The Fox Spirit Raised by the Villain Wants to Defect - Chapter 61

Coal Ball’s shout immediately drew the attention of countless pairs of eyes; those twinkling eyes shone extremely brightly in the darkness.

Before the demon beast carrying Xiao Yu could get closer, that group of eyes rapidly flashed toward them. The overlapping footsteps made the surroundings vibrate, feeling as if the air itself was shaking.

Xiao Yu could only infer from the sound of the footsteps that the demon beasts approaching them were not friendly. Just like the ones that attacked her before, they were all coming for her life.

“Unleash your innate divine ability.”

The demon beast carrying Xiao Yu finished speaking and let out a low roar at the group of demon beasts, briefly intimidating them. The demon beasts in front stopped, but showed no intention of leaving.

Xiao Yu vaguely guessed something and dared not delay, immediately deploying the Charm Technique, but it couldn’t cover all the demon beasts.

Coal Ball reported the movements of the demon beasts in real-time in her ear. Those enveloped by the Charm Technique became sluggish, while the demon beasts outside the range continued to push forward.

But Xiao Yu’s demonic energy was close to being depleted, and she couldn’t maintain the technique any longer.

She had not yet reached the cultivation level necessary to forcefully control so many demon beasts.

Exhausted, Xiao Yu collapsed onto the demon beast’s back. She gasped for air, raising her eyes only to see the lights in the darkness gradually extinguish, becoming fewer and fewer.

“Your demonic energy is really weak.” The demon beast saw Xiao Yu stop moving and roared again at the surrounding demon beasts.

This time, its roar was answered.

The demon beasts whose eyes were no longer glowing broke free from the Charm Technique, seemingly regaining their consciousness. They roared at the demon beasts still lingering behind them, gradually forcing them to retreat.

Coal Ball stared blankly, forgetting to tell Xiao Yu what was happening.

“How strange, they’ve actually split internally…”

Xiao Yu didn’t understand what Coal Ball meant. She released a small light cluster to float forward, opening her eyes wide to look.

In the areas her vision could reach, demon beasts were indeed confronting each other, forming a dividing line between the group with glowing eyes and the dark area around her.

The demon beasts bared their fangs and roared softly, warning the opposite side not to approach.

Observing this shift, a wild guess suddenly flashed through Xiao Yu’s mind. She hastily took out a pill and swallowed it. After waiting for a moment, she felt some of her demonic energy recover and immediately cast the Charm Technique, focusing it only on three demon beasts with glowing eyes.

Moments later, those three pairs of eyes dimmed.

Her guess was right!

“My Charm Technique works on you, doesn’t it? Something like an effect that restores consciousness?” She leaned against the demon beast’s back, continuing to restore her demonic energy.

If she could restore the consciousness of these demon beasts, she would most likely not be attacked again!

This was a way out!

The demon beast snorted, pouring cold water on her idea: “Your Charm Technique can indeed awaken these Nether Beasts (Ming Shou), but with your current ability, you can only sustain it for a few hours at most. When they lose their consciousness again, will you still have the demonic energy to continue using the Charm Technique?”

Xiao Yu fell silent.

Why would this thing wear off?

Her heart clenched. She quickly asked the demon beast, “Will you also lose your consciousness after a few hours?”

If so, wouldn’t she be in great danger?

The demon beast didn’t answer.

Xiao Yu’s heart sank, and she immediately wanted to flee.

“Then if I use the Charm Technique on you again, can it prolong the effect?” The demon bone she had tested earlier started glowing again after she did that.

The demon beast uttered a sentence: “It might be useful.”

The demon beasts in front were gradually being forced back. They seemed somewhat afraid of the demon beasts awakened by Xiao Yu’s Charm Technique.

“Is there any other way?” Xiao Yu could see those light spots gradually moving away. The danger was temporarily gone, but this group of demon beasts would go mad again in a few hours. If her demonic energy didn’t recover in time, she definitely wouldn’t escape.

She needed to find a better way—a method that could completely awaken them without any side effects.

“Do you know what this place is?” The demon beast walked into the group of demon beasts. Its physique was much larger than theirs. The surrounding demon beasts all avoided it, respectfully lowering their heads.

Xiao Yu didn’t know; she was thrown down by Yan Qing without any preparation.

“This place leads to death. It is a place the world avoids, yet you came here.”

The demon beast walked steadily, seemingly taking care of Xiao Yu’s injuries so as not to jolt her.

