sizzled with countless black and red fluids oozing from the corroded spots, appearing a hundred times more terrifying than before.
“It’s just that our Underworld’s specialty doesn’t seem to agree with you, Devil.”
“That’s how you use that phrase, right?”
Ling Xiaoyou tilted her little head, ignoring the Devil’s increasingly vicious glare, and continued on her own, “Anyway, Devil, there’s one thing you need to know.”
She watched as the Devil, fighting through the agony while his body was still being corroded, slowly stood up.
Suddenly, Ling Xiaoyou smiled.
That smile was so bright, it seemed to dispel even the darkness in the Underground Shelter.
“Guo Huo and Youquan Shaofan are a perfect match!”
Ling Xiaoyou raised her small hand, and an ethereal blue flame burst to life in her palm.
Then, she flung the flame fiercely at the Devil rushing toward her.
In an instant, Guo Huo spread over the Devil like maggots on bones, taking root and linking up with the Ghost Energy and Yin Qi inside his body.
“Boom!!!”
The Devil’s entire body was engulfed by Guo Huo, the ghostly blue flames carrying corrosive Ghost Energy and Yin Qi, burning him and causing unbearable pain.
“Roar!!”
The Devil let out a roar, the pain so intense that even his non-human body couldn’t withstand it.
He slammed his thick arms wildly against everything around him, venting pain and rage.
Walls, shelves, tables, chandeliers—he destroyed them all.
At this moment, the Underground Shelter looked like a disaster-stricken ruin under the Devil’s rampage.
He no longer cared about ‘Spirit Nurturers’ or revenge against Exorcists—he only wanted that little Ghost dead!
But the Devil’s eyes had long since been burned away by Guo Huo; he could see nothing.
If he could see, he would have realized that Ling Xiaoyou was no longer there.
The moment she threw Guo Huo onto the Devil, Ling Xiaoyou had activated every acceleration spell she knew, grabbing Xiaoyu and speeding past the Devil, leaving the Underground Shelter and the mansion behind.
Now, dashing through the dim forest, Ling Xiaoyou listened to the furious roar behind her and let out a long sigh of relief.
If she could still sweat, she felt her back would be drenched in cold sweat.
Using Youquan to infuse Devil with Yin Qi, then igniting it with Guo Huo—she hadn’t been all that confident in the plan.
After all, no matter how perfect the plan, the gap in strength alone could have overturned it.
But fortunately, the Devil was rather dumb, which let Ling Xiaoyou pull off the plan with ease—and even show off a bit in front of him.
Thinking of this, Ling Xiaoyou felt a bit impressed with herself.
If she could, she wanted to take out her little mirror and admire her heroic self.
As expected of you, Ling Xiaoyou—effortlessly tricking the Devil into running in circles!
***
Elsewhere, Bai Shuanglian stood high above the Abandoned Park.
At her feet, a Law Array covered in Runes glowed with intricate brilliance, while golden light shone in her hands.
“Reveal!”
With Bai Shuanglian’s clear command, the Law Array at her feet activated.
Golden Runes spread across the entire Park, making everything visible to her eyes.
Naturally, that included the hollow space beneath the Park.
A smile tugged at Bai Shuanglian’s lips—the Law Array she’d prepared all day had finally uncovered the hidden area.
Although she could only see a vague outline, she’d found their location.
Devils!