Xiao Yu was surprised. This was another place she hadn’t seen in the book. From now on, the original book could be tossed aside; this bizarre world was far more complicated than a simple story.

“I was thrown down here to gain insight into my innate divine ability…”

Her words were met with the demon beast’s ruthless sarcasm: “Few demon beasts who come here to gain insight into their innate divine ability can ever leave.”

The demon beast walked at the front, followed by dozens of demon beasts, like a leader guiding its subjects.

“Senior, can you tell me how I can leave this place?” Xiao Yu quickly asked. While this demon beast was still conscious, she needed to find out exactly what this place was.

The demon beast didn’t answer immediately. Instead, it asked, “How much of your demonic energy have you recovered?”

Xiao Yu felt it. Her nearly depleted demonic energy had only recovered 40 percent. It would still take time to fully recover.

And the darkness ahead was endless.

“Too little. Hurry up and recover.” The demon beast’s words seemed to hide another meaning. Xiao Yu glanced at it with a light cluster, but its massive body couldn’t be fully seen.

“Senior, if my innate divine ability can remain effective, or completely awaken you all, will it prevent you from losing consciousness again?”

This was met with its doubt: “Can you do that? There are far more Nether Beasts here than you imagine.”

Xiao Yu gritted her teeth. With a swollen hand and one numb arm, it was indeed difficult for her to achieve this.

Unless she suddenly had an epiphany and gained insight into an innate divine ability related to this area.

Now, only focusing on restoring her demonic energy was the way forward.

“Senior, what do you mean by ‘Nether Beasts’? Are they different from demon beasts?”

The demon beast’s answer made Xiao Yu’s heart sink: “Demon beasts that survive on the edge of the Netherworld are called Nether Beasts. If you can’t get out, you will become a Nether Beast just like us.”

“I know this! My brother once said that a place outside the Three Realms is called the Netherworld. I didn’t expect the entrance to this place to be in the Demon Territory!”

Coal Ball’s voice was heard by the Nether Beast. The Nether Beast rolled its eyes and looked toward Coal Ball’s direction: “You have a demon with you? He looks like he’s about to dissipate.”

Xiao Yu’s heart tightened. She was about to ask about Coal Ball’s condition when the Nether Beast added: “However, there is a place here where demonic energy has emerged. Your little demon can go there to recuperate.”

Coal Ball was so delighted that he nearly fell off the tip of Xiao Yu’s ear. He clung tightly to avoid falling.

“Then let’s go quickly!”

The Nether Beast’s next sentence, however, extinguished the hopes of both Xiao Yu and Coal Ball.

“But that place has been occupied by a powerful Nether Beast as its lair. If you go now, you will be committing suicide.”

Xiao Yu fell silent.

Coal Ball stopped talking too.

The Nether Beast paused its steps and suddenly turned its head, letting out a roar at the surrounding Nether Beasts that were following it. The Nether Beasts all turned and scattered, running away.

“Coal Ball, how much longer can you hold on?”

Xiao Yu dared not touch the ear where Coal Ball was staying, fearing that one touch would make him disappear.

She put the Sword Flute back. If Coal Ball was gone, she would have to face the unknown dangers ahead alone.

What should she do to leave this place?

Coal Ball mumbled and didn’t speak.

Xiao Yu understood.

“If we get close to the place with demonic energy, how far do you need to be from it to recover?”

Coal Ball wanted to say they shouldn’t go, but his body was smaller than a bean. If he didn’t replenish his demonic energy, he would completely dissipate if this continued.

He didn’t speak, and the Nether Beast answered for him: “The demonic energy there is quite rich. If you get closer, your little demon will recover quickly.”

The Nether Beast seemed very familiar with demons. Xiao Yu couldn’t help but ask it, “Senior, were you born in this place?”

If it was a Nether Beast born in the Netherworld but had never been out, would it know about demons and her using the innate divine ability of the Demon Clan?

Or had previous demon beasts who fell down here told the Nether Beasts?

“This is not where I was born,” the Nether Beast said, its steps continuing.

Xiao Yu heard it say: “This place wasn’t connected to the Netherworld from the start either.”

Its voice suddenly became heavy, seemingly lost in memory.

“Girl, who is the Demon King now?”

The topic changed too quickly. Xiao Yu was stunned for a moment before saying, “I don’t know that. I was thrown down in this Demon Territory, Qiongyue Realm. I only know that the lord of this Demon Territory is Chunhu Qin.”

The Nether Beast showed no reaction upon hearing this: “The Pure Fox Clan can become Demon Territory Lords now. It seems a long time has passed in the outside world.”

It began recounting the past: “Do you know about the war between the Human and Demon Realms?”

Xiao Yu nodded and replied that she did.

“I am one of the demon beasts that died in that war.”

Xiao Yu had guessed its identity when it asked about the war between the Human and Demon Clans.

“But I didn’t die fighting humans on the battlefield.”

After saying this, the Nether Beast didn’t continue.

Xiao Yu faintly smelled a conspiracy.

“The demon beasts you see here, aside from a very small number that were born in the Netherworld and accidentally broke out only to be unable to return, are all demon beasts that died in that war.” It began to recount its and the surrounding Nether Beasts’ experiences during that war.

At that time, the Demon Lord captured a Nether Beast and sought cooperation with the Demon King, intending to create a new life form similar to a Nether Beast.

Nether Beasts in the Netherworld are immortal and ageless. Even if injured, they heal quickly.

Demon beasts and Nether Beasts are similar in physique and both have the ability to heal quickly. This made demon beasts the best test subjects.

However, they discovered that Nether Beasts had characteristics very similar to humans. Testing solely on demon beasts lacked those traits, making it impossible to successfully replicate the Nether Beasts.

So they began capturing humans: cultivators, ordinary people, and children.

“But why did the Demon Lord need to study Nether Beasts? Demons are also immortal and ageless, and they recover in places with demonic energy.” This is what Coal Ball had told Xiao Yu, and she relayed it directly to the Nether Beast.

She had a question hidden in her heart that she didn’t voice.

Was the Demon Lord the Nether Beast spoke of the same Demon Lord who sent the original body to kill Wen Yu?

If it was the same person, then could his reason for killing Wen Yu be to use Wen Yu’s body for this experiment?

“Because demons don’t live as long in this world as Nether Beasts. They cannot approach places rich in spiritual energy.” The Nether Beast’s voice held no fluctuation. Even when discussing those cruel events, it sounded like an observer, distancing itself, incapable of empathy.

“Nether Beasts can.”

“Nether Beasts can travel anywhere in this world, disregarding the effects of demonic energy or spiritual energy. Humans cannot approach demonic energy, and demons cannot approach spiritual energy. These are two races naturally pitted against each other. And the Demon Clan is situated between the two, making them the best hosts.”

So they targeted the Demon and Human Clans, stirring up conflict between the two races while benefiting in secret.

“I trusted him so much, yet he personally sent me to the Demon Lord.” The Nether Beast said sentence by sentence. Xiao Yu listened in silence: “Unfortunately, they all failed. When I died, that war should still have been ongoing.”

It suddenly asked: “Since you know about that war, you should know how long ago it was?”

Xiao Yu told it the outcome of the war, hearing it reply: “That was a very long time ago. If you hadn’t come and awakened me, I might still be in a confused state, eliminating all outsiders who came here.”

Xiao Yu felt a moment of tension when she heard the word “outsider.”

To the Nether Beasts down here, she was an intruder, an outsider who had to be eliminated.

She assessed her demonic energy; it had recovered by 70 percent.

The Nether Beast occupying the demonic energy spot was stronger than this one. Even if she were to use the Charm Technique on that Nether Beast, she might not be able to hold out until it regained consciousness.

“Senior, are you heading toward the area with demonic energy?”

The Nether Beast replied that it was.

Coal Ball immediately jumped up: “We can’t go! It’s very dangerous.”

Xiao Yu faced the darkness, ignoring Coal Ball.

The past events the Nether Beast had recounted gave her ideas and a direction.

Her innate divine ability could awaken the demon beasts here. Other Pure Fox Clan demon beasts must have entered before, but Yan Qing hadn’t mentioned any demon beast having the same effect as her.

Either all the demon beasts who entered died, or…

Yan Qing had been here and left safely.

Xiao Yu leaned toward the latter.

If Yan Qing knew that entering here made it difficult to leave, she would never have thrown Xiao Yu down, even at Wen Yu’s request.

The only possibility was that Yan Qing had trained here and gained insight into her innate divine ability.

Thinking of Yan Qing’s teleportation technique, Xiao Yu guessed it was highly likely she gained insight here.

“Did any other demon beasts come here before?”

The Nether Beast shook its head: “With our minds unclear, how could we remember what came here? If anything came, it would either be killed or assimilated.”

Xiao Yu grew more certain of her internal guess.

The Nether Beast suddenly stopped and said in a low voice: “We’ve arrived.”

Xiao Yu immediately tensed up, gripping the Sword Flute.

She couldn’t see what was ahead and could only rely on Coal Ball and the Nether Beast’s words.

“That demon beast is inside. I cannot get too close. They can sense the difference in those of us who have regained consciousness, making it very easy to be discovered.”

Xiao Yu thought about it. To get Coal Ball close to the demonic energy, she either had to lure the Nether Beast away or confront it directly and awaken it.

But clearly, that Nether Beast was stronger than this one. Even with this Nether Beast being very careful, they were still discovered.

Xiao Yu didn’t run, nor did the Nether Beast carrying her run.

She was prepared for a prolonged confrontation.

Awakening a stronger Nether Beast was more worthwhile than running away.

At this moment, Xiao Yu’s eyes were firmer than ever.

From the first moment she saw Wen Yu after breaking into the room, to being trapped in the killing formation in the Demon Territory, to being repeatedly threatened at the Yuehui Sect, and now facing danger herself.

She told herself in her heart, I can do it. I must persevere!

I’ve come this far; I absolutely cannot give up!

Coal Ball didn’t abandon her and run, and she couldn’t abandon Coal Ball.

“Don’t waste your demonic energy. Watch for the right moment.” The Nether Beast lowered its body slightly, its four limbs tense, ready to dodge an attack at any time.

Finally, Xiao Yu saw the pair of eyes, larger than a full moon, shining brightly enough to almost illuminate the surroundings.

She couldn’t help but feel nervous. Even Coal Ball fell silent.

Soon, these two “moons” approached. Something was moving in the darkness. Then, Xiao Yu felt the Nether Beast beneath her suddenly leap to the right, almost flipping over.

Xiao Yu quickly grabbed the fur on the Nether Beast’s body and squeezed her legs tight to avoid falling.

The pair of giant eyes brushed past her side, then suddenly faced her directly.

Caught in the direct gaze of those eyes, Xiao Yu felt the presence of death.

The demon beast beneath her suddenly bucked violently. Xiao Yu swayed back and forth, hitting the Nether Beast’s back. Her chin struck it, and the inside of her lower lip tore, immediately spreading the taste of blood.

“Why are you stunned? Why didn’t you do anything during that perfect moment just now?”

Xiao Yu was startled awake by the voice and immediately concentrated, looking for an opportunity.

That Nether Beast approached again. Xiao Yu could feel the distinctly tense muscles of the Nether Beast beneath her.

They were both very nervous.

Soon, that Nether Beast charged over again. The large, circular eyes gave Xiao Yu a chance to estimate the distance between them.

Just as the eyes closed in, Xiao Yu concentrated all her demonic energy into her spirit core, transforming it and sending it out. The rich fragrance exploded, rushing straight at the attacking Nether Beast.

But it also affected the Nether Beast beneath her.

That Nether Beast clearly had a stronger resistance to the Charm Technique than the attacker. It only paused briefly, barely affecting its movement.

It swept its body across, directly flipping the still-recovering Nether Beast.

Xiao Yu lost her grip and was thrown off, falling heavily to the ground.

Her internal organs ached. Not a single part of her body was unharmed.

She didn’t have time to catch her breath when she heard Coal Ball shouting: “He’s attacking the Nether Beast that brought us here!”

The massive eye drooped, its head close to the ground, clearly tearing at the Nether Beast.

Xiao Yu gritted her teeth, swallowed all the prepared pills at once, and exerted all her might to gather demonic energy.

Either fully restore my demonic energy, or let me gain insight into a new innate divine ability.

Otherwise, the only word is death.

“Can you go absorb the demonic energy?”

Coal Ball, however, said he couldn’t go; he couldn’t move by himself.

Xiao Yu swallowed the blood in her throat, opened all her meridians, and her demon core spun rapidly to restore her demonic energy.

She heard the Nether Beast’s roar and gradually saw the glowing demon bone.

She couldn’t wait any longer!

Demonic energy burst out again, relentlessly, without stopping.

The demon beast’s movements were staccato, like a stop-motion animation. The brief pauses gave the Nether Beast a chance.

It quickly seized a moment of pause, bit the other demon beast’s neck, and held on tightly, refusing to let go.

With the absolute size suppression, it couldn’t flip the other demon beast over; it could only fight for survival this way.

Xiao Yu’s demonic energy was quickly depleted. Even with the pills to restore it, the consumption rate was faster.

“Hurry! Faster!”

Countless releases, countless replenishments, gradually expanded the vessel in her body that stored demonic energy, and the recovery speed became faster and faster.

In this container that couldn’t be filled, she had to accelerate the demonic energy recovery rate to provide timely energy to its master.

At this moment, Xiao Yu’s only thought was to relentlessly restore her demonic energy and use the Charm Technique to awaken that Nether Beast.

As long as she could hold out until that Nether Beast regained consciousness, they would all be safe.

As long as she could awaken it—

No matter how long it takes—

“Are its eyes dimming?”

Xiao Yu’s attention had been entirely focused on the ceaseless release of demonic energy, and she hadn’t noticed the change in that Nether Beast.

Looking now, its eyes really didn’t seem as bright.

Xiao Yu saw hope.

But at the same time, her heart sank.

The light of the demon bone on the Nether Beast that brought them here was weakening.

Either that Nether Beast would die, or it would return to chaos and attack her along with the other Nether Beast.

No, faster. Hold on a little longer. She could definitely do it!

Heaven seemed to be playing a joke on her, giving her hope only to throw her into despair.

The light on the bone completely extinguished, and the sound of fighting vanished.

Xiao Yu’s body went cold.

She saw two pairs of bright eyes, both facing her directly.

She immediately stepped onto the Sword Flute, but she couldn’t fly with it. It felt like a thousand-pound hand was pressing her head, preventing her from ascending.

Both pairs of eyes were drawing closer.

Xiao Yu felt the breath of death engulf her, suffocating her.

She was going to die here.

She urgently thought in her mind: As long as I have the ability to awaken them, I can live.

Just awaken them—

Xiao Yu actually didn’t know how to gain insight, but in this moment of crisis, the thought of awakening these two Nether Beasts surpassed everything else.

The Charm Technique was still active, but the control over these two Nether Beasts was rapidly decreasing.

However, the two Nether Beasts had already lunged at her.

“Watch out—”

Xiao Yu raised her sword to block. The Sword Flute was knocked away. Xiao Yu’s entire body was struck, feeling as if all her joints were dislocated, and blood sprayed out.

Immediately, another blow landed.

Xiao Yu lay on the ground, relying on pure instinct to use demonic energy to defend against the attack from behind, with no time to use the Charm Technique again.

Layer after layer of pressure came through her back. Her demonic energy couldn’t resist.

Her body seemed to start burning up.

She repeatedly poured out all her demonic energy, repeatedly forcing herself to recover faster. Her entire body became a sphere ready to explode at a touch.

Even with the intense pain, Xiao Yu tightly clenched her jaw, telling herself, I cannot die here.

She still had many things to do.

The Sword Flute trembled on the ground, seemingly conveying some message, but Xiao Yu could no longer notice it.

Her whole body was feverish, as if she had fallen into magma, and her mind was boiling.

She couldn’t even hear Coal Ball’s voice.

Finally, her demonic energy was completely drained, not a single trace left. No matter how much she urged her demon core to absorb, it wouldn’t rotate at all.

Xiao Yu closed her eyes, sinking into a state of flux.

She felt as if she had taken a trip to the King of Hell, who then chased her back.

Her eyes snapped open. In that moment, Xiao Yu felt a clarity she had never experienced before.

Her demonic energy hadn’t recovered, but a different kind of energy erupted.

This energy didn’t emit a scent like the Charm Technique. It gently swept over the Nether Beasts. Their movements paused, and their eyes gradually dimmed.

Xiao Yu gasped heavily.

She could sense the change in her body. Her meridians opened, and she began to restore her demonic energy.

She finally heard Coal Ball’s voice: “You did it!”

Xiao Yu lay on the ground, gasping. She knew she had done it, but she didn’t have the strength to stand up again.

A surprised voice from a Nether Beast sounded, but Xiao Yu’s consciousness receded like a tide, and she fell into a coma.

Coal Ball urgently called out to her, but received no response.

The two awakened Nether Beasts looked at each other, then both looked down at Xiao Yu on the ground.

“Did you bring her here?”

“I brought her over just to see if she could awaken you. If not, you would have eaten her. I didn’t expect her to actually succeed.”

Coal Ball was shocked. This Nether Beast had completely malicious intentions!

“When she wakes up, we’ll have her awaken the other Nether Beasts.”